I watched this episode on Metv early this morning and decided to skim reviews for this episode a few minutes ago. Something came to me while skimming these reviews and I must say it makes me look at the episode with even more appreciation than I did to begin with. It involves Davey's weight and how Dr. Kimble was observing him. Dr. Kimble is a kind man, a gentleman. He's another one on my list of favorite TV men tbh. Anyway, Dr. Kimble's not laughing at Davey or making fun of him. He's not being judgmental either. He points out Davey's basically stress eating and drinking. I wasn't alive during the 60s so I imagine there was probably more understanding for all the reasons somebody gets drunk. But I guess I expected absolutely no understanding for stress eating. I realize the writing for Dr. Kimble's character would never have him being a jerk and telling somebody "You love to eat and that's why you're fat!!" But that's the general attitude I would've expected, ya know?
As much as I enjoy Breaking Bad, I still say these are the types of shows I want to watch most. Dr. Kimble is kind to everybody he meets and he truly helps people who have dealings with him. Davey honestly doesn't have much going on for him. He's also being blamed for something he didn't do and his father and brother treat him like crap. His mother seemed like a decent person and was probably the only one that treated him like a human being during his growing up years.
I also like the ending. Richard Kimble is a man of his word. He promised to write Davey and Davey got a letter at the end of the episode. Richard also uncovered who burnt the barn down (something that was blamed on Davey that he didn't do) so perhaps Davey's father can actually start treating his son better? As for the brother, yeah, just gonna say he's probably a lost cause.
Anyway, this was an enjoyable episode that flew by. Would highly recommend this episode for people that might want to give this series a try.