Another superior script from Sam Peckinpah, with a number of twists, including the ending that says something about appearances. Matt and Chester are called out to Tibbs farm (shack) where the wife (Leachman) is decidedly uncooperative even though her husband (Bourneuf) suffers in bed with a leg infection. So Matt brings out Doc to help. But now wife Flory is downright menacing; at the same time husband George appears to be keeping a hidden gun on her. So what in the heck is going on since neither wants to explain.
Leachman is almost scary as the dourly severe Flory. When she picked up the butcher knife, I grabbed a big pillow. What a fine versatile actress Leachman is, even this early in her career. The suspense stays on high as we try to figure out which of the two is causing the trouble, and what will happen. The ending is particularly offbeat and well thought out. Too bad the series didn't put the innovative Peckinpah under long-term contract.