This ep had no humor to speak of, but was truly serious subject. What makes many mav's great is the tongue and cheek humor so this diverged greatly. Even with that the acting in the ep was exceptional and the writing was fantastic. If you love mav as much as me, and my Dad did, you should watch this because it is one of the few without humor so that you can get the breadth of james garner and mav.
3 Reviews
Pure gold
dimplet9 July 2011
Warning: Spoilers
The premise of this story is simple: a bet. But not just any bet, one it seems Maverick can't win.
Bret Maverick is a gambling man, and not just at cards.
He is caught red-handed trying to make his getaway from a bank robbery, and he has been shot, and lost a lot of blood. The sheriff gives him 20 minutes to rest.
Then Maverick makes his bet: $10 says if he listens to why he stole the money, the sheriff won't take him to jail. No deal, says the sheriff. Maverick raises the stakes: $10 says the sheriff not only won't take Maverick back, he won't even take the money back.
"If it's worth $10 to you, go ahead," says the sheriff.
And so, a wounded Maverick tells his tale.
Will Maverick get his $10 or will he get 20 years?
We then hear about meeting a beautiful woman, and a stagecoach ride with her to Montana.
Some people say television was a wasteland back then, and some people say it was the golden age of television. With great writing like this, and great acting from the likes of James Garner, I go with the later.
But to fully appreciate why, you need to see this episode. To tell you any more about it would just spoil it for you.
---- From Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:
Main Entry:1mav£er£ick Pronunciation:*mav(*)rik, -r*k Function:noun Inflected Form:-s Etymology:after Samuel A. Maverick died 1870 American pioneer in Texas who did not brand his calves
1 West : an unbranded range animal; especially : a calf on the range that is unbranded and not following its mother 2 a : a refractory or recalcitrant member of a political party who bolts at will and sets an independent course b : an intellectual or a member of a social upper class or of any other group who refuses to conform and takes an unorthodox stand
Bret Maverick is a gambling man, and not just at cards.
He is caught red-handed trying to make his getaway from a bank robbery, and he has been shot, and lost a lot of blood. The sheriff gives him 20 minutes to rest.
Then Maverick makes his bet: $10 says if he listens to why he stole the money, the sheriff won't take him to jail. No deal, says the sheriff. Maverick raises the stakes: $10 says the sheriff not only won't take Maverick back, he won't even take the money back.
"If it's worth $10 to you, go ahead," says the sheriff.
And so, a wounded Maverick tells his tale.
Will Maverick get his $10 or will he get 20 years?
We then hear about meeting a beautiful woman, and a stagecoach ride with her to Montana.
Some people say television was a wasteland back then, and some people say it was the golden age of television. With great writing like this, and great acting from the likes of James Garner, I go with the later.
But to fully appreciate why, you need to see this episode. To tell you any more about it would just spoil it for you.
---- From Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:
Main Entry:1mav£er£ick Pronunciation:*mav(*)rik, -r*k Function:noun Inflected Form:-s Etymology:after Samuel A. Maverick died 1870 American pioneer in Texas who did not brand his calves
1 West : an unbranded range animal; especially : a calf on the range that is unbranded and not following its mother 2 a : a refractory or recalcitrant member of a political party who bolts at will and sets an independent course b : an intellectual or a member of a social upper class or of any other group who refuses to conform and takes an unorthodox stand
Interesting twist on the Million Pound Note
bkoganbing9 August 2018
While in Denver enjoying a good run at the poker table James Garner gets an offer from Catherine McLeod. She wants an escort to accompany her and a
suitcase worth of $200,000.00 to a small town in Montana. It's strictly business
but love finds a way and Bret Maverick actually falls for McLeod.
McLeod's got her sights set on cattle baron John Russell an outwardly charming man who is not that at all. She has history with him back in Texas and it isn't very good.
When McLeod and Garner arrive at their destination she buys the local newspaper on borrowed money. What she carries is not put on deposit, but put in a strongbox at the bank. What we'd call a safety deposit box today. With that she gets all kinds of credit.
This episode is a departure from the usual Maverick story. It's serious and I do mean deadly so. Shows James Garner could so more than cynical.
An interesting twist on the Million Pound Note.
McLeod's got her sights set on cattle baron John Russell an outwardly charming man who is not that at all. She has history with him back in Texas and it isn't very good.
When McLeod and Garner arrive at their destination she buys the local newspaper on borrowed money. What she carries is not put on deposit, but put in a strongbox at the bank. What we'd call a safety deposit box today. With that she gets all kinds of credit.
This episode is a departure from the usual Maverick story. It's serious and I do mean deadly so. Shows James Garner could so more than cynical.
An interesting twist on the Million Pound Note.
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