Phyllis was one hell of an actress. Everything I've seen her in has her putting in a terrific performance and this isn't an exception.
Must admit I had looked at the cast credits for this one and seen that Lorne Green guest starred in it. Didn't even recognize him at first!
I can relate to Vivian's character somewhat. I'm not sure what age the character is supposed to be. She's just labeled as "old maid" by the saloon girl in the story. That still doesn't really fill in the blanks for me because a lady would probably be labeled an old maid if she wasn't married by the time she was 15 or 16 in the time period the story takes place. Let's just be fair and say Vivian's not a teenager, eh?
So she's off to get married but Lorne's character confesses he has feelings and those feelings get brushed off. Vivian's got her sights on the man she's about to get married to. Flint takes her to this area and must admit the writing went in a different direction for me at that point. I thought maybe the guy Vivian was going to get married to was a player and he was have some "fun times" with the saloon girl. NOPE! Turns out the two are married.
Vivian's absolutely humiliated. And it wasn't like she was having that much of a fun time to begin with. This saloon lady was hammered and Vivian was being genuinely nice to her, only for this lady to keep dumping all over her. And then the marriage tidbit comes out, Vivian runs off. She understandably is so ashamed that she doesn't even want to go back to the wagon train. I can't blame her. It's not like Vivian was putting on airs about getting married. I just think Vivian wanted her share of happiness and that hope has just been dashed completely...or has it? I guess the ending of this storyline makes me think of that phrase about when one door shuts, another door opens.
And I definitely see why Flint is on my list of favorite tv men. It's not just his looks. It's his personality. He's an absolute gentleman and was defending and complimenting Vivian to the saloon lady that was talking trash about her.
Must admit I had looked at the cast credits for this one and seen that Lorne Green guest starred in it. Didn't even recognize him at first!
I can relate to Vivian's character somewhat. I'm not sure what age the character is supposed to be. She's just labeled as "old maid" by the saloon girl in the story. That still doesn't really fill in the blanks for me because a lady would probably be labeled an old maid if she wasn't married by the time she was 15 or 16 in the time period the story takes place. Let's just be fair and say Vivian's not a teenager, eh?
So she's off to get married but Lorne's character confesses he has feelings and those feelings get brushed off. Vivian's got her sights on the man she's about to get married to. Flint takes her to this area and must admit the writing went in a different direction for me at that point. I thought maybe the guy Vivian was going to get married to was a player and he was have some "fun times" with the saloon girl. NOPE! Turns out the two are married.
Vivian's absolutely humiliated. And it wasn't like she was having that much of a fun time to begin with. This saloon lady was hammered and Vivian was being genuinely nice to her, only for this lady to keep dumping all over her. And then the marriage tidbit comes out, Vivian runs off. She understandably is so ashamed that she doesn't even want to go back to the wagon train. I can't blame her. It's not like Vivian was putting on airs about getting married. I just think Vivian wanted her share of happiness and that hope has just been dashed completely...or has it? I guess the ending of this storyline makes me think of that phrase about when one door shuts, another door opens.
And I definitely see why Flint is on my list of favorite tv men. It's not just his looks. It's his personality. He's an absolute gentleman and was defending and complimenting Vivian to the saloon lady that was talking trash about her.
