With so many known guest-stars in this episode I was hoping for one of those great mysteries backed up with the fine acting. Boy was I disappointed.
The episode started out so hopeful when we are in a Tahoe casino. Myrna Warren (Myrna Fahey),who had been using counterfeit chips, was discovered by the owner and chased out into the street. She is able to make it to her car and get away before being caught by a casino worker. In fact she hits one of the guys with her car before leaving the area.
Her husband Peter Warren (Peter Breck of Big Valley fame) owns a novelty store that just happens to sell chips for home use. They are going through a divorce when an investigator comes and ask him about his wife. While they are talking Peter gets a call from his wife saying that she is in trouble and they are going to kill her. He blows the investigator off to go see his wife.
To make this long story short (and trust me it seemed long)- Afterwards, Ms Warren is found dead and instead of calling the police, Peter Warren decides to take a trip to Tahoe to confront the casino owners. And as we all know from watching Perry- that is a bad move.
The police believe that Peter killed his wife to shut her up about the chips. So in comes Perry to defend him in order to find the real killer.
The story was not that bad but it was just too long. I could really not get into the story because it seemed that in every situation Peter would make the obvious bad move. And it seemed that everyone was covering up something for someone else. So to me the show got boring fast.
Even Raymond Burr seemed bored about this episode. Instead of his usual flare, he seems not to be acting but just reading words. the best word to describe him would be 'robotic'.
We are fast approaching the end of season eight and hope there are better times a'coming. This episode was a dud.