Quiet Night, Deadly Night

Even though the title of the episode would make a person think this show would be filmed at night (Quiet Night, Deadly Night) all the action occurred during the daylight hours. With that quirk, it still did not take away from an interesting tale.

The story begins when a stagecoach arrives in North Fork with three passengers, two ladies and a man. One of the ladies is running a fever and is taken to the Lou's hotel to be treated by Doc Burrage. The good Doc believes the woman has small pox and quarantines the entire hotel. So we have the three passengers along with Lucas and Lou that will be held in the hotel pending the outcome of the diagnoses.

In the meantime, Micah noted that the male on the coach is a wanted murderer by the name of Lee Coyle (Ed Ames). With this little piece of nugget, Lucas and Lou will be held-up with a known murderer as long as the small pox does not get all of them first.

This is by far not one of the most exciting stories but the show is helped out by the acting ability of Ed Ames. Mr Ames does a nice job of provoking fear into the situation which made for an interesting concept to the story. Add the idea of a contagious disease into the mix and you have a nice plot. Overall a show worth a watch.