This episode is about a doctor in a small town who left his post at the hospital, which eventually led to the death of a patient on the operating table.
Even though it has a very familiar theme (a hostile small town hiding a secret), this one is very well-done and has an interesting plot and good performances by Barbara Babcock and Lee Meriwether.
Of course, since this has the small town theme, we get the usual scene with the hostile sheriff trying to bully Joe out of town by threatening to file phony charges against him. I would have loved to have seen Dr. Bennett give the sheriff a lethal dose of morphine at this point. Now THAT would be an interesting twist on the hostile small town sheriff cliche!!
One other thing I didn't like was Dr. Holland's hostility towards Joe, because after all, Joe was there to HELP him, so his attitude just didn't make any sense.
Joe actually doesn't get struck over the head in this one, but he does fall through a second story walkway, which lands him in the hospital, but he recovers nicely and is back on the job in no time.
This is a very good and interesting and well-written episode.
Even though it has a very familiar theme (a hostile small town hiding a secret), this one is very well-done and has an interesting plot and good performances by Barbara Babcock and Lee Meriwether.
Of course, since this has the small town theme, we get the usual scene with the hostile sheriff trying to bully Joe out of town by threatening to file phony charges against him. I would have loved to have seen Dr. Bennett give the sheriff a lethal dose of morphine at this point. Now THAT would be an interesting twist on the hostile small town sheriff cliche!!
One other thing I didn't like was Dr. Holland's hostility towards Joe, because after all, Joe was there to HELP him, so his attitude just didn't make any sense.
Joe actually doesn't get struck over the head in this one, but he does fall through a second story walkway, which lands him in the hospital, but he recovers nicely and is back on the job in no time.
This is a very good and interesting and well-written episode.