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Larry is an author who hasn't brought out anything new in years. In the interim, he's been able to live quite well, as his wife is rich. In addition to his job as a writer, Larry often has been in televised debates with a feminist, Brooke (Jessica Walter) and they seem to hate each other. But what no one knows apart from the two is that they are having an affair...and Brooke is sick of Larry's promises to leave his wife. Sick of waiting, Brooke takes it upon herself to kill the wife. When Larry finds out what she's done, he's horrified...but quickly gets with the program. In fact, when her doctor friend knows too much, Larry takes care of him by tossing him off a balcony! Obviously, both of these folks are real scumbags.

This is a decent episode of "Barnaby Jones" with which I have only one quibble...the way the wife was murdered. It seemed so poorly planned with a HIGH possibility she'd survive! But despite this, Walter's cold performance was perfect and the script quite entertaining.

First episode of 1974, and it's a winner. And I agree with the last reviewer, it's sobering to see a woman in the typical bad guy role and what she does! It's horrific.

Robert Herverly wrote this adventure, long associated with the F. B. I. TV show. He actually may have been inspired by a real case similar to this one.

Jessica Walters is at her prime, playing Brooke, a well known tv personality who is having an affair with Larry (played by Ed Nelson), one of the gentlemen she regularly bashes on tv.

It's all a game, but it goes haywire when Brooke decides to simply kill his wife (he's apparently dragging his feet!) so they can finally get married. The murder scene is not for the faint of heart; Brooke actually rolls his wheelchair-bound wife into a pool! It's a sobering scene.

The pool drowning theme was quite popular with tv detectives, used effectively on a classic episode of COLUMBO which involved his boss.

The payback here is the clever way Barnaby gets to both of them, a rabid dog playing into the case. Very interesting stuff, again thanks to Robert Heverly.

Look for young Bonnie Ebsen (Buddy's daughter), playing Brooke's secretary. Bonnie would turn up in other roles on the series, and she was very talented. All purpose character actor Joseph Mell plays the vet, who always reminded me of one of the Three Stooges.

Another gem. SEASON 2 EPISODE 14 remastered dvd box set.