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(1960)

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10/10
Great way to take a bow!
vawlkee_20009 January 2012
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MS Palmer, doesn't seem to get it that the cast and crew knew this was the last episode and decided to have fun with it! To me it was the best episode of the series and had me laughing from start to finish. This episode runs the gamut from serious to belly laughs! The over the top music that sounds for all the world like Jack Marshall's scoring to "The Munsters" adds a great comic flair! The bit with Sam reluctantly dressing like an Apache warrior is a hoot, but it works! This episode should not be taken seriously for a moment and I'm sure Mike Ansara would agree. If you've been into film and TV as long as I have, you pick up on these things. It's obvious that everyone involved was having fun with it. Also, should any of you catch this episode on You Tube, take a look at part 2 at 8:42 and watch Frank cut a big grin for the camera as Sam picks him up.
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2/10
They saved the worst until last
SteveGreen14 May 2022
A truly dire send-off for Sam Buckhart. Having spent the previous twenty-nine episodes displaying the wisdom and dignity of his ancestry, Buckhart is forced to dress like a 'wooden Injun' as part of a ludicrous plot to infiltrate a criminal's camp. All the while accompanied by a bizarre and utterly incongruous 'beach party' soundtrack. It's almost as if the producers wanted to kill the show off.
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3/10
Poor
harry-willcox15 September 2016
I have now watched the complete series plus the two pilots on "The Rifleman" and have found most of the episodes good to excellent. However this last episode I found really poor. They must have run out of ideals. I also think that the music was tracked as it is so completely different from all the other episodes. I times I thought it was a comedy show with some idiot making noises! A great theme by Leonard Rosenman conducted by Herschel Gilbert. You can see where Maurice Jarre and the producers of "Cimarron Strip" got their inspiration. Overall a very good series which should have be renewed for a second season.
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3/10
Oh my...
mitchrmp21 January 2011
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That's what I thought through this entire episode. All I can say is, what were they thinking????? This is a very BAD way to end a very GOOD show!!! I am highly disappointed that this episode was made...oh my!

First of all, the music was so irritating! I almost felt like I should be watching a modern day episode of something set in the 1950's. The music was so not western!!! And when they actually spoke with the music. I was almost trying to find where on my computer something else was playing.

And then the fact that Sam Buckhart allowed them to dress him in that garb - I'm sorry, but NO! Sam Buckhart would have NEVER allowed such a thing! This show was supposed to be funny, I believe, but I got the impression at some points that they couldn't decide rather to keep it funny or make it serious.

So, I'm sorry...The rest of the episodes got a ten from me because they were excellent. But this last episode was a BIG disappointment!

However, I must say that I did enjoy seeing Gene Nelson from the famous musical "Oklahoma!" in here. That was pretty cool, though I doubt this was one of his prouder moments on television...
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