When they moved Rex Randolph from New Orleans (Bourbon Street Beat) to LA and 77 Sunset Strip, they really changed his character. He lost all his life - lost his interest in gourmet cooking, lost his quirky sense of humor, lost his deep interest in women and made him just another accessory like the police in this series were. Richard Long was a fine actor and could make the adjustment but I've read he found being in this series very dull and intended to leave the series after one year. A heart attack he had toward the end of his run there sealed the deal for him, and he went on to a four year string of various guest characters in things like Alfred Hitchcock shows and the Twilight Zone. He grew a lot as an actor over those four years (and said so himself), then went on to The Big Valley, Nanny and the Professor, a summer replacement series called Thicker than Water, a couple of TV movies, and unfortunately an early death due to the bad heart.
This episode was Ok plot wise but it really lacked attempt to feel anything for any of the characters in it. I really didn't care about Lorrie's predicament. Peter Breck played a very dull cowboy actor/producer who was in love with her and had a dreadful fake western accent for the first couple lines of his performance, then never had it again in the rest of the episode. I've watched it a couple times and never found it anything beyond just ok, and dull.