The Farmer
- Episode aired Oct 12, 1965
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Iowa-bred Private Noah is troubled when the squad forcibly evacuates a French farm family.Iowa-bred Private Noah is troubled when the squad forcibly evacuates a French farm family.Iowa-bred Private Noah is troubled when the squad forcibly evacuates a French farm family.
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- TriviaFour members of the squad that are mentioned are Morris, Wade, Jackson, and Buckingham. The faces are not connected to the names. They are not listed in the credits.
- GoofsAfter Noah is shot, he is lying immobile with his head facing right. An immediate cut to a wider shot shows him with head facing left.
- Quotes
Noah: Here that whole family of five lived off that postage stamp. They sure cared for the soil.
Sgt. Saunders: You haven't been up here long.
Noah: So?
Sgt. Saunders: In a uniform you fight in dirt, you sleep in it and you eat it. But you don't hold it in your hand that way. Land is to be taken, passed over and forgotten.
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A softer segment than usual guest stars Dennis Weaver as a boy from Iowa who identifies with a family of French farmers who refuse to obey when the troop forces them to evacuate their farm, due to an impending overrun of the area by advancing Germans.
Vic is tough as nails standing by his orders, but Weaver represents a sentimental streak that the audience can easily identify with. Before they must move on, Weaver tends to some farming to help the French folk who were forced to leave, and the other troops help him, sympathizing.
But when push comes to shove, as Rick assigns them to capture a German, Vic cannot tolerate Weaver's subtle insubordination, however high-minded it might be. When Litteljohn is seriously wounded, subbing for Weaver, it's clear that the "farmer"'s behavior canno be tolerated in the midst of a war.
To save a calf, Weaver jeopardizes the entire mission, and our troops need to deal with him just as the Germans approach. Now, having screwed everything up, what to do with the sentimental soldier? Time for some last-minute heroism as he's teamed with Kirby to go up against the Germans in a highly contrived "he doesn't have to come back next week" plot twist that's intended to be emotionally moving -NOT.
Vic is tough as nails standing by his orders, but Weaver represents a sentimental streak that the audience can easily identify with. Before they must move on, Weaver tends to some farming to help the French folk who were forced to leave, and the other troops help him, sympathizing.
But when push comes to shove, as Rick assigns them to capture a German, Vic cannot tolerate Weaver's subtle insubordination, however high-minded it might be. When Litteljohn is seriously wounded, subbing for Weaver, it's clear that the "farmer"'s behavior canno be tolerated in the midst of a war.
To save a calf, Weaver jeopardizes the entire mission, and our troops need to deal with him just as the Germans approach. Now, having screwed everything up, what to do with the sentimental soldier? Time for some last-minute heroism as he's teamed with Kirby to go up against the Germans in a highly contrived "he doesn't have to come back next week" plot twist that's intended to be emotionally moving -NOT.
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