This episode was on INSP today, so took a look here to check out the guest stars and reviews....as I usually do. And according to the current reviews, discovered that on this showing, two key scenes were cut out entirely. In an effort to squeeze in as many commercials as possible. Bad move INSP programming.
We we see Doc and Festus outside the jail in the opening segment, and then Doc says that they had been discussing coffee until Matt showed up on horseback. That discussion never appeared; apparently because INSP had cut it in order to perserve time. Not acceptable.
After another commercial break we see the big dinner scene at the Longbranch with Matt, Doc, Kitty, Festus, Brad, Botkin and the stage owner. During this scene the characters discuss how much fun the squaredance was and that ol' Doc did a great job calling and included Fesus dancing. However, the squaredance scene was ALSO cut, as it obviously occured before the dinner scene, and right after a commercial.
Cutting out a squaredance with Doc, Rudy, Chester and Sam is basically an unforgiveable sin where I come from! Two cuts is even worse.
There were slow paced portions of this episode that would have been acceptable to cut, however these used were both comming out of commercials, so the easy path was taken.
Reckon I'll have to pony down for the DVD set.