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Family Affair: Christmas Came a Little Early (1968)
So Moving
Makes you want to hug your kids everyday and appreciate all that you have, because as some of the reviewers pointed out, this type of illness can strike anybody at anytime, even during the holidays.
The Big Valley: Deathtown (1968)
Despite the Political Correctness of this episode......Comparisons to a typical Mannix episode
This episode had some similarities to a Mannix episode. That is, it was Jarrod (Mannix) coming to town to arrange a purchase of Barkeley land only to find that some facts do not add up. So he goes into private investigator mode (he has to; he's an attorney) and tries to add all the pieces together, kind of like what Mannix does. The music background is very close to the music you hear in a Mannix episode too (Lalo Schifrin did the music for the final season of The Big Valley). When he solves the case, it's everybody tying up all the loose ends together.
Overall, an enjoyable episode even if the subject matter may have indeed led to the demise of this series at the time. If this show was shown today, there would've been more viewers that would've made this show last longer and put it up there with Gunsmoke, Bonanza, and even Mannix. See the episode yourself, and see if you find anymore comparisons to Mannix.