Casting again hurts what could have been a good episode. Paladin responds to a call for help from Simon (Adam Williams) an old friend of his that set him up to be killed and hung him out to dry to save his own skin three years prior. Simon is in trouble again, and the only one that can save him is Paldin, who has the only proof that Simon is innocent.
Barbara Baxley plays Simon's adoring girlfriend. She's really good, as she was in her prior appearance "Killer's Widow". She just seems to have a problem picking the right guys--the first was a killer and a thief, this guy is a worm and a cheat. Her scenes with Boone are highlights of the episode.
Boone is great facing down Cabell (Stewart Bradley) the man who's after Simon, and has a terrific moment that seems really out of character for Paladin when he burns the only proof that Simon is innocent in front of his eyes. I kept waiting for Paladin to reveal it was just a copy, but no. He's still so sore at Simon for the betrayal and crimes he did commit that he's ready to let him pay for a crime he didn't commit.
The real problem here is Adam Williams. Never, not for a second do I buy him as "an old friend of Paladin". There's nothing charming, amusing, intellectually stimulating or interesting about him. Paladin tends to choose his friends carefully. I cannot for the life of me imagine why he ever would have been friends with this guy.
Barbara Baxley plays Simon's adoring girlfriend. She's really good, as she was in her prior appearance "Killer's Widow". She just seems to have a problem picking the right guys--the first was a killer and a thief, this guy is a worm and a cheat. Her scenes with Boone are highlights of the episode.
Boone is great facing down Cabell (Stewart Bradley) the man who's after Simon, and has a terrific moment that seems really out of character for Paladin when he burns the only proof that Simon is innocent in front of his eyes. I kept waiting for Paladin to reveal it was just a copy, but no. He's still so sore at Simon for the betrayal and crimes he did commit that he's ready to let him pay for a crime he didn't commit.
The real problem here is Adam Williams. Never, not for a second do I buy him as "an old friend of Paladin". There's nothing charming, amusing, intellectually stimulating or interesting about him. Paladin tends to choose his friends carefully. I cannot for the life of me imagine why he ever would have been friends with this guy.