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Gunsmoke: Father's Love (1964)
Shouldn't it be "Father-in-law's Love", or better yet...?
I was wracking my brain for a while trying to figure out how the title
*"FATHER'S Love * fit the story and the principals involved...I finally decided FATHER referred to her relationship with Jessie post marriage-wise, as in "father-in-law"...Of course, Jessie was Tom's uncle, so shouldn't that have been "uncle-in-law?" Or just (nothing)-in-law? This then led me to the suspicion that maybe the original story had Jessie indeed being Tom's actual FATHER and they just left that title on even after they had figured maybe that as his father Jessie's actions would stretch credulity a tad too much...
In any case, I kept waiting for Tom's dark underside to be revealed, that, is, until Matt gave him his glowing endorsement, of course (In 99% of other Gunsmoke similar situations Matt would have responded, "Tom King!!??") Consequently, I guess most of my attention was directed at Robert F. Simon's intriguing performance...just as I was getting into "enjoying" the "comic" side of his oblivious amorality it would be replaced by the thought that this guy is a dangerous psychopath...!! So, in any case, as I stated before definitely an intriguing performance that was the highlight for me.