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Bonanza - Episode 36 - The Mill - The Cartwrights' neighbor Tom Edwards has lived as a paraplegic, ever since an accident involving Ben Cartwright and a gun.
The Mill
Director: John Rich
Writer: Halsted Welles
Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 1 October 1960 USA
Filming Locations: Lake Sherwood, California, USA
Storyline:
"The Cartwrights' neighbor Tom Edwards has lived as a paraplegic, ever since an accident involving Ben Cartwright and a gun. His ranch is going to waste. His wife Joyce is a longtime friend of Ben, and Ben decides to help the Edwards couple by making Tom a business proposition: the Cartwrights will build a grain mill on Edwards' land. In return, Ben only wants his investment money back, plus fifteen percent. Tom and his hired hand Ezekiel are suspicious of Ben, but Tom agrees to the deal. The Cartwright men build the mill, but tension begins to rise when Ezekiel makes comments which rekindle Tom's suspicion." Written by Ken Miller on IMDb.com
Reviews:
"This particular Bonanza episode touched on some very adult issues and was borrowed from the classics. If you're going to get inspired, it's good to be inspired by the best.
In this case the plot of The Mill is taken from none other than the Bard himself in what some consider his greatest work. Harry Townes plays a paralyzed Othello, confined to a wheelchair and having to be assisted by his general factotum Claude Akins. His Desdemona is Dianne Foster and it is hinted that due to injuries Townes can't do his husbandly duties. Foster has an itch that needs scratching, but is repelled by the thought of Akins doing the scratching.
In the meantime Akins is a swaggering Iago in the piece who drinks and gambles with Townes who winds up owing him considerable money. He encourages jealousy in Townes, first over Pernell Roberts and then over Lorne Greene. Townes is in that wheelchair over a drunken shooting accident that involved Greene. All in all a recipe for tragedy.
This western version of Othello was nicely done, but I'm wondering just how many people recognized the source when watching it." Written by bkoganbing on IMDb.com
"The story line is excellent. A woman who loves her husband feels unloved because he cannot learn to get along without the use of his legs. (This is also a theme that is played over and over in Bonanza. In this particular episode, Ben seems to have an attraction to the wife and decides his family needs to help them find some sort of way to make a living.
Besides the husband and wife, there's a "friend" who is actually what I believe to be a crooked gambler. Claude Atkins is the only character actor, I think, who could have played this bad boy row to perfection. In the end, his character becomes so evil that you wish he would die.
Morally, I cringe at Ben's kissing the wife and then at Adam's admitting that he's fine with it. This is the very thing that the man is accusing the Cartwright's of, and Ben's actions are simply proving him true. I think Ben had no right acting on his attraction to this woman who is unhappy in her marriage. But that's just a question of morals." Written by mitchrmp on IMDb.com
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