This is my favorite episode! When I watched it as a teenager I cried for Johnny. I had a major crush on him. Now I'm 70, and still have a crush on him. Lol
I love this show when it originally aired. I was 12. I had such a "crush" on James Stacy. I agree with other comments this was one of the best. It was beautiful and tender. I wish the showed had run for at least a couple more years.
So much to love about this episode ... The suspense, the tender romance, the little comic bits ... absolutely the very best episode of a superb series. It's cute when Johnny's riding out to the line shack, how he sings jauntily... not like the singing cowboys (Autry, Rogers, Dean, etc) in their movies, just casually, in an untrained voice, like any regular, nonprofessional singer... And in the bandage-removal scene, a staple in so many similar plots, his whispered "I'm scared," is so touching, so believable, and gives us such a look into the sweet, gentle soul of Johnny Lancer.
Love this episode! This one and "Shadow of a Dead Man" are my top favorites. James Stacy was such a gifted and natural actor. He was a stand out in all his roles. His looks drew your attention, but his acting skills kept you interested in the story he was telling.
WOW! What a great show. The best of the series I've watched so far. I'm binge watching and I just got to the 2nd season. Best show ever! Thanks for putting this on here.
I've been binge watching for two weeks and it's getting me ready to do some fanfiction writing, I'm just trying to decide where to put it, I'm thinking maybe Livejournal.
JAmes Stacy had such a beautiful smile, I wish I'd had a chance to meet him before he died, but I never knew about the conventions he was doing, I was more into following the Star Trek conventions after making friends with one of those actors in the early 70's, we were friends for over30 years. Until he passed away.
Thankyou, this is my all time favourite Lancer episode. When it first aired I audio taped it and think I wore out the cassette tape . James Stacy was magnificent in this and all Lancer episodes.
I agree...it's my favorite also...you could almost see Scott and Murdoch trying not to tear up as Johnny is reading the note left by Mattie...it was so heartbreaking!
Mattie lead such a hidden shut away life, she had no idea that she was BEAUTIFUL. ..Johnny being blinded, couldn't see how beautiful she was.. but he felt her beauty with his hands, she walked in beauty like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies.. but Johnny felt her beauty. I think she really left him because she was afraid he wouldn't still love her if he could see again. That he wouldn't see her outer beauty. But what a great story line it would have been had he seen her face...he already knew by touch she was BEAUTIFUL and he loved her for that...he saw with his heart and not his eyes and she loved him so much she thought he would be better off without her!!! Sad the writers didn't "see" it that way. A WONDERFUL life they could have had. She could have been the light of the dark side of Johnny !! She was the real gold.
It was cute how she teased him with her hair brushing it across his face and how he slipped the honey in once while talking to her, I also liked his quit it to her when she snuck a kiss in on his cheek.
I didn't take it that way. I felt that she thought that she would be a constant burden for Johnny to take care of her & because she loved him, as the note says, she didn't want him to be tied down taking care of her. Either way, it was a great episode!
I loved so much to hear him singing loud and carefree. The next verse of the Old Chisholm Trail could have been written especially for him: "With my seat in the saddle and my hand on the horn I'm the best dang cowboy that was ever born. Come a ti-yi yippie yippie...." Yes. Quite. Man, you have definitely been the best cowboy that ever was born.
I think this is the very best episode of a great, great show. It has everything - drama, suspense, character development, a little humor, and a sweet, tender romance. As another reviewer has noted, Mattie is 'luminous': of all the pretty girls who were love interests for Johnny or Scott throughout the series, Mattie is the most genuine, truly loving heroine. She's tender, gentle, determined, feisty, and funny - the one I most would have liked Johnny to end up with. But of course, it's a given that on TV westerns, any girl that gets married or engaged to the hero must be killed or succumb to a fatal disease!
One of my favorite episodes, next to The Heart Of Pony Alice, Person unknown , The Lion And The Lamb, The Kid, and Jelly, all are great Johnny episodes.
A great movie could have been made out of Johnny finding Mattie ...like the Pinkertons found Scott in Boston. It would have been so sweet to see Johnny knock at a door and Mattie open it. They see each other. That would have made an awesome Christmas movie...even if Johnny's arm & leg were already missing...What a great movie that would have been !!! I loved this episode most of all. My favorite...remembered every we order all these past 50 years !!!
The last time I saw this episode I was 10. James Stacy had it all but fate had other plans. Wonderfull actor great episode. If it can be found check out James Stacy E true hollywood story. I am sure if went on for additional seasons they would have had maddy come back. Other than the pilot episode this was fantastic
I know what you mean about remembering favorite TV episodes verbatim. I did that with 'Route 66' and 'My Three Sons,' both of which started when I was 9.
IN THIS EPISODE I THINK THAT MATTIE WAS THE PERFECT WOMAN FOR JOHNNY. THEY WERE IN SYNC WITH ONE ANOTHER. WHEN HE GOT HIS SIGHT BACK ONLY TO FIND THAT MATTIE WAS GONE, BROKE MY HEART, BUT WITH HIM RUNNING BARE FOOT THROUGH THE FIELD AND SHE IS CRYING & NOT LOOKING BACK WAS EVEN WORSE. BUT SHE KNEW THAT IF SHE LOOK BACK, HER LOVE FOR HIM WOULD CAUSE HER TO STAY. SO WITH THE SAME CONVICTIONS THAT SAME LOVE CAUSE HER TO GIVE HIM UP AND TO KEEP LOOKING FORWARD, TO LET HIM GO. ( THAT'S WHAT LOVE WILL DO TO YOU). NOTE I WISH THAT BEFORE THE SHOW ENDED, I WISH THEY WOULD HAVE MADE A SEQUEL TO THIS EPISODE IN WHICH MATTIE COMES BACK FOR JOHNNY AND WITH A VOICE TO LET HIM HEAR THE WORDS THAT HE SAID TO HER. INSTEAD IT WOULD BE HER SAYING. "JOHNNY IT'S ME, I LOVE YOU JOHNNY"! NOW THAT WOULD BE AN EPIC LANCER STORYLINE. NOTE: IT MAY NOT WOULD HAVE HAPPEN, BUT WE ALL WISH THAT IT WOULD HAVE. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL STORY FOR THE LANCER FANS. A DEVOTED LANCER FAN😍😍😍🎥💝
I was 17 when I followed that serie at the french TV , in 1970...The french name was "Le ranch L" . I still remember the emotion after all these years I got seeing this episode . I agree with you , I would have been so happy with such a sequel ... It's wonderful to see these series again , great thanks to Lancer Fan ! Greetings from France !
This episode shows how vulnerable Johnny can be and ties in well to what Asham said about him never hitting the bottom in Warburton's Edge, you see it in Pony Alice too, he's got an immaturity about him that likely comes from his having raised himself with no real parental guidance, which goes back to his telli g Pony he was an Orphan, and also telling Jelly's boys he fended for himself , I can't remember the exact words he used with them.
I wish someone could post Just A Little Inconvenience in it's entirety, if yo haven't seen The Gimp, HIS Cagney and Lacey, watch it now, he is wonderful in it, it's so clear why he got the Emmy nomination, but he wS robbed on the win, he definitely deserved it.
So... WTF?! I don't get why she left him that way with no goodbye. She could have told him she wanted to go to school which he would have understood, kept up a relationship thru correspondence, then came back to him. Damn TV dramas!
I'd love to ask the screenwriter, but he's probably passed on like the rest of them. Sure, it's more dramatic this way, but doesn't really make any sense. Just like the ridiculous fact that all the handsome sons from TV westerns never had girlfriends, much less wives! I do recall Little Joe getting hitched, with much publicity, but she died the next week - LOL!
I always thought she did not think she was good enough once he had his sight back. She left before he could see her and the disappointment in his eyes. If he was still blind she would have stayed.
@@zafoid42 " . . . didn't think she was good enough . . . " ?!?! Johnny's in love with her far beyond Mattie having been his 'eyes' and his saving grace at his most vulnerable. " . . . before he could see her and the disappointment in his eyes." At minimum, Johnny and Mattie have been at Lancer at least a week while he's recovering. We know they've already consummated their relationship 'THAT night' at the cabin [Johnny re Mattie: "I never knew night could be so sweet."]. There would be no reason for that intensity of love to not continue at Lancer while Johnny is under the doctor's care. If Mattie has doubts about her physical beauty, well, Murdoch, Scott and Teresa together and individually would rave about and assure blind Johnny something along the lines of "Johnny, Mattie is so pretty she make every girl in Morro Coyo and Green River look like Grandma Moses. . . . You already know how beautiful she is as a person; rest assured -- her physical features match and surpass." The casting office selected Melissa Murphy -- ideally suited. "If he was still blind she would have stayed." If he was still blind, in time, eventually, on his own volition and with his father's, brother's, Teresa's and Mattie's blessings he would have moved to San Francisco or Sacramento where there are live-in facilities for the visually handicapped, i.e., blind individuals. And with the family's money, an instructor specializing in speech therapy would be located and hired to assist and instruct Mattie, remaining at Johnny's side. And in due time -- the two Mr. & Mrs. and maybe returning to Lancer. However, this being an episodic TV western wherein the young, handsome, virile man of the West by design remains single. This serves the purpose of allowing the flexibility and potential for a few times each season a love story can fit in, ideally / typically with one of the familiar, attractive young actresses making the rounds of primetime dramas in guest star fashion. 'Blind Man's Bluff' -- a winner all around.
It's so cute when Johnny asks her if zhe js ok after their first attack and she "signs him yes before giving him her goofy smile even though he cap?n't see it
Man, they were cute together. His voice so gentle and loving then fearful when he thought she was gone. He was so fine, that smile of his was everything
@@AzizalSaqr No, it shows him as excited to have his own series and excited for Rick Dalton to be a guest star on the pilot. I was the only person in the theater the first time I saw the movie, and I audibly gasped when it showed each character leaving the set at the end of the filming day.
Half a century after filming we don't have access to composer Robert Drasnin's fine music score for 'Blind Man's Bluff' but surely the cue played three times is titled something along the lines of 'Mattie's Theme.' Here it is -- and 'how sweet the sound' -- at: 26:45 - 28:14 30:38 - 32:31 48:37 - 49:51 And the face behind the name, a luminous Melissa Murphy as Mattie, could hardly be prettier than at: 30:53 - 31:03. This is one of my top three "Lancer" episodes*. Upon repeat viewing one can't imagine this one without the beautiful score. "Thank you, 'Lancer Fan.'" *'The High Riders' (pilot) and 'Julie' (Susan Strasberg) complete the list.
You could tell how distraut Johnny was when he ran from the house after Maddie, he didn't even try to grab one of the saddled horses on the corral, course that way he'd havecaught her and the Dr, not what the writer wanted.
One of my favorite year-two episodes, 'Blind Man's Bluff', about which I commented in years past. Yet, the entries for it -- and select other episodes -- are totally gone, vanished; and NOT by my doing. No, Disney (20th Century Fox's -- "Lancer" producer, 1968 - 70 -- owner as of 2019) hasn't reached that far -- yet. So, RUclips family, who -- and why -- excised, took down, "blew away" seven years' worth of my / SC Vandy's "Lancer" comments? Dozens of informative sentences, many being helpful, accurate answers to other fans' or newcomers'-to-"Lancer" questions. Even though I have a complete DVD series set, I just happened to come here, late Jan. 2020, after seeing "Once Upon a Time in . . . Hollywood" for the fourth time, thankfully again in theaters on its re-release for awards season, to read updates about the pivotal episode 'The High Riders' and new, relevant comments re Quentin Tarantino's great movie that ingeniously and uniquely incorporated elements of "Lancer". Dozens of SC Vandy entries have vanished, by someone's malicious doing.
From what you can finally see here of James's ring , it looks to be a Lapis set in a double silver band, typical for a Mexican made piece. Also, I read ann article yesterday that talked about the house he rode on the series, seems it was his personal mount, it had been a gift from John Wayne, given to him after his ex-wife Kim Darby did True Grit with wi him, they used the horse's actual name in the series as well., Barranca(sp?])as what Johnny had named the horse, when in actuality, this was it's what John Wayne had named it when he owned it.
@@AzizalSaqr There most definitely is; your wish is granted. Move your cursor to the right of your comment and four small, gray marks in vertical formation appear. CLICK on that and you'll be thrilled to see your two options: "Edit" and "Delete". It is obvious that you have been prolific in your postings. With this new information, while editing and updating and correcting, you might try copying-and-pasting the brief ones and combine them into a single one of a few paragraphs' length -- and then "Delete" what is then redundant. "Good Luck, to a 'Lancer' / James Stacy fan!"
IF i'd been writing this episode, I'd have had Maddie take off Johnny's wet shirt and boots when he was shivering by the water then get him in a dry blanket at the cabin.
@@debrarick9617 I think he was so anxious about whether he would see again or not at that moment, he wasn't focused on the feel of Mattie's hand. I so loved this episode and would have loved to have the series end with Mattie coming back to Lancer and Johnny.
Why they took it off after two seasons.Should have made it 5 or more seasons.James Stacy died in 2016 at the age of 79.This year 2024 he would be 87.Had a big crush on him.❤
I had such a crush on James Stacy that I finally wrote him a fan letter and drove to the Beverly Hilton where I saw he was going to be for some event and left it for him. He actually called me and we became friends and eventually lovers for several years, until I moved out of state, but we still kept in touch. Was excited to see his character of Johnny Madrid was nicely portrayed in the movie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Miss him and his fun sense of humor.
He was hoping his pleas -- "I LOVE you, Mattie" "Come back; it's ME" -- would have pulled at the good doctor's heart so that he pulls on the reins OR Mattie motions for him to do that: STOP. I don't think viewers even gave it a thought that Johnny, on foot and barefoot at that, or any man / woman, is gonna outrun a horse. Because it's impossible. He missed his chance by not hopping on Barranca, because that beautiful palomino of his would have caught up in quick time. Goof: I'll take a calculated guess that Johnny and Mattie have been at Lancer for at least a week while he convalesces. Before the bandages came off, and even though his mind is on the BIG question: 'will I see?' or 'will I be blind?', Johnny would have easily recognized that Teresa's medium size fingers were not Mattie's, which we've observed to be long and slender. With Mattie being a country girl, necessitating performing chores indoors and outside both, her hands are surely courser than Teresa's.
That was her uncle, not father, according to the doctor. He also said that Lem (uncle's name) apparently thought it was a "judgement of heaven" (her being mute) . That probably is why he kept space in the floor so that she could hide if someone came. Remember, at the beginning Murdoch told Scott that they only way that Lem would work for Lancer is if he got to go home every night. Rumors were made by others that he had gold stashed but it was to take care of her & nobody knew that reason.
This is my favorite episode! When I watched it as a teenager I cried for Johnny. I had a major crush on him. Now I'm 70, and still have a crush on him. Lol
I love this show when it originally aired. I was 12. I had such a "crush" on James Stacy. I agree with other comments this was one of the best. It was beautiful and tender. I wish the showed had run for at least a couple more years.
So much to love about this episode ... The suspense, the tender romance, the little comic bits ... absolutely the very best episode of a superb series.
It's cute when Johnny's riding out to the line shack, how he sings jauntily... not like the singing cowboys (Autry, Rogers, Dean, etc) in their movies, just casually, in an untrained voice, like any regular, nonprofessional singer...
And in the bandage-removal scene, a staple in so many similar plots, his whispered "I'm scared," is so touching, so believable, and gives us such a look into the sweet, gentle soul of Johnny Lancer.
James Stacy had a beautiful voice, both singing and speaking. The song he's singing is an old cowboy tune "The Chisholm Trail".
If you watch the movie of South Pacific, James has a singing role in the opening song, There is Nothing Like a Dame.
The way Johnny & Mattie communicate is so sweet and loving .. like her fingers on his lips & his hands in her hair..their kisses were so tender.
Love this episode! This one and "Shadow of a Dead Man" are my top favorites.
James Stacy was such a gifted and natural actor. He was a stand out in all his roles. His looks drew your attention, but his acting skills kept you interested in the story he was telling.
OMY FAVORITES ARE wWarburton's Edge, I love his scene wiyh Asham, first in the bar, then at the end,his reCtion to killing his friend is perfect.
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Totally heart touching! I have to say that it's one of my all time favorite western series episodes. I've still got tears in my eyes...
I will always love and miss James Stacy. So much talent. So good looking. Thank God for all of these videos on RUclips and DVD. James Stacy ❤ 4ever!
His story is so sad, after his accident and loss of leg and arm....sorry for him and his fans.
Sad things happened in his life. But nevertheless his fans love and miss him. Have a better life in heaven, James. You are unforgotten ❤
I loved James’ voice. So rich and smooth.
My very favorite episode with Johnny & Mattie...I remembered all these years.. wish Mattie had stayed with Johnny. The perfect couple.
This was one of my all time favorite episode of this wonderful show. Should have lasted for more than 2 seasons!
My favorite all time episode...I remember verbatim from 50 years ago. I was 10 years old !!!!
Happy B'day James you're b'day would have been December 23rd and you would have been 82 yrs. A great actor
This is my favorite episode,
WOW! What a great show. The best of the series I've watched so far. I'm binge watching and I just got to the 2nd season. Best show ever! Thanks for putting this on here.
I've been binge watching for two weeks and it's getting me ready to do some fanfiction writing, I'm just trying to decide where to put it, I'm thinking maybe Livejournal.
JAmes Stacy had such a beautiful smile, I wish I'd had a chance to meet him before he died, but I never knew about the conventions he was doing, I was more into following the Star Trek conventions after making friends with one of those actors in the early 70's, we were friends for over30 years. Until he passed away.
Thankyou, this is my all time favourite Lancer episode. When it first aired I audio taped it and think I wore out the cassette tape . James Stacy was magnificent in this and all Lancer episodes.
I agree...it's my favorite also...you could almost see Scott and Murdoch trying not to tear up as Johnny is reading the note left by Mattie...it was so heartbreaking!
The coolest cowboy ever james stacy loved the man rip james stacy
I used to audio tape the episodes too. I memorized my favorite ones.
Wish there was an episode where Mattie came back to him and she was able to talk...would've been perfect ending to the series.❤❤
You are right his finest romance story
I have to fully agree with most of the comments, truly the best episode of this series, done to perfection.
Oh my God he was so so beautiful, I still love him after 50 years.
Mattie lead such a hidden shut away life, she had no idea that she was BEAUTIFUL. ..Johnny being blinded, couldn't see how beautiful she was.. but he felt her beauty with his hands, she walked in beauty like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies.. but Johnny felt her beauty. I think she really left him because she was afraid he wouldn't still love her if he could see again. That he wouldn't see her outer beauty. But what a great story line it would have been had he seen her face...he already knew by touch she was BEAUTIFUL and he loved her for that...he saw with his heart and not his eyes and she loved him so much she thought he would be better off without her!!! Sad the writers didn't "see" it that way. A WONDERFUL life they could have had. She could have been the light of the dark side of Johnny !! She was the real gold.
It was cute how she teased him with her hair brushing it across his face and how he slipped the honey in once while talking to her, I also liked his quit it to her when she snuck a kiss in on his cheek.
I like your words they have senstive feeling ❤
I didn't take it that way. I felt that she thought that she would be a constant burden for Johnny to take care of her & because she loved him, as the note says, she didn't want him to be tied down taking care of her. Either way, it was a great episode!
,WAYME was born dec 19, 1937 he would have been 82..RIP Wayme
I loved so much to hear him singing loud and carefree.
The next verse of the Old Chisholm Trail could have been written especially for him:
"With my seat in the saddle and my hand on the horn
I'm the best dang cowboy that was ever born.
Come a ti-yi yippie yippie...."
Yes. Quite.
Man, you have definitely been the best cowboy that ever was born.
I think this is the very best episode of a great, great show. It has everything - drama, suspense, character development, a little humor, and a sweet, tender romance.
As another reviewer has noted, Mattie is 'luminous': of all the pretty girls who were love interests for Johnny or Scott throughout the series, Mattie is the most genuine, truly loving heroine. She's tender, gentle, determined, feisty, and funny - the one I most would have liked Johnny to end up with. But of course, it's a given that on TV westerns, any girl that gets married or engaged to the hero must be killed or succumb to a fatal disease!
It's ;cute whenJ ohnny asks her if she is ok and Mattie signs yes then give@s him hergoofy smile e:als him yes. Then givrved him the
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Best episode ever & Johnny Lancer wearing that big ring !!
Ms.Elizabeth Baur, who joined the cast of Ironside after Barbara Anderson left, passed away a few years ago.
Yes. Sadly they are all gone now.
The1baddman I didn’t know Elizabeth Bauer passed.
Just like on Bonanza, the Lancer women left them. But what a greater show had Johnny & Mattie got together!!!
I loved Johnny & Mattie
LQ Jones, Excellent Outlaw Character Actor! Slate Meek
I believe he's still with us at about 90 yrs.
God bless him, he's 1 of my favs.
James Gammon wasn't it ??
THEY have an updated photo Oof LQ Jones at IMDB.
Died in 2022,he was about 96. Best "outlaw" of all time.
One of my favorite episodes, next to The Heart Of Pony Alice, Person unknown , The Lion And The Lamb, The Kid, and Jelly, all are great Johnny episodes.
Ya I was really taken in with this episode blind man's bluff.Johnny looked absolutely beautiful in it.Johnny was so caring to Mattie and she to him.
A great movie could have been made out of Johnny finding Mattie ...like the Pinkertons found Scott in Boston. It would have been so sweet to see Johnny knock at a door and Mattie open it. They see each other. That would have made an awesome Christmas movie...even if Johnny's arm & leg were already missing...What a great movie that would have been !!! I loved this episode most of all. My favorite...remembered every we order all these past 50 years !!!
LOVE ME SOME JOHNNY LANCER ❤️
The last time I saw this episode I was 10. James Stacy had it all but fate had other plans. Wonderfull actor great episode. If it can be found check out James Stacy E true hollywood story. I am sure if went on for additional seasons they would have had maddy come back. Other than the pilot episode this was fantastic
I WAS 12 WHEN THIS ORIGINALLY RAN i wS a Johnny fan, my sister was all about Scott.
I know what you mean about remembering favorite TV episodes verbatim. I did that with 'Route 66' and 'My Three Sons,' both of which started when I was 9.
InCagney and Lacey he has avery sensual scene with Cagney, and it is beautiful.
IN THIS EPISODE I THINK THAT MATTIE WAS THE PERFECT WOMAN FOR JOHNNY. THEY WERE IN SYNC WITH ONE ANOTHER. WHEN HE GOT HIS SIGHT BACK ONLY TO FIND THAT MATTIE WAS GONE, BROKE MY HEART, BUT WITH HIM RUNNING BARE FOOT THROUGH THE FIELD AND SHE IS CRYING & NOT LOOKING BACK WAS EVEN WORSE. BUT SHE KNEW THAT IF SHE LOOK BACK, HER LOVE FOR HIM WOULD CAUSE HER TO STAY. SO WITH THE SAME CONVICTIONS THAT SAME LOVE CAUSE HER TO GIVE HIM UP AND TO KEEP LOOKING FORWARD, TO LET HIM GO. ( THAT'S WHAT LOVE WILL DO TO YOU). NOTE I WISH THAT BEFORE THE SHOW ENDED, I WISH THEY WOULD HAVE MADE A SEQUEL TO THIS EPISODE IN WHICH MATTIE COMES BACK FOR JOHNNY AND WITH A VOICE TO LET HIM HEAR THE WORDS THAT HE SAID TO HER. INSTEAD IT WOULD BE HER SAYING. "JOHNNY IT'S ME, I LOVE YOU JOHNNY"! NOW THAT WOULD BE AN EPIC LANCER STORYLINE.
NOTE: IT MAY NOT WOULD HAVE HAPPEN, BUT WE ALL WISH THAT IT WOULD HAVE. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL STORY FOR THE LANCER FANS.
A DEVOTED LANCER FAN😍😍😍🎥💝
Barbara White men
I agree....it would've been perfect! ❤❤
I was 17 when I followed that serie at the french TV , in 1970...The french name was "Le ranch L" . I still remember the emotion after all these years I got seeing this episode . I agree with you , I would have been so happy with such a sequel ...
It's wonderful to see these series again , great thanks to Lancer Fan !
Greetings from France !
This episode shows how vulnerable Johnny can be and ties in well to what Asham said about him never hitting the bottom in Warburton's Edge, you see it in Pony Alice too, he's got an immaturity about him that likely comes from his having raised himself with no real parental guidance, which goes back to his telli g Pony he was an Orphan, and also telling Jelly's boys he fended for himself , I can't remember the exact words he used with them.
I wish someone could post Just A Little Inconvenience in it's entirety, if yo haven't seen The Gimp, HIS Cagney and Lacey, watch it now, he is wonderful in it, it's so clear why he got the Emmy nomination, but he wS robbed on the win, he definitely deserved it.
LQ jones one hell of an actor
So... WTF?! I don't get why she left him that way with no goodbye. She could have told him she wanted to go to school which he would have understood, kept up a relationship thru correspondence, then came back to him. Damn TV dramas!
The eternal question. Lol
I'd love to ask the screenwriter, but he's probably passed on like the rest of them. Sure, it's more dramatic this way, but doesn't really make any sense. Just like the ridiculous fact that all the handsome sons from TV westerns never had girlfriends, much less wives! I do recall Little Joe getting hitched, with much publicity, but she died the next week - LOL!
I always thought she did not think she was good enough once he had his sight back. She left before he could see her and the disappointment in his eyes. If he was still blind she would have stayed.
@@zafoid42 That's why I thought she left too, she thought she wasn't good enough for him, when he was blind he like her had a flaw !
@@zafoid42 " . . . didn't think she was good enough . . . " ?!?! Johnny's in love with her far beyond Mattie having been his 'eyes' and his saving grace at his most vulnerable.
" . . . before he could see her and the disappointment in his eyes." At minimum, Johnny and Mattie have been at Lancer at least a week while he's recovering. We know they've already consummated their relationship 'THAT night' at the cabin [Johnny re Mattie: "I never knew night could be so sweet."]. There would be no reason for that intensity of love to not continue at Lancer while Johnny is under the doctor's care.
If Mattie has doubts about her physical beauty, well, Murdoch, Scott and Teresa together and individually would rave about and assure blind Johnny something along the lines of "Johnny, Mattie is so pretty she make every girl in Morro Coyo and Green River look like Grandma Moses. . . . You already know how beautiful she is as a person; rest assured -- her physical features match and surpass." The casting office selected Melissa Murphy -- ideally suited.
"If he was still blind she would have stayed." If he was still blind, in time, eventually, on his own volition and with his father's, brother's, Teresa's and Mattie's blessings he would have moved to San Francisco or Sacramento where there are live-in facilities for the visually handicapped, i.e., blind individuals. And with the family's money, an instructor specializing in speech therapy would be located and hired to assist and instruct Mattie, remaining at Johnny's side. And in due time -- the two Mr. & Mrs. and maybe returning to Lancer.
However, this being an episodic TV western wherein the young, handsome, virile man of the West by design remains single. This serves the purpose of allowing the flexibility and potential for a few times each season a love story can fit in, ideally / typically with one of the familiar, attractive young actresses making the rounds of primetime dramas in guest star fashion.
'Blind Man's Bluff' -- a winner all around.
It's so cute when Johnny asks her if zhe js ok after their first attack and she "signs him yes before giving him her goofy smile even though he cap?n't see it
Love this. Thank You so much.
Man, they were cute together. His voice so gentle and loving then fearful when he thought she was gone. He was so fine, that smile of his was everything
Do y’all know that James Stacy was married to Kim Darby once upon a time
They had a daughter Heather Elias
I WISH I could afford to buy this series on DVD, also Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, which I have yet to see, is the film insulting to James Stacy?
@@AzizalSaqr No, it shows him as excited to have his own series and excited for Rick Dalton to be a guest star on the pilot. I was the only person in the theater the first time I saw the movie, and I audibly gasped when it showed each character leaving the set at the end of the filming day.
Half a century after filming we don't have access to composer Robert Drasnin's fine music score for 'Blind Man's Bluff' but surely the cue played three times is titled something along the lines of 'Mattie's Theme.'
Here it is -- and 'how sweet the sound' -- at:
26:45 - 28:14
30:38 - 32:31
48:37 - 49:51
And the face behind the name, a luminous Melissa Murphy as Mattie, could hardly be prettier than at:
30:53 - 31:03.
This is one of my top three "Lancer" episodes*. Upon repeat viewing one can't imagine this one without the beautiful score.
"Thank you, 'Lancer Fan.'"
*'The High Riders' (pilot) and 'Julie' (Susan Strasberg) complete the list.
You could tell how distraut Johnny was when he ran from the house after Maddie, he didn't even try to grab one of the saddled horses on the corral, course that way he'd havecaught her and the Dr, not what the writer wanted.
Mattie, NOT Maddie, my bad.
One of my favorite year-two episodes, 'Blind Man's Bluff', about which I commented in years past. Yet, the entries for it -- and select other episodes -- are totally gone, vanished; and NOT by my doing. No, Disney (20th Century Fox's -- "Lancer" producer, 1968 - 70 -- owner as of 2019) hasn't reached that far -- yet.
So, RUclips family, who -- and why -- excised, took down, "blew away" seven years' worth of my / SC Vandy's "Lancer" comments? Dozens of informative sentences, many being helpful, accurate answers to other fans' or newcomers'-to-"Lancer" questions.
Even though I have a complete DVD series set, I just happened to come here, late Jan. 2020, after seeing "Once Upon a Time in . . . Hollywood" for the fourth time, thankfully again in theaters on its re-release for awards season, to read updates about the pivotal episode 'The High Riders' and new, relevant comments re Quentin Tarantino's great movie that ingeniously and uniquely incorporated elements of "Lancer".
Dozens of SC Vandy entries have vanished, by someone's malicious doing.
Why would someone be so malicious ?? Just cruel
It was cute to see Scottbeing so protectiveofJohnny after the bandages came off.
I have them all.
From what you can finally see here of James's ring , it looks to be a Lapis set in a double silver band, typical for a Mexican made piece. Also, I read ann article yesterday that talked about the house he rode on the series, seems it was his personal mount, it had been a gift from John Wayne, given to him after his ex-wife Kim Darby did True Grit with wi him, they used the horse's actual name in the series as well., Barranca(sp?])as what Johnny had named the horse, when in actuality, this was it's what John Wayne had named it when he owned it.
I wish there was an edit button in the comments so we could fix our typos.
@@AzizalSaqr There most definitely is; your wish is granted. Move your cursor to the right of your comment and four small, gray marks in vertical formation appear. CLICK on that and you'll be thrilled to see your two options: "Edit" and "Delete".
It is obvious that you have been prolific in your postings. With this new information, while editing and updating and correcting, you might try copying-and-pasting the brief ones and combine them into a single one of a few paragraphs' length -- and then "Delete" what is then redundant.
"Good Luck, to a 'Lancer' / James Stacy fan!"
I Rate like on the episodes with lots of Johnny.
She could have made him HAPPY....SHIT !!!
IF i'd been writing this episode, I'd have had Maddie take off Johnny's wet shirt and boots when he was shivering by the water then get him in a dry blanket at the cabin.
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Lancer: Episode 27.
Season 2. Episode 1. "Blind Man's Bluff."
Tuesday, July 2 - 2024.
What ever happened to the actress who played Mattie.??? Was she in anything else???,
I don't believe so. I think she was in 1 other thing at around the same time, then nothing.
She was so lovely. Too bad her xareer tanked...
I wish if i can watch all his series 😢😢
Why didn't he look towards Mattie 1st ????
He fancied the Doc more.
Were there only 26 episodes in season one?
Yes. Season 2 had 25 episodes.
Sad Johnny couldn't tell the difference between Marttie & Teresa's hands !!!
After all the hand holding Johnny & Mattie did...so sad he didn't realize it was Teresa & not Mattie!!!
@@debrarick9617 I think he was so anxious about whether he would see again or not at that moment, he wasn't focused on the feel of Mattie's hand. I so loved this episode and would have loved to have the series end with Mattie coming back to Lancer and Johnny.
Ya i loved it when Johnny was in it.
Sad their so sweet romance to finish this way
Why they took it off after two seasons.Should have made it 5 or more seasons.James Stacy died in 2016 at the age of 79.This year 2024 he would be 87.Had a big crush on him.❤
I had such a crush on James Stacy that I finally wrote him a fan letter and drove to the Beverly Hilton where I saw he was going to be for some event and left it for him. He actually called me and we became friends and eventually lovers for several years, until I moved out of state, but we still kept in touch. Was excited to see his character of Johnny Madrid was nicely portrayed in the movie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Miss him and his fun sense of humor.
Lancer Fan do you know? Were there only 26 episodes in season one?
Not much chance of catching a horse drawn wagon on barefoot mate.
He was hoping his pleas -- "I LOVE you, Mattie" "Come back; it's ME" -- would have pulled at the good doctor's heart so that he pulls on the reins OR Mattie motions for him to do that: STOP. I don't think viewers even gave it a thought that Johnny, on foot and barefoot at that, or any man / woman, is gonna outrun a horse. Because it's impossible.
He missed his chance by not hopping on Barranca, because that beautiful palomino of his would have caught up in quick time.
Goof: I'll take a calculated guess that Johnny and Mattie have been at Lancer for at least a week while he convalesces. Before the bandages came off, and even though his mind is on the BIG question: 'will I see?' or 'will I be blind?', Johnny would have easily recognized that Teresa's medium size fingers were not Mattie's, which we've observed to be long and slender. With Mattie being a country girl, necessitating performing chores indoors and outside both, her hands are surely courser than Teresa's.
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I wonder why he didn't know her and what she looked like considering her father worked for them.
That was her uncle, not father, according to the doctor. He also said that Lem (uncle's name) apparently thought it was a "judgement of heaven" (her being mute) . That probably is why he kept space in the floor so that she could hide if someone came. Remember, at the beginning Murdoch told Scott that they only way that Lem would work for Lancer is if he got to go home every night. Rumors were made by others that he had gold stashed but it was to take care of her & nobody knew that reason.
Gawd, what a bs ending, so sad.
HOW MUCH FOCKING TIME MUST I SAY NO FOCKING PIECE PIECE OF MOVIE
I don't like this episode lol
Very predictable plot, have seen it before. Boring!