A great episode! Young Ben is very believable as his hair is died black (Adam\'s hair color), he looks youthful, and does a credible job in the fight scene.
The music box Ben gives Adam\'s mother comes around nicely in the final scene as a memento on Adam\'s nightstand.
I would rate this a \"keeper\" episode, as it answers many questions about Ben\'s first wife, Adam\'s birth, what takes Ben out west, and what he did before being the land baron he eventually becomes.
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Episode Summary
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Ben keeps a bedside vigil as his son Adam suffers through a high fever. He hearkens back to earlier times with his first wife, and Adam's mother, Elizabeth. These were the days when Ben was a sailor serving under Elizabeth's father, Captain Abel Morgan Stoddard.moreless
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Geraldine BrooksElizabeth Stoddard
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Torin ThatcherCapt. Abel Morgan Stoddard
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Berry KroegerMandible
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Dan Blocker
Eric "Hoss" Cartwright (1959-1972)
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Lorne Greene
Ben Cartwright
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Pernell Roberts
Adam Cartwright (1959-1965)
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Michael Landon
Joseph "Little Joe" Francis Cartwright
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TRIVIA (2)
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Adam is named after a character in the novel Paradise Lost.
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Ben retires from a life at sea prior to marrying Elizabeth, saying that he has had enough.
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QUOTES (2)
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Ben: Captain, I'm, I'm through with the sea too. I have a dream, sir. To go west. Now it will take a good deal of money and until I can afford to go, I'm using what little money I have to go into business as a ship's chandler. I want you as a partner.
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Ben: I can recognise a man with salt water in his veins, sir. Stoddard: Well, I can't say the same thing about you.
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NOTES (2)
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German episode title: "Bens erste Frau", meaning "Ben's First Wife".
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Featured Cartwright: Ben
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