My Son, My Son

Season 1, Episode 8, Aired
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An old childhood friend of Audra's returns whom she'd like to be involved with. She doesn't know however that he is emotionally disturbed - dangerously so.
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  • This is probably my favorite episode.

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    By JarrodMcDonald, Apr 21, 2010 Report Abuse
    There are so many great episodes in this series, but I think this is the one I like the best...I am sure some will disagree with me because of its graphic content. But I find it interesting how the young guy really does want to be gentle, but he does not know how, because he's been encouraged by his dad to act rough and be a ladies' man. Robert Walker, Jr. (son of Robert Sr. and Jennifer Jones) is excellent...he's handsome and he's deranged...so you can see why Audra would be simultaneously attracted to, and repelled by, him. I don't think Audra encouraged the attack...she was confused and she had long-time feelings for him. I like how the writers have the young man killed off at the end of the third act...I think most stories would have him die at the end with a tidy little resolution. But in this episode, there's still another ten minutes of screen time after the death...it sets up a powerful denouement, where the families have to sift through the emotional wreckage, stop making excuses about what has happened and move forward. Stanwyck is particularly good at the end of Act 3 and during Act 4. When Victoria kills (to protect her daughter), the action is rife with irony, not to mention Freudian overtones...so it makes for a rather interesting and justifiable homicide. The writing is solid, the acting is top-notch and Paul Henried's direction is tight and there is not one wasted moment.moreless

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  • "Audra asks for it"

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    By millerem99, Jul 03, 2007 Report Abuse
    The Big Valley was a favorite series as a kid, and I recently saw this episode again on a Western cable channel. Watching it as an adult, I found it rather disturbing, not to mention outright sexist, that Audra would practically get raped and her mother would ask her if she didn't send out the wrong signals to the neighbor boy! Linda Evans is so demure throughout the episode, despite the sexual harassment, it seems as though she wouldn't send out any signals at all...moreless

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  • Now this episode promised the world what was to come in the history of television. Violence, madness, and a crazy character that was more than a pre-show for later characters on TV.moreless

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    By trupretender, Jun 17, 2006 Report Abuse
    This episode was very hard to watch, because of the extreme subject matter, although very familiar, but still extreme. When Audra, portrayed by the lovely Linda Evans is continuously harrased by a mental case of an old friend, her family begins to suspect the problems they should deal with. The boys' family are the Barkleys neihbors. Trying to avoid rivalries, Ma Barkley attempts to smooth out the problem a number of times, before a shocking turn of events forces her to do something she knows she has to do. This episode was so thrilling and suspenceful. It had the situation of sexual harrassment and rape. Not only this, but the crazy character was a real pre-show for later crazies in TV like Katherine Wentworth of "Dallas", or even the favored Kimberly Shaw of "Melrose PL." My point being, that it is a great time all around, but very dreadful, and yet very exciting.moreless

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    • Robert Walker Jr. is the son of actors Robert Walker and Jennifer Jones. He appeared in a few big-screen westerns, notably in 'The War Wagon' with John Wayne. Edit

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    • Mrs. Miles: (watching her son dance with Audra) We shouldn't have brought him, Wally. Mr. Miles: Stop it Genny! He's my son - our son! I'm not lockin' him away in no attic! Edit

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