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The Big Valley

The Odyssey of Jubal Tanner

Season 1, Episode 5, Aired 10/13/65

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Victoria sells land to an old friend, while the Barkley boys are part of a plan to flood it!!!

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Linda Evans

Audra Barkley
Barbara Stanwyck

Victoria Barkley
Richard Long

Jarrod Barkley

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An old friend returns to claim the land that was promised to him by Tom years ago.He's not willing to give it up when the town wants the land to flood for a dam. The Barkleys must decide whether the rights of one are more important than the good of many.moreless

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By dagny21, Nov 12, 2010 Report Abuse

I absolutely hated this episode. The premise was touching and I liked watching the family conflict while they all tried to come to an agreement about which side they were on. It was also interesting to have the town for once against the Barkleys instead of worshipping them. However, I was totally disgusted when the old man was killed by the mob mentality of the town, THEN, the town got the dam anyway! It was like: Oh well, I guess he's dead anyway, so let's go on and flood his land, which is what we were helping him fight against! And then, what was with that kid? His grandfather was killed and he's just happy the dam is going to be named after his grandpa? No grief, just "Whoopee! the town that murdered grandpa's gonna honor him by naming the dam he was fighting against after him!"

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An old friend of Victoria and Tom's

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By JarrodMcDonald, Apr 25, 2010 Report Abuse

The concept for this episode is interesting. We get some backstory on Victoria and Tom's early days in the valley. Of course, Jubal's life and struggles mean more to Victoria than to her sons. The use of the grandson character shows the importance of preserving a legacy for the next generation. Probably what I dislike is that the focus seems too much on a guest character than on the Barkleys. Also, I think there are some implausible plot points and the ending is a bit tidy. But the episode does raise some interesting questions about the nature of progress and it is fairly entertaining.moreless

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- There is no title at the beginning of this episode. It begins with the names of the producers. Possibly the title was changed after the initial broadcast on ABC. Edit
- This episode is set in 1876 because it makes mention that Tom Barkley died 6 years earlier in 1870 which we see the exact year of his death on his tombstone in the first episode. Edit
- This episode's title shares a name, to be exact, of an episode of Gunsmoke which qriginally aired on May 18, 1963. "The Odyssey of Jubal Tanner". Also the title's character of Gunsmoke's Jubal Tanner was portrayed by Peter Breck (Nick Barkley). Edit
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