- LAST STOP: OBLIVION
Original Airdate: February 12, 1961
Synopsis. En route to Denver, Bart and Laura Nelson spend the night at a stagecoach station run by Nero and Verna Lyme, an amiable couple with a deadly pastime: They sniff out wealthy passengers and kill them for their money.
“Last Stop: Oblivion” is a taut melodrama that is enhanced by the inspired casting of Buddy Ebsen (The Beverly Hillbillies, Davy Crockett, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Barnaby Jones) and Virginia Christine (Mrs. Olsen of the Folgers Coffee commercials) as the deadly Mr. and Mrs. Lyme.
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I consider your volume my “Maverick Bible.”
“Tale of Three Cities” and “Mr. Muldoon’s Partner” tie for my very favorite episode — I realize the last seems an odd choice, but I’m a sucker for fantasy; and it could always be taken as a tall tale Bart is spinning (as could “The Witch of Hound Dog”). The serious episode I watch again most often is “Last Stop, Oblivion.” It should be obvious by now that I’m a complete Bartophile.
Thank you, Phyllis! I am so happy to hear that my book continues to bring you enjoyment and enhance your viewing of the series. I did not learn about the story about how Mickey Shaughnessy helped Robert Colbert early in his career until many years after I had originally finished the book (the story is now in the third edition), but I’ve grown to like that episode more as a result. (If memory serves, Elvis also found Shaughnessy to be a mensch.) If I had to pick a favorite Kelly episode, it would be “Shady Deal at Sunny Acres” (because Bart runs the con while Bret looms in the background) and “The Goose-Drownder” (with Richard Long).