Thinking about it some more, I guess that recent episode where the Duttons hung the Becks' hired thugs up outside the Becks' ranch house (after the attack on Beth) with the "return to sender" sign on them, was probably fashioned after Jack Woltz (in "The Godfather") waking up with the Arabian Stallion head in his bed because he wouldn't give Johnny Fontane the part in the movie. (I read somewhere that Jack Woltz was Jack Warner & Fontane was Frank Sinatra.)
Just an average night at The Dutton Ranch.
I had a couple of minor nits with that episode. You would think that with as many enemies the Beck brothers have, they would have pretty good security around their pad. But since they didn't, & since the Duttons are quite comfortable with, & skilled at, killing people, & since they intend to bump the Becks off anyway, why didn't they just go ahead & do it the night they hung the thugs up outside the door?
Also, at the end of the assault on Beth when Rip came crashing in, the thug that was (at the time) in the process of assaulting Beth, got off two rounds at Rip & at least 1 (if not both) hit him. I promise you that the thug was not packing a .25 or a .32 or a 380. I am sure that in that line of work he was carrying a 9mm or a .40 or a .45 ACP, or maybe something as exotic as a Sig .357.
One of my earlier thoughts on this series is that Hauser doesn't do a bad job at making Rip into a truly dangerous sociopath; however, ascribing super human qualities to him didn't (imo) do the show any good. I suppose the doc that Dutton called to do some battle field surgery sans the hospital may have successfully worked on Rip in his office, but after two whacks in the torso from (at the very least) a 9mm & ensuing surgery, I am pretty sure Rip would have needed some blood products. I haven't seen a Dr.s office yet equipped for administering blood.
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