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It featured some first-rate drama and performances. Thankfully, "The Storm" was not a complete waste of time. Instead of providing background to the characters of Levi and Mule, these flashbacks only dragged the episode's first half hour. Because "The Storm" featured the deaths of Levi Zendt and Mule Canby, viewers were subjected to flashbacks featuring Levi's journey to the West in "" and the Skimmerhorn cattle drive in "The Longhorns". It was the only episode that featured the character of Lame Beaver in the main narrative, yet at the same time, allowed viewers access to the character's past. The flashbacks in that first episode made sense. The first thirty minutes of "The Storm" featured a number of flashbacks I have not seen since "Only the Rocks Live Forever". Larson's handling of the episode's time span seemed so sloppy that I could only shake my head in disbelief.īut the episode's time span was not the only thing that troubled me. Levi's journey to Pennsylvania should have occurred five years later. Also, the winter storm that struck the Western Plains occurred in 1886-1887. I doubt very much that Seccombe was able erect a small manor house within a month or two. More importantly, a semi-manor made of brick (or stones) had replaced the clapboard ranch house that served as Venneford Ranch's main house. Around the time of his arrival, Oliver and Charlotte Seccombe were behaving like a couple that had been married for several years, instead of honeymooners.
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While Levi was in Pennsylvania, the Findlay Perkins character had arrived in Centennial. One, the character of Amos Calendar seemed to have aged by a decade. there were signs in the episode that several years had passed since the end of "The Shepherds". In total, his entire trip should have lasted less than a month. And considering that it took seven days to journey by rail from the West Coast to the East Coast Levi's journey from Colorado to Pennsylvania should have taken less than seven days. In fact, his wife Lucinda and his son, Martin, expressed surprise that he had returned home to Centennial before the winter. However, certain aspect in the episode seemed to hint that several years, instead of a few months, had passed between Levi’s arrival in Lancaster and the winter storm that finally struck Centennial.Ĭharles Larson's screenplay made it clear that Levi's visit to Pennsylvania did not last that long. And this led me to assume that the episode spanned a few months around the late fall and early winter of 1881. Levi did not return to Centennial until the onset of winter. And since the episode opened with Levi's arrival in Lancaster, I can only assume that the episode began in the fall of 1881. The previous episode, "The Shepherds" ended with Levi Zendt leaving Centennial to visit his hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, it seemed marred by a good deal of mistakes that left the time span rather confusing. "The Storm" had the potential to be one of the better episodes of the miniseries. Which is a pity, because I found it rather interesting. Of the eight episodes so far, it seemed to be the only one in which the time span struck me as rather confusing. The eighth episode of "CENTENNIAL" is a bit of a conundrum for me. "CENTENNIAL" (1978-79) - Episode Eight "The Storm" Commentary