“Obsession”
“Obsession”
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Season: 2 episode 13
Series Episode: 22
Air Date: July 3, 2000
Teaser
“Cherchez la femme.” – Ezra Standish
Exploit
Discourage a land grab.
Remuneration
None
Euphemisms / Quotes / Literary References
“Bet you got a headache the size of a horse.” – Bucklin “Buck” Wilmington
“‘Bareback’ Larabee gets the goose down. We get this little slice of heaven.” – Bucklin “Buck” Wilmington
“Just ’cause you can bark, don’t mean you can bite.” – John “J.D.” Dunne
“Looks like your family tree weren’t no bigger than a little shrub.” – Bucklin “Buck” Wilmington
“Kid, stay clear of trouble. I don’t want to put you to bed with a shovel.” – Bucklin “Buck” Wilmington
“Gunslingers live poor as church mice and die in the prime of life.” – Ella Gaines
“Well, Mr. Larabee appears to be seizing the day, as well he should.” – Ezra Standish
Referring to the aphorism “Carpe diem” found in the first book of Odes (23 BCE) by Horace
“A man surely must keep moving, or die.” – Ezra Standish
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Chris "Bareback" Larabee
Gunfighter
Michael Biehn
43 Credited
Vin Tanner
Gunfighter Eric Close
33 Credited
John “J.D." Dunne
Gunfighter Andrew Kavovit
29 Credited
Bucklin "Buck" Wilmington
Gunfighter Dale Midkiff
41 Credited
Josiah Sanchez
Gunfighter/ Theologian Ron Perlman
50 Credited
Ezra Standish
Gambler/ Conman/ Gunfighter
Anthony Starke
37 Credited
Nathan Jackson
Gunfighter / Healer Rick Worthy
33 Credited
Mary Travis
Owner and editor of The Clarion News
Laurie Holden
30 Credited
“Handsome” Jack Averal
Culpepper Mining Company employee
Jeremy Ratchford
34 Credited
Ella Gaines
Rancher / Widow / Former girlfriend of Chris Larabee
Kay Lenz 47 Credited
“Hilda” Hildegard
Joseph Petrie's niece
Debra Christofferson
Credited
Luis
Ella Gaines' carriage driver
Sal Lopez
45 Credited
Maria
Prostitute in Purgatory
Lola Glaudini
28 Credited
"Doc" Doctor
David Selburg
51 Credited
J. D.s nemesis
Richard Danielson
Credited
"D.J."
Handsome Jack Averal's henchman
Uncredited
Photographer
Uncredited
Singing drunk Mark Lentry
43 Uncredited
Townsman
Johnny Luckett 41 Uncredited
Woman learning piano from Hild / “Painted lady”
Ariane Von Kamp
Uncredited
David S. Winn III
Uncredited
Joseph Petrie
Ella Gaines late husband
Mentioned
County Clerk in Red Fork
Mentioned
Hlida's mama
Mentioned
Crew
Director Kevin Dowling
First Assistant Director Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Second Assistant Director
Susan Price
Second Unit Director Walter Scott
Developed by
John Watson / Pen Desham
Original Screenplay
William Roberts / Walter Bernstein (uncredited) / Walter Newman (uncredited)
Written by Richard Kletter
Script Supervisor
Jan Rudolph
Script Coordinator Christina Weir
Executive Producers
Pen Densham / Richard Barton Lewis/ Walter Mirisch/ Mark Stern / John Watson
Producers
Steve Beers / Lynne Symons
Associate Producer Dennis C. Duckwall
Supervising Producer Melissa Rosenberg
Consulting Producer Richard Kletter / Mark Haskell Smith
Composer: Original Theme Elmer Bernstein
Music Don Harper / David M. Metzger
Composer: Additional music Dave Metzger (uncredited) / Steve Wilkinson (uncredited)
Director of Photography
William Wages, A. S. C.
Camera Operator(s)
Gregory Paul Collier / Brian Sullivan (uncredited)
Key Grip
Jason (D.) Hodges
Best Boy Grip Bob Snowdon (uncredited)
Chief Lighting Technician
Jack Todd
Best Boy Electric
J. B. Richner (uncredited)
Film Editor
David Post
Assistant Editor
Ron South
Supervising Sound Editor(s)
Victor Iorillo, M.P.S.E. /Doug Kent
Sound Editor(s) Miles O'Fun
Production Sound Mixer
Richard Schexnayder
Re-recording Mixer(s)
Pete Elia / Larry Stensvold
Art Director
John Bucklin
Set Decorator
John (F.) Brown
Construction Coordinator
Dean (R.) Brown
Property Master
Curtis Akin
Assistant Property Master James L. Eddy (uncredited)
Propmaker Foreman
Steven Fidler (uncredited)
Location Manager
Patrick Mignano
Location Liaison
Daniel Veluzatd (uncredited)
Transportation Coordinator
Rockey (Rocky) Reed
Production Designer
Jerry Wanek
Unit Production Manager
Bob (Robert M.) Rolsky
Production Coordinator
Bill (William) Sell
Post-Production Executive
Hudson Hickman (uncredited)
Post-Production Supervisor
Shana Fischer Huber
Post-Production Assistant Michelle Sabrina Wong (uncredited)
Production Accountant
Jeff Gafin
Original casting
Janet Hirshenson, C.S.A. / Jane Jenkins, C.S.A.
Casting
Mary Jo Slater, C.S.A.
Casting Associate Tim (Timothy) Michals
Costume Design
Dan Moore
Costumer
Susan Saldutti (uncredited)
Makeup Artist/ Makeup Department Head
Phyllis Temple
Hair Stylist(s)
Gary Walker
Special Effect Coordinator
Dan (Danny) Lester
Stunt Coordinator
Walter Scott
Assistant Stunt Coordinator
Tony Lee Boggs (uncredited)
Boss Wrangler
Clay M. Lilley (uncredited)
Main Title
Frankfurt Balkind
Film Laboratory Services
FotoKem (Film lab)
Audio Post Production
Westwind Media
Post Production Services
The Post Group (Production Suites)
Production Companies
Trilogy Entertainment Group / The Mirisch Corporation / Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) (Television)
Distribution Company
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Hot on the Trail
Purgatory
Pleasurable Pursuits
Dulcet Refrains
I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair,
Borne, like a vapor on the summer air;
I see her tripping where the bright streams play,
Happy as the daisies that dance on her way.
Many were the wild notes her merry voice would pour.
Many were the blithe birds who warbled them o’er:
Oh, … – Hildegard
“I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair” (1854)
by Stephen Collins Foster
I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair,
Borne, like a vapor on the summer air;
I see her playing where the bright streams play,
Happy as the daisies that dance on her way.
Many were the wild notes her merry voice would pour.
Many were the blithe birds that warbled them o’er:
Oh, I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair.
Floating like a vapor, on the soft summer air.
I long for Jeanie with a day-dawn smile,
Radiant in gladness, warm with winning guile
I hear her melodies, like joys gone by,
Sighing round my heart over the fond hopes that die: –
Sighing like the night wind and sobbing like the rain, –
Wailing for the lost one that comes not again.
Oh! I long for Jeanie and my heart bows low,
Never more to find her where the bright water flows.
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Refreshments & Libations
Beer
Blackberries
Strawberries
Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey
Sources
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