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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Sam inspires Buddy Holly to write Peggy Sue. In real life, the song was written by Jerry Allison and Norman Petty.
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** After Sam finds Doc's diary and reads an entry about Tess, Al learns from Ziggy that there's a 97% chance Tess will marry someone who has written her love letters. Sam initially tries to deny that he's there to get Doc and Tess together, [[ExactWords since he found a]] ''[[ExactWords diary]]''.
* LampshadeHanging / HandWave: While at Doc's house, Sam notes that all the animals there can see Al. Al brushes that off, commenting that all animals can see him.
* LampshadeHanging / HandWave: While at Doc's house, Sam notes that all the animals there can see Al. Al brushes that off, commenting that all animals can see him.
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* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Dr. Young’s assistant is a pre-fame Music/BuddyHolly. Sam even helps him write the lyrics to "Peggy-Sue".
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** When Chance talks with Tess about how [[OneOfTheBoys she never learned how to be a woman]], Tess cracks that she's fine with that, "
since she "never did take to sashayin' and swoonin'". Over the course of the episode, she winds up doing ''both'' due to Sam.
since she "never did take to sashayin' and swoonin'". Over the course of the episode, she winds up doing ''both'' due to Sam.
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** When Chance talks with Tess about how [[OneOfTheBoys she never learned how to be a woman]], Tess cracks that she's fine with that, "
since she "never did take to sashayin' and swoonin'". Over the course of the episode, she winds up doing ''both'' due to Sam.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Chances are you could figure out the PlotTwist concerning Doc's assistant right from the outset if you know a thing or two about music, and listen to the song he is singing in his first scene:
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** When Chance talks with Tess about how [[OneOfTheBoys she never learned how to be a woman]], Tess cracks that she's fine with that, "
since she "never did take to sashayin' and swoonin'". Over the course of the episode, she winds up doing ''both'' due to Sam.
** Right before Sam leaves with (who he comes to name) Piggy, Chance asks if he'll consider taking part in his wager with Tess. His response?
--->'''Sam''': I'll take the pig. You keep the daughter.
** Chances are you could figure out the PlotTwist concerning Doc's assistant right from the outset if you know a thing or two about music, and listen to the song he is singing in his first scene:
** When Chance talks with Tess about how [[OneOfTheBoys she never learned how to be a woman]], Tess cracks that she's fine with that, "
since she "never did take to sashayin' and swoonin'". Over the course of the episode, she winds up doing ''both'' due to Sam.
** Right before Sam leaves with (who he comes to name) Piggy, Chance asks if he'll consider taking part in his wager with Tess. His response?
--->'''Sam''': I'll take the pig. You keep the daughter.
** Chances are you could figure out the PlotTwist concerning Doc's assistant right from the outset if you know a thing or two about music, and listen to the song he is singing in his first scene:
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: After a day of ranching with everyone, Sam attempts to head home to take a bath, only for Tess to tell him he has to accompany them into town:
-->'''Tess''': There's a buyer interested in one of our prize bulls, and if you intend to run Riata with me, I think maybe you better come along.
-->'''Sam''': Without a bath?
-->'''Tess''': You got it, cowboy.
-->'''Sam''': (quietly; exasperated) [-''Series/{{Bonanza}}'' was never like this.-]
-->'''Tess''': There's a buyer interested in one of our prize bulls, and if you intend to run Riata with me, I think maybe you better come along.
-->'''Sam''': Without a bath?
-->'''Tess''': You got it, cowboy.
-->'''Sam''': (quietly; exasperated) [-''Series/{{Bonanza}}'' was never like this.-]
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Dr. Young’s assistant is a pre-fame Music/BuddyHolly. Sam even helps him write the lyrics to "Peggy-Sue".
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* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Dr. Young’s assistant is a pre-fame Music/BuddyHolly. Sam even helps him write the lyrics to "Peggy-Sue".
* YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe: After a day of ranching with everyone, Sam attempts to head home to take a bath, only for Tess to tell him he has to accompany them into town:
-->'''Tess''': There's a buyer interested in one of our prize bulls, and if you intend to run Riata with me, I think maybe you better come along.
-->'''Sam''': Without a bath?
-->'''Tess''': You got it, cowboy.
-->'''Sam''': (quietly; exasperated) [-''Series/{{Bonanza}}'' was never like this.-]
* YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe: After a day of ranching with everyone, Sam attempts to head home to take a bath, only for Tess to tell him he has to accompany them into town:
-->'''Tess''': There's a buyer interested in one of our prize bulls, and if you intend to run Riata with me, I think maybe you better come along.
-->'''Sam''': Without a bath?
-->'''Tess''': You got it, cowboy.
-->'''Sam''': (quietly; exasperated) [-''Series/{{Bonanza}}'' was never like this.-]
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-->'''Sam''': [[YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe Without a bath?]]
-->'''Tess''': You got it, cowboy.
-->'''Sam''': (quietly; exasperated) [-''Series/{{Bonanza}}'' was never like this.-]
-->'''Tess''': There's a buyer interested in one of our prize bulls, and if you intend to run Riata with me, I think maybe you better come along.
-->'''Sam''': [[YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe Without a bath?]]
-->'''Tess''': You got it, cowboy.
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-->'''Tess''': There's a buyer interested in one of our prize bulls, and if you intend to run Riata with me, I think maybe you better come along.
-->'''Sam''': [[YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe Without a bath?]]
-->'''Tess''': You got it, cowboy.
-->'''Sam''': (quietly; exasperated) [-''Series/{{Bonanza}}'' was never like this.-]
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* YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe: After a day of ranching with everyone, Sam attempts to head home to take a bath, only for Tess to tell him he has to accompany them into town:
-->'''Tess''': There's a buyer interested in one of our prize bulls, and if you intend to run Riata with me, I think maybe you better come along.
-->'''Sam''': Without a bath?
-->'''Tess''': You got it, cowboy.
-->'''Sam''': (quietly; exasperated) [-''Series/{{Bonanza}}'' was never like this.-]
-->'''Tess''': There's a buyer interested in one of our prize bulls, and if you intend to run Riata with me, I think maybe you better come along.
-->'''Sam''': Without a bath?
-->'''Tess''': You got it, cowboy.
-->'''Sam''': (quietly; exasperated) [-''Series/{{Bonanza}}'' was never like this.-]
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* RealityEnsues: After a day of ranching with everyone, Sam attempts to head home to take a bath, only for Tess to tell him he has to accompany them into town:
-->'''Tess''': There's a buyer interested in one of our prize bulls, and if you intend to run Riata with me, I think maybe you better come along.
-->'''Sam''': [[YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe Without a bath?]]
-->'''Tess''': You got it, cowboy.
-->'''Sam''': (quietly; exasperated) [-''Series/{{Bonanza}}'' was never like this.-]
-->'''Tess''': There's a buyer interested in one of our prize bulls, and if you intend to run Riata with me, I think maybe you better come along.
-->'''Sam''': [[YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe Without a bath?]]
-->'''Tess''': You got it, cowboy.
-->'''Sam''': (quietly; exasperated) [-''Series/{{Bonanza}}'' was never like this.-]
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** [[YankTheDogsChain "But I wrote these letters."]]
** If you didn't pick up who Doc's assistant was, you have the song he started to sing towards the end when Sam was looking for Piggy:
--->''Piggy soo-ey, piggy soo-ey... [[Music/BuddyHolly Oh, how my heart yearns for you...]]''
** [[YankTheDogsChain "But I wrote these letters."]]
** If you didn't pick up who Doc's assistant was, you have the song he started to sing towards the end when Sam was looking for Piggy:
--->''Piggy soo-ey, piggy soo-ey... [[Music/BuddyHolly Oh, how my heart yearns for you...]]''
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Chances are you could figure out the PlotTwist concerning Doc's assistant right from the outset if you know a thing or two about music, and listen to the song he is singing in his first scene:
-->''[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Thad and me... Thad and me... All he does is chew and chew...]]''
-->''[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Thad and me... Thad and me... All he does is chew and chew...]]''
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* HesitationEqualsDishonesty: Deconstructed: When Al asks Sam if he ever saw Tina's tattoo (which is in [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a very intimate location]]), Sam does not answer, prompting Al to assume Sam ''did''. When Sam points out he doesn't even ''remember'' Tina, much less her having a tattoo, Al accuses him of using his swiss-cheesed brain as a cover... only for it to finally connect for Al that Sam ''couldn't'' have, since he's in 1956. The incident that caused Al to ask Sam[[note]]Tina potentially cheating on Al with someone on the Project[[/note]] had happened (for Al) ''recently''.
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* HesitationEqualsDishonesty: Deconstructed: When Al asks Sam if he ever saw Tina's tattoo (which is in [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a very intimate location]]), location), Sam does not answer, prompting Al to assume Sam ''did''. When Sam points out he doesn't even ''remember'' Tina, much less her having a tattoo, Al accuses him of using his swiss-cheesed brain as a cover... only for it to finally connect for Al that Sam ''couldn't'' have, since he's in 1956. The incident that caused Al to ask Sam[[note]]Tina potentially cheating on Al with someone on the Project[[/note]] had happened (for Al) ''recently''.
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* HesitationEqualsDishonesty: Deconstructed: When Al asks Sam if he ever saw Tina's tattoo (which is in [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a very intimate location]]), Sam does not answer, prompting Al to assume Sam ''did''. When Sam points out he doesn't even ''remember'' Tina, much less her having a tattoo, Al accuses him of using his swiss-cheesed brain as a cover... only for it to finally connect for Al that Sam ''couldn't'' have, since he's in 1956. The incident that caused Al to ask Sam[[note]]Tina potentially cheating on Al with someone on the Project[[/note]] this happened (for Al) ''recently''.
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* HesitationEqualsDishonesty: Deconstructed: When Al asks Sam if he ever saw Tina's tattoo (which is in [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a very intimate location]]), Sam does not answer, prompting Al to assume Sam ''did''. When Sam points out he doesn't even ''remember'' Tina, much less her having a tattoo, Al accuses him of using his swiss-cheesed brain as a cover... only for it to finally connect for Al that Sam ''couldn't'' have, since he's in 1956. The incident that caused Al to ask Sam[[note]]Tina potentially cheating on Al with someone on the Project[[/note]] this had happened (for Al) ''recently''.
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* ViewerGenderConfusion: [invoked]] Sam at first assumes Piggy is a boy, only for Al to point out the pig's actually a girl.
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Wayne and Tess watch Sam attempts at lassoing, Tess inquires if Wayne bothered to tell Sam to keep his thumb up, pointing out that the rope could "jerk [it] off" if Sam's not careful. Sure enough, Sam suddenly yells out in pain after yanking on the rope:
-->'''Wayne''': (pretending to be worried) Gosh, Doc. [[BlatantLies Didn't I tell you to keep your thumb up?]]
-->'''Sam''': (in pain) No!
-->'''Wayne''': [[KickTheDog (disingenuously) I'm sorry.]]
-->'''Sam''': (in pain) God! I guess I'll just have to... (pretends to take off his thumb) grow a new one. (uncovers his ''uninjured'' thumb)
-->'''Wayne''': (pretending to be worried) Gosh, Doc. [[BlatantLies Didn't I tell you to keep your thumb up?]]
-->'''Sam''': (in pain) No!
-->'''Wayne''': [[KickTheDog (disingenuously) I'm sorry.]]
-->'''Sam''': (in pain) God! I guess I'll just have to... (pretends to take off his thumb) grow a new one. (uncovers his ''uninjured'' thumb)
* CuttingTheKnot: Discussed: After Doc's assistant leaves, Sam (who was unable to figure out what his name is) looks skyward and asks "Couldn't you give 'em name tags?"
* {{Fingore}}: Discussed: Wayne makes a point of ''not'' warning Sam to keep his thumb up when he uses the lasso, which Tess points out leaves him as risk of losing a thumb. However, since Sam grew up on a farm himself, he opts to ''pretend'' to lose his thumb as a joke to Wayne.
* HeroicRROD: Downplayed: Tess overworks herself trying to keep up with Sam when they put up fence posts, and winds up passing out from heat exhaustion.
* HesitationEqualsDishonesty: Deconstructed: When Al asks Sam if he ever saw Tina's tattoo (which is in [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a very intimate location]]), Sam does not answer, prompting Al to assume Sam ''did''. When Sam points out he doesn't even ''remember'' Tina, much less her having a tattoo, Al accuses him of using his swiss-cheesed brain as a cover... only for it to finally connect for Al that Sam ''couldn't'' have, since he's in 1956. The incident that caused Al to ask Sam[[note]]Tina potentially cheating on Al with someone on the Project[[/note]] this happened (for Al) ''recently''.
* IronicEcho: After Sam gets thrown off of Widowmaker, Wayne (who had tricked Sam into riding it in the first place) helps him up, cracking that his stunt was "[j]ust a little cowboy humor". Later on during Sam's stint at lassoing, he pretends he lost his thumb following Wayne's half-assed advice, informing Wayne that was "[j]ust a little cowboy humor".
* LoopholeAbuse: Because of a desire to see Tess marry someone so that the ranch can remain family owned, Chance makes a deal with her: If [[ExactWords any man on the ranch]] can keep up with Tess for an entire week, she'll marry that person. And after insisting ''she'' picks the man, Tess promptly chooses Sam (or rather Doc). What's more, when Sam decides to OptOut, Tess ''refuses'' to pick another man; "[i]t's Doc or nothin'".
-->'''Chance''': [[YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe Tess, you can't be serious.]]
-->'''Tess''': You said any man on the ranch, Chance, and a deal's a deal.
* HeroicRROD: Downplayed: Tess overworks herself trying to keep up with Sam when they put up fence posts, and winds up passing out from heat exhaustion.
* HesitationEqualsDishonesty: Deconstructed: When Al asks Sam if he ever saw Tina's tattoo (which is in [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a very intimate location]]), Sam does not answer, prompting Al to assume Sam ''did''. When Sam points out he doesn't even ''remember'' Tina, much less her having a tattoo, Al accuses him of using his swiss-cheesed brain as a cover... only for it to finally connect for Al that Sam ''couldn't'' have, since he's in 1956. The incident that caused Al to ask Sam[[note]]Tina potentially cheating on Al with someone on the Project[[/note]] this happened (for Al) ''recently''.
* IronicEcho: After Sam gets thrown off of Widowmaker, Wayne (who had tricked Sam into riding it in the first place) helps him up, cracking that his stunt was "[j]ust a little cowboy humor". Later on during Sam's stint at lassoing, he pretends he lost his thumb following Wayne's half-assed advice, informing Wayne that was "[j]ust a little cowboy humor".
* LoopholeAbuse: Because of a desire to see Tess marry someone so that the ranch can remain family owned, Chance makes a deal with her: If [[ExactWords any man on the ranch]] can keep up with Tess for an entire week, she'll marry that person. And after insisting ''she'' picks the man, Tess promptly chooses Sam (or rather Doc). What's more, when Sam decides to OptOut, Tess ''refuses'' to pick another man; "[i]t's Doc or nothin'".
-->'''Chance''': [[YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe Tess, you can't be serious.]]
-->'''Tess''': You said any man on the ranch, Chance, and a deal's a deal.
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* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Defied – Defied: Both Doc and Wayne are attracted to Tess.Tess, and Sam also gets smitten with her as the contest proceeds..
* OhCrap: When Chance asks Sam about what is ailing the little pig he was fighting to pick up for the past minute since the leap in, Sam (unable to properly respond due to not really knowing) mutters out a semi-aggreement to Chance's assumption that it's hog cholera. So naturally, Sam practically panics when the entire ranch staff opts to kill and burn the whole of the pig pen, prompting him to state they can't do anything yet until he does a proper diagnosis.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Sam at first assumes Piggy is a boy, only for Al to point out the pig's actually a girl.
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* ChekhovsGun: Al informs Sam that there's a 97% probability that Tess is going to marry someone who wrote her letters. Towards the end of the episode, Wayne (upset that she was probably going to marry Doc) showed up to make his case, talking about how he loved her ever since he showed up at the ranch...
-->'''Wayne''': Just... Just never had the guts to say so... (pulls out a stack of paper) [[WhamLine But I wrote these letters.]]
-->'''Wayne''': Just... Just never had the guts to say so... (pulls out a stack of paper) [[WhamLine But I wrote these letters.]]
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* MirrorReveal: Sam is trying to woo a woman named Tess on behalf of the man he leaped into, but ends up losing her to another man. Al suggests that Sam look into a mirror where he sees a hispanic man looking back; Al says that Sam got much further than anyone would have expected (Tess is white, and the story takes place in the 1950s). Evidently Sam never looked into a mirror the entire time he had leaped even though it had been upwards of a week.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Sam has a little bit of a chuckle once he realizes he was there to help Music/BuddyHolly create "Peggy-Sue".
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* YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe: Towards the end of the episode, Sam still has no idea why he's in this leap, even in spite of Ziggy's odds that he's there to get Tess to marry the leapee. And then Sam notices the pig he was watching after ran off, and tries to find it. The literal moment Sam utters "Here, piggy! Soo-ey!", Dr. Young's assistant begins banging out a song on his guitar... [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything about "Piggy Soo-ey"]]. One look between Sam and Al later, it quickly becomes apparent the ''real'' reason for the leap:
-->'''Sam''': Buddy...
-->'''Buddy''': Yeah, Doc?
-->'''Sam''': Uh... why don't you try "Peggy Sue", it might... sound a little better.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Dr. Young’s assistant is a pre-fameCreator/BuddyHolly. Music/BuddyHolly. Sam even helps him write the lyrics to “Peggy-Sue”.
"Peggy-Sue".
-->'''Sam''': Buddy...
-->'''Buddy''': Yeah, Doc?
-->'''Sam''': Uh... why don't you try "Peggy Sue", it might... sound a little better.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Dr. Young’s assistant is a pre-fame
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->'''Tess Mc Gill:''' If there's a man on this ranch who can keep up with me for one week, then I'll marry him. But if he can't, then we forget about this marriage business once and for all.
Written by Deborah Arakelian
Directed by Ivan Dixon
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Directed by Ivan Dixon
Airdate: April 14, 1989.
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->'''Tess Mc Gill:''' [=McGill=]:''' If there's a man on this ranch who can keep up with me for one week, then I'll marry him. But if he can't, then we forget about this marriage business once and for all.
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'''''Series/QuantumLeap'''''\\
'''Season 1, Episode 4:'''
!How the Tess Was Won
->'''Tess Mc Gill:''' If there's a man on this ranch who can keep up with me for one week, then I'll marry him. But if he can't, then we forget about this marriage business once and for all.
Written by Deborah Arakelian
Directed by Ivan Dixon
Airdate: April 14, 1989.
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August 5, 1956
As farm veterinarian Daniel Young, Sam engages in a contest of ranching skill against a cowgirl as tough as she is beautiful. The prize: the cowgirl’s hand in marriage and a prime spread of Texas ranchland.
!Tropes:
* DidNotGetTheGirl: In the end, Dr. Young and Tess do not get together.
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Defied – Both Doc and Wayne are attracted to Tess.
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: Deconstructed – Sam (at Al’s direction) calls Wayne out on cheating at poker. It turns out Wayne was actually passing on the good cards to Tess.
* OneOfTheBoys: Tess works Riata Ranch alongside all the other hired hands.
* RealWomenDontWearDresses: Tess (expect for church)
* RunningGag: Sam doesn’t know the name of Doc’s assistant and tries a series of nicknames like “pard”, “son” and “the boy”. (see below)
* UnkemptBeauty: Even in chaps and flannel and covered with dirt and sweat, Tess never fails to catch the eye.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Dr. Young’s assistant is a pre-fame Creator/BuddyHolly. Sam even helps him write the lyrics to “Peggy-Sue”.
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'''''Series/QuantumLeap'''''\\
'''Season 1, Episode 4:'''
!How the Tess Was Won
->'''Tess Mc Gill:''' If there's a man on this ranch who can keep up with me for one week, then I'll marry him. But if he can't, then we forget about this marriage business once and for all.
Written by Deborah Arakelian
Directed by Ivan Dixon
Airdate: April 14, 1989.
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August 5, 1956
As farm veterinarian Daniel Young, Sam engages in a contest of ranching skill against a cowgirl as tough as she is beautiful. The prize: the cowgirl’s hand in marriage and a prime spread of Texas ranchland.
!Tropes:
* DidNotGetTheGirl: In the end, Dr. Young and Tess do not get together.
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Defied – Both Doc and Wayne are attracted to Tess.
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: Deconstructed – Sam (at Al’s direction) calls Wayne out on cheating at poker. It turns out Wayne was actually passing on the good cards to Tess.
* OneOfTheBoys: Tess works Riata Ranch alongside all the other hired hands.
* RealWomenDontWearDresses: Tess (expect for church)
* RunningGag: Sam doesn’t know the name of Doc’s assistant and tries a series of nicknames like “pard”, “son” and “the boy”. (see below)
* UnkemptBeauty: Even in chaps and flannel and covered with dirt and sweat, Tess never fails to catch the eye.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Dr. Young’s assistant is a pre-fame Creator/BuddyHolly. Sam even helps him write the lyrics to “Peggy-Sue”.
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