Gray-Brown Odyssey

 

Horn and Goldman are on their way back to the base with Pointer and Calhoun

when a booby trap blows up their jeep
.

Goldman is left blind. After trying to put the jeep fire out the fire extinguisher misfires in his face.
Soon the VC are hunting them down. Pointer is shot and Calhoun dies of his injuries.
Hiding in a hut a grenade is thrown in. Horn tosses it out and runs outside and chases down the VC who threw it. 
Horn captures a the VC , it's a woman.

After Horn ties up the woman , he leaves Goldman and her to go off and get help. The woman, Li Kiem, signals a passing villager to get help (VC) .
Goldman knows something’s up so he rigs his shot to her head and forces her to lead him to the U.S. forces.
They run into a family (VC) starving to death, and Goldman shares his food with them.

Despite this act of kindness , Li Kiem tries to kill Goldman but fails.

He, in turn, puts his jacket on her so she’s equally at danger should she lead them to the VC.
Later they run into a villager who hates Americans ,VC , and NVA ,he just wants to be left alone.
This ignites a political debate between Goldman and Li Kiem.

Finally, they must cross a river (Li Kiem can’t swim).
During the crossing Goldman regains much of his sight, and Li Kiem is shot.
On the other side of the river, they get caught in crossfire between an American chopper and VC soldiers.

In the end Li Kiem dies in Goldman’s arms.


Horn brings a rescue team to save him.

Goldman returns to the base with a new perspective on his "enemy"

Director: Randy Roberts                                            Writer : Bruce Reisman

 The following information was supplied by Hollie H.,
 Hollie H, attended an actors' panel in which Stephen Caffrey participated, and provided this item about Stephen's performance in "Gray-Brown Odyssey":

"Stephen mentioned the "show" where he had to play a blind man. I remembered that episode in Tour of Duty, so I knew he was speaking of that one.
He said "he'd felt so unprepared", and even met with the writers and told them he had not had time to research blindness or how to portray someone with that ailment. He said he finally went to an optometrist who gave him contacts that made him blind.
He said, "I don't know how it worked (for the audience), but I just know I couldn't see a thing."
 

The songs used in the original airings
Paint It Black The Rolling Stones -(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

I Feel Good – James Brown

 

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