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Rafferty

Name: Rafferty
Genre: Drama
Released: 1977-09-05
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Patrick McGoohan, John Getz, Andra Akers

Episode aired Sep 5, 1977

IMDb RATING

8.3/10

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Patrick McGoohan and Richard Herd in Rafferty (1977)

Drama

Dr. Rafferty fends off a millionaire parent, a socialite surgeon, and a malpractice suit as he works to rid a teenager of a near-total paralysis.Dr. Rafferty fends off a millionaire parent, a socialite surgeon, and a malpractice suit as he works to rid a teenager of a near-total paralysis.Dr. Rafferty fends off a millionaire parent, a socialite surgeon, and a malpractice suit as he works to rid a teenager of a near-total paralysis.

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8.3/10

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Big change of pace for McGoohan

In this first episode, McGoohan plays Dr. Sid Rafferty as almost the opposite of John Drake, aka Danger Man. His personal life seems to be a bit of a mess, he is a bit sloppy, speaks in a higher pitched Irish-tinged American accent (WHY did he have to do that??), and deals with all sorts of people, from patients to co-workers to lawyers. There are some faults in the script that make you go "wait, how did... what about..." It may also be the fault of the script, but it is difficult to warm up to the admitted curmudgeon. As much as I love McGoohan as an actor, I don't think this was the right character for him. He must have had lots of high-hopes for Rafferty or else he would never have gone back into a TV series. But Jack Klugman's Dr. Quincy came across as far more natural and believable, and in the end Rafferty just didn't work out. A shame...

Trivia
The photos of Rafferty's deceased wife on his office wall are actually of McGoohan's real-life wife, Joan. Joan's face also appears on a wall of Nelson Brenner's house in the Columbo episode "Identity Crisis".