I’ve been a fan of Eric Braeden’s since watching The Rat Patrol way back in the 1960s. My dad used to watch the show and I guess at that very young age, I had a very basic idea of the show about the real-life LRDP or the Long Range Desert Group led by the British Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery in the North African Campaign against German troops led by Field Marshall Erwin Rommell. Eric’s character was Captain Hans Dietrich, then Eric went by his birth name, Hand Gudegast. Growing up on 70s era episodic television, Eric would show up and I knew I was going to get something good from him whether he be the villain of the episode, or other. Having adored the film Colossus: The Forbin Project where Eric played the part of Dr. Forbin, and as the dastardly Dr. Otto Hasslein who gunned down both Zira (Kim Hunter) and Cornelius (Roddy McDowall) in Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Eric has left quite the impression on me. It was to my delight seeing Tamara in a one-on-one scene with Eric in this episode. And did she hold her own. Both are Aires (Tamara born 18 April) and Eric (03 April), you could see the fiery back-and-forth between them. When Tamara is ‘on it,’ her eyes take on a volcanic crackle where you know she’s on her game. Excellent work Tamara. By the way, this is the Canadian day ahead episode. Or should it be, two days?