by Hal Erickson
synopsis
The wife of vicious outlaw Jess Miller (Michael Witney), long-suffering Allie (Janet De Gore takes refuge at the Ponderosa, where she grew up. Jess wants to forcibly take Allie back-but he wants nothing to do with their son Tommy (Teddy Quinn, a deaf mute. Frank Puglia appears as the kindly Padre. Another Bonanza object lesson in tolerance and understanding, "Tommy" was written by Mort Thaw, Mary T. Taylor and Thomas Thompson, and first aired on December 18, 1966.
