What Happending?

In the pilot, Haas has a Horse and Lotta decides to cotton with some strangers. In the finale, Michael Landon runs through the desert.     Dirk Blocker, Dalton Wilcox, Sheed, Leslie Nielsen, sleepy flute, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Bill Cartwright, Luc Longley, Bill Wennington, Danny Kaye, Uncle Rico, Chuck Mangione, Larry Holmes