Is the Anthony Hopkins character's name 'Robert Ford' any kind of reference to 'the dirty little coward that shot Mister Howard (who) has laid Jesse James in his grave'? Stupid question but it has been bugging me since Episode I.

In the THOR blurb, "take over the reigns" should be "take over the reins".

Richard Lester directed episodes of something called Action in The Afternoon.  This was a live  western series made very locally at WCAU-TV, the CBS affiliate in Philadelphia.