Going to the past on a risky mission has many dangerous possibilities, especially if you decide to stay there for that old human emotion called love. Sam Groom and Tom Hallick head back to 1871 Chicago the day McLeary's cow chose to kick a lantern (and the bucket), and if it's not steak for dinner, it's going to mean the difference between life and death as they try to find the cure for a rare disease. Doctor Richard Basehart, who had just discovered a cure, died in the fire, and his notes were lost as well. Getting there and back quickly is imperative, and for one of them, falling for pretty Trish Stewart almost makes him make a deadly mistake.

Obviously a pilot for a series that wasn't picked up, it showed potential although I found Booth Colman's overplaying to make his scientist character seem like a clown and not a commanding medicine man. Fortunately, he disappears for the middle section, and Basehart gives a more commanding performance in the Chicago sequences. Still a very enjoyable time travel movie that keeps all the rules simple and clear, and has an ironic twist concerning the cure they find. Definitely worth watching!