Gunsmoke: Miguel's Daughter (1959)
Season 5, Episode 12
7/10
A father's honor produces an unintended consequence
24 August 2013
The episode begins when a lovely Mexican woman, Chavela, is walking along Front Street. Two drunk cowboys have just left the Long Branch and accidentally run into Chavela. The cowboys then pull the woman into the alley and want to whisper sweet nothing into her ear, much to the irritation of Chavela. It just so happens that Kitty is walking by the alley and runs the cowboys off. She then asks Matt if he will escort Chavela back to father's house right out of town.

Matt learns that the father, Miguel, is hot-headed and very protective of his daughter. When Matt tells him what has happened, Miguel advises that he will kill the cowboys responsible. Matt tells him not to take the law into his own hands and to let him find the cowboys.

Just so happens the cowboys find out where Chavela lives and ride up to the house. Miguel comes out of the house shooting telling them to leave his property. But the cowboys are obviously hard of hearing.

Simon Oakland does a nice job of playing the family man that believes in honor and that makes the character interesting. Other than Oakland and the bickering between Chester and Doc, there is not much more remarkable about this episode. The story was well written but a tale that has been told many times in many different forms.
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