**SPOILERS** The reason for the spoilers is that I'm not sure what is going to offend the honor of some crackpot nutcase idiot that thinks how he looks is more important than the life of his daughter. Yeah, that's it, all right. And a more honorable end he could not deserve. His daughter, Chavela (Chevelle?), is played by Fintan Meyler, a very pretty, solid actress.
Two cowboys, who are, of course, morons, just can't use what few brains the almighty has gifted them with, push her around, and her father (see lead-in description), decides not to let Matt round up the offending party. The one with some courage and working cerebral strength has told Matt what's what, and Matt tosses him in the hoosegow for safekeeping. Now, truth be told, they really didn't do much besides smart talk and pushing around, and this is the old west. People were tough, compared to the twinkie society we live in today. No matter, even though Matt tells him to let the law do it's work, dear old honorable daddy goes after and kills the one cowboy that wasn't in custody. He is also stupid enough to bring the corpse to the Marshal's office, and is promptly arrested for murder.
Now, in order to spice up the ending, good old pops should have been given that which he valued most. A respectable, valued end. To wit: hung by the neck until deader than a door-nail. Yup, Promise him that you'll make sure that his lifeless corpse is honorably caught on a proper tintype while swinging in the eternal breeze. In his best Sunday-go-to-meeting suit, too. Yessir, nothing like a memento of how stupid you are that can be passed down to the grandkids you never got to see because you were honorable. What they didn't show, and no one else mentioned, is that now, with Daddy in the slammer, Matt can let dumb-ass #1 go. I bet that drove papa poop for brains even further over the edge; hilarious.
Real justice would naturally demand (for the sake of all the romanticists out there) that the surviving cowboy mends his ways, and later courts and marries the lovely Chevvie. That's asking too much, though isn't it? Still, though... sorry for the rant, it's just that this story left a gap in the reality of life.
Two cowboys, who are, of course, morons, just can't use what few brains the almighty has gifted them with, push her around, and her father (see lead-in description), decides not to let Matt round up the offending party. The one with some courage and working cerebral strength has told Matt what's what, and Matt tosses him in the hoosegow for safekeeping. Now, truth be told, they really didn't do much besides smart talk and pushing around, and this is the old west. People were tough, compared to the twinkie society we live in today. No matter, even though Matt tells him to let the law do it's work, dear old honorable daddy goes after and kills the one cowboy that wasn't in custody. He is also stupid enough to bring the corpse to the Marshal's office, and is promptly arrested for murder.
Now, in order to spice up the ending, good old pops should have been given that which he valued most. A respectable, valued end. To wit: hung by the neck until deader than a door-nail. Yup, Promise him that you'll make sure that his lifeless corpse is honorably caught on a proper tintype while swinging in the eternal breeze. In his best Sunday-go-to-meeting suit, too. Yessir, nothing like a memento of how stupid you are that can be passed down to the grandkids you never got to see because you were honorable. What they didn't show, and no one else mentioned, is that now, with Daddy in the slammer, Matt can let dumb-ass #1 go. I bet that drove papa poop for brains even further over the edge; hilarious.
Real justice would naturally demand (for the sake of all the romanticists out there) that the surviving cowboy mends his ways, and later courts and marries the lovely Chevvie. That's asking too much, though isn't it? Still, though... sorry for the rant, it's just that this story left a gap in the reality of life.