If you are trapped inside by a major snowstorm and the only thing on television is this episode, then watch it - it is certain to make you fall asleep.
Having watched all the Gunsmoke episodes ever shown prior to this one, I can unequivocally say this is the worst, most boring episode yet.
Predictable, slow, dragged out, and tiresome.
Marshal Dillon is called out to a small town named after the nearby cattle baron because the cattle baron's misbehaving son done went and got his skull cracked open by the town simpleton strongman who didn't mean to do it but did it anyway in the presence of the town's sole saloon girl that was the object of the cattle baron's misbehaving son's sexual harassment who hasn't told the whole truth to the town's sheriff who feels like quitting because he owes everything to the cattle baron like everyone else in the town including the saloon girl and her crippled up father who were the recipients of the cattle baron's help in buying their saloon.
If the above paragraph sounds fascinating to you, you'll love this episode. If you see the above paragraph as a fill-in-the-blank run on paragraph of old westerns, you now know everything you need to know about this episode.
Step along. Nothing to see here. Get about your business. Move on.
Having watched all the Gunsmoke episodes ever shown prior to this one, I can unequivocally say this is the worst, most boring episode yet.
Predictable, slow, dragged out, and tiresome.
Marshal Dillon is called out to a small town named after the nearby cattle baron because the cattle baron's misbehaving son done went and got his skull cracked open by the town simpleton strongman who didn't mean to do it but did it anyway in the presence of the town's sole saloon girl that was the object of the cattle baron's misbehaving son's sexual harassment who hasn't told the whole truth to the town's sheriff who feels like quitting because he owes everything to the cattle baron like everyone else in the town including the saloon girl and her crippled up father who were the recipients of the cattle baron's help in buying their saloon.
If the above paragraph sounds fascinating to you, you'll love this episode. If you see the above paragraph as a fill-in-the-blank run on paragraph of old westerns, you now know everything you need to know about this episode.
Step along. Nothing to see here. Get about your business. Move on.