Fintan Meyler plays the Mexican girl Chavela, who is being harassed by the same two cowboys on three separate occasions. At one point, she is assaulted by the cowboys. It is not explicitly stated, but implied, that she was raped.
The cowboys also beat up her father, played by Simon Oakland. Simon Oakland is hard to watch as the Mexican father. He is in the tough spot of avenging his daughter, and somehow looking unreasonable enough that Marshal Dillon arrests him for murder.
The main sexual predator is played by Ed Nelson. He gets away, and Marshal Dillon can't find him. Dillon warns Miguel not to take justice into his own hands. The message to Miguel was that hurting the cowboys was worse than all the evil that was done to Miguel and his daughter.
A couple of weeks later, Miguel brings the dead body of Nelson to the Marshal's Office. Dillon arrests Miguel, even though his daughter probably got sexually assaulted by Nelson, anjd Miguel was assaulted too. Dillon has no mercy for Miguel. Just bad frontier justice in this episode.
On the other hand, why did Miguel bring the body back to the Marshal's office? Dillon had warned Miguel. If Miguel wanted vengeance, he should have just buried Nelson's body out in the woods, and Dillon never would have found it. It seems like Miguel wanted to rub the fact that he got vengeance into Dillon's face. Maybe that is why Dillon arrested him?
The cowboys also beat up her father, played by Simon Oakland. Simon Oakland is hard to watch as the Mexican father. He is in the tough spot of avenging his daughter, and somehow looking unreasonable enough that Marshal Dillon arrests him for murder.
The main sexual predator is played by Ed Nelson. He gets away, and Marshal Dillon can't find him. Dillon warns Miguel not to take justice into his own hands. The message to Miguel was that hurting the cowboys was worse than all the evil that was done to Miguel and his daughter.
A couple of weeks later, Miguel brings the dead body of Nelson to the Marshal's Office. Dillon arrests Miguel, even though his daughter probably got sexually assaulted by Nelson, anjd Miguel was assaulted too. Dillon has no mercy for Miguel. Just bad frontier justice in this episode.
On the other hand, why did Miguel bring the body back to the Marshal's office? Dillon had warned Miguel. If Miguel wanted vengeance, he should have just buried Nelson's body out in the woods, and Dillon never would have found it. It seems like Miguel wanted to rub the fact that he got vengeance into Dillon's face. Maybe that is why Dillon arrested him?