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(1959)

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10/10
By far the best episode!
mitchrmp26 December 2012
This story is a flashback of Clay remembering just after his brothers were shot and he was left for dead. He remembers how a retired judge- turned rancher found him and nursed him back to health. The judge encouraged Clay to turn to law instead of depending on his guns. The judge's retirement was explained like this: he hung his own son after his son committed murder.

But the judge had twin sons, and the second half of the episode focuses on this.

This episode was very well made. The story of the judge and Clay's relationship was heart-warming and heart-wrenching at the same time. The twin brother's role in the story is just as heart-wrenching. The end result was expected. The story wraps up with an explanation of how Clay got the black saddle bags and the black saddle.

Like I said, this was by far the best episode.
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6/10
The Saddle
Prismark1028 May 2023
There is no client for Clay Culhane in this one. It is essentially a flashback episode.

Clay and Marshal Gib Scott capture three escaped convicts and Clay comes across a familiar face. He is David Trench, the estranged son of Judge McKinney.

When Clay was injured after a shootout where his brothers were killed. The Judge nursed Clay back to health and even saved his life.

Over time Clay learned legal principles by studying the volumes of legal tomes the judge had. Eventually passing his legal test to become a lawyer.

However David Trench was a fly in the ointment. He hated his father, McKinney was once feared as the hanging judge. His twin brother had killed someone and Judge McKinney had sentended his own son to death.

An interesting episode that sheds light on Clay Culhane's background. With the added tragic story of Judge McKinney.
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