Matt Dillon takes a ride out into the country, and it seems like everyone in Kansas knows exactly where he is.
I guess part of that is because Chester is always gabbing the Marshal's business. I never liked Chester much as a sidekick, since most of the time he is unarmed and the rest of the time he is letting prisoners loose due to accidents or incompetence.
In this episode, as soon as Marshal Dillon arrives in town, a bad guy and his cronies arrive to accuse the Marshal of murder. A drunken bum, played by the creepy Elisha Cook (who looks like he has never taken a bath), is the witness. Talk about flimsy evidence?
Immediately the Marshal is suspended by the U.S. Government, but Dillon spends most of the episode cleaning his pistol and reading his mail. No concern about interviewing the witness, Elisha Cook, or clearing his name.
Only when Wild Bill Hickok arrives and is about to arrest Dillon, does he think to interview Elisha Cook. What happens next is insanely ridiculous and totally illegal. Not to mention that the confession of any person who drank most of a bottle of whiskey would be inadmissible and useless even in the 1870s Old West. Finally you have Wild Bill Hickok and Marshal Dillon against three gunmen. It could have been a great action scene.
I guess part of that is because Chester is always gabbing the Marshal's business. I never liked Chester much as a sidekick, since most of the time he is unarmed and the rest of the time he is letting prisoners loose due to accidents or incompetence.
In this episode, as soon as Marshal Dillon arrives in town, a bad guy and his cronies arrive to accuse the Marshal of murder. A drunken bum, played by the creepy Elisha Cook (who looks like he has never taken a bath), is the witness. Talk about flimsy evidence?
Immediately the Marshal is suspended by the U.S. Government, but Dillon spends most of the episode cleaning his pistol and reading his mail. No concern about interviewing the witness, Elisha Cook, or clearing his name.
Only when Wild Bill Hickok arrives and is about to arrest Dillon, does he think to interview Elisha Cook. What happens next is insanely ridiculous and totally illegal. Not to mention that the confession of any person who drank most of a bottle of whiskey would be inadmissible and useless even in the 1870s Old West. Finally you have Wild Bill Hickok and Marshal Dillon against three gunmen. It could have been a great action scene.