Three men ride into North Fork and is lead by an escape prisoner named Jake Pardee. Jake had been given a life sentence but escaped after five years of confinement. Jake as the image of himself as being the most important criminal in the west. And now he goes into Hattie's store and holds Hattie and Micah prisoner as Lucas is elected to be the Marshal in Micah's absents.
Jake wants the people of North Fork to remember him for the rest of their life so challenges Lucas to a gunfight. The outcome of the gunfight is what makes this episode stand out above others.
This episode is by far one of the better stories in the series. An entertaining script that did not go by the regular rules of western writing. With top notch acting, this episode was a hit.-- The only draw back of the show was a song 'The Ballad of Jake Pardee' that was sung slowly nearly the entire episode. But when the show is over, the thoughts of the song were long gone and the beauty of the story was shown. Good watch.
NOTE- the singer of 'The Ballad of Jake Pardee' is Bill Lee. He is the same person that was dubbed for Christopher Plumber during the song 'Edelweiss' in 'The Sound of Music".
Jake wants the people of North Fork to remember him for the rest of their life so challenges Lucas to a gunfight. The outcome of the gunfight is what makes this episode stand out above others.
This episode is by far one of the better stories in the series. An entertaining script that did not go by the regular rules of western writing. With top notch acting, this episode was a hit.-- The only draw back of the show was a song 'The Ballad of Jake Pardee' that was sung slowly nearly the entire episode. But when the show is over, the thoughts of the song were long gone and the beauty of the story was shown. Good watch.
NOTE- the singer of 'The Ballad of Jake Pardee' is Bill Lee. He is the same person that was dubbed for Christopher Plumber during the song 'Edelweiss' in 'The Sound of Music".