Hoby witnesses Wong being abused by town bullies; but Wong won't file a complaint because he just wants to fit in and be liked. When he mentions the incident to Henrietta, she says she doesn't see the problem. Wong is a foreigner and should be accustomed to teasing. Hoby says he doesn't see it as teasing but as abuse. He reminds her that, "I think the people of this town oughta take a look at the law book. Maybe even glance at the Constitution. I don't remember anything in there about special rules to take care of certain people just because they happen to be different. Says everybody's equal. I believe that was made up by a group of men in 1776, and at that time you could have called any of them foreigners. "
Wong buys a gun and practices with it every night. When Hoby is returning to Porter he finds Wong and asks why; Wong says he bought it just to fit in. Hoby warns him about the violence the gun might bring.
After a rather brutal and humiliating attack, Wong straps on his pistol and faces the bully down in front of the bar room crowd. His tormentor draws first but is not fast enough. Wong has won the respect he wanted but the price is too high. As he has packed up and is ready to move on, the townspeople apologize and ask him to stay. If only, he says, they had just shown him that kindness earlier.
For a show from 1968, it has a lot to teach us in 2017; however, if we haven't leaned anything in the intervening 60 years since the episode first aired, then I doubt if we are about to get any smarter soon which is a shame.
Wong buys a gun and practices with it every night. When Hoby is returning to Porter he finds Wong and asks why; Wong says he bought it just to fit in. Hoby warns him about the violence the gun might bring.
After a rather brutal and humiliating attack, Wong straps on his pistol and faces the bully down in front of the bar room crowd. His tormentor draws first but is not fast enough. Wong has won the respect he wanted but the price is too high. As he has packed up and is ready to move on, the townspeople apologize and ask him to stay. If only, he says, they had just shown him that kindness earlier.
For a show from 1968, it has a lot to teach us in 2017; however, if we haven't leaned anything in the intervening 60 years since the episode first aired, then I doubt if we are about to get any smarter soon which is a shame.
