Every time I watch this episode, I can't help wondering about the ending. None of the men who stood to be questioned by Matt had an alibi, and they all looked guilty of being involved. I can't help but to wonder if Chester took party in the lynching. Of course, we usually see Chester against anything of the sort, but this time it was personal. This time he watched these men mistreat a poor dim-witted man. They did cruel things to this man, and Chester himself helped to free him from an earlier lynching. So...who rode up and watched these men try to string up the poor drifter? Did Chester help?
Gunsmoke is a definite adult western, and I think that makes it even better! I love the hard issues we face in here - the moral dilemmas, and the loss of innocence. In the real West, that's how it really was. The good guy didn't always live at the end, and sometimes good buys made bad mistakes.
Gunsmoke is a definite adult western, and I think that makes it even better! I love the hard issues we face in here - the moral dilemmas, and the loss of innocence. In the real West, that's how it really was. The good guy didn't always live at the end, and sometimes good buys made bad mistakes.