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Have Gun - Will Travel: The Tender Gun (1960)
Worst of the series
I just bought the 4th season and I hope the rest of the DVDs are not like this one. First off, Hey Boy is gone, replaced by Hey Girl. I'm sure they had a good explanation for giving her the same name, but it had a feeling of being a little racist.
The story and dialog were not at the usual interest as those of the earlier seasons. I didn't even get this sense that this was a "Have Gun Will Travel" adventure. Paladin looked old and tired and didn't have his usual edge. The story line takes us to a town where Paladin dodged bullet fire. Even after watching the show, I didn't get a good motivation of why this happened. Supposedly, a woman sheriff was harassed by some bad guys who didn't want her in charge of the town and Paladin was there to help. Much of the time was spent in a barn,exchanging boring script. I won't tell how the story ended, but let me just say that Paladin seemed to play a minor role in the whole affair. I missed his quick wit and charm, which was such a signature in the earlier episodes.