"Gunsmoke" (1955) - Review & Commentary

[Mister Obvious]

S7 E13 - "Marry Me"

1:40 "sweet Billy" lol.

5:26 that is a nice shirt though. I dunno how they'd make something like that back then.

6:14 aw, that's too bad, she was right cute!

6:36 lol he's just riding down Front Street looking for a wife. Well, you know, that's what I always recommend.

716 uh oh, IT'S ONNNNNNNN.

7:58 lmfao as if he just has his pick of anybody, lmao!!! He ain't been out much, I don't reckon.

14:40 oh God, lmao.

17:50 damn, I never figured they'd go this far!!!

17:56 bunch of fricken drunkards.

18:58 lol, Kitty is so spicy, I just love her!!!

She should play along and then get them to take her into Dodge and then just run off or scream for help.

19:50 at least it's lighthearted enough though.

21:30 oh man, I hope Kitty doesn't catch cholera from these dumbasses!!!!!!!

22:27 lol, this is CRRRAAAZZZZYYYYYY.

28:16 roflmfaololol.

29:50 oh great, he has the cholera... *facepalm* Oh yeah, just bring him right on in to where Kitty is, idiots.

30:39 just look at him, putting his stupid mouth all over it.

32:02 he can't stop thinking about Miss Kitty.

32:19 Miss Kitty can't stop thinking about him.

35:00 lmao.

37:57 the way he said "cowboy" was really interesting, with the emphasis on "cow", it sounded like the way they might really say it back in the day before it was such an idealized thing.

49:11 THAT'S Stockholm Syndrome, lmao.

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S7 E14 - "A Man a Day"

OooOooOoo, I'm liking this title!!! *dancing banana*

1:06 they're going to the billiards place.

1:24 "Well, it's gettin' so you find women everywhere!" Lmfaoflaolfolol.

3:20 "In my other pants." Roflfmaoflafaoflolol.

3:50 Doc's like his daddy or something lmfaololol.

4:56 "A GIRL!?" lololol.

7:54 nice hat, asshole. Looks like a fat saloon girl sat on it. Wait a damn minute, that's Leonard Nimoy!!?!?!

21:55 so she's kinda like a saloon girl, except for the sex for money thingy.

23:53 oooohhhh, MYYYYY. Who is THIS!?!?! Bow chicka wowowwww!!!!!

24:20 she's got a real purdy mouth!!!!!!

26:30 why take him and not Chester?? I don't get it.

27:24 well, place your bets... is he gonna be dead, or just mostly dead??

28:14 I mean, that was nice of them.

28:53 uh oh, first it's billiards and now it's the saloon!!! She'll be working under Miss Kitty before we know it!!!

31:07 AWWWEEEE SHHHEEEEIIIITTTT!!!!!!! I'd have taken her up on that offer REAL fast!!!!!!!!! *rubs hands together*

32:33 it's always nice to see Chester courtin' a lady.

37:08 dude, what the shit does it have to do with this lady? I don't get it, what's the tie in here??

40:15 why I'll be, it's piss pourin' in Dodge!!!

44:33 damn, Spock got some long legs!!!

46:10 I thought he was about to talk into a microphone on his lapel, roflmfao!!!

46:40 are those IOUs?!!?!?!!

47:10 that's hot.

48:36 I know the marshal's holster hasn't always had those righteous dangly things on it. I think maybe that's supposed to tie around his leg. Not sure, but it's cool lookin'.

49:28 whoa, like, maybe DON'T admit that?! Lmfaolol!!!

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S7 E15 - "The Do-Badder"

Lol, nice title.

2:44 I don't think these guys know what the fuck they're getting into.

4:19 Dodge City is gorgeous.

4:30 was that a friggen saxophone?

10:20 lol, this guy's a bit of a shit stirrer.

14:36 that's not a "shack", that's a stone building.

16:14 https://i.imgur.com/jmxjEY6.png How iconic must a place have been if it gets immortalized this way in a classic TV show?? The real/original Long Branch was only around for 11 years.

17:00 it says she was 36 at the time of filming... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Shirley People lied about their age in old hollywood, they'd take 10 years off if they could get away with it.

18:30 she's got a nice bounce in the titty region in this particular dress!!!

20:35 Miss Kitty's jigglin' titties!!!!!!!!!

20:38 she's going to complain to the marshal, lol.

22:07 "Remember when you were doing that a few episodes back, Chester?" *dancing banana*

23:00 mmm, I love me a man soaked in sweat... especially when he's dressed like a cowboy.

28:20 she looks better if you ask me, lmao. It's funny how they're trying to diss the "independent woman" life in favor of being a saloon girl... what the shit?! I mean, I low key agree, I think Gunsmoke had it right, but damn! It's just surprising.

32:45 I love this actor on the right, he's been in a lot of episodes... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strother_Martin

35:23 oh man it would SUCK to be a passenger on that stage!

42:02 what the hell is the deal with this barn saloon??

46:06 oh well there's no conceivable way this could possibly go wrong... *sarcasm*

49:40 so I guess the moral of this story is NO MEDDLIN'!!?

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S7 E16 - "Lacey"

I watched a wildcard episode lastnight that I didn't commentate on or mention... when I get to that one, I'll point it out.

This is the episode I watched that night.

It was a great episode with a beautiful actress... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherry_Jackson

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S7 E17 - "Cody's Code"

This is an episode I reviewed on page 2.

I'll fix the timestamps and repost it below...

I see that this episode has Wayne Rogers' unbelievably fine ass in it. Hoooo my God. Did I ever have a crush on him back in my early 2000s M*A*S*H obsession days. And OBSESSED I was. I owned every season of that show. I've always been the same.

1:48 wow, check out that bitchin' shot of the moon overhead behind him... that's incredible. What a fascinating world we live in. I remember the moon being just like that when I drove through Monument Valley one time.

4:14 awe, this chick is super cute... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Talbott

8:56 I'd never heard of him before, but I love this actor who plays Cody... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Caruso_(actor)

13:30 I meeean... he's ALREADY causing trouble, so I don't see why she didn't just straight up tell him that she doesn't like him and he needs to get the fuck out of HER saloon.

13:50 see what other sense does it make that she's STILL there even when her man left? She's a freakin' prostitute, lol! Wow. This show is wild man.

14:00 so now that Wayne Rogers' ridiculously sexy ass is here, is he gonna steal Ms. Rose's attention away??

14:02 oooooh yeeeeah, I'd say she likes what she sees. I'd be sticking with Cody though.

15:17 ah whatever man, that guy had it coming.

17:03 he shouldn't be running though, he should have never run to begin with, he should have just been honest about what happened.

22:50 no he's not, he's gonna steal your freakin' woman.

47:55 this damn saloon slut is gonna get this nice old Cody guy killed.

48:08 man this hussy really needs to get over herself. I mean really.

48:18 honestly Cody is just as hot as Wayne Rogers... I can't stand this ignorant slut!

48:28 whatever man, it ain't Brack's fault, it's that saloon trollop's fault.

49:07 is it wrong that I laughed!? ROFLMFAOLOLOL!!!!!!!

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32:20 and after he did, he identified what that sweet delicious smell in the air during the summer is... my favorite smell of all time. I never have known what it was, in fact, just yesterday I ordered an essential oil of sweetgrass to see if that's what it is. This kid says the smell is sweet clover. I'm telling you... Gunsmoke is magic.

So I got the essential oil today...

Sweetgrass.

My absolute favorite smell of any kind.

No food smells better than this, no perfume or cologne or anything.

And I've been told before that the smell is "grass"...

I guess technically that was true. But it's not just basic freaking grass, lol.

It's SWEET grass.

It's just...

A REALLY strange feeling to have one of my life's longest standing questions finally answered.

The answer to one of the most sacred things (for me), no less.

This smell has always been like a "STOP everything you're doing, and smell this smell for as long as the wind carries it" kinda thing. Like, breathe as deep as you possibly can and THANK GOD in this moment.

A hardcore, profound reverence.

It's no wonder that many native cultures have held sweetgrass as sacred throughout time...

https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/sweetgrass-sa...ceremonies

It's one of the "Four Sacred Medicines"...

https://www.northernc.on.ca/indigenous/f...-medicines

The four are sage, cedar, tobacco, and sweetgrass.

It's just amazing.

Not only to finally have this answer, but to have it validated by GUNSMOKE of all things...

Just the day after going off a hunch and tracking down this essential oil, I hear it mentioned in the show. And they didn't say it was sweetgrass, they called it sweet clover, but still... it's a synchronicity relating to this lifelong question I've had.

It's fascinating, and I do wonder what it all means. It just feels like a gift from God.

[Mister Obvious]

S7 E18 - "Old Dan"

1:52 I know I've watched at least some of this episode.

2:28 where the heck is this place? Is it another saloon in Dodge?? Ah okay, I went back to the beginning, this is the Lady Gay saloon. Wooowww. It's nice as heck in there. Looks like it's the place where the total assholes hang out though.

1:40 lmao it sounded like he said "Little Bitch" instead of Luke Fetch.

3:07 "Now that'd be worth watching." roflmfaolol.

3:17 "Ah you ain't hurt at all!" Lmfao we got a regular Amber Heard up in here, folks! "I wasn't punching you, I was hitting you!" roflmfaolfolol. #ThingsAbusersSay

7:50 God I love Doc.

8:28 weren't they bitchin' out a guy who tried to handle a drunk this way a few episodes ago?? What's the difference? Is Doc gonna give him special medical care or something??

16:17 makes you wanna like him... but I'm sure we all know better than that.

20:20 lmao it'd be hard to work like that with a sad lookin' kid standing there stroking the food displays lmao.

24:00 just hopefully he doesn't hurt the store. Or doesn't leave it unlocked so it gets robbed. It's not very believable that Doc took a chance on this guy anyway if you ask me.

26:10 the office my ass, put his ass in jail... he ain't special.

28:00 the guy doesn't WANNA live right... just let him go.

29:35 nobody's "giving up on him"... nobody in their right mind believed in him anyways. Doc must just have some sentimental thing going on here from earlier in his life or something. It's not a very believable story.

44:15 it's gonna be good when somebody finally kills this asshole!

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S7 E19 - "Catawomper"

1:28 it's true, she definitely is super pretty.

Volume on this episode is a lot lower than ALL the others before.

6:22 lol she's feisty, I like her.

7:00 ain't this "The Other Darrin"?? Dick Sargent.

10:52 she's kinda loud though... but at least she's hot.

13:50 oh Lord, what're they gonna do with the cow?

16:40 hell we might all have to start riding horses and cows for transportation pretty soon, lmao =\

18:27 lmao, as if she and literally every other woman in town has never thought of that before.

28:33 sure is nice when Chester sings different songs!!!

33:20 "Awh, life just don't make no sense at'all." Roflmfaololololol.

35:16 lmao what the heck?!! This chick's gonna be disappointed with the reality of things!!!

41:06 they're using Jim Buck the stagecoach driver's fine ass in another role in this episode... I was getting sad that we hadn't see him in a while!!!

49:50 such a nice set. I'd love to live there.

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S7 E20 - "Half-Straight"

Low volume on this one too, usually I have to turn them down to 85% but these past 2 have had to go up to 125%.

5:35 using leather to secure it together is brilliant, I've never seen something like that before.

16:40 she's really cute. And he'd be okay, but unfortunately he's the arm grabbing type so fuck him. He's good looking but it ain't enough.

17:08 I like that ribbon she's wearing as a belt, that's really smart. It looks good, and it's just a simple wide ribbon.

18:46 she's got real purdy hair. At least it looks like a shade of blonde that actually exists within nature outside of albinism, lmao.

20:08 soap opera alert lmaololol.

35:32 well call me naive, but I didn't see that one coming!!!

44:05 [lively piano music playing] YEAH BUT WHERE'S IT COMING FROM!?!?!?!?1!

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S7 E21 - "He Learned About Women"

Uh oh... this is a rather menacing title, lol.

2:33 it's a nice widow's peak, but I have my suspicions that's a wig. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarBara_Luna I looked up other pics of her and I don't see evidence of a widow's peak in those, so I'm thinking she's wearing a lacefront in this episode.

7:56 ooooo, she's HOTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%ADriam_Col%C3%B3n https://i.imgur.com/xYIaPxm.png

23:38 that was really beautiful.

27:40 damn, I'm feelin' the sparks fly between these two!!!

32:37 hot damn, Chester makin' me feel some type of way in this episode?!

36:46 well, she's definitely gonna die now.

45:00 that was pretty amazing.

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S7 E22 - "The Gallows"

Low volume continues into a new DVD. Not sure what happened there. Nothing's changed on my end, so it's gotta be them. No big deal... better too quiet than too loud.

1:15 damn right he shouldn't have, lmao!

5:40 these dudes creepy as hell?!?!

6:10 misery loves company, exemplified. I think that's what they're trying to show us with this.

6:50 I'd need to see proof that he even has the money at this point.

7:40 dude honestly, this guy just needs to say fuck it and get the hell out of there. At this point he's just wasting more of his valuable time on this fruitless endeavor. It's stupid. And if he does anything violent, I'm not gonna be on his fricken side. He should have already been outta there.

8:50 whatever, at least the better man won.

9:11 you did not, he obviously fell on it. So stupid.

17:50 guy on a random fucking prairie is acting like he owns the place.

20:00 ANOTHER knife fight with an obnoxious old dude, man this is NOT this guy's week!?

20:10 Marshal Dillon looks so sexy passed out!!!

This is a great episode.

21:50 I think this alone should save him from hanging.

22:40 guy's got amazing hair.

24:00 well I'll be a monkey's motherfuckin' uncle! This guy is amazing dude. I'd be hiding him away, ain't no gallows gonna get this guy, he's straight gold yo!

25:02 oh God, fuck, this is SEXY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

29:03 bitchin' hair on this flyass saloon girl down at the Long Branch. Kittie's new hussies are next level lookers!!!

33:25 the marshal is right.

35:00 I mean it's true, the guy didn't get his story right at all. Old dude pulled that knife on him at least twice, he was always waving it around. TBH, it was self-defense.

36:28 Marshal Dillon always promises a fair trial... I don't think he feels like this guy got one. And I mean, he didn't.

38:55 he's too honest for his own good.

42:15 he's probably never been in this situation before.

44:00 DUDE, IT'S THE FRONTIER FUCKING WEST!!!!!!!!!! Change your name, get a haircut, go to San Fran, like what the fuck?!?!? No one is gonna know who you are?!?!??!!?!?

44:42 Hays doesn't HAVE mountains. It probably doesn't even have a big hill. But it's fine... again. We're gonna dismiss the scenic inaccuracies.

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10:00 WHAT THE FUCK IS HE LOOKIN' AT??? WHAT'S HE LOOKIN' AT?? THE FUCK YOU LOOKIN' AT, DILLON??? *angry nana*

I still CANNOT believe how much he liked this chick.

That was some BULLSHIT, like I legit can't even remember what she looked like.

So not believable, like please.

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Like if you're gonna give Marshal Dillon a love interest, AT LEAST make it somebody the audience can relate to. Like literally NO ONE could relate to her.

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I still CANNOT believe how much he liked this chick.

TBH...

The only part that really felt "real" was when he was showing off shooting the bottles...

That was honestly it.

All the rest of the time, they were SUPPOSED to have this connection or whatever, but I still sensed that "wall" James Arness had in front of himself toward everyone.

Absolutely nothing rude, not even anything cold about it...

Just like SUPER detached.

He's way more warm toward Kitty than he ever was toward the chick in that episode, but...

Still, the STORY was that they had this "connection" even though there prettymuch was basically nothing discernible on his end.

They didn't have chemistry. But they were SUPPOSED to. And it pisses me off low key because she was just sooooo not relatable. Like why choose THAT character??

We rarely EVER see Marshal Dillon share ANYTHING even vaguely romantic with anyone besides Kitty, and even that is fairly scarce...

So when we DO get a Matt romance episode, I'd appreciate it if the chick involved is AT LEAST relatable on some level.

I'm just saying. Like it's fine. It was like 60 years ago. It's all good. But I'm just saying, next time, make it somebody relatable.

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She had a TRANSATLANTIC ACCENT.

WHO can relate to that?!?!?!!?

Not even people back then could relate to that on a personal level.

Was there a big Brit fanbase writing thirsty fanmail to James Arness back then or something???

Whatever...

Next time make it a blonde with a southern accent, just do your girl a solid, okay.

[Mister Obvious]

They even cancelled Gilligan's Island so that Gunsmoke could stay on the air. We have this hottie to thank for that decision... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Paley Babe indeed... https://imgur.com/a/TknNqaI Hot chicks prefer Gunsmoke ;)

You know what I fucking bet...

I bet this character was inspired by and made for 1915 New York born Gunsmoke superfan Babe Paley...



I bet you she spoke with an uppity transatlantic accent and that's why they did this.

I can't find any interviews with her actually speaking on YouTube, but I bet this is the answer.

Sigourney Weaver played her in a movie, and that's all we have to go on as far as how she may have talked...



There's a SLIGHT touch of transatlantic going on there, but not a lot. You'd think they'd try to make her portrayal as accurate as possible, but with no clips out there of Babe actually speaking, who knows.

This is my theory though.

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S7 E23 - "Reprisal"

3:28 uh oh, here comes trouble... *eye roll*

4:04 lookit this evil eyed dance hall hussy!!!

4:46 bitchin' earrings though.

5:20 where do they get off making the '7' an upside down '2' instead of just making a damn seven?!

5:40 pretty sure she can get her ass up and walk over there if she damn well pleases, she ain't chained up.

6:15 apparently Kitty lives off a diet of boiled eggs and unspecified foods from Delmonico's. We've seen people on this show walking around with those huge baskets full of eggs, I guess there must be a lot of them around there. Hard boiled eggs with salt and pepper, mmmm, hell yeah.

7:28 neither one of these dudes are hot, so who gives a shit?? This "Draw, go on, draw!" line gets said a lot on this show... wonder if this really was a known thing that confrontational cowboys said to each other back then?! I guess these bros aren't technically cowboys though... in modern times, it's become an umbrella term for anybody dressed in even vaguely western attire.

8:48 sounds like all the livestock are running lose or something.

9:04 THIS is his WIFE and he's stepping out with SALOON GIRLS!? Unbelievable.

9:48 "And... he was boffing a rando saloon slut, ma'am. Sorry to have to tell you this."

10:40 "Now come inside and let me punish you with my angry beaver!"

14:22 I think this dude is crazy hot... https://www.metv.com/stories/rip-tom-ree...fistfights He's been on the show before. Super sexy. I really like his profile.

15:50 "Mister, I need you to knock off Marshal Dillon for me! I'll pay you in ass!"

18:05 so like, when is someone gonna tell her that her useless husband was stepping out on her with a saloon broad and he isn't worth a revenge killing? Seems like any ol' time would be a good time for that.

20:08 ROFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

19:52 oh so now she's gonna kill Kitty... *facepalm*

27:40 shit, I'd take one look at that guy and forget all about my lameass deadass husband, old what's-his-name.

28:00 this is like the elevendieth million time I've said something fairly obscure and then heard it said within a minute on this show.

33:22 we can only hope.

42:36 oh wow, she tried soooooo hard to stop him though... *facepalm*

47:20 lol another one of those 'blink and miss it' takedowns... iconic.

47:30 lmfao another one of this silly bitch's men gunned down by the marshal... she just needs to accept that he's the Supreme Alpha and offer up her orifices to him.

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S7 E24 - "Coventry"

9:50 well yeah, but it ain't gotta be by you.

24:37 this makes me realize that Marshal Dillon hasn't been delivering that classic "Get outta Dodge" line for the past few seasons. Some of the other characters have said things along those lines though.

25:37 this is an iconic scene right here, this would go in my "Marshal Dillon Backhands" compilation "if" I was making one! James Arness was the sexiest man who ever lived.

28:14 https://i.imgur.com/qU7mRFc.png *nuff said*

28:36 lol holding a trial in a saloon... well at least they covered up all the alcohol!!! Tehehehe!!!

30:06 "Well you're... eatin' too much. You're gettin' fat, I've been meaning to talk to you about it." Roflroflmfaololol.

38:08 dick, meet dirt.

Such a great show.

39:28 here's an idea, dumbass... go to ANOTHER TOWN and sell your land in Dodge to somebody who wants to make a new start, lmao, duuuhhhh.

41:26 Kansas really is one of the windiest fucking places on earth though, lmao.

This is a great moral story, it basically shows this guy getting what he deserves "from God" just like the guy said he would.

42:30 that really is a beautiful scene with the horse in the background.

43:30 it's like The Twilight Zone meets Gunsmoke. This is a western melodrama, lol.

44:50 this guy has a great point and again, this is the moral of the story.

49:37 ohohohohooo my God dude, this guy can't catch a break!!! *See what I did there... wink, nod*

50:00 lmao @ the super mellow theme after that crazy dramatic shit, roflmaololol.

https://i.imgur.com/sB6QnXS.png

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S7 E25 - "The Widow"

1:15 awww, Chester... I'm gonna vaguely miss you when you get replaced by Festus <3

4:30 I sure love those butt ruffles, but I can't imagine they'd be all that comfortable to sit on.

5:27 I straight up love Doc and Kitty together.

6:28 I'd start whipping this guy with a fishing pole.

6:42 lmao Kitty, you make my dreams come true.

7:00 oh my damn he's getting it good, rofl!

7:22 oh this guy is CRAZY fucking hot!!! https://i.imgur.com/C2mL5vv.png OooOooOoo baybuh baybehhh!!! https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0715277 Alan Reed Jr., son of Sr. who was the original voice of Fred Flintstone. Apparently Jr. is still alive at the ripe old age of 86. It's fairly rare that any of these (adult) guest stars are still alive. Pretty incredible. This show is 67 years old, but still strongly holding its own as one of the most entertaining shows/movies ever made.

8:32 lol, is it any coincidence the sign behind him makes it look like he's got huge horns right when she steps out of the stagecoach? Lmao. https://i.imgur.com/1IKEP5Q.png An epic foreshadowing, I'm sure... *popcorn*

9:08 this is one of Jim Buck the flyass stagecoach driver's final appearances in the role... but he guest stars in the show as various characters up til the very end, heaven bless him.

10:30 she's got very nice eyes.

11:45 oh God, ANOTHER one of these "I'll go myself" bitches... I swear, I can't.

12:30 the young and handsome Corporal Jennings will soothe your sorrows, widow lady... just let it happen.

12:46 "I'll lay this sweet slice all over him when he gets up to my room."

13:52 "Than anyone else in Doge"... I SWEAR this is what I heard her say in my mind, lmao.

17:43 "You ready to get slathered in some sweet ladysauce, Corporal??"

17:47 "You ready to have a lovin' spoonful of my musky man gravy, lady?"

18:26 that's a gorgeous man.

19:50 he's too sexy to risk his life for some stupid shit.

20:00 no he's not afraid, he's just not stupid.

21:58 too bad he can't do some kinda Vulcan mindmeld and show her how dead her fricken husband definitely is. Instead she's gonna get his fine ass killed.

40:18 damn right she's not fucking worth it.

42:27 man... these Indians are doing this silly bitch a solid, left and right. She's so obnoxious.

47:12 that's way cooler than whatever her ridiculous plans are... hoity toity little bitch!

47:46 WHOOOAAA my God. I never would have figured that was her motivation. That shit is saaad. And the disillusioned look on Corporal Jennings' face. Wow man, just wow. Just woooowwwww.

47:50 even the prisoner guy is fucking appalled.

48:00 embarrrasssiiiiinnnnnggg.

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S7 E26 - "Durham Bull"

2:08 "Looks like there won't have to be any killin' anyhow!" ... "There better not be. The law rides harder when there's a killin'!"

Not a good episode, features a kid as a main guest character which is automatically totally boring. Too much shooting and other loud noises. One of the few episodes that just wasn't that good. There have only been about 3 or 4... out of ~255 episodes so far, that ain't bad.