washburnjm
Joined May 2017
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I thought the story was well-written and Tom Skeerit acted out the lead part well. His quick gun showed he was no one to mess with. The episode kept you asking, "Why is he (Fred Garth) doing all this?" The answer was not revealed until the last few minutes of the episode. That Kitty, Doc and Matt finally recall Garth's killing in old Dodge Town harmonizes with Garth's reason for all this despite his father being tried and found guilty. The story is somewhat believable except making Matt play Garth as a "boy" (which he wasn't but in his 20s) and Doc his father - typical Gunsmoke writer weirdness. That the story keeps you guessing and ends with no one dead makes for a good episode.
I was 11 when it came out like some here. I was caught up in the opening theme song and Chief. However, watching 5 years of Combat with GG having a similar theme of defeating the Nazis left me lukewarm about the show. It definitely had its great moments, but similar background music to Combat kept me wishing Combat hadn't been canceled. It is now on YouTube and probably most of the episodes you can still see. I don't recall, seeing it was 50 years ago, but I believe I watched most of the episodes. But time to move on from killing more Germans.