This was a more light hearted episode than Gunsmoke usually has. I think this one was for Fran. Since Amanda Blake had left the show & she stepped in to own the Longbranch, perhaps it was to show us her strengths and to put her in the limelight. It moved too fast for me. I realize that in those days it wasn't every day that a saloon girl got a man to ask her to marry him, but this was a pretty quick love affair for all 3 women to fall in love. Perhaps they thought this was their one big chance to get married, but it did not come off that way, just that they all fell head over heels in love in a matter of a couple of days. Harry Morgan could always pull off a serious guy or a real doofus. It also took the whole idea of Gunsmoke away.
Review of The Wiving
