Despite the 2 bad reviews given this episode I felt compelled to give it a 6 star rating. I saw the story more about Bud Bones than Kate. It was his inability to express his love in words, which men do struggle with, and her frustration with just that. His weak attempts at describing his love, in the only way he knows, "I like your hide", we're just that and so the frustration leads her to think that making him jealous would force him to say the three magic words "I Love You".
Unfortunately her plan didn't work and confused him even more about what she wanted to the point where horse whipping was his only suggestion on what to do. Having been married 3 times I can definitely sympathize on what it's like to look into your woman's eyes and have absolutely no idea on what they want. Their frustration, with each other, manifests itself by him running away to the army and her wanting to go to San Francisco, translation: it's easier to walk away from a problem than be honest with each other and face it head on.
After a life-changing situation in which he saved his fellow soldiers from sure death, contrite as it was, he had a chance to reexamine himself, his life and the things that are important to him, Kate included. It is only after that event that he was able to express his love in words. Being in a military family, father disabled WWII and mother Korean War vets, they always said they came out different people than they went in.
I have watched 2 Gunsmokes a day for the past 6 years so I have seen practically all of them over and over and there are episodes that are worse than this but they are usually entertaining, if the script is bad they usually have some comedy in them so it's not all a wash. I never look at Gunsmoke for writing perfection just a decent story and, to me, this was decent with some comedy and a heck of a catchy song from Chester.
Unfortunately her plan didn't work and confused him even more about what she wanted to the point where horse whipping was his only suggestion on what to do. Having been married 3 times I can definitely sympathize on what it's like to look into your woman's eyes and have absolutely no idea on what they want. Their frustration, with each other, manifests itself by him running away to the army and her wanting to go to San Francisco, translation: it's easier to walk away from a problem than be honest with each other and face it head on.
After a life-changing situation in which he saved his fellow soldiers from sure death, contrite as it was, he had a chance to reexamine himself, his life and the things that are important to him, Kate included. It is only after that event that he was able to express his love in words. Being in a military family, father disabled WWII and mother Korean War vets, they always said they came out different people than they went in.
I have watched 2 Gunsmokes a day for the past 6 years so I have seen practically all of them over and over and there are episodes that are worse than this but they are usually entertaining, if the script is bad they usually have some comedy in them so it's not all a wash. I never look at Gunsmoke for writing perfection just a decent story and, to me, this was decent with some comedy and a heck of a catchy song from Chester.