Neat little episode with Matt and sidekick Chester going after Carey Post who grazed Matt with a gunshot some weeks before the two ride into a town managed by a fellow who claims to be a U.S. Marshal.Of course, Matt realizes he isn't, and puts Cicero Grimes up to the task of calling him out and humiliating him if front of the so-called town. It's a poor excuse for one, but it works, I guess. Several days later, Post shows up, Matt busts him, lessons learned.
Just a couple things: Why didn't Matt take the badge from Joe after he confessed his sins? Why didn't he give him back his gun? Even if he wasn't really a lawman, it was still his property. How did Joe get out of town? Cicero Grimes was the name used by Richard Boone in a very fine western written by Elmore Leonard called "Hombre". The novel in 1961, the movie in 1967. Both are excellent, and available from Amazon. The Cicero in Hombre is a galaxy away from the one in this show, however. Boone was absolutely deadly in his powerful portrayal of a bad man.
When Carey Post rides into Elkader, he's on possibly the most beautiful Paint or Appaloosa I've ever seen. Also, in this episode, it was great acting, a good story, and an ending that was necessary; it told of exactly HOW the term Buffaloed came to be. Look it up, under Wyatt Earp.
Just a couple things: Why didn't Matt take the badge from Joe after he confessed his sins? Why didn't he give him back his gun? Even if he wasn't really a lawman, it was still his property. How did Joe get out of town? Cicero Grimes was the name used by Richard Boone in a very fine western written by Elmore Leonard called "Hombre". The novel in 1961, the movie in 1967. Both are excellent, and available from Amazon. The Cicero in Hombre is a galaxy away from the one in this show, however. Boone was absolutely deadly in his powerful portrayal of a bad man.
When Carey Post rides into Elkader, he's on possibly the most beautiful Paint or Appaloosa I've ever seen. Also, in this episode, it was great acting, a good story, and an ending that was necessary; it told of exactly HOW the term Buffaloed came to be. Look it up, under Wyatt Earp.