This episode may have a surprise ending, depending on your viewpoint. A young man named Todd Grayson-played by David Macklin (last name) (?) comes all the way to Virginia City from Boston to see his father, only to learn that his father is dead, because beforehand Ben Cartwright killed the father in self-defense: that is how the episode starts off. Rocky Lane acts well as the no-good father. When the sixteen-year-old Grayson does arrive, he is as ill tempered as is possible, and wants to kill Ben, which he tries to do with, he finds out later, with an unloaded gun. Though Diane Jordan-played by played by the beautiful Jan Sterling-is not overly concerned about Tod, she does try to help him since the father was someone she once loved. At the same time, she hires a bounty hunter-played excellently by the appropriate Lee Van Cleef, to kill Ben.
The episode does have a touching resolve, which it is why it is a bitter-sweet ending.
The episode does have a touching resolve, which it is why it is a bitter-sweet ending.