At the behest of the railroad, the Seven are forcibly relieved of their duties by a federal marshal, leaving their future-and that of the town-uncertain.
Vin's past comes back to haunt him when he is accused of a crime he didn't commit; Ezra's biggest competition in his dream of owning the saloon is his own mother.
As Vin and Charlotte's relationship intensifies, the wagon train is attacked by a greedy land baron who wants the settlers' gold-rich land for himself.
The Seven are called upon to protect a camp of immigrate laborers from the maltreatment of their unscrupulous foreman, and Ezra purchases a Chinese girl to prevent her from being abused.
J.D. is badly shaken when he accidentally kills an innocent bystander while foiling a bank robbery, and Ezra gets down to the nitty-gritty in a high-stakes poker match up.