... because we already know what is revealed here about Doc Adams.-Though usually stoic he can be riled, and he takes his oath very seriously. Doc goes out on a case and finds a farmer who wants him to tend to his sick cow. He makes a point of saying that he would never trust a doctor to work on a human member of his family. While Doc is out there, a woman falls through a window in Dodge City and bleeds to death because Doc was not there. Doc is so mad when he hears the news that he punches the farmer, who reciprocates by stabbing him.
At the end of the show the farmer's wife says of her husband - who has stabbed Doc, insulted Doc, and says he will not pay Doc although Doc never brought up the subject of payment - that she is...proud to have him in her house??? The end??? What the???? Heck of a way to start off season two. In Gunsmoke's defense I will say that at this point the Gunsmoke team has been producing a new episode almost every week for a year. So maybe they are entitled to a dud after so much heavy duty production for so long.
