- The Seven rescue prostitutes from a vicious pimp, and have to defend them when the pimp comes looking for "his" girls.
- Buck, J.D. and Chris are in Wickestown, a tent town whose main resources are whiskey and women. When Buck sees one of the women being beaten by a man he steps in and Chris and J.D. must intervene as well. They ride off with Nora and it isn't long before the rest of the 'working girls' follow suit and leave Wickestown for the protection of the seven. This infuriates Wickes, the brutal man who runs Wickestown with an iron fist, and he will stop at nothing to get the women back.—tomtrekp
- Buck watches over J.D. overcoming his virginity in the 'Wickestown', the traveling brothel of one Wickes, whose abuse of one of the indebted working girls decides Chris to call off the visit and take the latest victim back to town, where Mary Travis initially protests against an immoral invasion, confirmed when chief harlot Lydia arrives with an escaped party seeking to start their own life, but turns protective and gets abducted herself. Ezra starts a mail order bride agency, Chris insists the girls must move, Wicks's first search party is easily deceived, but his stay-behind spy brings him and his goons round for a proper confrontation. Vic drives a coach to the fatal cliff in an elaborate staged drama, yet not quite with the desired effect.—KGF Vissers
- Buck takes J.D. to Wickestown, a tent town, to have a prostitute. They arrive and Buck explains that the owner, Wickes, brought in "working girls" for the local ranchers. Buck and J.D. go into a tent saloon to have some whiskey first, and J.D. notices Chris sitting at a table. Buck advises J.D. not to approach their friend, and they go to the bar.
Wickes comes over and greets them, and says the first drink is free to new customers. He tells them they should let him know if they need anything, and leaves. Two men come in, and Wickes figures that the head man wants the usual and calls one of the prostitutes, Nora, over. Nora hesitantly comes over, and the prostitute sitting with Chris, Lydia, comes over.
Nora tells Wickes that she's not feeling so good and tries to leave, and Wickes grabs her arm. Lydia comes over and tries to take over for Nora. Wickes tells Nora that she's coming with him and drags her out, and Lydia goes back to Chris and says she's fine but Nora isn't.
J.D. looks over the girls, and finally picks one, Emily. He says that he can meet her on his own despite Buck's offer, finishes off his drink for courage, and goes over to Emily. She takes him to his tent, and Buck figures he'd better follow along and make sure J.D. doesn't "trip over his own feet". He watches Emily lead J.D. into her tent, then hears a scream as Wickes slaps Nora when she tries to tell him she won't go with the man.
Wickes threatens to kill Nora if she ever questions his authority again, and Buck goes over and grabs Wickes' hand. When Wickes throws a punch at Buck, Buck easily ducks it and knocks Wickes down. Lydia runs over to check on Nora, and says that she needs a doctor. Wickes tackles Buck, and two of his men grab Buck and Wickes beats him. Chris fires a warning shot and tells Buck that they're leaving, and taking Nora with them. J.D. comes out, gun drawn, disarms Wickes' men, and rides off with Chris, Buck, and Nora. Before they go, Wickes tells Chris that it isn't over, and glares at Lydia.
Back in Four Corners, the gunfighters take Nora to Nathan. He tends to her in his "office", and when Chris and Vin check on her, Nathan tells them that Nora is in bad shape. Nathan says that Nora has old bruises and someone has been treating her rough, and Nora says that she has to get back because Wickes will be mad. She explains that Wickes paid her way there and she has to pay him back with interest. Nora says that she came because Wickes promises her so much, and the more she works the more she owes. Mary arrives and asks to talk to Chris privately.
At the bath house, J.D. and Buck are taking baths and J.D. is telling Josiah about what Buck did. Josiah figures that it's a righteous fight, and J.D. asks what got into Buck. He says that Emily said she might not even charge him, and Buck and Josiah both chuckle at the idea. Josiah insists that sex with a women should be a spiritual experience, and they have to do it right because when Adam and Eve did it, they were tossed out of Paradise so they have to make sure their loss wasn't in vain. Buck agrees with Josiah, and J.D. is irritated that everyone is giving him advice on his sex life.
Mary tells Chris that he has a responsibility to Nora since he rescued her. When Mary objects to Nora's "kind", just as Emily and Nora ride into town on wagon with the other Wickestown girls. The men come out to help them out of the wagon, and Chris and Mary come over. Lydia asks about Nora, and Nathan assures her that Nora will be fine. The older prostitute says that they snuck away from Wickes, and says that she left when she saw that there were men who would stand up to Wickes. Mary glares at Chris, and Nora asks for a safe place. When Mary tells Nora that it's best if she move on, Nora says that it might be best if Mary lets the Seven speak for themselves. She takes offense when Mary makes it clear she wants the working girls out of town.
J.D. and Emily smile at each other, and Josiah notices.
Chris goes into the saloon, and Buck follows him in. When Buck asks what they should do, Chris tells him that he can handle it because he picked the fight. Buck says that the women will stay. Mary comes in, overhears him, and disagrees.
Ezra ushers the townsmen back, and offers to escort them to the bathhouse. As he leads them off, Ezra suggests talking about a "solution" to their predicament.
Vin rides the women's back trail to see if Wickes' men followed them, and spots them coming. He rides back to Four Corners as the men approach.
Mary argues with Buck, and Chris says that it's a free country if they want to stay. Mary wants the right to raise children in a safe community. Vin comes in and tells them about the men approaching, and Chris and Buck go out with him. The men ride into town, and their leader Quint tells the others to tear the place apart and find the girls.
The men go into the saloon, and Quint comes across Vin. Quint says that they're looking for some girls and tells Vin to stay out of the way while they "look around". Vin tells him that the pickings are awfully slim. Two of the men go to the stable and find J.D. shodding a horse. Once they leave, the girls emerge from the hay in the stable.
Buck stands in front of a crate hiding two more of the prostitutes, and after Wickes' men ride on, Buck tells the prostitutes to keep down. When two more men break into Nathan's office, he's "tending" to Ezra, who claims that he has consumption and that it's highly contagious. The thugs quickly leave. More men search the church and find Josiah at the pulpit. Emily is hiding in the pulpit, and Josiah invites the men to join him in prayer. The three thugs leave, and Josiah asks Emily how his performance was.
Quint goes into the bathhouse but finds no one. He leaves, unaware that Lydia was hiding in a tub.
Vin watches Quint and his men ride out of town.
Chris goes to the bathhouse and finds Lydia taking a bath. She says that she isn't shy, and Chris tells her that it's best if the prostitutes go on their way. He offers to take the girls to a nearby town to catch a train. Lydia says that they'll stay and make a stand, and Chris tells her that if they do they'll be on their own. She says that they always have been, and Chris leaves.
Outside, Chris tells Vin that they need a new plan. Meanwhile, Ezra is talking to some of the women and says that they should become mail-order brides, and he'll be glad to arrange it. J.D. is nearby and watching Emily, as Ezra explains that he'll only find them well-off husbands and collect a small "finder's fee". Emily wonders why men like that would want women like them, and Ezra says that he'll tutor them at his "charm school".
Buck comes up to J.D. and tells him to go over to Emily. When J.D. suggests that Buck meet up with one of the women, Buck says that he never pays for sex. Buck explains that he respects women, and that buys him a lot of kindness. He says that he grew up in a brothel, and his mother was a prostitute. Buck insists that she was a saint.
Mary watches Chris talking to Vin from her office. Lydia comes in and asks if she could talk to Mary about a job. Mary tells her that she doesn't have any positions, and Lydia says that she's seen people like Mary before. When Mary takes offense, Lydia figures that Chris is Mary's and says that she'll leave them alone. Mary insists that their business is professional, and explains that Oren hired them to protect the town. Lydia asks if Chris is fair game, and Mary defensively says that he is. The prostitute smiles and says "Good", and then leaves.
That night at Wickestown, Wickes berates Quint for failing to find the prostitutes. He figures Lydia wouldn't leave Nora behind, and Quint tells him about Nathan. When Quint says that there wasn't any women in the town, Wickes slaps him and points out how strange that was, and says they'll pay Four Corners a visit the next day.
The next morning, Josiah is standing watch from the church bell tower. He sees Wickes and his men coming and sounds the bell to warn the others. The men ride into town, and all of the Seven are waiting for them, rifles out. Wickes tells them to hand over his girls, and they say that they haven't except for Wickes' men. Vin rides out of town with the wagon, and Wickes' recognizes it as his wagon and goes after it with his men.
Vin drives the wagon out of town heading for the mountains. The thugs easily cut the wagon off, and Vin leaps onto the horses and pulls the pin on the hitch as the wagon heads for the cliff. The horses take him away, and the wagon goes off the cliff. When the Seven ride up, Wickes says that he didn't drive the prostitutes off the cliff. He's not happy about how much it cost him. Chris tells Wickes to go before he does something he regrets.
Once Wickes and his men ride off, the Seven laugh since the whole thing was a ruse. The "corpse" from the back of the wagon are dummies. Vin arrives with the horses.
Later back in town at the church, Ezra runs his "charm school" with Buck filling in as one of the would be husbands. Ezra interrupts to complain the prostitute is acting too blatant. Josiah is busy scraping at the paint, and Ezra finally tells him to stop. Nathan comes in and complains that Ezra is trying to sell women off like cattle. The ex-slave figures that anything else he might say is wasted on Ezra, and storms off.
That night, Vin goes to the saloon and sees Lydia sitting near the bar. She assures him that she's not working, and thanks Vin for his help against Wickes. Vin says that Chris isn't there because he doesn't want to get caught between the prostitutes and the townspeople, and Lydia takes a drink of Vin's whiskey and says she's tired of making decisions based on what other people want. She then goes off to check on Nora.
On the street, one of Wickes' men is watching and spots Lydia. He rides back to Wickestown.
Buck convinces Josiah to help him "check" J.D. to see how he's doing. They hear Emily howling J.D.'s name in a stable, and walk off, impressed. Inside, Emily and J.D. watch Josiah and Buck walk off, and are impressed with each other on the act they put. J.D. says that he thinks he's ready, and Emily tells him that she has to go and leaves.
At Wickestown, Wickes tells a new prostitute that she'll find it comfortable living there, and suggests they get "better acquainted". Quint and the thug interrupt, and Quint tells Wickes about seeing Lydia in Four Corners.
The next morning, Mary brings food to Nathan and Nora in Nathan's office. Nora is sleeping, and Nathan asks Mary to give the breakfast to Nora while he get some sleep. Once Nathan leaves, Mary hesitantly wakes Nora up. Nora thanks Mary for bringing breakfast and coughs, and Mary takes pity on her and helps make her comfortable in bed, then serves coffee.
Nora talks about how she was one of many children in her family, and apologizes for causing the town trouble. Mary says that she didn't do anything wrong, but Nora says that the man who asked for her likes to hurt her and she couldn't take it one more time. Wickes barges in, scowling at Nora.
At the bar, Chris, Vin, and Lydia work out a way out of town for the prostitutes. One of the girls arrive and tell Lydia that Wickes took Mary, and told the girl that they have to come back or he'll kill Mary. Chris and Vin leave, and Lydia goes after them and insists that she's going with them because it's her fault Wickes took Mary. When Chris angrily tells Lydia to leave, she storms off. The two gunfighters figure they need a distraction, and see Ezra giving posture lessons to the prostitutes.
Later in Wickestown, Ezra enters the camp posing as a woman. He goes to the saloon and the bartender asks if he's applying for a job. Ezra says that he's a singer, and one of the patrons tells Ezra to sing for them.
Wickes has Mary in his tent, and tells her that the only thing separating him from her girls is having luck and a decent family, and asks what would happen if Mary didn't have that. He asks if Mary's pride is worth the life of her child if her husband left her.
Ezra starts singing, and shoves off a man who tries to get fresh with her. Meanwhile, the others break into the camp, catching the guards by surprise. Ezra punches the man again, and he slams into another patron and a fight breaks out. Wickes hears the commotion and goes to check it out.
Josiah punches one of the guards who broke into his church. A guard gets the drop on Buck, and Nathan pistol-whips the guard from behind, knocking him out. J.D. checks a tent and finds a prostitute undressing, and quickly excuses himself.
Chris finds Mary, knocks out her guard, and unties her. She assures Chris that she's fine, and he helps her out of the tent. Wickes returns and draws his gun on Chris, and Lydia arrives and shoots Wickes. The others arrive and Wickes--still alive--goes for his gun. Buck shoots him dead and leaves with the others.
Later in town, Emily tells Ezra that they're going to try their luck on their own. The prospective husband Ezra found want their money back, and the man from the camp turns up and asks Ezra if he sings. Ezra storms off, and Emily kisses J.D. before leaving with Nora, Lydia, and the others. Chris tips his hat to Lydia as she leaves, and she blows him a kiss. J.D. admits that he can't figure out women, and Buck welcomes him to manhood.
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