A shepherd ignores the Cartwrights' warning not to drive his flock across the Ponderosa; guest Everett Sloane.
The widow of a man slain in a gunfight with Marshal Dillon swears to avenge her husband's death.
A man who saved Matt Dillon's life 10 years earlier turns up in Dodge City - again in the role of Good Samaritan.
Four escaped convicts capture Marshal Matt Dillon and hold him hostage in their flight to the Mexican border.
An immigrant farmer is branded as a coward when the facts behind his slaying of a notorious outlaw become known.