A town with two main streets: Peace Street and Cow Street. And the town needs a new marshal, at least for three months during cattle season. The job: keep the drovers where they belong.
The drover, Willie Dix, who first challenges Cheyenne gets pants and spanked. Bill Lockhart runs the big bar and warns Cheyenne that his biggest problem will be Carl Banner and his Big K boys. At first, Banner tries to help and sends his man Turk to assist; but Cheyenne rejects it.
Banner has a plan. He orders Turk to start busting up Cow Street which is actually owned by the pious people of Peace Street. And Banner plans to make use of that. Cheyenne tries to establish order but order has a cost: drovers can't spend, and the rich can't get richer. And when Willie Dix tried to bushwhack Cheyenne, Dix gets killed.
In addition, there is a non-existent love triangle between Cheyenne, Jenny (daughter of deceased marshal) and Bill Lockhart (deputy). Bill saw Jenny kiss Cheyenne on the cheek, and leaped to a conclusion.
Banner tries to cut a deal with the mayor and his cronies. Put a head tax on each cow, Banner collects and splits with the Peace Street crowd, and no one the wiser. Cheyenne turns in his badge, if he can't be a real marshal then it's not the job for him. And Jenny fears that Bill will take on the judge and either become corrupted, like her father, or be killed, Bill takes the job and Cheyenne tries to warn him but Bill is more Othello run by the green-eyed monster than reason. Banner decides to take the town apart when the mayor also puts a head tax on his cows. The merchants tell Bill to take his two deputies and basically surround all the drovers to protect their property. Even Leonidas had his three hundred which is 298 more than Bill has against 10,000 stampeding cattle.
Cow Street is about gone, but because of Cheyenne Bill survives and has learned his lesson. Problem, for me, is there was too much story for one episode. As it is, its ending seems incomplete.
The drover, Willie Dix, who first challenges Cheyenne gets pants and spanked. Bill Lockhart runs the big bar and warns Cheyenne that his biggest problem will be Carl Banner and his Big K boys. At first, Banner tries to help and sends his man Turk to assist; but Cheyenne rejects it.
Banner has a plan. He orders Turk to start busting up Cow Street which is actually owned by the pious people of Peace Street. And Banner plans to make use of that. Cheyenne tries to establish order but order has a cost: drovers can't spend, and the rich can't get richer. And when Willie Dix tried to bushwhack Cheyenne, Dix gets killed.
In addition, there is a non-existent love triangle between Cheyenne, Jenny (daughter of deceased marshal) and Bill Lockhart (deputy). Bill saw Jenny kiss Cheyenne on the cheek, and leaped to a conclusion.
Banner tries to cut a deal with the mayor and his cronies. Put a head tax on each cow, Banner collects and splits with the Peace Street crowd, and no one the wiser. Cheyenne turns in his badge, if he can't be a real marshal then it's not the job for him. And Jenny fears that Bill will take on the judge and either become corrupted, like her father, or be killed, Bill takes the job and Cheyenne tries to warn him but Bill is more Othello run by the green-eyed monster than reason. Banner decides to take the town apart when the mayor also puts a head tax on his cows. The merchants tell Bill to take his two deputies and basically surround all the drovers to protect their property. Even Leonidas had his three hundred which is 298 more than Bill has against 10,000 stampeding cattle.
Cow Street is about gone, but because of Cheyenne Bill survives and has learned his lesson. Problem, for me, is there was too much story for one episode. As it is, its ending seems incomplete.