Violence and tragedy result when Matt and Chester persuade a reluctant Kitty to hire flirtatious Rena Decker as a Long Branch hostess.Violence and tragedy result when Matt and Chester persuade a reluctant Kitty to hire flirtatious Rena Decker as a Long Branch hostess.Violence and tragedy result when Matt and Chester persuade a reluctant Kitty to hire flirtatious Rena Decker as a Long Branch hostess.
- Director
- Writers
- John Meston(uncredited)
- Norman MacDonnell(uncredited)
- Charles Marquis Warren(uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaKitty mentions for the first time that she is a half-owner of the Long Branch Saloon, with Bill Pence.
- GoofsWhen two men are about to have a shootout on the street, several onlookers are standing behind one of the men and they don't bother to move out of the line of fire. Later, Matt is about to have a shootout in the saloon, and the people standing behind him, don't move out of the way either.
- Quotes
Joe Garrett: Laster says you made things tough for him up in Wichita, marshal.
Matt Dillon: That so?
Joe Garrett: He says you hit him with your fist.
Matt Dillon: Well, now, I've been known to do that.
Joe Garrett: But, we don't like it.
Matt Dillon: We? How do you know? You haven't tried it yet.
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About Manipulation
This episode is about manipulation for the benefit of one's ego and/or profit. It could be a man or a woman, but in this case it happens to be about a woman. Beware of manipulators. I've run into them my whole life and I've hated them my whole life. They are nothing but trouble. You can't just punch them and shoot them like you can on TV westerns, so they are much more difficult to deal with in real life, especially when they win the confidence of one of your family members.
Matt Dillon runs into a beautiful young woman and rescues her from a trouble maker. Then the woman turns up in Dodge needing a job. Matt wants Kitty to hire her at the saloon, but Kitty doesn't want to saying she thinks the girl is a manipulator and that Matt is being suckered by her pretty face. And of course Kitty is right and Matt is wrong. Dead wrong. But Matt persists and Kitty gives in and hires the girl, warning that somebody is going to get hurt because of her.
I'll stop right there, but anybody can probably guess what's going to happen. A pretty girl right in the middle of tough guys in a country awash in guns. Gee, what could possibly happen?
Anyway, this is a very good episode. And a good lesson for all of us. Beware of manipulators. They are everywhere.
Matt Dillon runs into a beautiful young woman and rescues her from a trouble maker. Then the woman turns up in Dodge needing a job. Matt wants Kitty to hire her at the saloon, but Kitty doesn't want to saying she thinks the girl is a manipulator and that Matt is being suckered by her pretty face. And of course Kitty is right and Matt is wrong. Dead wrong. But Matt persists and Kitty gives in and hires the girl, warning that somebody is going to get hurt because of her.
I'll stop right there, but anybody can probably guess what's going to happen. A pretty girl right in the middle of tough guys in a country awash in guns. Gee, what could possibly happen?
Anyway, this is a very good episode. And a good lesson for all of us. Beware of manipulators. They are everywhere.
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- Jan 15, 2022
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- Runtime30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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