This episode had a really good cast. Douglas Kennedy who had a great career as a Western actor and 1950s film noir detective or heavy (bad guy) was the father of the girl who gets killed (Jennifer Lea). The story also has Paul Carr as a ranch hand who is attracted to Jennifer. He is very jealous of a drifter named Tate (Warner Jones) who Jennifer is flirting with. There are a lot of guys at the beginning of this episode who are literally fighting for the attention of Jennifer Lea. The drummer, played by George Neise, wins the prize when Lea takes off with him.
A while later, little Mark is smoking a cigar with Howey (John Collier) and leaves it there when they both get a little sick, and then they find a horrible surprise. Considering that this was a half-hour show (22 minutes?), the writers put a lot of mystery clues and red herrings into the story. Having Lucas and Micah work together to solve a mystery was very well done.