I Thee Wed

The episode begins with Sam and Hester Lacket having trouble on the street. What is going on is that Sam treats Hester in a terrible way to the point of beating her right in the middle of Front Street. Marshal Dillon, knowing that Hester has been beaten before, breaks the fight up and asks Hester to finally sign a complaint against her husband. But she refuses.

Later Hester makes her way to Doc's office after another beating at the hands of her husband. With Hester possibly set on losing her left eye, Matt gets her to sign a complaint. When the Judge sentence Sam to fifty dollars or fifty days, it will be Hester that brings the fifty dollar to spring her good-for-nothing husband out of jail. But it will only take a short time for Sam to return to his normal ways.

A well written story that was interesting from beginning to end. With some nice acting and a believable story, the touchy subject came across as entertaining. When first reading the plot of the story was not sure how this subject would play on a TV series but it played nicely and was another good western program about life on the prairie.