SIXTH SEASON (1962-63)
| 09/15/62 |
Genesis |
Paladin's origin is finally revealed |
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Although we still don't discover his
real name |
| 09/22/62 |
Taylor's Woman |
A rancher hires Paladin to somehow stop his impending wedding to his stern, bossy housekeeper |
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Politically incorrect but predictable makeover |
| 09/29/62 |
The Fifth Bullet |
Eight years ago, Paladin promised a
man a fair trial but couldn't deliver; after his release
the two head home to his family, while
watching out for five hired killers |
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Some interesting ideas, fine acting |
| 10/06/62 |
A Place for Abel Hix |
Paladin arrives at a small town only to find that his client,
an aging, legendary gunfighter, has just been shot dead |
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Not quite a classic, but close |
| 10/13/62 |
Beau Geste |
Paladin tries to help a middle-aged sheriff who's about to retire deal with the gunmen waiting to kill him -- but his help is rebuffed |
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Not 100% sensible, but not bad |
| 10/20/62 |
The Bird of Time |
Paladin captures a wanted murderer, then protects him from the Biblical wrath of a vengeful rancher |
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At least all the bad guys end up "down there" |
| 10/27/62 |
Memories of Monica |
Paladin owes sheriff favor, stands with him against wife's ex-lover, a murderous outlaw who's sworn to take her and kill anyone in his way |
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Better than "High Noon" |
| 11/03/62 |
The Predators |
Paladin and accused murderer in desert
seek water, instead find shack with young brother and
sister; later, gang of thirsty (and bloodthirsty) raiders
find them |
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Ultimately quite quenching |
| 11/10/62 |
Shootout at Hogtooth |
Politicos hired three gunmen to clean
up their town, but now they've taken over; Paladin's
engaged to get rid of them |
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A firecracker of a plan... or is it
just a dud? |
| 11/17/62 |
A Miracle for St. Francis |
Paladin is hired to retrieve stolen statue for a mission
in California |
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Only good thing is arrival of Indians |
| 11/24/62 |
Marshal of Sweetwater |
Paladin's old friend, a retired army
scout and fast-draw, became a tough marshal and cleaned
up his town, but absolute power has turned him into a
despot |
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Fine character study of extremism in
the name of law and order |
| 12/01/62 |
Man in an Hourglass |
An old friend of Paladin's, a
physician, asks him to find and bring back the son of the
woman he loved (who married another man), before he makes
mistake |
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Could use a transfusion |
| 12/08/62 |
Penelope |
Drunken, fortyish ex-colonel chasing
gold in Mexico for a year is nervous about returning to
wife, ranch; his manservant asks Paladin to be
"advance man" |
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The story is almost as bad as her
hair-do |
| 12/15/62 |
Trial at Tablerock |
Paladin acts as defense attorney for
gunman justly feared and loathed by town, on trial for
his life on a trumped-up charge |
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The Law vs. the tyranny of the
majority |
| 12/22/62 |
Be Not Forgetful to Strangers |
Paladin helps man and his wife -- about to give birth -- on a cold Xmas eve in a town full of wild, aloof revelers |
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Some "corn" on the dessert menu, unfortunately |
| 12/29/62 |
The Treasure |
Paladin and bank robber's wife search
for her husband and his $80,000 stash -- in ghost town
which hides other treasure hunters |
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Sluggish and silly |
| 01/05/63 |
Brotherhood |
Paladin attempts to reunite two
Eastern-educated Indian brothers -- one now an
emasculated sheriff, the other an uncivilized "wild
animal" |
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Unremarkable in every way |
| 01/12/63 |
Bob Wire |
Paladin helps eccentric salesman
transport his cargo of barbed wire, but its delivery may
spark a range war |
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Not bad, even though Paladin and
comedy don't really mix |
| 01/19/63 |
The Debutante |
Paladin locates unappreciated farmgirl, granddaughter of
wealthy San Francisco socialite, tries to convince her to go back with him |
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Doesn't quite grow on you |
| 01/26/63 |
Unforgiving Minute |
In Mexico, a feverish Paladin flees banditos, seeks
help of two homeless Mexicans -- a wimpy farmer and his venal trophy-wife
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High bad-guy death toll, but little else |
| 02/02/63 |
American Primitive |
Paladin and an old sheriff friend hunt
down condemned fugitive who mistakenly killed five
innocent men while avenging his son's murder |
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Man whose time has passed does elicit
sympathy |
| 02/09/63 |
The Burning Tree |
While escorting a multiple wife-killer
to trial, Paladin encounters a sheriff who wants to hand
his prisoner over to Indians -- who need a burial scalp! |
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Some interesting elements, some
cornball |
| 02/16/63 |
The Cage at McNaab |
Paladin visits woman's husband in
prison, soon finds himself awaiting execution in his
place |
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Existential story of power, guilt and
truth |
| 02/23/63 |
Caravan |
Paladin escorts an outcast high priestess from India and her entourage through the desert, to a group of loyal subjects |
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Pointless, half-hearted effort |
| 03/02/63 |
The Walking Years |
After being slipped a mickey in a Barbary coast nightspot, Paladin awakens in chains in a dark, isolated warehouse, in the company of two other prisoners |
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More existential theater directed by Mr. Boone |
| 03/09/63 |
Sweet Lady of the Moon |
A criminally insane murderer has been
pronounced cured by psychiatric treatment; Paladin is
hired to escort him and his doctor through unfriendly
territory |
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Would you want him in your
neighborhood? |
| 03/16/63 |
The Savages |
Paladin guides an art collector and his childlike adult daughter into the wilderness, to find a reclusive sculptor |
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Hard to tell who gives the most annoying performance in this one |
| 03/23/63 |
The Eve of St. Elmo |
Land baron hires Paladin to avenge firer of bullet which crippled him, while town religiosos pray for a miracle which will prevent any violence |
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They get their wish... do we? |
| 03/30/63 |
The Lady of the Fifth Moon |
Paladin protects young Chinese woman from assassins while waiting for arrival of ship to take her back to China |
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About as authentic (and interesting) as Chun King chow mein |
| 04/06/63 |
Two Plus One |
Indian girl won't go away after Paladin saves her life, ruins his rendezvous with a French woman in Los Angeles |
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A threesome might have worked better.... |
| 04/13/63 |
The Black Bull |
Insane former matador first tortures Paladin, then turns
him into el toro in the bull ring |
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Pretty much just a load of... well, you know |
| 04/20/63 |
Face of a Shadow |
Paladin is hired by a bank to meet a
rancher, pick up and deliver $10,000, but the man is
murdered and the money stolen; did a gypsy do it? |
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You won't care |
| 04/27/63 - 06/15/63 |
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(These dates are being researched) |
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