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- Original title:The Decision
- Category:TV Episode / Western
- Released:1959–1973
- Director:William F. Claxton
- Actors:Lorne Greene,Pernell Roberts,Dan Blocker
- Writer:Frank Chase,Norman Jacob
- Duration:1h
- Video type:TV Episode
- Rating 7.4
- Votes 332
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Short summary
Hoss suffers a life-threatening injury while riding with his father and brothers. They rush him to a nearby town looking for help. However, the town doctor is in jail, about to be hanged for murder. Ben manages to arrange for the doctor to treat Hoss. Ben then learns that there's more to the doctor than at first appears to be the case. After further investigation, Ben finds that the doctor is innocent. However, he also discovers that the sentencing judge has special reasons for wanting the doctor dead. Ben must somehow convince the judge to do the right thing if the doctor is to be spared from hanging.
The actors who played both of the starship Enterprise's doctors in the original series, Star Trek (1966), guest star together in this episode; John Hoyt played Dr. Phillip Boyce in the series' one hour pilot episode and was later replaced by DeForest Kelley who played the more familiar Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy throughout the remainder of the series and in subsequent movies.
| Episode cast overview: | |||
 | Lorne Greene | - | Ben Cartwright |
 | Pernell Roberts | - | Adam Cartwright |
 | Dan Blocker | - | Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright |
 | Michael Landon | - | Joseph 'Little Joe' Cartwright |
 | DeForest Kelley | - | Dr. Michael Jons |
 | John Hoyt | - | Judge Franklin Grant |
 | Lisabeth Hush | - | Karen Jons |
 | Eddie Quillan | - | Danny Culp |
 | Walter Sande | - | Sheriff Wall |
 | Will J. White | - | Deputy Hoff |