Gunsmoke Abelia (1955–1975) watch online HD

Never in the entire series did we ever get one of the main characters to settle down with a nice woman and have a family life. For the writers and producers of the series this is as close as Festus will ever get to actually having a relationship with a woman. Thus, the story is interesting yet at the end it still leaves a void that the viewer wished could have been filled.

The episode begins with a group of bandits that has just robbed a bank in Garden City. They have made their way to a house in a remote area well outside of Dodge. The house is occupied by Abelia, who is a widow, and two small children. One of the bandits is injured and they make Abelia ride into Dodge with one of the bandits to get some pain medicine. However when in Dodge the bandit has to steal the medicine and Newly gets shot before the two flee back to the farm house.

Festus tracks the wagon they were driving to the farm house. But by this time the bandits have gone. Festus is set to arrest Abelia when one of the children is bitten by a rattlesnake. This is when the story picks up as Festus helps the child and then finds a soft spot for Abelia.

But before anything gets serious the bandits return. And if the bandits find out that Festus is a lawman they have already said that the children will be harmed. They have to find a way to not alert the bandits to Festus' true identity.

The most interesting thing about the show was the relationship Festus was sparking with Abelia (Jacqueline Scott). This may seem hard to believe but both did a nice job of making that relationship seem real for the viewers. Jack Lambert was seen in a bit part as one of the villains which he always plays to perfection with those small squint eyes. Plus Susan Olsen (Cindy in the Brady Bunch) plays one of the children. The only problem with the program is why Festus chose to return to Dodge instead of staying to see how far this relationship would expand. But that is 'Gunsmoke' for you.

This was an extra good one due to the mixture of scary bad guys and Festus getting to play doctor to a little girl.

Mild spoiler here: Festus treats a girl who was snake bit. Don't make the mistake of sucking the venom with your mouth like Festus did though. The tissue in the mouth can very easily absorb the venom and the rescuer could end up poisoned as bad as the victim. If you choose to do this, use a straw, the casing of a ball point pen, anything but don't suck it with your mouth.

There was a bank robbery and the bad guys end up at a home where the husband and father is no longer living. Festus ends up at the house after he trails the wagon that was taken to Dodge in the hope of getting some help from the doc. Doc was away and the bad guys steal some stuff from the doctor's shop. There is a shootout as the bad guy leaves with the mother he took as hostage.

Matt takes a cue from Newly about the wagon and tracks it to the house where he and Festus team up to subdue the bad guys. For a few minutes it looked like Festus might have taken a liking to the kids mother, an attractive redhead, but he goes back to being what he is. I suppose it would have complicated the show too much if Festus lived way out there.