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Greenhorn Harry Pope has just moved to the prairie from back east and wants to start a new life since the death of his wife. But living alone on the prairie is a new experience for the naive Harry Pope.

He tells Marshal Dillon that at night he is being visited by Indians and he is worried about their actions. Matt is suspicious about Pope's claim but tells him that if they are really Indians to get a rifle and defend himself.

One evening after being harassed again by the so-called Indians, Pope returns fire at them. Instead of an Indian it turns out to be a man named Joe Carter that ends up dying. Now Joe Carter's friends want revenge on the lonely greenhorn.

Philip Coolidge was perfectly cast as the mild and meek greenhorn Harry Pope that brought the aspect of a person that may be over-his-head living by himself on the prairie. His demeanor was a perfect fit for the story. Even though the ending may not be what the viewer wanted, it still was an episode that was entertaining to the end. Good watch.

Pope (Coolidge) seems a mild-mannered, likable sort, maybe a little out of his depth living alone on the prairie. So why would Indians be spooking him, which he says is happening. But then a roughneck turns up dead. His buddies claim Pope did it, and Matt better arrest him or else. So what's going on here.

Actor Coolidge gets a sympathetic role, for a change. Usually, he's a creepy sort with his bald head and gravedigger's looks. I like the homely touches, like Pope slopping the pigs and scrubbing his clothes, the kind of frontier details usually passed over in a 30-minute time frame. Also, Chris Alcaide's tough guy Curry turns out to be nicely conceived and performed. All in all, it's a strong drama, though the who-did-what details seem murky at times. Nonetheless, it's another entry suggesting the '58 season was one of the series best.

I never understood why someone would want to live out on the prairie all by themselves. But Philip Coolidge as Harry Pope does because his wife passed away. To me, Pope is just torturing himself. But 2 cowboys love to play games with him, and at the request of Dillon earlier, Pope gets a gun and unknowingly kills one of them (we never see the one he killed).

Chris Alcaide plays Ned Curry who's the bumbling fool, believing everything he hears without thinking. Charles Fredericks plays Earl Brant, the coward who shoots Pope in the back.

You really feel sad for Pope in this episode because he's really a brave guy who dies by a coward. I liked how Dillon didn't feel pressured by Ned Curry and took his time to figure out what really happened. I guess that's why he was marshal of Dodge for over 20 years.

Sad tale about a well meaning greenhorn who gets in a culture he doesnt understand. Suspenseful and a nice morality tale.

**SPOILERS** I think that Matt gave Pope bad advice when he told him to stay on his place, in spite of the fact that Curry was gunnin' for him. Still, Pope did get the guy (Carter), who killed his own friend and then blamed it on him (Pope). The sad part was Pope askin' Matt to make sure his animals were taken care of. A greenhorn, but a good man. Matt shoulda told Curry to pick better friends.One other small point Curry was wearin' the SAME gunbelt that Toque Morlan was wearin' when Matt clocked him out in "How to Kill a Friend".