Gunsmoke: 2x13

Poor Pearl

Willie Calhoun’s in town for a bath and a haircut, in preparation to court Pearl Bender. Willie meets Pearl in the Long Branch. He asks her to marry him. She says Webb Thorne won’t let me marry you. Willie gets a rifle and goes after Webb. Matt stops him. Matt gets Pearl, Webb and Willie together. Willie says he and Pearl are to wed. Webb says I’ll stop them. Matt tells Pearl to choose. Pearl tells Willie I can’t marry you. In her room Pearl tells Webb you are not going to touch me. You left here and never said nothing. Webb says he’s come back to marry her. Chester brings Willie’s rifle back to him. Willie shoots Pearl. A simple man let feeling for a woman get the best of him. Matt tells Willie he shot Pearl not Webb.