The title "The Big Broad' puzzled me until I saw big Lena (Dee J. Thompson). She's an amazon dressed in leather breeches with a temper to match. There's a lot of unforced laughs watching her bulldoze her way through Dodge after arriving with cringing sidekick little Emmett whom she treats like a slow-thinking mutt. Even Matt is flummoxed. After all, she is a woman in the technical sense, even if she's mean enough to face down a pack of buffalo skinners.
Different kind of episode whose humor flows from Lena's effect on the citizens of macho Dodge. Watch Chester's priceless expressions after he learns to stay out of her way. Thompson's not much of an actress, but then with her looks, she doesn't have to be. I'm not sure how well the ending works. Given the conformist decade of the 50's, I suppose something like it should come as no big surprise.