The Maverick series takes a serious turn in this episode as Bart Maverick is assaulted and robbed of a night's poker winnings. He gets aided by rancher
Andrew Duggan and taken to the Duggan home to mend.
As he's cleaned out Jack Kelly as do the rest of the Maverick clan when forced to
work do do some physical labor. For a stake and gratitude for his hospitality
Kelly agrees to be part of a crew to haul ice from a mountain glacier for food
storage.
It's more than ice they bring back. Kelly finds one very stiff and preserved 20
year old corpse with a bullet in him. It's Duggan's old partner who's been missing all this time.
There's a lot at stake here as Duggan is running on a platform of reform for
state governor against a corrupt and ruthless opponent Bruce Gordon who
sees a chance to put his rival down permanently.
This is a good episode as Bart Maverick helps the cause of good government
and cleans up a 20 year old mystery.