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The episode begins in a rather shocking manner when Lucas witnesses a shooting while working on his fence all in the first ten seconds of the show. This sets up a situation where Lucas is set to go to court and testify that he saw young Corey Hazlitt shoot the man in the back. But it will not be easy as the family of young Corey will do anything to keep Lucas from testifying.

The father of Corey, Frank Hazlitt (Denver Pyle), is set on making sure Lucas knows that if he was to testify against his son harm will come to Lucas' son, Mark. He even calls in the large tough family member, in the form of Richard Kiel, to get the point across. Lucas is faced with a tough situation.

In this thirty minute format, the show seemed quick as the meat of the story came and went rather fast. But as always, we are treated to a fine western theme show that was performed well. Plus, as always, we get to look into the love that Lucas has for his son. Good watch!

A man is killed and Lucas McCain is a witness (and almost a victim) so it is his testimony that could send the man to the hangman's noose. BUT the family of the accused Hazelit (including character actor stalwart of countless westerns, Denver Pyle and "Jaws" actor Richard Kiel) will hear nothing of it, so they set out to "convince" Lucas to lie on the stand. A great sample of a tough Sam Peckinpah western classic series that will not disappoint fans of the show or of westerns.

I have fond memories of the Rifleman in its original run. I used to joke about how Lucas could kill or beat up anyone can get a free pass because after all, Lucas McCain was a "good man." Plus having a young son to raise by himself made him sympathetic all the more. on top of his being a man's man. Too bad Chuck Connors got so careless in his later years when it came to taking care of himself. He grew into a raw looking individual rather than the handsome rock-jawed star of a TV show. That, however, made him into a great villain for loads of shows including a mobster on TV's Spenser For Hire.

There's a great scene when Lucas tells Micah to let the killer out of jail, and what happens next is not to be missed.

My favorite episode that I've seen so far.