"Rape" would fit in with "spoilers" for this episode but I doubt that the writers who made the "killers and spoilers" tagline had "rape" in mind for any sizeable portion of the Gunsmoke episodes. A rapist is about as vile and low as a human being can go, but other evildoers in Gunsmoke stories have been corrupt officials and businessmen, power-mad cattle barons, etc.-- and they'd qualify as "spoilers" as well, but I wouldn't suppose that they're all "rapists" or even "killers."
Because crime used to be much less frequent than it's become since the days of the Old West. Because the population is exponentially larger than it was in the late 1800s, therefore more criminals and more penal housing required to contain criminal suspects and convicts. Because the public was predominantly made up of honest and hard working people who had strong moral convictions against thievery, murder, or even lying, and were appalled whenever the relatively fewer criminals that flourished in their time committed any foul deed. The jail room of the Gunsmoke television show has been seen to have around 6-8 holding cells, though, since Dodge had more crime to deal with than the average small town, and plenty of rowdy, hell-raisin' cowboys from the cattle drive trail to sleep off their drunken state in one of Marshal Dillon's jail cells.
@@vincentsartain3061 I sort of thought my query was or could have been rhetorical. Thank you for taking the time to write out a well composed response. Nice!
@@stuckinmygarage6220 LOL, gotta admit that I have some characteristics that probably put me somewhere in the autism spectrum, often making me oblivious to subtilty, hyperbole, rhetorical questions, etc. (especially when in written form), and I can be pretty dense in my perceptions. Even so, a lot of TV and film Westerns really do tend to feature lawmens' jail rooms with only a couple of holding cells, which does call for making fun of that trope, among other clichés in Westerns.
Another great and human story by Marian Clark. R.I.P.
Good episode
Absolutely.
No jury will convict Miguel who did what any father would do.
Miguel's daughter in real life was James Arness's daughter
@@vincentsartain3061 Damn straight. 👍
In the intro when they speak of the "killers and the spoilers" they're referring to "rape" just the sort that's portrayed in this episode.
"Rape" would fit in with "spoilers" for this episode but I doubt that the writers who made the "killers and spoilers" tagline had "rape" in mind for any sizeable portion of the Gunsmoke episodes. A rapist is about as vile and low as a human being can go, but other evildoers in Gunsmoke stories have been corrupt officials and businessmen, power-mad cattle barons, etc.-- and they'd qualify as "spoilers" as well, but I wouldn't suppose that they're all "rapists" or even "killers."
Ever wonder why jails only had a couple cells?
Because crime used to be much less frequent than it's become since the days of the Old West. Because the population is exponentially larger than it was in the late 1800s, therefore more criminals and more penal housing required to contain criminal suspects and convicts. Because the public was predominantly made up of honest and hard working people who had strong moral convictions against thievery, murder, or even lying, and were appalled whenever the relatively fewer criminals that flourished in their time committed any foul deed.
The jail room of the Gunsmoke television show has been seen to have around 6-8 holding cells, though, since Dodge had more crime to deal with than the average small town, and plenty of rowdy, hell-raisin' cowboys from the cattle drive trail to sleep off their drunken state in one of Marshal Dillon's jail cells.
@@vincentsartain3061 I sort of thought my query was or could have been rhetorical. Thank you for taking the time to write out a well composed response. Nice!
@@stuckinmygarage6220 LOL, gotta admit that I have some characteristics that probably put me somewhere in the autism spectrum, often making me oblivious to subtilty, hyperbole, rhetorical questions, etc. (especially when in written form), and I can be pretty dense in my perceptions. Even so, a lot of TV and film Westerns really do tend to feature lawmens' jail rooms with only a couple of holding cells, which does call for making fun of that trope, among other clichés in Westerns.