This was a slow predictable story that played out in long durations of known dialog. However, for some reason, we just had to watch to the very end.
The entire State of Kansas is in a severe drought and all the wells around Dodge are dry except for one deep well located inside the town limits. Marshal Dillon has imposed martial law around the well with orders to shoot anyone that tries to steal water. Each night, the Marshal gives out a certain amount of water to the residence in order to stay alive.
A 'water-witch' known as a rainmaker has come into Dodge. Any other time Matt would have ran him out on his heels but with the citizens of Dodge getting restless, he knows he has to take their mind of the problem of no water. So, the rainmaker, Dr Tobias, tells the people that he can seed the clouds and produce rain within two weeks. Now people have hope.
There is another side-plot where an escaped army prisoner is coming home to see his wife and newborn baby. But really this kind of takes away from the main interest of the story. It was a time killer for the episode to stretch it for the entire hour.
It is not to hard to guess the ending so there really is no suspense in the story. It was the rainmaker played by Guy Raymond that made the viewer have to watch to the end. The story would have been more entertaining if they would have kept the rainmaker story going but it was not to be. A nice story that could have been better.
The entire State of Kansas is in a severe drought and all the wells around Dodge are dry except for one deep well located inside the town limits. Marshal Dillon has imposed martial law around the well with orders to shoot anyone that tries to steal water. Each night, the Marshal gives out a certain amount of water to the residence in order to stay alive.
A 'water-witch' known as a rainmaker has come into Dodge. Any other time Matt would have ran him out on his heels but with the citizens of Dodge getting restless, he knows he has to take their mind of the problem of no water. So, the rainmaker, Dr Tobias, tells the people that he can seed the clouds and produce rain within two weeks. Now people have hope.
There is another side-plot where an escaped army prisoner is coming home to see his wife and newborn baby. But really this kind of takes away from the main interest of the story. It was a time killer for the episode to stretch it for the entire hour.
It is not to hard to guess the ending so there really is no suspense in the story. It was the rainmaker played by Guy Raymond that made the viewer have to watch to the end. The story would have been more entertaining if they would have kept the rainmaker story going but it was not to be. A nice story that could have been better.