A cowboy finds a lone Indian boy near his burned-out village. They become attached to each other, but the boy is met by racism when they reach Dodge City.A cowboy finds a lone Indian boy near his burned-out village. They become attached to each other, but the boy is met by racism when they reach Dodge City.A cowboy finds a lone Indian boy near his burned-out village. They become attached to each other, but the boy is met by racism when they reach Dodge City.
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- TriviaThis is a sequel of an earlier episode. The characters of Jud Pryor and Wonder had appeared in the episode I Call Him Wonder (1963). In that episode, Jud was played by Ron Hayes, and Wonder was played by Edmund Vargas, who had a very brief acting career.
- GoofsMatt and Wonder should have been in a great hurry to get to the spot where Jud was to be hanged, but as they rode up their horses were going at a slow trot.
- ConnectionsRemake of Gunsmoke: I Call Him Wonder (1963)
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The "Wonder" Is Why This Was Even Made
This is a very strange episode of Gunsmoke. One has to "Wonder" why it was even made.
Season 8, Episode 28 that first aired in 1963 was titled "I Call Him Wonder" about an orphaned Native American boy that is found by a drifter named Jud Pryor. Jud grows attached to the boy, who he calls "Wonder" (hence the title) and they are seen leaving Dodge together at the end of that episode.
This odd episode uses the same characters as the earlier episode--although they are played by different actors--and it even seems to assume some knowledge of the earlier episode. For example, there is never an explanation given for why Jud and the boy named Wonder are together. Everyone in Dodge seems to already know Jud. Apparently he spends a fair amount of time in the Dodge City jail.
On the other hand, Matt doesn't recognize Wonder. Jud introduces them, and there is no indication that Matt remembers the boy.
(The IMDB synopsis for this episode is actually the synopsis for the earlier episode. This episode is not a remake. I suppose it could be sort of a sequel.)
The contrived plot involves Jud, who is now something of a womanizer, and the brothers of one of the women Jud has been seeing. The brothers don't like Jud and want him to leave their sister alone. Just one odd aspect of this episode is that Jud no longer wants to see their sister, either. Yet they continue to look for ways to get rid of Jud.
This is one of the more poorly written, sloppily made episodes of the series. There is very little suspense. The boy doesn't seem to serve much purpose in the story, and the story itself is just a conglomeration of uninteresting events seemingly patched together. The scenes between the Matt Dillon character and the boy are especially awkward. They are made worse by the fact Tony Davis, who plays the boy and understandably had a very short acting career does an astoundingly bad job acting in this story.
Season 8, Episode 28 that first aired in 1963 was titled "I Call Him Wonder" about an orphaned Native American boy that is found by a drifter named Jud Pryor. Jud grows attached to the boy, who he calls "Wonder" (hence the title) and they are seen leaving Dodge together at the end of that episode.
This odd episode uses the same characters as the earlier episode--although they are played by different actors--and it even seems to assume some knowledge of the earlier episode. For example, there is never an explanation given for why Jud and the boy named Wonder are together. Everyone in Dodge seems to already know Jud. Apparently he spends a fair amount of time in the Dodge City jail.
On the other hand, Matt doesn't recognize Wonder. Jud introduces them, and there is no indication that Matt remembers the boy.
(The IMDB synopsis for this episode is actually the synopsis for the earlier episode. This episode is not a remake. I suppose it could be sort of a sequel.)
The contrived plot involves Jud, who is now something of a womanizer, and the brothers of one of the women Jud has been seeing. The brothers don't like Jud and want him to leave their sister alone. Just one odd aspect of this episode is that Jud no longer wants to see their sister, either. Yet they continue to look for ways to get rid of Jud.
This is one of the more poorly written, sloppily made episodes of the series. There is very little suspense. The boy doesn't seem to serve much purpose in the story, and the story itself is just a conglomeration of uninteresting events seemingly patched together. The scenes between the Matt Dillon character and the boy are especially awkward. They are made worse by the fact Tony Davis, who plays the boy and understandably had a very short acting career does an astoundingly bad job acting in this story.
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- wdavidreynolds
- Aug 26, 2019
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- Runtime1 hour
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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