Matt is shot again, this time in his right arm, maimed; he resigns and heads out of town for the good of all as a swarm of outlaws might pour into Dodge looking to even scores with Matt.
Along the way he meets up with a neophyte gunslinger who's also a deadeye (marksman). The kid heartily boasts of his skill with a pistol but adds how he could not kill a living soul, the actor is not very good and his performance is flimsy. The fortuitous meeting with the kid is just too much for me. How much is the audience supposed to believe?
The show at this point was shopworn and not too many original ideas were left or explored. This episode just seems redundant with a whole dose of tired conventions. It was a cursory excursion and a chore to sit through to the end.
I could see why Gunsmoke lost steam and was cancelled, they felt they were an institution and they could pass anything off on the public.