Episode
The Big Valley: The Guilt of Matt Bentell
Overview
When the Barkleys invite the foreman of their logging operations to dinner, Heath walks in and tries to kill the man on sight. It turns out that the man is Matt Bentell, the warden of violent, horrible Carterson Prison, where Heath was held during the war. A man whom he had sworn to kill if he ever saw him again. The family comes up with the brilliant idea to send Heath up to the logging camp with the man to help with the building of log flumes, and to protect the man whose identity has been brought into the open. Heath ends up saving his life and learns that people can change.
Details
- Series
- The Big Valley
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 1965-12-08
- Runtime
- 50 min
Episode context
The Guilt of Matt Bentell is Episode 13 in Season 1 of The Big Valley. It aired on 1965-12-08. The runtime is 50 min.
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Episode 12: Night of the Wolf
When Nick is bitten by a rabid wolf, he makes Heath swear not to say a word, and leaves town so his family will not have to witness what will happen to him.
Episode 14: The Brawlers
A group of irish immigrants settle down on Barkley land, believing that they bought the land legally. Nick, along with the others at first, believes they are merely squatters. They, however, refuse to believe that the land does not belong to them.
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