Episode
Gunsmoke: Sweet and Sour
Overview
Rena Decker, a new dance hall girl, purposely gets her admirers into fighting over her. Despite Kitty's negative opinion of her, Matt befreinds Rena and gets her a job at the Long Branch. Soon afterward, 4 men are dead and Rena is the cause.
Details
- Series
- Gunsmoke
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 1957-03-02
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
Sweet and Sour is Episode 23 in Season 2 of Gunsmoke. It aired on 1957-03-02. The runtime is 26 min.
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The shooting of several members of an outlaw gang, though in self defense, triggers an emotional crisis in Matt, haunted by memories of all the men he has killed (Lawrence Dobkin, Russell Johnson, and Gloria Marshall appear).
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Episode 20: Gone Straight
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Episode 26: Last Fling
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Episode 19: Executioner
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Episode 27: Chester's Murder
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Episode 18: Kick Me
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Episode 28: The Photographer
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Episode 29: Wrong Man
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