Fair rating?Gunsmoke· Season 5 · Episode 10
The Boots
Onetime gunman Zeno Smith faces an unenviable choice. If he does not help would-be gambler Hank Fergus rob Mr. Jonas's general store, Fergus will tell 12-year old orphan Tommy the full story of how Zeno's descent into deprivation and alcoholism dates to the day he backed down from facing Fergus in a gunfight.
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#5In Season 5of 38 rated episodes
#337All-timeof 570 rated episodes
+0.4vs season avgSeason 5 averages 6.1
1959First airedNovember 14, 1959
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