Fair rating?Gunsmoke· Season 14 · Episode 3
Zavala
Matt pursues the Rawlins gang into Mexico to the village of Zavala. Here he meets Paco and his widowed mother. Paco's father had been killed when he stood up to outlaws intimidating the people of Zavala. In his whole life, the only strong willed people Paco had ever seen were outlaws. He first thinks of Matt as such a person, until Matt tells him that he's not there to kill the Rawlins' but to arrest them. "But only outlaws ever come to Zavala." Paco is fascinated with the fact that Matt is a US Marshal. In an unusual episode of Gunsmoke an unlikely relationship develops amongst the trio, Paco, his mother, and Matt. Paul Savage later adapted this episode into made for TV movie "Cutter's Trail" where Manuel Padilla Jr. reprises his role as Paco.
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#9In Season 14of 26 rated episodes
#193All-timeof 570 rated episodes
−0.1vs season avgSeason 14 averages 7.1
1968First airedOctober 7, 1968
Guest stars
Robert Sorrellsas Oakes
Rex Holmanas Smitty
Larry D. Mannas Bakman
Jonathan Goldsmithas Alex RawlinsBobby Clarkas Colton
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