Fair rating?Gunsmoke· Season 20 · Episode 23
Manolo
The sons of a Basque sheep herder who's part of a community near Dodge are faced with a manhood ritual. A Basque boy must defeat his father in a fist fight. The older son had beaten a schoolyard rival to death in a fight while a boy in the old country, and wants nothing to do with the ritual. The younger son has no such qualms, and wins the fight with his father in a surprise (inadvertently ramming the old man's head into a huge cast-iron water jug). This leads to the ostracizing of Manolo, made worse when he doesn't spot a wolf attacking the herd and loses sheep and a dog in the process. Manolo goes to work sweeping up at the Long Branch, while his younger brother follows and tries to persuade him that he can fight this.
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#24In Season 20of 24 rated episodes
#529All-timeof 570 rated episodes
−1.4vs season avgSeason 20 averages 6.9
1975First airedMarch 17, 1975
Guest stars
Ted Jordanas Nathan Burke
Fran Ryanas Hannah
Robert Urichas Manolo Etchahoun
Brion Jamesas Joe Barnes
Nehemiah Persoffas Alejo EtchahounShows like Gunsmoke
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