Gunsmoke

Lately, I've been watching Gunsmoke on Encore Western. I'm talking about the early ones with Dennis Weaver as Chester and before they were in color. My parents used to watch Gunsmoke every week. I never could stand it. I even became very anti-western over the years. However, I can't believe, how incredible the writing is.

I recently watched an episode that spanned about 20 years. A father found out from his wife on her deathbed that her father was a mass murderer. She told him to be hard on their sons, they had bad blood. What an amazing story, it had a saloon girl marrying for money then manipulating one brother to kill her husband then frame his brother for the murder. Ultimately the father lost his wife and both sons because of greed and fear. The story was Shakespearean in it's scope and emotional tone. I highly recommend checking out these classics. You might be surprised.