Bonanza (1959–1973): Season 14, Episode 14 - The Marriage of Theodora Duffy - full transcript

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Gary, I guess you're not gonna
go betting that kind of money

on two pair again, are you?

- Not hardly.
- Say, Griff,

me and the boys are riding over
to Whipstock tonight.

You wanna come along?

No, Smokey. No.

I think I'll, uh, go into Virginia City.

Well, it's been more than a month
since you rode to Whipstock with us.

- What's the matter, the law...
- Griffin.



See you in a minute?

No, it's worse than that, Smokey.

You wanted to talk to me?

No, I don't, but someone else
wants to talk to you.

Hello, Griff.

What are you doing here?

Well...

I got to thinking that
you was never coming back.

Duffy, I told you not to follow me.

Well, please don't be mad at me.

I just wanted to be with you.

I told you I would come back
when I could.

"Whither thou goest."

Now, that's what that man said,
"Whither thou goest."



You remember?

Not too well, no.

Well...

You must have been a lot drunker
than I thought, Griff.

Yeah.

Griff...

This lady tells us
that you and her are married.

That you ran out on her.

Hey, I was gonna go back
and see her.

When? What, a week,
a month, a year?

- Whenever you got ready? When?
- Look, Joe... she's my wife.

Look, we understand that.

You're the one
that seems to have forgotten it.

You just better watch the way
you talk to my husband, mister.

Griff, are you ashamed of me?

You want me to go away?

Aw, Duffy.

Well, you come back
and see us real soon.

I sure will, Mr. Cartwright.
Thank you.

Missy, this for you.

Thank you.

Wait a minute.
I married her, didn't I?

Didn't I marry her, huh?

I want to
thank you again, Mr. Cartwright.

You're more than welcome.

- Bye.
- Bye.

Hey, Hey.

What?

What?

Aren't you gonna help her
up on the wagon?

She ain't helpless.

I ain't helpless.

Uh, Duffy, where does this go?

Um, let's see.

Uh, that goes in the bedroom, I think.

Could you just put that right in there?

Let's see. Oh, that goes...

This goes in the kitchen, Candy.

Set that down right there, please.

Hope you enjoy your new home,
Mrs. King.

I will, Mr. Cartwright.

You know, it's the nicest house
I've ever been in.

If Griff don't toe the line,
you'll let us know, right?

Oh, I can handle him.

Oh, he'll do enough work
to pay your pa the rent.

He better.

Goodbye.

- Goodbye.
- Bye.

Bye.

Bye!

Well, Mrs. King.

Alone at last.

You did a very good job, Griff.

You seemed genuinely
surprised to see me.

Well, I was.

I wasn't expecting you this soon.

Do you think we convinced them?

Well, I'm pretty sure
Candy's convinced.

Oh, a couple of guys
from the bunk house,

they were already fishing
for invites to Sunday dinner.

Good. Very good.

- Can you cook?
- Sure.

You know, for a minute there,

back at the house,
I thought Joe was gonna hit you.

Well, you know, so did I.

I was wondering what I was gonna
do about it, and then...

You just stepped right in.

I better start getting
this stuff unpacked.

- Can I give you a hand?
- Oh, no, thanks.

If I put everything away,
then I'll know where everything is.

That's something
my grandmother taught me.

What are you smiling at?

You.

You're like a mother robin,
building a nest.

That's exactly what I'm doing,
in a way.

Well, things look much better already.

Boy, we could sure use
some pictures, don't you think?

Maybe a... A hook rug,

right down here
in front of the love seat?

I think that clock looks
much better there, don't you?

That's fine.

You know, if you could embroider...

My mother used to have a sampler
hanging up over the fireplace that...

That read...

"O wind...

"If winter comes,
can spring be far behind?"

Would you excuse me?

I don't think there'll be time
for that, Griff.

How about something simple,
like, "Bless this home?"

Think I'd better get busy, huh?

Griff, this is just a game.

Remember?

Don't be late for supper.

I'll be back by sundown.

Hmm. Yeah, that's him, all right.

I wasn't sure before. I am now.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Well, you ought to know.

It's about time you got back.

I had the funny feeling that
we were being watched all day.

Yeah, well, there were
two of them following me.

Well, what did you do?

Well, I, uh,
stole one of Ben's cattle...

- Mmm-hmm.
- And I drove him into a gully.

Mmm-hmm.

And tomorrow, I'll butcher him.

Mmm-hmm.

Then I'll take the meat into town...

- Mmm-hmm.
- And I'll sell it.

That's great.

Don't forget the horse.

Mmm. Boy, does that smell good.

So do you.

Griff, that's fine outside,
but no one can see us in here.

Well, then let's go back outside.

Griff.

What is this?

That's where you sleep tonight.

Oh, Duffy...

It's gonna be a cold night.

You can always put
another log on the fire.

Come on and sit down
before it all gets cold.

Thank you.

Have some turnip greens.

Griff?

Yeah?

Come here.

Come on. Bring your pillow
and blanket. Come on.

Let go!

Look, I don't know
what you guys want,

but if it's money,
all I got's...

We are not here
to steal anything, Mr. King.

Well, what do you want?

It's against the law
to break into a man's house!

Oh, you know all about the law,
don't you, boy?

Since you been kinda
playing both sides of it.

All right.

Who are you?

What do you want?

Well, we thought we'd better have
a little talk with you, Mr. King...

Since you're gonna be
working for us.

I work for me.

Oh, doing what, Mr. King?

Uh, mining? Farming?

Ranching?

Ranching. That's right, ranching.

Well, when a man ranches, Mr. King,
he's got to have some cattle.

You don't have any cattle.

Except for the, uh...

That one bull that you stole

- from Ponderosa this afternoon.
- What bull?

I don't know what you're talking about.

- Griff?
- Just...

Honey, be quiet, will ya?

The one you drove up the gully
and penned up behind the brush.

Now you know
which one I'm talking about?

Personally, I got no objection

to a man rustling a few cattle,
long as he does it on his own time.

But when he works for me,
he does what he's told when he's told.

Nothing more or less.

And you are now
working for me, Mr. King.

Understand?

What is it you want me to do?

Tsk, tsk.

What you're told, when you're told.

What's in it for me?

A full and equal share, Mr. King.

In what?

The proceeds.

Of what?

Trust me, Mr. King.

Trust me.

You got that list?

You know the High Meadow,
Mr. King?

There will be some men,
uh, passing through here

who are not familiar
with this territory.

They'll be looking
for a man called Jonas.

You will direct them
to the High Meadow.

Here is a list of supplies we'll need
and the money to buy it with.

You will bring those supplies
to that grove of trees

in the High Meadow tomorrow night.

There'll be somebody
waiting for you.

Oh, uh...

By the way, Mr. King, uh...

Bring along a side of beef
from that bull that you stole.

Swallowed it, hook, line, and sinker.

Well, that's just great
for the fisherman, Duffy,

but the worm on the end of the hook,
he ain't too happy about it at all.

Well, what's the matter?

I want to know what's going on here.

Well, that's what we're trying
to find out, isn't it?

Listen, I want you to tell me
what you know that I don't.

All right!

The name of the man who was here,
that's Jonas Holt.

Jonas Holt?

The... The Jonas Holt
that rode with Stanton

- during the War Between the States?
- Yes.

Stanton went through North Texas
like Quantrill went through Kansas.

They looted, they burned,
they murdered.

Why didn't we grab him?

Holt's not the man we want.

He takes orders.

We want the man who gives them.

Stanton.

Griff, there's gonna be
a small army up there.

It's a day's ride
from Carson City Mint.

It's two days' ride
from the gold fields of California.

I mean, that's big.

And that's too big for Holt
to either lead or to plan.

Yeah, but where is Stanton?

Well, we don't know.
That's what we have to find out.

You pick up the supplies.

Whatever they're up to,
we're part of it now.

- Good night, Griff.
- Wait a minute, Duffy. Duffy.

They might just come back.
I mean...

He's probably just coming to call.

I don't care why he's coming.
Get rid of him.

Why?

Because I don't want him
hanging around.

Get rid of him.

And how do we do that?

Afternoon, Mrs. King.

Mr. Canaday.

Well, what brings you here?

Oh, pleasure... and business.

Is Griff around?

Well, I imagine he's somewhere.

Um, why don't you just come in
and have a cup of coffee, huh?

Come on.

- Oh!
- Oh, you're all right.

Hey, what is this?

What's going on here?

Get your hands off
of my wife, will ya?

Griff!

Why don't you just go in the house?

Hey, Griff.
Griff, this isn't what you think.

I thought I could trust you.

- Griff...
- I guess I was wrong, wasn't I?

- Griff. Griff...
- Get your hands off me.

Why don't you just go on...

- Griff, calm...
- Come on!

You're not wanted around here.

Well, that takes care of pleasure.

Let's get down to business.

Now, there's a whole section of fence.

It's been pulled down.
It borders on your place.

What do you know about it?

I don't know nothing about any fence.

Tom Barlow over at Two Forks Store

says you bought a whole wagonload
of supplies over there.

Yeah, so what?

So it's $47.38.

That's right.

Where did you get
that kind of money, Griff?

- That's none of your business.
- Hey.

Griff, what's the matter with you?
I'm your friend, remember?

You're my friend?

Well, friend, why don't you
do me two favors, huh?

Just quit asking me questions
which are none of your business

and keep your hands
off of my woman.

Fair enough?

Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

So long.

I just don't understand you, Candy.

Now, yesterday you defend Griff
and today you're attacking him.

I'm not attacking him.

There's just some things
I don't understand, that's all.

- Something's going on.
- Like what?

Like that section of fence that
got torn down, like Griff's attitude.

The last couple of days,
I've seen four men,

gun hands, not cowhands,
moving toward that high country

- behind Griff's place.
- Oh, now, come on, Candy.

You can't tell the difference
between a gun hand and a cowhand,

- and there's nothing up there anyway.
- I can tell the difference, Joe.

And there's a lot of places up there
to hide, to wait.

For what?

I don't know.

Candy, you trying to tell me
that Griff would steal from us?

It's possible, yeah.

Well, anything's possible,

but just because a section of fence
has been torn down

doesn't make Griff a thief.

Does it?

No.

Of course.

But I'm gonna have
another look at that fence.

Candy...

Why don't you, uh,
stay away from Griff for a while?

Let him get settled down, huh?

Is that an order?

Well, let's just say
it's a... suggestion.

I'll consider it.

Look, I think we ought to tell him.

We can't.

It's... It's not right.
It's like we don't trust him.

I trust Candy with my life.
I just can't tell him.

Well, then let me tell him.

I think he ought to know.

Now, look,

I promised Mr. Taylor
I wouldn't tell anyone but you.

And I promised him
that you wouldn't tell anyone.

Well, I didn't promise him anything.

Mmm-hmm.

All right.

Tell you what, Joseph.

You do whatever you think is right.

I'll tell you what. Uh...

Every time you call me Joseph,

I know in some way
you got me cornered.

Yes, Joseph.

Are you here to meet me?

He's dead.

Good.

Get the supplies off that wagon
on the double.

Let's go.

What happened?

He was a spy.

Government agent.

Are you sure?

Not altogether.

Just suspicious.

In this kind of work, Mr. King,

we can't take the time
to be sure about every little thing.

As soon as they
get the supplies off there,

put him on there and get rid of him.

Hey, wait a minute.
I never said I'd do anything...

I said get rid of him.

You hear?

Whoa!

You know what they told me?

They told me to get rid of that body!

His name is, uh...

Is John McAdams.

He's one of our men.

How did they find out?

They just got suspicious!

I mean, that's all, just suspicious.

Duffy, the game's over.

You do what you were told to do.
Get rid of him.

Look, you got a dead man here.

You were told that this
could be dangerous

and that someone might get hurt.

Nobody said anything to me
about anybody getting killed!

Well, you can't get hurt much
worse than that, can you?

I'm sorry, Griff.

Yeah, Duffy, so am I.

- Here, let me help you...
- No, I can get it.

Why don't you go to bed?

There's some things
about this kind of work

that you just don't understand, Griff.

Oh, I understand, Duffy.

I do understand.

You die doing this kinda work,

and somebody just
takes you out somewhere

and they just stick you in the ground
like an old watermelon seed.

- Griff...
- Yeah, I understand.

It's just gonna take me a little while
to get used to it.

You'll never get used to it.

Good night.

Whoa.

You want some water?
Help yourself.

No.

I'm looking for a man, name of Jonas.

See that road?

Follow that road
till you get to three big rocks,

and right up off the left of that,
there's a little trail.

Take that trail
right through the pass,

right up to the high country.

I don't remember
seeing you before.

Well, I guess that makes us even.

I thought I knew everybody
who worked for the Colonel.

I don't work for the Colonel,
I work for Jonas.

It's the same thing.

I'll believe that
when I hear it from Jonas.

What did that man want?

Jonas. Why?

Griff, his name is Dody Hendrickson.

And I testified against him
in a trial about five years ago.

Well, then he'd know you, too.

Well, I don't think he'd recognize me.

My hair was so different.

It was a different color,
different style.

I wore rouge.

A low-cut dress from Paris.

You go get your things, Duffy.

- We're leaving.
- No.

Damn it, Duffy,
he'd recognize you!

Griff, I'm in charge here.

I mean, this is my decision.
We stay.

Yeah, we'll see about that.

I told you never
to come here, Griff.

Never approach me,
never talk to me.

Nobody saw me come in here.

But it isn't just you.

You also endangered Duffy's life.

Her life is already in danger.

She recognized one of the men
on the way up to that camp.

Well, that's part of her job.

But there is a chance
he might recognize her, too.

She testified against him.

All I'm asking you to do is just...

Just get her out of there
so nothing happens to her.

And what does Duffy want?

Well, she wants to stay...

- Then she stays.
- Now, look!

When I told you the story
that ex-con told me,

- I did that as a favor.
- And I appreciated it.

And when I said I'd help you
find out what was going on here

and risk my own neck,
I also did that as a favor!

And you also knew that Duffy
would be sticking her neck out, too.

Yeah, but I...
I didn't know her then.

I...

You think you know her now,
then you should know that she knows

how to take care of herself.

You get back out there.

You run into something
you can't handle, well...

Put a lamp
in one of the back rooms.

Help will be on its way.

Get out of here, Griff.

Yeah.

Holt?

I wanna talk to you, mister.

You shouldn't have come here,
Mr. King.

I want you to keep these men

away from my house,
you understand?

Any business we got,
you and I can handle,

but I'm not gonna have this scum

hanging around my place,
insulting my wife!

I'm not very much interested in your
personal problems, Mr. King.

Well, you better be interested,

'cause the next man
I find sneaking around my place,

I shoot him.

And I shoot to kill.

You understand that?

Boy, you watch your mouth.

This sounds like
some kinda woman you got there.

That's right.

I'd like to meet her.

Quite probably,
she'd enjoy meeting me, too.

You go home, Mr. King.

Don't you come back, you hear?

I'm gonna kill him,
and you ain't gonna stop me.

Someone was gonna
have to anyhow,

so it might as well be you.

Oh, easy.

Sorry. Is that still sore?

Yeah.

You certainly did a lot of work today.

Everything wrong.

Yeah, well, I got the job half done.

I mean, if I could have
closed his other eye,

he wouldn't have been able
to see you, let alone recognize you.

Did you ever think you could
have gotten yourself killed?

I wasn't worried about me.
I was worried about you.

Well, do me a favor.

Don't think about me.

I can't do that.

Well, try.

I care for you, Duffy.

Don't fall in love with me, Griff.

Why?

Because after this job,
I'll just be going on to another one.

To play another man's wife?

Maybe.

Will he fall in love with you, too?

I hope not.

Because after that, there will
probably be another job waiting.

Yeah, but... why?

Why do you do it, Duffy?

Because I feel useful.

Maybe it's because of the excitement.

You... You mean you can't be happy
unless somebody is trying to kill you?

I didn't say danger, Griff.

It's the excitement
of doing something that...

That I feel is important.

Just try and understand, that's all.

What am I gonna do with you?

Well...

You can do
what every other husband does.

What's that?

Just take me for granted.

Come here.

Oh, easy.

Sorry.

I want two men out on the road.

One north and one south of here.

One man in front
and one man in back.

Yes, sir.

Now, where do you think you're going?

Why, I thought I'd make
a pot of coffee for the meeting.

You got anything here
fit for a gentleman to eat?

- You hungry?
- No, not for me.

But we're expecting somebody,
and he just might be hungry.

Oh, sure, we got food.

Then you fix it.

Also put some clean sheets
on the bed

in case he wants
to spend the night here.

Now, wait a minute.
Now, if you take our bed,

where are we gonna sleep?

You'll sleep where you're told, sir.

Thought you said
he was gonna be here at 8:00.

It's almost 20 after.

Well, he ain't on a train, Holt.
He's on a horse.

He'll be here when he gets here.

That's probably him now.

- Who's he?
- Says his name's Candy.

He's the foreman of the Ponderosa.

And he's carrying this.

You are a very careless
young man, Mr. King.

I buried that thing.

Well, I hope
you buried Mr. Barnes

a lot deeper
than you buried that thing.

Kill him and dump his body
in the well.

Now, wait a minute!

I just cleaned out that well.

You're not gonna have
any more use for that well.

Ma'am.

Trouble, Jonas?

Oh, no, sir.

Well, he just happened
to be riding in

while we were waiting for you.

I don't know him.

Uh, Griff King, sir.
Late of the Nevada State Prison.

He's working for us.

Why?

Well, they were living here,
and this, uh...

This place is like
a cork in a bottle, Colonel.

We either had to bring him in
or run him off.

If we'd have
run him out or killed him,

it would just attract attention.

This place was supposed
to be deserted.

It was, up until a few days ago.

Very convenient.

Also very convenient for us
that he should just happen

to be a graduate
of the Nevada State Prison.

Even more convenient,

this gentleman just happened
to be riding by

on the very night I'm gonna be here.

Are there any other conveniences
I should know about, Jonas?

No, sir.

Colonel, if, uh,
you don't trust me to do this...

Trust you?

Jonas, I have trusted you
with my very life.

Nothing just happens.

Everything happens for a reason.

That reason has
something to do with me.

Do you understand?

Yes, sir.

Now...

Maybe something
just ought to happen to, uh...

All these people.

Griff?

Excuse me.

You want a cup of coffee?

No, thank you.

Yeah, the hair.

The hair was different.

And there was a little more
paint on your face.

And a lot more of you
showing around the edges

of a skimpy dress.

Well, now,
you won't tell my husband, will you?

He don't know I worked in a saloon.

Well...

It wasn't no saloon.

It was a courtroom.

And you gave the testimony
that got me convicted.

I don't know what you're
talking about, mister.

- I got things to do.
- Oh.

I spent every day of that trial
just looking at you.

Your little hair pulled back.

Your chin held high.

Now, don't you worry now.

I ain't gonna let him kill you.

Not for a while, anyway.

Well, now, uh...

You don't even
have to tell them, do you?

Do you?

Uh... let me finish
my business first.

Now, what do you mean,
shoving my wife?

Drop the gun.
And use just two fingers.

You heard him.

Dody?

Well, I thought you'd like
to meet the lady, Colonel.

She's a United States
Deputy Marshal.

- Marshal?
- Kill 'em, Shaw.

Kill 'em all.

Including him!

Dody, get the horses.

Hold it!

You get yourself over in that corner
and you stay there!

Candy, get that oil lamp
and put it in the kitchen window.

Huh? Why?

Just do it!

Griff?

Griff!

Griff, you all right?

I'm fine.

I'm okay.

For crying out loud!

Would you stop acting like
you're on your first date?

Will somebody let me know
what's going on here?

Griff?

Duffy!

That's Taylor.

- You all right?
- Yeah.

You got here fast.

Yeah, well, we didn't wait
for your signal, Duffy.

Soon as we heard the shots,
we moved.

What about the men
on the High Meadow?

Oh, we got a troop of cavalry ready
to move on them come first light.

Good.

Colonel, let's go.

Let's go!

Duffy, I want...
I want to ask you something.

Move it!

- Duffy...
- Wait, wait! Whoa, whoa!

Griff. Griff, wait!

Now, now...

I want you to tell me exactly
what's been going on here.

Nothing, Candy.

Absolutely nothing.

Hello, Griff.

What are you doing here?

I just wanted to make sure
I hadn't forgotten anything.

I thought that's what you came out
here for yesterday.

I am just taking a last look around.

Hey, I'm, uh, gonna take your advice.

I ain't gonna fall in love with you.

All right.

But don't try and talk me out of it.

Once I've made up my mind, that's it.

You're a hard man, Griff.

Yeah.

Well...

So long, Duffy.

Goodbye, Griff.

Take care of yourself.

You be careful.

You, too.