Genesis
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Directed by William Conrad. With Richard Boone, William Conrad, Parley Baer, Nestor Paiva. Paladin is assaulted in his room at the Hotel Carlton. In a furious fight, he beats down his attacker, Roderick Jefferson. The young man, it turns out, had gambling debts he couldn’t repay; the holder of his gambling IOUs wanted Jefferson to kill Paladin. This spurs Paladin to tell Jefferson of a similar occurrence — involving himself 10 years earlier. As that story unfolds, we learn that Paladin (whose real name we’re never told) owed $15,000 to Norge. Paladin’s only way out was to go to a valley, entirely owned by Norge, to challenge the mysterious Smoke to a duel. Smoke, a dying gunman, had been nursed to health by the residents of Norge’s valley. Paladin is to challenge Smoke to a duel. Smoke’s dress is familiar: all black with a symbol of a knight’s chess piece on the holster. In short, we’re told how Paladin became Paladin. Thanks to Bill Koenig for this review. Also this is the only episode where we see Richard Boone playing the part of Smoke without his mustache!