Now That April's Here

March 21, 1964

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Gunsmoke - S9 - E25

Festus, returning to Dodge after doing some trapping, sees his girl, April, and they argue over a gift she received. Running off, she hides but her perch gives her a bird's eye view of a murder, one no one believes she witnessed but the killers.

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Gunsmoke: Season 9 - 36 Episode s

9x1 - Kate Heller
September 28, 1963
A teen-aged boy who robbed and killed to impress a saloon gal is pursued by Matt. The boy waylays Matt and leaves him for dead, then goes home to his grandmother's house to find her nursing Matt back to health.
9x2 - Lover Boy
October 5, 1963
A charming cowboy apparently is guilty only of breaking hearts until he gets to Dodge, where he finds two women who may make a killer of him.
9x3 - Legends Don't Sleep
October 12, 1963
A young rascal meets the outlaw idol of his youth, but the aging gunman, newly released from prison, wants only to go straight.
9x4 - Tobe
October 19, 1963
Hard-luck Tobe, who's lost his farm, gets a job in town with Chester's help and takes up with a saloon gal, not knowing she's on the run from a beau who's a con man and a killer.
9x5 - Easy Come
October 26, 1963
A mild-looking cowboy discovers that it's easy to steal, and, soon thereafter, that it's easy to kill as well.
9x6 - My Sister's Keeper
November 2, 1963
A despondent widower goes to work on a farm for two sisters, each of whom finds him fascinating in her own way.
9x7 - Quint's Trail
November 9, 1963
Quint is hired to escort a family on the first leg of their journey to Oregon. On the way, he learns the reason for their going, a motive that could have repercussions for Quint.
9x8 - Carter Caper
November 16, 1963
A man with a grudge hits upon the perfect revenge when he spreads the word in Dodge that short-tempered Billy is so good with a gun that he shot down the famous gunfighter, Beau Carter.
9x9 - Ex-Con
November 30, 1963
On his way to Larned, Matt, feverish, spends the night at an abandoned shack. When he wakes up after losing a day, a recently released convict who swore to kill Matt, is himself found against a wall, dead, unarmed, shot twice, and the murder weapon appears to belong to the marshal.
9x10 - Extradition (1)
December 7, 1963
When fast-talking killer Charlie Hacker escapes from Matt in Texas, Matt follows him right into Mexico without extradition papers and has to deal with corrupt officials there.
9x11 - Extradition (2)
December 14, 1963
Matt finally catches up to killer Charlie Hacker in Mexico, and has to make a deal with the greedy Mexican police to get Hacker back to the border, with revengeful Mexican bandits in pursuit.
9x12 - The Magician
December 21, 1963
A mild old peddler of patent medicines and card tricks arrives in Dodge with his grown daughter, hoping to settle down, but instead they find their worst luck yet, beginning with a card game with a rich man and his spoiled son.
9x13 - Pa Hack's Brood
December 28, 1963
A repugnant drifter hopes to use his nubile daughter to get his hands on a piece of land.
9x14 - The Glory and the Mud
January 4, 1964
A retired lawman and showman wants only to settle down with the Dodge seamstress he left behind twenty years ago, but a young whippersnapper hopes to make a name for himself by challenging the aging gun to a duel.
9x15 - Dry Well
January 11, 1964
It's a test of wills when Quint witnesses a murder and the father of one of the prime suspects lowers Quint into a well to try to force him to promise his silence.
9x16 - Prairie Wolfer
January 18, 1964
Festus returns to Dodge from wolfing and is hired by the Cattleman's Association to hunt down the wolves killing everyone's cattle. What he finds is that what's been doing the preying may wind him up in prison if he doesn't get Matt's help.
9x17 - Friend
January 25, 1964
A man carrying a tempting sum of money is attacked from behind by someone who beats him and leaves him for dead. Lucky for the injured man, an old friend of Matt is there to take him in to Doc Adams for mending.
9x18 - Once a Haggen
February 1, 1964
A man is stabbed after winning in a poker game, and Festus is suspected.
9x19 - No Hands
February 8, 1964
The Ginnis family causes trouble for Doc Adams, because they hate waiting. Will Timble gets hurt at The Long Branch. Doc has to remove Will's hand, which causes Will to leave Dodge because he can't carve wood anymore.
9x20 - May Blossom
February 15, 1964
Festus' cousin May Blossom arrives from Texas to marry Festus
9x21 - The Bassops
February 22, 1964
A family in search of a doctor find Matt and his prisoner unconscious and handcuffed to each other on the prairie. The prisoner wakens first and announces that Matt is the condemned man he is transporting for hanging.
9x22 - The Kite
February 29, 1964
Festus finds a little girl out on the prairie. He learns she saw her mother get killed by a stranger. When he takes her to Dodge, Matt hears she was hiding when this happened but can identify this man who may already be in town.
9x23 - Comanches Is Soft
March 7, 1964
After some horsing around, Festus breaks some of Quint's equipment. To repair or get anew, they travel to Wichita and meet a saloon girl who tells them she needs to get away from town but her jealous boyfriend is now hot on their trail.
9x24 - Father's Love
March 14, 1964
A saloon girl spurns a man's advances in Wichita and moves to Dodge, where she becomes a respectable married woman, only to be confronted with her past when she discovers that her rancher husband is the nephew of the man she refused.
9x25 - Now That April's Here
March 21, 1964
Festus, returning to Dodge after doing some trapping, sees his girl, April, and they argue over a gift she received. Running off, she hides but her perch gives her a bird's eye view of a murder, one no one believes she witnessed but the killers.
9x26 - Caleb
March 28, 1964
Caleb Marr comes to Dodge in search of a meaningful life after finally acknowledging his failure at farming.
9x27 - Owney Tupper Had a Daughter
April 4, 1964
To earn money to recover the custody of his daughter, an aging man accepts the job of Dodge's first in-town hangman, work no one else wants.
9x28 - Bently
April 11, 1964
A dying man confesses to a murder of which he was acquitted, but Chester suspects the man was lying.
9x29 - Kitty Cornered
April 18, 1964
Competing with Kitty is a fancy new woman in town with plenty of money to build a new saloon and a secret from the past life she recently left behind.
9x30 - The Promoter
April 25, 1964
Henry Huckaby, a local farmer and fed up with a sore back and an empty belly leaves to seek his fortune in Dodge. After several failed ideas he hits on one that may make him rich but could also cost him his life.
9x31 - Trip West
May 2, 1964
Given three months to live by a quack peddler of patent medicines, a mousy bank clerk quits his job, withdraws all his money, makes ready to go to California, and falls for a girl who may endanger what time he has remaining.
9x32 - Scot Free
May 9, 1964
Rob Scot considers himself a man who could stay or go when it came to women. He may have met his match though when a woman he desires, along with her husband, take over an abandoned homestead, and they come to where Rob works to look over some stock.
9x33 - The Warden
May 16, 1964
A traveling salesman meets up with Bull Foot, an Indian who mainly sells vegetables. When goods are traded for a squaw, he is upset when she runs away and into the arms of Festus, whose mule she steals, only to return home awaiting sale to the next customer.
9x34 - Homecoming
May 23, 1964
Orval returns from seven years in prison for killing his wife's lover, vowing to reclaim his house and business. Edna tries to goad her new husband and Orval's son into a plot to kill Orval; then her head is turned by a traveling salesman.
9x35 - The Other Half
May 30, 1964
Jess, Jay's twin, is shot and killed by an unknown assailant while working late at the family business. When a stranger to Dodge is suspected, Matt does his best to track him down and bring him to justice.
9x36 - Journey for Three
June 6, 1964
Two brothers traveling to California are joined by a third man who soon proves to be a wrong 'un, manhandling and killing a young woman they encounter on the prairie and turning on Quint when he shows up to share his rabbits with them.

9x1 - Kate Heller

9x2 - Lover Boy

9x3 - Legends Don't Sleep

9x4 - Tobe

9x5 - Easy Come

9x6 - My Sister's Keeper

9x7 - Quint's Trail

9x8 - Carter Caper

9x9 - Ex-Con

9x10 - Extradition (1)

9x11 - Extradition (2)

9x12 - The Magician

9x13 - Pa Hack's Brood

9x14 - The Glory and the Mud

9x15 - Dry Well

9x16 - Prairie Wolfer

9x17 - Friend

9x18 - Once a Haggen

9x19 - No Hands

9x20 - May Blossom

9x21 - The Bassops

9x22 - The Kite

9x23 - Comanches Is Soft

9x24 - Father's Love

9x25 - Now That April's Here

9x26 - Caleb

9x27 - Owney Tupper Had a Daughter

9x28 - Bently

9x29 - Kitty Cornered

9x30 - The Promoter

9x31 - Trip West

9x32 - Scot Free

9x33 - The Warden

9x34 - Homecoming

9x35 - The Other Half

9x36 - Journey for Three

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