Laredo Episode Two  9-23-65
"I SEE BY YOUR OUTFIT"
Written by JOHN D. F. BLACK 
Directed by  HARVEY HART 
Guest Cast
JAMES FARENTINO as Paco Vargas
JOHN MARLEY as Alvar de Aveles
VITO SCOTTI by Chicho 
CARLOS ROMERO as Miguel 
RIC ROMAN Tomas
ROBERTO CONTRERAS as Lopez
MAURICE McENDREE as Juan 
JAMES DOOHAN as Mike Pripton
SEYMOUR CASSEL as Jud
JACK COFFER as the Cowboy
KATE MURTAGH by the Dowager

Chad & Joe robbed -- 
with the rest of the town
Synopsis

On Alamo Day, Chad, Joe & Reese are sent to investigate reports of armed Mexican invaders.  Arriving in Porfirio, they find a proud old man who has erected a Mexican flag over the jail.  As Reese gets the old man out of the jail, the man’s previously obsequious companions, without the old man’s approval, take over the town, herding everyone into a saloon.  The bandits take everyone’s boots, horses and guns and leave with wagons loaded with the town’s valuables and with Reese as a hostage. Reese toughs it out as a prisoner, taunting the bandit leader and befriending the old man. Chad & Joe follow the bandits, appropriating horses, guns and boots along the way. After they capture the bandits, Chad gets his gold watch back, Reese gets to fight the bandit leader and the whole gang is taken back to Laredo as prisoners.
 
 
 

 

The old man holds the jail at gunpoint
Reese taken prisoner
Reese and the old man make friends

A Little Laredo Horse Trivia:
Chad & Joe rode distinctive horses —  a black & a buckskin.  After their horses are stolen in this episode, they chased the bandits on appropriated bay horses.  Apparently,  footage was filed away labeled “Chad & Joe ride thru the countryside” It was hauled out in later episodes when Joe & Chad had to track someone down or give chase.  In those episodes they would start off & end up on the black & the buckskin while the middle scenes showed them on the bay horses from this episode.
Some Star Trek trivia:
JAMES DOOHAN was a only a year away from beaming aboard the Enterprise as Scotty when he played the tiny part of the town banker in this episode.
NiteOwl Review:  One of our top ten favorites.  A funny use of the strengths of the three Rangers.  Chad and Joe played well off each other as they gave chase to the bandits to rescue Reese.  Reese has an interesting relationship with the old man  who is ashamed of the actions of the young bandits.
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