Written by EDWARD J. LASKO  Directed by  PAUL STANLEY  Guest Cast RICHARD HAYDN as Jonathan Pringle KEN LYNCH as Anson Jones LEN LESSER as Dirk PAUL MANTEE as Ed  ERIK HOLLAND as Harry STUART NISBET as Doc Svernson HANK PATTERSON as Station Master CLAUDIA BRYAR as Mrs. Cook JUNE C. ELLIS as Mrs. Bates EDWIN ROCHELLE as the Old Mexican

The episode opens with Chad, Joe & Reese saving a wagon train from Indian attack.  When the Captain assigns them to capture the Indians in question, Chad & Joe complain of fatigue from 5 days in the saddle.  [It’s a mystery why they’re tired as the entire opening sequence, including dialogue, was taken from the Indian fight in “Question of Discipline” (ep 7), except for the shots of the wagon train taken from the end of “Three’s Company” (ep. 5)].  Reese complains of a tooth ache.  The Captain sends him to find the new English schoolmaster who did not arrive on the train as expected.  [That’s the last of Chad & Joe until the end.]  At the Gutter’s Gulch train depot, Reese brags about his assignment, claiming Pringle is the most important man to ever come to Laredo.  He's overheard by Anson Jones, waiting for his gang after 3 years in prison courtesy of Ranger Bennett.  Pringle walks into the depot having accidently gotten off the train when it stopped to get a drunk Indian off the tracks many miles back.  On the trip back, which is hampered by Pringle’s inability to ride a horse, they’re unsuccessfully attacked by the Jones gang.  However, when Reese insists on a detour to have Doc Severnson look at his tooth, they ride right into the gang’s clutches; Doc is treating Anson for a bullet wound inflicted by Reese.  Thru assorted measures of bravery, luck & fisticuffs, Reese overcomes the gang & gets Pringle safely home.  During the fight his tooth is fixed, leading the other Rangers to believe he was malingering all along.