Paladin (Richard Boone) is hired to track down elderly outlaw Pappy French (Hank Patterson), who years earlier had robbed the bank of Mercede and absconded with $50,000 in gold, leaving his partners in the lurch. Upon meeting Pappy, Paladin grows rather fond of the old coot, who with a broken leg and no horse is certainly not enjoying his ill-gotten gains. Though he is still determined to bring Pappy in, the outlaw persuades him to offer protection against his vengeful partners. This is the first of several episodes written by celebrated scenarist-playwright Shimon Wincelberg, who as Simon Bar-David later penned the classic Star Trek entries "The Galileo Seven" and "Dagger of the Mind". ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi