Jobe's Son
Gunsmoke · September 1, 1957 · 23 min · 2,917 words
The transcript of “Jobe's Son”, an episode of Gunsmoke first broadcast September 1, 1957. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Gunsmoke plays Gunsmoke free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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In Dodge City and in the territory on West, there's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that's where the U.S. Marshal and the smell of gun smoke starring William Conrad, the story of the violence that moved West with young America, and the story of a man who moved with it.
I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshal, the first man they look for and the last they want to meet. It's a chance job, but it makes a man watchful. And a little lonely. There you go, Job.
Drink it down. Yeah, what's in it? It's just something to taste bad. So you'll remember a doctor's been here. Hey, go ahead, go ahead, drink it. Mm. Mm. Mm. I remember you being here all right.
Oh, I don't know why. Keep coming by all the time, either. Oh. You know, you don't need doctor and Job. You're going to outlive us all. If it's the money, Doc... I'll forget about the money.
If I'd wanted to get rich, I'd have gotten out of this game a long time ago. But I'll be able to pay regular now that the boy is back. The book. You mean, Tad's back?
Sure. He'd come in there before yesterday, riding up like he'd just been to town for the mail. Instead of being gone for years. Well, what, he'd say where he'd been? No. No, Doc, he didn't.
But it don't matter, none, now that he's home. Ah, I see. Do you a lot of good happen, Taz, right? Yeah, it's a fact, Doc. Well, I just about give it up, being out here alone all the time.
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