Dead Man's Gun: The Deserter

Episode score 8.0 Great

The Deserter

  • 20.
  • Season: 1
  • Episode: 20
  • First Aired: 2/11/1998

EPISODE OVERVIEW

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When his cavalry platoon is ambushed by Indians with red bandanas in a corn field, Lt. Matthew Ryan cowardly hides and watches them, including the man who saved his own life, Sgt. O'Connor, get slaughtered. After the bloodbath he picks up the Dead Man's Gun from O'Connor's corpse, and heads back to the fort. Asked about what happened, he obviously lies, claiming that he heroically fought the Indians but everyone else was slaughtered despite his actions. He is believed, but when one of the troops believed dead returns to the fort and tries to tell the truth about Lt. Ryan, the commanding officer believes that the soldier himself is the one who ran off and is trying to cover his own behind. Lt. Ryan simply agrees, and watches in silence as the innocent man is hanged. He believes his ordeal is over, but the commander has one more job for him before they move out - to return to the battle site and bury the other men. He reluctantly agrees, and when they arrive and enter the field he sees a man with a red bandana and opens fire. He laughs when he sees that it is merely a scarecrow, and takes the bandana away, but the other men, who heard the shots, mistake him for an Indian and blow him away. Frightened and confused, they run off, leaving behind the Dead Man's Gun. Add a recap »

Stars:
Kris Kristofferson (Narrator)
Guest Star:
Todd Simon (Private Milner)
Jane Perry (Melissa)
Rick Schroder (Lt. Matthew Ryan)
Pablo Coffey (Sergeant O'Connor)
Nuno Antunes (Private Lewis)
Curtis Bechdholt (Private Hawkins)
Gillian Carfra (Theresa)
Stephen Dimopoulos (Nigel Prate)
Darwin Haine (Scout)
Robert Lewis (Colonel Fraser)
David Pearson (William Prate)
Corey Mystyshyn (Major Frye)
Show Score 6.1 great
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