In the episode How to Kill a Woman from Gunsmoke, Marshal Matt Dillon finds himself embroiled in a chilling investigation following a stagecoach robbery that turns deadly. A passenger is shot in cold blood during the heist, and the stage driver, Jim Buck, returns to Dodge City with a harrowing tale. The robbery occurs near Jesse Daggett's station, a man who seems to embody the rugged individualism of the West but harbors his own secrets. Dillon suspects that Daggett may have a connection to the notorious gunman Nat Pilcher, who was seen conversing with Daggett shortly before the robbery.