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In the Gunsmoke episode 'Friend's Payoff', U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon finds himself embroiled in a complex moral conflict when his longtime friend Ab Butler arrives in Dodge City, wounded and desperate. Ab has been shot in the back, and as he lies in a precarious state, he reveals to Matt the circumstances surrounding his injury. He was ambushed while traveling from Texas, and the assailant is none other than Joe Leeds, a man with a vendetta against him. As Matt tends to Ab, he senses the weight of their shared history and the loyalty that binds them.
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