Doc Holliday's bending of the law exasperates the officials of Dodge City; when Doc learns about a plot to murder five ex-gang members and does nothing to prevent it, Wyatt leaves to confront the killers, and Doc begins to regret his choices.
Cissy agrees to babysit the twins while Bill and French are away, but Cissy soon recruits a friend to take her place when a concert invite comes her way.
Buffy and Jody are struggling with a school project, and Bill is hosting a dinner party. French hires an assistant, but she ends up having no experience.
Wyatt has 24 hours to find a killer after a judge sentences an innocent man to hang, but the man refuses to speak in his own defence, leaving Wyatt with few clues to follow.
Wyatt rides to the scene of a stagecoach robbery and follows tracks to find a woman, the sole survivor of the attack, in shock; Wyatt must shoot his way out of a cave when the bandits trap him inside with the woman.