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Episode with June Lockhart


I never paid much attention to Wagon Train, but I happened to have it on yesterday.
This was an amazing episode where June Lockhart had survived being assaulted by an Indian and later found herself to be with child. She and her husband had been trying before this, but she had never gotten pregnant, and indeed, the baby turns out to be half-breed.
To keep this short, she goes through such an ordeal between her husband and their Indian hating neighbor, she's pressured to take the baby to the reservation for the good of all parties. She states with all this hate going on in this room, it makes me want to love this baby that much more.
Of course, it all works out, but it was very thoughtful and progressive, and I was really impressed at how much tension and drama they created on yet another B&W Western.

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