1 disappointment SPOILER


The 1 disappointment I had with this film..was at the end..when Collie Whitebird was pardoned for his crime..and thanked Matt for his help but..unlike when Rusty Dover in "To the Last Man", Matt did not offer Collie employment at his ranch..leaving him in place disabled and with few propects for work I could see..I get that Rusty would have been a great asset at the Ranch as he was gut very good at "cowboying" whereas Collie would have to learn some way to contribute while on the mend...but as a point of fact..Matt did we Collie more than Rusty for confessing the whole story of the doublecross..in any event, I wish Collie was loaded onto the wagon to be brought back home with Matt..

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i just finished watching this and I felt the same. I was waiting for Matt to offer Collie a job, or at least to contact him when he had recovered fully. A minor quibble with what was, otherwise, a pretty good entry in the series.

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*SPOILER* I just figured that Matt left Collie there to kinda be the "Chester-type" guy to the sheriff (you know, fetches the mail, acts as the primary jailer, etc.). It was obvious there was very little prospects for the sheriff to get "much-needed" help (tho, hopefully, some of the crummy townsfolk saw that the sheriff was right all along ... and maybe started coming around, common sense-wise)?
My main argument with THIS movie (besides the character arcs of Brolin and McGraw), was ... they seemed to have "neutered" Beth! In the other movies, she punched, tussled, drove cattle, stood "toe-to-toe" with ANY problem that was presented! But, in THIS movie ... she CRIED !!! A Dillon never cries! Naw ... it just seems they totally went against her character ... and tried to make her more of a "girlie-girl" (maybe because of her wedding and all?). But ... we ALL know ... Beth is a Yardner/Dillon! No "side-saddle" for this cowgirl!

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