Leonard Nimoy is excellent as John Walking Fox, a Comanche that travels with a rough, tough buffalo hunter named Jacob Beamus, played by the once-blacklisted veteran actor Lloyd Gough. When Beamus is killed during a dispute over furs Beamus is selling, Walking Fox is left without his beloved, long-time partner.
When Walking Fox pays for a "$50 funeral" for his deceased partner with a rare gold piece, it quickly becomes the talk of the town. From that point forward, Walking Fox allows the greed of the other characters to take its course and bring about their own downfall.
It is interesting that Nimoy plays a character that rarely exhibits emotion, very similar to his more famous role as Mr. Spock on Star Trek. The other characters repeatedly underestimate his cunning, making it quite easy for Walking Fox to see his partner's senseless death avenged.
The relationship between Walking Fox and Beamus is not explored much here, but it would definitely seem there was a strong bond of love between the two. Walking Fox even admits to Richard Webb's character, the fur trader Aaron Tigue, that he only hunted buffalo with Beamus because that is what Beamus wanted to do. Walking Fox says he does not need the money Tigue owed Beamus for the furs they delivered, nor does he want it.
This episode is one of the more intriguing stories from the 11th season, and it features another excellent cast that includes Nimoy and Gough, along with Jim Davis, Webb, and Ted Gehring, all recognizable actors from the period. Howard Culver makes one of his frequent appearances as the hotel clerk Howie, and Kelton Garwood plays his recurring role as Percy Crump.