Nowadays, everyone would have snitched on each other to avoid hanging. Back in the 1950s, the three strangers toughed it out, and the good guys won, and the bad guy died. That's what being a man was all about, in the days before sensitivity training.
Kent Smith plays a rich guy who thought his wife was cheating on him, so he killed her. He gets a few henchmen from his ranch, and he tracks down and kidnaps the strangers he finds, who look like they might have been giving his wife some undercover hijinks.
James Best, William Schallert, and Paladin are rounded up. Smith plans to figure out which one of them was cheating with his wife, so he can hang the cheater.
Best, who tried hard to be Elvis Presley in his early years, was the guy who had an attitude with Smith. Schallert, who usually played wimps and weasels in most of his TV appearances, actually does a good job as a possible cheater. At the end of this episode Schallert really steps up and becomes an action hero for the first and only time that I can ever recall.
Paladin is his usually cool self, prodding Smith with guilt and philosophical questions about revenge, love, and relationships. The three captured amigos discuss what to do, and plan their escape. One of them plans his revenge on Smith.
The finale is excellent. Lots of action, surprises, and someone gets revenge. Kent Smith killed his own wife and wanted revenge on her lover. The man that loved her wanted revenge on Smith. Who lives? Who died? One of the ten best episodes of Paladin.