"The Statue of San Sebastian" closed out this first season, boasting the star power of scene stealing John Carradine in welcome sympathetic mode as Father Bartolome, and hard driving Simon Oakland in more typical form as Mexican bandit Sancho Fernandez. The titular statue has never been returned to Father Bartolome's mission, wealthy landowner Ian Crown (Judson Pratt) unwilling to cooperate unless the poverty stricken monks pay him a fee of $2000. Richard Boone's Paladin is willing to intervene, not for money but the statue itself, if he can rid Crown of his most bitter enemy, Sancho Fernandez, who blames Crown for the untimely death of his brother due to a worn out saddle that gave way, and has been bleeding his wealth away ever since through robbery and cattle rustling. A brief encounter with Paladin results in a wounded shoulder for the bandit, instantly seeking sanctuary at the mission, which Father Bartolome is duty bound to grant. This allows Crown to deny the monks food and water unless they give up his quarry soon, but Paladin still intends to collect the coveted statue without further injury, and devises the perfect solution to a perplexing problem. John Carradine's versatility is a straightforward delight, Richard Boone at one point quoting the Bard in a nod to the actor's Shakespearean background, later to reunite with Simon Oakland in the TV movie sequel "The Night Strangler," and with Boone in John Wayne's "The Shootist."