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The menfolk of Dodge City are impressed and intimidated by amazonian Lena Wave (Dee J. Thompson), who defies the gender rules of the era by talking, fighting and cussing like a man--and treating her diminutive boyfriend Emmett Fitzgood (Terry Becker) like a dog. The only male not terrified by Big Lena--other than Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness), of course--is Nate Bannister (Joel Ashley), who is determined to get even with Lena for killing his pal. Even allowing for the unorthodox nature of the plotline, the ultimate outcome is completely unexpected. This episode is based on the Gunsmoke radio broadcast of February 6, 1954.