One Of The Original Tumblr King Of Whump, Angst, And Sluttiness Is Almost Back! Matt Murdock On Our Television

Hoss: About Ellie McClure, no doubt. Adam: Uh, no doubt.

Bonanza S2E1 "Showdown"

Thinking about Little Joe, who is left handed and a bit wild, who’s always had darkness underneath the gentleness, and Tirza, the Romani girl from 1x31 who was convinced she was bewitched. Thinking about how Joe could have very well ended up in her position if he’d grown up the way she had, if he’d been on the move all the time with people constantly assuming the worst about him, if he’d been poor and needy, if his sense of justice hadn’t had money to back it up. Thinking about how he probably saw a bit of himself in her, how people probably talked about Ben’s dead wives and the Cartwright Curse, how Joe is so much more sensitive than the others and he had to fight not to believe in it, about how he wanted to save her because a small part of him knew what it was like to be her.

His heart’s like a jackhammer. He’s gonna short out the pacemaker. Are you telekinetically resetting his heart?

Laramie with no context part 1: THIS SHOW IS LITERALLY PORN.

S2/Ep 17 “Stolen Tribute”

“I’m what?”

Little Joe Cartwright (Michael Landon) in every season of Bonanza (1959-1973).

Hutch ⭐️

Laramie (1959-1963): Killer’s Odds S02E26

s1:e21 - Company Man

Y'all, this is the episode for angsty Jess expressions. And Slim looks so beautiful in these shots, too. ❤️💙

Long story short, a new stage line superintendent, Jack Slade (excellent character name, btw) shows up to fire Jess due to his "history". Slim of course jumps in to defend him, which leads to this hilarious exchange:

JH - "Thanks, Slim." SS - "Don't thank me. The privilege of firing you belongs to me, and nobody else."

Unfortunately, Slade won't be deterred, and hangs around for the entire episode, assisting with getting back their stage line horses from thieves who struck the night before.

One of my favorite conversations between Slim and Jess happens in this episode. Jess is brooding in their bedroom and Slim comes in to see what's going on. Slim gets straight to the root of the issue: Jess isn't worried about being killed by Slade, despite Slade's reputation. He's worried about killing Slade and bringing the ire of the stage line down on Slim.

SS - "This place wouldn't be the same without you and your troubles." JH - "You really mean that?" SS - "Yes, I really mean that."

At the end of the episode, Slade endangers the entire household in a standoff with the horse thieves, but fortunately everyone is OK except for Slade. He thanks Jess for his service to the stage line before dying, so we get kind of a mini-redemption thing and almost feel sorry for the guy. Almost.

P.S.: It's worth noting that a fictionalized Samuel Clemens (yes, Mark Twain) is a stage passenger in this episode, and gets some fun snarky dialogue, especially with Slade.

If it meant saving his life, I’d be willing to be wrong all the time.