This idiosyncratic Western is reminiscent of a crime drama, featuring a private detective instead of a cowboy, as well as jazz music.
Episode 1
Two escaped convicts, a grieving woman, and a widowed doctor, who faithfully lays flowers on his wife's grave, are among the seemingly incongruous elements factoring into Slade's investigation of a baffling bank robbery.
Episode 2
A hook-handed gunslinger, nursing a grudge, lures Slade to Grover's Bend for a showdown with his fast-drawing young protégé, Billy.
Episode 3
Slade comes to the Cody Ranch and goes undercover as a hand to smoke out a murderous band of horse thieves.