The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters — Season 1, Episode 25: The Day of the Dark Deeds

Episode synopsis

Doc and Jaimie come across a wounded Army lieutenant, who begs Doc to deliver the pouch he is carrying to Fort Dexter. The pouch contains money to be paid to the Nez Perce for food. But when Doc arrives at the fort, the money is gone from the pouch, and the Indians feel they have been lied to and threaten war. The fort's colonel believes Doc stole the money and sentences him to be executed the next day. Reluctantly, Doc agrees to escape with the prisoner in the adjacent cell his old nemesis Murrel.

About The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters is an American western television series based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Robert Lewis Taylor. The show aired on ABC in the 1963-1964 television season and was produced by MGM Television. The series introduces Dan O'Herlihy as a charming Scotsman of the frontier, Dr. Sardius McPheeters. As with many such charmers, Doc is missing something commonsense-wise. Fortunately his 12-year-old son, Jaimie (Kurt Russell), makes up for it by being as sharp as Daddy is gullible. The production is slick, authentic and brisk.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Day of Leaving
• E2The Day of the First Trail
• E3The Day of the First Suitor
• E4The Day of the Golden Fleece
• E5The Day of the Last Bugle
• E6The Day of the Skinners
• E7The Day of the Taboo Man
• E8The Day of the Giants
• E9The Day of the Long Night
• E10The Day of the Killer
• E11The Day of the Flying Dutchman
• E12The Day of the Homeless