Laredo — Season 1, Episode 29: The Would-Be Gentleman of Laredo
Western • 60 min • 2 seasons, 57 episodes • ★ 6.4/10
Episode synopsis
Reese ""saves"" three con artists from robbers and Don Miguel's ""dying"" wish is that Reese have 10% of his estate. It turns out the estate is the entire city of Laredo and the surrounding county, which Don Carlos de Laredo and his ""sister"" Dona Dolores are claiming the right to with a recently discovered Mexican land grant. Don Carlos makes arrangements for the former landowners to pay to keep their land while Reese spends time with Dona Dolores. His new role as a gentleman prompts Chad and Joe to put Reese through a Pollyanna transformation. Captain Parmalee suspects something is wrong and secretly ""borrows"" the land grant to have it checked out.
About Laredo
Laredo is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from September 16, 1965, to April 7, 1967. Laredo stars Neville Brand, William Smith, Peter Brown, and Philip Carey as Texas Rangers. It is set on the Mexican border about Laredo, Texas. The program was produced by Universal Television. The pilot episode of Laredo aired on NBC's The Virginian under the title, "We've Lost a Train". It was released theatrically in 1969 under the title Backtrack. Three episodes from the first season of the series were edited into the 1968 feature film Three Guns for Texas.