A Little Learning
Episode 3 · 1965-09-29

- Western
- Drama
Episode overview
After release from prison, Bert Kramer (Bruce Dern) comes to Medicine Bow to find his estranged wife who is the new school teacher, Martha Perry (Susan Oliver). A Shiloh hand, Rafe Simmons (Albert Salmi), tells the Virginian he is quitting. He goes to town, get a job in the harness shop and gets Martha to teach him to read. Bert Kramer arrives in town and is spotted by Emmett Ryker who recognizes him as a hired gun. Rumours are spread that Rafe and the schoolteacher are having an affair. A local barber, Cal Beeson (Harry Townes), who has had a run in with Rafe, and Bert Kramer plot together to ambush the harness shop worker. However, Rafe manages to get the upper hand. In a struggle over a gun, Bert is killed but Rafe is cleared by the actions of the Virginian and Martha who get Beeson's young son to own up to the plot.
Season 4 episodes
1. The Brothers1965-09-15
2. Day of the Scorpion1965-09-22
3. A Little Learning1965-09-29
4. The Claim1965-10-06
5. The Awakening1965-10-13
6. Ring of Silence1965-10-27
7. Jennifer1965-11-03
8. Nobility of Kings1965-11-10
9. Show Me a Hero1965-11-17
10. Beyond the Border1965-11-24
11. The Dream of Stavros Karas1965-12-01
12. The Laramie Road1965-12-08
13. The Horse Fighter1965-12-15
14. Letter of the Law1965-12-22
15. Blaze of Glory1965-12-29
16. Nobody Said Hello1966-01-05
17. Men with Guns1966-01-12
18. Long Ride to Wind River1966-01-19
19. Chaff in the Wind1966-01-26
20. The Inchworm's Got No Wings at All1966-02-02
21. Morgan Starr1966-02-09
22. Harvest of Strangers1966-02-16
23. Ride a Cock-Horse to Laramie Cross1966-02-23
24. One Spring Like Long Ago1966-03-02
25. The Return of Golden Tom1966-03-09
26. The Wolves Up Front, the Jackals Behind1966-03-23
27. That Saunders Woman1966-03-30
28. No Drums, No Trumpets1966-04-06
29. A Bald-Faced Boy1966-04-13
30. The Mark of a Man1966-04-20