The Awakening
Episode 5 · 1965-10-13

- Western
- Drama
Episode overview
A destitute former Minister, David Henderson (Glenn Corbett), who has had a crisis of faith, comes to Medicine Bow just as a dispute breaks out at a local mine over safety issues. Emmett Ryker entreaties Judge Garth to try and find a solution to the problem. When an accident occurs at the mine David's assists in a rescue attempt but hurts his leg. He is taken to Shiloh where Betsy Garth nurses him and they become romantically involved. David's actions gain him the respect of the miners, he becomes their leader, and he calls a strike over the working conditions. Despite an attempt to intimidate the miners by importing scab labour, with Judge Garth's help the owners and miners manage to reach an agreement. David rediscovers his calling and asks Betsy to marry him. They are married at Shiloh Ranch and head off to start a new life at a parish David has been assigned in Pennsylvania.
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