Episode Summary: Shenandoah is recognized by Judd the liveryman, having apparently left a saddle with him for repair. The saddle has the Riley spread's brand on it, which Shenandoah hopes means someone at the ranch might know who he is. At the Riley ranch, foreman Jared Abel decides to hang him as a horse thief, but the owner, Julia Riley, believes Shenandoah may be her long-lost brother. Abel (Julia’s cousin) vows that the intruder won’t interfere with the cattle empire he has built up and orders Egan (Kelley) to lure Shenandoah out on the trail and shoot him “trying to escape.” Despite having boasted the night before about how he could “pick him off right now,” Egan cannot seem to hit Shenandoah rolling down a hill in broad daylight, and Shenandoah kills Egan instead. Returning to the ranch, Shenandoah kills Jared in a shoot-out. Julia asks him to stay on, but he rides off to Virginia City on the quest for more clues to his identity.

Notes:
Not much of a role for Kelley, just a few scenes and lines. Nice touch, though, is that when we meet Egan, the ol’ softie doesn’t like to brand the poor calves -- though he seems perfectly willing to commit murder for the boss a few scenes later.
Dead Again: Killed in a failed ambush.
For Trekkers:
Warren Stevens played Rojan in “By Any Other Name”
Elisha Cook played Samuel Cogley in “Court Martial”

Sources: viewing; Brooks & Marsh

Episode Summary:
      A series of bizarre killings coincides with two new arrivals in Laredo: Professor Paracelsus Smythe with his wax museum of horrors, and Seamus McCloud, who rides in with itinerant scissors-grinder Ernie Venner and is looking for his brother Conn. Hotel owner Agnes Halsey denies any knowledge of Conn McCloud, but her daughter Barbara tells him to ask Dr. Ingram (Kelley). At the saloon, Chad and Reese are helping their buddy Joe lose his shirt at poker to Spence Gillis, a card sharp with an annoying habit of whistling. Seamus finds Dr. Ingram there, tossing scraps to his big yellow dog. Ingram finally tells Seamus that his brother died of a fever, probably cholera, and admits that he hushed it up to avoid a town panic. Seamus accuses Ingram of letting his brother die like a dog, without really trying to help him because of his own fear, and starts throwing him around the saloon until the ranger boys stop him. Ingram leaves without thanking them, and Reese grumbles that the doctor's so unfriendly he doesn't even like his own dog. He does, though, and when he finds his dog strangled the next morning, he comes to the hotel demanding that Reese arrest Seamus for the crime. Reese won't, for lack of evidence.
      The next night, the whistling gambler is killed in the hotel. Joe, Seamus and Ingram are all suspects, having been there at the time. Both Seamus and Ingram are clearly smitten with Barbara. Next night, Seamus visits Barbara. Mrs. Halsey goes to make a cup of tea, and Barbara finds her strangled in the kitchen in the morning. Reese and Chad figure that Ingram will be the next victim, and start following him around. They're wrong - the next victim is the town blacksmith. Reese decides that the morbid Professor Smythe is the killer, and explores the barn housing the horror museum. Smythe's hulking and silent assistant Quitch is there playing an oriental oboe. Examining a guillotine when the music suddenly stops, Reese misses seeing the killer when he runs over and finds Quitch half-dead. Ingram comes to tend Quitch, and once more demands that Parmalee lock Seamus up. Seamus agrees, hoping he'll be cleared if there's another killing. Smythe indignantly asserts that his interest in murder is purely academic. That night the scissors-grinder Venner comes to return the hotel's knives and collect his fee. Barbara turns her back and misses the murderous contortions of his face while her clock chimes nine o'clock. When he leaves, Barbara finds an extra knife and runs after him to return it. Meanwhile Chad, Joe and Seamus realize that the common factor is high-pitched noises: the dog howling, the gambler whistling, Mrs. Halsy's teakettle, and the Blacksmith's file. They conclude that the scissors grinder must be the killer, as he is known to wear earplugs because he can't stand the noise of his grinder. At the stable Barbara finds Reese running the grindstone. Screech-maddened Venner emerges and attacks her. Reese and the boys subdue Venner just in time. Next day, Parmalee calls the boys together, lays down the law about following orders, and introduces them to his new adjutant, the Iron Maiden from the horror show.

Notes:
Despite a prize-winningly ridiculous crime motive, this is a fun show with clever writing, appealing characters and good acting. Kelley gets a good bit of screen time and has an interesting character to work with - a paranoid loner, cordially disliked in town, with a distinct tender spot for Barbara.

Sources: viewing; Brooks & Marsh; Lentz (1997)

Episode Summary:
Kate Turner is on a wagon train headed back to Salt Lake City after having completing finishing school back east; on arrival she is to marry Hampton Tilwell III. However, the wagon train is having problems. Indians keep attacking, and the members of the wagon train keep whining, hiding, and leaving all the fighting to wagonmaster Seth Bremen, dapper gambler Elliott Webster (Kelley), and Kate. When Seth, who had been a friend of Kate's father, is killed, Kate takes over, whipping the rest into shape, forcing them to learn to shoot, and driving them on to Salt Lake City while fending off further Indian attacks. On the trail, Webster sets out to win Kate; after a romantic little interlude he demands, "Now, how can you kiss me like that and then go and marry somebody else?" She finally agrees to marry him should things somehow not work out as planned. As they approach Salt Lake, wimpy, prissy Hampton rides out to meet them, fusses about Kate wearing manly clothes, and nervously calls off the marriage on account of his mother's poor health. Webster grabs the reins and he and Kate drive off smooching into the sunset.

For Trekkers:
Sherry Jackson (Kate) played Andrea in "What Are Little Girls Made Of?"

Sources: viewing; Brooks & Marsh; Lentz (1997); video box notes

Notes:
Maltin sums it up: "Nice veteran cast, but film is only for western addicts." Kelley gets plenty of screen time, giving it lots of swagger and some nice little touches like toying with poker chips in a remarkably menacing way - and being dangled over a balcony by his boots - but the role is a straightforward black-hat.
Dead Again:
Kelley's character makes it almost to the end of this one before taking a bullet in the chest, falling forward and rolling over in the dust.

Sources: Internet Movie Database; Maltin; Guyer 1991