Cheyenne turns down the job of top hand for rancher Ben Gentry but finds two more offers awaiting him for the same job.

Marshal Frank Ragan rides into Stark City to visit Johnny Wilson. But Wilson has disappeared and cattle baron Ben Stark tells Ragan he had better do the same. Clint Walker does not appear in this episode, which was the pilot for the series The Dakotas; hence, it is not included in the DVD release of season six.

Jud Ainley is on trial for murder and the main witness against him, lawman Harry Thomas is discredited as a witness and charged with robbery.