Minnie

Originally Aired: December 25, 1960 Gunsmoke #455, "Minnie," a rough-edged woman named Minnie Higgins arrives in Dodge City with a bullet wound through her arm. When Doc Adams treats her injury, she claims it's from falling off a horse, but Matt Dillon immediately suspects a gunshot. Despite Minnie's insistence she'll leave town at dawn, she quickly changes her plans and sets her sights on Doc Adams with single-minded determination. What follows is a relentless pursuit as Minnie latches onto the increasingly frantic physician, buying him drinks, waiting for him outside restaurants, and refusing to take no for an answer. She even barges into the Long Branch Saloon, threatening to cause a scene if Doc won't sit with her. As Minnie orders enormous meals and dogs Doc's every step around town, the normally unflappable doctor finds himself cornered by this determined woman who simply won't be shaken off. Matt and Chester watch with amusement as their friend grows more desperate to escape Minnie's iron-willed affections.