Showdown story

tftc1989e4x08 · 1992-08-01

After killing Texas ranger "Tracker" Tom McMurdo, Billy Quintaine, a remorseless gunslinger on the run from the law, wanders into a saloon and proceeds to get his comeuppance when the spirits of all of his past victims come back to haunt him. Note: This episode was originally produced for the failed Two-Fisted Tales spinoff. Directed by: Richard Donner. Story by: Frank Darabont.

11 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 8 minor

Theme	Level	Motivation
punishment in the afterlife	choice	The gunslinger Billy Quintaine found himself in a saloon of the dead, among the victims of his past revolver duels.
ghost	major	The gunslinger Billy Quintaine was taken aback by the realization that he'd perished in a gun fight and was actually a ghost with a reputation for haunting a certain, long ago abandoned saloon.
life in the American Wild West	major	The viewer is shown gunslingers and other trappings of the wild, wild west.
being on the run from the law	minor	The story opens with the outlaw Billy Quintaine evading the Texas ranger Tom McMurdo and his posse.
cheating	minor	The quack that dealt Billy a hand of poker dealt him five aces of spades to prove some sort of a point, presumably about cheating. He then convinced Billy to try a tonic meant to give him an edge in gunslinging.
haunted house	minor	A tour guide explained how the saloon was haunted by the outlaw Billy Quintaine's ghost, much to Billy's surprise.
live by the sword die by the sword	minor	One of inhabitants of the strange afterlife depicted in the story spoke of how those there had "lived by the gun and died by the gun".
living corpse	minor	The story is presented by the Crypt Keeper, a cackling, wisecracking cadaver.
remorse	minor	Billy expressed some regret about the innocent snake oil peddling quack he had accidentally killed with a stray bullet.
the game of poker	minor	Billy began a game of poker with the snake oil salesman Cornelius Bosch but aborted it after finding he had been dealt five aces of spades.