Troop has just finished his dinner and sighs contentedly as he looks across the table at a smiling Dru.
TROOP:  Best cookin' west of the Mississippi.

The words have a little echo in Dru's mind.  She looks down, faintly troubled, then up again.

DRU:  Dan, I guess I ought to tell you.  Heard a little talk.  Some people think you could have handled Barney Tremaine some other way.

DAN [nodding]  Maybe.  Let him cheat the hangman.  Half of what he wanted.  Spoiled the rest of his joke, though.

DRU:  What do you mean?

DAN:  Thing he wanted most was Johnny going through life wondering if he'd killed his own father.

DRU [shocked]  Dan!  Do you think he really was Johnny's father?

Dan gets up and heads for his hat.

DAN:  Doesn't matter, does it . . . long as Johnny knows it doesn't?

He looks out the window (or door) and beckons Dru over.  She joins him and, looking out, smiles.

EXT. STREET     JOHNNY     P.O.V.

Johnny is riding slowly past on his horse.  Easy.  Confident.

CLOSER SHOT

Johnny looks toward CAMERA, apparently spotting Troop and Dru, waves.  His deputy's badge is again in place.  The horse suddenly shies, but  he effortlessly controls it.

JOHNNY:  Easy, boy.  Easy.

As CAMERA PULLS BACK -  FADE OUT

NiteOwl Comment:  This scene is effective when read but we think the scene used, in which Dan puts the badge in Johnny's hand in an uncharacteristically affectionate gesture, played better.  We're not quite sure what was meant by Dan's line  "Doesn't matter, does it . . . long as Johnny knows it doesn't?"  Presumably this means "long as Johnny knows it doesn't matter."  Of course, that was something that was never resolved in the show because Johnny was led to believe Tremain was not his father.  There was no resolution of his belief that if he came from "bad blood" he wasn't cut out to be a lawman.

The Office Cat:  We were sorry that the office cat disappeared after the first season.  The stage directions for him could be amusing.  In this script when the two lawman enter the office for the talk which ends with Johnny leaving without his badge,  the cat is directed as follows:

The cat is stalking something (and whether that means he's moving slowly, close to the floor, or just staring intently OFF FRAME will depend on the actor).  SOUND OF OPENING DOOR and the cat looks up -- indignant (if he can manage it).

Troop entering, sees what's happened and addresses the cat.

TROOP:  Buttin' in on your business again, eh?

As Troop hangs up hat, cat moves elsewhere -- preferably showing its wounded feelings.

Later there's a close shot of the cat on the desk.

Cat is just being a cat.  Maybe it turns its head, blinks, or waves its tail -- or maybe nothing at all.