Blinded by hate, Bart has only one thing in mind: to seek revenge from Tate Kimbrough whom he believes had once immorally seduced and then abandoned his wife Mary, which finally led to her to kill herself.

More probably his wife at that time had fallen out of love with him and intended to leave him, being genuinely attracted to the womanizing Tate, who later spurned her and renounced their relationship.

Bart does not hesitate to show his animosity concerning the local boss and even goes as far as creating tension between him and the sheriff Swede Hansen, refusing to have his drinks paid in honor of Tate Kimbrough's wedding.

After succeeding in spoiling the ceremony and in staying unscratched in a shootout, Bart and Sam find refuge in the local livery stable.

Doctor Storrow is coming to the livery stable to take care of Spanish, one of Kimbrough's wounded hired guns.

Anxious and in a hurry to get rid of this unexpected opponent, Tate decides to pretend to propose Bart a deal: he wants to make him believe that if he leaves the livery stable, he will let him ride out of town unharmed.

She thinks everything over and ends up reconsidering her relationship with Tate whose affairs with Ruby and also previously Mary make her feel uncomfortable.

While bandaging Bart's hand, Storrow tries to talk him out of a showdown with Tate Kimbrough who thinks he can regain his power if he shoots the disturber.

Tate gets out into the street to meet Bart but to everyone's surprise, Ruby shoots him in the arm with a Winchester to wound him and save his life, forcing him to abandon the confrontation.

A depressed and drunk Bart Allison rides out of the town he unwillingly freed mourning his lost friend Sam.