Sep 27, 2022
Pt 1 of gifs from the Here Come the Brides episode “The Stand Off”. Stempel buys a stretch of land that allows him to keep the Bolts from moving their timber to the water and hires some muscle to protect it. When big(gest) bro Jason refuses to accede to Stempel’s demands (controlling interest in the logging business in exchange for allowing passage across his land) fistfights become commonplace, with the Bolts on the losing side.
The brides, sick of their men getting their asses handed to them, withhold affection to try and motivate the boys to find another way to settle the conflict with Stempel.
Stempel eventually suggests a contest of strength (toppling a tree) between his man, Ox, and Jason, to settle things once and for all.