After Myra quits working for Hank, he gets drunk and shoots his gun during Myra's engagement party. Sully hits him with a tomahawk. Hank has a severe concussion and falls into a coma. Myra is the only one willing to stay by his side.
When Myra leaves the business, Hank shoots up the town in a drunken rage and ends up in a coma. While Hank lies comatose in Dr. Quinn's care, Myra, one of the people he has mistreated most, is by his side praying for him to get well. Horace, enraged by Myra's loyalty, is convinced he must purchase a gun to protect Myra in the future.