Gunsmoke

1. S01E01Matt Gets ItSeptember 10, 1955 8.0Matt is critically wounded while attempting to arrest super-fast gunman Dan Grat. Grat runs rampant in Dodge while Matt recovers, but is unp
2. S01E02Hot SpellSeptember 17, 1955 8.3Temperatures are high, tempers are short, and Matt is unenviably duty-bound to protect despicable gunman Cope Borden from being lynched by a
3. S01E03Word of HonorOctober 1, 1955 8.3Doc is sworn to secrecy to protect a cruel gang guilty of murder.
4. S01E04Home SurgeryOctober 8, 1955 7.3The frightened teenage daughter of a rancher enlists Matt to attempt to save her father's life by amputating his gangrenous leg.
5. S01E05Obie TaterOctober 15, 1955 8.3An old prospector marries a saloon girl, who like others wants to know where his gold from his prospecting days is hidden.
6. S01E06Night IncidentOctober 29, 1955 8.0Matt is dubious of young Timmy Wyatt's stories concerning nighttime robberies and assaults, but he agrees to investigate and is surprised by
7. S01E07Smoking Out the NolansNovember 5, 1955 8.3Matt has the unpleasant task of evicting some squatters from a rancher's land, but the squatters claim the rancher sold the land to them leg
8. S01E08Kite's RewardNovember 12, 1955 7.7Dillon takes away the gun of Andy Travis after he kills a man in self defense, figuring no one will challenge an unarmed man to a gunfight,
9. S01E09The HunterNovember 26, 1955 8.0Marshal Dillon has to keep bullying buffalo hunter Jase Murdock from traveling south into Indian territory on a hunt for hides. Murdock's pl
10. S01E10The QueueDecember 3, 1955 8.0Two men cut off a Chinese immigrant's pigtail, and he tells Matt that he can return home to China only with the pigtail or by taking the liv
11. S01E11General Parsley SmithDecember 10, 1955 8.0An inveterate liar is loudly insistent that Dodge City's new banker is a swindler who will abscond with the townspeople's savings at his ear
12. S01E12MagnusDecember 24, 1955 8.0Chester is concerned when his nomadic and "uncivilized" brother pays a Christmas visit to Dodge, but Magnus Goode proves worldlier and more
13. S01E13Reed SurvivesDecember 31, 1955 8.0Booth Rider is being played for a sucker by the wife of the ranch owner he works for, in the hopes that he will have to kill her husband in
14. S01E14Professor Lute BoneJanuary 7, 1956 8.0Professor Bone is a well meaning medicine man who shows up in Dodge selling an elixir with potentially deadly side effects.
15. S01E15No HandcuffsJanuary 21, 1956 8.3Hank Springer who claims the sheriff of Mingo framed him for murder, escapes from Matt's jail, wrongly believing he has killed a deputy in t
16. S01E16Reward for MattJanuary 28, 1956 8.0A woman puts a price on Matt's head after he shoots down her husband.
17. S01E17Robin HoodFebruary 4, 1956 8.0Holdup man John Henry Jordan repeatedly escapes conviction by robbing only the wealthy and sparing poorer persons who are potential witnesse
18. S01E18YorkyFebruary 18, 1956 8.0A young white boy, taken hostage years earlier by the Pawnee, must steal from or kill a white in order to be accepted by the tribe as a brav
19. S01E1920-20February 25, 1956 8.0Troy Carver is an aging ex lawman with poor eyesight being chased by a dirt farmer who wants revenge for the killing of his brother 2 years
20. S01E20Reunion '78March 3, 1956 8.0Long Branch hostess Belle Archer sees Jerry Shand shoot a former Quantrill Raider dead in self defense, but refuses to say so, and now he fa
21. S01E21Helping HandMarch 17, 1956 7.7Matt saves suspected 18 year old cattle thief Steve Elser, from a would be lynch group, and tries to help him find a job, but discovers he m
22. S01E22Tap Day for KittyMarch 24, 1956 8.0Matt suspects Kitty of shooting and wounding an old man who attempted to abduct her in hopes of forcing her to marry him.
23. S01E23Indian ScoutMarch 31, 1956 8.3Amos Cartwright is an Indian scout for the army and is suspected of deliberately allowing his troop to be ambushed by the Comanches, and now
24. S01E24The Pest HoleApril 14, 1956 8.3When an epidemic of typhoid fever hits Dodge, some citizens want to take the law into their own hands against the person suspected as the ca
25. S01E25The Big BroadApril 28, 1956 8.0A large woman and her small companion bring trouble to Kitty's saloon, as the woman has a way of causing guns to be drawn.
26. S01E26Hack PrineMay 12, 1956 7.7Far from Dodge and without a horse Matt Dillon still manages to bring in Lee Timble...a man wanted for murder. Lee's brother Dolph swears th
27. S01E27CooterMay 19, 1956 8.3After Matt exposes gambler Ben Sissle as a cheat, Sissle attempts to exact revenge by giving brain-damaged Cooter Smith a gun and telling th
28. S01E28Season's bestThe KillerMay 26, 1956 8.7Matt must go to extreme lengths to stop the killing spree of a psychopathic murderer who provokes gunfights with cowboys, farmers, and other
29. S01E29Doc's RevengeJune 9, 1956 8.0A stranger comes to Dodge, and Doc bewilders and dismays Chester and Matt by arming himself and vowing to kill the man.
30. S01E30The PreacherJune 16, 1956 8.3A brutal prize fighter who has been punching on a meek preacher, kidnaps him and tells Dillon he will beat the man to death.
31. S01E31How to Die for NothingJune 23, 1956 8.0Trail herder Howard Bulow swears to shoot Marshal Dillon in the back after he kills his drunken brother in self-defense.
32. S01E32Dutch GeorgeJune 30, 1956 8.0Dutch George runs a large horse theft operation. The law can't touch him because others take the risk. He makes a big mistake when he person
33. S01E33Prairie HappyJuly 7, 1956 7.7Matt tries to quell rumors of a planned Pawnee attack.
34. S01E34Chester's Mail Order BrideJuly 14, 1956 7.7Chester has been writing to a mail-order bride who is now coming to Dodge to marry him. What Chester has neglected to tell Matt and Doc is t
35. S01E35The GuitarJuly 21, 1956 8.0Weed Pindle is a friendly guitar player in Dodge, but when certain cowboys find out he fought for a particular division of the Union Army, t
36. S01E36CaraJuly 28, 1956 7.3An old flame of Matt's comes to town, but her presence in Dodge may be motivated by more than sentiment.
37. S01E37Mr. and Mrs. AmberAugust 4, 1956 7.3A struggling prairie couple endures harassment and torment at the hands of the wife's self-righteous brother.
38. S01E38Unmarked GraveAugust 18, 1956 7.7A distraught middle-aged woman becomes determined to aid a young murderer in Matt's custody after she learns of her own son's violent death
39. S01E39Alarm at Pleasant ValleyAugust 25, 1956 7.7While on the way back to Dodge, Matt and Chester help homesteaders besieged by Indians.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01Season's bestCow DoctorSeptember 8, 1956 7.7Doc is called to a farm to treat a sick farmer, who has always hated doctors.
2. S02E02Brush at ElkaderSeptember 15, 1956 6.0Matt must resort to trickery after he and Chester trail psychopathic killer Lou Shippen to a small town whose citizenry is so frightened of
3. S02E03CusterSeptember 22, 1956 7.5"Rough justice" awaits cocksure Army deserter Joe Trimble after a civilian jury wrongly acquits him of murder and the Army forgoes prosecuti
4. S02E04The Round UpSeptember 29, 1956 7.5Matt goes on a rampage to close down Front Street after he accidentally shoots and kills his old friend (and temporary deputy) while trying
5. S02E05Young Man with a GunOctober 20, 1956 7.0After Matt beats fast gun and braggart Sam Kircher in a gunfight, Kircher's inexperienced teen brother comes to town and tells Matt he will
6. S02E06Indian WhiteOctober 27, 1956 6.0When a twelve-year-old Cheyenne prisoner is brought to Dodge by the Cavalry, a woman claims it's her son, who the tribe kidnapped many years
7. S02E07How to Cure a FriendNovember 10, 1956 7.5Matt is put in a difficult position by the arrival of Nick Search, an old friend who has since become a gambler with a fast draw and a reput
8. S02E08Legal RevengeNovember 17, 1956 7.0Doc comes upon a new homesteader confined to bed with a badly infected leg and a gun under the bedclothes for protection against his wife.
9. S02E09The MistakeNovember 24, 1956 6.5When a man suspected of murder can't establish his alibi, Matt arrests the man. After the prisoner draws a gun on Chester and escapes, evide
10. S02E10Greater LoveDecember 1, 1956 7.0Killer Jed Butler takes Doctor Adams hostage to help his dying partner, and learns the true meaning of love for a friend, when Matt risks hi
11. S02E11No IndiansDecember 8, 1956 7.5Matt strongly suspects that it is actually white men who are responsible for a murderous series of "Indian raids" that have terrorized prair
12. S02E12Spring TermDecember 15, 1956 6.0A man is shot on the streets of Dodge, and Matt realizes that shot was meant for him.
13. S02E13Poor PearlDecember 22, 1956 5.5A saloon gal past her youth suddenly receives two marriage proposals, one from a sweet country bumpkin, one from a menacing dandy, but it's
14. S02E14CholeraDecember 29, 1956 7.0A landowner's attempt to evict homesteaders is helped by a cholera outbreak.
15. S02E15Pucket's New YearJanuary 5, 1957 6.5A man, abandoned and permanently crippled by the cold on the prairie, is rescued by Matt and Chester and struggles to find a purpose.
16. S02E16The Cover UpJanuary 12, 1957 6.5Matt jails the wife abusing Sam Baxton on suspicion of murdering 2 squatters on his land, but after Baxton gets locked up, a 3rd squatter is
17. S02E17Sins of the FatherJanuary 19, 1957 7.0A white man and his Indian wife, passing through Dodge, become targets of violence after it is learned that the wife's father led deadly rai
18. S02E18Kick MeJanuary 26, 1957 6.5A bank robber murders his partner and comes to Dodge with his terrified wife, hoping to keep a low profile, but an Indian he once humiliated
19. S02E19ExecutionerFebruary 2, 1957 7.0Grief-stricken rancher Morgan Curry proves willing to go to any length necessary to get revenge after cocksure gunman Tom Clegg kills his br
20. S02E20Gone StraightFebruary 9, 1957 7.0When Matt serves a warrant in another town for a wanted man, there are two men answering the possible suspect's description, and they both h
21. S02E21Bloody HandsFebruary 16, 1957 7.0The shooting of several members of an outlaw gang, though in self defense, triggers an emotional crisis in Matt, haunted by memories of all
22. S02E22Skid RowFebruary 23, 1957 6.0When a lady comes to town looking for her betrothed, Matt takes it upon himself to sober up the man, who, in his fiancée's absence, has beco
23. S02E23Sweet and SourMarch 2, 1957 6.5Violence and tragedy result when Matt and Chester persuade a reluctant Kitty to hire flirtatious Rena Decker as a Long Branch hostess.
24. S02E24CainMarch 9, 1957 6.0Told he has only two months to live, a man is determined to avenge the suicide of a young woman by killing the womanizer he blames for her d
25. S02E25BureaucratMarch 16, 1957 6.0A government official from Washington warns Matt that he will relieve him of his duties if he does not start using a firmer hand in Dodge.
26. S02E26Last FlingMarch 23, 1957 5.5Miss Kitty is suspected of taking a shot at drunkard John Peavy for harassing her earlier, and shortly thereafter someone fires a shot at he
27. S02E27Chester's MurderMarch 30, 1957 6.5When the drunkard whom Chester escorts to jail is shot dead, Chester is suspected of the murder.
28. S02E28The PhotographerApril 6, 1957 5.5Professor Jacoby is a photographer from back East in Dodge, willing to do anything for a picture, even to the point of committing murder.
29. S02E29Wrong ManApril 13, 1957 6.0Sam Rickers shot a man dead in the back to try and claim a $1,000 reward, but it turns out that the dead man was never wanted by the law.
30. S02E30Big Girl LostApril 20, 1957 6.5A saloon gal's old beau is in town, and she expects trouble when he finds out where she is working.
31. S02E31What the Whiskey Drummer HeardApril 27, 1957 6.5A weird whiskey drummer named Wilbur Hawkins makes a claim to Matt that he overheard a man making a offer to pay 300 dollars to kill him, an
32. S02E32Cheap LaborMay 4, 1957 6.5A man wants to marry a woman whose brother may be willing to resort to violence to keep her from leaving home.
33. S02E33MoonMay 11, 1957 6.5Vint is a crooked card dealer being watched by a gunman hired by a card player to make sure he can not cheat, so he resorts to murder and ro
34. S02E34Who Lives by the SwordMay 18, 1957 7.0Despicable gunman Joe Delk provokes Lew and Billy Baxter and easily kills the inexperienced young men in gunfights, but Matt's swift and une
35. S02E35Uncle OliverMay 25, 1957 7.0Uncle Oliver arrives in town and believes his simpleton nephew would be a good deputy for Matt, instead of Chester.
36. S02E36Daddy-OJune 1, 1957 7.0Kitty's long-lost father, who abandoned her when she was a baby, shows up in Dodge, eager to take her back to New Orleans with him.
37. S02E37The Man Who Would Be MarshalJune 15, 1957 7.0Major Emmett Egan has been approved for the job of marshal by the War Department. Matt agrees to let him have his job if Egan shadows him fo
38. S02E38Liar from BlackhawkJune 22, 1957 7.0Hank Shinn is a newcomer in town bragging about his reputation as a gunman, but Marshal Dillon suspects he is nothing more than a braggat an
39. S02E39JealousyJuly 6, 1957 7.3A card dealer, newly married, wants to kill his old friend, Marshal Dillon, when a crooked gambler starts rumors that Dillon is courting the

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01Crack-UpSeptember 14, 1957 6.7Gunman Nate Springer arrives in Dodge with the obvious intention of committing murder, but his nervousness and unpredictability make Matt de
2. S03E02Gun for ChesterSeptember 21, 1957 7.0Chester claims the new stranger in town is really there to kill him and Matt investigates, but remains skeptical even after Chester is shot
3. S03E03Blood MoneySeptember 28, 1957 7.7When Harry Speener learns that the man who saved his life is a wanted fugitive, he kills the man for the reward, then finds out that the peo
4. S03E04Kitty's OutlawOctober 5, 1957 6.7While Kitty dines with Matt on the edge of town, Kitty's old beau robs the bank.
5. S03E05Potato RoadOctober 12, 1957 6.7An addled and desperate prairie family lures Matt and Chester out of town as a preliminary part of their plan for attempting a violent robbe
6. S03E06JesseOctober 19, 1957 6.0Young and likable Jesse Pruett teams up with an unlikely "partner" in the person of Bill Stapp, a murderous former Quantrill raider. Stapp h
7. S03E07Mavis McCloudOctober 26, 1957 6.5On her way to Dodge to marry, Mavis McCloud sends a telegram to the Marshal of Dodge City. Chester and Doc want to know "Is she coming here
8. S03E08Born to HangNovember 2, 1957 7.0Joe Digger is nearly killed by two men who tried to lynch him. Now he is giving Matt until midnight the next day to bring them to jail, or h
9. S03E09RomeoNovember 9, 1957 7.0In a situation much like the play referenced by the title, the children of two prominent families have fallen in love, though the patriarchs
10. S03E10Never Pester ChesterNovember 16, 1957 6.5Matt sets out with a vengeance to capture two trouble-making Texas cowhands who dragged Chester and left him to die.
11. S03E11FingeredNovember 23, 1957 6.5Losing his first wife when she disappeared, Jim Cobbett tries marriage again. All seemed fine until she turned up missing too. Did he have s
12. S03E12How to Kill a WomanNovember 30, 1957 5.5Matt investigates why a gunman is harassing station master Jesse Daggett by killing his passengers in cold blood, when things reach a climax
13. S03E13Cows and CribsDecember 7, 1957 6.0An impoverished but hardworking woman's plans to adopt an orphan baby are jeopardized when Matt discovers that her improvident husband is in
14. S03E14Doc's RewardDecember 14, 1957 6.5Doc, on his way to an accident at a local farmhouse, is confronted by a stranger barring his way. When he feels forced to shoot him, he tell
15. S03E15Kitty LostDecember 21, 1957 6.0Kitty takes a buggy ride with a dandified stranger. When he makes a pass, her spirited rejection of it results in her being left alone on th
16. S03E16Twelfth NightDecember 28, 1957 6.0A feud begun between two families when they lived in the Ozarks continues with fresh bloodshed, and Matt gets caught in the middle.
17. S03E17Joe PhyJanuary 4, 1958 7.0Matt and Chester travel to the small town of Elkader to arrest would-be killer Carey Post, but find they must first expose a bogus U.S. Mars
18. S03E18Season's bestBuffalo ManJanuary 11, 1958 8.0Doc finds a half-dead man on the side of the road and tells Matt. Matt and Chester ride out to a buffalo hunter's camp but before they get f
19. S03E19Kitty CaughtJanuary 18, 1958 5.7Kitty is taken hostage during a bank robbery and killer Jed Gunther warns everyone not to follow them, or he will use Dillon's gun to kill h
20. S03E20ClaustrophobiaJanuary 25, 1958 6.0Matt and Chester find a man shot in the back in his lonely cabin and the immediate suspects are two men who have been trying to force him to
21. S03E21Ma TennisFebruary 1, 1958 6.5A strong-willed, shotgun-wielding matriarch helps her son escape from Matt's custody, but the Marshal is equally determined to see the young
22. S03E22Sunday SupplementFebruary 8, 1958 6.5"There's no law west of Dodge." Two writers in from New York want to see if that's true. When a Pawnee Indian uprising seems to be brewing,
23. S03E23Wild WestFebruary 15, 1958 6.0On the prairie, Matt meets up with a young boy who tells him that some men tied up and abducted his father the night before.
24. S03E24The CabinFebruary 22, 1958 7.0To escape a potentially lethal blizzard, Matt seeks shelter in a cabin in which two psychopathic bandits have enslaved and repeatedly molest
25. S03E25DirtMarch 1, 1958 7.5The only man who didn't treat Beulah like dirt is marrying another woman, whose brother doesn't want him in the family. When the groom is sh
26. S03E26Dooley SurrendersMarch 8, 1958 6.0Addled hide skinner Emmett Dooley believes that he killed a man and demands to be put in jail. Matt is convinced that Dooley was not the cul
27. S03E27Joke's on UsMarch 15, 1958 6.0A suspected horse thief is lynched by his former friends. They find out too late they may have had the wrong man. The joke may be on all of
28. S03E28BottlemanMarch 22, 1958 6.5There's a new Faro dealer at the Long Branch. When the town drunk, the meekest man in town, tries to attack him, the dealer swears he'll kil
29. S03E29Laughing GasMarch 29, 1958 6.0When town bully Cloud Marsh experiences public humiliation during a laughing gas show, he and his surly brothers assault proprietor Earle St
30. S03E30Texas CowboysApril 5, 1958 6.0A headstrong Texas trail boss is determined to prevent Matt from learning which one of his men was responsible for murdering another by shoo
31. S03E31Amy's Good DeedApril 12, 1958—Amy Slater gets to Dodge and tells Matt she came to die. He suggests seeing Doc Adams, she says she's not sick but that Matt could help. Whe
32. S03E32Hanging ManApril 19, 1958—Someone keeps hanging people in Dodge and making it look like suicide.
33. S03E33Innocent BroadApril 26, 1958—Lou and Linda met in St. Louis and are engaged to be married. Lou is waiting in Dodge for her but a man he says he never met rides in on the
34. S03E34The Big ConMay 3, 1958—Mr Shaneways wants Mr Papp at the bank to loan him $20,000 for a poker bet. Doc gets kidnapped.
35. S03E35Widow's MiteMay 10, 1958—Matt is strongly suspicious of the character and the intentions of gentleman gambler Leach Fields, especially when he proposes marriage to a
36. S03E36Chester's HangingMay 17, 1958—When Jim Cando is thrown in jail by Matt, for a robbery and murder, he orders his partner to get him out by any means, or he will implicate
37. S03E37CarmenMay 24, 1958—When an Army payroll is stolen and two soldiers are murdered, the commanding officer of Fort Dodge threatens to put Dodge City under martial
38. S03E38Overland ExpressMay 31, 1958—After capturing suspected murderer Jim Nation, Matt has to eventually trust the suspect to help out when he and other stagecoach passengers
39. S03E39The GentlemanJune 7, 1958—Suave and enigmatic gambler Marcus France falls in love with Long Branch hostess Boni Damon. France is curiously unwilling to marry Boni, th

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01Matt for MurderSeptember 13, 1958—
2. S04E02The PatsySeptember 20, 1958 6.0Matt doubts the veracity of Long Branch hostess Holly Fanshaw's claim that she saw trail drover Fly Hoyt murder young Dave Thorp. His suspic
3. S04E03GunsmugglerSeptember 27, 1958 6.5Matt believes white smugglers supplied the guns that a band of Pawnee used to attack local ranchers.
4. S04E04MonopolyOctober 4, 1958 6.0Two murders result when an unscrupulous Eastern businessman named Ivy hires a psychotic killer to help him establish undisputed control of D
5. S04E05Letter of the LawOctober 11, 1958 6.0A rich landowner seizes the chance to get a little more acreage when he discovers that a homesteader has failed to file the paperwork to mak
6. S04E06ThoroughbredsOctober 18, 1958 7.3Matt and Chester, out of water while riding back to Dodge, come upon a man with two fine horses who is not very trusting. When they meet him
7. S04E07Stage Hold-UpOctober 25, 1958 6.5A stagecoach on which Matt and Chester are riding is robbed and another passenger is murdered. Matt utilizes a ruse to incriminate the thiev
8. S04E08Lost RifleNovember 1, 1958 5.5Matt refuses to arrest his friend Ben Tiple without more evidence, when the man he has been feuding with is found shot in the back.
9. S04E09Land DealNovember 8, 1958 6.0When a stranger leading some immigrants planning on settling outside of Dodge wants Matt to give him a badge to avert trouble, Matt gets sus
10. S04E10Lynching ManNovember 15, 1958 6.5After mild-mannered Hank Blenis is "lynched" by the two men who stole his horse, self-righteous Charlie Drain decides to take the law into h
11. S04E11How to Kill a FriendNovember 22, 1958 6.0Two gamblers find Matt incorruptible and attempt to intimidate him by hiring gunman Toque Morlan. The two are ironically unaware that Morlan
12. S04E12GrassNovember 29, 1958 6.5White men pretending to be Indians attack greenhorn Harry Pope at night, and he kills one of them. Now the dead man's friends want revenge.
13. S04E13Season's bestThe CastDecember 6, 1958 7.5When Doc arrives too late to save his patient, her husband, a good friend of Matt's, blames Doc for her death.
14. S04E14Robber BridegroomDecember 13, 1958 7.0Financially desperate Jack Fitch robs a stagecoach and abducts passenger Laura Church, unaware that she is "engaged" to an unscrupulous busi
15. S04E15SnakebiteDecember 20, 1958 6.0Claustrophobic plainsman Poney Thompson is arrested for murdering a man who maliciously shot his dog, but an ironic fate awaits him after he
16. S04E16Gypsum Hills FeudDecember 27, 1958 5.5Matt's attempt to find a man who shot at him from ambush leads him and Chester into the middle of a murderous feud between two bitter and is
17. S04E17Young LoveJanuary 3, 1959 6.0Over the objections of his sometime partner Rod Allison, treacherous Jim Box murders aging rancher Jesse Wheat, then attempts to steal cattl
18. S04E18Marshal ProudfootJanuary 10, 1959 5.5Chester's Uncle Wesley comes to Dodge and thinks Chester is the marshal, and Matt goes along with the gag, playing the deputy.
19. S04E19Passive ResistanceJanuary 17, 1959 6.0A man's house is burned and his livestock killed, but he refuses to identify the perpetrators to the marshal.
20. S04E20Love of a Good WomanJanuary 24, 1959 6.5An old friend of Doc's, a nurse, is visiting and he hopes she will stay around Dodge. In the meantime Matt is worried that an ex-con is gunn
21. S04E21JayhawkersJanuary 31, 1959 7.0Trail boss Dolph Quince sends for his friend Matt to help escort his cattle herd into Dodge because he is having trouble with Jayhawkers (Ka
22. S04E22Kitty's RebellionFebruary 7, 1959 7.0A family friend of Kitty's visits from New Orleans and is shocked to find her a saloonkeeper. Still, the young man is determined to defend t
23. S04E23SkyFebruary 14, 1959 6.5Young Billy flees Dodge in fear after being suspected of shooting dead an older saloon girl whose sexual advances he had been resisting.
24. S04E24Doc QuitsFebruary 21, 1959 6.5Doc takes hard the death of a homesteader under his care; then a flashy new medicine man comes to town and takes away many of his patients.
25. S04E25The BearFebruary 28, 1959 5.5Rivalry for the affections of a former saloon gal leads to a frame-up for murder.
26. S04E26The CowardMarch 7, 1959 6.0A coward gambler, who's too cheap to hire a gunman, wants Matt dead for a beating he got from him years ago, so he starts some talk around D
27. S04E27The F.U.March 14, 1959 6.5Matt suspects a conspiracy when a man is murdered, Al Clovis flees on a train even though he has a perfect alibi, and the bank is robbed.
28. S04E28WindMarch 21, 1959 6.5Men start killing each other over saloon girl Dolly Varden, who seems to bring gamblers luck just by standing next to them when they're play
29. S04E29FawnApril 4, 1959 6.5After years of captivity, a white woman and her half-Indian daughter are set free by the Indians, but they are shunned in Dodge.
30. S04E30Renegade WhiteApril 11, 1959 6.0A gunfight in the Long Branch forces Matt to arrest a drunk. Letting him go since it was a fair fight, he suspects him of selling guns to th
31. S04E31Murder WarrantApril 18, 1959 6.0Matt and Dodge City's businessmen employ an unusual tactic to save ambush victim Lee Prentice from being taken to corrupt Baker City to face
32. S04E32Change of HeartApril 25, 1959 6.5Matt becomes suspicious when Jerry Cass's plans to marry saloon hostess Bella Grant are complicated by Bella's sudden insistence that Jerry
33. S04E33Buffalo HunterMay 2, 1959 6.5Marshal Dillon has to stop a ruthless, cold-blooded, greedy, buffalo hunter who is in the habit of brutally killing his hired help to avoid
34. S04E34The ChoiceMay 9, 1959 6.5Matt tries to help Andy Hill, a young gunman who is apparently trying very hard to go straight, by getting him a job riding shotgun on the s
35. S04E35There Never Was a HorseMay 16, 1959 6.0Gunman Kin Creed arrives in Dodge determined to enhance his reputation by outdrawing Matt in a gunfight. He goes to great lengths to force M
36. S04E36Print AsperMay 23, 1959 6.5Print Asper is suspected of attempted murder when he forces a crooked lawyer, at gunpoint, to return the ranch he stole from him, and the la
37. S04E37The ConstableMay 30, 1959 6.5Dodge City's businessmen learn a hard lesson when they reject Matt's advice and hire a meek constable to handle a gang of rowdy but free-spe
38. S04E38Blue HorseJune 6, 1959 7.0Seriously injured Matt faces a moral dilemma when Blue Horse saves his life and prevents the escape of a prisoner. The Marshal knows that Bl
39. S04E39CheyennesJune 13, 1959 7.0Matt seeks the help of wise Chief Long Robe to track down gunrunners who are supplying renegade Cheyenne braves with rifles used to murder p

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

1. S05E01TargetSeptember 5, 1959 6.5Ironic tragedy results when Danny Kader stubbornly disregards his father's predispositions (and Matt's pragmatic advice) in order to attempt
2. S05E02Kitty's InjurySeptember 19, 1959 7.0When Kitty is hurt in a fall from a horse, she and Matt must seek help from shiftless dirt farmers who are oddly uninterested in aiding them
3. S05E03Horse DealSeptember 26, 1959 6.0Deesha is running a scam in which his partner sells an unbranded horse to an unsuspecting buyer, after which Deesha moves in to claim the ho
4. S05E04Johnny RedOctober 3, 1959 6.5A man suddenly turns up in Dodge City claiming to be Billy Crale, the long-lost son of a well-to-do local widow. Matt knows that Billy Crale
5. S05E05Tail to the WindOctober 10, 1959—A father and son bully a farmer and his wife who won't sell their land, but the farmer is oddly reluctant to let Matt arrest the two, even w
6. S05E06Annie OakleyOctober 17, 1959 6.5Is the homely, sharp-tongued, middle-aged wife of a homesteader really inspiring men to fight to the death for her affections?
7. S05E07KangarooOctober 24, 1959 6.5Chester saves a man from a zealot's violent "justice" then faces a dose of the same himself.
8. S05E08SaludosOctober 31, 1959 6.5Matt, escorting 3 men back to Dodge, claims a beautiful wounded Indian woman will be able to identify the one who shot her and killed her hu
9. S05E09Brother WhelpNovember 7, 1959 6.0A man wants a gunfight with his brother when he returns home, after years away, and finds him married to his girl.
10. S05E10The BootsNovember 14, 1959 6.5Onetime gunman Zeno Smith faces an unenviable choice. If he does not help would-be gambler Hank Fergus rob Mr. Jonas's general store, Fergus
11. S05E11Odd Man OutNovember 21, 1959 6.0Matt is uncertain what to make of Cyrus Tucker's confused claim that his wife of 32 years "just ran off", especially when a homesteader clai
12. S05E12Miguel's DaughterNovember 28, 1959 6.0A father threatens to kill the two drifters who have been plaguing his daughter.
13. S05E13Box o' RocksDecember 5, 1959 7.0A man enlists the aid of a parson to fake his own death.
14. S05E14False WitnessDecember 12, 1959 7.0A man is convicted of murder on doubtful testimony.
15. S05E15Tag, You're ItDecember 19, 1959 5.0When hired gunman Killion comes to Dodge, many of the men get scared thinking he is after them.
16. S05E16Thick 'n' ThinDecember 26, 1959 6.0A quarrel between two partners in homesteading escalates to the point of gunfire. Matt tries to make peace between them by locking them up t
17. S05E17Groat's GrudgeJanuary 2, 1960 6.5An ex-Confederate waits to settle the score with the Union man whose unit cost him a loved one and property in the civil war.
18. S05E18Big TomJanuary 9, 1960 6.5Despite a serious heart condition, onetime prizefighter Tom Burr is determined to go through with his plans to fight vicious Hob Creel. The
19. S05E19Till Death Do UsJanuary 16, 1960 6.0Someone takes a shot at a hard man who is brutal to his wife, and someone is overheard claiming he was offered money to kill the man.
20. S05E20The TragedianJanuary 23, 1960 6.0Matt and his friends try to come to the aid of a has-been actor caught cheating at cards
21. S05E21Hinka DoJanuary 30, 1960 6.5Matt has reason to believe that the new overweight, gun toting, straight shooting, female owner of the Lady Gay saloon may have killed the p
22. S05E22Season's bestDoc JudgeFebruary 6, 1960 7.5While Matt is out of town an ex-convict comes hunting Doc believing, despite the doctor's protests, that he is the judge who sentenced the m
23. S05E23Moo Moo RaidFebruary 13, 1960 6.0Dodge City's businessmen learn a hard lesson when they reject Matt's advice and hire a meek constable to handle a gang of rowdy but free-spe
24. S05E24Kitty's KillingFebruary 20, 1960 5.0Kitty gets caught in the middle when a crazy-eyed man goes hunting for his former son-in-law, whom he blames for the death of his daughter i
25. S05E25Jailbait JanetFebruary 27, 1960 6.0After a train sparks a fire that destroys a family's crops, the man, his son, and his daughter rob another train of fifty thousand dollars.
26. S05E26Unwanted DeputyMarch 5, 1960 6.5Determined to avenge his murderous brother's hanging, Vince Walsh begins a self-serving campaign of unofficially helping to keep the peace i
27. S05E27Where'd They GoMarch 12, 1960 6.0Accused of being the masked robber of the general store, a homesteader agrees to come along quietly with Matt and Chester, but he asks that
28. S05E28Crowbait BobMarch 26, 1960 6.0A dying man's relations are much displeased when they learn that he's willed all he owns to Kitty.
29. S05E29Colleen So GreenApril 2, 1960 5.5A southern belle charms Chester and many others in Dodge, but Kitty isn't falling for her charms.
30. S05E30The Ex-UrbanitesApril 9, 1960 5.5Far from Dodge, Chester finds himself in the uncomfortable position of trying to extract a bullet in order to save Doc's life after the two
31. S05E31I Thee WedApril 16, 1960 6.5A man beats his wife and is sentenced to fifty days or fifty dollars by the judge. The beaten woman scrapes together the money for her husba
32. S05E32The Lady KillerApril 23, 1960 6.0A saloon girl shoots a man who came to her room, claiming he attacked her, but as the dead man was to testify against a man from the woman's
33. S05E33Gentleman's DisagreementApril 30, 1960 4.5Ed makes no secret of his intention to kill Bert for marrying the girl Ed wanted. So when Ed is the one who turns up dead, folks assume that
34. S05E34Speak Me FairMay 7, 1960 5.5There's a cattle drive near town, and the cowboys are nervous about a series of cattle rustling events that have taken place recently.
35. S05E35Belle's BackMay 14, 1960 5.5Belle Ainesly rides into town after 3 years absence. Seems she ran off with an unsavory character 3 years ago, and all of Dodge feels she's
36. S05E36The Bobsy TwinsMay 21, 1960 5.5Two brothers have decided that it is their mission to rid the West of Indians.
37. S05E37Old FlameMay 28, 1960 5.5Kitty doubts the veracity of Matt's old friend Dolly Winters, who arrives in Dodge seeking the Marshal's help and claiming to have been robb
38. S05E38The DeserterJune 4, 1960 6.5Matt is on the trail of a badly wounded corporal for robbing the army payroll and falls into a trap when the father of the corporal gets the
39. S05E39Cherry RedJune 11, 1960 6.5The widow of a stagecoach robber is courted by the man who, unbeknownst to the widow, is the one who shot her husband.

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

1. S06E01Friend's Pay-OffSeptember 3, 1960 6.0Badly wounded, Matt's old friend won't identify the man who shot him, but does say he expects the gunman to return to finish the job.
2. S06E02The BlacksmithSeptember 17, 1960 6.5Troublemakers trick an immigrant blacksmith into leaving his house on his wedding night, then burn it down.
3. S06E03Small WaterSeptember 24, 1960 7.0Matt arrests Finn Pickett based on a circular that indicates he is wanted for murder in Oklahoma Territory. Pickett repeatedly proclaims his
4. S06E04Say UncleOctober 1, 1960 5.5Lee Nagel suspects his visiting uncle of murder when his father is killed in their store in an apparent accident.
5. S06E05Shooting StopoverOctober 8, 1960 7.0While transporting a prisoner with Chester on a stagecoach to Wichita, Matt learns that the stagecoach is also carrying a shipment of gold,
6. S06E06The Peace OfficerOctober 15, 1960 6.0Dillon heads to Dodge to get a new man to replace the brutal, corrupt sheriff of Tascosa, with hired killers in pursuit who are unaware that
7. S06E07Don MatteoOctober 22, 1960 6.0Don Matteo, who once rode the range with Matt, comes to Dodge looking to shoot down a shady cowboy who once romanced Don Matteo's sister.
8. S06E08The WormOctober 29, 1960 6.0Murders follow when a buffalo hunter and his browbeaten partner come to town.
9. S06E09The BadgeNovember 12, 1960 6.5Out on the prairie, Matt is shot and taken captive by two outlaws, one of whom is a weakling abused and bossed around by the other.
10. S06E10Distant DrummerNovember 19, 1960 7.0Two roughnecks (Sloat and Grade) cruelly harass Raffie Bly, a confused and defenseless young man who suffered a serious head trauma while se
11. S06E11Ben Tolliver's StudNovember 26, 1960 5.5A row with his boss makes Ben quit his job. He leaves but says goodbye to Jake's daughter first. When he takes a horse for lost wages, Jake
12. S06E12No ChipDecember 3, 1960 5.5When the 3 Dolan brothers keep forcing their cattle onto rancher Jeff's land, the tension leads to murder.
13. S06E13The WakeDecember 10, 1960 5.5Gus Mather arrives in Dodge in a wagon, carrying the coffin of his best friend, Orson Boggs. Boggs died of a sickness, Gus wants to give him
14. S06E14The CookDecember 17, 1960 5.0The cooking of a new chef at Delmonico's is popular with most in Dodge, but one dissatisfied customer ends up dead.
15. S06E15Old FoolDecember 24, 1960 6.0A seductive, impoverished widow pursues long-married Hannibal Bass, hoping to get her hands on his farm.
16. S06E16Brother LoveDecember 31, 1960 5.5In a family that believes in taking care of its own--including administering punishment within the family for crime--one of two grown brothe
17. S06E17Bad SheriffJanuary 7, 1961 6.0A man shoots his partner, flees, and is caught by two men claiming to be lawmen.
18. S06E18Unloaded GunJanuary 14, 1961 6.0Red and Joe Lime are no-good murderous brothers, and Matt has to track 'em down out on the prairie. Trouble is, Matt comes down with a fever
19. S06E19Tall TrapperJanuary 21, 1961 6.0A man and his wife come across a lone trapper and make camp with him. Next day, the husband comes to Dodge to report to Doc that his wife is
20. S06E20Love Thy NeighborJanuary 28, 1961 7.0The theft of a sack of potatoes leads to increasingly violent hostilities between the Scooper and Galloway families.
21. S06E21Bad SeedFebruary 4, 1961 5.5Matt rescues teen-aged Trudy Trent from a life of isolated poverty with her incestuous and alcoholic father, but he subsequently learns that
22. S06E22Kitty ShotFebruary 11, 1961 6.5Dillon goes after cowboy Jake Bayloe after he guns down his partner in the Long Branch , shooting Kitty in the crossfire and critically woun
23. S06E23About ChesterFebruary 25, 1961 5.5While Chester is out searching for Doc, his horse is injured. Chester goes to a house for help and is instead taken prisoner.
24. S06E24HarrietMarch 4, 1961 6.0After witnessing the callous murder of her kindly father, Harriet Horne disregards Matt's advice and unwisely attempts to extract revenge fr
25. S06E25PotshotMarch 11, 1961 5.5A concealed gunman takes a shot at Chester, and it may have been a bank robber, or it may have been someone who's been making trouble at the
26. S06E26Old FacesMarch 18, 1961 5.5Hot-headed Tom's new wife used to be a river-boat girl, and when a gunman from her old life recognizes her, a battle between the two men is
27. S06E27Big ManMarch 25, 1961 6.0To protect Kitty, Matt is forced to physically (and publicly) subdue fractious troublemaker Pat Swarner. When Swarner is subsequently found
28. S06E28Little GirlApril 1, 1961 6.0Marshal Dillon must find a suitable home for Charity Gill, a young orphan, after the little girl's father dies when his cabin catches fire.
29. S06E29Stolen HorsesApril 8, 1961 5.5Horse thief murders a man to get his horses. Matt tracks the criminal to a Kiowa camp.
30. S06E30Season's bestMinnieApril 15, 1961 7.5Rough and rowdy Minnie comes to Dodge City and sets her designs on Doc Adams much to the delight of Matt, Chester and Kitty.
31. S06E31Bless Me Till I DieApril 22, 1961 6.0Vengeful former convict Nate Bush sets off a tragic series of events when he informs Matt that well-liked new arrival Cole Treadwell is actu
32. S06E32Long Hours, Short PayApril 29, 1961 5.5A gunrunner supplies the Pawnee with weapons. Matt arrests him, but when the Pawnee find out, they capture Matt and free his prisoner.
33. S06E33Hard VirtueMay 6, 1961 5.0Hot tempered Andy Coe and his wife want to sell their wagon to Moss, but can't when Ed Fallon's team spooks and crashes into their wagon. Fa
34. S06E34The ImposterMay 13, 1961 5.0A man claiming to be a sheriff from Texas comes to Dodge and asks Matt for help tracking down a named fugitive, but the man may not be a she
35. S06E35Chester's DilemmaMay 20, 1961 6.0A pretty girl arrives in town and chases Chester, who's happy for her to do so, but the young woman has a secret that may land her in jail.
36. S06E36The Love of MoneyMay 27, 1961 5.0When an ex-marshal passing through town is shot in the back, Matt suspects a new saloon gal might have had something to do with it.
37. S06E37Melinda MilesJune 3, 1961 6.0When Roy Tayloe is murdered following a poker game, quick-tempered Harry Miles is certain that daughter Melinda's suitor Tom Potter is the k
38. S06E38Colorado SheriffJune 17, 1961 6.5Matt and Chester find Rod Ellison shot and paralyzed on the prairie and return him to Dodge for surgery. Ben Witter abrasively advises Matt

Season 6 ranked & reviewed

1. S07E01PerceSeptember 30, 1961 7.5Ex-con Perce McCall helps to save Matt's life in a shootout, and then falls for a beautiful, but greedy saloon girl who puts him under great
2. S07E02Old Yellow BootsOctober 7, 1961 6.5Matt becomes suspicious when drifter Frank Cassidy publicly announces his engagement to spinsterish Beulah Parker immediately after the seem
3. S07E03Miss KittyOctober 14, 1961 8.3Kitty has her friends in Dodge buzzing when she meets the stage in the early hours to pick up a small boy. All wonder, especially his foster
4. S07E04Harper's BloodOctober 21, 1961 6.5A hard man has given his two sons a hard raising, sure that they inherited their mother's bad blood from their murderous ancestor. The old m
5. S07E05All ThatOctober 28, 1961 7.5A man who lost his wife and all he had returns to Dodge from gold prospecting with three bulging bags to deposit in the bank, and all who sc
6. S07E06Long, Long TrailNovember 4, 1961 7.0A headstrong young woman will undertake the long, dangerous journey to her fiancé's fort on her own if she must, so Matt nominates himself t
7. S07E07The SquawNovember 11, 1961 6.5His mother has been dead almost a year, and Cully is troubled by his pa's carousing. When they discuss his getting married again, it seems l
8. S07E08ChesterlandNovember 18, 1961 7.0Chester becomes engaged more or less accidentally, but he takes to heart his obligation to his betrothed, leaving his job with Mr. Dillon to
9. S07E09MillyNovember 25, 1961 7.5The plain but nubile daughter of a hopeless drunkard decides to marry herself off so that she and her little brother might avoid starvation.
10. S07E10Indian FordDecember 2, 1961 6.5Matt escorts a captain and his troops to an Indian village, to make an exchange for a white woman captured over a year ago.
11. S07E11Apprentice DocDecember 9, 1961 7.0A young outlaw finds he has a knack for medicine and turns straight, telling Doc he wants to be his pupil.
12. S07E12Nina's RevengeDecember 16, 1961 8.0A homesteader hires a man to make the appearance of a scandal with his wife so that he can blackmail his wife's wealthy father.
13. S07E13Marry MeDecember 23, 1961 7.5An uncouth young mountain man is told by his pa that it's time he had himself a wife, so he comes to Dodge, is pleased by the looks of Miss
14. S07E14A Man a DayDecember 30, 1961 8.0A band of outlaws offers to pay Matt to make himself scarce while they rob the bank. If he refuses, they promise to kill one man per day unt
15. S07E15The Do-BadderJanuary 6, 1962 7.5Prospector Harvey Easter settles in Dodge City after striking it rich in the Colorado Rockies. His heavy handed attempts at philanthropy soo
16. S07E16LaceyJanuary 13, 1962 8.0A hired man is sweet on his boss's daughter and disliked by his boss. When the boss is killed, his own daughter claims to have done it, but
17. S07E17Cody's CodeJanuary 20, 1962 7.5Cody is a well-liked citizen of Dodge. He's building a house and getting married. When he befriends a stranger, his perfect life is turned u
18. S07E18Old DanJanuary 27, 1962 6.5Beginning with Doc, who rescues him from a ditch, everyone wants to give amiable drunk Dan a chance, or a job, or both.
19. S07E19CatawomperFebruary 10, 1962 7.5Chester is getting home-cooked meals from, and giving guitar lessons to, a spirited young woman who hopes thereby to make her estranged swee
20. S07E20Half StraightFebruary 17, 1962 6.5A man has been hired to kill Matt, but when he meets and quickly falls in love with a decent girl, he has a change of heart--or does he?
21. S07E21He Learned About WomenFebruary 24, 1962 6.5Taken prisoner by a band of comancheros, Chester is helped to escape by one of the band's women and flees with another who may or may not be
22. S07E22The GallowsMarch 3, 1962 7.7While returning suspected killer Pruit Dover to Dodge to stand trial, Matt is shot and badly wounded, and yet Dover stays with him and nurse
23. S07E23ReprisalMarch 10, 1962 7.5Oren was a rancher who liked his drink, gambling and women, even though he had a pretty wife at home. Matt is forced to kill him and when he
24. S07E24CoventryMarch 17, 1962 7.0A speculator in land is already unpopular in Dodge, but when he is acquitted of the murder of a man he killed, he finds himself "sent to Cov
25. S07E25The WidowMarch 24, 1962 7.0A young woman comes to Dodge insisting on an escort to Indian country so that the body of her husband, believed to have been killed fighting
26. S07E26Durham BullMarch 31, 1962 8.0Little Bit and his grandpa, from Texas, are passing through Dodge after buying a breeding bull. When they meet Silva, someone grandpa consid
27. S07E27Wagon GirlsApril 7, 1962 8.0A group of women are going by wagon train to Colorado, lured by the promise of marrying rich miners, but Matt learns that the leader's actua
28. S07E28The DealerApril 14, 1962 6.5Johnny Cole kills a crooked card dealer in self defense, and then falls in love with the dealer's beautiful daughter, but she resists his ad
29. S07E29The SummonsApril 21, 1962 6.5Loy has always felt he could do what he pleased. When he shoots one of his gang members in the back just for the reward, he takes the body i
30. S07E30The DreamersApril 28, 1962 6.3Henry and Jake have struck it rich. Now they want to follow their dream and buy a Mississippi river boat. When Henry spots Miss Kitty, he fa
31. S07E31Season's bestCaleMay 5, 1962 8.7Cale is a bullheaded young drifter who takes a nap in a barn he comes across only to wake up to a shootout between a horse thief and the own
32. S07E32Chester's IndianMay 12, 1962 7.0On his way to a fishing vacation, Chester stumbles into a human drama when he wounds a fleeing Indian he mistakes for a thief, who has touch
33. S07E33The PrisonerMay 19, 1962 7.5A charmer escapes from federal prison to Dodge and finds himself caught up in the drama among two brothers, the wife of one of them, and the
34. S07E34The BoysMay 26, 1962 7.0The market for snake oil is on the decline, so a peddler and his sons expand their con game with murder.

Season 7 ranked & reviewed

1. S08E01The SearchSeptember 15, 1962 8.7When stable hand Cale is found with paralyzed legs after his horse threw him, Matt goes for help on foot, unarmed, on the dangerous prairie.
2. S08E02Call Me DodieSeptember 22, 1962 8.0An adolescent escapee from a cruel orphanage knows she has a lot to learn, and she starts learning it from the rough-and-tumble characters a
3. S08E03Season's bestQuint Asper Comes HomeSeptember 29, 1962 8.8A half-Comanche has joined his mother's tribe in killing whites to avenge the murder of his father, but Matt sees the good in the man and th
4. S08E04Root DownOctober 6, 1962 8.3Chester may find himself entrapped into marriage with a drifter's daughter who isn't particular about how she lands a husband.
5. S08E05JennyOctober 13, 1962 8.3A bank robber hides out in Dodge, bringing along his girl. While he's gambling away his loot, his girl casts her eye on Matt.
6. S08E06Collie's FreeOctober 20, 1962 7.7Released after eight bitter years in prison, Collie Patten has difficulty adjusting to the fact that things have inevitably changed with res
7. S08E07The DitchOctober 27, 1962 8.3A young woman who's heir to her father's land decides to carry out his plan to build a ditch that will impair her neighbors' access to water
8. S08E08The TrappersNovember 3, 1962 8.3A trapper leaves his friend dying alone in order to save his own life, only later to stumble across that friend in Dodge, very much alive an
9. S08E09Phoebe StrunkNovember 10, 1962 8.7A band of ne'er-do-wells, led by their mother, see in town a young woman that pleases them and decide to take her by force.
10. S08E10The HungerNovember 17, 1962 7.0Matt and Doc come to the rescue of a farm wife and daughter who essentially are kept as prisoners by the farmer and his son.
11. S08E11Abe BlockerNovember 24, 1962 6.5Civilization is moving in on the isolation of a rugged pioneer friend of Matt's, and he starts using lethal force against the settlers encro
12. S08E12The Way It IsDecember 1, 1962 6.5While Matt is out of town, putting lawman's business ahead of Kitty yet again, a new man in her life has plenty of time and attention to giv
13. S08E13Us HaggensDecember 8, 1962 7.0To avenge the death of his twin brother Fergus, savvy plainsman Festus Haggen forms an initially uneasy alliance with Matt to track down his
14. S08E14Uncle SundayDecember 15, 1962 7.0Chester gets a letter from his uncle Sunday, a 'crook', on his upcoming trip to Dodge city. When he arrives with a niece, he finds he has to
15. S08E15False FrontDecember 22, 1962 6.0A slick city reporter sets out to prove that even a milquetoast can pass for a feared gunfighter, if a few well-placed tidbits of rumor prec
16. S08E16Old ComradeDecember 29, 1962 7.0The "town fool" has a chance to change his life when he learns that a famous general, now on his deathbed, believes him to be his long-lost
17. S08E17Louie PheetersJanuary 5, 1963 7.0The town drunk who saw a man drowned, believes it was dream, until he meets up with the guy who did the drowning.
18. S08E18The RenegadesJanuary 12, 1963 6.5Quint says that white renegades, not Indians, are the cause of recent raids around Dodge. Working shotgun on the stage, he proves his point
19. S08E19Cotter's GirlJanuary 19, 1963 7.5A father's dying request is that Matt go to retrieve his daughter. Expecting to find a little girl, Matt finds a near-grown woman, but one w
20. S08E20The Bad OneJanuary 26, 1963 7.0When a young pretty farm woman becomes attracted to and sees some good in a would-be robber, she refuses to identify him.
21. S08E21The CousinFebruary 2, 1963 7.0Chance Hopper is Matt's young foster brother, torn between loyalty to Matt and to his partners in crime, who are counting on Chance to diver
22. S08E22ShonaFebruary 9, 1963 7.5Gib Dawson brings his beautiful Indian wife, Shona, in to Dodge for treatment of a badly infected hand wound, at a time when racial tensions
23. S08E23AshFebruary 16, 1963 6.5The friendship between business partners is jeopardized when one of them sustains a head injury, changing his personality. The injured man t
24. S08E24Blind Man's BluffFebruary 23, 1963 7.0Billy Poe is falsely accused of murder by a dying man, and flees to another town while Matt follows him, and encounters dangerous resistance
25. S08E25Quint's IndianMarch 1, 1963 7.0Two ne'er-do-wells come to town and soon cook up a plot under which half-Comanche blacksmith Quint Asper is framed for the theft of a horse.
26. S08E26Anybody Can Kill a MarshalMarch 8, 1963—Two men want to rob the bank in Dodge, but are unwilling to try it while Matt lives. A man agrees to accept the job of killing the marshal,
27. S08E27Two of a KindMarch 16, 1963 6.5O'Ryan and Finnegan, feuding over a girl they both knew back home, are caught in a legal loophole to take ownership of a mine and land they
28. S08E28I Call Him WonderMarch 23, 1963 7.0An orphaned Indian boy latches on to a cowboy in need of work and the two of them find all doors closed to them in Dodge.
29. S08E29With a SmileMarch 30, 1963 7.0A rancher's spoiled son believes even after he is convicted of murder that his father's wealth and influence will save him from the hangman.
30. S08E30The Far PlacesApril 6, 1963 7.0A rancher's widow regrets having spent her life away from the bright lights of a city, and is desperate that her son not share her fate.
31. S08E31Panacea SykesApril 13, 1963 7.5Kitty welcomes her mentor from New Orleans, but the colorful old lady takes liberties with the truth and with Kitty's possessions.
32. S08E32Tell ChesterApril 20, 1963 6.0Chester is smitten with Polly, but she has eyes only for Wade, a man new in town and newly her father's employee. Knowing little about Wade,
33. S08E33Quint-CidentApril 27, 1963 6.5A woman newly widowed is powerfully attracted to Quint, but when he gently turns her down, she vows to make him pay for scorning a white wom
34. S08E34Old YorkMay 4, 1963 6.5Pardoned for his Civil War service, an old outlaw finds his way to Dodge, where there's a lawman who's in his debt.
35. S08E35Daddy Went AwayMay 11, 1963 7.0Chester is sweet on a widow dressmaker. When the widow is not only intent on marriage but eager to make changes in Chester as well, he has s
36. S08E36The Odyssey of Jubal TannerMay 18, 1963 7.5Aaron, sweet on saloon girl Leah and wanting to make her his wife, is attacked and killed by Colie Fletcher. When Matt goes after him, Colie
37. S08E37JEBMay 25, 1963 7.5A prized Appaloosa, grazing alone and apparently without owner on the prairie, proves to be the ruin of more than one man.
38. S08E38The Quest for Asa JaninJune 1, 1963 6.5A young man is convicted of killing the saloon girl he wanted for his own. Matt is so sure that the young man is really innocent that he goe

Season 8 ranked & reviewed

1. S09E01Kate HellerSeptember 28, 1963 7.0A teen-aged boy who robbed and killed to impress a saloon gal is pursued by Matt. The boy waylays Matt and leaves him for dead, then goes ho
2. S09E02Lover BoyOctober 5, 1963 6.5A charming cowboy apparently is guilty only of breaking hearts until he gets to Dodge, where he finds two women who may make a killer of him
3. S09E03Legends Don't SleepOctober 12, 1963 6.5A young rascal meets the outlaw idol of his youth, but the aging gunman, newly released from prison, wants only to go straight.
4. S09E04TobeOctober 19, 1963 7.5Hard-luck Tobe, who's lost his farm, gets a job in town with Chester's help and takes up with a saloon gal, not knowing she's on the run fro
5. S09E05Easy ComeOctober 26, 1963 6.0A mild-looking cowboy discovers that it's easy to steal, and, soon thereafter, that it's easy to kill as well.
6. S09E06My Sister's KeeperNovember 2, 1963 7.3A despondent widower goes to work on a farm for two sisters, each of whom finds him fascinating in her own way.
7. S09E07Quint's TrailNovember 9, 1963 7.5Quint is hired to escort a family on the first leg of their journey to Oregon. On the way, he learns the reason for their going, a motive th
8. S09E08Carter CaperNovember 16, 1963 7.0A man with a grudge hits upon the perfect revenge when he spreads the word in Dodge that short-tempered Billy is so good with a gun that he
9. S09E09Ex-ConNovember 30, 1963 6.5On his way to Larned, Matt, feverish, spends the night at an abandoned shack. When he wakes up after losing a day, a recently released convi
10. S09E10Extradition (1)December 7, 1963 7.3When fast-talking killer Charlie Hacker escapes from Matt in Texas, Matt follows him right into Mexico without extradition papers and has to
11. S09E11Extradition (2)December 14, 1963 7.7Matt finally catches up to killer Charlie Hacker in Mexico, and has to make a deal with the greedy Mexican police to get Hacker back to the
12. S09E12Season's bestThe MagicianDecember 21, 1963 8.3A mild old peddler of patent medicines and card tricks arrives in Dodge with his grown daughter, hoping to settle down, but instead they fin
13. S09E13Pa Hack's BroodDecember 28, 1963 6.0A repugnant drifter hopes to use his nubile daughter to get his hands on a piece of land.
14. S09E14The Glory and the MudJanuary 4, 1964 6.5A retired lawman and showman wants only to settle down with the Dodge seamstress he left behind twenty years ago, but a young whippersnapper
15. S09E15Dry WellJanuary 11, 1964 6.5It's a test of wills when Quint witnesses a murder and the father of one of the prime suspects lowers Quint into a well to try to force him
16. S09E16Prairie WolferJanuary 18, 1964 8.0Festus returns to Dodge from wolfing and is hired by the Cattleman's Association to hunt down the wolves killing everyone's cattle. What he
17. S09E17FriendJanuary 25, 1964 6.5A man carrying a tempting sum of money is attacked from behind by someone who beats him and leaves him for dead. Lucky for the injured man,
18. S09E18Once a HaggenFebruary 1, 1964 6.5Bucko, a close friend of Festus, is accused of murdering a man to whom he lost at poker. When his alibi witness lies out of fear, Bucko is s
19. S09E19No HandsFebruary 8, 1964 6.0The Ginnis family, not from any town, live on the prairie and are used to getting their own way. When one son gets hurt, they ride to town t
20. S09E20May BlossomFebruary 15, 1964 7.0Festus's beautiful young cousin, whom he has not seen since she was a little one, arrives in Dodge to keep the pact her father made for her
21. S09E21The BassopsFebruary 22, 1964 6.5A family in search of a doctor find Matt and his prisoner unconscious and handcuffed to each other on the prairie. The prisoner wakens first
22. S09E22The KiteFebruary 29, 1964 5.5Festus finds a little girl out on the prairie. He learns she saw her mother get killed by a stranger. When he takes her to Dodge, Matt hears
23. S09E23Comanches Is SoftMarch 7, 1964 7.5After some horsing around, Festus breaks some of Quint's equipment. To repair or get anew, they travel to Wichita and meet a saloon girl who
24. S09E24Father's LoveMarch 14, 1964 6.0A saloon girl spurns a man's advances in Wichita and moves to Dodge, where she becomes a respectable married woman, only to be confronted wi
25. S09E25Now That April's HereMarch 21, 1964 7.5Festus, returning to Dodge after doing some trapping, sees his girl, April, and they argue over a gift she received. Running off, she hides
26. S09E26CalebMarch 28, 1964 7.0Childless and poor, farmer Caleb feels like a failure, and his wife assures him he is one. Caleb moves into town to seek some meaning in his
27. S09E27Owney Tupper Had a DaughterApril 4, 1964 6.0To earn money to recover the custody of his daughter, an aging man accepts the job of Dodge's first in-town hangman, work no one else wants.
28. S09E28BentlyApril 11, 1964 7.0A dying man confesses to a murder of which he was acquitted, but Chester suspects the man was lying.
29. S09E29Kitty CorneredApril 18, 1964 7.0Competing with Kitty is a fancy new woman in town with plenty of money to build a new saloon and a secret from the past life she recently le
30. S09E30The PromoterApril 25, 1964 8.0Henry Huckaby, a local farmer and fed up with a sore back and an empty belly leaves to seek his fortune in Dodge. After several failed ideas
31. S09E31Trip WestMay 2, 1964 8.3Given three months to live by a quack peddler of patent medicines, a mousy bank clerk quits his job, withdraws all his money, makes ready to
32. S09E32Scot FreeMay 9, 1964 5.5Rob Scot considers himself a man who could stay or go when it came to women. He may have met his match though when a woman he desires, along
33. S09E33The WardenMay 16, 1964 7.0A traveling salesman meets up with Bull Foot, an Indian who mainly sells vegetables. When goods are traded for a squaw, he is upset when she
34. S09E34HomecomingMay 23, 1964 5.5Orval returns from seven years in prison for killing his wife's lover, vowing to reclaim his house and business. Edna tries to goad her new
35. S09E35The Other HalfMay 30, 1964 7.7Jess, Jay's twin, is shot and killed by an unknown assailant while working late at the family business. When a stranger to Dodge is suspecte
36. S09E36Journey for ThreeJune 6, 1964 7.0Two brothers traveling to California are joined by a third man who soon proves to be a wrong 'un, manhandling and killing a young woman they

Season 9 ranked & reviewed

1. S10E01Blue HeavenSeptember 26, 1964 7.5A runaway kid and a wanted man from East Texas team up to first find the kid's mother and second to shake those who have been chasing the ma
2. S10E02Crooked MileOctober 3, 1964 6.5Cyrus Degler is determined to keep Quint away from his 19-year old daughter. But no threats or beatings can keep them apart. They are about
3. S10E03Old ManOctober 10, 1964 6.5Having already rescued an old man once, Danny may have to try to save him again when his friend is framed for murder.
4. S10E04The ViolatorsOctober 17, 1964 7.5A violent killing appears to be the work of Indians, but Matt doubts it. Someone accuses Quint of it and the solution involves secret motive
5. S10E05Doctor's WifeOctober 24, 1964 7.5There's trouble for Doc Adams, and perhaps for Dodge, when a new doctor and his wife arrive in town and the wife resorts to spreading a nast
6. S10E06Take Her, She's CheapOctober 31, 1964 7.0When a shiftless farmer offers his daughter to Matt, Matt demurs, but the smitten girl comes after Matt, bringing danger with her.
7. S10E07Help Me KittyNovember 7, 1964 8.0When a young pregnant woman seeks Kitty's aid in escaping from the child's father, the two women take the stagecoach from Dodge and meet wit
8. S10E08Hung HighNovember 14, 1964 8.0As Matt takes a convicted man to Hays City for hanging, Matt and the prisoner are waylaid, the prisoner lynched, and Matt is framed for the
9. S10E09Jonah HutchinsonNovember 21, 1964 7.5An old rancher returns home after many years in prison, ready to reclaim what is his by any means necessary, including burning out the squat
10. S10E10Big Man, Big TargetNovember 28, 1964 6.5Ellie Merchant, the wife of farmer Joe Merchant, is having a passionate affair with outlaw Pike Beechum. Beechum intends to remove Joe and a
11. S10E11Season's bestChickenDecember 5, 1964 8.3Mistakenly hailed as a hero who downed four robbers, a man rethinks his decision to let folks regard him as a gunfighter when protecting the
12. S10E12InnocenceDecember 12, 1964 7.0Art and Bob both have an eye on a new girl in town. She works at the Long Branch but only has eyes for the most well-liked man in town. On t
13. S10E13Aunt ThedeDecember 19, 1964 7.5Festus's ornery aunt arrives, squats on a piece of land, sets up a still, and comes to the rescue of a pair of star-crossed lovers.
14. S10E14HammerheadDecember 26, 1964 7.5Festus takes part in a horse race in which big money is at stake, tempting some to sabotage the race in order to make sure of the outcome.
15. S10E15Double EntryJanuary 2, 1965 6.5Matt's old friend comes to town, announcing plans to settle down and start a business, but the business he has in mind involves dishonesty a
16. S10E16Run, Sheep, RunJanuary 9, 1965 7.0The body of a no-good man is found in his burning store on the same night as the sudden disappearance of the nice couple he cheated out of t
17. S10E17Deputy FestusJanuary 16, 1965 6.5On their way out of town, some cousins of Festus come across a badly injured man whom they assume is dead, so they flee, pursued by Festus,
18. S10E18One Killer on IceJanuary 23, 1965 6.5Anderson, a stylish bounty hunter, rides into Dodge City. He informs Matt that his partner has a wanted criminal at an ice house. The locale
19. S10E19Chief JosephJanuary 30, 1965 7.0Chief Joseph has come to town suffering from pneumonia. When he and his party are refused lodging at the hotel, a stranger steps in offering
20. S10E20Circus TrickFebruary 6, 1965 6.5A circus family comes to town and charms the populace, who don't know the family's real stock in trade is larceny.
21. S10E21Song for DyingFebruary 13, 1965 6.5The head of the Lukens clan blames Martin Kellums for not helping his young bride during a difficult childbirth when the doctor was away. Wh
22. S10E22Winner Take AllFebruary 20, 1965 6.5Two brothers quarrel to the death over a woman, and as the survivor flees with her, pursued by Matt, the killing may not be over.
23. S10E23Eliab's AimFebruary 27, 1965 7.5The goofy nephew of Festus, Eliab Haggen, comes to Dodge with the hope of shooting off a tiny piece of his ear, because Festus bit off a pie
24. S10E24Thursday's ChildMarch 6, 1965 7.5Kitty welcomes her mentor to town, but her friend is burdened by a secret: she's here to deliver the child of her outlaw son, a man willing
25. S10E25BreckinridgeMarch 13, 1965 7.0A young attorney newly arrived in Dodge works the law to keep his client out of Matt's clutches, then has ample reason to regret it.
26. S10E26Bank BabyMarch 20, 1965 7.0Bert Clum uses his clan to get what he wants. They are camped outside of Dodge. When they meet a small wagon train, he hatches a plot to rob
27. S10E27The LadyMarch 27, 1965 7.5A woman and her adult, attractive niece stop in Dodge to earn some money to complete their journey to San Francisco. When an offer of marria
28. S10E28Dry Road to NowhereApril 3, 1965 7.5A temperance agitator wants to shut down Kitty's saloon and end all the drinking in Dodge.
29. S10E29Twenty Miles from DodgeApril 10, 1965 8.0On a stagecoach returning to Dodge, Kitty and her traveling companions are waylaid and held for ransom.
30. S10E30The PariahApril 17, 1965 7.0A mousy local man is hailed as a hero when he shoots and kills a man wanted for murder. Then a newspaper reporter interviews him and uncover
31. S10E31Gilt GuiltApril 24, 1965 6.0Drought and crop failure leave Dodge without fruit or vegetables and a farming widow and her son very ill with scurvy.
32. S10E32Bad Lady from BrooklineMay 1, 1965 8.0Just arriving in Dodge, Molly McConnell looks for her husband. When she finds out he's been killed, and Dillon is responsible, she wonders w
33. S10E33Two Tall MenMay 8, 1965 8.0Doc, carrying money on an errand for Matt, is found near death. In Matt's absence, the townsfolk figure there's no need to wait for official
34. S10E34Honey PotMay 15, 1965 7.0A man comes to town and tells Sam he's going to shoot Matt. It's soon understood he is an old friend of Matt's. Soon this drifter is Involve
35. S10E35The New SocietyMay 22, 1965 7.0Matt is ordered to Ridge Town to reopen the case of an army major who was murdered 12 years before, when a dying outlaw he shot swears he di
36. S10E36He Who StealsMay 29, 1965 5.5A buffalo hunter who doesn't hold with ranching is acquitted of shooting the man who tries to stop him from stealing a calf, but he isn't fi

Season 10 ranked & reviewed

1. S11E01Season's bestSeven Hours to DawnSeptember 18, 1965 7.0Mace Gore's gang has taken over Dodge. When Matt is believed killed, Festus and Doc have a plan to lure Gore into a trap, even though his us
2. S11E02The StormSeptember 25, 1965 5.5A man is convicted of robbing and murdering his partner, but the sons of Matt's old friend are responsible. Matt must arrest the remaining s
3. S11E03Clayton Thaddeus GreenwoodOctober 2, 1965 5.5Thad, son of and deputy to an Oklahoma sheriff, arrives in Dodge pursuing vandals on his father's warrant, not realizing the Oklahoma warran
4. S11E04Ten Little IndiansOctober 9, 1965 6.5Someone has placed a fabulous price on Matt's head, and there are many competing to earn it.
5. S11E05Taps for Old JebOctober 16, 1965—After a successful search for gold, two prospectors hire a man, who shows up at their campfire, as a bodyguard.
6. S11E06KiogaOctober 23, 1965—A young Pawnee arrives in Dodge to seek his own revenge on a murderer, not trusting in the white man's justice.
7. S11E07The Bounty HunterOctober 30, 1965—Lured out of retirement with the promise of land, a bounty hunter is aimed by his boss at the man who killed his son. He just doesn't tell h
8. S11E08The RewardNovember 6, 1965—A man who persuaded the good folks of Dodge to invest their money in a mine is out of prison and back to prove that there really is gold in
9. S11E09MalachiNovember 13, 1965—While Matt's out of town, his friends play along with a drifter's innocent impersonation of the marshal, but a man comes to town determined
10. S11E10The PretenderNovember 20, 1965—An elder brother took the blame for the younger as both were sent away for cattle rustling. When they return home, the younger is not done w
11. S11E11South WindNovember 27, 1965—A twelve-year-old boy recovers in Doc's office and then goes with a gun after the man who robbed and killed his father.
12. S11E12The HostageDecember 4, 1965—Twenty-two men escape from a territorial prison. The remaining 4 kidnap Matt hoping to get safe passage into Mexico. One of them has another
13. S11E13Outlaw's WomanDecember 11, 1965—After a risky train robbery and with two posses on their trail, four men hurriedly ride to some fresh horses. Dillon wounds one of the gang
14. S11E14The AvengersDecember 18, 1965—A retired judge and his sons abduct Kitty, Festus, and Doc after Festus shoots his other son in order to defend Kitty. The judge "tries" Kit
15. S11E15Gold MineDecember 25, 1965—When Matt is too busy to escort Kitty to a gold mine she inherited, she travels there alone and meets with claim jumpers and other difficult
16. S11E16Death WatchJanuary 8, 1966—Two Bounty hunters bring in a wounded Mexican bandit worth $30,000 and find out the Mexican government might not pay for a man who dies a na
17. S11E17Sweet Billy, Singer of SongsJanuary 15, 1966—Festus's nephew arrives, seeking a bride who can read and write. He soon finds one, but runs into difficulties earning the money he needs fo
18. S11E18The Raid (1)January 22, 1966—A band of robbers have hit numerous banks with uncanny precision, planning and ease. They have their sights on Dodge now but they must remov
19. S11E19The Raid (2)January 29, 1966—When one of the gang is hurt after robbing Dodge, the Doc is taken to patch him up. The posse was preparing to go after them but a new probl
20. S11E20Killer at LargeFebruary 5, 1966—In Matt's absence, Festus is accused of drawing first on a drunken man. Though innocent, Festus leaves town to avoid Matt having to arrest h
21. S11E21My Father's GuitarFebruary 12, 1966—A talented guitarist impresses all who hear him on an instrument that is more precious to him than a man's life.
22. S11E22WishboneFebruary 19, 1966—Festus has a habit of using the wishbone from a dead chicken for making wishes on. When he comes across Doc Adams, alone and snakebit, he us
23. S11E23SanctuaryFebruary 26, 1966—An outlaw gang shoots it out fleeing Dodge City. When one of them is injured real bad, he hides out in the church where the reverend is fear
24. S11E24Honor Before JusticeMarch 5, 1966—The Osage Council has found Two Bears guilty of murder. His daughter rides into Dodge seeking Matt's help but he's out of town chasing horse
25. S11E25The BrothersMarch 12, 1966—Billy has always looked up to his brother Ed. During a robbery gone wrong, he is arrested. Matt begins to open Billy's naive eyes when his b
26. S11E26Which Dr.March 19, 1966—While on a fishing trip with Festus, Doc is abducted and forced to operate on a sick child, then ordered to be a bridegroom in a true shotgu
27. S11E27HarvestMarch 26, 1966—Some homesteaders have chosen a piece of land that is free to use per the government but Ben Payson has other ideas. When his daughter start
28. S11E28By LineApril 9, 1966—The new newspaper in town seems to be in the business of fomenting trouble, starting with its employment as a reporter of the illiterate Fes
29. S11E29Treasure of John Walking FoxApril 16, 1966—When old Jacob is shot dead in self defense, his loyal Indian partner, John Walking Fox, starts paying for things with $50 gold pieces, and
30. S11E30My Father, My SonApril 23, 1966—Fast gunman Jim Barrett kills a man in self defense. Now the man's father and brothers are gunning for him, in addition to a young man who w
31. S11E31Parson Comes to TownApril 30, 1966—A mysterious man rides into town and says he is after one of two men responsible for killing his brother. When he starts crowding a stranger
32. S11E32Prime of LifeMay 7, 1966—Kyle Stoner is fast with a gun and likes to prove it. When he mixes with the wrong crowd and goes up against Matt, his father gets involved

Season 11 ranked & reviewed

1. S12E01Snap DecisionSeptember 17, 1966—Matt quits his job as Marshal when he shoots Ray Gilcher, a prisoner and wartime buddy, dead in apparent self defense and it turns out Glich
2. S12E02The GoldtakersSeptember 24, 1966 7.0A group of outlaws murder soldiers of a gold transport, put on their uniforms, then commandeer the blacksmith's shop in Dodge to extract the
3. S12E03Season's bestThe JailerOctober 1, 1966 8.0Etta Stone is a very bitter, older, woman who has Kitty and Matt captured, and thrown into a homemade jail, and now she plans on hanging Mat
4. S12E04The MissionOctober 8, 1966 5.5Matt is in Mexico to pick up a wanted criminal. When bandits steal his credentials, they spring the criminal with the idea of forming a gang
5. S12E05The Good PeopleOctober 15, 1966 7.5A bounty hunter is falsely charged with murder when he lies about killing a lynched man he thought was wanted by the law.
6. S12E06Gunfighter, R.I.P.October 22, 1966 7.0A gunslinger hired to kill Matt, backs down from his obligation when he gets badly wounded and falls in love with a beautiful Asian woman wh
7. S12E07The Wrong ManOctober 29, 1966 6.5Hootie Kyle felt cheated in a card game by Tenner Jackson. Later, he punches Jackson and takes his thirty dollars back. The next Hootie retu
8. S12E08The Whispering TreeNovember 12, 1966 7.0After a robbery, Virgil Stanley buries the money before being captured. It has been eight years and Virgil is being released. He has plans t
9. S12E09The WellNovember 19, 1966 7.0Dodge becomes restless when a severe drought dries up all the wells except for one. Now it becomes a fight to keep living, placing Marshal D
10. S12E10Stage StopNovember 26, 1966 7.5A station master sets up stagecoaches to be robbed by a gang, and also routinely beats up his beautiful wife.
11. S12E11The NewcomersDecember 3, 1966 7.0Petter Karlgren, a Swedish immigrant, and his father arrive in the untamed west to settle in Dodge. When Petter is baited into a fight, they
12. S12E12Quaker GirlDecember 10, 1966 7.5When a dying deputy swears in Thad to capture killer Fred Bateman, Thad ends up in a Quaker town, in which the people cannot tell which one
13. S12E13The MoonstoneDecember 17, 1966 7.0Chad Timpson is taking care of his mentally challenged brother, Orv. But when a rider comes into Dodge we learn that Chad has a checkered pa
14. S12E14Champion of the WorldDecember 24, 1966 6.5Bull Bannock, ex world heavyweight champion, tries to make a place for himself in Dodge City.
15. S12E15The HangingDecember 31, 1966 7.0Dodge City is the site where notorious outlaw Billy Boles is set to hang. However, the town is occupied by people determined for their own k
16. S12E16Saturday NightJanuary 7, 1967 7.0A cattle-drive, led by Virgil Powell, helps a sick Matt Dillon get his prisoner to Dodge. But the prisoner has made a deal with a cowboy on
17. S12E17Mad DogJanuary 14, 1967 7.0On the way to help his cousin, Festus is mistaken for a hired gunman. The slow-witted Watson Boys will try to make a name for themselves in
18. S12E18MuleyJanuary 21, 1967 5.5After a young gunslinger wounds Matt, he comes to Dodge to finish him off and to rob the bank. He gets distracted after going to the saloon,
19. S12E19Mail DropJanuary 28, 1967 6.5A young boy comes to Dodge looking for his father. What he finds is that his father is a wanted outlaw on the run.
20. S12E20Old FriendFebruary 4, 1967 7.0A Marshal from Arizona has tracked down the men responsible for pillaging his town to an area outside Dodge. He is bound to seek revenge on
21. S12E21FandangoFebruary 11, 1967 7.0Marshal Dillon is trying to bring a suspected murderer back for trial (on foot)for killing a lawman friend of the Marshal's. He finds the ma
22. S12E22The ReturningFebruary 18, 1967 7.0Luke Todd's family is hurting due to severe drought. Luke calls his old gang and they decide to rob the freight office in Dodge. When things
23. S12E23The LureFebruary 25, 1967 6.5Kitty gets caught up in a scheme where lawmen will try to arrest known criminal Dal Neely by using his daughter as bait. But everyone gets m
24. S12E24Noose of GoldMarch 4, 1967 6.0An attorney general uses Matt's friendship with an outlaw for political gain.
25. S12E25The FavorMarch 11, 1967 6.5With a man being released from prison that has made threats toward Marshal Dillon, Kitty is torn between a man that saved her life and her d
26. S12E26Mistaken IdentityMarch 18, 1967 6.0A drifter tries to settle in Dodge after switching identities with a man he found who had been bit by a rattlesnake, but his plans are compl
27. S12E27Ladies from St. LouisMarch 25, 1967 7.0When a bank robber saves five nuns, the nuns look to a higher power to convince the man to turn himself in to the authorities.
28. S12E28Nitro! (1) (Tiger by the Tail)April 8, 1967 6.0A gang hires a jobless man to extract nitroglycerin from dynamite, so they can much more effectively blow open safes.
29. S12E29Nitro! (2) (Tiger by the Tail)April 15, 1967 6.0The man extracting nitroglycerin from dynamite for the gang, begins to lose his nerve in the extremely dangerous process.

Season 12 ranked & reviewed

1. S13E01The WreckersSeptember 11, 1967 7.0Matt Dillon and Kitty Russell are escorting a notorious outlaw back to Dodge City to stand trial. A member of another outlaw gang sees them
2. S13E02Cattle BaronsSeptember 18, 1967 7.0Two long time feuding cattle barons are set for a showdown in Dodge. This will place Marshal Dillon and the town right in the middle of the
3. S13E03The ProdigalSeptember 25, 1967 7.0A notorious outlaw was shot in the back, fatally, before Matt could arrest him. The large bounty on the man's head was never collected. Now
4. S13E04Vengeance (1)October 2, 1967 7.5Bob Johnson is a super fast gunman looking for revenge against the men who paralyzed his foster father and killed his foster brother, when t
5. S13E05Vengeance (2)October 9, 1967 7.0Fast on the draw, Bob Johnson continues to give into the temptation to use his gun to extract revenge through self defense, even if he cross
6. S13E06A HatOctober 16, 1967 7.5A badly wounded mountain man kills the son of a powerful rancher in self defense and flees to Dodge, where Dillon provides protection for hi
7. S13E07Hard Luck HenryOctober 23, 1967 7.0A comedic episode. Festus tries to get a box full of gold coins away from his relatives and back to Dodge, the Dooleys who are feuding with
8. S13E08Major GloryOctober 30, 1967 7.0Two deserting soldiers stab their hated Sergeant and frame Festus.
9. S13E09The PillagersNovember 6, 1967 7.0Buck Taylor joins the cast as Newly O'Brian when Newly and Kitty are kidnapped by a gang who mistakenly believe he is a doctor. His skills a
10. S13E10Prairie WolferNovember 13, 1967 7.0Two fur trappers find their furs are worthless and their plan for moving westward are crushed. In a desperate move the two scheme a robbery
11. S13E11Stranger in TownNovember 20, 1967 6.5Harvey Cagle, a resident of Dodge, owes money to someone in another town. He tries to convince the man he owes to give him time to pay him b
12. S13E12Death TrainNovember 27, 1967 7.0Doc Adams has discovered that a private train car passenger has symptoms of the plague. When he quarantines the train car, the citizens of D
13. S13E13Rope FeverDecember 4, 1967 7.5Festus is jailed for a robbery and murder he did not commit in Pierceville, by an aging Sheriff who's too proud to investigate leads that wo
14. S13E14Season's bestWonderDecember 18, 1967 8.0A cowboy finds a lone Indian boy near his burned-out village. They become attached to each other, but boy is met by racism when they reach D
15. S13E15Baker's DozenDecember 25, 1967 7.5When triplets are born to a dying woman, Doc Adams will do all he can to keep the babies together instead of sending them to an orphanage.
16. S13E16The VictimJanuary 1, 1968 6.5When a childlike simpleton is accused of murder, Matt will have his hands full trying to keep the man from being lynched in a town that crie
17. S13E17Deadman's LawJanuary 8, 1968 7.0Matt's horse shows up riderless in Dodge City, and there is blood on the saddle. While Festus and Newly search for Matt, ruthless vigilantes
18. S13E18Nowhere to RunJanuary 15, 1968 7.0A wounded man falls into his father's well, and rescue attempts are complicated by nearby blasting and the fact that the rescue party includ
19. S13E19Blood MoneyJanuary 22, 1968 7.5The father of a young gunfighter tries to end his son's career by wounding his gun hand.
20. S13E20Hill GirlJanuary 29, 1968 7.0Newly rescues an ignorant hill girl, Merry Florene, from her uncivilized half-brothers Roland and Elbert. He brings her to Dodge City and ar
21. S13E21The GunrunnersFebruary 5, 1968 7.5Jubal Gray and his gang of renegade ex-soldiers steal a cache of rifles and gunpowder to sell to a band of marauding Indians. In a chance en
22. S13E22The JackalsFebruary 12, 1968 7.5Matt goes to Texas to attend the retirement party of his old friend, Sheriff Mark Handlin. After witnessing his friend's assassination by fi
23. S13E23The First PeopleFebruary 19, 1968 7.5When a new Indian tribal leader wants changes, the white Reservation Police Chief balks. When Marshal Dillon arrives some free-rein Indian p
24. S13E24Mr. Sam'lFebruary 26, 1968 7.5With a drought around Dodge, a city slicker named Norm Trainer plans on profiting off the local farmers. The only hope the farmers have is a
25. S13E25A Noose for Dobie PriceMarch 4, 1968 7.5When Dobie Price escapes from the Dodge jail, Dobie's former gang member and cousin rides with Marshal Dillon to bring Dobie back to justice

Season 13 ranked & reviewed

1. S14E01Lyle's KidSeptember 23, 1968 7.0An ex-lawman waits for a convict, who crushed his hands with a hammer, to be released on parole in hopes that his good fast drawing son will
2. S14E02The Hide CuttersSeptember 30, 1968 7.0A group of cattle rustlers are determined to stop Amos McKee's cattle from reaching sale. Even to the point of placing a diseased animal amo
3. S14E03ZavalaOctober 7, 1968 7.0Matt pursues the Rawlins gang into Mexico to the village of Zavala. Here he meets Paco and his widowed mother. Paco's father had been killed
4. S14E04Uncle FinneyOctober 14, 1968 7.5When Merry Florene's brothers return to Dodge to turn in their 103 year old Uncle Finney for fifty dollars, you know some shenanigans are af
5. S14E05SlocumOctober 21, 1968 7.5Will Geer plays an old mountain hunter that comes to Dodge to see his long time friend Matt Dillon. When the hunter is accused of attempted
6. S14E06O'QuillianOctober 28, 1968 7.0In Spearville Irishman O'Quillian shoots a man for cheating in cards. The dead man's brother is set for revenge even though the Irishman was
7. S14E079:12 to DodgeNovember 11, 1968 7.0Doc helps Matt escort a wounded man to Dodge to stand trial for murder, but Matt gets word by telegram that the man's gang plans to storm th
8. S14E08AbeliaNovember 18, 1968 7.0The Ward gang is on the run after a bank robbery. The gang loses one of the Ward brothers, shot in the stomach, while Abelia and another gan
9. S14E09Railroad!November 25, 1968 7.0Dillon backs a citizen who refuses to sell land to a railroad builder, so the builder buys liquor for his large crews causing drunken riots
10. S14E10The Miracle ManDecember 2, 1968 7.0Bob Sullivan is a con man who tries to trick a widow with three children out of money for a fake cattle herd.
11. S14E11WacoDecember 9, 1968 6.5On the way back to Dodge with outlaw Waco Thompson, Matt runs into a very pregnant Indian woman. With a gang on their heels Matt finds a far
12. S14E12LoboDecember 16, 1968 5.5Luke Brazo is on the trail of a lone wolf, nicknamed Lobo, that has been harassing farmers around Dodge. But Luke will prove to be more of a
13. S14E13Johnny CrossDecember 23, 1968 7.0Johnny Cross, though innocent, is a wanted man. Bounty hunters are after the reward. Newly finds him and intends to bring him in. Johnny has
14. S14E14The Money StoreDecember 30, 1968 7.5Down on his luck, a widowed farmer is unable to get a loan from his brother-in-law, a banker in Dodge City. The two briefly argue. The farme
15. S14E15The Twisted HeritageJanuary 6, 1968 6.5On her way back to Dodge after a short trip, Kitty shares a stagecoach ride with Blaine Copperton, a gentlemanly but uncertain man who seems
16. S14E16Time of the JackalsJanuary 13, 1969 7.0Matt and Festus shoot it out with an outlaw who was a member of the infamous Jess Trevor gang, particularly notorious for murder and mayhem.
17. S14E17Season's bestMannonJanuary 20, 1969 8.0Mannon, arguably the fastest gun in the West, terrorizes Dodge City while he waits for Matt Dillon to return. A cruel, violent encounter wit
18. S14E18Gold TownJanuary 27, 1969 7.0Merry Florene is back, along with her remaining half-brother Elbert Moses and cousin Smiley. Merry pesters Newly while the boys scam Dodge C
19. S14E19The Mark of CainFebruary 3, 1969 7.5A buffalo hunter stumbles on the fact that a local man was head of an abusive Confederate prison camp during the war. With tension high, Mat
20. S14E20ReprisalFebruary 10, 1969 7.5A young wife miscarries when Doc Adams must tend to a wounded killer instead of making a house call. The killer will probably hang, because
21. S14E21The Long NightFebruary 17, 1969 7.5After surviving (barely) a bounty hunter's attempt to assassinate him, an outlaw tries to turn himself in to Matt Dillon. But Matt's out of
22. S14E22The Night RidersFebruary 24, 1969 7.0The Civil War isn't over -- not nearly -- for Judge Proctor, a respected Missouri man who was on the losing side and had his home devastated
23. S14E23The IntruderMarch 3, 1969 7.0Festus, while taking a wounded prisoner to Dodge, has to stop at a farm house for help. Little does Festus know this was part of the prisone
24. S14E24The Good SamaritansMarch 10, 1969 7.0A group of former slaves on their way to Oregon are temporarily halted to repair a broken wheel. They find Matt on the prairie, wounded by t
25. S14E25The PrisonerMarch 17, 1969 7.0A prisoner is being escorted to a town where his chance of receiving a fair trial are slim. Kitty will intervene by protecting this young ma
26. S14E26Exodus 21.22March 24, 1969 7.5Frank Reardon, a former lawman and friend of Matt's whose pregnant wife was killed by a gang, has tracked the last three remaining men to Do