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The Wild Wild West

TV·1965–1969·4 seasons, 104 episodes·CBS·Action, Adventure, Western·1h·8.0·Created by Michael Garrison

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James West and Artemus Gordon are two Secret Service agents of President Grant who take their splendidly appointed private train through the west to fight evil. Half science fiction and half western, Artemus designs a series of interesting gadgets for James and is a master of disguise.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01The Wild Wild West S02E03The Night of the RavenS02E03 · 8.5Dr. Loveless abducts an Indian Princess in the hopes that he can create a war between Indians and whites. When Jim and Artie go to investigate, they find Loveless waiting... with a powder that can shrink anyone down to 6 inches tall.
  2. 02The Night of the Man-Eating HouseS02E12 · 8.5Gordon has a vivid nightmare about the ghost of a prisoner's mother, who attempts to clear her son's name.
  3. 03The Wild Wild West S02E01The Night of the EccentricsS02E01 · 8.0An agent's murder leads West and Gordon to a plot to assassinate Mexico's president.

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Episodes by season

Season0128Episodes1965–66AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01The Night of the InfernoSeptember 17, 1965
  2. S01E02The Night of the Deadly BedSeptember 24, 1965
  3. S01E03The Night the Wizard Shook the EarthOctober 1, 1965
  4. S01E04The Night of Sudden DeathOctober 8, 1965
  5. S01E05Night of the Casual KillerOctober 15, 1965
  6. S01E06The Night of a Thousand EyesOctober 22, 1965
  7. S01E07The Night of the Glowing CorpseOctober 29, 1965
  8. S01E08The Night of the Dancing DeathNovember 5, 1965
  9. S01E09The Night of the Double-Edged KnifeNovember 12, 1965
  10. S01E10The Night That Terror Stalked the TownNovember 19, 1965
  11. S01E11The Night of the Red-Eyed MadmenNovember 26, 1965The demented leader of a fanatical army plans to overthrow the U.S. Army divisions stationed in the Southwest.
  12. S01E12The Night of the Human TriggerDecember 3, 1965
  13. S01E13The Night of the Torture ChamberDecember 10, 1965
  14. S01E14The Night of the Howling LightDecember 17, 1965
  15. S01E15The Night of the Fatal TrapDecember 24, 1965
  16. S01E16The Wild Wild West S01E16The Night of the Steel AssassinJanuary 7, 1966A soldier torn apart in an explosion during the War swears revenge on the men he holds responsible... and builds himself a steel skeleton an
  17. S01E17The Night the Dragon ScreamedJanuary 14, 1966
  18. S01E18The Night of the Flaming GhostJanuary 21, 1966
  19. S01E19The Night of the Grand EmirJanuary 28, 1966
  20. S01E20The Wild Wild West S01E20The Night of the Whirring DeathFebruary 18, 1966To take over California, Dr. Loveless uses lethal toys to attack shady millionaires buying bonds to save California from bankruptcy.
  21. S01E21The Wild Wild West S01E21The Night of the PuppeteerFebruary 25, 1966A puppeteer sentenced to death for murder tries to enact revenge on the Supreme Court that refused to hear his appeal... and uses puppets as
  22. S01E22The Night of the Bars of HellMarch 4, 1966
  23. S01E23The Wild Wild West S01E23The Night of the Two-Legged BuffaloMarch 11, 1966Jim and Artie are charged with protecting a South Seas Prince who is living it up while he's in America. However, three killers plans to eli
  24. S01E24The Night of the Druid's BloodMarch 25, 1966
  25. S01E25The Night of the FreebootersApril 1, 1966
  26. S01E26The Night of the Burning DiamondApril 8, 1966An investigation into some baffling diamond thefts leads West to an even more intriguing mystery: scientist Morgan Midas has created a serum
  27. S01E27The Night of the Murderous SpringApril 15, 1966
  28. S01E28The Night of the Sudden PlagueApril 22, 1966

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode28Episodes1966–67Aired 8.0Season avg
  1. S02E01The Wild Wild West S02E01The Night of the EccentricsSeptember 16, 1966 8.0An agent's murder leads West and Gordon to a plot to assassinate Mexico's president.
  2. S02E02The Wild Wild West S02E02The Night of the Golden CobraSeptember 23, 1966A self-styled maharajah (Boris Karloff) holds West captive in his palace.
  3. S02E03The Wild Wild West S02E03Season's bestThe Night of the RavenSeptember 30, 1966 8.5Dr. Loveless abducts an Indian Princess in the hopes that he can create a war between Indians and whites. When Jim and Artie go to investiga
  4. S02E04The Night of the Big BlastOctober 7, 1966A mad scientist creates a bomb-carrying robot identical to West and orders it to kill members of the president's cabinet.
  5. S02E05The Night of the Returning DeadOctober 14, 1966Gordon and West ask help from a man who controls animals with his mind.
  6. S02E06The Night of the Flying Pie PlateOctober 21, 1966A bizarre extortion plot involves green men from Venus who need gold for spaceship fuel.
  7. S02E07The Night of the Poisonous PoseyOctober 28, 1966West and Gordon visit a town named Justice during Law and Order Week and find it the site for a convention of criminals.
  8. S02E08The Night of the Bottomless PitNovember 4, 1966Gordon and West must free an agent imprisoned on Devil's Island.
  9. S02E09The Night of the Watery DeathNovember 11, 1966West is kidnapped by a madman who plans to create an underwater kingdom that will control shipping lanes.
  10. S02E10The Night of the Green TerrorNovember 18, 1966Dr. Loveless drives Indians into poverty so he can become their benefactor and deity.
  11. S02E11The Night of the Ready-Made CorpseNovember 25, 1966West and Gordon fail to save the life of a highly unpopular Latin American dictator they have been assigned to guard.
  12. S02E12The Night of the Man-Eating HouseDecember 12, 1966 8.5Gordon has a vivid nightmare about the ghost of a prisoner's mother, who attempts to clear her son's name.
  13. S02E13The Night of the SkullsDecember 16, 1966A kangaroo court tries West for Gordon's murder; guest Donald Woods.
  14. S02E14The Night of the Infernal MachineDecember 23, 1966Gordon and West investigate threats on the life of a federal judge (Ed Begley).
  15. S02E15The Night of the Lord of LimboDecember 30, 1966Gordon and West confront a former Confederate colonel who controls the fourth dimension; guest Ricardo Montalban.
  16. S02E16The Night of the Tottering TontineJanuary 6, 1967Gordon and West guard a member of a tontine, an investment group in which the surviving member inherits all.
  17. S02E17The Night of the Feathered FuryJanuary 13, 1967Jim and Artie once again square off against Count Manzeppi. This time, Manzeppi is looking for a toy chicken that holds the secret of conver
  18. S02E18The Night of the Gypsy PerilJanuary 20, 1967Gordon and West guard the Sultan of Ramapur and the sacred white elephant he brings as a gift to President Grant.
  19. S02E19The Night of the TartarFebruary 3, 1967Gordon and West switch a prisoner in Vladivostok, without leaving the United States; guest John Astin.
  20. S02E20The Night of the Vicious ValentineFebruary 10, 1967West and Gordon encounter a society lady who plans to change the United States into a monarchy and reign as its queen.
  21. S02E21The Night of the BrainFebruary 17, 1967A newspaper contains a prediction that a magician will die in front of West and Gordon.
  22. S02E22The Night of the Deadly BubbleFebruary 24, 1967West and Gordon investigate the murder of a scientist who was studying a rash of destructive tidal waves.
  23. S02E23The Night of the Surreal McCoyMarch 3, 1967A series of mysterious robberies occur and the agents discover that the common denominator is that a wealthy rancher donated paintings to ea
  24. S02E24The Night of the Colonel's GhostMarch 10, 1967West and Gordon fear an attempt on President Grant's life while they are escorting him to a conference.
  25. S02E25The Wild Wild West S02E25The Night of the Deadly BlossomMarch 17, 1967 7.0The assassination of a naval intelligence officer and the sinking of a frigate leads the agents to a Hawaiian expatriate who plans to kill K
  26. S02E26The Night of the CadreMarch 24, 1967A master criminal decides to implant a device in President Grant's brain that will make him respond to the criminal's orders.
  27. S02E27The Night of the WolfMarch 31, 1967West and Gordon get involved with a Croatian king and a werewolf type who plots to control the king's country.
  28. S02E28The Night of the Bogus BanditsApril 7, 1967Dr. Loveless plans to rule by capturing an arsenal and a sub-treasury.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season0324Episodes1967–68Aired 8.0Season avg
  1. S03E01The Night of the Bubbling DeathSeptember 8, 1967A man steals the Constitution to bargain for control of border territory; guest Madlyn Rhue.
  2. S03E02The Wild Wild West S03E02The Night of the FirebrandSeptember 15, 1967West is ordered to block a Canadian revolutionary's scheme to use violence to establish a personal empire.
  3. S03E03The Night of the AssassinSeptember 22, 1967Gordon and West interfere with assassins stalking the president of Mexico.
  4. S03E04The Night Dr. Loveless DiedSeptember 29, 1967Gordon and West think they have found Dr. Loveless' corpse, then meet a man claiming to be his uncle.
  5. S03E05The Night of the Jack O'DiamondsOctober 6, 1967The search for a stallion leads West and Gordon to bandits and revolutionaries; guest Frank Silvera.
  6. S03E06The Night of the SamuraiOctober 13, 1967The honor of the U.S. government rests on recovering a Japanese sword.
  7. S03E07The Night of the HangmanOctober 20, 1967Fires and explosions hamper an investigation of a rancher's murder; guest John Pickard.
  8. S03E08The Night of Montezuma's HordesOctober 27, 1967Bogus archaeologists try to steal the famed treasure of Montezuma; guest Jack Elam.
  9. S03E09The Night of the Circus of DeathNovember 3, 1967Gordon and West pursue counterfeiters; guest Florence Sundstrom.
  10. S03E10The Night of the FalconNovember 10, 1967A giant cannon that has destroyed one town is aimed at Denver; guest Robert Duvall.
  11. S03E11The Night of the Cut-throatsNovember 17, 1967A sheriff (Jackie Coogan) asks West and Gordon to save his town from cutthroats.
  12. S03E12The Night of the Legion of DeathNovember 24, 1967Gordon and West must stop a territorial governor who rules like a dictator; guest Kent Smith.
  13. S03E13The Night of the TurncoatDecember 1, 1967An art collector (John McGiver) plans to turn West against his colleagues.
  14. S03E14The Night of the Iron FistDecember 8, 1967Gordon and West must return a Bosnian count (Mark Lenard) to his country for trial.
  15. S03E15The Night of the Running DeathDecember 15, 1967Gordon and West join itinerant entertainers while searching for a hired killer; guest Jason Evers.
  16. S03E16The Night of the ArrowDecember 29, 1967A general (Robert Wilke) plans to use his reputation as an Indian fighter to become president.
  17. S03E17The Night of the Headless WomanJanuary 5, 1968West and Gordon work to avert the destruction of the American cotton industry by boll weevils smuggled in from abroad.
  18. S03E18The Night of the VipersJanuary 12, 1968Gordon and West pursue weirdly dressed and heavily armed bank robbers.
  19. S03E19The Night of the Underground TerrorJanuary 19, 1968A group of disfigured soldiers seek revenge on the Civil War commandant responsible for their deformities.
  20. S03E20The Wild Wild West S03E20The Night of the Death MasksJanuary 26, 1968 8.0Jim finds himself stranded in the middle of the desert in the unknown town of Paradox, NV. As masked mannequins shoot at him and a mysteriou
  21. S03E21The Night of the UndeadFebruary 2, 1968A biologist (Hurd Hatfield) and his zombie army draw West and Gordon into voodoo.
  22. S03E22The Night of the AmnesiacFebruary 9, 1968West guards a cargo of smallpox vaccine, until a blow on the head causes amnesia; guest Kevin Hagen.
  23. S03E23The Night of the Simian TerrorFebruary 16, 1968Gordon and West probe a mystery protected by a senator and his sons; guest John Abbott.
  24. S03E24The Night of the Death MakerFebruary 23, 1968A would-be dictator tries to kill President Grant; guest Wendell Corey.

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season0424Episodes1968–69AiredSeason avg
  1. S04E01The Night of the Big BlackmailSeptember 27, 1968A foreign diplomat tries to implicate the United States in a conspiracy; guest Harvey Korman.
  2. S04E02The Night of the Doomsday FormulaOctober 4, 1968A former Army general (Kevin McCarthy) tries to steal an explosives formula.
  3. S04E03The Night of the JuggernautOctober 11, 1968A man uses a steam-driven device to drive homesteaders off oil-rich land; guest Floyd Patterson.
  4. S04E04The Night of the Sedgewick CurseOctober 18, 1968A physician (Jay Robinson) injects a rich family with a drug that causes rapid aging.
  5. S04E05The Night of the Gruesome GamesOctober 25, 1968Gordon and West invade an eccentric's (William Schallert) mansion to find a deadly germ culture.
  6. S04E06The Night of the KrakenNovember 1, 1968Gordon and West seek a sea creature terrorizing Portuguese fishermen; guest Ford Rainey.
  7. S04E07The Night of the FugitivesNovember 8, 1968A town's residents hunt for Gordon and West in order to free the agents' prisoner.
  8. S04E08The Night of the Egyptian QueenNovember 15, 1968Gordon and West search for an Egyptian princess's ruby; guest Tom Troupe.
  9. S04E09The Night of Fire and BrimstoneNovember 22, 1968Gordon and West must intercept a fortune raised to revive the Confederacy; guest Dabbs Greer.
  10. S04E10The Night of the CameraNovember 29, 1968A meek agent (Pat Paulsen) becomes a big help in dealing with an opium ring.
  11. S04E11The Night of the Avaricious ActuaryDecember 6, 1968A scientist employs a gigantic tuning fork in an extortion scheme.
  12. S04E12The Night of Miguelito's RevengeDecember 13, 1968Dr. Loveless returns with a scheme to commit wholesale homicide; guest Charles Aidman.
  13. S04E13The Night of the PelicanDecember 26, 1968A madman plans to control San Francisco harbor by launching rockets from Alcatraz; guest Khigh Dhiegh.
  14. S04E14The Night of the Spanish CurseJanuary 3, 1969Gordon and West pursue a mysterious outlaw band terrorizing New Mexican towns.
  15. S04E15The Night of the Winged Terror (1)January 17, 1969West vows to destroy Raven, an organization that uses mind conditioning on influential people to commit sabotage.
  16. S04E16The Night of the Winged Terror (2)January 24, 1969West's bizarre behavior indicates he is under Raven's control.
  17. S04E17The Night of the Sabatini DeathFebruary 7, 1969A dying man asks West to preserve a legacy for his young ward.
  18. S04E18The Night of the JanusFebruary 14, 1969A melody holds the clue West needs to trap a departmental traitor; guest Jack Carter.
  19. S04E19The Night of the PistolerosFebruary 21, 1969Gordon and West head to a lonely outpost to battle a terrorist gang.
  20. S04E20The Night of the DivaMarch 7, 1969A temperamental diva (Patrice Munsel) is kidnapped at a New Orleans performance.
  21. S04E21The Night of the Bleak IslandMarch 14, 1969West visits an eerie island to get a diamond for the National Museum; guest Beverly Garland.
  22. S04E22The Night of the CossacksMarch 21, 1969A Russian prince races a desperate foe to recover a religious icon; guest Nina Foch.
  23. S04E23The Night of the PlagueApril 4, 1969Rescuing a governor's daughter from stagecoach robbers exposes West to plague; guest Lana Wood.
  24. S04E24The Night of the TycoonsApril 11, 1969A plot threatens the directors of a corporation owned by a woman; Amelia Bronston.

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