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Gunsmoke

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Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.

7.4

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IMDb114 votes

Seasons

635

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Reprisal

S7 · E23 · 1 votes

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★ 10.0

Anybody Can Kill a Marshal

S8 · E26 · 1 votes

★ 10.0

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Seasons 14–15

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S9 · E4 · 1 votes

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#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Matt Gets It	Sep 10, 1955	5.9
2	Hot Spell	Sep 17, 1955	8.0
3	Word of Honor	Oct 1, 1955	8.3
4	Home Surgery	Oct 8, 1955	8.0
5	Obie Tater	Oct 15, 1955	8.0
6	Night Incident	Oct 29, 1955	7.0
7	Smoking Out the Nolans	Nov 5, 1955	8.0
8	Kite's Reward	Nov 12, 1955	0.0
9	The Hunter	Nov 26, 1955	8.0
10	The Queue	Dec 3, 1955	7.0
11	General Parsley Smith	Dec 10, 1955	7.0
12	Magnus	Dec 24, 1955	9.5
13	Reed Survives	Dec 31, 1955	8.0
14	Professor Lute Bone	Jan 7, 1956	0.0
15	No Handcuffs	Jan 21, 1956	0.0
16	Reward for Matt	Jan 28, 1956	0.0
17	Robin Hood	Feb 4, 1956	0.0
18	Yorky	Feb 18, 1956	0.0
19	20-20	Feb 25, 1956	0.0
20	Reunion '78	Mar 3, 1956	0.0
21	Helping Hand	Mar 17, 1956	0.0
22	Tap Day for Kitty	Mar 24, 1956	0.0
23	Indian Scout	Mar 31, 1956	0.0
24	The Pest Hole	Apr 14, 1956	0.0
25	The Big Broad	Apr 28, 1956	0.0
26	Hack Prine	May 12, 1956	6.0
27	Cooter	May 19, 1956	0.0
28	The Killer	May 26, 1956	0.0
29	Doc's Revenge	Jun 9, 1956	0.0
30	The Preacher	Jun 16, 1956	0.0
31	How to Die for Nothing	Jun 23, 1956	0.0
32	Dutch George	Jun 30, 1956	0.0
33	Prairie Happy	Jul 7, 1956	0.0
34	Chester's Mail Order Bride	Jul 14, 1956	0.0
35	The Guitar	Jul 21, 1956	0.0
36	Cara	Jul 28, 1956	0.0
37	Mr. and Mrs. Amber	Aug 4, 1956	0.0
38	Unmarked Grave	Aug 18, 1956	0.0
39	Alarm at Pleasant Valley	Aug 25, 1956	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Cow Doctor	Sep 8, 1956	0.0
2	Brush at Elkader	Sep 15, 1956	8.0
3	Custer	Sep 22, 1956	8.0
4	The Round Up	Sep 29, 1956	0.0
5	Young Man with a Gun	Oct 20, 1956	0.0
6	Indian White	Oct 27, 1956	0.0
7	How to Cure a Friend	Nov 10, 1956	0.0
8	Legal Revenge	Nov 17, 1956	0.0
9	The Mistake	Nov 24, 1956	0.0
10	Greater Love	Dec 1, 1956	0.0
11	No Indians	Dec 8, 1956	0.0
12	Spring Term	Dec 15, 1956	0.0
13	Poor Pearl	Dec 22, 1956	0.0
14	Cholera	Dec 29, 1956	0.0
15	Pucket's New Year	Jan 5, 1957	0.0
16	The Cover Up	Jan 12, 1957	0.0
17	Sins of the Father	Jan 19, 1957	0.0
18	Kick Me	Jan 26, 1957	0.0
19	Executioner	Feb 2, 1957	0.0
20	Gone Straight	Feb 9, 1957	0.0
21	Bloody Hands	Feb 16, 1957	0.0
22	Skid Row	Feb 23, 1957	0.0
23	Sweet and Sour	Mar 2, 1957	0.0
24	Cain	Mar 9, 1957	0.0
25	Bureaucrat	Mar 16, 1957	0.0
26	Last Fling	Mar 23, 1957	0.0
27	Chester's Murder	Mar 30, 1957	0.0
28	The Photographer	Apr 6, 1957	8.0
29	Wrong Man	Apr 13, 1957	7.0
30	Big Girl Lost	Apr 20, 1957	0.0
31	What the Whiskey Drummer Heard	Apr 27, 1957	0.0
32	Cheap Labor	May 4, 1957	0.0
33	Moon	May 11, 1957	0.0
34	Who Lives by the Sword	May 18, 1957	0.0
35	Uncle Oliver	May 25, 1957	0.0
36	Daddy-O	Jun 1, 1957	0.0
37	The Man Who Would Be Marshal	Jun 15, 1957	0.0
38	Liar from Blackhawk	Jun 22, 1957	0.0
39	Jealousy	Jul 6, 1957	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Crack-Up	Sep 14, 1957
2	Gun for Chester	Sep 21, 1957
3	Blood Money	Sep 28, 1957
4	Kitty's Outlaw	Oct 5, 1957
5	Potato Road	Oct 12, 1957
6	Jesse	Oct 19, 1957
7	Mavis McCloud	Oct 26, 1957
8	Born to Hang	Nov 2, 1957
9	Romeo	Nov 9, 1957
10	Never Pester Chester	Nov 16, 1957
11	Fingered	Nov 23, 1957
12	How to Kill a Woman	Nov 30, 1957
13	Cows and Cribs	Dec 7, 1957
14	Doc's Reward	Dec 14, 1957
15	Kitty Lost	Dec 21, 1957
16	Twelfth Night	Dec 28, 1957
17	Joe Phy	Jan 4, 1958
18	Buffalo Man	Jan 11, 1958
19	Kitty Caught	Jan 18, 1958
20	Claustrophobia	Jan 25, 1958
21	Ma Tennis	Feb 1, 1958
22	Sunday Supplement	Feb 8, 1958
23	Wild West	Feb 15, 1958
24	The Cabin	Feb 22, 1958
25	Dirt	Mar 1, 1958
26	Dooley Surrenders	Mar 8, 1958
27	Joke's on Us	Mar 15, 1958
28	Bottleman	Mar 22, 1958
29	Laughing Gas	Mar 29, 1958
30	Texas Cowboys	Apr 5, 1958
31	Amy's Good Deed	Apr 12, 1958
32	Hanging Man	Apr 19, 1958
33	Innocent Broad	Apr 26, 1958
34	The Big Con	May 3, 1958
35	Widow's Mite	May 10, 1958
36	Chester's Hanging	May 17, 1958
37	Carmen	May 24, 1958
38	Overland Express	May 31, 1958
39	The Gentleman	Jun 7, 1958

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Matt for Murder	Sep 13, 1958	0.0
2	The Patsy	Sep 20, 1958	0.0
3	Gunsmuggler	Sep 27, 1958	0.0
4	Monopoly	Oct 4, 1958	0.0
5	Letter of the Law	Oct 11, 1958	0.0
6	Thoroughbreds	Oct 18, 1958	0.0
7	Stage Hold-Up	Oct 25, 1958	0.0
8	Lost Rifle	Nov 1, 1958	0.0
9	Land Deal	Nov 8, 1958	0.0
10	Lynching Man	Nov 15, 1958	0.0
11	How to Kill a Friend	Nov 22, 1958	0.0
12	Grass	Nov 29, 1958	0.0
13	The Cast	Dec 6, 1958	0.0
14	Robber Bridegroom	Dec 13, 1958	6.0
15	Snakebite	Dec 20, 1958	0.0
16	Gypsum Hills Feud	Dec 27, 1958	0.0
17	Young Love	Jan 3, 1959	0.0
18	Marshal Proudfoot	Jan 10, 1959	0.0
19	Passive Resistance	Jan 17, 1959	0.0
20	Love of a Good Woman	Jan 24, 1959	0.0
21	Jayhawkers	Jan 31, 1959	0.0
22	Kitty's Rebellion	Feb 7, 1959	0.0
23	Sky	Feb 14, 1959	0.0
24	Doc Quits	Feb 21, 1959	0.0
25	The Bear	Feb 28, 1959	0.0
26	The Coward	Mar 7, 1959	0.0
27	The F.U.	Mar 14, 1959	0.0
28	Wind	Mar 21, 1959	0.0
29	Fawn	Apr 4, 1959	0.0
30	Renegade White	Apr 11, 1959	0.0
31	Murder Warrant	Apr 18, 1959	0.0
32	Change of Heart	Apr 25, 1959	0.0
33	Buffalo Hunter	May 2, 1959	0.0
34	The Choice	May 9, 1959	0.0
35	There Was Never a Horse	May 16, 1959	0.0
36	Print Asper	May 23, 1959	0.0
37	The Constable	May 30, 1959	0.0
38	Blue Horse	Jun 6, 1959	0.0
39	Cheyennes	Jun 13, 1959	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Target	Sep 5, 1959	0.0
2	Kitty's Injury	Sep 19, 1959	0.0
3	Horse Deal	Sep 26, 1959	7.0
4	Johnny Red	Oct 3, 1959	7.0
5	Tail to the Wind	Oct 10, 1959	9.0
6	Annie Oakley	Oct 17, 1959	0.0
7	Kangaroo	Oct 24, 1959	0.0
8	Saludos	Oct 31, 1959	0.0
9	Brother Whelp	Nov 7, 1959	0.0
10	The Boots	Nov 14, 1959	0.0
11	Odd Man Out	Nov 21, 1959	0.0
12	Miguel's Daughter	Nov 28, 1959	0.0
13	Box o' Rocks	Dec 5, 1959	7.0
14	False Witness	Dec 12, 1959	0.0
15	Tag, You're It	Dec 19, 1959	0.0
16	Thick 'n' Thin	Dec 26, 1959	0.0
17	Groat's Grudge	Jan 2, 1960	0.0
18	Big Tom	Jan 9, 1960	0.0
19	Till Death Do Us	Jan 16, 1960	0.0
20	The Tragedian	Jan 23, 1960	0.0
21	Hinka Do	Jan 30, 1960	0.0
22	Doc Judge	Feb 6, 1960	0.0
23	Moo Moo Raid	Feb 13, 1960	0.0
24	Kitty's Killing	Feb 20, 1960	0.0
25	Jailbait Janet	Feb 27, 1960	0.0
26	Unwanted Deputy	Mar 5, 1960	0.0
27	Where'd They Go	Mar 12, 1960	0.0
28	Crowbait Bob	Mar 26, 1960	0.0
29	Colleen So Green	Apr 2, 1960	0.0
30	The Ex-Urbanites	Apr 9, 1960	0.0
31	I Thee Wed	Apr 16, 1960	0.0
32	The Lady Killer	Apr 23, 1960	0.0
33	Gentleman's Disagreement	Apr 30, 1960	0.0
34	Speak Me Fair	May 7, 1960	0.0
35	Belle's Back	May 14, 1960	0.0
36	The Bobsy Twins	May 21, 1960	8.0
37	Old Flame	May 28, 1960	7.0
38	The Deserter	Jun 4, 1960	0.0
39	Cherry Red	Jun 11, 1960	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Friend's Pay-Off	Sep 3, 1960	0.0
2	The Blacksmith	Sep 17, 1960	0.0
3	Small Water	Sep 24, 1960	0.0
4	Say Uncle	Oct 1, 1960	0.0
5	Shooting Stopover	Oct 8, 1960	0.0
6	The Peace Officer	Oct 15, 1960	0.0
7	Don Matteo	Oct 22, 1960	0.0
8	The Worm	Oct 29, 1960	0.0
9	The Badge	Nov 12, 1960	0.0
10	Distant Drummer	Nov 19, 1960	0.0
11	Ben Tolliver's Stud	Nov 26, 1960	0.0
12	No Chip	Dec 3, 1960	0.0
13	The Wake	Dec 10, 1960	0.0
14	The Cook	Dec 17, 1960	0.0
15	Old Fool	Dec 24, 1960	0.0
16	Brother Love	Dec 31, 1960	0.0
17	Bad Sheriff	Jan 7, 1961	0.0
18	Unloaded Gun	Jan 14, 1961	0.0
19	Tall Trapper	Jan 21, 1961	0.0
20	Love Thy Neighbor	Jan 28, 1961	0.0
21	Bad Seed	Feb 4, 1961	0.0
22	Kitty Shot	Feb 11, 1961	0.0
23	About Chester	Feb 25, 1961	0.0
24	Harriet	Mar 4, 1961	0.0
25	Potshot	Mar 11, 1961	0.0
26	Old Faces	Mar 18, 1961	0.0
27	Big Man	Mar 25, 1961	0.0
28	Little Girl	Apr 1, 1961	0.0
29	Stolen Horses	Apr 8, 1961	0.0
30	Minnie	Apr 15, 1961	6.0
31	Bless Me Till I Die	Apr 22, 1961	0.0
32	Long Hours, Short Pay	Apr 29, 1961	0.0
33	Hard Virtue	May 6, 1961	0.0
34	The Imposter	May 13, 1961	0.0
35	Chester's Dilemma	May 20, 1961	0.0
36	The Love of Money	May 27, 1961	0.0
37	Melinda Miles	Jun 3, 1961	0.0
38	Colorado Sheriff	Jun 17, 1961	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Perce	Sep 30, 1961	8.0
2	Old Yellow Boots	Oct 7, 1961	6.0
3	Miss Kitty	Oct 14, 1961	7.5
4	Harper's Blood	Oct 21, 1961	6.5
5	All That	Oct 28, 1961	7.0
6	Long, Long Trail	Nov 4, 1961	8.0
7	The Squaw	Nov 11, 1961	0.0
8	Chesterland	Nov 18, 1961	0.0
9	Milly	Nov 25, 1961	0.0
10	Indian Ford	Dec 2, 1961	0.0
11	Apprentice Doc	Dec 9, 1961	0.0
12	Nina's Revenge	Dec 16, 1961	0.0
13	Marry Me	Dec 23, 1961	0.0
14	A Man a Day	Dec 30, 1961	0.0
15	The Do-Badder	Jan 6, 1962	0.0
16	Lacey	Jan 13, 1962	8.0
17	Cody's Code	Jan 20, 1962	0.0
18	Old Dan	Jan 27, 1962	0.0
19	Catawomper	Feb 10, 1962	7.0
20	Half Straight	Feb 17, 1962	6.0
21	He Learned About Women	Feb 24, 1962	7.0
22	The Gallows	Mar 3, 1962	8.0
23	Reprisal	Mar 10, 1962	10.0
24	Coventry	Mar 17, 1962	0.0
25	The Widow	Mar 24, 1962	8.0
26	Durham Bull	Mar 31, 1962	0.0
27	Wagon Girls	Apr 7, 1962	0.0
28	The Dealer	Apr 14, 1962	9.0
29	The Summons	Apr 21, 1962	0.0
30	The Dreamers	Apr 28, 1962	0.0
31	Cale	May 5, 1962	0.0
32	Chester's Indian	May 12, 1962	0.0
33	The Prisoner	May 19, 1962	0.0
34	The Boys	May 26, 1962	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Search	Sep 15, 1962	6.0
2	Call Me Dodie	Sep 22, 1962	4.0
3	Quint Asper Comes Home	Sep 29, 1962	6.0
4	Root Down	Oct 6, 1962	7.0
5	Jenny	Oct 13, 1962	6.0
6	Collie's Free	Oct 20, 1962	8.0
7	The Ditch	Oct 27, 1962	6.0
8	The Trappers	Nov 3, 1962	6.0
9	Phoebe Strunk	Nov 10, 1962	5.0
10	The Hunger	Nov 17, 1962	7.0
11	Abe Blocker	Nov 24, 1962	0.0
12	The Way It Is	Dec 1, 1962	0.0
13	Us Haggens	Dec 8, 1962	0.0
14	Uncle Sunday	Dec 15, 1962	0.0
15	False Front	Dec 22, 1962	0.0
16	Old Comrade	Dec 29, 1962	0.0
17	Louie Pheeters	Jan 5, 1963	0.0
18	The Renegades	Jan 12, 1963	0.0
19	Cotter's Girl	Jan 19, 1963	8.5
20	The Bad One	Jan 26, 1963	3.0
21	The Cousin	Feb 2, 1963	0.0
22	Shona	Feb 9, 1963	0.0
23	Ash	Feb 16, 1963	7.0
24	Blind Man's Bluff	Feb 23, 1963	10.0
25	Quint's Indian	Mar 1, 1963	0.0
26	Anybody Can Kill a Marshal	Mar 8, 1963	10.0
27	Two of a Kind	Mar 16, 1963	7.0
28	I Call Him Wonder	Mar 23, 1963	0.0
29	With a Smile	Mar 30, 1963	8.0
30	The Far Places	Apr 6, 1963	0.0
31	Panacea Sykes	Apr 13, 1963	0.0
32	Tell Chester	Apr 20, 1963	9.0
33	Quint-Cident	Apr 27, 1963	0.0
34	Old York	May 4, 1963	0.0
35	Daddy Went Away	May 11, 1963	8.5
36	The Odyssey of Jubal Tanner	May 18, 1963	0.0
37	Jeb	May 25, 1963	0.0
38	The Quest for Asa Janin	Jun 1, 1963	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Kate Heller	Sep 28, 1963	0.0
2	Lover Boy	Oct 5, 1963	0.0
3	Legends Don't Sleep	Oct 12, 1963	0.0
4	Tobe	Oct 19, 1963	0.5
5	Easy Come	Oct 26, 1963	0.0
6	My Sister's Keeper	Nov 2, 1963	7.0
7	Quint's Trail	Nov 9, 1963	8.0
8	Carter Caper	Nov 16, 1963	0.0
9	Ex-Con	Nov 30, 1963	0.0
10	Extradition (1)	Dec 7, 1963	0.0
11	Extradition (2)	Dec 14, 1963	0.0
12	The Magician	Dec 21, 1963	8.0
13	Pa Hack's Brood	Dec 28, 1963	0.0
14	The Glory and the Mud	Jan 4, 1964	10.0
15	Dry Well	Jan 11, 1964	0.0
16	Prairie Wolfer	Jan 18, 1964	0.0
17	Friend	Jan 25, 1964	7.0
18	Once a Haggen	Feb 1, 1964	0.0
19	No Hands	Feb 8, 1964	0.0
20	May Blossom	Feb 15, 1964	0.0
21	The Bassops	Feb 22, 1964	0.0
22	The Kite	Feb 29, 1964	0.0
23	Comanches Is Soft	Mar 7, 1964	0.0
24	Father's Love	Mar 14, 1964	0.0
25	Now That April's Here	Mar 21, 1964	0.0
26	Caleb	Mar 28, 1964	0.0
27	Owney Tupper Had a Daughter	Apr 4, 1964	0.0
28	Bently	Apr 11, 1964	0.0
29	Kitty Cornered	Apr 18, 1964	0.0
30	The Promoter	Apr 25, 1964	0.0
31	Trip West	May 2, 1964	7.5
32	Scot Free	May 9, 1964	0.0
33	The Warden	May 16, 1964	0.0
34	Homecoming	May 23, 1964	0.0
35	The Other Half	May 30, 1964	0.0
36	Journey for Three	Jun 6, 1964	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Blue Heaven	Sep 26, 1964	0.0
2	Crooked Mile	Oct 3, 1964	0.0
3	Old Man	Oct 10, 1964	0.0
4	The Violators	Oct 17, 1964	8.0
5	Doctor's Wife	Oct 24, 1964	0.0
6	Take Her, She's Cheap	Oct 31, 1964	0.0
7	Help Me, Kitty	Nov 7, 1964	0.0
8	Hung High	Nov 14, 1964	0.0
9	Jonah Hutchinson	Nov 21, 1964	9.0
10	Big Man, Big Target	Nov 28, 1964	8.0
11	Chicken	Dec 5, 1964	0.0
12	Innocence	Dec 12, 1964	0.0
13	Aunt Thede	Dec 19, 1964	0.0
14	Hammerhead	Dec 26, 1964	0.0
15	Double Entry	Jan 2, 1965	0.0
16	Run, Sheep, Run	Jan 9, 1965	0.0
17	Deputy Festus	Jan 16, 1965	0.0
18	One Killer on Ice	Jan 23, 1965	0.0
19	Chief Joseph	Jan 30, 1965	0.0
20	Circus Trick	Feb 6, 1965	0.0
21	Song for Dying	Feb 13, 1965	0.0
22	Winner Take All	Feb 20, 1965	0.0
23	Eliab's Aim	Feb 27, 1965	0.0
24	Thursday's Child	Mar 6, 1965	7.0
25	Breckinridge	Mar 13, 1965	0.0
26	Bank Baby	Mar 20, 1965	0.0
27	The Lady	Mar 27, 1965	0.0
28	Dry Road to Nowhere	Apr 3, 1965	0.0
29	Twenty Miles from Dodge	Apr 10, 1965	0.0
30	The Pariah	Apr 17, 1965	8.0
31	Gilt Guilt	Apr 24, 1965	0.0
32	Bad Lady from Brookline	May 1, 1965	0.0
33	Two Tall Men	May 8, 1965	0.0
34	Honey Pot	May 15, 1965	0.0
35	The New Society	May 22, 1965	0.0
36	He Who Steals	May 29, 1965	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Seven Hours to Dawn	Sep 18, 1965	10.0
2	The Storm	Sep 25, 1965	0.0
3	Clayton Thaddeus Greenwood	Oct 2, 1965	0.0
4	Ten Little Indians	Oct 9, 1965	8.0
5	Taps for Old Jeb	Oct 16, 1965	0.0
6	Kioga	Oct 23, 1965	0.0
7	The Bounty Hunter	Oct 30, 1965	0.0
8	The Reward	Nov 6, 1965	0.0
9	Malachi	Nov 13, 1965	0.0
10	The Pretender	Nov 20, 1965	0.0
11	South Wind	Nov 27, 1965	8.0
12	The Hostage	Dec 4, 1965	0.0
13	Outlaw's Woman	Dec 11, 1965	0.0
14	The Avengers	Dec 18, 1965	0.0
15	Gold Mine	Dec 25, 1965	0.0
16	Death Watch	Jan 8, 1966	0.0
17	Sweet Billy, Singer of Songs	Jan 15, 1966	4.0
18	The Raid (1)	Jan 22, 1966	0.0
19	The Raid (2)	Jan 29, 1966	0.0
20	Killer at Large	Feb 5, 1966	0.0
21	My Father's Guitar	Feb 12, 1966	0.0
22	Wishbone	Feb 19, 1966	0.0
23	Sanctuary	Feb 26, 1966	10.0
24	Honor Before Justice	Mar 5, 1966	0.0
25	The Brothers	Mar 12, 1966	0.0
26	Which Dr.	Mar 19, 1966	0.0
27	Harvest	Mar 26, 1966	0.0
28	By Line	Apr 9, 1966	0.0
29	Treasure of John Walking Fox	Apr 16, 1966	7.0
30	My Father, My Son	Apr 23, 1966	0.0
31	Parson Comes to Town	Apr 30, 1966	0.0
32	Prime of Life	May 7, 1966	7.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Snap Decision	Sep 17, 1966	0.0
2	The Goldtakers	Sep 24, 1966	0.0
3	The Jailer	Oct 1, 1966	7.5
4	The Mission	Oct 8, 1966	8.0
5	The Good People	Oct 15, 1966	0.0
6	Gunfighter, R.I.P.	Oct 22, 1966	8.0
7	The Wrong Man	Oct 29, 1966	0.0
8	The Whispering Tree	Nov 12, 1966	0.0
9	The Well	Nov 19, 1966	0.0
10	Stage Stop	Nov 26, 1966	10.0
11	The Newcomers	Dec 3, 1966	0.0
12	Quaker Girl	Dec 10, 1966	0.0
13	The Moonstone	Dec 17, 1966	0.0
14	Champion of the World	Dec 24, 1966	0.0
15	The Hanging	Dec 31, 1966	0.0
16	Saturday Night	Jan 7, 1967	0.0
17	Mad Dog	Jan 14, 1967	7.0
18	Muley	Jan 21, 1967	0.0
19	Mail Drop	Jan 28, 1967	0.0
20	Old Friend	Feb 4, 1967	0.0
21	Fandango	Feb 11, 1967	0.0
22	The Returning	Feb 18, 1967	0.0
23	The Lure	Feb 25, 1967	0.0
24	Noose of Gold	Mar 4, 1967	9.0
25	The Favor	Mar 11, 1967	0.0
26	Mistaken Identity	Mar 18, 1967	0.0
27	Ladies from St. Louis	Mar 25, 1967	0.0
28	Nitro! (1)	Apr 8, 1967	0.0
29	Nitro! (2)	Apr 15, 1967	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Wreckers	Sep 11, 1967	0.0
2	Cattle Barons	Sep 18, 1967	0.0
3	The Prodigal	Sep 25, 1967	0.0
4	Vengeance (1)	Oct 2, 1967	0.0
5	Vengeance (2)	Oct 9, 1967	0.0
6	A Hat	Oct 16, 1967	0.0
7	Hard Luck Henry	Oct 23, 1967	7.0
8	Major Glory	Oct 30, 1967	0.0
9	The Pillagers	Nov 6, 1967	0.0
10	Prairie Wolfer	Nov 13, 1967	0.0
11	Stranger in Town	Nov 20, 1967	0.0
12	Death Train	Nov 27, 1967	0.0
13	Rope Fever	Dec 4, 1967	0.0
14	Wonder	Dec 18, 1967	0.0
15	Baker's Dozen	Dec 25, 1967	0.0
16	The Victim	Jan 1, 1968	0.0
17	Deadman's Law	Jan 8, 1968	0.0
18	Nowhere to Run	Jan 15, 1968	0.0
19	Blood Money	Jan 22, 1968	0.0
20	Hill Girl	Jan 29, 1968	0.0
21	The Gunrunners	Feb 5, 1968	0.0
22	The Jackals	Feb 12, 1968	0.0
23	The First People	Feb 19, 1968	0.0
24	Mr. Sam'l	Feb 26, 1968	0.0
25	A Noose for Dobie Price	Mar 4, 1968	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Lyle's Kid	Sep 23, 1968	0.0
2	The Hide Cutters	Sep 30, 1968	0.0
3	Zavala	Oct 7, 1968	0.0
4	Uncle Finney	Oct 14, 1968	10.0
5	Slocum	Oct 21, 1968	0.0
6	O'Quillian	Oct 28, 1968	0.0
7	9:12 to Dodge	Nov 11, 1968	0.0
8	Abelia	Nov 18, 1968	0.0
9	Railroad!	Nov 25, 1968	0.0
10	The Miracle Man	Dec 2, 1968	0.0
11	Waco	Dec 9, 1968	0.0
12	Lobo	Dec 16, 1968	0.0
13	Johnny Cross	Dec 23, 1968	0.0
14	The Money Store	Dec 30, 1968	0.0
15	The Twisted Heritage	Jan 6, 1968	0.0
16	Time of the Jackals	Jan 13, 1969	0.0
17	Mannon	Jan 20, 1969	0.0
18	Gold Town	Jan 27, 1969	0.0
19	The Mark of Cain	Feb 3, 1969	0.0
20	Reprisal	Feb 10, 1969	0.0
21	The Long Night	Feb 17, 1969	0.0
22	The Night Riders	Feb 24, 1969	0.0
23	The Intruder	Mar 3, 1969	0.0
24	The Good Samaritans	Mar 10, 1969	0.0
25	The Prisoner	Mar 17, 1969	0.0
26	Exodus 21.22	Mar 24, 1969	8.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Devil's Outpost	Sep 22, 1969	0.0
2	Stryker	Sep 29, 1969	0.0
3	Coreyville	Oct 6, 1969	0.0
4	Danny	Oct 13, 1969	0.0
5	Hawk	Oct 20, 1969	0.0
6	A Man Called Smith	Oct 27, 1969	0.0
7	Charlie Noon	Nov 3, 1969	0.0
8	The Still	Nov 10, 1969	0.0
9	A Matter of Honor	Nov 17, 1969	0.0
10	The Innocent	Nov 24, 1969	0.0
11	Ring of Darkness	Dec 1, 1969	0.0
12	MacGraw	Dec 8, 1969	0.0
13	Roots of Fear	Dec 15, 1969	0.0
14	The Sisters	Dec 29, 1969	0.0
15	The War Priest	Jan 5, 1970	0.0
16	The Pack Rat	Jan 12, 1970	0.0
17	The Judas Gun	Jan 19, 1970	0.0
18	Doctor Herman Schultz, M.D.	Jan 26, 1970	0.0
19	The Badge	Feb 2, 1970	0.0
20	Albert	Feb 9, 1970	0.0
21	Kiowa	Feb 16, 1970	0.0
22	Celia	Feb 23, 1970	0.0
23	Morgan	Mar 2, 1970	0.0
24	The Thieves	Mar 9, 1970	8.0
25	Hackett	Mar 16, 1970	0.0
26	The Cage	Mar 23, 1970	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Chato	Sep 14, 1970	0.0
2	The Noose	Sep 21, 1970	0.0
3	Stark	Sep 28, 1970	0.0
4	Sam McTavish, M.D.	Oct 5, 1970	0.0
5	Gentry's Law	Oct 12, 1970	0.0
6	Snow Train (1)	Oct 19, 1970	0.0
7	Snow Train (2)	Oct 26, 1970	0.0
8	Luke	Nov 2, 1970	0.0
9	The Gun	Nov 9, 1970	0.0
10	The Scavengers	Nov 16, 1970	0.0
11	The Witness	Nov 23, 1970	0.0
12	McCabe	Nov 30, 1970	0.0
13	The Noon Day Devil	Dec 7, 1970	0.0
14	Sergeant Holly	Dec 14, 1970	0.0
15	Jenny	Dec 28, 1970	8.0
16	Captain Sligo	Jan 4, 1971	0.0
17	Mirage	Jan 11, 1971	0.0
18	The Tycoon	Jan 25, 1971	0.0
19	Jaekel	Feb 1, 1971	6.0
20	Murdoch	Feb 8, 1971	0.0
21	Cleavus	Feb 15, 1971	0.0
22	Lavery	Feb 22, 1971	0.0
23	Pike: Part 1	Mar 1, 1971	0.0
24	Pike: Part 2	Mar 8, 1971	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Lost	Sep 13, 1971	0.0
2	Phoenix	Sep 20, 1971	7.0
3	Waste (1)	Sep 27, 1971	0.0
4	Waste (2)	Oct 4, 1971	0.0
5	New Doctor in Town	Oct 11, 1971	0.0
6	The Legend	Oct 18, 1971	0.0
7	Trafton	Oct 25, 1971	0.0
8	Lynott	Nov 1, 1971	0.0
9	Lijah	Nov 8, 1971	0.0
10	My Brother's Keeper	Nov 15, 1971	0.0
11	Drago	Nov 22, 1971	0.0
12	Gold Train: The Bullet (1)	Nov 29, 1971	0.0
13	Gold Train: The Bullet (2)	Dec 6, 1971	0.0
14	Gold Train: The Bullet (3)	Dec 13, 1971	0.0
15	P.S. Murry Christmas	Dec 27, 1971	8.0
16	No Tomorrow	Jan 3, 1972	0.0
17	Hidalgo	Jan 10, 1972	0.0
18	Tara	Jan 17, 1972	0.0
19	One for the Road	Jan 24, 1972	0.0
20	The Predators	Jan 31, 1972	0.0
21	Yankton	Feb 7, 1972	0.0
22	Blind Man's Buff	Feb 21, 1972	6.0
23	Alias Festus Haggin	Mar 6, 1972	0.0
24	The Wedding	Mar 13, 1972	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The River (1)	Sep 11, 1972	0.0
2	The River (2)	Sep 18, 1972	0.0
3	Bohannan	Sep 25, 1972	0.0
4	The Judgement	Oct 2, 1972	7.0
5	The Drummer	Oct 9, 1972	0.0
6	Sarah	Oct 16, 1972	0.0
7	The Fugitives	Oct 23, 1972	0.0
8	Eleven Dollars	Oct 30, 1972	0.0
9	Milligan	Nov 6, 1972	0.0
10	Tatum	Nov 13, 1972	0.0
11	The Sodbusters	Nov 20, 1972	0.0
12	The Brothers	Nov 27, 1972	0.0
13	Hostage!	Dec 11, 1972	0.0
14	Jubilee	Dec 18, 1972	0.0
15	Arizona Midnight	Jan 1, 1973	0.0
16	Homecoming	Jan 8, 1973	0.0
17	Shadler	Jan 15, 1973	0.0
18	Patricia	Jan 22, 1973	0.0
19	A Quiet Day in Dodge	Jan 29, 1973	0.0
20	Whelan's Men	Feb 5, 1973	0.0
21	Kimbro	Feb 12, 1973	0.0
22	Jesse	Feb 19, 1973	0.0
23	Talbot	Feb 26, 1973	0.0
24	This Golden Land	Mar 5, 1973	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Women for Sale (1)	Sep 10, 1973	0.0
2	Women for Sale (2)	Sep 17, 1973	0.0
3	Matt's Love Story	Sep 24, 1973	0.0
4	The Boy and the Sinner	Oct 1, 1973	0.0
5	The Widow-Maker	Oct 8, 1973	6.0
6	Kitty's Love Affair	Oct 22, 1973	0.0
7	The Widow and the Rogue	Oct 29, 1973	0.0
8	A Game of Death...An Act of Love (1)	Nov 5, 1973	0.0
9	A Game of Death...An Act of Love (2)	Nov 12, 1973	0.0
10	Lynch Town	Nov 19, 1973	0.0
11	The Hanging of Newly O'Brien	Nov 26, 1973	0.0
12	Susan Was Evil	Dec 3, 1973	0.0
13	The Deadly Innocent	Dec 17, 1973	0.0
14	The Child Between	Dec 24, 1973	0.0
15	A Family of Killers	Jan 14, 1974	0.0
16	Like Old Times	Jan 21, 1974	0.0
17	The Town Tamers	Jan 28, 1974	0.0
18	The Foundling	Feb 11, 1974	0.0
19	The Iron Blood of Courage	Feb 18, 1974	7.0
20	The Schoolmarm	Feb 25, 1974	0.0
21	Trail of Bloodshed	Mar 1, 1974	0.0
22	Cowtown Hustler	Mar 11, 1974	0.0
23	To Ride a Yeller Horse	Mar 18, 1974	0.0
24	Disciple	Apr 1, 1974	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Matt Dillon Must Die	Sep 9, 1974	0.0
2	Town in Chains	Sep 16, 1974	0.0
3	The Guns of Cibola Blanca (1)	Sep 23, 1974	0.0
4	The Guns of Cibola Blanca (2)	Sep 30, 1974	0.0
5	Thirty a Month and Found	Oct 7, 1974	0.0
6	The Wiving	Oct 14, 1974	0.0
7	The Iron Men	Oct 21, 1974	0.0
8	The Fourth Victim	Nov 4, 1974	0.0
9	The Tarnished Badge	Nov 11, 1974	0.0
10	In Performance of Duty	Nov 18, 1974	0.0
11	Island in the Desert (1)	Dec 2, 1974	0.0
12	Island in the Desert (2)	Dec 9, 1974	0.0
13	The Colonel	Dec 16, 1974	0.0
14	The Squaw	Jan 6, 1975	9.0
15	The Hiders	Jan 13, 1975	0.0
16	Larkin	Jan 20, 1975	8.0
17	The Fires of Ignorance	Jan 27, 1975	0.0
18	The Angry Land	Feb 3, 1975	0.0
19	Brides and Grooms	Feb 10, 1975	0.0
20	Hard Labor	Feb 24, 1975	0.0
21	I Have Promises to Keep	Mar 3, 1975	0.0
22	The Busters	Mar 10, 1975	0.0
23	Manolo	Mar 17, 1975	0.0
24	The Sharecroppers	Mar 31, 1975	0.0

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