List of episodes of the series «Best of the West»

Pilot

• Episode number: 1
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Sam arrives in town intending to run the general store, then runs into all kinds of trouble after turning down the protection racket.

The Prisoner

• Episode number: 2
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Sam must face a prisoner's outlaw brothers after the sheriff who was taking him in becomes ill on his way through town.

The Calico Kid Returns

• Episode number: 3
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  The Square Deal Saloon's new cook is the Calico Kid; he has sworn to never again kill anything he can't eat.

They're Hanging Parker Tillman (1)

• Episode number: 4
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Sam goes out on a limb and manages to save Tillman from a lynch mob, but at the trial, his mixed-up testimony has him back at the end of a rope.

They're Hanging Parker Tillman (2)

• Episode number: 5
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Sam infiltrates an outlaw band to try to prove Tillman is innocent of cattle rustling.

The New Marshal

• Episode number: 6
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Sam loses his badge in a special election to Tillman's squeaky-clean candidate.

Daniel's First Love

• Episode number: 7
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Daniel is as surprised as anyone when a few innocent kisses lead to a shotgun wedding.

Laney in Love

• Episode number: 8
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Laney is smitten with a smoothie who bids high for her at a social—but he turns out to be a low-down heel.

The Reunion

• Episode number: 9
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Elvira's die-hard Confederate father (Andy Griffith) stays at the Square Deal Saloon while he is in town. His wife is trying to patch things up with their daughter; she married a Yankee!

The Railroad

• Episode number: 10
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Sam and Tillman try hard to convince the railroad to come to Copper Creek.

The New Jail

• Episode number: 11
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Sam's image as a lawman quickly loses its edge after he manages to shoot himself in the leg; the jail collapsing around him doesn't help.

A Man, a Woman, and a Horse

• Episode number: 12
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Sam doesn't pay attention to signs of discontent from Elvira until the day he comes home to finds her packed to leave.

Frog's First Gunfight

• Episode number: 13
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Frog meets a woman who was recently jilted by her beau, but neither realizes he wants her back.

The Calico Kid Goes to School

• Episode number: 14
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  The reformed Calico Kid decides he wants to be a United States Marshal. But he lacks one qualification: a third-grade education.

Tillman Held for Ransom

• Episode number: 15
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Tillman has been kidnapped and the kidnappers are demanding a ransom, but the Copper Creek citizens have no intention of paying up.

Mail Order Bride

• Episode number: 16
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Doc's mail-order bride has a vivid personality with a past to match it.

The Cave-In

• Episode number: 17
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Elvira and her stepson explore an abandoned outlaw cave, unaware that it is booby-trapped to collapse.

Daniel Fights a Bully

• Episode number: 18
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Daniel's refusal to fight a relentless bully leads to Sam having to fight the bully's father.

The Pretty Prisoner

• Episode number: 19
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Sam is handcuffed to his prisoner—a flirtatious female outlaw—for an overnight journey.

Elvira's Old Beau

• Episode number: 20
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Elvira's former fiance' comes to town, intent on taking her away with him.

Sam's Life Is Threatened

• Episode number: 21
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Sam receives an anonymous threatening note.

The Funeral

• Episode number: 22
• Episode duration: 30 min.
• Episode description:
  Sam and Tillman try to foil a holdup by holding a funeral for Frog; the coffin contains the $20,000 the thieves are after.