The Best Episodes of Bat Masterson Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.1/10(104 votes)

   #1 - Double Showdown

   S1:E110/8/1958

   Bat responds to cry for help when a friend's small gambling house is threatened by rival casino owned by Big Keel Roberts. Roberts suggest that he and Bat play one hand of poker, with the winner gaining ownership of both casinos.

   Director:Walter Doniger

   Writer:Gene Levitt

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   Director:Walter Doniger

   Writer:Gene Levitt
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   8.1/10(101 votes)

   #2 - Two Graves for Swan Valley

   S1:E210/15/1958

   A vicious night rider reacts with murderous intent when he thinks Bat is flirting with his girl, pretty saloon girl Molly Doyle. Everyone tells Bat to leave town to save his life but Bat not wanting to be told what to do decides to stay.

   Director:Walter Doniger

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Walter Doniger

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3. 

   7.5/10(75 votes)

   #3 - Dynamite Blows Two Ways

   S1:E310/22/1958

   Bat wins a herd of cattle in a card game in Laramie and discovers that in order to convert them into cash, he'll have to fight his way past a rancher determined to only allow his cattle to be sold in Cheyenne.

   Director:Bernard Girard

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Bernard Girard

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   7.6/10(97 votes)

   #4 - Stampede at Tent City

   S1:E410/29/1958

   Bat encounters a group of wranglers who are stealing horses. A old flame of Bat's asks him to rescue her current beau, accused of murder and shackled to a tree by a lynch mob led by the slain man's brother who leads the wranglers.

   Director:David Friedkin

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:David Friedkin

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   7.2/10(80 votes)

   #5 - The Fighter

   S1:E511/5/1958

   Bat arrives in Silverton, Colorado and gets involved with a crooked fight promoter. He saves the day for a young bareknuckle fighter.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.6/10(74 votes)

   #6 - Bear Bait

   S1:E611/12/1958

   Bat is hired to guide a hunting party to Canada. The sheriff suspects that the three are wanted for robbery and murder but he needs proof. When Bat discovers the truth, he is roped to a tree as bait for the bears by them.

   Director:Bernard Girard

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Bernard Girard

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.6/10(67 votes)

   #7 - A Noose Fits Anybody

   S1:E711/19/1958

   While on his way to break his brother out of jail for a crime he did not commit, Ben Thompson saves Bat Masterson's life, but is wounded in the process. Bat agrees to undertake the hazardous mission of saving Ben's brother from the noose.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.7/10(72 votes)

   #8 - Dude's Folly

   S1:E811/26/1958

   When a bully threatens two youngsters if they won't sell the hardware store they inherited, Bat helps. He teaches the man how to defend himself with a gun, but the student shoots his antagonist in the back and then goes after his teacher.

   Director:Otto Lang

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Otto Lang

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   7.8/10(63 votes)

   #9 - The Treasure of Worry Hill

   S1:E912/3/1958

   Three cousins inherit pieces of map describing the location of their uncle's buried treasure. Not trusting each other, they hire Bat to guide them to the place where the money has been hidden - a place known as "Worry Hill".

   Director:John Rich

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:John Rich

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10. 

    7.7/10(61 votes)

    #10 - Cheyenne Club

    S1:E1012/17/1958

    Bat is hired by John Conant to discover if his daughter's fiancée cheats at cards. Bat discovers the crooked card sharp is really a powerful cattle baron who plans to kill Bat before he can tell anyone else.

    Director:Walter Doniger

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Walter Doniger

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    7.6/10(57 votes)

    #11 - Sherman's March Through Dodge City

    S1:E1112/24/1958

    President Hayes is coming to Dodge City accompanied by General Sherman during an election stop. The Marshal will protect Hayes but he asking Bat to become a deputy to protect General Sherman in a town full of southern cowboys who hate him.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.6/10(66 votes)

    #12 - Trail Pirate

    S1:E1212/31/1958

    Bat recommends himself to be a wagon guide to cross the desert after a wagon guide is brought in dead with bullets in him. Three wagon trains have been lost that summer to a trail pirate. The woman leading the next train doesn't trust Bat.

    Director:Bernard Girard

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.9/10(74 votes)

    #13 - Double Trouble in Trinidad

    S1:E131/7/1959

    When Bat learns that a man sporting a derby and a cane and claiming to be "Bat Masterson" has set himself up as sheriff of Trinidad, Colorado, he immediately rides there to investigate to protect his name.

    Director:Montgomery Pittman

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Montgomery Pittman

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14. 

    7.9/10(61 votes)

    #14 - Election Day

    S1:E141/14/1959

    While leading a trail drive, Bat is confronted at a town by a gang who tries to extort money from him before they allow his cattle to pass. Bat refuses to pay and discovers the gang is backed by the mayor he decides to boot from office.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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15. 

    7.7/10(60 votes)

    #15 - One Bullet from Broken Bow

    S1:E151/21/1959

    Pawnee renegade Stone Calf and his braves have taken two white girls captive in a raid. The Army is leaving to back up Custer so Bat is asked to rescue the sisters. He reluctantly agrees to do it when his female friends pressures him.

    Director:Allen H. Miner

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Allen H. Miner

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    7.5/10(60 votes)

    #16 - A Personal Matter

    S1:E161/28/1959

    Outlaw Bailey Harper steals Bat's horse, gun and money. Bailey laughs when Bat tells him he'll get all of his property back. He tells the gambler that no one will help him. Bat's plan is to court Bailey's girl and force Bailey to find him.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.5/10(66 votes)

    #17 - License to Cheat

    S1:E172/4/1959

    Bat sees a poker game break up when a player accuses the dealer of cheating. Bat learns that all the games in town are rigged with the Sheriff collecting a payoff so Bat tries to start an honest game but he is jailed and banned from cards.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Jesse Hibbs

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    8.1/10(63 votes)

    #18 - Sharpshooter

    S1:E182/11/1959

    A casino owner hires a marksman with money problems to kill Bat to whom he is deeply in debt. When the man's pregnant wife convinces him to renege on the agreement, the casino owner hires two hard cases to force the confrontation.

    Director:John Rich

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.4/10(63 votes)

    #19 - River Boat

    S1:E192/18/1959

    A gang of river pirates take over the paddle-wheeler Dakota Queen and relieve the passengers of jewels and furs and Bat of $10,000. Bat uses a barrel of rare cheeses to trap the gang's gluttonous leader to recover the items.

    Director:Walter Doniger

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Walter Doniger

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    7.8/10(52 votes)

    #20 - Battle of the Pass

    S1:E202/25/1959

    When an old railroad boss refuses to pay Bat the salary owed him, Bat decides to work for his competitor. Both men are racing to build a railroad through a canyon. Although behind, Bat has an idea on how to win the race for the canyon.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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21. 

    7.9/10(61 votes)

    #21 - Marked Deck

    S1:E213/11/1959

    Bat is cheated at cards by a town boss with the cooperation of the local sheriff. When he meets a brother and sister who were cheated in a land swindle, they three plot to get their money back and bring the crook to justice.

    Director:Otto Lang

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.7/10(61 votes)

    #22 - Incident in Leadville

    S1:E223/18/1959

    Bat rides to Leadville, Colorado to confront an editor that wrote an article describing him as one of the West's most ruthless gunfighters. The editor learns of Bat's true nature when he defends the paper against a crooked civic leader.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.4/10(61 votes)

    #23 - The Tumbleweed Wagon

    S1:E233/25/1959

    Bat agrees to escort a murder suspect to trial, but he escapes with the help of his girl friend. Bat decides to take the woman to Fort Smith to stand trial for jail-breaking with the hope that he might capture the suspect along the way.

    Director:Walter Doniger

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Walter Doniger

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    7.7/10(63 votes)

    #24 - Brunette Bombshell

    S1:E244/1/1959

    Bat buys a boxing club in Denver. When he arrives he sees that the police have posted "Property Condemned" signs on his building. He soon discovers that the town councilors have plans to raze his gym and erect a casino on the spot.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    8.0/10(52 votes)

    #25 - Deadline

    S1:E254/8/1959

    Two gunmen steal the horses from the stagecoach in which Bat and Lorna Adams are riding. Bat trades his cane for a horse so Lorna can get to Austin to present evidence that will save a man from the gallows but the thieves have other ideas.

    Director:John Rich

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:John Rich

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