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The Best Episodes of Bat Masterson Season 2

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Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of the life of real-life marshal/gambler/dandy Bat Masterson. The title character was played by Gene Barry and the half-hour black-and-white shows ran

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 1 - To the Manner Born
    8.0/10(55 votes)

    #1 - To the Manner Born

    S2:E1

    An old friend asks Bat to San Francisco to look into the background of her daughter's fiancée which is a cousin. Bat learns she is a frequent visitor at a casino where she seems to win but her fiancée seems to lose - even his life.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 2 - Wanted ... Dead
    7.7/10(55 votes)

    #2 - Wanted ... Dead

    S2:E2

    Bat seeks to collect a loan given to a reformed gunman who is now a rancher. In order to get his money he must save the man from a trigger-happy sheriff who believes the man is guilty of murder due to a witness's story.

    Director:William Conrad
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 3 - No Funeral for Thorn
    8.1/10(57 votes)

    #3 - No Funeral for Thorn

    S2:E3

    Bat finds himself trapped by friendship between the guns of two warring sons.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  4. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 4 - Shakedown at St. Joe
    7.7/10(52 votes)

    #4 - Shakedown at St. Joe

    S2:E4

    While visiting St. Joseph, Missouri to see his former girlfriend, an up-and-coming soprano, Bat comes to the aid of a businessman who refuses to pay protection money but finds himself accused of being an enforcer for the racket.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 5 - Lady Luck
    7.8/10(58 votes)

    #5 - Lady Luck

    S2:E5

    Bat's stake is stolen to force him to work for a crooked casino owner. When he refuses, events lead Bat to come to the aid of two beautiful women who are being blackmailed by the owner of Sacramento's largest casino, "The Lady Luck".

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 6 - Who'll Bury My Violence?
    7.9/10(54 votes)

    #6 - Who'll Bury My Violence?

    S2:E6

    When Bat buys a derby hat in a small Missouri town he is aghast at the price. Learning that a freight line owner forces shopkeepers to use only his line to ship their supplies from the river, Bat decides to break his monopoly.

    Director:Walter Doniger
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 7 - Dead Men Don't Pay Debts
    8.0/10(60 votes)

    #7 - Dead Men Don't Pay Debts

    S2:E7

    When Bat learns that the two thousand dollars the Bassett brothers owe him is in jeopardy because of the shooting feud between the Bassetts and the Clements, Bat decides to intervene to protect his investment.

    Director:Lew Landers
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 8 - Death and Taxes
    7.7/10(48 votes)

    #8 - Death and Taxes

    S2:E8

    When an honest man is elected to be the town sheriff campaigning for fair taxes, the wealthy railroad owner ships his cash out of town to avoid paying his fair share. Bat provides the new sheriff with help to collect the taxes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 9 - Bat Plays a Dead Man's Hand
    7.8/10(41 votes)

    #9 - Bat Plays a Dead Man's Hand

    S2:E9

    An unsophisticated miner runs afoul of a town boss and is framed for murder. When the town's lawyers refuse to represent him properly because they fear for their lives, Bat decides to represent the defendant in court himself.

    Director:Otto Lang
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 10 - Garrison Finish
    7.4/10(48 votes)

    #10 - Garrison Finish

    S2:E10

    When General Moran bets a spur of his railroad against a Texas horse ranch that a Kentucky thoroughbred can beat a Texas quarter-horse in a 440 yard sprint, he hires Bat to train his horse to win the wager.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 11 - The Canvas and the Cane
    7.3/10(48 votes)

    #11 - The Canvas and the Cane

    S2:E11

    Bat is convinced that a painting purchased by a beautiful friend is a forgery since the original burned. He tries to prove the painting is fake but finds himself on the wrong side of a bet and framed for the murder of a renown art critic.

    Director:Walter Doniger
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 12 - The Inner Circle
    6.6/10(44 votes)

    #12 - The Inner Circle

    S2:E12

    When threaten by anti-suffrage leaders, Bat decides to help a group of women campaigning for women's suffrage in Wyoming fight a cabal of wealthy ranchers who wish to prevent women from getting the vote fearing homesteaders.

    Director:Walter Doniger
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 13 - The Pied Piper of Dodge City
    8.3/10(54 votes)

    #13 - The Pied Piper of Dodge City

    S2:E13

    Bat is asked to take half interest in the Long Branch Saloon to help make it profitable. He does so by hiring a female piano player but a crooked mayor and Marshal force him to create the Dodge City Peace Commission to clean up the town.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 14 - A Picture of Death
    7.9/10(42 votes)

    #14 - A Picture of Death

    S2:E14

    When Hugh Blaine bets $50,000 that all four hooves of a racehorse are off the ground at once, he agrees to pay Bat 10% of the bet to supply proof. Bat hires a man to take photographs of the trotter in action, but the pictures are stolen.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 15 - Pigeon and Hawk
    7.4/10(44 votes)

    #15 - Pigeon and Hawk

    S2:E15

    When two speculators try to corner the stock market by sending former Pony Express riders racing from the mining towns to Denver with the latest information, Bat helps his friend counter the move with by sending news by carrier pigeon.

    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
    Writer:John Tucker Battle

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  16. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 16 - Flume at the Mother Lode
    7.6/10(41 votes)

    #16 - Flume at the Mother Lode

    S2:E16

    Bat and his partners fleece an unscrupulous businessman out of half the profits in a gold mine. He exacts revenge by buying up the timber they need to shore up the mine walls, then tries to kill the men with an explosion in the mine.

    Director:Walter Doniger
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 17 - Death by the Half Dozen
    7.3/10(40 votes)

    #17 - Death by the Half Dozen

    S2:E17

    A stagecoach carrying Bat and Claire, the local sheriff's fiancée, is robbed and Claire is kidnapped. With the sheriff wounded and out of action, Bat tries to rescue Claire and capture the entire gang of kidnappers by himself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 18 - Deadly Diamonds
    7.6/10(53 votes)

    #18 - Deadly Diamonds

    S2:E18

    Bat's friend, Ellie Winters, is hired by promoters selling shares in their diamond mine. Although Ellie is convinced that the mine is legitimate, Bat investigates and discovers the owners are salting the mine with high-grade quartz.

    Director:Walter Doniger
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 19 - Mr. Fourpaws
    8.2/10(48 votes)

    #19 - Mr. Fourpaws

    S2:E19

    On his way to investigate irregularities in a bank's bookkeeping, Bat encounters a gun fight in which a man is killed by two gunmen. Bat finds himself involved with embezzlers, murderers and a new friend - a thieving dog.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 20 - Six Feet of Gold
    8.0/10(55 votes)

    #20 - Six Feet of Gold

    S2:E20

    Bat spots Lisa Truex in Deadwood who stole $2000 from him. Bat wants to collect but Lisa's boyfriend runs the town. She sells Bat an acre of land she owns that appears to be worthless but Bat finds a way to profit from it if he lives.

    Director:Walter Doniger
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 21 - Cattle and Canes
    7.6/10(40 votes)

    #21 - Cattle and Canes

    S2:E21

    Bat receives half of a cane he gave to Jane Taylor and rides to her ranch to investigate. He is forced to choose sides between her family and other ranchers and his old friend, a cattle baron intent on returning to the days of open range.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 22 - The Disappearance of Bat Masterson
    7.3/10(47 votes)

    #22 - The Disappearance of Bat Masterson

    S2:E22

    Three cowboys trick a magician into helping them rob a bank by taking Bat Masterson's gun "as a joke" before he enters the bank. Bat and the magician team up to recover the loot through the aid of another conjurer's stunt.

    Director:Walter Doniger
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 23 - The Snare
    6.9/10(40 votes)

    #23 - The Snare

    S2:E23

    Bat travels to Yuma to give away the bride at a wedding but discovers the girl's murdered fiancée on the way there. After telling the bride, he joins the posse sent to bring the suspected killer, the Yaqui Kid, to justice.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 24 - Three Bullets for Bat
    8.0/10(48 votes)

    #24 - Three Bullets for Bat

    S2:E24

    While awaiting a murder trail in which he will be the star witness, Bat visits a Mexican ranch where, he is told, a fortune in jewels awaits. It's a trap, though, set by the defendant's uncle and Bat will face a firing squad at dawn.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 25 - The Reluctant Witness
    8.1/10(57 votes)

    #25 - The Reluctant Witness

    S2:E25

    When Ellie Winters is framed for murder, she desperately telegraphs Bat for help. He bails her out to help search for a missing witness but he decides to create a second witness and get Wyatt Earp to play her high priced lawyer.

    Director:William Conrad
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"To the Manner Born" is the best rated episode of "Bat Masterson" season 2. It scored 8/10 based on 55 votes. Directed by John Rich and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/1/1959. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Wanted ... Dead".