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An unwitting city slicker is made the marshal of a lawless town in this absurdist Western that pokes gentle but clever fun at the genre's stock plots and characters. Best of the West is an

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Season 1

  • Pilot
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    Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/1981

    Sam arrives in town intending to run the general store, then runs into all kinds of trouble after turning down the protection racket.

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Prisoner
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    The Prisoner

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/1981

    Sam must face a prisoner's outlaw brothers after the sheriff who was taking him in becomes ill on his way through town.

    Director: Will Mackenzie

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Calico Kid Returns
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    The Calico Kid Returns

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1981

    The Square Deal Saloon's new cook is the Calico Kid; he has sworn to never again kill anything he can't eat.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Mitch Markowitz

  • They're Hanging Parker Tillman (1)
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    They're Hanging Parker Tillman (1)

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1981

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • They're Hanging Parker Tillman (2)
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    They're Hanging Parker Tillman (2)

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1981

    Sam infiltrates an outlaw band to try to prove Tillman is innocent of cattle rustling.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The New Marshal
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    The New Marshal

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1981

    Sam loses his badge in a special election to Tillman's squeaky-clean candidate.

    Director: Tom Trbovich

    Writer: Mitch Markowitz

  • Daniel's First Love
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    Daniel's First Love

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1981

    Daniel is as surprised as anyone when a few innocent kisses lead to a shotgun wedding.

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: Unknown

  • Laney in Love
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    Laney in Love

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1981

    Laney is smitten with a smoothie who bids high for her at a social—but he turns out to be a low-down heel.

    Director: Stan Daniels

    Writer: Sam Simon

  • The Reunion
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    The Reunion

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/8/1981

    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!

    Director: Ed. Weinberger

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Railroad
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    The Railroad

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1981

    Sam and Tillman try hard to convince the railroad to come to Copper Creek.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The New Jail
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    The New Jail

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1981

    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.

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: Unknown

  • A Man, a Woman, and a Horse
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    A Man, a Woman, and a Horse

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/1981

    Sam doesn't pay attention to signs of discontent from Elvira until the day he comes home to finds her packed to leave.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Frog's First Gunfight
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    Frog's First Gunfight

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/1982

    Frog meets a woman who was recently jilted by her beau, but neither realizes he wants her back.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Calico Kid Goes to School
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    The Calico Kid Goes to School

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/14/1982

    The reformed Calico Kid decides he wants to be a United States Marshal. But he lacks one qualification: a third-grade education.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Tillman Held for Ransom
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    Tillman Held for Ransom

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/21/1982

    Tillman has been kidnapped and the kidnappers are demanding a ransom, but the Copper Creek citizens have no intention of paying up.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Mail Order Bride
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    Mail Order Bride

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/28/1982

    Doc's mail-order bride has a vivid personality with a past to match it.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Cave-In
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    The Cave-In

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/12/1982

    Elvira and her stepson explore an abandoned outlaw cave, unaware that it is booby-trapped to collapse.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: David Lloyd

  • Daniel Fights a Bully
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    Daniel Fights a Bully

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/19/1982

    Daniel's refusal to fight a relentless bully leads to Sam having to fight the bully's father.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Pretty Prisoner
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    The Pretty Prisoner

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/26/1982

    Sam is handcuffed to his prisoner—a flirtatious female outlaw—for an overnight journey.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: David Lloyd

  • Elvira's Old Beau
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    Elvira's Old Beau

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 6/7/1982

    Elvira's former fiance' comes to town, intent on taking her away with him.

    Director: Stan Daniels

    Writer: Unknown

  • Sam's Life Is Threatened
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    Sam's Life Is Threatened

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 6/14/1982

    Sam receives an anonymous threatening note.

    Director: Stan Daniels

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Funeral
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    The Funeral

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 6/21/1982

    Sam and Tillman try to foil a holdup by holding a funeral for Frog; the coffin contains the $20,000 the thieves are after.

    Director: Ed. Weinberger

    Writer: David Lloyd