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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
Season 1
N/A/1021 votesPilot
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
- N/A/1019 votes
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
- N/A/1019 votes
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
- N/A/1016 votes
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
- N/A/1015 votes
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
- N/A/1015 votes
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
- N/A/1014 votes
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
- N/A/1017 votes
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
- N/A/1013 votes
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
- N/A/1014 votes
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
- N/A/1012 votes
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
- N/A/1013 votes
Sam's Life Is Threatened
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 6/14/1982
Sam receives an anonymous threatening note.
Director: Stan Daniels
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/1014 votes
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