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The Worst Episodes of Best of the West

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...

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  1. 6.1/10(9 votes)

    #1 - The Cave-In

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    S1:E17

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

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    Director:N/A
  2. 6.3/10(9 votes)

    #2 - Sam's Life Is Threatened

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    S1:E21

    Sam receives an anonymous threatening note.

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    Director:Stan Daniels
    Writer:N/A
  3. 6.4/10(9 votes)

    #3 - Mail Order Bride

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    S1:E16

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

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    Director:N/A
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  4. 6.5/10(10 votes)

    #4 - The Funeral

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    S1:E22

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

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  5. 6.6/10(9 votes)

    #5 - Frog's First Gunfight

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    S1:E13

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

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  6. 6.8/10(18 votes)

    #6 - They're Hanging Parker Tillman (2)

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    S1:E5

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

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    Director:N/A
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  8. 6.8/10(12 votes)

    #7 - Tillman Held for Ransom

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    S1:E15

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

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    Director:N/A
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  9. 6.9/10(10 votes)

    #8 - The Reunion

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    S1:E9

    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!

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  10. 6.9/10(11 votes)

    #9 - Daniel Fights a Bully

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    S1:E18

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

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    Director:N/A
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  11. 7.0/10(12 votes)

    #10 - The New Marshal

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    S1:E6

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

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  12. 7.0/10(11 votes)

    #11 - Laney in Love

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    S1:E8

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

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    Director:Stan Daniels
    Writer:Sam Simon
  13. 7.0/10(11 votes)

    #12 - The Pretty Prisoner

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    S1:E19

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

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  14. 7.0/10(8 votes)

    #13 - Elvira's Old Beau

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    S1:E20

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

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    Director:Stan Daniels
    Writer:N/A
  15. 7.1/10(10 votes)

    #14 - The Railroad

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    S1:E10

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

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  16. 7.2/10(16 votes)

    #15 - Pilot

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    S1:E1

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

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    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:N/A
  17. 7.2/10(10 votes)

    #16 - A Man, a Woman, and a Horse

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    S1:E12

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

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  18. 7.3/10(14 votes)

    #17 - The Prisoner

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    S1:E2

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

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  19. 7.4/10(11 votes)

    #18 - Daniel's First Love

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    S1:E7

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

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    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:N/A
  20. 7.4/10(13 votes)

    #19 - The New Jail

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    S1:E11

    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.

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    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:N/A
  21. 7.6/10(14 votes)

    #20 - The Calico Kid Returns

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    S1:E3

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

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  22. 7.7/10(12 votes)

    #21 - They're Hanging Parker Tillman (1)

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    S1:E4

    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.

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  23. 8.1/10(13 votes)

    #22 - The Calico Kid Goes to School

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    S1:E14

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

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Cave-In" is the worst rated episode of "Best of the West". It scored 6.1/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by N/A and written by David Lloyd, it aired on 2/12/1982. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Sam's Life Is Threatened".