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The Best Episodes of Bordertown

Every episode of Bordertown ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Bordertown!

Bordertown is a television western-drama series that aired from 1989 to 1991. It depicts the town formerly known as Pemmican that was later renamed Bordertown...
Genres:WesternDrama
Network:ABC Family

Best Episodes Summary

"Nebraska Lightning" is the best rated episode of "Bordertown". It scored 7.2/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/28/1990. This episode scored 0.6 points higher than the second highest rated, "Sight Unseen".

  • Nebraska Lightning
    7.2/105 votes
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    #1 - Nebraska Lightning

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1990

    When Bat Masterson kills a member of an outlaw gang and uses Jack Craddock's name to collect the reward, the rest of the gang comes to Bordertown seeking revenge, culminating in a major gunfight on the streets of Bordertown.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sight Unseen
    6.6/105 votes
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    #2 - Sight Unseen

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/1990

    When Clive goes after the outlaws who wounded Jack and killed two other lawmen, his pistol misfires, blinding him. To elude the outlaws, he must rely on the help of a young woman he had run out of Bordertown years earlier.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Civilization
    6.4/1011 votes
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    #3 - Civilization

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/1989

    A barroom fight between an American rancher's son and a Canadian farm boy result in the shooting death of the American. Jack and Clive attempt to take the prisoner to Ft McCloud, but the dead boy's father wants revenge.

    Director: Stuart Gillard

    Writer: N/A

  • Four Eyes
    6.4/105 votes
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    #4 - Four Eyes

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 3/2/1990

    Theodore Roosevelt comes to Bordertown, and promptly becomes involved in a dispute with a couple of ruffians. They later ambush him and Couteau, who he has hired as a guide on a hunting trip. When the two lawmen come to his rescue, they end up getting captured, too.

    Director: Allan King

    Writer: N/A

  • The Last of the James Gang
    6.4/105 votes
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    #5 - The Last of the James Gang

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 5/11/1990

    Two Pinkerton agents arrest Jack, claiming that he is really John McCarty, a member of the James Gang, who murdered a Pinkerton agent ten years earlier. Jack's cell door is mysteriously opened during the night, and when one of the agents is gunned down on the street, Jack becomes the prime suspect in that killing as well.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Malcolm MacRury

  • Medicine Woman
    6.3/1010 votes
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    #6 - Medicine Woman

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/1989

    Howling Dog, a young Blackfood, accidentally causes a fire in Marie's store while attempting to steal food. After the Indian is released when Marie refuses to press charges, he is murdered by Erskine, the Canadian Indian Agent. Marie discovers that Erskine has been selling Indian rations to the townspeople for profit.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Killing
    6.3/106 votes
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    #7 - The Killing

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/11/1989

    Liam becomes infatuated with a blind gypsy fortune teller who is being forced by her employer to convince men that their future includes earning a fortune in a new business venture, so he can sell them stock in a non-existent silver mine.

    Director: Stuart Gillard

    Writer: N/A

  • Field of Honour
    6.0/105 votes
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    #8 - Field of Honour

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 12/30/1990

    Gilbert is challenged to a duel by a French peddler who recognizes him from an incident that occurred in France years earlier. Marie startles everyone by supplying the dueling pistols that had belonged to her late husband, but, unknown to the peddler, she devises a plan to prevent either of them from being killed.

    Director: Neill Fearnley

    Writer: N/A

  • The Man They Couldn't Hang
    5.8/105 votes
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    #9 - The Man They Couldn't Hang

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/1989

    Jack reluctantly hangs a prisoner, but the prisoner survives the hanging. When Jack refuses to hang him again, the judge sends in a government appointed hangman. Barry Joe's only chance for clemency is if he names his accomplices. The problem is, his throat is so badly damaged that he can't speak.

    Director: Stuart Gillard

    Writer: N/A

  • A Model Citizen
    5.8/105 votes
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    #10 - A Model Citizen

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/1989

    A Chinese immigrant overhears a plot to rob a gold shipment. Determined to be a good citizen, he informs the law the plot, but is fearful for the life of his fiancee, who is arriving on the stagecoach.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Pony Riders
    5.8/105 votes
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    #11 - The Pony Riders

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/12/1990

    A branch of the pony express is scheduled to run through Bordertown, promising employment for the town's young men, including Bruno Danzinger, but the route will carry the riders through Indian burial grounds. Angered that their sacred burial grounds have been disturbed, the Indians threaten war if the route is not changed.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Over the Line
    5.7/106 votes
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    #12 - Over the Line

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/1989

    While investigating the presence of a band of Cree Indians camped near the town, Jack and Clive discover that a white boy is living among them. The boy's uncle is determined to get him back, even if it means endangering the town by starting a war with the Indians.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Blood Fury
    5.6/105 votes
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    #13 - Blood Fury

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/25/1989

    Charles Ashley intends to bring a railroad to Bordertown, but Jack is incensed when the railroader turns out to be a former Confederate Captain from the Civil War who abandoned his wounded men -- including Jack -- to the enemy. When the two men exchange shots, Ashley gets rid of his gun, and claims that he was ambushed by Jack.

    Director: Michael Robison

    Writer: Jim Henshaw

  • Roaring Days
    5.6/105 votes
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    #14 - Roaring Days

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 1/25/1991

    After serving time in jail, Clive's old friend, Archie Stanton, comes to Bordertown to ask the favor of a job, insisting that Clive owes him for running out on him. While the Mountie considers it, Archie tells Marie through flashbacks all about the days he and Clive used to ride together.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Blindside
    5.3/106 votes
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    #15 - Blindside

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/1989

    Two friends from Jack's Texas Rangers days come to Bordertown on their way to Canada to sell their merchandise. Marie disappears when her patient is murdered, and the evidence points to Jack's friends.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Wild Horses
    5.2/105 votes
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    #16 - Wild Horses

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1990

    When a horse trader comes to town, Jack and Clive purchase a horse for Willie, but they are forced to arrest the trader when two men ride in to town claiming that the herd belongs to them.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Question of Negligence
    5.2/105 votes
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    #17 - A Question of Negligence

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/9/1990

    Marie's competence as a doctor is questioned when a patient dies of minor injuries. Gilbert claims controlling partnership in Marie's store.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Runners
    5.0/1010 votes
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    #18 - Runners

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/1989

    A Mountie mail wagon is ambushed and robbed, and the crime is made to look like an Indian attack. Jack and Clive are suspicious, and soon determine that the thieves were Mountie deserters. Meanwhile, Marie's nephew comes to town to visit.

    Director: Stuart Gillard

    Writer: N/A

  • The Reaper
    NaN/100 votes
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    #19 - The Reaper

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/4/1989

    The lawmen are troubled when an aging gunfighter comes to Bordertown, followed by glory-seekers who are out to kill him, and a novelist, who wants to write a story about him.

    Director: Stuart Gillard

    Writer: N/A

  • The Gunfighter
    NaN/100 votes
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    #20 - The Gunfighter

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/18/1989

    A young easterner challenges his employer to a gunfight after he is cheated out of part of his wages. Jack attempts to teach the young man to shoot.

    Director: Stuart Gillard

    Writer: Peter Mohan

  • Trapped
    NaN/100 votes
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    #21 - Trapped

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/25/1989

    Two outlaw brothers, believed to be dead, come to Bordertown to rob the bank. Before they can carry out their plan, they are recognized by Hiram. When he speaks up, he is fatally struck by one of them. The brothers leave an accomplice behind so that they can escape, and when he tries to rejoin them, they shoot him. Knowing that the brothers will return, Clive and Jack set a trap to capture them.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Slave
    NaN/100 votes
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    #22 - Slave

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/1/1989

    Severely traumatized when her former ""master"" comes to Bordertown, Diane Denny tries to shoot him to avenge the beating death of her father, killed years earlier while attempting to escape.

    Director: Brad Turner

    Writer: N/A

  • One of the Boys
    NaN/100 votes
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    #23 - One of the Boys

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/8/1989

    A young woman, posing as a male ranchhand in an effort to find her husband's murderer, is shot on the streets of Bordertown.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • When Dreams Die
    NaN/100 votes
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    #24 - When Dreams Die

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/15/1989

    Two escaped convicts come to Bordertown looking for the only man who can identify them. Claiming to be friends of Sally Duffield's imprisoned husband, they swindle her out of her jewelry by insisting that he can be paroled if she pays them a thousand dollars.

    Director: Brad Turner

    Writer: N/A

  • The Lady and the Corpse
    NaN/100 votes
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    #25 - The Lady and the Corpse

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/22/1989

    When Dom's friend dies, he leaves instructions that half his gold goes to Dom, but it is stolen before it can be recovered. Jack believes Clive's new lady friend is involved, but the mountie refuses to believe it.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A