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The Best Episodes of Branded

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

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Branded is an American Western series which aired on NBC from 1965 through 1966, sponsored by Procter & Gamble in its Sunday night 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time period, and starred Chuck Connors as Jason McCord,

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Branded Season 2 Episode 2 - Now Join the Human Race
    8.4/10(35 votes)

    #1 - Now Join the Human Race

    S2:E2

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    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Branded Season 2 Episode 30 - Headed for Doomsday
    8.4/10(24 votes)

    #2 - Headed for Doomsday

    S2:E30

    No description available

    Director:Edward Ludwig
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Branded Season 1 Episode 12 - Very Few Heroes
    8.3/10(36 votes)

    #3 - Very Few Heroes

    S1:E12

    No description available

    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:John Wilder

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  4. Branded Season 1 Episode 15 - Taste of Poison
    8.3/10(32 votes)

    #4 - Taste of Poison

    S1:E15

    No description available

    Director:Ron Winston
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Branded Season 2 Episode 3 - Mightier than the Sword
    8.3/10(29 votes)

    #5 - Mightier than the Sword

    S2:E3

    No description available

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Branded Season 2 Episode 4 - I Killed Jason McCord
    8.3/10(32 votes)

    #6 - I Killed Jason McCord

    S2:E4

    A drifter robs McCord,stealing his horse. When he strolls into a saloon looking for trouble, the bandit winds up getting killed. After finding a letter addressed to Jason in the dead man's belonings, the town turns the young man who killed Jason McCord into a hero. That is, until the real Jason McCord shows up and wants his name back.

    Director:Larry Peerce
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Branded Season 2 Episode 17 - The Wolfers
    8.3/10(31 votes)

    #7 - The Wolfers

    S2:E17

    McCord happens across a young Indian woman and a dead companion while traveling. He tries to help the women only to run afoul of a trio of wolf trappers, one of whom has taken the Indian as his own. Classic 60's Bruce Dern psycho performance.

    Director:Larry Peerce
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Branded Season 2 Episode 20 - McCord's Way
    8.3/10(28 votes)

    #8 - McCord's Way

    S2:E20

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    Director:William Witney
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Branded Season 1 Episode 7 - Coward Step Aside
    8.2/10(53 votes)

    #9 - Coward Step Aside

    S1:E7

    A young deputy (Johnny Crawford) is ordered by a gang of thieves to surrender the town so they can rob the bank. Because of a silver strike in a nearby town, all that's left of the town is a deputy, a one-legged bartender and the senior citizens. They take the deputy's wife hostage and threaten to burn the town if he does not do what they say. While on his way to do a engineering job, Jas stops in this town and offers to help the deputy and the town. He tells Clay (the deputy), ""you'll have to stand up to them boy.....I'll back you."" Jas, the deputy and the town's citizens all pitch in and help Jas take back their town. Jas gives the young deputy some fatherly advice, a scene that they shared on the ""Rifleman"" hundreds of times.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Branded Season 1 Episode 11 - The First Kill
    8.2/10(37 votes)

    #10 - The First Kill

    S1:E11

    McCord pays a call on the family of a Confederate officer he was forced to kill in battle during the war. The father hasn't taken the loss of his first son very well, taking it out on his younger son in the form of perpetual disappointment. When the younger son learns that McCord killed his brother, he decides to gain his father's favor by killing Jason.

    Director:Alex March
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Branded Season 1 Episode 14 - That the Brave Endure
    8.2/10(42 votes)

    #11 - That the Brave Endure

    S1:E14

    West Point Cadet Bain faces expulsion for making statements that support McCord's actions at Bitter Creek. Taking his outstanding record into account, the Academy gives Bain one month to re-consider his opinion. If he doesn't tender an apology to the Commandant, who happens to be the man who wrote the opinion on McCord's court martial, after a month, the cadet will face his own court martial. Meanwhile, Jason is working as an engineer on a silver mine that won't drain. Bain joins up with the outfit McCord is working with and tries to determine the truth about Bitter Creek.

    Director:Ron Winston
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Branded Season 2 Episode 7 - Salute the Soldier Briefly
    8.2/10(30 votes)

    #12 - Salute the Soldier Briefly

    S2:E7

    McCord saves a man who claims to have witnessed the massacre at Bitter Creek. The witness agrees to testify to the Army that McCord didn't run out on the battle but something about the story doesn't seem to ring true for Jason.

    Director:Lee H. Katzin
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Branded Season 2 Episode 12 - $10,000 for Durango
    8.2/10(28 votes)

    #13 - $10,000 for Durango

    S2:E12

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    Director:Larry Peerce
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Branded Season 2 Episode 21 - Nice Day for a Hanging
    8.2/10(29 votes)

    #14 - Nice Day for a Hanging

    S2:E21

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    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Branded Season 2 Episode 22 - Barbed Wire
    8.2/10(22 votes)

    #15 - Barbed Wire

    S2:E22

    A feud between two wealthy and powerful ranchers reaches a new level when one of them (McCord's friend) imports barbed wire from the East and plans to use it to fence in his herd. The other rancher, believing in the open range and gathering up as many unbranded "mavericks" as possible en route to market, sets up a stampede to wipe out the new fence, and who cares about the consequences. Sherry Jackson plays the young daughter of the friendly rancher who takes matters, literally, into her own hands with near-disastrous results.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Branded Season 2 Episode 5 - The Bar Sinister
    8.1/10(30 votes)

    #16 - The Bar Sinister

    S2:E5

    McCord gets caught up in a land use battle revolvoing around the seemingly orphaned son of an old friend. When the boy's estranged Uncle shows up to take the boy and the land rights he now owns, it's up to McCord to get the boy's Indian housekeeper, Neela, to speak up about her connection to the boy and his father.

    Director:Larry Peerce
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Branded Season 2 Episode 14 - Romany Roundup (2)
    8.1/10(20 votes)

    #17 - Romany Roundup (2)

    S2:E14

    No description available

    Director:Lee H. Katzin
    Writer:Jameson Brewer

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  18. Branded Season 2 Episode 15 - A Proud Town
    8.1/10(33 votes)

    #18 - A Proud Town

    S2:E15

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    Director:Larry Peerce
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Branded Season 2 Episode 24 - Call to Glory (1)
    8.1/10(25 votes)

    #19 - Call to Glory (1)

    S2:E24

    Jason McCord is sent undercover by the President to gain information on a potential Presidential bid by General George Armstrong Custer. Because McCord and Custer are old Academy buddies, President Grant hopes that Jason can uncover information on a plot to incite an Indian war that will place Custer in the Oval Office.

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Branded Season 2 Episode 25 - Call to Glory (2)
    8.1/10(24 votes)

    #20 - Call to Glory (2)

    S2:E25

    No description available

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Branded Season 2 Episode 26 - Call to Glory (3)
    8.1/10(21 votes)

    #21 - Call to Glory (3)

    S2:E26

    The crisis averted and Custer's political ambitions quelled for now, McCord and Custer part ways as Custer tells his friend he is on his way to a place called Little Big Horn.

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Branded Season 2 Episode 28 - The Assassins (1)
    8.1/10(25 votes)

    #22 - The Assassins (1)

    S2:E28

    McCord returns to Washington once again only to find himself in the middle of a plot to assassinate the President. McCord discovers the plot only to wind up unconscious and captured by the assassins.

    Director:William Witney
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Branded Season 2 Episode 31 - Cowards Die Many Times
    8.1/10(30 votes)

    #23 - Cowards Die Many Times

    S2:E31

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    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Branded Season 1 Episode 1 - Survival
    8.0/10(67 votes)

    #24 - Survival

    S1:E1

    Jason McCord comes to the aid of a man, Jed Colbee, who he finds on foot and near death in the desert. Colbee tell Jas of his wife Sally & his daughter Jessie... who will be five in three days and how important it is for his ""Survival"" and to get to Granite Wells before the wagon train pulls out. With half a canteen of water & one horse, they head out for a two day ride to Granite Wells. Colbee fears that two men can't make the desert...but one man alone would have a better chance. So he leaves Jas with no horse and no water. An old indian finds Jas and gives him water & a burro and tells him to find the man and repay him for doing this to him. Jason sets out for revenge and seeks out Colbee...but when he sees Colbee and his daughter he has a change of heart. He wishes Jessie a ""happy birhday."" Jason says to Colbee..""you still owe me a cup of cheer"" and rides off. trivia...Jason McCord's horse is named ""Domino.""

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Branded Season 1 Episode 5 - The Bounty
    8.0/10(41 votes)

    #25 - The Bounty

    S1:E5

    While standing at the bar in a saloon, some cowboy comes up behind Jas and paints a yellow streak down his back. A fight breaks out amongst Jas and the Starrett brothers. Another cowboy by the name of Johnny Dolan steps in and helps Jas. Jas later finds out that his new friend is a bounty hunter and he is ""The Bounty."" The stranger forces Jas outside of town, but before he could kill Jas the Starrett brothers intervene and in a shoot out the bounty hunter gets shot but before he dies he tells Jason of a Paxton Detective Agency that is offering a $5,000 reward for the death of Jason McCord. So Jas goes to find out more on this bounty and pretends he killed Jason McCord and wants the reward. Using a grave, his sabre and his sexton as proof. Matthew Paxon the owner was just a go between and a meeting was set up between the two men with the man offering the reward. The man offering the reward was Thomas Frye, he was a civilian scout for the calvary and General Reed had hired him agai

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Now Join the Human Race" is the best rated episode of "Branded". It scored 8.4/10 based on 35 votes. Directed by Harry Harris and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/19/1965. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Headed for Doomsday".