7.7/1033 votes#1 - Judge Not
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1965
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Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: Jerome B. Thomas
- 8.1/1033 votes
#2 - Now Join the Human Race
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1965
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Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1029 votes
#3 - Mightier than the Sword
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1965
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Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1031 votes
#4 - I Killed Jason McCord
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1965
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: N/A
- 7.8/1029 votes
#5 - The Bar Sinister
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1965
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: N/A
- 7.4/1030 votes
#6 - Seward's Folly
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1965
McCord is paid to survey the newly acquired US possession of Alaska, where he finds evidence of gold and oil in abundance. But others want to steal the report to monopolize the find for themselves.
Director: Larry Peerce
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1030 votes
#7 - Salute the Soldier Briefly
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1965
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: N/A
- 8.0/1030 votes
#8 - The Richest Man in Boot Hill
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/1965
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Director: Larry Peerce
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1025 votes
#9 - Fill No Glass for Me (1)
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/7/1965
Another flashback episode, McCord stops off at the grave of a friend and remembers the incident that brought them together. Both captured by Indians, the Chief makes the coward and the Black soldier fight to the death.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1023 votes
#10 - Fill No Glass for Me (2)
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/14/1965
Macon and McCord are forced to fight to the death.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1027 votes
#11 - The Greastest Coward on Earth
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/21/1965
McCord's skills as a fighter cause him to turn down an offer from P.T. Barnum. Barnum uses McCord's name and the massacre at Bitter Creek as the basis for his new Wild West Show, which irritates McCord. To get Barnum to drop the Bitter Creek reenactment, McCord engineers the merger between the Barnum & Bailey circuses.
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1027 votes
#12 - $10,000 for Durango
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 11/28/1965
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Director: Larry Peerce
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1023 votes
#13 - Romany Roundup (1)
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/5/1965
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Director: Lee H. Katzin
Writer: Jameson Brewer
- 7.8/1020 votes
#14 - Romany Roundup (2)
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/12/1965
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Director: Lee H. Katzin
Writer: Jameson Brewer
- 7.9/1033 votes
#15 - A Proud Town
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 12/19/1965
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Director: Larry Peerce
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1029 votes
#16 - The Golden Fleece
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/2/1966
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Director: Lee H. Katzin
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1032 votes
#17 - The Wolfers
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/9/1966
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: N/A
- 7.4/1030 votes
#18 - This Stage of Fools
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/16/1966
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Director: Lee H. Katzin
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1027 votes
#19 - A Destiny Which Made Us Brothers
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 1/23/1966
McCord in awakened by a messenger from President Grant, bearing a bottle of whiskey. McCord remembers a chance meeting during the Civil War with the future President when they were both captured by Confederate soldiers.
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1028 votes
#20 - McCord's Way
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 1/30/1966
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Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1029 votes
#21 - Nice Day for a Hanging
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/6/1966
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Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1022 votes
#22 - Barbed Wire
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/13/1966
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Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1030 votes
#23 - Yellow for Courage
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 2/20/1966
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Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1023 votes
#24 - Call to Glory (1)
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 2/27/1966
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: N/A
- 7.9/1023 votes
#25 - Call to Glory (2)
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/6/1966
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Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Branded Season 2
Every episode of Branded Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Branded Season 2!
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Judge Not" is the best rated episode of "Branded" season 2. It scored 7.7/10 based on 33 votes. Directed by Vincent McEveety and written by Jerome B. Thomas, it aired on 9/12/1965. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Now Join the Human Race".