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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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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
    Branded Season 2 Episode 1 - Judge Not
    7.9/10(34 votes)

    #1 - Judge Not

    S2:E1

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    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Jerome B. Thomas

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

    #2 - Now Join the Human Race

    S2:E2

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    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #3 - Mightier than the Sword

    S2:E3

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    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

    #5 - 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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  6. Branded Season 2 Episode 6 - Seward's Folly
    7.6/10(30 votes)

    #6 - Seward's Folly

    S2:E6

    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:Unknown

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

    #7 - 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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  8. Branded Season 2 Episode 8 - The Richest Man in Boot Hill
    8.0/10(30 votes)

    #8 - The Richest Man in Boot Hill

    S2:E8

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    Director:Larry Peerce
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Branded Season 2 Episode 9 - Fill No Glass for Me (1)
    7.9/10(28 votes)

    #9 - Fill No Glass for Me (1)

    S2:E9

    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:Unknown

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  10. Branded Season 2 Episode 10 - Fill No Glass for Me (2)
    7.9/10(25 votes)

    #10 - Fill No Glass for Me (2)

    S2:E10

    Macon and McCord are forced to fight to the death.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Branded Season 2 Episode 11 - The Greastest Coward on Earth
    7.6/10(28 votes)

    #11 - The Greastest Coward on Earth

    S2:E11

    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:Unknown

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

    #12 - $10,000 for Durango

    S2:E12

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    Director:Larry Peerce
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Branded Season 2 Episode 13 - Romany Roundup (1)
    8.0/10(23 votes)

    #13 - Romany Roundup (1)

    S2:E13

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    Director:Lee H. Katzin
    Writer:Jameson Brewer

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

    #14 - Romany Roundup (2)

    S2:E14

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    Director:Lee H. Katzin
    Writer:Jameson Brewer

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

    #15 - A Proud Town

    S2:E15

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    Director:Larry Peerce
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Branded Season 2 Episode 16 - The Golden Fleece
    7.7/10(29 votes)

    #16 - The Golden Fleece

    S2:E16

    McCord is picked up by a group of soldiers who say they will try him not only for cowardice in the deadly Indian raid that killed everyone but him, but for complicity in planning it! However, the action is a ruse set up by President Ulysses S. Grant himself (Grant and McCord's father are longtime Army buddies and Grant believes in McCord).

    Director:Lee H. Katzin
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #17 - 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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  18. Branded Season 2 Episode 18 - This Stage of Fools
    7.5/10(30 votes)

    #18 - This Stage of Fools

    S2:E18

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    Director:Lee H. Katzin
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Branded Season 2 Episode 19 - A Destiny Which Made Us Brothers
    7.3/10(27 votes)

    #19 - A Destiny Which Made Us Brothers

    S2:E19

    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:Unknown

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

    #20 - McCord's Way

    S2:E20

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    Director:William Witney
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #21 - Nice Day for a Hanging

    S2:E21

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    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #22 - 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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  23. Branded Season 2 Episode 23 - Yellow for Courage
    7.7/10(30 votes)

    #23 - Yellow for Courage

    S2:E23

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    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

    #25 - Call to Glory (2)

    S2:E25

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    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Judge Not" is the best rated episode of "Branded" season 2. It scored 7.9/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by Vincent McEveety and written by Jerome B. Thomas, it aired on 9/12/1965. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Now Join the Human Race".