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The Best Episodes of Daniel Boone Season 2

Every episode of Daniel Boone Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Daniel Boone Season 2!

Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on...
Genres:Action & AdventureWestern
Network:NBC
Episodes
30
Avg. Rating
7.6
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.7
7.5
7.0

Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Empire of the Lost" is the best rated episode of "Daniel Boone" season 2. It scored 7.7/10 based on 53 votes. Directed by Nathan Juran and written by N/A, it aired on 9/16/1965. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Tortoise and the Hare".

  • Empire of the Lost
    7.7/10(53)

    #1 - Empire of the Lost

    Season 2 Episode 1

    Aired 9/16/1965

    Boone returns from a solo expedition to find Boonesborough eerily empty. A corrupt British officer has kidnapped the settlers, including Boone's family, and forces them into unfriendly Chickesaw tribal lands with the intention of gaining personal control of the territory. He then captures Boone and demands that he sign away all rights to Boonesborough or watch his family and friends be turned over to the tribe. Boone manages to escape, but realizing he has no chance of freeing the captives on his own, he turns to a surprising source of help.

    Director: Nathan Juran

    Writer: N/A

  • The Tortoise and the Hare
    7.5/10(48)

    #2 - The Tortoise and the Hare

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Aired 9/23/1965

    Boonesborough loses hope of winning an annual race when Boone sprains his ankle, until Jericho steps in.

    Director: George Sherman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Mound Builders
    7.0/10(50)

    #3 - The Mound Builders

    Season 2 Episode 3

    Aired 9/30/1965

    A chief of a long-dead Aztec tribe enters the Shawnees Valley of Death.

    Director: Nathan Juran

    Writer: N/A

  • My Name Is Rawls
    7.3/10(45)

    #4 - My Name Is Rawls

    Season 2 Episode 4

    Aired 10/7/1965

    Boone pursues a runaway slave stealing pelts to earn passage to Africa.

    Director: George Sherman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Old Man and the Cave
    7.6/10(51)

    #5 - The Old Man and the Cave

    Season 2 Episode 5

    Aired 10/14/1965

    Israel violates a burial ritual when he rescues an aged Indian from death in a cave.

    Director: George Marshall

    Writer: N/A

  • The Trek
    7.9/10(45)

    #6 - The Trek

    Season 2 Episode 6

    Aired 10/21/1965

    Boone first respects, then likes, a drunkard sought for burning an Indian village.

    Director: George Sherman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Aaron Burr Story
    7.2/10(52)

    #7 - The Aaron Burr Story

    Season 2 Episode 7

    Aired 10/28/1965

    Aaron Burr, ex-Vice President, comes to Boonesborough to enlist Daniel to guide him on a long and dangerous journey to the west, but is vague about his reasons for the trek. When Daniel turns him down due to his unease about Burr's secretive intentions, Jericho blindly jumps at the chance to take the offer and earn a hefty fee. After Burr and Jericho leave, Daniel discovers Burr's true mission, and he and Mingo set out to intercept them and save Jericho from his own naivety.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Cry of Gold
    7.7/10(48)

    #8 - Cry of Gold

    Season 2 Episode 8

    Aired 11/4/1965

    A man arrives at Boonesborough offering unusually high prices for beaver pelts. Daniel doesn't trust this generous trader and soon discovers the man has an ulterior motive of a sinister nature.

    Director: Nathan Juran

    Writer: N/A

  • The Peace Tree
    7.5/10(50)

    #9 - The Peace Tree

    Season 2 Episode 9

    Aired 11/11/1965

    A Scottish emigrant, a Cherokee chief s son and Israel try to prevent a war between settlers and Indians.

    Director: George Sherman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Thanksgiving Story
    7.5/10(51)

    #10 - The Thanksgiving Story

    Season 2 Episode 10

    Aired 11/25/1965

    Boone s eccentric father-in-law concocts a Thanksgiving Day plan to prevent a Choctaw attack.

    Director: George Marshall

    Writer: N/A

  • A Rope for Mingo
    7.9/10(53)

    #11 - A Rope for Mingo

    Season 2 Episode 11

    Aired 12/2/1965

    Vigilantes stalk Mingo after his knife falls into the hands of a Cherokee who murders a trader s family.

    Director: John Florea

    Writer: N/A

  • The First Beau
    7.6/10(59)

    #12 - The First Beau

    Season 2 Episode 12

    Aired 12/9/1965

    Feelings for Jemima make a dashing young outlaw consider reforming.

    Director: John Florea

    Writer: N/A

  • The Perilous Journey
    7.5/10(48)

    #13 - The Perilous Journey

    Season 2 Episode 13

    Aired 12/16/1965

    Daniel and Rebecca finally get to take a long delayed honeymoon but it gets interrupted by an officer of the Continental Army with a confidential message for Daniel to deliver to New Orleans.

    Director: John Florea

    Writer: N/A

  • The Christmas Story
    8.0/10(64)

    #14 - The Christmas Story

    Season 2 Episode 14

    Aired 12/23/1965

    On a cold Christmas Eve, hungry Boonesborough awaits the birth of an Indian child who could reconcile two tribes.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Tamarack Massacre Affair
    7.6/10(49)

    #15 - The Tamarack Massacre Affair

    Season 2 Episode 15

    Aired 12/30/1965

    The sister of a British officer lies that she narrowly escaped an Indian massacre; Boone must avert war.

    Director: James B. Clark

    Writer: David Duncan

  • Gabriel
    7.8/10(44)

    #16 - Gabriel

    Season 2 Episode 16

    Aired 1/6/1966

    A Spanish military expedition chasing a French revolutionary mistakes Boone for its quarry.

    Director: Gerd Oswald

    Writer: N/A

  • Seminole Territory
    7.5/10(51)

    #17 - Seminole Territory

    Season 2 Episode 17

    Aired 1/13/1966

    After Seminoles hail him a god, a magician lets his power go to his head.

    Director: John Florea

    Writer: N/A

  • The Deserter
    7.3/10(37)

    #18 - The Deserter

    Season 2 Episode 18

    Aired 1/20/1966

    A bounty hunter seeking Army deserters learns one of his captives is valuable Boone.

    Director: Nathan Juran

    Writer: N/A

  • Crisis by Fire
    8.1/10(49)

    #19 - Crisis by Fire

    Season 2 Episode 19

    Aired 1/27/1966

    A former Continental Army officer uses a smallpox threat to raise troops against Indians.

    Director: H. Bruce Humberstone

    Writer: David Duncan, Lee Loeb

  • The Gun
    7.6/10(40)

    #20 - The Gun

    Season 2 Episode 20

    Aired 2/3/1966

    Boone heads to Pennsylvania to have a new gun made, but meets two scoundrels seeking a guide to the Mississippi.

    Director: Robert Totten

    Writer: N/A

  • The Prisoners
    7.6/10(43)

    #21 - The Prisoners

    Season 2 Episode 21

    Aired 2/10/1966

    Three escaped Army prisoners, seeking revenge on a former commander, pressure Boone by seizing his children.

    Director: John Florea

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fifth Man
    8.0/10(46)

    #22 - The Fifth Man

    Season 2 Episode 22

    Aired 2/17/1966

    Boone and his party endure hardship to blow up a bridge between the advancing British and Fort Wayne.

    Director: George Sherman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Gun-Barrel Highway
    7.7/10(43)

    #23 - The Gun-Barrel Highway

    Season 2 Episode 23

    Aired 2/24/1966

    Cassady was supposed to build a new road in the wilderness around Shawnee land. But when he decides there isn't enough time before winter to build the longer route, he decides to go straight through Shawnee land and into a possible war.

    Director: John Florea

    Writer: Thomas W. Blackburn

  • The Search
    7.7/10(46)

    #24 - The Search

    Season 2 Episode 24

    Aired 3/3/1966

    An ambush on the way to New Orleans leaves Boone in possession of a famous pirate s journal.

    Director: Harmon Jones

    Writer: N/A

  • Fifty Rifles
    7.4/10(40)

    #25 - Fifty Rifles

    Season 2 Episode 25

    Aired 3/10/1966

    William Blunt, an old friend of Boone's, steals a wagon carrying fifty rifles and powder, which he intends to sell to the Shawnee. Daniel, along with Mingo and Jericho, must find Blunt and recover the rifles before a deal with the chief is made.

    Director: John Florea

    Writer: N/A