- 7.7/10127 votes
#1 - Scourge of the West
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1965
Private Wilton Parmenter gets promoted after leading a charge against the Confederates and receives an assignment as Fort Courage's new commanding officer.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Writer: Seaman Jacobs, Ed James, James Barnett
- 7.4/1090 votes
#2 - Don't Look Now, One of Our Cannon Is Missing
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1965
O'Rourke plots to retrieve the cannon he loaned to the Hekawis for use in a festival.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1086 votes
#3 - The Phantom Major
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1965
A British Major shows the men the advantages of using camouflage to fight Indians.
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1081 votes
#4 - Corporal Agarn's Farewell to the Troops
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1965
Agarn believes he is dying after his medical report is mixed up with that of his horse.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1097 votes
#5 - The Return of Bald Eagle
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1965
A renegade Indian tries to go straight but finds he can't.
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1078 votes
#6 - Dirge for the Scourge
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1965
Sam Urp, scourge of the west, comes to Fort Courage for a showdown with Parmenter, the Scourge of the West.
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1083 votes
#7 - The Girl From Philadelphia
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1965
Wilton's old girlfriend comes to vie for his affection and to persuade him to return to the East.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1082 votes
#8 - Old Iron Pants
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1965
O'Rourke Enterprise's tries mail order brides while Parmenter is away at command school.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1079 votes
#9 - Me Heap Big Injun
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/1965
Agarn leaves the troop to become an Indian, and turns out to be a better Indian than the entire Hekawi tribe.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1072 votes
#10 - She's Only a Build in a Girdled Cage
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/1965
Dobbs' mother is coming but everyone thinks it is Laura Lee, a dance hall singer to entertain the men.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau, Leslie Goodwins
Writer: Larry Markes
- 7.0/1074 votes
#11 - A Gift From the Chief
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1965
Parmenter accidentally saves Wild Eagle's life, and receives a baby as a reward.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Writer: Hal Goldman, Al Gordon
- 7.2/1067 votes
#12 - Honest Injun
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/30/1965
A con man muscles his way into O'Rourke Enterprises by selling worthless land as potential gold mines.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Writer: Seaman Jacobs, Ed James
- 7.9/1077 votes
#13 - O'Rourke vs. O'Reilly
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/7/1965
A beautiful woman almost drives O'Rourke Enterprises out of business when she opens a saloon across the street.
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1070 votes
#14 - The 86 Proof Spring
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/14/1965
Parmenter searches for the Hekawis' whiskey supply, unaware that it is hidden at Fort Courage.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1062 votes
#15 - Here Comes the Tribe
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/21/1965
The Chief's daughter is kidnapped by a brave from another tribe looking for a wife, and the troop comes to the rescue.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1064 votes
#16 - Iron Horse Go Home
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/28/1965
The Hekawis sell their land to the railroad and move into Fort Courage.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Writer: Seaman Jacobs, Ed James
- 7.8/1071 votes
#17 - Our Hero, What's His Name?
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/4/1966
Agarn boasts to a girl he's trying to impress that he killed Geronimo, so Geronimo comes after Agarn.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1067 votes
#18 - Wrongo Starr and the Lady in Black
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/11/1966
A famous jinx comes to town and meets a widow whose four husbands have all died mysteriously.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1070 votes
#19 - El Diablo
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/18/1966
Agarn's look-a-like Mexican bandit cousin comes to town, and the Corporal must capture him to clear his name.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1061 votes
#20 - Go For Broke
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/25/1966
Jane's cousin, an inventor, helps Parmenter win a poker game to replace the pension funds lost by O'Rourke.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1059 votes
#21 - The New I.G.
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/8/1966
The new Inspector General plots to wipe out the Hekawis with a rifle he has invented.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1072 votes
#22 - Spy, Counterspy, Counter Counterspy
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/15/1966
Agarn is chosen to test a bullet proof vest, but it is stolen when Fort Courage in infiltrated by spies.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1062 votes
#23 - The Courtship of Wrangler Jane
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/22/1966
O'Rourke, figuring his operations will be more profitable with Wilton away, plays cupid for Wilton and Jane.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1064 votes
#24 - Play, Gypsy, Play
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/1/1966
Gypsies come and invade Fort Courage.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1061 votes
#25 - Reunion for O'Rourke
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/8/1966
Agarn arranges a celebration of O'Rourke's 25 years of service in the Army.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of F Troop Season 1
Every episode of F Troop Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of F Troop Season 1!
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Scourge of the West" is the best rated episode of "F Troop" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 127 votes. Directed by Charles R. Rondeau and written by Seaman Jacobs, Ed James, James Barnett, it aired on 9/14/1965. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Don't Look Now, One of Our Cannon Is Missing".