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The Best Episodes of Paradise

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

The adventures of fictitious gunfighter Ethan Allen Cord, whose sister left her four children in his custody when she died.
Genres:WesternDrama
Network:CBS

Best Episodes Summary

"A Study in Scarlet" is the best rated episode of "Paradise". It scored 9.7/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/29/1991. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Return of Johnny Ryan".

  • A Study in Scarlet
    9.7/1010 votes
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    #1 - A Study in Scarlet

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 3/29/1991

    Paradise is thrown into a state of terror when a serial killer begins targeting the town's woman. Ethan must identify and catch the killer, who has set his sites on Claire.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Return of Johnny Ryan
    9.5/108 votes
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    #2 - The Return of Johnny Ryan

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/1989

    The gold rush hits town and Ethan’s land is no exception. Paradise turns into a materialistic town.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dust on the Wind
    9.3/109 votes
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    #3 - Dust on the Wind

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/1990

    A con woman visits Paradise and sells the town a trolley. She takes the townsfolk on a ride and while they are partying, she loots the place.

    Director: James L. Conway

    Writer: N/A

  • Birthright
    9.3/1012 votes
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    #4 - Birthright

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 3/8/1991

    The Carroll children's father Robert returns and tells Ethan he wants custody of the kids. At first resistant, Ethan begins to feel the children might be safer living with their father, however neglectful he has been in the past, than with him. But it turns out Robert may have brought danger of his own into the children's lives.

    Director: Harry Harris

    Writer: N/A

  • The Gates of Paradise
    9.2/107 votes
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    #5 - The Gates of Paradise

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/1990

    Paradise is hit by an outbreak of smallpox and Ethan has to deal with George being infected by it.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Coward
    9.2/108 votes
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    #6 - The Coward

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/7/1990

    Jerome, an obtuse and gentle man, faces a jury for the strangling of a girl who rejected him.

    Director: Michael Lange

    Writer: N/A

  • The Bounty
    9.2/1013 votes
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    #7 - The Bounty

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/1991

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Unfinished Business
    9.2/107 votes
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    #8 - Unfinished Business

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 6/14/1991

    Ethan learns that an old enemy of his is headed for Paradise looking to shoot it out. To protect the children, he sends them away on a trip, but they realize that something is wrong at home. As the gunfight nears, both Ethan (in Paradise) and the children (waiting at the train station) both reflect back to how they've become a family (via flashbacks to previous episodes). Spoiler: In the end, the children don't take the train and rush back to their uncle in Paradise. He has defeated the other gunfighter and he and the children are reunited.

    Director: Harry Harris

    Writer: N/A

  • A Gather Of Guns
    9.1/1049 votes
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    #9 - A Gather Of Guns

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/1989

    When a man thinks Ethan knows the location of a fortune, he kidnaps him and takes him to a prison where no man has ever escaped from. Amelia turns to her estranged husband, Pierce for help. He takes her to see Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and Pat Garrett who agree to help.

    Director: Michael Lange

    Writer: N/A

  • Ghost Dance
    9.0/1014 votes
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    #10 - Ghost Dance

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/24/1988

    Ethan saves an Indian from an angry lynching mob.

    Director: Joseph L. Scanlan

    Writer: N/A

  • Boomtown
    9.0/107 votes
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    #11 - Boomtown

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/1989

    Ethan has to find out who is robbing the graves in the local cemetery; while Amelia takes care of the children whom a beautiful girl she does not know is tutoring. The law also wants her.

    Director: Harry Harris

    Writer: N/A

  • The Plague
    9.0/107 votes
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    #12 - The Plague

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/1989

    Johnny Ryan fulfills his promise of returning to paradise and taking revenge on the person who humiliated him: Ethan Cord.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Till Death Do Us Part
    9.0/108 votes
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    #13 - Till Death Do Us Part

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/3/1990

    Ethan is offered a very well paying job but at the same time very dangerous. To deliver the opium that miners use to keep some Chinese workers more or less enslaved.

    Director: Cliff Bole

    Writer: N/A

  • Childhood's End
    8.8/1023 votes
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    #14 - Childhood's End

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/29/1988

    A traveling bordello pays a visit to Ethan’s town.

    Director: Kim Manners

    Writer: N/A

  • Squaring Off
    8.8/1014 votes
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    #15 - Squaring Off

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/13/1989

    Ethan defies a corrupt lawman to save the life of a Texas ranger.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Gathering of Guns (2)
    8.8/1012 votes
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    #16 - A Gathering of Guns (2)

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/10/1989

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    Director: Cliff Bole

    Writer: N/A

  • All the Pretty Little Horses
    8.8/108 votes
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    #17 - All the Pretty Little Horses

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1989

    Laid off miners decide to ambush Ethan and Amelia when they are heading to Virginia City to deposit $50.000.

    Director: Cliff Bole

    Writer: N/A

  • Devil's Escort
    8.8/107 votes
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    #18 - Devil's Escort

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/13/1990

    A symbolic drama centering on two strangers in Paradise: a black-clad equestrian with two grim appointments to keep before the New Year, and a simple youth left in the forest to fend for himself.

    Director: Michael Lange

    Writer: N/A

  • The Women
    8.8/107 votes
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    #19 - The Women

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 1/25/1991

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    Director: Cliff Bole

    Writer: N/A

  • Shield of Gold
    8.8/109 votes
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    #20 - Shield of Gold

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 4/12/1991

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    Director: Cliff Bole

    Writer: N/A

  • Founder's Day
    8.7/1015 votes
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    #21 - Founder's Day

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/10/1988

    Amelia shots a bank robber and his family decides to make her pay.

    Director: Michael Ray Rhodes

    Writer: N/A

  • Dead Run
    8.7/108 votes
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    #22 - Dead Run

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1989

    The town needs a new marshal and Ethan is an obvious candidate, however, he does not want to do it; not even, if it costs him his ranch.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Orphan Train
    8.7/109 votes
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    #23 - Orphan Train

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/1989

    A woman fights an implacable battle against the railroad she blames for the loss of her husband, son, and farm, not considering the cost to her and her surviving daughter.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dangerous Cargo
    8.7/1011 votes
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    #24 - Dangerous Cargo

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/20/1990

    A killer who is being escorted by Ethan back to Paradise for trial might never make it because other outlaws want him dead.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Stray Bullet
    8.6/1015 votes
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    #25 - Stray Bullet

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/8/1988

    Accidentally, during a gun fight Ethan injures Amelia.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A