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The Best Episodes of Gunsmoke Season 2

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

The Best Episodes of Gunsmoke Season 2

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  1. 8.6/10(308 votes)

    #1 - The Round Up

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    S2:E4

    Matt closes up shops to a group of drunken cowboys, which causes trouble.

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    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.6/10(273 votes)

    #2 - No Indians

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    S2:E11

    Matt and Chester act as decoys to ambush outlaws (including Mickey Simpson) that are masking their crimes as those of renegade Indians (Fintan Meyler and Herbert Rudley appear).

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    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:N/A
  3. 8.6/10(223 votes)

    #3 - Gone Straight

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    S2:E20

    Townspeople protect an outlaw (Carl Betz) they believe has reformed (Tige Andrews, Joe De Santis, John Dierkes, Marianne Stewart, and Ward Wood appear).

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    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:N/A
  4. 8.4/10(258 votes)

    #4 - Greater Love

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    S2:E10

    An outlaw (Claude Akins) threatens to kill Doc if he does not help his wounded buddy (Frank de Kova and Amzie Strickland appear).

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    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:N/A
  5. 8.3/10(229 votes)

    #5 - Cheap Labor

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    S2:E32

    A former gunfighter has turned away from violence, but his fiancee's brother is determined to goad him into a gunfight.

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  6. 8.2/10(248 votes)

    #6 - Bloody Hands

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    S2:E21

    The shooting of several members of an outlaw gang, though in self defense, triggers an emotional crisis in Matt, haunted by memories of all the men he has killed (Lawrence Dobkin, Russell Johnson, and Gloria Marshall appear).

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  8. 8.1/10(267 votes)

    #7 - Cow Doctor

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    S2:E1

    After he is summoned unknowingly by Ben Pitcher to treat one of his cows,a human patient of Doc's dies. Durning a fight with Pitcher, Doc is knifed.

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  9. 8.1/10(268 votes)

    #8 - Legal Revenge

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    S2:E8

    Doc comes upon a homesteader (Philip Bourneuf) with a busted leg and a gun to protect himself from his wife (Cloris Leachman).

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  10. 8.1/10(230 votes)

    #9 - Sins of the Father

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    S2:E17

    An Indian woman (Angie Dickinson) faces prejudice for her father's raid on Dodge City (Peter Whitney and Paul Wexler appear).

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  11. 8.1/10(236 votes)

    #10 - Kick Me

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    S2:E18

    A bank robber (Robert H. Harris) murders his wife and frames Tobeel (Frank de Kova) for the crime (Paul Lambert appears).

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  12. 8.1/10(202 votes)

    #11 - Executioner

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    S2:E19

    A young gunfighter, Tom Clegg, forces farmer Abe Curry into a duel and kills him. Matt can't arrest Clegg since Abe drew first. However, Abe's brother Morgan plots revenge. Morgan, who is unarmed, follows Clegg constantly. Clegg soon grows tired of it and attempts to take care of his ""problem.""

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  13. 8.1/10(235 votes)

    #12 - Who Lives by the Sword

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    S2:E34

    Joe Delk causes trouble at The Long Branch after shooting two men who were unarmed.

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  14. 8.0/10(226 votes)

    #13 - Young Man with a Gun

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    S2:E5

    After gunman, Sam Kercher is killed by Matt, his 16-year old brother arrives to fight Matt.

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  15. 8.0/10(221 votes)

    #14 - Spring Term

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    S2:E12

    Matt discovers that he was the intended victim of a murder he is investigating (Stanley Adams, Jack Kruschen, Paul Newlan, Harry Townes, and H. M. Wynant appear).

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    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:N/A
  16. 8.0/10(237 votes)

    #15 - Last Fling

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    S2:E26

    Kitty gets annoyed by a pair of old farmers who are each trying to have a fling with her.

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    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:N/A
  17. 7.9/10(241 votes)

    #16 - Brush at Elkader

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    S2:E2

    After his friend Ben Williams is shot down by Lou Shippen, Matt travels to Elkader to bring him him. The only problem, he doesn't know what he looks like and the town is protecting Shippen.

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    Director:Ted Post
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  18. 7.9/10(235 votes)

    #17 - The Mistake

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    S2:E9

    Matt leaves Dodge City unprotected when he sets out to find a killer (Mike Connors) (Bert Rumsey credited as 'Bartender', but referred to by Chester as 'Sam Noonan').

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  19. 7.9/10(235 votes)

    #18 - The Photographer

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    S2:E28

    Dodge City meets a Photographer who shows the residents how a camera works. Jacoby wants to take pictures of how the Wild West looks. When Matt learns someone died, he thinks the photographer may have hired someone to kill Grubby for a picture of the west.

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  20. 7.8/10(223 votes)

    #19 - Pucket's New Year

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    S2:E15

    An old buffalo hunter (Edgar Stehli) swears revenge on the skinner (Grant Withers) that left him to die (Richard Deacon appears as banker Botkin, Bert Rumsey credited as 'Bartender').

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  21. 7.8/10(233 votes)

    #20 - Skid Row

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    S2:E22

    An Eastern girl makes the long trip to Dodge, only to find that her fiancé has lost his money and won't marry her.

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    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:N/A
  22. 7.7/10(213 votes)

    #21 - Cain

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    S2:E24

    Ex-gunslinger Joel Adams' past is about to catch up with him.

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    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:N/A
  23. 7.7/10(206 votes)

    #22 - Liar from Blackhawk

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    S2:E38

    A braggart tries to provoke a gunfight with a harmless drunk.

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  24. 7.6/10(249 votes)

    #23 - Custer

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    S2:E3

    Matt refuses to turn the rustler Joe Trimble over to Major Banker for court-martial.

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    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:N/A
  25. 7.6/10(219 votes)

    #24 - Cholera

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    S2:E14

    A landowner (Paul Fix) tries to terrorize homesteaders (Bartlett Robinson and Peg Hillias) off their land (Gordon Gebert, John Smith, and Stuart Whitman appear).

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  26. 7.6/10(200 votes)

    #25 - The Cover Up

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    S2:E16

    Matt traps a cattleman (Tyler McVey) who shot two homesteaders (including Roy Engel) (Malcolm Atterbury and Vivi Janiss appear).

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Round Up" is the best rated episode of "Gunsmoke" season 2. It scored 8.6/10 based on 308 votes. Directed by Ted Post and written by N/A, it aired on 9/29/1956. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "No Indians".