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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

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and...
  1. Background image for The Round Up
    8.6/10(311 votes)

    #1 - The Round Up

    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. Background image for No Indians
    8.6/10(275 votes)

    #2 - No Indians

    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. Background image for Gone Straight
    8.6/10(226 votes)

    #3 - Gone Straight

    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. Background image for Greater Love
    8.4/10(261 votes)

    #4 - Greater Love

    S2:E10

    An outlaw threatens to kill Doc if he does not help his wounded buddy.

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    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:N/A
  5. Background image for Cheap Labor
    8.3/10(232 votes)

    #5 - Cheap Labor

    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. Background image for Bloody Hands
    8.2/10(252 votes)

    #6 - Bloody Hands

    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. Background image for Cow Doctor
    8.1/10(271 votes)

    #7 - Cow Doctor

    S2:E1

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

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  9. Background image for Legal Revenge
    8.1/10(269 votes)

    #8 - Legal Revenge

    S2:E8

    Doc comes upon a homesteader with a busted leg—and a gun to protect himself from his wife.

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  10. Background image for Sins of the Father
    8.1/10(233 votes)

    #9 - Sins of the Father

    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. Background image for Kick Me
    8.1/10(237 votes)

    #10 - Kick Me

    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. Background image for Executioner
    8.1/10(204 votes)

    #11 - Executioner

    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.

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  13. Background image for Who Lives by the Sword
    8.1/10(239 votes)

    #12 - Who Lives by the Sword

    S2:E34

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

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  14. Background image for Young Man with a Gun
    8.0/10(227 votes)

    #13 - Young Man with a Gun

    S2:E5

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

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    8.0/10(222 votes)

    #14 - Spring Term

    S2:E12

    Matt discovers that he was the intended victim of a murder he is investigating.

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    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:N/A
  16. Background image for Last Fling
    8.0/10(238 votes)

    #15 - Last Fling

    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. Background image for Brush at Elkader
    7.9/10(244 votes)

    #16 - Brush at Elkader

    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
    Writer:N/A
  18. Background image for The Mistake
    7.9/10(236 votes)

    #17 - The Mistake

    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. Background image for The Photographer
    7.9/10(237 votes)

    #18 - The Photographer

    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. Background image for Pucket's New Year
    7.8/10(226 votes)

    #19 - Pucket's New Year

    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. Background image for Skid Row
    7.8/10(237 votes)

    #20 - Skid Row

    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. Background image for The Cover Up
    7.7/10(203 votes)

    #21 - The Cover Up

    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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  23. Background image for Cain
    7.7/10(214 votes)

    #22 - Cain

    S2:E24

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

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    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:N/A
  24. Background image for Liar from Blackhawk
    7.7/10(211 votes)

    #23 - Liar from Blackhawk

    S2:E38

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

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  25. Background image for Custer
    7.6/10(251 votes)

    #24 - Custer

    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
  26. Background image for Cholera
    7.6/10(220 votes)

    #25 - Cholera

    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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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Round Up" is the best rated episode of "Gunsmoke" season 2. It scored 8.6/10 based on 311 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".