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The Best Episodes of Gunsmoke Season 6

Every episode of Gunsmoke Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Gunsmoke Season 6!

The Best Episodes of Gunsmoke Season 6

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. 8.3/10(216 votes)

    #1 - The Blacksmith

    S6:E2

    Troublemakers trick an immigrant blacksmith into leaving his house on his wedding night, then burn it down.

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  2. 8.2/10(208 votes)

    #2 - Old Fool

    S6:E15

    A scheming woman (Else Hedgepath), who is after the money and wealth of Hannibal Bass, makes a play for Hannibal, but runs into some serious, SERIOUS trouble though when she tangles with *MRS* Bass!

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    Director:Ted Post
  3. 8.2/10(197 votes)

    #3 - Love Thy Neighbor

    S6:E20

    The theft of a sack of potatoes leads to increasingly violent hostilities between the Scooper and Galloway families.

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    Director:Dennis Weaver
    Writer:N/A
  4. 8.1/10(199 votes)

    #4 - Small Water

    S6:E3

    Matt arrests Finn Pickett after recognizing his face from a wanted poster. On the way back to Dodge, Pickett's vengeful sons try to free their father as Matt and Chester face a water shortage.

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    Writer:N/A
  5. 8.1/10(199 votes)

    #5 - The Cook

    S6:E14

    A young drifter takes a job as cook at Delmonico's but accidentally kills a crazy buffalo hunter who complains about his cooking.

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    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:N/A
  6. 8.0/10(197 votes)

    #6 - Shooting Stopover

    S6:E5

    While transporting a prisoner with Chester on a stagecoach to Wichita, Matt learns that the stagecoach is also carrying a shipment of gold, and he suspects the coach might be targeted by outlaws.

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  8. 8.0/10(198 votes)

    #7 - Unloaded Gun

    S6:E18

    Red and Joe Lime are no-good murderous brothers, and Matt has to track 'em down out on the prairie. Trouble is, Matt comes down with a fever due to missing out on so much sleep in the last couple of weeks. This situation causes some serious problems for all involved when Matt has to return to Dodge because he is too sick to pursue the Lime brothers.

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    Director:Jesse Hibbs
  9. 8.0/10(233 votes)

    #8 - Little Girl

    S6:E28

    Marshal Dillon must find a suitable home for Charity Gill, a young orphan, after the little girl's father dies when his cabin catches fire. Charity insists that she should live with the Dodge City lawman.

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    Director:Dennis Weaver
  10. 8.0/10(158 votes)

    #9 - Stolen Horses

    S6:E29

    A horse thief murders a man to get his horses. Matt tracks the criminal to a Kiowa camp.

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  11. 7.9/10(199 votes)

    #10 - Say Uncle

    S6:E4

    Lee Nagel suspects his visiting uncle of murder when his father is killed in their store in an apparent accident.

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  12. 7.9/10(208 votes)

    #11 - The Peace Officer

    S6:E6

    Matt is called in to deal with a corrupt sheriff in Tascosa.

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    Director:Jesse Hibbs
  13. 7.9/10(193 votes)

    #12 - No Chip

    S6:E12

    The vicious Dolan brothers move in on a tough cattle rancher and his non-violent son.

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    Writer:N/A
  14. 7.9/10(199 votes)

    #13 - Tall Trapper

    S6:E19

    A man and his wife come across a lone trapper and make camp with him. Next day, the husband comes to Dodge to report to Doc that his wife is sick, but Doc finds the woman beaten to death, and the husband accuses the trapper.

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    Director:Harry Harris
  15. 7.9/10(200 votes)

    #14 - About Chester

    S6:E23

    While Chester is out searching for Doc, his horse is injured. Chester goes to a house for help and is instead taken prisoner.

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    Director:N/A
  16. 7.9/10(175 votes)

    #15 - Minnie

    S6:E30

    Rough and rowdy Minnie comes to Dodge City and sets her designs on Doc Adams, much to the delight of Matt, Chester and Kitty. Trouble comes though when Minnie's husband comes to Dodge and finds out that his Minnie is sweet on Doc.

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    Director:Harry Harris
  17. 7.8/10(181 votes)

    #16 - The Wake

    S6:E13

    Gus Mather arrives in Dodge in a wagon, carrying the coffin of his best friend, Orson Boggs, to give him a proper wake. There's only one problem: according to Mrs. Boggs, her late husband didn't have any friends.

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    Director:Gerald Mayer
  18. 7.8/10(199 votes)

    #17 - Kitty Shot

    S6:E22

    Dillon goes after cowboy Jake Bayloe after he guns down his partner in the Long Branch , shooting Kitty in the crossfire and critically wounding her.

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    Writer:N/A
  19. 7.8/10(195 votes)

    #18 - Harriet

    S6:E24

    After witnessing the callous murder of her kindly father, Harriet Horne disregards Matt's advice and unwisely attempts to extract revenge from the perpetrators by making them jealous rivals for her attention.

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  20. 7.8/10(177 votes)

    #19 - Big Man

    S6:E27

    To protect Kitty, Matt is forced to physically (and publicly) subdue fractious troublemaker Pat Swarner. When Swarner is subsequently found murdered, oft-inebriated Jud Sloan's claim that the Marshal was the killer seems uncomfortably credible.

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    Director:Gerald Mayer
    Writer:N/A
  21. 7.8/10(158 votes)

    #20 - Bless Me Till I Die

    S6:E31

    Vengeful former convict Nate Bush sets off a tragic series of events when he informs Matt that well-liked new arrival Cole Treadwell is actually Cole Trankin, an escapee from the Arizona Territorial Prison.

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    Director:Ted Post
  22. 7.8/10(161 votes)

    #21 - Chester's Dilemma

    S6:E35

    A pretty girl arrives in town and chases Chester, who's happy for her to do so, but the young woman has a secret that may land her in jail.

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    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:N/A
  23. 7.7/10(183 votes)

    #22 - The Worm

    S6:E8

    Murders follow when a buffalo hunter and his browbeaten partner come to town.

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    Director:Arthur Hiller
  24. 7.7/10(180 votes)

    #23 - Brother Love

    S6:E16

    In a family that believes in taking care of its own--including administering punishment within the family for crime--one of two grown brothers appears to have committed murder, but which one?

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    Writer:N/A
  25. 7.7/10(154 votes)

    #24 - The Imposter

    S6:E34

    A man claiming to be a sheriff from Texas comes to Dodge and asks Matt for help tracking down a named fugitive, but the man may not be a lawman.

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    Director:N/A
  26. 7.7/10(166 votes)

    #25 - The Love of Money

    S6:E36

    When an ex-marshal passing through town is shot in the back, Matt suspects a new saloon gal might have had something to do with it.

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    Director:Ted Post

Season 6 Ratings Summary

"The Blacksmith" is the best rated episode of "Gunsmoke" season 6. It scored 8.3/10 based on 216 votes. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and written by John Meston, it aired on 9/17/1960. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Old Fool".