5.4/10174 votesLoading...#1 - Brides and Grooms
Season 20 Episode 19 - Aired 2/10/1975
Farmer Jed Hackett (Harry Morgan) decides it's time for his three sons marry the women they brought back from Dodge City.
Director: Victor French
Writer: Earl W. Wallace
5.5/10245 votesLoading...#2 - Bad Lady from Brookline
Season 10 Episode 32 - Aired 5/1/1965
Just arriving in Dodge, Molly McConnell looks for her husband. When she finds out he's been killed, and Dillon is responsible, she wonders why he didn't tell her in the first place and sets out to learn how to shoot so she can kill him.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: N/A
5.9/10158 votesLoading...#3 - Manolo
Season 20 Episode 23 - Aired 3/17/1975
Manolo (Robert Urich)is a Basque youth who is not recognized as a man in the eyes of his people because he refuses to fight his father Alejo (Nehemiah Persoff), a traditional Basque custom to prove one's manhood.
Director: N/A
Writer: Earl W. Wallace
6.1/10189 votesLoading...#5 - Captain Sligo
Season 16 Episode 16 - Aired 1/4/1971
A Captain of the sea wants to live Dodge City.
Director: William Conrad
Writer: N/A
6.5/10228 votesLoading...#6 - Catawomper
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 2/10/1962
Chester is getting home-cooked meals from, and giving guitar lessons to, a spirited young woman who hopes thereby to make her estranged sweetheart jealous.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
6.6/10187 votesLoading...
6.6/10145 votesLoading...#8 - Cleavus
Season 16 Episode 21 - Aired 2/15/1971
Cleavus think he could be rich, but he soon finds fool's gold in the mine.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
6.6/10191 votesLoading...#9 - The Wiving
Season 20 Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/1974
Jed Hockett(Harry Morgan), a farmer, orders his three boys to go to town and return with prospective brides.
Director: Victor French
Writer: Earl W. Wallace
6.7/10158 votesLoading...#10 - Doctor Herman Schultz, M.D.
Season 15 Episode 18 - Aired 1/26/1970
Doc Adams's old friend is thought to be a thief.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: Calvin Clements Sr.
6.8/10191 votesLoading...#11 - Jealousy
Season 2 Episode 39 - Aired 7/6/1957
Jack Kelly plays a hot-tempered husband who thinks Matt is after his wife.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Writer: N/A
6.8/10172 votesLoading...#12 - Miguel's Daughter
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 11/28/1959
A father threatens to kill the two drifters who have been plaguing his daughter.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Writer: N/A
6.8/10214 votesLoading...#13 - Root Down
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1962
Chester may find himself entrapped into marriage with a drifter's daughter who isn't particular about how she lands a husband.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kathleen Hite
6.8/10190 votesLoading...#14 - My Sister's Keeper
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1963
A despondent widower goes to work on a farm for two sisters, each of whom finds him fascinating in her own way.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Kathleen Hite
6.8/10180 votesLoading...#15 - Champion of the World
Season 12 Episode 14 - Aired 12/24/1966
Bull Bannock (Alan Hale), retired heavyweight champion of the world, attempts to make a home for himself in Dodge City, and tries to buy Miss Kitty's Longbranch Saloon.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: N/A
6.8/10150 votesLoading...#16 - Gold Town
Season 14 Episode 18 - Aired 1/27/1969
Will Mannon, a sharpshooter who rode with Quantrill's Raiders, terrorizes Dodge City as he waits for Matt to return and face him in a showdown.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/10156 votesLoading...#17 - The Tycoon
Season 16 Episode 18 - Aired 1/25/1971
Festus becomes a rich man.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
6.8/10154 votesLoading...#18 - Jaekel
Season 16 Episode 19 - Aired 2/1/1971
A convict returns to Dodge City to get a woman back.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: Calvin Clements Sr.
6.8/10135 votesLoading...#19 - To Ride a Yeller Horse
Season 19 Episode 23 - Aired 3/18/1974
Joan Shepherd wants Anna May to marry Steven Rogers, not Newly or Orlo who is a farmer. Ana May wants to date Newly. Newly drops by to take Anna May for a ride and is told she won't be back for awhile. Orlo fights Newly over Anna May, Orlo hits his head on the wagon causing him to lose his memory.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
6.9/10191 votesLoading...#20 - Sunday Supplement
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 2/8/1958
Clifton Bunker and Samuel Spring, writers from New York, come to Dodge looking for a story. Finding none they stir up trouble to get a story.
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: N/A
6.9/10180 votesLoading...#21 - Bank Baby
Season 10 Episode 26 - Aired 3/20/1965
Bert Clum uses his clan to get what he wants. They are camped outside of Dodge. When they meet a small wagon train, he hatches a plot to rob the local bank. But he needs to snatch a baby to hide behind first.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Writer: John Meston
6.9/10198 votesLoading...#22 - Sweet Billy, Singer of Songs
Season 11 Episode 17 - Aired 1/15/1966
Festus's nephew arrives, seeking a bride who can read and write. He soon finds one, but runs into difficulties earning the money he needs for her dowry.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/10178 votesLoading...#23 - Wonder
Season 13 Episode 14 - Aired 12/18/1967
Drfter Jud Pryor tries to clear his name of murder, meanwhile the two brothers of his girlfriend are planning to kill him.
Director: Irving J. Moore
Writer: William Blinn
6.9/10163 votesLoading...#24 - The Pack Rat
Season 15 Episode 16 - Aired 1/12/1970
An orphan steals from Matt but could risk his own life when he tries to help out in an ambush.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: N/A
6.9/10167 votesLoading...#25 - Arizona Midnight
Season 18 Episode 15 - Aired 1/1/1973
A midget arrives in Dodge City claiming he will turn into an elephant at the stroke of midnight. Arizona begins asking for someone to care for him along with three bales of hay. Everyone finds the story a bit far fetched.
Director: Irving J. Moore
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of Gunsmoke
Every episode of Gunsmoke ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Gunsmoke!
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...
Genres:WesternAction & AdventureDrama
Network:CBS
Worst Episodes Summary
"Brides and Grooms" is the worst rated episode of "Gunsmoke". It scored 5.4/10 based on 174 votes. Directed by Victor French and written by Earl W. Wallace, it aired on 2/10/1975. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Bad Lady from Brookline".
