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The Best Episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2

Every episode of Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 1 - The Manhunter
    8.3/10(159 votes)

    #1 - The Manhunter

    S2:E1

    Paladin is forced to kill Jimmy Dawes, wanted for murder. When he takes him back to his home town, the townspeople, the sheriff and the boy's brothers give him a hostile welcome.

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 2 - In an Evil Time
    8.5/10(167 votes)

    #2 - In an Evil Time

    S2:E2

    Pappy French and his gang have robbed the bank in Mercede of $50,000. Pappy ran off with the cash and left his gang to shoot it out with the law. Paladin is hired to bring Pappy and the money back.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Shimon Wincelberg

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  3. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 3 - The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
    7.6/10(163 votes)

    #3 - The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

    S2:E3

    Chris Sorenson is shy around women and he asks Paladin to help him with his new neighbor, Senorita Maria de Castro, a lady rancher. Complicating the matter is cattle missing from the de Castro ranch.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 4 - The Hanging of Roy Carter
    8.4/10(152 votes)

    #4 - The Hanging of Roy Carter

    S2:E4

    Roy Carter is scheduled to be hanged. Another man confesses to the murder just before the execution is to take place. Paladin is hired to try to convince the warden to delay the hanging until the Governor can be reached.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  5. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 5 - Duel at Florence
    7.6/10(128 votes)

    #5 - Duel at Florence

    S2:E5

    Paladin receives a letter with a bank draft for $82.17 from Ernie Teller asking for help with a matrimonial problem.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Bruce Geller

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  6. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 6 - The Protege
    8.5/10(160 votes)

    #6 - The Protege

    S2:E6

    Paladin answers an ad in the paper by Kurt Sprague: ""Teach me to quick draw and shoot. Instruction desperately needed. Will pay one thousand dollars. Only experts need apply."" Kurt needs to learn in order to go back home. Paladin does a very good job. Only one problem: Kurt enjoys showing off his new found skill a little too much.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Frank D. Gilroy

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  7. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 7 - The Road to Wickenburg
    8.2/10(156 votes)

    #7 - The Road to Wickenburg

    S2:E7

    Paladin wakes up after being drugged, beaten and robbed in the town of Blue Bell by five men, one of whom is the town's sheriff. They took his money, gun, bullets, horse and saddle. All he has left is his two-shot derringer.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  8. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 8 - A Sense of Justice
    7.8/10(130 votes)

    #8 - A Sense of Justice

    S2:E8

    The sheriff of a small town needs help to prevent the lynching of simple-minded Andy Dawes. The townspeople are sure he is a murderer. Paladin offers to help

    Director:Lamont Johnson
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 9 - Young Gun
    7.5/10(138 votes)

    #9 - Young Gun

    S2:E9

    An ex-gunfighter, Roy Calvert, blames the people of Benedict for his wife's death. The town is in the middle of a bad drought and Calvert and his son are blocking the only access to water in the area. Calvert has trained his son to be a gunfighter and Paladin has to face them both.

    Director:Lamont Johnson
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 10 - The Lady
    7.6/10(131 votes)

    #10 - The Lady

    S2:E10

    A British woman, Diana Coulter, hires Paladin to guide her to her brother's ranch in Shiprock, Arizona, where the Comanches are on the warpath.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Shimon Wincelberg

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  11. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 11 - A Snare for Murder
    7.6/10(135 votes)

    #11 - A Snare for Murder

    S2:E11

    Two ornery old gold miners, who hate each other, have struck it rich. Problem is they talk too much, and now it appears someone is trying to kill them.

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 12 - The Ballad of Oscar Wilde
    7.1/10(145 votes)

    #12 - The Ballad of Oscar Wilde

    S2:E12

    Paladin is hired to protect Oscar Wilde. Another 3 men apply for the job, but after Paladin upstages them they kidnap Wilde for ransom. Paladin takes care of them, his way.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:Irving Wallace

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  13. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 13 - The Solid Gold Patrol
    7.9/10(132 votes)

    #13 - The Solid Gold Patrol

    S2:E13

    Paladin goes to inform a calvary corporal that he has won $600,000 in a lottery. But they may not live to cash in the ticket, they are trapped by several dozen hostile Indians.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Irving Wallace

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  14. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 14 - Something to Live For
    7.5/10(129 votes)

    #14 - Something to Live For

    S2:E14

    On his way to help a man and his daughter over a land dispute, Paladin encounters a wealthy, drunk and helpless man whose guide left him behind to die.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:John Tucker Battle

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  15. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 15 - The Moor's Revenge
    7.6/10(149 votes)

    #15 - The Moor's Revenge

    S2:E15

    Shakespearean actors are going to perform in San Diego during their roundup. They are in for a rough reception. A lovesick gunfighter is among the audience. The show's promoter hires Paladin to keep the peace.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 16 - The Wager
    7.9/10(138 votes)

    #16 - The Wager

    S2:E16

    Sid Morgan hires Paladin to protect him from someone who is trying to kill him. After killing the gunfighter who was following them, Paladin finds out the real reason Morgan hired him. He then hands out his own brand of justice.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 17 - The Taffeta Mayor
    7.9/10(130 votes)

    #17 - The Taffeta Mayor

    S2:E17

    John Kellaway, who is running for mayor of Colton, Wyoming, hires Paladin to protect him from his opposition. When he is killed before Paladin can get there, Paladin persuades John's widow to run for mayor.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 18 - Lady on the Stagecoach
    8.6/10(181 votes)

    #18 - Lady on the Stagecoach

    S2:E18

    Paladin is traveling on a stagecoach with four others, one of whom is Della White Cloud, the educated daughter of an Apache chief. The stage is also carrying a strongbox full of gold, which Ed Rance wants.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 19 - Treasure Trail
    8.0/10(122 votes)

    #19 - Treasure Trail

    S2:E19

    Paladin wins part of a treasure map in a poker game and goes in search of the treasure with three other men.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 20 - Juliet
    7.7/10(132 votes)

    #20 - Juliet

    S2:E20

    Juliet Harper is being hunted by the grandsons of Colonel Jeremiah Pike. Paladin meets her on the stage and now the Colonel is after both of them, and Paladin is without a gun.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  21. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 21 - Hunt the Man Down
    7.9/10(128 votes)

    #21 - Hunt the Man Down

    S2:E21

    Paladin finds himself reluctantly drawn into a deadly dispute between two brothers who are also old aquaintances.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 22 - The Scorched Feather
    7.7/10(134 votes)

    #22 - The Scorched Feather

    S2:E22

    Robert Ceilbleu hires Paladin to protect his father from a Comanche war chief who has sworn to kill him. After arriving at the remote cabin of William Ceilbleu, he learns the reason for the Indian's hatred.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Bruce Geller

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  23. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 23 - The Return of the Lady
    7.3/10(123 votes)

    #23 - The Return of the Lady

    S2:E23

    Diana Coulter (The Lady, Episode 49) wires Paladin and asks him to come to her wedding to ""give the bride away"".

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Shimon Wincelberg

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  24. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 24 - The Monster of Moon Ridge
    8.0/10(133 votes)

    #24 - The Monster of Moon Ridge

    S2:E24

    The townspeople of Moon Ridge, Colorado believe there are monsters in the mountains. Dan Bella's daughter is taken by something and he finds strange footprints outside his daughter's window. Paladin is hired to find out what is up on the ridge.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  25. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 25 - The Long Hunt
    7.6/10(120 votes)

    #25 - The Long Hunt

    S2:E25

    Thomas Orday, half Comanche, has killed two men and wounded Dundee, a former Indian fighter. He is now hiding in the mountains of New Mexico. Paladin is hired to help track him down.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Manhunter" is the best rated episode of "Have Gun, Will Travel" season 2. It scored 8.3/10 based on 159 votes. Directed by Buzz Kulik and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/13/1958. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "In an Evil Time".