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The Best Episodes of How the West Was Won

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The Best Episodes of How the West Was Won

The Macahans, a family from Virginia headed by Zeb Macahan, travel across the country to pioneer a new land and a new home in the...

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  1. 9.0/10(63 votes)

    #1 - The Posse

    S2:E14

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  2. 8.7/10(61 votes)

    #2 - The Judge

    S2:E9

    Luke rescues Judge Rensen from a band of Indians, and the judge promises to do all he can to assist Luke in getting a full pardon.

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  3. 8.7/10(95 votes)

    #3 - The Enemy

    S3:E3

    A by-the-book Army lieutenant clashes with the Macahans when he hunts for an Indian chief suspected of raiding wagon trains.

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  4. 8.6/10(70 votes)

    #4 - Orville Gant

    S2:E4

    Luke tries to prevent the rampage by bandits to rob a gold shipment. In the turmoil killed their leader and Luke's friend Curt Grayson. Zeb rescues a woman from two bandits and discover that it is his old girlfriend Beth. Laura negative opinion of marriage to Jeremiah Taylor and Jessie in mortal danger after being stung wasp.

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  5. 8.6/10(86 votes)

    #5 - The Gunfighter

    S3:E1

    Rancher Henry Coe hires a professional gunman to drive the Macahans off what he considers to be his property. Frank Grayson ingratiates himself with the Macahans, but Josh recognizes him as the gunman once hired to kill Luke.

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  6. 8.5/10(90 votes)

    #6 - Bowie John Christie

    S1:E3

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  8. 8.5/10(92 votes)

    #7 - Buffalo Story

    S2:E1

    A conflict flare up since representatives from the Russian court chasing lots of buffalo on the Indians' territory. Zeb takes on the task of mediating between the Sioux Indians and the army. While Molly Culhane arrives into town to take care of the children.

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  9. 8.5/10(80 votes)

    #8 - Mormon Story

    S2:E2

    Zeb join the Sioux indians after one of the Russians had been killed in battle because of a breach of the Treaty. Mormon polygamists and Jeremiah Taylor suitors for Laura, who accepts.

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    Director:Barry Crane
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  10. 8.5/10(65 votes)

    #9 - Cattle Drive

    S2:E6

    Frank Grayson fabricating false evidence that Luke was in the lawless gang, and when the trial of Luke begins to see the bad. On top of all judges found the death.

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  11. 8.5/10(62 votes)

    #10 - Robber's Roost

    S2:E7

    Molly and Jessie dilegens fail when they are on their way home, and a shocked Jessie goes out on the desert wandering. After that has been rescued by Josh and Laura takes Molly using Deek to find Jessie. Zab and Luke is unaware that Tap has it together with a gang of bandits and let him join as a cook on their journey to the Indian Reservation. Jessie found the Navajo Indian Teel-M. Deek have strong feelings for Molly, but he dismissed him repeatedly.

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    Director:Harry Falk
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  12. 8.5/10(60 votes)

    #11 - Deek

    S2:E8

    Doreen tells of Francis and Stillman for Zeb, and Josh is attacked by Stillman and his men. Molly has been busy defending itself against Deek.

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    Director:Joseph Pevney
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  13. 8.5/10(64 votes)

    #12 - Brothers

    S2:E11

    Otter Belt threatens to expose Taps affiliated with robber rabble of Zeb, which ends with the Tap kill him. Deek bribing a land manager to get over Macahan land and gold in their river bend. Josh comes to Las Mesas to help Luke, but fall in love with Doreen in the coup. Stillman uses Francis, Dore Head, to get Luke doomed. Tap tell her dark secret of Zeb and end up in a bloody gun duel.

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    Director:Barry Crane
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  14. 8.5/10(90 votes)

    #13 - The Rustler

    S3:E2

    Jessie is blindly in love with a handsome young stranger named Bob, who rescues her from a nasty villain. Together they flee to a small town and finds a priest who agrees to perform the ceremony.

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    Director:Barry Crane
  15. 8.5/10(81 votes)

    #14 - Hillary

    S3:E5

    Luke embarks on a double mission: to win back his old flame Hillary and find the man who is suspected of murder as Luke once accused of - and to get him to confess.

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  16. 8.4/10(94 votes)

    #15 - Erika

    S1:E2

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  17. 8.4/10(73 votes)

    #16 - Interlude

    S2:E3

    Luke is captured by a highwayman robber line composed of former soldiers in the Confederate Army. Zeb carrying Satangkais Sioux chief's body to General Sheridan after the governor had sacrificed their lives in the struggle for his people.

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  18. 8.4/10(68 votes)

    #17 - Amnesty

    S2:E5

    Zeb finds out that Beth is married to a war hero who is presumed to be dead. When the doctor fails to cure Zeb Jessie takes her to a medicine man of the Arapaho Indians in a desperate attempt to save her life. Zeb and Luke discovers a group of hungry Indians and decides to buy a herd of cattle as they run to the reserve, along with some Indians.

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  19. 8.4/10(53 votes)

    #18 - Secrets

    S2:E12

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  20. 8.4/10(76 votes)

    #19 - L'Affaire Riel

    S3:E6

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    Director:Harry Falk
  21. 8.4/10(83 votes)

    #20 - The Scavengers

    S3:E7

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  22. 8.3/10(88 votes)

    #21 - Provost Marshal

    S1:E1

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  23. 8.3/10(50 votes)

    #22 - Gold

    S2:E10

    Luke saves the judges during the competition the Indians, and who tries to attack the referee helped get him pardoned.

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  24. 8.3/10(52 votes)

    #23 - The Hearing

    S2:E13

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  25. 8.3/10(75 votes)

    #24 - The Forgotten

    S3:E8

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  26. 8.2/10(70 votes)

    #25 - Luke

    S3:E9

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Posse" is the best rated episode of "How the West Was Won". It scored 9/10 based on 63 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/21/1978. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Judge".