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The Best Episodes of Maverick Season 1

Every episode of Maverick Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Maverick Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Maverick Season 1 Episode 12 - The Quick and the Dead
    8.5/10(199 votes)

    S1:E12

    The only person who can clear Bret of a robbery charge has been marked for death by the notorious gunfighter/gambler Doc Holliday.

    Director:Douglas Heyes
    Writer:Douglas Heyes

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  2. Maverick Season 1 Episode 3 - According to Hoyle
    8.3/10(235 votes)

    S1:E3

    Samantha Crawford is a con artist employed by George Cross. Cross once lost $50,000 to Bret Maverick and is determined to get it back. Two riverboat owners staked Maverick $5,000 which he promptly loses to Samantha. Samantha claims Cross is her father and needs the money to get out of jail. Maverick forms a partnership with Samantha and purchases gambling equipment in a scheme to put Joe Riggs, a crooked game room owner, out of business. Samantha and Cross doublecross Maverick by selling the equipment to Riggs.

    Director:Budd Boetticher
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Maverick Season 1 Episode 17 - Rope of Cards
    8.3/10(199 votes)

    S1:E17

    It's shades of 12 Angry Men when Bret becomes the lone holdout for a not guilty verdict in a murder trial. He has to use a long shot card trick to convince the other jurors that the defendant might be innocent.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Maverick Season 1 Episode 25 - Black Fire
    8.3/10(162 votes)

    S1:E25

    The heirs of millionaire General Eakins are being killed off one by one so why is Bret Maverick so worried? He's posing as one of the heirs and might be the next intended victim.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writers:Howard Browne, Marion Hargrove

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  5. Maverick Season 1 Episode 27 - Seed of Deception
    8.3/10(171 votes)

    S1:E27

    After they arrive in an Arizona town, Bret and Bart are mistaken for Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday and end up preventing a bank robbery.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Montgomery Pittman

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  6. Maverick Season 1 Episode 1 - War of the Silver Kings
    8.2/10(318 votes)

    S1:E1

    Bret Maverick takes down a money-hungry gambler in the town of Echo Springs. He befriends an old drunk, who turns out to be a successful judge. Maverick strikes a deal with the gambler, Phineas King, to merge the ""silver lady"" mine with ""the new hope"" mine.

    Director:Budd Boetticher
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Maverick Season 1 Episode 16 - Rage For Vengeance
    8.2/10(182 votes)

    S1:E16

    Bret is happy to escort a lovely widow to the bank with a large sum of cash - until he learns the money is counterfeit.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writers:Marion Hargrove, Roy Huggins

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  8. Maverick Season 1 Episode 26 - Burial Ground of the Gods
    8.2/10(119 votes)

    S1:E26

    Bart Maverick is in search of a thief who stole his money but gets sidetracked into accompanying a young woman searching for her missing husband into forbidden Sioux territory.

    Director:Douglas Heyes
    Writer:Douglas Heyes

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  9. Maverick Season 1 Episode 5 - The Long Hunt
    8.1/10(192 votes)

    S1:E5

    Bret tries to prove the innocence of a man serving a life sentence. But there's someone who wants the prisoner to stay where he is.

    Director:Douglas Heyes
    Writer:DeVallon Scott

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  10. Maverick Season 1 Episode 9 - Stampede
    8.1/10(185 votes)

    S1:E9

    Bret and Dandy Jim Buckley bet heavily on a boxing match but when their fighter withdraws it's up to Bret himself to step into the squared circle.

    Director:Abner Biberman
    Writer:Gerald Drayson Adams

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  11. Maverick Season 1 Episode 23 - The Seventh Hand
    8.0/10(141 votes)

    S1:E23

    Samantha Crawford arranges for Bret to sit in on a high stakes poker game but he's the fall guy when the game gets robbed.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Howard Browne

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  12. Maverick Season 1 Episode 7 - Relic of Fort Tejon
    7.9/10(193 votes)

    S1:E7

    Bret wins a camel in a card game and ends up using her to bring a crooked gambling den owner to justice.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Jerry Davis

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  13. Maverick Season 1 Episode 20 - The Savage Hills
    7.9/10(147 votes)

    S1:E20

    Against his better judgment, Bart teams up with Samantha Crawford to recover stolen Treasury plates.

    Director:Douglas Heyes
    Writer:Gerald Drayson Adams

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  14. Maverick Season 1 Episode 22 - The Burning Sky
    7.9/10(134 votes)

    S1:E22

    In the desert, an Indian ambush leaves Bart and other stagecoach passengers to battle their attackers, each other, and the sun.

    Director:Gordon Douglas
    Writers:Howard Browne, Russell S. Hughes

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  15. Maverick Season 1 Episode 2 - Point Blank
    7.8/10(260 votes)

    S1:E2

    Bret meets a delightful and cunning girl (Karen Steele). Within minutes, she makes plans for his future — a permanent plot on boot hill.

    Director:Budd Boetticher
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Maverick Season 1 Episode 4 - Ghost Rider
    7.8/10(192 votes)

    S1:E4

    A woman who'd been traveling with Bret suddenly disappears. Looking into things he discovers that she'd been reported dead more than a week ago.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Marion Hargrove

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  17. Maverick Season 1 Episode 14 - Comstock Conspiracy
    7.8/10(168 votes)

    S1:E14

    Arriving in the mining boom town of Virginia City, Bret gets involved with a mining engineer in his struggle for improved working conditions.

    Director:Howard W. Koch
    Writer:Gene Levitt

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  18. Maverick Season 1 Episode 18 - Diamond in the Rough
    7.8/10(140 votes)

    S1:E18

    After being beaten up, robbed, and shanghaied, Bart sets out to expose the man responsible, a respected member of San Francisco society, as a diamond swindler.

    Director:Douglas Heyes
    Writer:Marion Hargrove

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  19. Maverick Season 1 Episode 6 - Stage West
    7.7/10(198 votes)

    S1:E6

    Fleeing a band of angry Native Americans, Bret takes shelter in a way station where a family of nasty outlaws are planning their bloodiest deal.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Maverick Season 1 Episode 13 - The Naked Gallows
    7.7/10(149 votes)

    S1:E13

    Bart pokes his nose into an unsolved murder case and ends up facing the business end of a killer's .45.

    Director:Abner Biberman
    Writer:Howard Browne

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  21. Maverick Season 1 Episode 15 - The Third Rider
    7.7/10(136 votes)

    S1:E15

    Bart gets involved with two devious couples in this episode which sees him trying to clear himself of a bank robbery and a murder.

    Director:Franklin Adreon
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Maverick Season 1 Episode 8 - Hostage!
    7.6/10(180 votes)

    S1:E8

    Bret Maverick meets up with brother Bart in New Orleans where they plan to obtain passage on a riverboat where big money poker games are held but end up getting involved in the kidnapping of the riverboat owner's daughter instead.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Gerald Drayson Adams

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  23. Maverick Season 1 Episode 10 - The Jeweled Gun
    7.6/10(165 votes)

    S1:E10

    Bart agrees to pose as the husband of a woman who's traveling through the badlands. Big mistake because he soon finds himself the target of a killer.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Roy Huggins

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  24. Maverick Season 1 Episode 11 - The Wrecker
    7.6/10(170 votes)

    S1:E11

    Bart takes to the sea after buying a derelict cargo ship. The wreck is extremely valuable and he wants to know why.

    Director:Franklin Adreon
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Maverick Season 1 Episode 19 - Day of Reckoning
    7.6/10(165 votes)

    S1:E19

    Fearless Bret feels it's about time someone did something about the town bully so he asks the townspeople to do something.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Carey Wilber

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Quick and the Dead" is the best rated episode of "Maverick" season 1. It scored 8.5/10 based on 199 votes. Directed by Douglas Heyes and written by Douglas Heyes, it aired on 12/8/1957. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "According to Hoyle".