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The Best Episodes of Maverick Season 2

Every episode of Maverick Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Maverick Season 2!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Maverick Season 2 Episode 1 - The Day They Hanged Bret Maverick
    8.5/10(167 votes)

    #1 - The Day They Hanged Bret Maverick

    S2:E1

    Bret attends a hanging under very uncomfortable conditions: he's the intended victim.

    Director:Douglas Heyes
    Writer:Douglas Heyes

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  2. Maverick Season 2 Episode 2 - The Lonesome Reunion
    7.8/10(128 votes)

    #2 - The Lonesome Reunion

    S2:E2

    Bret falls for the tempting trickery of a pretty woman (Joanna Barnes) — and finds himself helplessly involved in a swindle.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Maverick Season 2 Episode 3 - Alias Bart Maverick
    7.6/10(139 votes)

    #3 - Alias Bart Maverick

    S2:E3

    Bart meets a gentleman after his own heart — who skips town with his money, and leaves him to face a murder rap and a man-hungry female (Arlene Howell).

    Director:Douglas Heyes
    Writer:Douglas Heyes

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  4. Maverick Season 2 Episode 4 - The Belcastle Brand
    8.2/10(153 votes)

    #4 - The Belcastle Brand

    S2:E4

    In a desert, Bret and a hunting party are ambushed — and left to fight a blazing sun.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Marion Hargrove

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  5. Maverick Season 2 Episode 5 - High Card Hangs
    7.7/10(128 votes)

    #5 - High Card Hangs

    S2:E5

    Bart Maverick and two of his friends are charged with murder. The town's citizens demand a confession from one of the three men, or else all three men will be prosecuted. Bart falsely confesses to the murder, but help from his friend Dandy Jim Buckley exonerates him from the crime.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Maverick Season 2 Episode 6 - Escape to Tampico
    8.2/10(151 votes)

    #6 - Escape to Tampico

    S2:E6

    In Mexico, Bret tries to trick an American renegade into returning to the U.S. — where he's wanted for murder.

    Director:Douglas Heyes
    Writer:Douglas Heyes

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  7. Maverick Season 2 Episode 7 - The Judas Mask
    7.2/10(107 votes)

    #7 - The Judas Mask

    S2:E7

    Bart tails a pretty cancan dancer who stole his money — only to find himself being followed by two very sinister characters.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Gene Levitt

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  8. Maverick Season 2 Episode 8 - The Jail at Junction Flats
    7.7/10(130 votes)

    #8 - The Jail at Junction Flats

    S2:E8

    Good-hearted Bret lends a pal $200 for an ""honest"" transaction — which lands the pal in jail.

    Director:Walter Doniger
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Maverick Season 2 Episode 9 - The Thirty-Ninth Star
    7.6/10(101 votes)

    #9 - The Thirty-Ninth Star

    S2:E9

    A case of mistaken suitcases unfolds into political warfare, leaving Bart the unhappy target of ruthless killers.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Marion Hargrove

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  10. Maverick Season 2 Episode 10 - Shady Deal at Sunny Acres
    9.4/10(304 votes)

    #10 - Shady Deal at Sunny Acres

    S2:E10

    Bret, helpless against a crafty banker (John Dehner) who robbed him, bides his time — while Bart and friends set up an elaborate con game.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Maverick Season 2 Episode 11 - Island in the Swamp
    8.1/10(140 votes)

    #11 - Island in the Swamp

    S2:E11

    Bret tries to help a pair of star-crossed lovers whose feuding families have taken him prisoner.

    Director:Montgomery Pittman
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Maverick Season 2 Episode 12 - Prey of the Cat
    7.8/10(119 votes)

    #12 - Prey of the Cat

    S2:E12

    Bart is a helpless victim of his charms. Two scheming women are after him: one wants to murder for his love; the other just wants to murder him.

    Director:Douglas Heyes
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Maverick Season 2 Episode 13 - Holiday at Hollow Rock
    8.2/10(129 votes)

    #13 - Holiday at Hollow Rock

    S2:E13

    After he's cheated in a crooked card game, Bret tries to even the score by beating his opponent — and the odds — in a horse race.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Maverick Season 2 Episode 14 - The Spanish Dancer
    7.7/10(123 votes)

    #14 - The Spanish Dancer

    S2:E14

    After scuffling with a pal over a dancer, Bart must do some fancy footwork to escape his plight: he's accused of murdering his friend.

    Director:James V. Kern
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Maverick Season 2 Episode 15 - Game of Chance
    8.4/10(117 votes)

    #15 - Game of Chance

    S2:E15

    Bret and Bart are pursuing the same woman. What's the attraction? The $10,000 she copped from them.

    Director:James V. Kern
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Maverick Season 2 Episode 16 - Gun-shy
    8.9/10(293 votes)

    #16 - Gun-shy

    S2:E16

    Bret, seeking buried Confederate treasure in Elwood, Kansas, keeps running afoul of U.S. Marshal Mort Dooley. The marshal keeps running Bret out of town. Bret, in turn, keeps outwitting the lawman.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Maverick Season 2 Episode 17 - Two Beggars on Horseback
    8.2/10(140 votes)

    #17 - Two Beggars on Horseback

    S2:E17

    Bret and Bart's devotion to one another is tested when they're offered a deal that can mean $10,000 for one of them, but just one.

    Director:Douglas Heyes
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Maverick Season 2 Episode 18 - The Rivals
    8.4/10(154 votes)

    #18 - The Rivals

    S2:E18

    Lydia Linley is a young heiress who yearns for a man like Sydney Carton of A Tale of Two Cities - "a man of warmth, imagination, courage, and a sense of adventure." Jack Vandergelt III (Roger Moore) is in love with Lydia but knows she will have nothing to do with him because he is rich. Vandergelt hires Bret Maverick to switch identities with him in hopes that Lydia will love and accept him for who he is before she realizes he is a Vandergelt. The plan goes smoothly until Jack Vandergelt's father unexpectedly arrives in town.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Maverick Season 2 Episode 19 - Duel at Sundown
    7.9/10(301 votes)

    #19 - Duel at Sundown

    S2:E19

    Bret Maverick finds himself caught in a deadly love triangle with a lovely woman (Abby Dalton) and a young gunman (Clint Eastwood).

    Director:Arthur Lubin
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Maverick Season 2 Episode 20 - Yellow River
    7.5/10(108 votes)

    #20 - Yellow River

    S2:E20

    After losing his money in a bank robbery, Bart invests in a get-rich-quick deal with a beautiful — but not-so-dumb — blonde.

    Director:David Lowell Rich
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Maverick Season 2 Episode 21 - The Saga of Waco Williams
    8.8/10(202 votes)

    #21 - The Saga of Waco Williams

    S2:E21

    Bret and his buddy Waco Williams (Wayde Preston) ride straight into trouble in Bent City, where they are suspected of being cattle rustlers.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Maverick Season 2 Episode 22 - Brasada Spur
    7.6/10(117 votes)

    #22 - Brasada Spur

    S2:E22

    In a high-stakes poker game, Bart wins stock in a railroad — and finds himself on the track to a colossal headache.

    Director:Paul Henreid
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Maverick Season 2 Episode 23 - Passage to Fort Doom
    7.4/10(110 votes)

    #23 - Passage to Fort Doom

    S2:E23

    A pair of con artists, Bart and an old girl friend survive a hazardous stagecoach ride and reach Fort Doom — where their troubles begin.

    Director:Paul Henreid
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Maverick Season 2 Episode 24 - Two Tickets to Ten Strike
    8.3/10(176 votes)

    #24 - Two Tickets to Ten Strike

    S2:E24

    Bret Maverick suspicions are aroused when he is forced to leave Ten Strike, New Mexico. Determined to stand his ground, Maverick stays in Ten Strike long enough to uncover a bizarre plot of murder and blackmail. Two gunmen, Vic Nolan (Adam West) and Eddie Burke (William Gordon), try to scare Maverick out of town.

    Director:Douglas Heyes
    Writer:Douglas Heyes

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  25. Maverick Season 2 Episode 25 - Betrayal
    7.9/10(113 votes)

    #25 - Betrayal

    S2:E25

    Keeping cool during a stage holdup, Bart catches a twinkle of recognition between his lovely traveling companion (Pat Crowley) and one of the outlaws.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Day They Hanged Bret Maverick" is the best rated episode of "Maverick" season 2. It scored 8.5/10 based on 167 votes. Directed by Douglas Heyes and written by Douglas Heyes, it aired on 9/21/1958. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "The Lonesome Reunion".