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The Worst Episodes of Maverick

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The Worst Episodes of Maverick

The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards...

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    #1 - Dade City Dodge

    S5:E1

    Bart tries to track down Pearly Gates, a smooth con man who cheated him out of $5000.

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    #2 - The Art Lovers

    S5:E2

    When investors put the squeeze on railroad owner Paul Sutton, Bart tries to help by dealing with them directly — in a friendly card game.

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    #3 - The Golden Fleecing

    S5:E3

    Bart forsakes the poker table for the stock market — and finds himself trying to bluff wealthy Loftus Jaggers and his glamorous daughter (Paula Raymond).

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    #4 - Three Queens Full

    S5:E4

    Bart must either face two years in jail or chaperone three brides to their intendeds — the sons of wealthy Joe Wheelwright (Jim Backus).

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    #5 - A Technical Error

    S5:E5

    Bart feels like a million when he wins a bank in a poker game. But unlucky Maverick soon learns the truth: the bank's broke — and so is he.

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    Director:Marc Lawrence
    Writer:N/A
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    #6 - Poker Face

    S5:E6

    Bart's latest poker adventure has him playing for a full house: the lives of his fellow stagecoach passengers.

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    #7 - Mr. Muldoon's Partner

    S5:E7

    After being granted a wish by a "leprechaun," Bart faces a pot of trouble: he must be either jailed, murdered or married.

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    Director:Marc Lawrence
    Writer:N/A
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    #8 - Epitaph for a Gambler

    S5:E8

    Bart, waiting to collect on a $10,000 IOU, makes an uncomfortable observation: murder may be the pay-off in a gambler's life.

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    #9 - The Maverick Report

    S5:E9

    Crusading newspaper publisher Bart? The publisher Bart won the rag from is assassinated and a corrupt U.S. Senator files a $100,000 libel suit against the Chronicle. Luckily, Bart's pal Doc Holiday is in town for a dentists' convention and owes Bart $2000. When Doc brags "I have enough collateral to raise the dead!", Bart feels no compunction in selling ½ the headache to Doc. The senator and his sinister political boss are Ivy Leaguers, so the suave Philadelphia dentist/hired gun will come in handy.

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    #10 - Marshal Maverick

    S5:E10

    Bart is closer to tears than laughter when he is forced to battle the funniest and fastest gun in the West.

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    Director:Sidney Salkow
    Writer:N/A
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    #11 - The Troubled Heir

    S5:E11

    Life is anything but heaven when Bart meets Pearly Gates and his girl, who steal Maverick's poker winnings so they can be married.

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    Director:Sidney Salkow
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    #12 - The Money Machine

    S5:E12

    A money-making machine costs Bart a bundle. His cousin (Kathy Bennett) has just bought one with the $10,000 he lent her.

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    Director:Lee Sholem
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    #13 - One of Our Trains is Missing

    S5:E13

    While trying to get a young girl's romance back on the right track, Bart gets involved in a train robbery to end all train robberies.

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    Director:Lee Sholem
    Writer:N/A
  15. 6.7/10(77 votes)

    #14 - Thunder from the North

    S4:E9

    Two Army shopkeepers, Marsh and Lawson, have been cheating the local Indian tribes by supplying them with faulty or inferior goods. When one of the tribeswomen named Pale Moon threatens to report them to the Army Commission, the shopkeepers decide to start a war with the Indians. They know the Army will not investigate the woman's claim if they are at war. Marsh and Lawson murder Pale Moon's brother and pin the crime on the stranger who won $2,500 from them the night before - Beau Maverick.

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  16. 6.7/10(70 votes)

    #15 - The Forbidden City

    S4:E28

    Brent (Robert Colbert) joins the series in true Maverick style: he gets involved with two beautiful women — and is thrown in jail for gambling.

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  17. 6.8/10(69 votes)

    #16 - Family Pride

    S4:E17

    In New Mexico, Beau Maverick is taken for over $4,500 ($4,000 of which belong to his friend Jerry O'Brien) by con artists Warren and Crippen and Warren's granddaughter Rosanne. Beau tries to recover the money and even takes the threesome to court, but they outsmart him every time. Beau is so demoralized by the constant defeats, he believes he has disgraced the Maverick name - until Rosanne tells him that her grandmother was a Maverick.

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  18. 6.9/10(62 votes)

    #17 - The Cactus Switch

    S4:E18

    Thinking all's well with the world after he cleans up in a card game, Bart offers to help a troubled young woman.

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  19. 7.0/10(81 votes)

    #18 - The Marquesa

    S3:E16

    Bart Maverick wins big, when he wins the ""Lucky Lady"" saloon in a card game. When Bart goes to Santa Leora to stake his claim, a beautiful Marquesa refuses to relinquish the property to him. Maverick encounters hurling knives, flurry of bullets and pounding fists when he tries to hold onto his newly acquired saloon.

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    Director:Arthur Lubin
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  20. 7.0/10(67 votes)

    #19 - Benefit of the Doubt

    S4:E30

    In typical Maverick tradition, cousin Brent gets involved with two beautiful sisters — one of whom is planning to do him in.

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  21. 7.1/10(111 votes)

    #20 - The Strange Journey of Jenny Hill

    S2:E26

    Bret accompanies a beautiful singer (Peggy King) on a search for her missing husband and finds himself falling helplessly in love.

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  22. 7.1/10(92 votes)

    #21 - Iron Hand

    S3:E23

    Hired to protect a cattle drive, Bart dutifully chases Indians — while a masterful swindle takes place right under his nose.

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  23. 7.1/10(64 votes)

    #22 - Flood's Folly

    S4:E23

    Outside Denver, Colorado, Beau and his friend, Judge Scott, find shelter during a blizzard at the home of Martha Flood and her niece Sally. Martha and the judge are plotting to institutionalize Sally in order to take over her inheritance. However, Martha's lover, a professional killer named Chet Whitehead plans to kill Sally, the judge, and Maverick.

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  24. 7.1/10(74 votes)

    #23 - The Deadly Image

    S4:E26

    Bart's in jail: he's the unfortunate — and helpless — victim of mistaken identity.

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  25. 7.2/10(98 votes)

    #24 - 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.

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  26. 7.2/10(71 votes)

    #25 - A Bullet for the Teacher

    S4:E7

    In St. Joseph, Missouri, Beau Maverick wins halfl-ownership of the Golden Wheel Casino. The business venture is short-lived when his partner, Rand Storm, is shot to death by Flo Baker. Storm was a notorious ladies' man and Flo, a female entertainer, was resisting his advances. Just before he dies, Rand tells his younger brother, Luke, that the shooting was an accident. But Luke has Beau framed for murder so that he can take over the business.

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    Writer:Leo Gordon

Worst Episodes Summary

"Dade City Dodge" is the worst rated episode of "Maverick". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Irving J. Moore and written by N/A, it aired on 9/17/1961. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Art Lovers".