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The Best Episodes of Paradise

Every episode of Paradise ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Paradise!

The Best Episodes of Paradise

The adventures of fictitious gunfighter Ethan Allen Cord, whose sister left her four children in his custody when she died.

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  1. 9.7/10(10 votes)

    #1 - A Study in Scarlet

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    S3:E9

    Paradise is thrown into a state of terror when a serial killer begins targeting the town's woman. Ethan must identify and catch the killer, who has set his sites on Claire.

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    Director:N/A
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  2. 9.5/10(8 votes)

    #2 - The Return of Johnny Ryan

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    S2:E10

    The gold rush hits town and Ethan’s land is no exception. Paradise turns into a materialistic town.

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  3. 9.3/10(50 votes)

    #3 - A Gather Of Guns

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    S2:E1

    When a man thinks Ethan knows the location of a fortune, he kidnaps him and takes him to a prison where no man has ever escaped from. Amelia turns to her estranged husband, Pierce for help. He takes her to see Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and Pat Garrett who agree to help.

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    Director:Michael Lange
    Writer:N/A
  4. 9.3/10(9 votes)

    #4 - Dust on the Wind

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    S2:E21

    A con woman visits Paradise and sells the town a trolley. She takes the townsfolk on a ride and while they are partying, she loots the place.

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  5. 9.3/10(12 votes)

    #5 - Birthright

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    S3:E8

    The Carroll children's father Robert returns and tells Ethan he wants custody of the kids. At first resistant, Ethan begins to feel the children might be safer living with their father, however neglectful he has been in the past, than with him. But it turns out Robert may have brought danger of his own into the children's lives.

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    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:N/A
  6. 9.2/10(8 votes)

    #6 - The Gates of Paradise

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    S2:E12

    Paradise is hit by an outbreak of smallpox and Ethan has to deal with George being infected by it.

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  8. 9.2/10(8 votes)

    #7 - The Coward

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    S2:E19

    Jerome, an obtuse and gentle man, faces a jury for the strangling of a girl who rejected him.

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    Director:Michael Lange
    Writer:N/A
  9. 9.2/10(13 votes)

    #8 - The Bounty

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    S3:E2

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  10. 9.2/10(7 votes)

    #9 - Unfinished Business

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    S3:E13

    Ethan learns that an old enemy of his is headed for Paradise looking to shoot it out. To protect the children, he sends them away on a trip, but they realize that something is wrong at home. As the gunfight nears, both Ethan (in Paradise) and the children (waiting at the train station) both reflect back to how they've become a family (via flashbacks to previous episodes). Spoiler: In the end, the children don't take the train and rush back to their uncle in Paradise. He has defeated the other gunfighter and he and the children are reunited.

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    Director:Harry Harris
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  11. 9.0/10(14 votes)

    #10 - Ghost Dance

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    S1:E4

    Ethan saves an Indian from an angry lynching mob.

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  12. 9.0/10(7 votes)

    #11 - Boomtown

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    S2:E9

    Ethan has to find out who is robbing the graves in the local cemetery; while Amelia takes care of the children whom a beautiful girl she does not know is tutoring. The law also wants her.

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    Director:Harry Harris
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  13. 9.0/10(7 votes)

    #12 - The Plague

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    S2:E11

    Johnny Ryan fulfills his promise of returning to paradise and taking revenge on the person who humiliated him: Ethan Cord.

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  14. 9.0/10(8 votes)

    #13 - Till Death Do Us Part

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    S2:E15

    Ethan is offered a very well paying job but at the same time very dangerous. To deliver the opium that miners use to keep some Chinese workers more or less enslaved.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
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  15. 8.8/10(23 votes)

    #14 - Childhood's End

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    S1:E8

    A traveling bordello pays a visit to Ethan’s town.

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    Director:Kim Manners
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  16. 8.8/10(14 votes)

    #15 - Squaring Off

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    S1:E21

    Ethan defies a corrupt lawman to save the life of a Texas ranger.

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  17. 8.8/10(12 votes)

    #16 - A Gathering of Guns (2)

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    Director:Cliff Bole
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  18. 8.8/10(8 votes)

    #17 - All the Pretty Little Horses

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    S2:E5

    Laid off miners decide to ambush Ethan and Amelia when they are heading to Virginia City to deposit $50.000.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
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  19. 8.8/10(8 votes)

    #18 - Devil's Escort

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    S2:E13

    A symbolic drama centering on two strangers in Paradise: a black-clad equestrian with two grim appointments to keep before the New Year, and a simple youth left in the forest to fend for himself.

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    Director:Michael Lange
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  20. 8.8/10(7 votes)

    #19 - The Women

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    Director:Cliff Bole
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  21. 8.8/10(9 votes)

    #20 - Shield of Gold

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    Director:Cliff Bole
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  22. 8.7/10(15 votes)

    #21 - Founder's Day

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    S1:E3

    Amelia shots a bank robber and his family decides to make her pay.

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  23. 8.7/10(8 votes)

    #22 - Dead Run

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    S2:E4

    The town needs a new marshal and Ethan is an obvious candidate, however, he does not want to do it; not even, if it costs him his ranch.

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  24. 8.7/10(9 votes)

    #23 - Orphan Train

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    S2:E6

    A woman fights an implacable battle against the railroad she blames for the loss of her husband, son, and farm, not considering the cost to her and her surviving daughter.

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  25. 8.7/10(12 votes)

    #24 - Dangerous Cargo

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    S2:E14

    A killer who is being escorted by Ethan back to Paradise for trial might never make it because other outlaws want him dead.

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  26. 8.6/10(15 votes)

    #25 - Stray Bullet

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    S1:E6

    Accidentally, during a gun fight Ethan injures Amelia.

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Best Episodes Summary

"A Study in Scarlet" is the best rated episode of "Paradise". It scored 9.7/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/29/1991. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Return of Johnny Ryan".