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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!

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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. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Paradise Season 2 Episode 10 - The Return of Johnny Ryan
    9.7/10(10 votes)

    #1 - The Return of Johnny Ryan

    S2:E10

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Paradise Season 2 Episode 1 - A Gather Of Guns
    9.4/10(52 votes)

    #2 - A Gather Of Guns

    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.

    Director:Michael Lange
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Paradise Season 2 Episode 21 - Dust on the Wind
    9.4/10(11 votes)

    #3 - Dust on the Wind

    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.

    Director:James L. Conway
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Paradise Season 3 Episode 8 - Birthright
    9.4/10(14 votes)

    #4 - Birthright

    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.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Paradise Season 2 Episode 19 - The Coward
    9.3/10(10 votes)

    #5 - The Coward

    S2:E19

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

    Director:Michael Lange
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Paradise Season 3 Episode 2 - The Bounty
    9.3/10(15 votes)

    #6 - The Bounty

    S3:E2

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Paradise Season 2 Episode 12 - The Gates of Paradise
    9.2/10(9 votes)

    #7 - The Gates of Paradise

    S2:E12

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Paradise Season 2 Episode 15 - Till Death Do Us Part
    9.2/10(11 votes)

    #8 - Till Death Do Us Part

    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.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Paradise Season 3 Episode 13 - Unfinished Business
    9.2/10(8 votes)

    #9 - Unfinished Business

    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.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Paradise Season 2 Episode 5 - All the Pretty Little Horses
    9.0/10(10 votes)

    #10 - All the Pretty Little Horses

    S2:E5

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

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Paradise Season 2 Episode 9 - Boomtown
    9.0/10(8 votes)

    #11 - Boomtown

    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.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Paradise Season 2 Episode 11 - The Plague
    9.0/10(8 votes)

    #12 - The Plague

    S2:E11

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Paradise Season 3 Episode 3 - The Women
    9.0/10(9 votes)

    #13 - The Women

    S3:E3

    No description available

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Paradise Season 3 Episode 11 - Shield of Gold
    9.0/10(11 votes)

    #14 - Shield of Gold

    S3:E11

    No description available

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Paradise Season 2 Episode 2 - A Gathering of Guns (2)
    8.9/10(14 votes)

    #15 - A Gathering of Guns (2)

    S2:E2

    No description available

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Paradise Season 2 Episode 6 - Orphan Train
    8.9/10(11 votes)

    #16 - Orphan Train

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Paradise Season 1 Episode 3 - Founder's Day
    8.8/10(17 votes)

    #17 - Founder's Day

    S1:E3

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

    Director:Michael Ray Rhodes
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Paradise Season 1 Episode 8 - Childhood's End
    8.8/10(24 votes)

    #18 - Childhood's End

    S1:E8

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

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Paradise Season 1 Episode 15 - The Last Warrior
    8.8/10(16 votes)

    #19 - The Last Warrior

    S1:E15

    Taylor's determination to protect his land causes a fight between a lumbering company and his ideals.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Paradise Season 1 Episode 21 - Squaring Off
    8.8/10(16 votes)

    #20 - Squaring Off

    S1:E21

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Paradise Season 2 Episode 4 - Dead Run
    8.8/10(10 votes)

    #21 - Dead Run

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Paradise Season 2 Episode 13 - Devil's Escort
    8.8/10(9 votes)

    #22 - Devil's Escort

    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.

    Director:Michael Lange
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Paradise Season 3 Episode 6 - A Bullet Through the Heart
    8.8/10(12 votes)

    #23 - A Bullet Through the Heart

    S3:E6

    No description available

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Paradise Season 1 Episode 6 - Stray Bullet
    8.7/10(18 votes)

    #24 - Stray Bullet

    S1:E6

    Accidentally, during a gun fight Ethan injures Amelia.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Paradise Season 1 Episode 16 - Vengeance
    8.7/10(17 votes)

    #25 - Vengeance

    S1:E16

    Claire is involved with a man who is the son of one of Ethan’s adversaries he has been looking for.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Return of Johnny Ryan" is the best rated episode of "Paradise". It scored 9.7/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/2/1989. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Gather Of Guns".