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The Best Episodes of The Deputy Season 2

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

The Best Episodes of The Deputy Season 2

The Deputy is an American western series that aired on NBC from September 1959, to July 1961. The series stars Henry Fonda as Chief Marshal...
  1. 8.6/10(34 votes)

    #1 - The Deadly Breed

    S2:E1

    Clay is curious and concerned when Chief Marshal Fry insists on personally handling the investigation into the activities of a pair of swindlers, one of whom happens to be a beautiful young blonde. Clay learns that the young woman is the daughter of woman who spurned his love more than twenty years ago and the deputy fears that Simon may be allowing his personal feelings to cloud his professional judgment.

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  2. 8.5/10(33 votes)

    #2 - The Fatal Orge

    S2:E4

    Well-to-do Elmer Jackson is murdered and evidence points to his nephew, Phil, who has fled town. Clay McCord suspects Phil's sister, Martha, knows his whereabouts though she denies this. Clay secretly follows Martha out of town but she knocks him out with a rock to the head and rides on to a cabin where she meets her lover, outlaw Tweed Younger. Tweed killed Elmer Jackson but made it look as if Phil had. Phil's now a prisoner in the cabin. Double-crossing Martha shoots Tweed and is about to kill Phil when McCord arrives on the scene.

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    Director:Tay Garnett
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  3. 8.3/10(24 votes)

    #3 - Meet Sergeant Tasker

    S2:E2

    Clay tries to help a two-fisted but gullible sergeant recover two thousand dollars of Army funds stolen by a beautiful blonde saloon hostess and her two card sharp confederates.

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  4. 8.3/10(30 votes)

    #4 - Bitter Root

    S2:E6

    In an isolated shack, a lonely woman harbors a wounded killer on the run. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Sarge: Read Morgan. Hester: Virginia Gregg.

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    Director:Louis King
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  5. 8.2/10(22 votes)

    #5 - The Dream

    S2:E19

    Clint Hammer uses strong-arm tactics to convert his inheritance into cash. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Selene: Carolyn Craig. Lawson: John McLain. Mildred: Mary Munday.

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  6. 8.2/10(27 votes)

    #6 - The Means And The End

    S2:E25

    Fry searches for the man who killed the main witness against outlaw Josie Styles. Farley Styles: DeForest Kelley. Josie: Phyllis Love. McCord: Allen Case. Wiley: Robert E. Griffin.

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  8. 8.1/10(23 votes)

    #7 - The Jason Harris Story

    S2:E3

    Simon Fry arrests Jason Harris, the marshall of Hondo, for complicity in some robberies. Harris could clear himself but remains silent to protect his guilty wife, Laurie. Laurie's fallen for a man named Johnny Dustin and together they plan to get rid of Harris. Dustin betrays Laurie, however, and Fry and Clay McCord then see to it that the guilty are caught and punished. Fry then offers the exonerated Harris a job in the new town of Yorba Linda.

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  9. 8.1/10(24 votes)

    #8 - Duty Bound

    S2:E15

    Fry has his hands full protecting murder suspects from an Indian attack---and each other. Elston: Ron Harper. Ricker: Frank Maxwell. McCord: Allen Case. Trooper: Pat McCaffrie.

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  10. 8.0/10(34 votes)

    #9 - Mother And Son

    S2:E5

    Fry has his hands full with a jailed outlaw, and the man's mother, who knows nothing about her son's life of crime. Stanhope: James Franciscus. Mrs. Stanhope: Josephine Hutchinson. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case.

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    Director:Louis King
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  11. 8.0/10(28 votes)

    #10 - Sally Tornado (aka Lady For A Hanging)

    S2:E10

    Fay Spain as convicted murderess Sally Tornado, who is being escorted to execution by McCord (Allen Case). Fry: Henry Fonda. Jipsom: William Fawcett.

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  12. 8.0/10(24 votes)

    #11 - The Three Brothers

    S2:E11

    McCord and Sarge suspect three brothers of bank robberies. Fry: Henry Fonda. Martha: Cathy Case. Terry: Minga Mitchell. Suzy: Carmen Phillips. Jay: Jack Ging. Frank: Lew Gallo. Gary: Buzz Martin.

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  13. 8.0/10(27 votes)

    #12 - Two-Way Deal

    S2:E24

    Slade Blatner brings in a young outlaw and demands the reward. The outlaw: Blatner's son. Johnny: Billy Gray. Blatner: Ted de Corisa. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Sheriff: Kenneth MacDonald.

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  14. 8.0/10(20 votes)

    #13 - Lawman's Conscience

    S2:E37

    A deathbed confession frees Albee Beckett, who embarks on a campaign of terror against the people who convicted him. Beckett: Russell Johnson. Rufus: Jason Robards Sr. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Mary: Tracey Roberts. Tanby: Jerry LaZarre. Briggs: Roy Wright.

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  15. 7.9/10(29 votes)

    #14 - Passage To New Orleans

    S2:E8

    A romantic triangle develops when Fry and McCord are assigned to escort a pretty murder witness to New Orleans. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Lucy: Patrice Wymore. Foreman: Carl Benton Reid.

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  16. 7.9/10(24 votes)

    #15 - The Lesson

    S2:E16

    The lawmen try to protect schoolteacher Mary Willis from her husband, a wanted outlaw. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Danton: Harry Lauter. Jenkins: Stevan Darrell. Johnny: Kevin O'Neal. Grisby: Fred Kruger.

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  17. 7.9/10(32 votes)

    #16 - Edge Of Doubt

    S2:E23

    Richard Chamberlain as a parolee accused of murdering his fiancee's father. McCord: Allen Case. Annie: Floy Dean Smith. Jenner: Bigelow C. Sayre. Lake: George Chandler. Potter: Tommy Jackson. Sarge: Read Morgan.

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  18. 7.9/10(21 votes)

    #17 - The Example

    S2:E26

    Outlaw Frank Barton, alarmed by his son's desire to emulate him, arranges for his own arrest. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Jeb: Jack Chaplain. Kitt: Rickie Sorenson. Whitey: Reedy Talton. Gabe: Robert C. Ross.

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  19. 7.9/10(24 votes)

    #18 - Lorinda Belle

    S2:E36

    Jason Getty, poisoned by one of his enemies, has two days to live---and find his killer. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Landy: Addison Richards. Croman: Frank Overton.

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  20. 7.8/10(26 votes)

    #19 - The Judas Town

    S2:E14

    McCord refuses to be bribed into releasing a cattleman's son. McCurdy: Roy Roberts. Pete: Ed Nelson. Fry: Henry Fonda. Touhy: Duane Cress. Mayor: Ed Prentiss.

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  21. 7.8/10(23 votes)

    #20 - Past And Present

    S2:E17

    Fry tries to find out why bank clerk Herb Caldwell offered no resistance to robbers. Calico Bill: Murvyn Vye. McCord: Allen Case. Sarge: Read Morgan. Madge: Mary Beth Hughes.

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  22. 7.8/10(21 votes)

    #21 - Shackled Town

    S2:E20

    McCord and Sarge fall prey to a crooked sheriff and a power-hungry judge. McCord: Allen Case. Sarge: Read Morgan. Denton: Reed Hadley. Smith: Robert Brubaker. O'Brien: Eugene Iglesias.

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  23. 7.7/10(25 votes)

    #22 - The Higher Law

    S2:E7

    Clay McCord arrests Jack Rivers for assaulting an Indian named Black Wing but Black Wing, distrusting the legal system, refuses to testify against him. Judge Wilkens releases Rivers who is then abducted by Black Wing and taken to an Indian village for some ""Apache justice."" Clay McCord rides out to the village to make sure that ""white man's law"" prevails.

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  24. 7.7/10(22 votes)

    #23 - The Challenger

    S2:E22

    To help financially pressed McCord, Sarge agrees to fight a boxing champion for $500. Sarge: Read Morgan. McCord: Allen Case. Titan: Hal Baylor. Collins: Stafford Repp. Dillon: Paul Gilbert. Dan: Don Heitgert.

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  25. 7.7/10(31 votes)

    #24 - Brother In Arms

    S2:E29

    McCord's boyhood friend returns with a killer's reputation. Jason: Denny Miller. McCord: Allen Case. Fry: Henry Fonda. Arnold: Lon Chaney. Cabot: Bill Hale. Sarge: Read Morgan.

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  26. 7.7/10(23 votes)

    #25 - An Enemy Of The Town

    S2:E32

    McCord is besieged by angry townspeople when he closes a profitable tannery. Fry: Henry Fonda. Sarge: Read Morgan. Culp: Whit Bissell. Crockett: Stephen Roberts. Hall: Ray Kellogg.

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Deadly Breed" is the best rated episode of "The Deputy" season 2. It scored 8.6/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by Virgil W. Vogel and written by Clarke Reynolds, it aired on 9/24/1960. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Fatal Orge".