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The Best Episodes of The Wild Wild West

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

The Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this...
Genres:Action & AdventureComedyDramaWesternSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:CBS

Best Episodes Summary

"The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth" is the best rated episode of "The Wild Wild West". It scored 8.2/10 based on 359 votes. Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and written by N/A, it aired on 10/1/1965. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Night of the Burning Diamond".

  • The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth
    8.2/10359 votes
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    #1 - The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1965

    West tries to protect Prof. Nielsen, a demolitions expert. But he fails: Nielson is blown up by the evil Dr. Miguelito Loveless.

    Director: Bernard L. Kowalski

    Writer: N/A

  • The Night of the Burning Diamond
    8.2/10249 votes
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    #2 - The Night of the Burning Diamond

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 4/8/1966

    West tries to convince a Serbian official to hide the Kara Diamond. Then the gem disappears---and West is blamed.

    Director: Irving J. Moore

    Writer: N/A

  • The Night of the Lord of Limbo
    8.2/10237 votes
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    #3 - The Night of the Lord of Limbo

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 12/30/1966

    A crippled Confederate colonel, Vautrain, plans to use his power to travel through time to use Jim and Artie to alter history and restore his legs.

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: N/A

  • The Night of the Bogus Bandits
    8.2/10206 votes
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    #4 - The Night of the Bogus Bandits

    Season 2 Episode 28 - Aired 4/7/1967

    Dr. Loveless is back with another plan to take over the world. This time he is using mock-ups of the treasury, prisons and armories to train his men to be able to take over these resources upon his command. After gaining control, Loveless will be instituted as dictator. However, his plan to get rid of West and Gordon goes foul and soon the agents are in hot pursuit of the little villain.

    Director: Irving J. Moore

    Writer: N/A

  • The Night That Terror Stalked the Town
    8.1/10273 votes
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    #5 - The Night That Terror Stalked the Town

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1965

    West is lured to a ghost town peopled with lifelike dummies as part of an elaborate trap set for him by his nemesis Dr. Loveless.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Night of the Puppeteer
    8.1/10244 votes
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    #6 - The Night of the Puppeteer

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/25/1965

    A Supreme Court justice will not believe his life is in danger---until a puppet-show marionette fires a gun at him.

    Director: Irving J. Moore

    Writer: N/A

  • The Night of the Man-Eating House
    8.1/10280 votes
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    #7 - The Night of the Man-Eating House

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/12/1966

    West witnesses eerie phenomena when he takes refuge with a sheriff and his prisoner in an abandoned bayou mansion.

    Director: Alan Crosland, Jr.

    Writer: John Kneubuhl

  • The Night of the Surreal McCoy
    8.1/10213 votes
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    #8 - The Night of the Surreal McCoy

    Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 3/3/1967

    Agents West and Gordon are guarding a museum containing the famous Herzberg jewels but someone still manages to steal the gems. Afterward, a famous painting of a Western scene is removed from the museum by its wealthy rancher-owner. Gordon becomes suspicious and notifies West who discovers that the rancher is partners with Miguelito Loveless, the evil inventor-doctor. His latest invention is a machine that moves real people in and out of paintings. Miguelito's plan is to transpose murderers into famous paintings, distribute the paintings to the rulers of the world, and have them all killed!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Night of the Death Masks
    8.1/10192 votes
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    #9 - The Night of the Death Masks

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 1/26/1968

    An escaped murderer plots a bizarre scheme against agent James West, the man who had imprisoned him several years earlier. Attacked and knocked unconscious, West awakens in a stange deserted town filled with assailants wearing masks in the likeness of Stark. Gordon searches for his lost partner and soon finds himself in a similar predicament. West and Gordon must avoid deception to find and take out the real Stark.

    Director: Mike Moder

    Writer: N/A

  • The Night of the Murderous Spring
    8.0/10240 votes
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    #10 - The Night of the Murderous Spring

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 4/15/1966

    West helps a powerfully built girl carry her trunk, not knowing it contains his shrewd enemy---diminutive, giggling Dr. Loveless.

    Director: Richard Donner

    Writer: N/A

  • The Night of Miguelito's Revenge
    8.0/10188 votes
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    #11 - The Night of Miguelito's Revenge

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/13/1968

    Agent West is summoned by a note from agent Gordon to the local barbershop. While waiting for Gordon, West decides to have a shave and is promptly anesthetised by a hot towel from one of Dr. Loveless's assistants, working in disguise. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a carnival funhouse where he encounters dazed-looking Justice Alonzo Fairlie. Before he can get any information from the judge, he is attacked by a quartet of gunmen. He quickly dispatches his adversaries but Justice Fairlie disappears in the confusion, leaving behined a strange clue.

    Director: James B. Clark

    Writer: N/A

  • The Night of the Winged Terror (1)
    8.0/10164 votes
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    #12 - The Night of the Winged Terror (1)

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/17/1969

    After a series of disturbing incidents involving a raven that seems to hynoptize high-ranking officials into committing dastardly deeds,Agents West and Harper decide to find out what's going on. The incidents lead the new partners to a group calling themselves The Raven,led by Thaddeus Toombs and a man called Tycho (who has an enormous head and is very smart).

    Director: Marvin J. Chomsky

    Writer: N/A

  • The Night of the Inferno
    7.9/10460 votes
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    #13 - The Night of the Inferno

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1965

    Jim is set up as a renegade as a cover for him and Artie to sneak into Texas and track down General Juan Manolo, who is trying to take over the region.

    Director: Richard C. Sarafian

    Writer: Gilbert Ralston

  • The Night of the Returning Dead
    7.9/10259 votes
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    #14 - The Night of the Returning Dead

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1966

    While trying to solve a murder, West is charged by a bullet-immune "ghost rider".

    Director: Richard Donner

    Writer: N/A

  • The Night of the Tottering Tontine
    7.9/10218 votes
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    #15 - The Night of the Tottering Tontine

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/6/1967

    West and Gordon are assigned to protect Dr. Raven, who is developing a secret weapon. Raven is a member of a tontine, an investment group whose bylaws state that the surviving member of the group gets the assets of the group. When one of the tontine's members is killed and an attempt is made on Raven's life, the agents decide to investigate. They find a house full of traps and two members of the tontine looking to "survive" the group and take the money for themselves.

    Director: Irving J. Moore

    Writer: Norman Hudis

  • The Night of the Feathered Fury
    7.9/10224 votes
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    #16 - The Night of the Feathered Fury

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/13/1967

    An organ grinder and his monkey launch an attack: the man is no less than Count Manzeppi, trying to gain a small wind-up bird toy. The toy contains the Philosopher's Stone, reputed to transmute base elements into gold. The race is on as West and Gordon track Manzeppi to his lair. After repeated setbacks and escapes, Manzeppi is forced to escape in a balloon while his henchwoman Gerda is transformed into a gold statue, and the bird and its stone are seemingly destroyed. At the end, the stone reconstitutes itself on the guys' train after they leave for the night.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Night of the Vicious Valentine
    7.9/10221 votes
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    #17 - The Night of the Vicious Valentine

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/10/1967

    Agents West and Gordon are sent to investigate the killings of wealthy industrialists and find that all are linked back to an evil matchmaker, Emma Valentine. She sets the rich men up with her young female employees and then kills them to gain their money and power. West and Gordon manage to escape from the trap she lays and must prevent her next target from getting married.

    Director: Irving J. Moore

    Writer: Leigh Chapman

  • The Night of the Steel Assassin
    7.8/10231 votes
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    #18 - The Night of the Steel Assassin

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/7/1966

    A series of mysterious deaths of military personnel bring Jim face to face with the indestructible Col. "Iron Man" Torres. Crippled in an explosion that he blames on the other men of his company, Torres rebuilt himself as a 19th century "cyborg", and is seeking revenge on those he thinks wronged him...and President Grant was one of the men he served with.

    Director: Lee H. Katzin

    Writer: Calvin Clements Sr.

  • The Night Dr. Loveless Died
    7.8/10204 votes
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    #19 - The Night Dr. Loveless Died

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/1967

    The agents travel to Hayes City to identify the body of their archnemesis, Dr.Loveless. While there, they meet up with Miguelito's next of kin, Dr.Liebknicht, a Swiss neurologist. However, as they pursue the origin of a key found on the body, they find that Loveless is hardly dead and has plans to use his neurologist guise to give Jim a lobotomy!

    Director: Alan Crosland, Jr.

    Writer: Henry Sharp

  • The Night of the Falcon
    7.8/10172 votes
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    #20 - The Night of the Falcon

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/10/1967

    James West and Artemus Gordon help evacuate the town of Tonka Flats before it is destroyed by a cannon shell. Afterwards, they are notified that a man identified as ""The Falcon"" has threatened to obliterate Denver unless the U.S. government pays him $1,000,000. ""The Falcon"" is also in cahoots with syndicate leaders from Turkey, Spain, Prussia and England. During their investigation, Gordon is threatened by a whip-wielding Spaniard named Munez who suspects Gordon knows too much about the top secret weapon. West rescues Gordon from Munez, who is then killed by an explosive meant for the two agents. While searching Munez's body, West and Gordon find an invitation from ""The Falcon"". Gordon, disguised as Munez, prepares to attend the meeting while West attempts to penetrate the stronghold where the cannon is housed.

    Director: Marvin J. Chomsky

    Writer: Robert E. Kent

  • The Night of the Egyptian Queen
    7.8/10147 votes
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    #21 - The Night of the Egyptian Queen

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1968

    Agent Artemus Gordon and the curator of the San Francisco Museum are set upon in the Egyptian exhibit by three men wearing gas masks. When agents West and Mr. Heisel, the Egyptian government's representative, enter the room, they are also attacked. After regaining consciousness, the men discover that a priceless ruby has been stolen from the eye of the statue of Sun God, Ra. Commissioned by Miasmin, an Egyptian Princess, to recover the gem, West and Gordon trace a ransom note to a waterfront bar where Gordon poses as a sea captain. At the bar, West recognizes one of his assailants at the museum. The man identifies himself as Jason and indicates that Rosie, a beaufiful young dancer at the bar, is wearing the ruby on her toe. Unfortunately, Rosie vanishes before West can make a move.

    Director: Marvin J. Chomsky

    Writer: Paul Playdon

  • The Night of the Diva
    7.8/10157 votes
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    #22 - The Night of the Diva

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 3/7/1969

    West meets up with Gordon, who has just arrived in New Orleans with a famous Italian diva and niece of the ambassador on his arm, an escort urged by President Grant. West agrees to substitute as the lady's guardian for her appearance that evening at the opera, but the performance is interrupted when Montebello's would-be kidnappers bring down the curtain and West jumps into the fray. Discovering that sereral divas had recently disappeared in New Orleans, the agents must rush to unravel a plot involving the secret Order of Lucia and reveal who among their new acquaintances is playing a role on and off the stage.

    Director: Herb Wallerstein

    Writer: N/A

  • The Night of the Howling Light
    7.7/10219 votes
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    #23 - The Night of the Howling Light

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/17/1965

    West is captured by a doctor who uses Pavlovian training to condition the Secret Service agent into becoming an assassin.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Night of the Big Blast
    7.7/10240 votes
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    #24 - The Night of the Big Blast

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1966

    A mad scientist has invented a robot that looks exactly like West.

    Director: Ralph Senensky

    Writer: N/A

  • The Night of the Watery Death
    7.7/10222 votes
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    #25 - The Night of the Watery Death

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/1966

    A mysterious dragon-like creature is blowing up American ships, and West and Gordon must determine the cause.

    Director: Irving J. Moore

    Writer: N/A