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The Best Episodes of The Wild Wild West

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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...

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  1. 9.5/10(1 votes)

    #1 - The Night Dr. Loveless Died

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    S3:E4

    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!

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    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
  2. 8.2/10(369 votes)

    #2 - The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth

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    S1:E3

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

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  3. 8.2/10(256 votes)

    #3 - The Night of the Burning Diamond

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    S1:E26

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

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  4. 8.1/10(278 votes)

    #4 - The Night That Terror Stalked the Town

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    S1:E10

    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.

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  5. 8.1/10(253 votes)

    #5 - The Night of the Puppeteer

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    S1:E21

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

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  6. 8.0/10(249 votes)

    #6 - The Night of the Murderous Spring

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    S1:E27

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

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  8. 8.0/10(196 votes)

    #7 - The Night of Miguelito's Revenge

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    S4:E12

    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.

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  9. 8.0/10(169 votes)

    #8 - The Night of the Winged Terror (1)

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    S4:E15

    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).

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  10. 7.9/10(468 votes)

    #9 - The Night of the Inferno

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    S1:E1

    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.

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  11. 7.8/10(239 votes)

    #10 - The Night of the Steel Assassin

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    S1:E16

    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.

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  12. 7.8/10(154 votes)

    #11 - The Night of the Egyptian Queen

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    S4:E8

    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.

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  13. 7.8/10(164 votes)

    #12 - The Night of the Diva

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    S4:E20

    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.

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  14. 7.8/10(181 votes)

    #13 - The Night of the Bleak Island

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    S4:E21

    West visits an eerie island to get a diamond for the National Museum.

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  15. 7.7/10(227 votes)

    #14 - The Night of the Howling Light

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    S1:E14

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

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  16. 7.7/10(267 votes)

    #15 - The Night of the Whirring Death

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    S1:E20

    Intent on making California a kingdom for children, evil Dr. Loveless makes his play for the state with a series of toys---which explode.

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    Director:Mark Rydell
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  17. 7.7/10(196 votes)

    #16 - The Night of the Big Blackmail

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    S4:E1

    While President Grant attends an event at the German Consulate, Baron Hinterestoisser invites him to a special reception, explaining he has something interesting for the president to see. Suspicious, agent James West retrieves the mysterious box the Baron refers to and finds a kinetoscope of a fake depiction of President Grant signing a secret agreement with the unscrupulous government of another nation. If the film is shown for the heads of other countries, Grant will suffer terrible indignation and upset international relations. If the film is not replaced, however, the Baron will accuse the U.S. of stealing on consulate soil, a far greater crime. Agent Artemus Gordon decides that the only alternative is to make a duplicate kintetoscope-with some changes-and return it to the consulate before it is discovered missing. West and Gordon finish just as the president arrives. The Baron announces that he has proof of President Grant's connection with the corrupt foreigh officials. But as th

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  18. 7.7/10(187 votes)

    #17 - The Night of the Sedgewick Curse

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    S4:E4

    Investigating the disappeance of a correspondent of James West's, the agents come upon a bizarre family scheme. West's associate had a rare disorder that caused rapid aging, similar to that of the Sedgewick family. In an attempt to cure the disorder, the family physician has been kidnapping people with the similar disorder and using them to test a serum he has prepared. It is up to West and Gordon to stop his tests and bring him to justice.

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  19. 7.7/10(171 votes)

    #18 - The Night of the Kraken

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    S4:E6

    While investigating why fishing had been prohibited on local waters, agents James West and Artemus Gordon are attacked by a rough bunch of sailors. After the melee, Lt. Bartlett, who was apparently the victim of some sort sea creature. West joins a resolute fisherman on his boat and are attacked by a giant squid. But things are not what they appear as an even more insidious threat is revealed.

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  20. 7.7/10(151 votes)

    #19 - The Night of the Winged Terror (2)

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    S4:E16

    The plans of The Raven seem to be successful as they have hypnotized Jim West and had him assassinate the Mexican Ambassador. Unfortunately for the group,Frank Harper had been impersonating the ambassador to test whether Jim had been conditioned. West and Harper work together to infiltrate and undermine the group and capture everyone except for the huge-headed Tycho.

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  21. 7.6/10(276 votes)

    #20 - The Night of the Casual Killer

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    S1:E5

    Jim and Artie set out to penetrate the stronghold of a corrupt political boss and return him to Washington for trial.

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    Director:Don Taylor
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  22. 7.6/10(260 votes)

    #21 - The Night of the Double-Edged Knife

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    S1:E9

    An Indian demand for gold must be met: they've threatened to kill five railroad workers a day until it is paid.

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    Director:Don Taylor
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  23. 7.6/10(142 votes)

    #22 - The Night of the Janus

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    S4:E18

    A melody holds the clue West needs to trap a departmental traitor.

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  24. 7.5/10(217 votes)

    #23 - The Night of the Torture Chamber

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    S1:E13

    Jim and Artie take on an obsessed museum curator who has private designs on the state treasury.

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  25. 7.5/10(219 votes)

    #24 - The Night of the Grand Emir

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    S1:E19

    West must protect a visiting despot from the fatal charms of Ecstasy La Joie, who brandishes such baubles as an explosive garter and a deadly ring.

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  26. 7.5/10(171 votes)

    #25 - The Night of the Sabatini Death

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    S4:E17

    Jim meets with crime czar Sabatini, who asks him to travel to Calliope, MO to protect a lady and give a man called Swanson a key. Accompanied by government chemist Ned Brown, Jim travels to Calliope (where an Army finance officer died after stealing half a mil). Swanson is killed and the lady turns out to be Sabatini's ward blind Sylvia. It turns out Sabatini was the officer and Sylvia was the daughter of Boorman, Sabatini's partner in the robbery. Dodging Boorman, Jim and Ned find Sabatini's deed leaving all of his property to Sylvia.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Night Dr. Loveless Died" is the best rated episode of "The Wild Wild West". It scored 9.5/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Alan Crosland, Jr. and written by Henry Sharp, it aired on 9/29/1967. This episode scored 1.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth".