The Best Episodes of The Wild Wild West

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8.3/10(267 votes)
#1 - The Night of the Burning Diamond
S1:E264/8/1966
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:Unknown
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Director:Irving J. Moore
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8.3/10(262 votes)
#2 - The Night of the Lord of Limbo
S2:E1512/30/1966
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:Unknown
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Director:Jesse Hibbs
Writer:Unknown
8.3/10(247 votes)
#3 - The Night of the Bogus Bandits
S2:E284/7/1967
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:Unknown
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Director:Irving J. Moore
Writer:Unknown
8.3/10(214 votes)
#4 - The Night of the Death Masks
S3:E201/26/1968
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:Unknown
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Director:Mike Moder
Writer:Unknown
8.2/10(395 votes)
#5 - The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth
S1:E310/1/1965
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:Unknown
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Director:Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer:Unknown
8.2/10(275 votes)
#6 - The Night of the Puppeteer
S1:E212/25/1965
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:Unknown
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Director:Irving J. Moore
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8.2/10(326 votes)
#7 - The Night of the Man-Eating House
S2:E1212/12/1966
West witnesses eerie phenomena when he takes refuge with a sheriff and his prisoner in an abandoned bayou mansion.
Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
Writer:John Kneubuhl
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Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
Writer:John Kneubuhl
8.2/10(250 votes)
#8 - The Night of the Surreal McCoy
S2:E233/3/1967
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:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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Writer:Unknown
8.1/10(300 votes)
#9 - The Night That Terror Stalked the Town
S1:E1011/19/1965
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:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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8.1/10(265 votes)
#10 - The Night of the Murderous Spring
S1:E274/15/1966
West helps a powerfully built girl carry her trunk, not knowing it contains his shrewd enemy---diminutive, giggling Dr. Loveless.
Director:Richard Donner
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Richard Donner
Writer:Unknown
8.1/10(212 votes)
#11 - The Night of Miguelito's Revenge
S4:E1212/13/1968
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:Unknown
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Director:James B. Clark
Writer:Unknown
8.1/10(188 votes)
#12 - The Night of the Winged Terror (1)
S4:E151/17/1969
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:Unknown
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Director:Marvin J. Chomsky
Writer:Unknown
8.0/10(522 votes)
#13 - The Night of the Inferno
S1:E19/17/1965
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
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Director:Richard C. Sarafian
Writer:Gilbert Ralston
8.0/10(285 votes)
#14 - The Night of the Returning Dead
S2:E510/14/1966
While trying to solve a murder, West is charged by a bullet-immune "ghost rider".
Director:Richard Donner
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Richard Donner
Writer:Unknown
8.0/10(243 votes)
#15 - The Night of the Tottering Tontine
S2:E161/6/1967
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
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Director:Irving J. Moore
Writer:Norman Hudis
8.0/10(254 votes)
#16 - The Night of the Feathered Fury
S2:E171/13/1967
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:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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Writer:Unknown
8.0/10(253 votes)
#17 - The Night of the Vicious Valentine
S2:E202/10/1967
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
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Director:Irving J. Moore
Writer:Leigh Chapman
8.0/10(201 votes)
#18 - The Night of the Bleak Island
S4:E213/14/1969
West visits an eerie island to get a diamond for the National Museum.
Director:Marvin J. Chomsky
Writer:Robert E. Kent
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Director:Marvin J. Chomsky
Writer:Robert E. Kent
7.9/10(229 votes)
#19 - The Night Dr. Loveless Died
S3:E49/29/1967
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!
Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
Writer:Henry Sharp
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Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
Writer:Henry Sharp
7.9/10(217 votes)
#20 - The Night of the Big Blackmail
S4:E19/27/1968
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
Director:Irving J. Moore
Writer:David Moessinger
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Director:Irving J. Moore
Writer:David Moessinger
7.9/10(202 votes)
#21 - The Night of the Sedgewick Curse
S4:E410/18/1968
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.
Director:Marvin J. Chomsky
Writer:Paul Playdon
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Director:Marvin J. Chomsky
Writer:Paul Playdon
7.9/10(170 votes)
#22 - The Night of the Egyptian Queen
S4:E811/15/1968
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
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Director:Marvin J. Chomsky
Writer:Paul Playdon
7.9/10(180 votes)
#23 - The Night of the Diva
S4:E203/7/1969
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:Unknown
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Director:Herb Wallerstein
Writer:Unknown
7.8/10(255 votes)
#24 - The Night of the Steel Assassin
S1:E161/7/1966
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.
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Director:Lee H. Katzin
Writer:Calvin Clements Sr.
7.8/10(241 votes)
#25 - The Night of the Watery Death
S2:E911/11/1966
A mysterious dragon-like creature is blowing up American ships, and West and Gordon must determine the cause.
Director:Irving J. Moore
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Irving J. Moore
Writer:Unknown