8.2/10361 votesLoading...#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
8.2/10250 votesLoading...#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
8.2/10240 votesLoading...#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
8.2/10207 votesLoading...#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
8.1/10274 votesLoading...#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
8.1/10245 votesLoading...#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
8.1/10282 votesLoading...#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
8.1/10214 votesLoading...#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
8.1/10194 votesLoading...#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
8.0/10241 votesLoading...#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
8.0/10189 votesLoading...#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
8.0/10165 votesLoading...#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
7.9/10463 votesLoading...#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
7.9/10260 votesLoading...#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
7.9/10219 votesLoading...#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
7.9/10227 votesLoading...#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
7.8/10233 votesLoading...#17 - 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.
7.8/10231 votesLoading...#18 - 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
7.8/10205 votesLoading...#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
7.8/10173 votesLoading...#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
7.8/10149 votesLoading...#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
7.8/10159 votesLoading...#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
7.8/10175 votesLoading...#23 - The Night of the Bleak Island
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 3/14/1969
West visits an eerie island to get a diamond for the National Museum.
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Writer: Robert E. Kent
7.7/10221 votesLoading...#24 - 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
7.7/10261 votesLoading...#25 - The Night of the Whirring Death
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/18/1966
Intent on making California a kingdom for children, evil Dr. Loveless makes his play for the state with a series of toys---which explode.
Director: Mark Rydell
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Wild Wild West
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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 361 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".