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The Worst Episodes of The Wild Wild West

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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 show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as "James

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Wild Wild West Season 4 Episode 22 - The Night of the Cossacks
    6.7/10(161 votes)

    #1 - The Night of the Cossacks

    S4:E22

    West and Gordon are mixed up in the affairs of the royal family of Karovnia when they come to the US fleeing from assassins in their home country. The agents find that the evil Count Balkovitch is pursuing them, looking for an icon he needs to possess to hold power in Karovnia. Of course, the Count is not acting alone and the agents must discover who is assisting him before his dastardly plans are accomplished.

    Director:Mike Moder
    Writer:Oliver Crawford

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  2. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 23 - The Night of the Two-Legged Buffalo
    6.8/10(215 votes)

    #2 - The Night of the Two-Legged Buffalo

    S1:E23

    West tries to protect a pleasure-loving prince who insists on visiting a plush spa---where assassins eagerly await his arrival.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Wild Wild West Season 4 Episode 23 - The Night of the Plague
    6.8/10(159 votes)

    #3 - The Night of the Plague

    S4:E23

    West deals with the kidnapping of the Governor's daughter while Gordon rushes to find Jim to inoculate him from the disease one of the criminals was carrying. The disease proves to be the turning point in the fight between the feds and the criminals as Gordon convinces the gang to turn themselves in exchange for the cure to the disease.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 8 - The Night of the Dancing Death
    6.9/10(252 votes)

    #4 - The Night of the Dancing Death

    S1:E8

    To rescue a kidnapped princess, Jim runs into a booby-trapped doorknob and a fully armored man wielding a mace.

    Director:Harvey Hart
    Writers:Fred Freiberger, William Tunberg

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  5. The Wild Wild West Season 2 Episode 2 - The Night of the Golden Cobra
    7.0/10(271 votes)

    #5 - The Night of the Golden Cobra

    S2:E2

    Maharajah Singh kidnaps West for very unprincely reasons: West is to tutor Singh's assassin sons in the ways of Western combat.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Wild Wild West Season 3 Episode 16 - The Night of the Arrow
    7.0/10(182 votes)

    #6 - The Night of the Arrow

    S3:E16

    Strong Bear's Sioux Indians are making noises about breaking the peace treaty. President Grant's first three messengers failed to return from meetings with the Indian leader; now it's up to Jim and Artemus to find Strong Bear and to keep peace in the territory.

    Director:Alex Nicol
    Writer:Leigh Chapman

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  7. The Wild Wild West Season 4 Episode 3 - The Night of the Juggernaut
    7.0/10(203 votes)

    #7 - The Night of the Juggernaut

    S4:E3

    Someone is trying to run settlers off their land,buying some of them out,scaring other away,and even murdering those who refuse to leave. The government sends Jim and Arte in to investigate the situation and to stop whoever is behind this.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Wild Wild West Season 4 Episode 24 - The Night of the Tycoons
    7.0/10(169 votes)

    #8 - The Night of the Tycoons

    S4:E24

    West becomes involved with the Jupiter Corporation after the director of the board and two others are killed. West exposes a deep plot by the late director's sister,Amelia,to dump stock,cause a panic,then make tons of money off of the cheap stock. West's investigation leads him to an odd bar with a cirus theme and animals who like to throw bombs. West uncovers Amelia's plan to kill off the rest of the board and is able to save the rest of the members.

    Director:Mike Moder
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 18 - The Night of the Flaming Ghost
    7.1/10(216 votes)

    #9 - The Night of the Flaming Ghost

    S1:E18

    Jim is assigned to stop abolitionist John Brown. The only problem - he was pronounced dead 20 years ago.

    Director:Lee H. Katzin
    Writer:Robert Hamner

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  10. The Wild Wild West Season 2 Episode 14 - The Night of the Infernal Machine
    7.1/10(214 votes)

    #10 - The Night of the Infernal Machine

    S2:E14

    Time is running out for Judge M'Guigan, who is threatened by a bomb-throwing clockmaker.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Shimon Wincelberg

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  11. The Wild Wild West Season 2 Episode 18 - The Night of the Gypsy Peril
    7.1/10(198 votes)

    #11 - The Night of the Gypsy Peril

    S2:E18

    West and Gordon are escorting the Sultan of Ramapur and his gift to the President, a sacred white elephant. Bandits intercept the train and steal the elephant, and the Sultan demands one million dollars in recompense. West follows the trail to a gypsy camp, where the elephant appears to have been colored grey as a disguise. Artie sneaks in as a peddler, and they try to recover the elephant. They soon discover that the elephant is not disguised, but instead is actually grey: it has been painted white and proclaimed sacred by the Sultan, who planned to extort the U.S. government all along. Confronted with the evidence, the Sultan is deported and the gypsies get to keep the elephant.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 12 - The Night of the Human Trigger
    7.2/10(254 votes)

    #12 - The Night of the Human Trigger

    S1:E12

    A demented geologist can set off earthquakes where he chooses as part of an elaborate extortioin scheme. So West and Gordon head for Ellenville--the next town on the mad genius's list.

    Director:Jus Addiss
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 15 - The Night of the Fatal Trap
    7.2/10(220 votes)

    #13 - The Night of the Fatal Trap

    S1:E15

    Jim goes to arrest a Mexican bandit disguised as a notorious outlaw...but the villain's girlfriend recognizes him.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 25 - The Night of the Freebooters
    7.2/10(211 votes)

    #14 - The Night of the Freebooters

    S1:E25

    West poses as an ex-con to gain admittance to renegade Army leader Thorald Wolfe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Wild Wild West Season 2 Episode 10 - The Night of the Green Terror
    7.2/10(230 votes)

    #15 - The Night of the Green Terror

    S2:E10

    The evil, diminutive Dr. Loveless impoverishes an Indian tribe so that he can become their benefactor -- and their god.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Wild Wild West Season 2 Episode 22 - The Night of the Deadly Bubble
    7.2/10(196 votes)

    #16 - The Night of the Deadly Bubble

    S2:E22

    On the trail of the source of mysterious tidal waves, the guys finds a fanatical marine environmentalist at the heart of the mystery.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Wild Wild West Season 2 Episode 26 - The Night of the Cadre
    7.2/10(200 votes)

    #17 - The Night of the Cadre

    S2:E26

    Agent James West goes to see Warden Primwick,who releases condemned murderer Ralph Kleed in his presence. Kleed blows a whistle,and the warden attacks West with his cane. West restrains the warden,who dies from the exertion. Kleed escapes,leaving behind a whistle that has a special pitch,apparently only heard by dogs and wardens. Through the warden's autopsy,agent Artemus Gordon discovers that a franconium crytal has been implanted in the warden's brain,prompting violent behavior when Kleed blew his whistle. West falls into the hands of master criminal Titus Trask,who intends to implant a crystal in the agent's brain and,in turn,have West do the same to President Grant so Trask can rule the country.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Digby Wolfe

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  18. The Wild Wild West Season 3 Episode 14 - The Night of the Iron Fist
    7.2/10(185 votes)

    #18 - The Night of the Iron Fist

    S3:E14

    At the request of the Bosnian government, Count Draja is to be turned over for extradition. Learning of a plot to free the Count, Jim and Arte make plans to see that Draja reaches his destination. While Jim escorts Draja through 100 miles of no-man's land, they'll all meet up in Buffalo Springs-but there is the little matter of the $500,000 the Count hid somewhere in the U.S.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Wild Wild West Season 3 Episode 17 - The Night of the Headless Woman
    7.2/10(180 votes)

    #19 - The Night of the Headless Woman

    S3:E17

    On a dusty Californian trail,Jim and Artemus intercept a stagecoach whose driver has been hired to smuggle boll weevils. Quickly theorizing that someone is trying to destroy the country's cotton crop,they set out to find the mastermind of the operation and destroy his distribution system before his plan succeeds.

    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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  20. The Wild Wild West Season 4 Episode 5 - The Night of the Gruesome Games
    7.2/10(190 votes)

    #20 - The Night of the Gruesome Games

    S4:E5

    While on the trail of a scientist who has stolen a vial of deadly germs, the agents are pulled into a night of deadly parlor games. West and Gordon must recover the vial before it bursts and releases a veritable plague while managing to live though the games of their host.

    Director:Marvin J. Chomsky
    Writer:Jackson Gillis

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  21. The Wild Wild West Season 4 Episode 11 - The Night of the Avaricious Actuary
    7.2/10(167 votes)

    #21 - The Night of the Avaricious Actuary

    S4:E11

    Agents West and Gordon have been investigating a series of explosions that have demolished several palatial homes. While they are guests of the wealthy Mr. Taney, they hear a high, whining sound. Suddenly the house begins to crumble and the agents escape in the nick of time to see a giant tuning fork radiating powerful sound waves. As they delve deeper into the case, they discover a letter to Mr. Taney from the Cyclops Insurance Company, urging him to take out a policy against further destruction of his property.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Henry Sharp

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  22. The Wild Wild West Season 4 Episode 13 - The Night of the Pelican
    7.2/10(167 votes)

    #22 - The Night of the Pelican

    S4:E13

    West and Pike receive a note to meet a woman at a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco with a promise of information about the militant Din Chang who has recently stolen a supply of fulminate of mercury from a military arsenal. Unfortunately, the woman is killed before they can talk to her and the only word she utters is "Pelican". To further complicate matters, the only person they manage to capture is supposedly still serving time at Alcatraz. Since it seems that Alcatraz and the woman are the two pieces they have of the puzzle, the two split up to track down Chang before he can use the volatile mercury.

    Director:Alex Nicol
    Writer:Richard H. Landau

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  23. The Wild Wild West Season 4 Episode 14 - The Night of the Spanish Curse
    7.2/10(160 votes)

    #23 - The Night of the Spanish Curse

    S4:E14

    West and Gordon are called into Mexico to investigate a group of bandits who are attacking and terrorizing border towns. They track the bandits to a Mexican Village where the theives are hiding under the guise of an old Mexican legend about Cortez. Jim and Arte,not believing in the return of the god Cortez,are determined to find their way into the dorment volcano where the thugs are hiding.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 7 - The Night of the Glowing Corpse
    7.3/10(268 votes)

    #24 - The Night of the Glowing Corpse

    S1:E7

    Jim and Artemus try to recover stolen radioactive materials nad have only one clue - a set of fingerprints found on the ankle of a pretty secretary.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 17 - The Night the Dragon Screamed
    7.3/10(234 votes)

    #25 - The Night the Dragon Screamed

    S1:E17

    Jim and Artie have only one clue to track down the smugglers of opium and Chinese aliens: a fortune cookie.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Night of the Cossacks" is the worst rated episode of "The Wild Wild West". It scored 6.7/10 based on 161 votes. Directed by Mike Moder and written by Oliver Crawford, it aired on 3/21/1969. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Night of the Two-Legged Buffalo".