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The Best Episodes of Wagon Train Season 4

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 18 - The Weight of Command
    8.9/10(138 votes)

    S4:E18

    Bill and Major Adams plan on going hunting with a friend but when he is not home they suspect a renegade party of Cheyenne who have broken the peace treaty and the wagon train may be their next target.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 25 - The Christopher Hale Story
    8.8/10(144 votes)

    S4:E25

    Flint meets Chris Hale alone on the prairie. Hale has just found his entire family massacred by Indians, and Flint asks him to join the wagon train. However, the company that owns the wagon train has hired a new wagonmaster, Jud Benedict. Benedict is a ruthless and brutal tyrant who puts time above all other considerations, and does not care how many people are left behind or even die in the process of heading to the final destination as soon as possible. He has also hired unscrupulous gunmen to enforce this goal by brutalizing slower people, or anyone who stands up to him. It is revealed that Hale has also been a wagonmaster, but has retired from the job and does not ever want such a responsibility again. Still, people on the train are looking to Hale to stand up to Benedict.

    Director:Herschel Daugherty
    Writer:Norman Jolley

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  3. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 31 - The Will Santee Story
    8.7/10(111 votes)

    S4:E31

    The Santee family---Will, his mother, and his younger sister---join the wagon train under a false surname. They have been forced out of town after town because of a terrible thing a family member did. They confide in Hale, Hawks, and Charlie, who agree to keep their secret from the others on the train. But it soon comes out anyway, and things get complicated when Will falls for a young woman from the wagon train.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 21 - The Odyssey of Flint McCullough
    8.6/10(133 votes)

    S4:E21

    Looking forward to some time off, Flint heads towards the town of Monument but runs into an old man and some kids whose parents were just massacred by some Mescaleros and they're running low on supplies especially milk for the baby.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 28 - The Saul Bevins Story
    8.5/10(103 votes)

    S4:E28

    Saul Bevins, a blind doctor traveling with his son, his sister, and his dog, asks to join the wagon train. Many others on the train object that he will slow them down, but Hale agrees to let him ride at least until the next settlement, at which time the entire wagon train will vote on whether he should continue. On the way Bevins is forced to overcome many obstacles.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 1 - Wagons Ho!
    8.3/10(114 votes)

    S4:E1

    While preparing to return to St. Joseph, the men read the story "Wagon Ho" written and printed by Samuel T. Evans about his trip as a naive young Irishman headed west and his experiences and adventure on the trail.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 12 - The River Crossing
    8.3/10(113 votes)

    S4:E12

    A green Army Colonel wipes out a village of Comanche women and children thinking he is getting revenge. The wagon train must face on the one side a swollen river they must cross or a Comanche chief on the other who seeks justice.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 15 - The Earl Packer Story
    8.3/10(112 votes)

    S4:E15

    Wounded Bill Strode arrives in camp looking for Flint. Strode, who saved Flint's life in Abilene, asks Flint to help him get to Fort Kearny. Flint learns the itchy Strode is being hunted by bounty hunter Earl Packer and Strode has changed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 27 - The Nellie Jefferson Story
    8.3/10(93 votes)

    S4:E27

    When actress Nellie Jefferson joins the wagon train, her incessant demands for special treatment come to grate on Hale and Hawks, but Wooster is totally smitten with her. Meanwhile a fanatical man from her past is following her, talking about how she will meet her fate like the biblical Jezebel.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 36 - Wagon to Fort Anderson
    8.3/10(96 votes)

    S4:E36

    Flint comes across four survivors of an Indian massacre, the two Ellison sisters and two Carder brothers. One of the sisters is deaf and mute. The brothers are the only survivors of their Army unit. The older brother, Joe, wants to desert and take advantage of the situation in order to break away and look for gold. The younger brother, George, is simple-minded and good-hearted but loyal to the older one who raised him. Flint tries to lead the four to safety, but Joe Carder tries to mislead the Ellison sisters into believing that Flint is leading them into danger.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 11 - The Candy O'Hara Story
    8.2/10(120 votes)

    S4:E11

    Gabe Henry and his son have been sorely missing the female touch over five years now. Finding a wife during a stopover is his top priority but his choice is known to Major Adams and he does not approve.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 14 - The Jeremy Dow Story
    8.2/10(124 votes)

    S4:E14

    When the wagon train passes through town, habitually drunk Jeremy Dow finds that his past has caught up with him. His choices: continue running, or face the demons from his past when he is confronted with this wife and son on the train.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 17 - The Sam Elder Story
    8.2/10(108 votes)

    S4:E17

    A retired Captain and ten boys join the wagon train on their way to California. Hitching a ride was all he thought he was involving the boys in until he meets one man on the train with a secret resentment.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 22 - The Beth Pearson Story
    8.2/10(132 votes)

    S4:E22

    The leaders of the wagon train are taken aback when they see a woman asking to join the wagon train who is the twin of Major Adams one and only love who died in his arms.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 35 - The Janet Hale Story
    8.2/10(89 votes)

    S4:E35

    A flashback episode - Chris Hale's duties as wagonmaster require him to leave his family in their prairie home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 9 - The Colter Craven Story
    8.1/10(209 votes)

    S4:E9

    Dr. Craven feels he can't perform surgery any longer. When he joins the wagon train and his services are desperately needed, he realizes he may be wrong after Major Adams gives him a history lesson.

    Director:John Ford
    Writer:Tony Paulson

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  17. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 10 - The Jane Hawkins Story
    8.0/10(110 votes)

    S4:E10

    Flint discovers a badly wounded waitress on the range and takes her to a doctor, where he finds the evil town's owner wants to hang her without trial, because he suspects she murdered his son.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 30 - The Duke Shannon Story
    8.0/10(77 votes)

    S4:E30

    With his clever tall tales, old prospector Henry Shannon talks Charlie Wooster into coming with him to search for a gold mine. When Hawks finds out about this, he rides out after the two men, along with Shannon's grandson Duke. Also following the old men are three men who hope to grab the gold for themselves.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 34 - The Chalice
    8.0/10(86 votes)

    S4:E34

    An Italian immigrant couple needs help in transporting water for their grapevines to California. Unfortunately, the two men who offer the use of their wagon plan to steal the treasure they've heard the immigrants are carrying in return for their services.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 3 - The Albert Farnsworth Story
    7.9/10(140 votes)

    S4:E3

    Arrogant British Colonel Albert Farnsworth causes an uproar in camp and puts the wagon train in danger of Indian attack, resulting in the capture of a young girl by the Cheyenne and the mortal wounding of his long time aide.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 4 - The Allison Justis Story
    7.9/10(119 votes)

    S4:E4

    When someone yells horse thief, Flint shoots a man only to find he is the husband of a childhood friend. Flint learns the man is mayor and highly respected. The question of whether he killed an innocent man bothers him and the man's son.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 5 - The Jose Morales Story
    7.9/10(129 votes)

    S4:E5

    Bill Hawkes is leading 3 wagons through Indian territory. They run into trouble with Mexician bandits lead by Lee Marvin. When the 2 groups must band together to fight off an Indian attack, certain biases & assumptions are thrown away.

    Director:Virgil W. Vogel
    Writer:Gene L. Coon

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  23. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 23 - The Jed Polke Story
    7.9/10(105 votes)

    S4:E23

    When Flint brings a stranded woman and boy to the train, her husband who went off to find help is also found but his return to the train sets off tempers when four men recognize him and their only thought is murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 33 - The Eleanor Culhane Story
    7.9/10(90 votes)

    S4:E33

    Flint goes to visit Eleanor Culhane, an old flame of his who had been married to a notorious gunman. He finds everyone in the town she lives in shunning her, and unwilling to discuss her, because they blame her for her husband's misdeeds and the shame he caused the town. When Flint finds her they begin to rekindle their romance. But then her husband, thought dead for the last five years, shows up in town. And Flint realizes there is another side to Eleanor that he was unaware of as well.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 7 - The Cathy Eckhart Story
    7.7/10(125 votes)

    S4:E7

    One murder begets a second murder while a treacherous journey awaits the wagon train. An unknown scout and Kiowa Indians threaten the pass. Now there may be a renegade and murderer in their midst which Adams must resolve before continuing.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The Weight of Command" is the best rated episode of Wagon Train season 4. It scored 8.9/10 from 138 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on January 25, 1961. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Christopher Hale Story".