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The Best Episodes of Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 2

Every episode of Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 2!

The Best Episodes of Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 2

Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three...

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  1. 8.1/10(144 votes)

    #1 - The Empty Cell

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    S2:E7

    Josh delivers a prisoner to the sheriff, in the morning Josh realizes that there was an impostor and that the prisoner has successfully escaped with his cohort.

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    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.1/10(132 votes)

    #2 - Prison Trail

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    S2:E31

    Josh and Jason are delivering four criminals unaware that a stranger is following them to seek revenge on those criminals.

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    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:N/A
  3. 8.0/10(152 votes)

    #3 - The Hostage

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    S2:E6

    Josh delivers Jumbo Kane, a highly dangerous and already sentenced to death man. Soon after he has handed him over to the sheriff, Kane takes the sheriff by surprise and kills him.

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    Director:N/A
  4. 8.0/10(127 votes)

    #4 - Bad Gun

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    S2:E8

    After selling a customer a defective gun, Josh is hired to retrieve the dangerous weapon.

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    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:N/A
  5. 8.0/10(125 votes)

    #5 - The Tyrant

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    S2:E9

    Recruited by the army, Josh seeks the horses and the deserter who stole them. And he finds both the horses and the man - in custody of the town's marshal. But the marshal, who's ruling the town with an iron fist, isn't willing to give them back.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:Tom Gries
  6. 7.9/10(124 votes)

    #6 - Man on Horseback

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    S2:E14

    Charley Red Cloud is blamed for the murder of Will Bascomb. Bascomb's brother, Merv places a high bounty on Red Cloud.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 7.9/10(139 votes)

    #7 - Jason

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    S2:E21

    Josh caught 'Doc' Phillips, the partner of Clell Fennon, and now wants to use him as a bait to get Fennon - worth $5.000 - himself.

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    Director:George Blair
    Writer:N/A
  9. 7.8/10(149 votes)

    #8 - Montana Kid

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    S2:E1

    A kid is the key for Josh to find Johnny Deuce who cheated during a poker game and took a lot of money off Josh. Now Josh goes after Deuce in order to get his money back.

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    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:N/A
  10. 7.8/10(140 votes)

    #9 - Breakout

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    S2:E4

    Prison officials allow Randall to help Tom Dunn escape in order to retrieve the missing fifty thousand dollars Dunn had stolen.

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    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:N/A
  11. 7.8/10(121 votes)

    #10 - Desert Seed

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    S2:E11

    Josh manages to track down Juan Gomez in the desert near the Mexican border where he's living now with his family. His nephew Pachito rides in to protect his uncle. (Afterall he is the future Pancho Villa).

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    Director:N/A
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  12. 7.8/10(131 votes)

    #11 - Vanishing Act

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    S2:E16

    On the trail of bank robber Bart McCready, Josh discovers that he is posing as an escape artist named ""The Great Bartolo"".

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    Director:N/A
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  13. 7.8/10(126 votes)

    #12 - Vendetta

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    S2:E28

    Josh captures and returns a wanted recruit to an Army Camp. The commanding officer re-instates the wanted man and refuses to pay Randall his bounty money.

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    Director:George Blair
    Writer:N/A
  14. 7.7/10(134 votes)

    #13 - Estralita

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    S2:E5

    While hot on the trail of a murderer, Josh comes across a man about to be lynched by a group of vigilanties. The victim happens to be the same man that Randall has been chasing.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  15. 7.7/10(134 votes)

    #14 - Chain Gang

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    S2:E15

    After being arrested for a minor offence, Josh is put on the chain gang and put to work on the local mine.

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  16. 7.6/10(120 votes)

    #15 - Twelve Hours to Crazy Horse

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    S2:E12

    Josh delivers Dan Murdock, wanted for multiple murders, in Mesa City. Josh learns that the local sheriff is the brother of Crazy Horse's deputy, one of the victims, and it's unlikely that Murdock will arrive safely. Josh goes along to make sure that he does.

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    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:N/A
  17. 7.6/10(111 votes)

    #16 - Mental Lapse

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    S2:E17

    An amnesia victim has posters up asking for help finding information about himself.

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    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:N/A
  18. 7.6/10(136 votes)

    #17 - Angela

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    S2:E18

    Angela Pryor is seeking revenge against the man who murderer her father during a burglary. Josh is also after the same man for other crimes.

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    Director:George Blair
    Writer:Tom Gries
  19. 7.6/10(116 votes)

    #18 - The Partners

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    S2:E22

    Josh gets arrested - for horse theft. Then he finds out it was Jason who wants him behind bars because Jason wants to go after Billy Joe Henry alone.

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    Director:George Blair
    Writer:N/A
  20. 7.6/10(143 votes)

    #19 - Tolliver Bender

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    S2:E23

    Josh needs Tolliver's testimony in a nearby town unfortunately Amos McKenna wants to hang Tolliver and will only allow him to go if one of the two Josh or Jason stays in his place.

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    Director:George Blair
    Writer:N/A
  21. 7.6/10(114 votes)

    #20 - The Inheritance

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    S2:E30

    Clint Davis a blind and dying rancher hires Josh to find his renegade son.

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  22. 7.5/10(137 votes)

    #21 - The Matchmaker

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    S2:E3

    Josh reluctantly plays matchmaker and enlists the aid of Amy Williams to teach Charlie the proper way to behave and act so that he can confidently find his own bride.

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  23. 7.5/10(124 votes)

    #22 - The Most Beautiful Woman

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    S2:E20

    John Garth comes to town looking for his darling Lil, he feels something terrible has happened. There was a fire in the saloon and he thinks she died.

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    Director:Arthur Hilton
    Writer:N/A
  24. 7.5/10(124 votes)

    #23 - Death Divided by Three

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    S2:E29

    Josh and Jason are on the trail of an outlaw wanted for murder in Arizona. The outlaw's wife is also seeking her husband.

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    Director:George Blair
  25. 7.4/10(132 votes)

    #24 - The Healing Woman

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    S2:E2

    Tom takes his very ill son away from medical help and takes him to a witch a so called healer jeopardizing his sons full recovery.

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  26. 7.4/10(123 votes)

    #25 - No Trail Back

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    S2:E13

    Joe Hooker, after raiding a bank on behalf of his brother Ben, is bitten by a dog with rabies. Upon learning this, the sheriff ends his pursuit. Josh, however, decides to go after Hooker anyway.

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Empty Cell" is the best rated episode of "Wanted: Dead or Alive" season 2. It scored 8.1/10 based on 144 votes. Directed by Thomas Carr and written by N/A, it aired on 10/17/1959. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Prison Trail".