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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 15 - The Hanging Cross
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E15

    On Christmas eve, an embittered rancher wants revenge on Pawnee Indians who he thinks kidnapped his son several years before.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  2. undefined Season 3 Episode 4 - The Posse
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E4

    Paladin stops to ask a stranger for directions and is invited to share his campsite. Later, when a posse arrives, the man announces that Paladin is the murderer they have been looking for.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 14 - The Yuma Treasure
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E14

    Accompanying a cavalry major on a mission to prevent a war by negotiating a treaty with an elusive Apache chief, Paladin must deal with soldiers who have caught gold fever.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 16 - Helen of Abajinian
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E16

    An Armenian winemaker hires Paladin to find his runaway daughter and break up her ill-considered romance with a cowhand.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  5. undefined Season 2 Episode 4 - The Hanging of Roy Carter
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E4

    Roy Carter is scheduled to be hanged. Another man confesses to the murder just before the execution is to take place. Paladin is hired to try to convince the warden to delay the hanging until the Governor can be reached.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  6. undefined Season 2 Episode 7 - The Road to Wickenburg
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E7

    Paladin wakes up after being drugged, beaten and robbed in the town of Blue Bell by five men, one of whom is the town's sheriff. They took his money, gun, bullets, horse and saddle. All he has left is his two-shot derringer.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  7. undefined Season 2 Episode 24 - The Monster of Moon Ridge
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E24

    The townspeople of Moon Ridge, Colorado believe there are monsters in the mountains. Dan Bella's daughter is taken by something and he finds strange footprints outside his daughter's window. Paladin is hired to find out what is up on the ridge.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  8. undefined Season 2 Episode 28 - Maggie O'Bannion
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E28

    After being bushwhacked and having 'everything' taken, Paladin walks to the nearest ranch and manages to get hired on as a handyman.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 32 - The Return of Roy Carter
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E32

    Roy Carter returns to help Paladin search the snow-covered mountains for a missing chaplain and an escaped convict.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  10. undefined Season 3 Episode 2 - Episode in Laredo
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E2

    Kovak is reserving the entire hotel in Laredo, Texas for Sam Tuttle, a famous unbeatable gunfighter. After Paladin is forced to kill Kovak, Tuttle must challenge Paladin in order to keep his reputation in tact.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  11. undefined Season 3 Episode 10 - The Golden Toad
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E10

    Paladin is drawn into a dispute between a male farmer and a female cattle rancher, with a fortune in buried treasure at stake.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  12. undefined Season 3 Episode 13 - Charley Red Dog
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E13

    The town of Santa Maria, New Mexico is in need of a new town marshal, and one man, Charley Red Dog, is out to get the job. However, he may not survive unless Paladin lends a hand.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  13. undefined Season 1 Episode 11 - The Menagerie (1)
    7.8/10(64 votes)

    S1:E11

    Apparently summoned to Star Base 11, Kirk, Spock and McCoy visit a former Enterprise Commander, the paralyzed and horribly disfigured Christopher Pike. Uncharacteristically, Spock commandeers the Enterprise, then turns himself in for court martial.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  14. undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - The Menagerie (2)
    7.8/10(64 votes)

    S1:E12

    Spock's court martial reveals the actions of Captain Pike on his previous visit to Talos IV, where the powerful Talosians tried to persuade Pike to breed with women provided for the purpose.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  15. undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - Datalore
    7.4/10(72 votes)

    S1:E12

    Stardate: 41242.4. While exploring his homeworld, the crew of the Enterprise find android parts that are identical to Data's. When assembled, an 'evil' twin of Data named Lore is revived.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  16. undefined Season 2 Episode 26 - Assignment: Earth
    7.3/10(47 votes)

    S2:E26

    While back in time observing Earth in 1968, the Enterprise crew encounters the mysterious Gary Seven who has his own agenda on the planet.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  17. undefined Season 2 Episode 8 - I, Mudd
    7.2/10(48 votes)

    S2:E8

    Captain Kirk has a second run-in with the conman, Harry Mudd. Mudd is now the supreme ruler of a planet of androids who cater to his every whim.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  18. undefined Season 1 Episode 21 - The Return of the Archons
    7.1/10(53 votes)

    S1:E21

    The Enterprise encounters a seemingly peaceful civilization run by a "benevolent" being named Landru... who intends for them to join his people.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  19. undefined Season 2 Episode 19 - A Private Little War
    7.0/10(46 votes)

    S2:E19

    The crew of the Enterprise discovers Klingon interference in the development of a formerly peaceful planet and is forced to help maintain a balance of power.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  20. undefined Season 3 Episode 24 - Turnabout Intruder
    7.0/10(35 votes)

    S3:E24

    The Enterprise is in danger when Janice Lester, one of Kirk's former lovers, steals his body.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  21. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Decision
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    S1:E1

    After Police Captain William Boone's wife is killed, he is recruited to work for the taelons, a seemingly benevolent alien race that has been on Earth for 3 years. To do so he will be implanted with a CVI- a cyber viral implant that will expand his mental abilities and allow him to control a bio-weapon of unlimited power. However before he can make his decision he is also recruited by the resistance, a group of humans who oppose the taelons being on Earth. Lead by Jonathan Doors, the resistance informs Boone that the taelons are not what they appear to be. The CVI implant brainwashes its subjects into following the taelon blindly, in effect controlling them. The resistance informs Boone that they can remove this aspect from the CVI on the condition that he works for both the taelons and the resistance. Boone accepts and now searches for the truth of why the taelons are on earth and if they are responsible for the death of his wife.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  22. undefined Season 1 Episode 17 - Ella West
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E17

    The promoter of a wild west show asks Paladin for help taming down a very wild and famous female sharpshooter and show her how to act like a lady.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  23. undefined Season 2 Episode 20 - Juliet
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E20

    Juliet Harper is being hunted by the grandsons of Colonel Jeremiah Pike. Paladin meets her on the stage and now the Colonel is after both of them, and Paladin is without a gun.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  24. undefined Season 3 Episode 3 - Les Girls
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E3

    Paladin is hired to deliver three mail-order brides to Bend-In-The-River.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  25. undefined Season 3 Episode 11 - Tiger
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E11

    Ellsworth believes he has had an old tiger curse put on him and that a tiger is coming to kill him. He hires Paladin to protect him from the tiger.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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Gene Roddenberry Ratings Summary

"The Hanging Cross" is the best rated episode written by Gene Roddenberry. It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 12/21/1957 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Posse".