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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 7 Episode 23 - Reprisal
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    S7:E23

    Oren was a rancher who liked his drink, gambling and women, even though he had a pretty wife at home. Matt is forced to kill him and when he breaks the news to her, all she can see is getting revenge for his death, and Matt is her target.

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    Writer:John Meston

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  2. undefined Season 8 Episode 24 - Blind Man's Bluff
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    S8:E24

    Billy Poe is falsely accused of murder by a dying man, and flees to another town while Matt follows him, and encounters dangerous resistance from other men who hate lawmen.

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    Writer:John Meston

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - Magnus
    9.7/10(3 votes)

    S1:E12

    Chester is embarrassed at a visit by his estranged mountain man brother Magnus. To prove that Magnus is too uncivilized for town, Chester tours him through the highlights of Dodge: card gambling, drinking, and talking with Kitty. Meanwhile, the Long Branch women plan a Christmas Eve dance which is busted by the spiteful Lucifer Jones.

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    Writer:John Meston

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  4. undefined Season 5 Episode 5 - Tail to the Wind
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S5:E5

    A father and son bully a farmer and his wife who won't sell their land, but the farmer is oddly reluctant to let Matt arrest the two, even when they resort to gunfire.

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    Writer:John Meston

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 20 - Money Crop
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E20

    A college-educated farmer named Joe moves to Walnut Grove with his pregnant wife. He tells the Walnut Grove-area farmers of a new hybrid of corn that would produce good crops, to which the farmers are very enthused. They decide to buy some of this new seed. While on the way back to Walnut Grove with the seed, Joe gets into an accident, as the farmers wait for his return.

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    Writer:John Meston

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - Home Surgery
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    S1:E4

    When returning to Dodge, Chester and Matt are confronted by Holly Hawtree, whose father is desperately ill with gangrene. His only hope for survival is amputation of the affected leg. Matt performs the surgery, but the gangrene has spread too far and the old man dies. Matt later discovers that the presumed accident leading to Mr. Hawtree's condition was actually caused by Ben Walling, who has his sights on Holly.

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    Writer:John Meston

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 7 - Smoking Out the Nolans
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    S1:E7

    Clay Young is trying to evict Josh Nolan, who says he paid for the property. Matt and Chester are tied up in reluctantly enforcing eviction law unless they can find another way.

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    Writer:John Meston

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 15 - No Handcuffs
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E15

    A dishonest deputy sheriff steals a prisoner from Matt's jail, so Matt and Chester hunt them.

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    Writer:John Meston

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  9. undefined Season 10 Episode 12 - Innocence
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S10:E12

    Art and Bob both have an eye on a new girl in town. She works at the Long Branch but only has eyes for the most well-liked man in town. On the eve of their marriage, it all comes to a head and the town is out for blood.

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    Writer:John Meston

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  10. undefined Season 7 Episode 1 - Perce
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S7:E1

    Ex-con Perce McCall helps to save Matt's life in a shootout, and then falls for a beautiful, but greedy saloon girl who puts him under great pressure to start stealing again.

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    Writer:John Meston

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  11. undefined Season 7 Episode 22 - The Gallows
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S7:E22

    While returning suspected killer Pruit Dover to Dodge to stand trial, Matt is shot and badly wounded, and yet Dover stays with him and nurses him back to health.

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    Writer:John Meston

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  12. undefined Season 8 Episode 29 - With a Smile
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S8:E29

    A rancher's spoiled son believes even after he is convicted of murder that his father's wealth and influence will save him from the hangman.

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    Writer:John Meston

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  13. undefined Season 1 Episode 19 - Child of Pain
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E19

    When it is found out that a young boy, Graham, is being beaten by his alcoholic father, John, Caroline takes care of the boy while Charles stays with John to try to get him to stay sober.

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    Writer:John Meston

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  14. undefined Season 1 Episode 11 - General Parsley Smith
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    S1:E11

    Old-timer Smith is a former Army officer considered a butcher. He arrives in Dodge City speading rumors about the new Banker, Drew Holt.

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    Writer:John Meston

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  15. undefined Season 10 Episode 11 - Chicken
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S10:E11

    Mistakenly hailed as a hero who downed four robbers, a man rethinks his decision to let folks regard him as a gunfighter when protecting the woman he wants calls for a gunman's skill.

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    Writer:John Meston

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  16. undefined Season 7 Episode 2 - Old Yellow Boots
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    S7:E2

    Matt becomes suspicious when drifter Frank Cassidy publicly announces his engagement to spinsterish Beulah Parker immediately after the seemingly unrelated murders of an old prospector and her abusive brother Leroy.

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    Writer:John Meston

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  17. undefined Season 7 Episode 5 - All That
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S7:E5

    A man who lost his wife and all he had returns to Dodge from gold prospecting with three bulging bags to deposit in the bank, and all who scorned him before, including his ex-wife, can't do enough for him.

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    Writer:John Meston

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  18. undefined Season 7 Episode 21 - He Learned About Women
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S7:E21

    Taken prisoner by a band of comancheros, Chester is helped to escape by one of the band's women and flees with another who may or may not be worthy of his trust.

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    Writer:John Meston

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  19. undefined Season 8 Episode 23 - Ash
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S8:E23

    The friendship between business partners is jeopardized when one of them sustains a head injury, changing his personality. The injured man threatens to kill West's character, the fiancé of a young saloon woman.

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    Writer:John Meston

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  20. undefined Season 1 Episode 10 - The Queue
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    S1:E10

    Two bullies cut off Chen's pig-tail, gravely dishonoring him in Chinese culture. Chen vows vengeance.

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    Writer:John Meston

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  21. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Kite's Reward
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E8

    Matt warns skilled gunman Andy Travis, of his choice between quitting the gun or else being constantly hunted and forced to prove himself. Matt finds a way to foil the $1000 bounty on Andy's head.

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    Writer:John Meston

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  22. undefined Season 7 Episode 4 - Harper's Blood
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    S7:E4

    A hard man has given his two sons a hard raising, sure that they inherited their mother's bad blood from their murderous ancestor. The old man may be right: one of his sons may be a murderer. Or is it the other son?

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    Writer:John Meston

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  23. undefined Season 1 Episode 26 - Hack Prine
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E26

    Hack Prine, a friend of Matt's rides into Dodge. However he is there as a gunman, for Matt Dillon.

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    Writer:John Meston

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  24. undefined Season 6 Episode 30 - Minnie
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S6:E30

    Rough and rowdy Minnie comes to Dodge City and sets her designs on Doc Adams, much to the delight of Matt, Chester and Kitty. Trouble comes though when Minnie's husband comes to Dodge and finds out that his Minnie is sweet on Doc.

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    Writer:John Meston

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  25. undefined Season 7 Episode 20 - Half Straight
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S7:E20

    A man has been hired to kill Matt, but when he meets and quickly falls in love with a decent girl, he has a change of heart--or does he?

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    Writer:John Meston

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John Meston Ratings Summary

"Reprisal" is the best rated episode written by John Meston. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 3/10/1962 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Blind Man's Bluff".