1. Friend's Pay-Off
Air date: 1960-09-03 · 60 min
Badly wounded, Matt's old friend won't identify the man who shot him, but does say he expects the gunman to return to finish the job.
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Season 6.
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2. The Blacksmith
Air date: 1960-09-17 · 60 min
Troublemakers trick an immigrant blacksmith into leaving his house on his wedding night, then burn it down.
Open episode 2 ↗3. Small Water
Air date: 1960-09-24 · 60 min
Matt arrests Finn Pickett based on a circular that indicates he is wanted for murder in Oklahoma Territory. Pickett repeatedly proclaims his innocence and vows that his prairie-savvy sons will do whatever is necessary to free him.
Open episode 3 ↗4. Say Uncle
Air date: 1960-10-01 · 60 min
Lee Nagel suspects his visiting uncle of murder when his father is killed in their store in an apparent accident.
Open episode 4 ↗5. Shooting Stopover
Air date: 1960-10-08 · 60 min
While transporting a prisoner with Chester on a stagecoach to Wichita, Matt learns that the stagecoach is also carrying a shipment of gold, and he suspects the coach might be targeted by outlaws.
Open episode 5 ↗6. The Peace Officer
Air date: 1960-10-15 · 60 min
Dillon heads to Dodge to get a new man to replace the brutal, corrupt sheriff of Tascosa, with hired killers in pursuit who are unaware that the sheriff's ex-girlfriend has joined up with Dillon.
Open episode 6 ↗7. Don Matteo
Air date: 1960-10-22 · 60 min
Don Matteo, who once rode the range with Matt, comes to Dodge looking to shoot down a shady cowboy who once romanced Don Matteo's sister.
Open episode 7 ↗8. The Worm
Air date: 1960-10-29 · 60 min
Murders follow when a buffalo hunter and his browbeaten partner come to town.
Open episode 8 ↗9. The Badge
Air date: 1960-11-12 · 60 min
Out on the prairie, Matt is shot and taken captive by two outlaws, one of whom is a weakling abused and bossed around by the other.
Open episode 9 ↗10. Distant Drummer
Air date: 1960-11-19 · 60 min
Two roughnecks (Sloat and Grade) cruelly harass Raffie Bly, a confused and defenseless young man who suffered a serious head trauma while serving as a drummer in the Civil War.
Open episode 10 ↗11. Ben Tolliver's Stud
Air date: 1960-11-26 · 60 min
A row with his boss makes Ben quit his job. He leaves but says goodbye to Jake's daughter first. When he takes a horse for lost wages, Jake swears he'll kill him. The tables are turned when a hard and fast rule of Jake's soon backfires.
Open episode 11 ↗12. No Chip
Air date: 1960-12-03 · 60 min
When the 3 Dolan brothers keep forcing their cattle onto rancher Jeff's land, the tension leads to murder.
Open episode 12 ↗13. The Wake
Air date: 1960-12-10 · 60 min
Gus Mather arrives in Dodge in a wagon, carrying the coffin of his best friend, Orson Boggs. Boggs died of a sickness, Gus wants to give him a proper wake, and invites anyone to join in free liquor at the Longbranch. Matt asks Gus who Boggs was, Gus says they're from Redbank Country. The morning after the wake, Matt is too curious, decides to ride to Redbank Country to find out about Boggs. Matt and Chester finally find Mrs. Boggs, who says her husband didn't have any friends. The story continues to unfold as Mrs Boggs later shows up in Dodge. A couple of classic lines by these characters. Matt to prairie man traveling to Dodge: "Pay your bills and don't kill anyone, and you won't have any trouble" (words to live by). Matt says about Mrs. Boggs: "I think she's hiding something". Chester: "Too bad is ain't her face, if you ask me".
Open episode 13 ↗14. The Cook
Air date: 1960-12-17 · 60 min
The cooking of a new chef at Delmonico's is popular with most in Dodge, but one dissatisfied customer ends up dead.
Open episode 14 ↗15. Old Fool
Air date: 1960-12-24 · 60 min
A seductive, impoverished widow pursues long-married Hannibal Bass, hoping to get her hands on his farm.
Open episode 15 ↗16. Brother Love
Air date: 1960-12-31 · 60 min
In a family that believes in taking care of its own--including administering punishment within the family for crime--one of two grown brothers appears to have committed murder, but which one?
Open episode 16 ↗17. Bad Sheriff
Air date: 1961-01-07 · 60 min
A man shoots his partner, flees, and is caught by two men claiming to be lawmen.
Open episode 17 ↗18. Unloaded Gun
Air date: 1961-01-14 · 60 min
Red and Joe Lime are no-good murderous brothers, and Matt has to track 'em down out on the prairie. Trouble is, Matt comes down with a fever due to missing out on so much sleep in the last couple of weeks. This situation causes some serious problems for all involved when Matt has to return to Dodge because he is too sick to pursue the Lime brothers.
Open episode 18 ↗19. Tall Trapper
Air date: 1961-01-21 · 30 min
A man and his wife come across a lone trapper and make camp with him. Next day, the husband comes to Dodge to report to Doc that his wife is sick, but Doc finds the woman beaten to death, and the husband accuses the trapper.
Open episode 19 ↗20. Love Thy Neighbor
Air date: 1961-01-28 · 30 min
The theft of a sack of potatoes leads to increasingly violent hostilities between the Scooper and Galloway families.
Open episode 20 ↗21. Bad Seed
Air date: 1961-02-04 · 30 min
Matt rescues teen-aged Trudy Trent from a life of isolated poverty with her incestuous and alcoholic father, but he subsequently learns that "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" when he rejects her misguided romantic overtures toward him.
Open episode 21 ↗22. Kitty Shot
Air date: 1961-02-11 · 60 min
Dillon goes after cowboy Jake Bayloe after he guns down his partner in the Long Branch , shooting Kitty in the crossfire and critically wounding he
Open episode 22 ↗23. About Chester
Air date: 1961-02-25 · 60 min
While Chester is out searching for Doc, his horse is injured. Chester goes to a house for help and is instead taken prisoner.
Open episode 23 ↗24. Harriet
Air date: 1961-03-04 · 60 min
After witnessing the callous murder of her kindly father, Harriet Horne disregards Matt's advice and unwisely attempts to extract revenge from the perpetrators by making them jealous rivals for her attention.
Open episode 24 ↗25. Potshot
Air date: 1961-03-11 · 60 min
A concealed gunman takes a shot at Chester, and it may have been a bank robber, or it may have been someone who's been making trouble at the Long Branch.
Open episode 25 ↗26. Old Faces
Air date: 1961-03-18 · 60 min
Hot-headed Tom's new wife used to be a river-boat girl, and when a gunman from her old life recognizes her, a battle between the two men is brewing.
Open episode 26 ↗27. Big Man
Air date: 1961-03-25 · 60 min
To protect Kitty, Matt is forced to physically (and publicly) subdue fractious troublemaker Pat Swarner. When Swarner is subsequently found murdered, oft-inebriated Jud Sloan's claim that the Marshal was the killer seems uncomfortably credible.
Open episode 27 ↗28. Little Girl
Air date: 1961-04-01 · 60 min
Marshal Dillon must find a suitable home for Charity Gill, a young orphan, after the little girl's father dies when his cabin catches fire. Charity insists that she should live with the Dodge City lawman.
Open episode 28 ↗29. Stolen Horses
Air date: 1961-04-08 · 60 min
Horse thief murders a man to get his horses. Matt tracks the criminal to a Kiowa camp.
Open episode 29 ↗30. Minnie
Air date: 1961-04-15 · 60 min
Rough and rowdy Minnie comes to Dodge City and sets her designs on Doc Adams much to the delight of Matt, Chester and Kitty.
Open episode 30 ↗31. Bless Me Till I Die
Air date: 1961-04-22 · 60 min
Vengeful former convict Nate Bush sets off a tragic series of events when he informs Matt that well-liked new arrival Cole Treadwell is actually Cole Trankin, an escapee from the Arizona Territorial Prison.
Open episode 31 ↗32. Long Hours, Short Pay
Air date: 1961-04-29 · 60 min
A gunrunner supplies the Pawnee with weapons. Matt arrests him, but when the Pawnee find out, they capture Matt and free his prisoner.
Open episode 32 ↗33. Hard Virtue
Air date: 1961-05-06 · 60 min
Hot tempered Andy Coe and his wife want to sell their wagon to Moss, but can't when Ed Fallon's team spooks and crashes into their wagon. Fallon pays for the broken wagon and gives Andy a job. Fallon is sweet on Andy's wife.
Open episode 33 ↗34. The Imposter
Air date: 1961-05-13 · 60 min
A man claiming to be a sheriff from Texas comes to Dodge and asks Matt for help tracking down a named fugitive, but the man may not be a sheriff.
Open episode 34 ↗35. Chester's Dilemma
Air date: 1961-05-20 · 60 min
A pretty girl arrives in town and chases Chester, who's happy for her to do so, but the young woman has a secret that may land her in jail.
Open episode 35 ↗36. The Love of Money
Air date: 1961-05-27 · 60 min
When an ex-marshal passing through town is shot in the back, Matt suspects a new saloon gal might have had something to do with it.
Open episode 36 ↗37. Melinda Miles
Air date: 1961-06-03 · 60 min
When Roy Tayloe is murdered following a poker game, quick-tempered Harry Miles is certain that daughter Melinda's suitor Tom Potter is the killer. Miles quickly becomes impatient with Matt's methodical investigation of the crime and threatens to kill Potter himself unless he stays away from Melinda.
Open episode 37 ↗38. Colorado Sheriff
Air date: 1961-06-17 · 60 min
Matt and Chester find Rod Ellison shot and paralyzed on the prairie and return him to Dodge for surgery. Ben Witter abrasively advises Matt that he is a deputy sheriff from Pueblo who has come to Dodge to arrest Ellison for robbery, but Matt is suspicious of Witter's refusal to produce a valid arrest warrant.
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