My Favorite Episodes of the Tv Series

Might as well repost this since the End is nigh.


My favorite episode of the series is:

"Thirty a Month and Found" - Season 20

It's as good as anything I have ever seen on tv.


The rest of my top 25 in no particular order:

"Matt Dillon Must Die" - Season 20
"Trafton" - Season 17
"The Violators" - Season 10
"The Noose" - Season 16
"The Widow-Maker" - Season 19
"With a Smile" - Season 8
"Island in the Desert" - Season 20
"The Tarnished Badge" - Season 20
"Eleven Dollars" - Season 18
"Old Friend" - Season 12
"Lyle's Kid" - Season 14
"Mannon" - Season 14
"Stark" - Season 16
"Danny" - Season 15
"The Gallows" -Season 7
"Mistaken Identity" - Season 12
"The Mark of Cain" - Season 14
"The Jailer" - Season 14
"Lobo" - Season 14
"Charlie Noon" - Season 15
"Jesse" - Season 18
"Cleavus" - Season 16
"Anybody Can Kill a Marshal" - Season 8
"No Hands" - Season 9


I don't have any of the early 30 minute episodes on my "Favorites" list. There are some very good episodes from those years, but it is just very hard to squeeze enough story and character development into half an hour. And, as I've said in another thread, I usually prefer the radio version of most of those stories.


Favorite episodes by character:

Matt: The Gallows
Kitty: Whelan's Men
Chester: Chesterland
Festus: Eleven Dollars
Doc: Cow Doctor
Quint: Comanches is Soft
Newly: The Hanging of Newly O'Brien
Thad: Clayton Thaddeus Greenwood

Favorite guest star:

Morgan Woodward. He's awesome in everything I've ever seen him in. Denver Pyle and Victor French also deserve honorable mentions.


Worst episodes:

Arizona Midnight
The Bad Lady from Brookline
Catawomper
Old Comrade
The Wiving/Brides and Grooms


Funniest episode:

A Quiet Day in Dodge