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What were the best episodes of "The Wild Wild West?"


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I'm conducting research on the television series "The Wild Wild West" on some of the best episodes out of this series which lasted only four seasons and 104 episodes from 1965-1969.

I'll start the ball rolling with.......

"The Night The Wizard Shook The Earth"-the introduction of Dr. Loveless

And were there other great episodes from this series? I would love to know.

Thank you.

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My Top 20 including Wizard.

TNOT Inferno
The Night of the Torture Chamber
The Night of the Howling Light
The Night of the Steel Assassin
The Night of the Puppeteer
The Night of the Murderous Spring
The Night of the Man-Eating House
The Night of the Skulls
The Night of the Lord of Limbo
The Night of the Tottering Tontine
The Night of the Feathered Fury
The Night of the Bubbling Death
The Night of Jack O'Diamonds
The Night of the Falcon
The Night of the Running Death
The Night of the Underground Terror
The Night of the Big Blackmail
The Night of the Fugitives
The Night of the Pistoleros


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I agree with list 100%.

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Favorite episodes:

The Night of the Puppeteer
The Night of the Feathered Fury
The Night of the Eccentrics
The Night of the Surreal McCoy
The Night of the Steel Assassin
The Night of the Ready-Made Corpse
The Night of the Inferno
The Night of the Burning Diamond
The Night of the Big Blast
The Night of the Death Masks
The Night of the Torture Chamber
The Night of the Egyptian Queen
The Night of the Jack O'Diamonds
The Night of the Skulls
The Night of the Lord of Limbo
The Night of the Diva
The Night of the Sedgewick Curse


Favorite Villains

Juan Manolo The Night of the Inferno
Dr. Loveless The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth
Prof. Horatio Bolt & Miss Piecemeal The Night of the Torture Chamber
Colonel "Iron Man" Torres The Night of the Steel Assassin
Zachariah Skull The Night of the Puppeteer
Morgan Midas The Night of the Burning Diamond
Count Manzeppi & Gerda Sharff The Night of the Feathered Fury
Dr. Faustina The Night of the Big Blast
Fabian Lavender The Night of the Ready-Made Corpse
"The Judge" The Night of the Skulls
Col. Vautrain The Night of the Lord of Limbo
Enzo The Night of the Running Death
El Sordo The Night of the Jack O'Diamonds
"Karl Crenshaw" The Night of the Diva

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"The Night of Surreal McCoy"
"The Night of the Bogus Bandits"
"The Night of the Burning Diamond"
"The Night of the Puppeteer"
"The Night of the Torture Chamber" (best closing line of an episode)
"The Night of the Falcon"
"The Night of the Simian Terror"
"The Night of the Undead"
"The Night of the Murderous Spring"
"The Night of the Returning Dead"
"The Night of the Man-Eating House"

Any Marvin Chomsky- or Richard Donner-directed episode in particular is worth watching.

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I haven't seen the series for a while but the two episodes which stick in my mind are "The Night of the Big Blackmail" and "The Night of the Falcon."

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haven't seen the series for a while but the two episodes which stick in my mind are "The Night of the Big Blackmail" and "The Night of the Falcon."



Yup, themz my faves, and for a third I'd add "The Night Of The Glowing Corpse".
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There's this list:

The Wild Wild West (1965) Episodes Rated by IMDb User Rating
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058855/eprate?ref_=tt_eps_rhs_sm

IMHO The Night of the Puppeteer (1966) should be #1, not #16.

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My favorite 5, best 1 each of seasons 1-4 and Loveless:
The Night of the Tottering Tontine
The Night of the Surreal McCoy
The Night of the Big Blackmail
The Night of the Burning Diamond
The Night of the Death Masks

Underrated show 1 each from seasons 1-4:
The Night of the Bars of Hell (West disguising himself is unique)
The Night of the Deadly Blossom (Barclay villain is 2nd to Loveless)
The Night of the Fugitives (stunt where Conrad was badly injured)
The Night of the Firebrand (Best opening scene & conventional Western)

Best of others not mentioned, 1 each from seasons 1-4 Loveless and without Artemus Gordon:
TNOT Bleak Island
TNOT Vicious Valentine
TNOT Kraken
TNOT Hangman
TNOT Thousand Eyes
The Night Dr Loveless Died

Others:
TNOT Samurai
TNOT Bottomless Pit
TNOT Watery Death

It's easier to list clunkers:
TNOT Spanish Curse
TNOT Plague
The 2 TV movies (ridiculing the audience and lame spoofs were awful)
Season 4 was sputtering with a lot of recycling plots and themes. This show should had taken a season hiatus and retooled to Mission Impossible style plots like TNOT Big Blackmail, mysteries like TNOT Hangman. Dial back Robert Conrad's stuntwork, could had done 100 more episodes.




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My personal favorites were all the episodes in the first season.

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Any with Michael Dunn.

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Exactly.

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The ones in the first season. They were the best of the best!!!

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