Joel Higgins
Sam Best
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Series SeasonSeason 1 episodes1981
Best of the West
Season 1
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Episode 130 min1981-09-10
Pilot
Sam arrives in town intending to run the general store, then runs into all kinds of trouble after turning down the protection racket.
Episode 230 min1981-09-17
The Prisoner
Sam must face a prisoner's outlaw brothers after the sheriff who was taking him in becomes ill on his way through town.
Episode 330 min1981-10-01
The Calico Kid Returns
The Square Deal Saloon's new cook is the Calico Kid; he has sworn to never again kill anything he can't eat.
Episode 430 min1981-10-15
They're Hanging Parker Tillman (1)
Sam goes out on a limb and manages to save Tillman from a lynch mob, but at the trial, his mixed-up testimony has him back at the end of a rope.
Episode 530 min1981-10-22
They're Hanging Parker Tillman (2)
Sam infiltrates an outlaw band to try to prove Tillman is innocent of cattle rustling.
Episode 630 min1981-10-29
The New Marshal
Sam loses his badge in a special election to Tillman's squeaky-clean candidate.
Episode 730 min1981-11-05
Daniel's First Love
Daniel is as surprised as anyone when a few innocent kisses lead to a shotgun wedding.
Episode 830 min1981-11-12
Laney in Love
Laney is smitten with a smoothie who bids high for her at a social—but he turns out to be a low-down heel.
Episode 930 min1981-10-08
The Reunion
Elvira's die-hard Confederate father (Andy Griffith) stays at the Square Deal Saloon while he is in town. His wife is trying to patch things up with their daughter; she married a Yankee!
Episode 1030 min1981-11-19
The Railroad
Sam and Tillman try hard to convince the railroad to come to Copper Creek.
Episode 1130 min1981-11-26
The New Jail
Sam's image as a lawman quickly loses its edge after he manages to shoot himself in the leg; the jail collapsing around him doesn't help.
Episode 1230 min1981-12-17
A Man, a Woman, and a Horse
Sam doesn't pay attention to signs of discontent from Elvira until the day he comes home to finds her packed to leave.
Episode 1330 min1982-01-07
Frog's First Gunfight
Frog meets a woman who was recently jilted by her beau, but neither realizes he wants her back.
Episode 1430 min1982-01-14
The Calico Kid Goes to School
The reformed Calico Kid decides he wants to be a United States Marshal. But he lacks one qualification: a third-grade education.
Episode 1530 min1982-01-21
Tillman Held for Ransom
Tillman has been kidnapped and the kidnappers are demanding a ransom, but the Copper Creek citizens have no intention of paying up.
Episode 1630 min1982-01-28
Mail Order Bride
Doc's mail-order bride has a vivid personality with a past to match it.
Episode 1730 min1982-02-12
The Cave-In
Elvira and her stepson explore an abandoned outlaw cave, unaware that it is booby-trapped to collapse.
Episode 1830 min1982-02-19
Daniel Fights a Bully
Daniel's refusal to fight a relentless bully leads to Sam having to fight the bully's father.
Episode 1930 min1982-02-26
The Pretty Prisoner
Sam is handcuffed to his prisoner—a flirtatious female outlaw—for an overnight journey.
Episode 2030 min1982-06-07
Elvira's Old Beau
Elvira's former fiance' comes to town, intent on taking her away with him.
Episode 2130 min1982-06-14
Sam's Life Is Threatened
Sam receives an anonymous threatening note.
Episode 2230 min1982-06-21
The Funeral
Sam and Tillman try to foil a holdup by holding a funeral for Frog; the coffin contains the $20,000 the thieves are after.
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