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The Worst Episodes of Bat Masterson

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Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of the life of real-life marshal/gambler/dandy Bat Masterson. The title character was played by Gene Barry and the half-hour black-and-white shows ran

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 12 - The Inner Circle
    6.6/10(45 votes)

    #1 - The Inner Circle

    S2:E12

    When threaten by anti-suffrage leaders, Bat decides to help a group of women campaigning for women's suffrage in Wyoming fight a cabal of wealthy ranchers who wish to prevent women from getting the vote fearing homesteaders.

    Director:Walter Doniger
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 32 - Gold is Where You Steal It
    6.6/10(44 votes)

    #2 - Gold is Where You Steal It

    S2:E32

    When depositing his winnings, Bat and the bank are robbed by a gang of Mexican bandits. Bat tracks the bandits and their double-crossing female accomplice through Spanish-American communities to retrieve his money and the bank's money.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Bat Masterson Season 3 Episode 2 - Law of the Land
    6.8/10(43 votes)

    #3 - Law of the Land

    S3:E2

    Working again for his friend Hugh Blaine, Bat is hired to investigate the theft of barbed-wire fencing that prevents cattle from climbing onto a railroad's right-of-way. Question is whether Bat wants to tackle the five to one odds.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 23 - The Snare
    6.9/10(41 votes)

    #4 - The Snare

    S2:E23

    Bat travels to Yuma to give away the bride at a wedding but discovers the girl's murdered fiancée on the way there. After telling the bride, he joins the posse sent to bring the suspected killer, the Yaqui Kid, to justice.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 28 - Incident at Fort Bowie
    7.0/10(39 votes)

    #5 - Incident at Fort Bowie

    S2:E28

    The U.S. Cavalry at Fort Bowie contracts with Bat for a herd of 55 horses. When his herd is stolen and his men all killed or wounded, Bat determines to recapture his herd and bring the killers to justice but it requires some trickery.

    Director:Franklin Adreon
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Bat Masterson Season 3 Episode 1 - Debt of Honor
    7.0/10(45 votes)

    #6 - Debt of Honor

    S3:E1

    Bat grubstakes Cactus Charlie, an elderly prospector searching for a gold strike. Charlie finds gold, all right, the proceeds from a recent robbery and the crooks who buried the loot will stop at nothing to recover their ill-gotten gains.

    Director:Norman Foster
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Bat Masterson Season 3 Episode 19 - Bullwhacker's Bounty
    7.0/10(36 votes)

    #7 - Bullwhacker's Bounty

    S3:E19

    Bat's plan to journey to Cheyenne for a big poker game are disrupted when the cavalry escort for a vital load of gunpowder is wiped out and the only men available to drive the wagons to the supply starved Fort Stewart appear unreliable.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 37 - Buffalo Kill
    7.1/10(54 votes)

    #8 - Buffalo Kill

    S1:E37

    Bat agrees to substitute for a bully as the leader of a party of buffalo hunters into Indian territory, but the man he supplanted stirs up trouble by killing a Sioux Indian brave and framing Bat for the murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Leo Gordon

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  9. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 26 - Come out Fighting
    7.1/10(33 votes)

    #9 - Come out Fighting

    S2:E26

    During a rest stop in Headstone, Texas Bat has a run in with a Judge known for "fine" work. The Judge is up for reelection and Bat has an idea to take advantage of it. The Judge sponsors an exhibition fight and Bat makes a killing.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Bat Masterson Season 3 Episode 10 - Last Stop to Austin
    7.1/10(39 votes)

    #10 - Last Stop to Austin

    S3:E10

    Bat thinks a young gunfighter might be the son of a man with whom he fought at the Battle of Adobe Wells. He plans to appeal to the governor for a pardon for his crimes because of the unrewarded service of his father.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 5 - The Fighter
    7.2/10(81 votes)

    #11 - The Fighter

    S1:E5

    Bat arrives in Silverton, Colorado and gets involved with a crooked fight promoter. He saves the day for a young bareknuckle fighter.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 36 - The Romany Knives
    7.3/10(49 votes)

    #12 - The Romany Knives

    S1:E36

    After Bat rescues an old gypsy from a brutal rancher, the old man offers him many valuable gifts, including a beautiful girl. When Bat learns she is not a gypsy but found near a wagon train massacred by Indians, he decides to take her.

    Director:Walter Doniger
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 11 - The Canvas and the Cane
    7.3/10(49 votes)

    #13 - The Canvas and the Cane

    S2:E11

    Bat is convinced that a painting purchased by a beautiful friend is a forgery since the original burned. He tries to prove the painting is fake but finds himself on the wrong side of a bet and framed for the murder of a renown art critic.

    Director:Walter Doniger
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 17 - Death by the Half Dozen
    7.3/10(41 votes)

    #14 - Death by the Half Dozen

    S2:E17

    A stagecoach carrying Bat and Claire, the local sheriff's fiancée, is robbed and Claire is kidnapped. With the sheriff wounded and out of action, Bat tries to rescue Claire and capture the entire gang of kidnappers by himself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 22 - The Disappearance of Bat Masterson
    7.3/10(48 votes)

    #15 - The Disappearance of Bat Masterson

    S2:E22

    Three cowboys trick a magician into helping them rob a bank by taking Bat Masterson's gun "as a joke" before he enters the bank. Bat and the magician team up to recover the loot through the aid of another conjurer's stunt.

    Director:Walter Doniger
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 19 - River Boat
    7.4/10(64 votes)

    #16 - River Boat

    S1:E19

    A gang of river pirates take over the paddle-wheeler Dakota Queen and relieve the passengers of jewels and furs and Bat of $10,000. Bat uses a barrel of rare cheeses to trap the gang's gluttonous leader to recover the items.

    Director:Walter Doniger
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 23 - The Tumbleweed Wagon
    7.4/10(62 votes)

    #17 - The Tumbleweed Wagon

    S1:E23

    Bat agrees to escort a murder suspect to trial, but he escapes with the help of his girl friend. Bat decides to take the woman to Fort Smith to stand trial for jail-breaking with the hope that he might capture the suspect along the way.

    Director:Walter Doniger
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 30 - The Secret Is Death
    7.4/10(56 votes)

    #18 - The Secret Is Death

    S1:E30

    Bat is undercover to break up a gang of highly respected businessmen in Cheyenne. He has to work himself into their group to be the fall guy. His task becomes dangerous when the only man who knows of his assignment dies of a heart attack.

    Director:Otto Lang
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 31 - Promised Land
    7.4/10(55 votes)

    #19 - Promised Land

    S1:E31

    Bat is kidnapped and asked to become the bank president in a town consisting entirely of former outlaws, because the former crooks don't trust each other. He is to keep the money safe while a blonde beauty handles the books.

    Director:Walter Doniger
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 10 - Garrison Finish
    7.4/10(49 votes)

    #20 - Garrison Finish

    S2:E10

    When General Moran bets a spur of his railroad against a Texas horse ranch that a Kentucky thoroughbred can beat a Texas quarter-horse in a 440 yard sprint, he hires Bat to train his horse to win the wager.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 15 - Pigeon and Hawk
    7.4/10(45 votes)

    #21 - Pigeon and Hawk

    S2:E15

    When two speculators try to corner the stock market by sending former Pony Express riders racing from the mining towns to Denver with the latest information, Bat helps his friend counter the move with by sending news by carrier pigeon.

    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
    Writer:John Tucker Battle

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  22. Bat Masterson Season 2 Episode 33 - Wanted ... Alive, Please
    7.4/10(45 votes)

    #22 - Wanted ... Alive, Please

    S2:E33

    Bat is asked to find how stolen Mexican cattle, many diseased, are entering Texas and mingling with local animals. With the help of the local sheriff he prints a wanted poster which he hopes serve as his introduction to the local rustlers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Bat Masterson Season 3 Episode 5 - The Hunter
    7.4/10(47 votes)

    #23 - The Hunter

    S3:E5

    An Englishman has a theory that accuracy is more important in a gunfight than speed or size of the ammunition. When he kills a bully with his specially designed rifled pistol, the Englishman decides he's ready to take on his goal - Bat.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Bat Masterson Season 3 Episode 7 - High Card Loses
    7.4/10(48 votes)

    #24 - High Card Loses

    S3:E7

    After a bank robbery Bat finds himself broke so he accepts an offer from a friend for a job. When his friend is murdered, Bat agrees to undertake his unfinished business - delivering three mail-order brides to their new husbands.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 3 - Dynamite Blows Two Ways
    7.5/10(76 votes)

    #25 - Dynamite Blows Two Ways

    S1:E3

    Bat wins a herd of cattle in a card game in Laramie and discovers that in order to convert them into cash, he'll have to fight his way past a rancher determined to only allow his cattle to be sold in Cheyenne.

    Director:Bernard Girard
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Inner Circle" is the worst rated episode of "Bat Masterson". It scored 6.6/10 based on 45 votes. Directed by Walter Doniger and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/31/1959. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Gold is Where You Steal It".