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The Best Episodes of Daniel Boone

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Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Daniel Boone Season 4 Episode 13 - The Secret Code
    8.7/10(72 votes)

    #1 - The Secret Code

    S4:E13

    Ottawas capture Boone while he is trying to free a code expert from the British, then plan to torture him to death.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Joel Oliansky

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  2. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 8 - Flag of Truce
    8.7/10(52 votes)

    #2 - Flag of Truce

    S5:E8

    An Army general plans to use Boone as bait in a trap for the frontiersman s friend, a Wyandot chief.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Daniel Boone Season 4 Episode 12 - Chief Mingo
    8.6/10(49 votes)

    #3 - Chief Mingo

    S4:E12

    The murder of a Cherokee chief, perhaps by a bigoted trapper, makes Mingo temporary head of the tribe.

    Director:Gerd Oswald
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 18 - Bickford's Bridge
    8.6/10(55 votes)

    #4 - Bickford's Bridge

    S5:E18

    Boone has orders from the Army to blow up bridges along the western frontier to prevent a British attack. When he reaches the last bridge he is blocked by a farmer who must keep it open in order to transport his autumn harvest.

    Director:Nathan Juran
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Daniel Boone Season 6 Episode 14 - Perilous Passage
    8.6/10(45 votes)

    #5 - Perilous Passage

    S6:E14

    Daniel and Gabe become prisoners of the British after blowing up an important bridge. After escaping custody with another prisoner, they slowly work their way home through enemy territory. But they may be pawns in a larger plan.

    Director:Nathan Juran
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Daniel Boone Season 6 Episode 16 - Mama Cooper
    8.6/10(58 votes)

    #6 - Mama Cooper

    S6:E16

    Gabe encounters a child with a doll that he believes could have only been made by his mother, whom he hasn't seen since he was a child, and sets out to find her.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 6 - The Bait
    8.5/10(51 votes)

    #7 - The Bait

    S5:E6

    A woman and her boyfriend rob Boone's stagecoach and steal his tax money.

    Director:Nathan Juran
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Daniel Boone Season 6 Episode 1 - A Very Small Rifle
    8.5/10(55 votes)

    #8 - A Very Small Rifle

    S6:E1

    A young Cherokee boy is shot and is near death. Daniel Boone must find out who shot the boy in order to head off the angry Cherokee tribe from retaliating against everyone, killing many innocent people.

    Director:Nathan Juran
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Daniel Boone Season 6 Episode 20 - The Landlords
    8.5/10(39 votes)

    #9 - The Landlords

    S6:E20

    Boone poses as a pirate to outwit a swindler who sold simpleton brothers a deed to Boonesborough

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 2 - Tekawitha McLeod
    8.4/10(81 votes)

    #10 - Tekawitha McLeod

    S1:E2

    A dance at Fort Boonesborough is interrupted by Flathead Joseph, a halfbreed slave trader. He has a young Indian girl with him whom he claims is a Cherokee Princess...and a white girl. Her name is Tekawitha McLeod and she is the daughter of the Cherokee Chief Menewa. When Daniel confronts Menewa about this he admits she is white and taken from a raiding party but he wants her back. Daniel refuses when he realizes he knew her family. The Indians are determined to fight to get her back and the settlers of Boonesborough are just as determined to fight to keep her.

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Daniel Boone Season 2 Episode 19 - Crisis by Fire
    8.4/10(59 votes)

    #11 - Crisis by Fire

    S2:E19

    A former Continental Army officer uses a smallpox threat to raise troops against Indians.

    Director:H. Bruce Humberstone
    Writers:David Duncan, Lee Loeb

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  12. Daniel Boone Season 4 Episode 16 - The Imposter
    8.4/10(51 votes)

    #12 - The Imposter

    S4:E16

    Mingo masquerades as a British major to steal a shipment of rapid-firing rifles.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Daniel Boone Season 4 Episode 20 - The Spanish Fort
    8.4/10(44 votes)

    #13 - The Spanish Fort

    S4:E20

    Boone lets the Spanish capture him as part of a plan to blow up a partially completed Virginia fort.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 24 - For a Few Rifles
    8.4/10(46 votes)

    #14 - For a Few Rifles

    S5:E24

    A man believes he has purchased land in Shawnee territory, but Daniel is certain that the Shawnee did not have anything to do with selling the land. When they go to meet the chief to try to work something out, he says he will give the man the land if the tribe gets twenty rifles. When Daniel refuses this offer, he finds out that Israel has been taken hostage in exchange for the rifles. While being held Israel meets a crippled and bitter Shawnee youth.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 18 - The Sound of Fear
    8.3/10(58 votes)

    #15 - The Sound of Fear

    S1:E18

    A condemned bounty hunter who escaped from a military convoy takes the Boones hostage.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Daniel Boone Season 3 Episode 27 - Take the Southbound Stage
    8.3/10(53 votes)

    #16 - Take the Southbound Stage

    S3:E27

    Rebecca decides to help Boone rescue President John Adams from kidnappers.

    Director:Gerd Oswald
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Daniel Boone Season 4 Episode 1 - The Ballad of Sidewinder and the Cherokee
    8.3/10(55 votes)

    #17 - The Ballad of Sidewinder and the Cherokee

    S4:E1

    Boone and wounded Mingo ask a river pirate to help retrieve furs from a thief.

    Director:Gerd Oswald
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Daniel Boone Season 4 Episode 6 - The King's Shilling
    8.3/10(53 votes)

    #18 - The King's Shilling

    S4:E6

    A father takes a soldier hostage to force British troops to free his rebel son.

    Director:Ida Lupino
    Writer:Joel Oliansky

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  19. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 1 - Be Thankful for the Fickleness of Women
    8.3/10(46 votes)

    #19 - Be Thankful for the Fickleness of Women

    S5:E1

    Josh buys a pretty bondservant, then may have to marry her when she falls for him.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 16 - Three Score and Ten
    8.3/10(51 votes)

    #20 - Three Score and Ten

    S5:E16

    An elderly man, who has worn out his welcome in town with his tall tales, takes up residence with the Shawnee, who enjoy his stories immensely. However, they are more interested in his wagonload of rifle parts and have plans for their use.

    Director:George Marshall
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Daniel Boone Season 6 Episode 2 - The Road to Freedom
    8.3/10(42 votes)

    #21 - The Road to Freedom

    S6:E2

    A runaway slave and his son are on the run from three bounty hunters. When the father breaks his leg the son continues on and turns to Israel and Ben for help.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Daniel Boone Season 6 Episode 6 - The Traitor
    8.3/10(44 votes)

    #22 - The Traitor

    S6:E6

    The British commander of Fort Detroit will turn over the fort's defense plan if the Americans will reunite him with his wife. Daniel and Cully escort her back to him but Daniel doubts the Colonel's willingness to be a traitor.

    Director:Nathan Juran
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Daniel Boone Season 6 Episode 21 - Readin', Ritin', and Revolt
    8.3/10(40 votes)

    #23 - Readin', Ritin', and Revolt

    S6:E21

    Israel joins forces with an Indian classmate to force the teaching of a course in Indian culture.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 5 - The Choosing
    8.2/10(66 votes)

    #24 - The Choosing

    S1:E5

    British soldiers and Indians surround Jemima as she tries to help Boone, wounded in the wilderness.

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Daniel Boone Season 2 Episode 14 - The Christmas Story
    8.2/10(79 votes)

    #25 - The Christmas Story

    S2:E14

    On a cold Christmas Eve, hungry Boonesborough awaits the birth of an Indian child who could reconcile two tribes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Secret Code" is the best rated episode of "Daniel Boone". It scored 8.7/10 based on 72 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Joel Oliansky, it aired on 12/14/1967. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Flag of Truce".