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The Best Episodes of Gunsmoke Season 2

Every episode of Gunsmoke Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Gunsmoke Season 2!

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Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 4 - The Round Up
    8.6/10(358 votes)

    S2:E4

    Matt closes up shops to a group of drunken cowboys, which causes trouble.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 11 - No Indians
    8.6/10(316 votes)

    S2:E11

    Matt and Chester act as decoys to ambush outlaws (including Mickey Simpson) that are masking their crimes as those of renegade Indians (Fintan Meyler and Herbert Rudley appear).

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 20 - Gone Straight
    8.5/10(266 votes)

    S2:E20

    Townspeople protect an outlaw (Carl Betz) they believe has reformed (Tige Andrews, Joe De Santis, John Dierkes, Marianne Stewart, and Ward Wood appear).

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 10 - Greater Love
    8.3/10(307 votes)

    S2:E10

    An outlaw threatens to kill Doc if he does not help his wounded buddy.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 17 - Sins of the Father
    8.2/10(273 votes)

    S2:E17

    An Indian woman (Angie Dickinson) faces prejudice for her father's raid on Dodge City (Peter Whitney and Paul Wexler appear).

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 21 - Bloody Hands
    8.2/10(292 votes)

    S2:E21

    The shooting of several members of an outlaw gang, though in self defense, triggers an emotional crisis in Matt, haunted by memories of all the men he has killed (Lawrence Dobkin, Russell Johnson, and Gloria Marshall appear).

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 32 - Cheap Labor
    8.2/10(267 votes)

    S2:E32

    A former gunfighter has turned away from violence, but his fiancee's brother is determined to goad him into a gunfight.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 1 - Cow Doctor
    8.1/10(313 votes)

    S2:E1

    After he is summoned unknowingly by Ben Pitcher to treat one of his cows, a human patient of Doc's dies. During a fight with Pitcher, Doc is knifed.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 8 - Legal Revenge
    8.1/10(318 votes)

    S2:E8

    Doc comes upon a homesteader with a busted leg—and a gun to protect himself from his wife.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 18 - Kick Me
    8.1/10(272 votes)

    S2:E18

    A bank robber (Robert H. Harris) murders his wife and frames Tobeel (Frank de Kova) for the crime (Paul Lambert appears).

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 34 - Who Lives by the Sword
    8.1/10(281 votes)

    S2:E34

    Joe Delk causes trouble at The Long Branch after shooting two men who were unarmed.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 12 - Spring Term
    8.0/10(260 votes)

    S2:E12

    Matt discovers that he was the intended victim of a murder he is investigating.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 19 - Executioner
    8.0/10(238 votes)

    S2:E19

    A young gunfighter, Tom Clegg, forces farmer Abe Curry into a duel and kills him. Matt can't arrest Clegg since Abe drew first. However, Abe's brother Morgan plots revenge.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 2 - Brush at Elkader
    7.9/10(286 votes)

    S2:E2

    After his friend Ben Williams is shot down by Lou Shippen, Matt travels to Elkader to bring him him. The only problem, he doesn't know what he looks like and the town is protecting Shippen.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 5 - Young Man with a Gun
    7.9/10(265 votes)

    S2:E5

    After gunman, Sam Kercher is killed by Matt, his 16-year-old brother arrives to fight Matt.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Winston Miller

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  16. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 9 - The Mistake
    7.9/10(274 votes)

    S2:E9

    Matt leaves Dodge City unprotected when he sets out to find a killer (Mike Connors) (Bert Rumsey credited as 'Bartender', but referred to by Chester as 'Sam Noonan').

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 26 - Last Fling
    7.9/10(275 votes)

    S2:E26

    Kitty gets annoyed by a pair of old farmers who are each trying to have a fling with her.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 28 - The Photographer
    7.9/10(274 votes)

    S2:E28

    Dodge City meets a Photographer who shows the residents how a camera works. Jacoby wants to take pictures of how the Wild West looks. When Matt learns someone died, he thinks the photographer may have hired someone to kill Grubby for a picture of the west.

    Director:William D. Russell
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 15 - Pucket's New Year
    7.8/10(260 votes)

    S2:E15

    An old buffalo hunter (Edgar Stehli) swears revenge on the skinner (Grant Withers) that left him to die (Richard Deacon appears as banker Botkin, Bert Rumsey credited as 'Bartender').

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 16 - The Cover Up
    7.7/10(237 votes)

    S2:E16

    Matt traps a cattleman (Tyler McVey) who shot two homesteaders (including Roy Engel) (Malcolm Atterbury and Vivi Janiss appear).

    Director:William D. Russell
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 22 - Skid Row
    7.7/10(272 votes)

    S2:E22

    An Eastern girl makes the long trip to Dodge, only to find that her fiancé has lost his money and won't marry her.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 24 - Cain
    7.7/10(244 votes)

    S2:E24

    Ex-gunslinger Joel Adams' past is about to catch up with him.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 38 - Liar from Blackhawk
    7.7/10(246 votes)

    S2:E38

    A braggart tries to provoke a gunfight with a harmless drunk.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:John Meston

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  24. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 3 - Custer
    7.6/10(288 votes)

    S2:E3

    Matt refuses to turn the rustler Joe Trimble over to Major Banker for court-martial.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 14 - Cholera
    7.6/10(254 votes)

    S2:E14

    A landowner (Paul Fix) tries to terrorize homesteaders (Bartlett Robinson and Peg Hillias) off their land (Gordon Gebert, John Smith, and Stuart Whitman appear).

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Round Up" is the best rated episode of "Gunsmoke" season 2. It scored 8.6/10 based on 358 votes. Directed by Ted Post and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/29/1956. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "No Indians".