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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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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 1 - Cow Doctor
    8.1/10(293 votes)

    #1 - Cow Doctor

    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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  2. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 2 - Brush at Elkader
    7.9/10(264 votes)

    #2 - Brush at Elkader

    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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  3. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 3 - Custer
    7.6/10(272 votes)

    #3 - Custer

    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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  4. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 4 - The Round Up
    8.6/10(336 votes)

    #4 - The Round Up

    S2:E4

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

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 5 - Young Man with a Gun
    7.9/10(247 votes)

    #5 - Young Man with a Gun

    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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  6. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 6 - Indian White
    7.0/10(239 votes)

    #6 - Indian White

    S2:E6

    At Fort Dodge, home of the third cavalry, Mrs. Mary Cullen tells the colonel that the twelve year old white boy they recovered from the Cheyenne is her son Dennis. The tribe had taken him when he was two years old.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 7 - How to Cure a Friend
    7.5/10(224 votes)

    #7 - How to Cure a Friend

    S2:E7

    Matt is used by an old friend in a con game.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 8 - Legal Revenge
    8.1/10(291 votes)

    #8 - Legal Revenge

    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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  9. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 9 - The Mistake
    7.9/10(257 votes)

    #9 - The Mistake

    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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  10. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 10 - Greater Love
    8.3/10(286 votes)

    #10 - Greater Love

    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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  11. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 11 - No Indians
    8.6/10(298 votes)

    #11 - No Indians

    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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  12. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 12 - Spring Term
    8.0/10(245 votes)

    #12 - Spring Term

    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 13 - Poor Pearl
    7.4/10(280 votes)

    #13 - Poor Pearl

    S2:E13

    Matt helps a woman whose suitors are about to duel for her affections.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 14 - Cholera
    7.6/10(238 votes)

    #14 - Cholera

    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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  15. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 15 - Pucket's New Year
    7.8/10(244 votes)

    #15 - Pucket's New Year

    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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  16. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 16 - The Cover Up
    7.7/10(221 votes)

    #16 - The Cover Up

    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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  17. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 17 - Sins of the Father
    8.2/10(256 votes)

    #17 - Sins of the Father

    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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  18. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 18 - Kick Me
    8.1/10(258 votes)

    #18 - Kick Me

    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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  19. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 19 - Executioner
    8.1/10(221 votes)

    #19 - Executioner

    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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  20. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 20 - Gone Straight
    8.5/10(247 votes)

    #20 - Gone Straight

    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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  21. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 21 - Bloody Hands
    8.2/10(276 votes)

    #21 - Bloody Hands

    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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  22. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 22 - Skid Row
    7.8/10(257 votes)

    #22 - Skid Row

    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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  23. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 23 - Sweet and Sour
    7.5/10(236 votes)

    #23 - Sweet and Sour

    S2:E23

    Rena Decker, a new dance hall girl, purposely gets her admirers into fighting over her. Despite Kitty's negative opinion of her, Matt befreinds Rena and gets her a job at the Long Branch. Soon afterward, 4 men are dead and Rena is the cause.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 24 - Cain
    7.7/10(230 votes)

    #24 - Cain

    S2:E24

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

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Gunsmoke Season 2 Episode 25 - Bureaucrat
    7.5/10(220 votes)

    #25 - Bureaucrat

    S2:E25

    A Washington official is determined to tame Dodge City.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Cow Doctor" is the best rated episode of "Gunsmoke" season 2. It scored 8.1/10 based on 293 votes. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/8/1956. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Brush at Elkader".