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The Best Episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2

Every episode of Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 2 - In an Evil Time
    8.5/10(181 votes)

    S2:E2

    Pappy French and his gang have robbed the bank in Mercede of $50,000. Pappy ran off with the cash and left his gang to shoot it out with the law. Paladin is hired to bring Pappy and the money back.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Shimon Wincelberg

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  2. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 6 - The Protege
    8.5/10(176 votes)

    S2:E6

    Paladin answers an ad in the paper by Kurt Sprague: ""Teach me to quick draw and shoot. Instruction desperately needed. Will pay one thousand dollars. Only experts need apply."" Kurt needs to learn in order to go back home. Paladin does a very good job. Only one problem: Kurt enjoys showing off his new found skill a little too much.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Frank D. Gilroy

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  3. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 18 - Lady on the Stagecoach
    8.5/10(196 votes)

    S2:E18

    Paladin is traveling on a stagecoach with four others, one of whom is Della White Cloud, the educated daughter of an Apache chief. The stage is also carrying a strongbox full of gold, which Ed Rance wants.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 1 - The Manhunter
    8.4/10(173 votes)

    S2:E1

    Paladin is forced to kill Jimmy Dawes, wanted for murder. When he takes him back to his home town, the townspeople, the sheriff and the boy's brothers give him a hostile welcome.

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 4 - The Hanging of Roy Carter
    8.3/10(166 votes)

    S2:E4

    Roy Carter is scheduled to be hanged. Another man confesses to the murder just before the execution is to take place. Paladin is hired to try to convince the warden to delay the hanging until the Governor can be reached.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  6. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 7 - The Road to Wickenburg
    8.2/10(168 votes)

    S2:E7

    Paladin wakes up after being drugged, beaten and robbed in the town of Blue Bell by five men, one of whom is the town's sheriff. They took his money, gun, bullets, horse and saddle. All he has left is his two-shot derringer.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  7. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 28 - Maggie O'Bannion
    8.2/10(160 votes)

    S2:E28

    After being bushwhacked and having 'everything' taken, Paladin walks to the nearest ranch and manages to get hired on as a handyman.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  8. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 29 - The Chase
    8.1/10(135 votes)

    S2:E29

    Paul Martin is a bank clerk accused of robbing the bank and killing a deputy. His wife hires Paladin to find her husband before the posse does.

    Director:Lamont Johnson
    Writer:Fred Freiberger

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  9. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 24 - The Monster of Moon Ridge
    8.0/10(145 votes)

    S2:E24

    The townspeople of Moon Ridge, Colorado believe there are monsters in the mountains. Dan Bella's daughter is taken by something and he finds strange footprints outside his daughter's window. Paladin is hired to find out what is up on the ridge.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  10. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 8 - A Sense of Justice
    7.9/10(142 votes)

    S2:E8

    The sheriff of a small town needs help to prevent the lynching of simple-minded Andy Dawes. The townspeople are sure he is a murderer. Paladin offers to help

    Director:Lamont Johnson
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 13 - The Solid Gold Patrol
    7.9/10(146 votes)

    S2:E13

    Paladin goes to inform a calvary corporal that he has won $600,000 in a lottery. But they may not live to cash in the ticket, they are trapped by several dozen hostile Indians.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Irving Wallace

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  12. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 16 - The Wager
    7.9/10(154 votes)

    S2:E16

    Sid Morgan hires Paladin to protect him from someone who is trying to kill him. After killing the gunfighter who was following them, Paladin finds out the real reason Morgan hired him. He then hands out his own brand of justice.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 21 - Hunt the Man Down
    7.9/10(140 votes)

    S2:E21

    Paladin finds himself reluctantly drawn into a deadly dispute between two brothers who are also old aquaintances.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 31 - The Man Who Lost
    7.9/10(151 votes)

    S2:E31

    Paladin goes after a man who murdered a man and attacked the man's wife. The victim's two brothers are also after him and don't intend to allow him to live long enough to stand trial.

    Director:Ida Lupino
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 36 - The Fifth Man
    7.9/10(122 votes)

    S2:E36

    Ben Talman, who has murdered 12 men, escaped from jail. He kills four men in Yucca Bend within one week. Paladin is hired to bring him in.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:Gene L. Coon

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  16. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 17 - The Taffeta Mayor
    7.8/10(143 votes)

    S2:E17

    John Kellaway, who is running for mayor of Colton, Wyoming, hires Paladin to protect him from his opposition. When he is killed before Paladin can get there, Paladin persuades John's widow to run for mayor.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 19 - Treasure Trail
    7.8/10(136 votes)

    S2:E19

    Paladin wins part of a treasure map in a poker game and goes in search of the treasure with three other men.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 22 - The Scorched Feather
    7.8/10(148 votes)

    S2:E22

    Robert Ceilbleu hires Paladin to protect his father from a Comanche war chief who has sworn to kill him. After arriving at the remote cabin of William Ceilbleu, he learns the reason for the Indian's hatred.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Bruce Geller

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  19. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 32 - The Return of Roy Carter
    7.8/10(154 votes)

    S2:E32

    Roy Carter returns to help Paladin search the snow-covered mountains for a missing chaplain and an escaped convict.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  20. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 34 - Comanche
    7.8/10(143 votes)

    S2:E34

    Paladin is hired to find a U.S. Army corporal, who is a deserter and the son of a general. Paladin must travel into Indian territory as he seeks the corporal. Along the way, Paladin encounters a soldier he knew from his own time in the Army. It turns out the corporal is part of the 7th Calvary, and is part of the command of George Custer.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Irving Wallace

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  21. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 35 - Homecoming
    7.8/10(124 votes)

    S2:E35

    Wrongly convicted Ed Stacy, whom Paladin helped to put in prison, is being released after being pardoned. Will Stanhope, who runs the local freight office, hires Paladin to protect him from Stacy. Paladin soon wonders who is really in danger.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 10 - The Lady
    7.7/10(147 votes)

    S2:E10

    A British woman, Diana Coulter, hires Paladin to guide her to her brother's ranch in Shiprock, Arizona, where the Comanches are on the warpath.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Shimon Wincelberg

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  23. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 11 - A Snare for Murder
    7.7/10(147 votes)

    S2:E11

    Two ornery old gold miners, who hate each other, have struck it rich. Problem is they talk too much, and now it appears someone is trying to kill them.

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 20 - Juliet
    7.7/10(150 votes)

    S2:E20

    Juliet Harper is being hunted by the grandsons of Colonel Jeremiah Pike. Paladin meets her on the stage and now the Colonel is after both of them, and Paladin is without a gun.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  25. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 30 - Alaska
    7.7/10(142 votes)

    S2:E30

    Paladin play chess by mail with Boris, who is living in Alaska. Paladin receives what he assumes is Boris' next move but instead is a request for help. Boris is being forced out of territory he has hunted and trapped on for years. Paladin heads for Alaska to help.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"In an Evil Time" is the best rated episode of "Have Gun, Will Travel" season 2. It scored 8.5/10 based on 181 votes. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and written by Shimon Wincelberg, it aired on 9/20/1958. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Protege".