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The Best Episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6

Every episode of Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 1 - Genesis
    8.5/10(222 votes)

    #1 - Genesis

    S6:E1

    After an unsuccessful attempt on his life by young Roderick Jefferson, Paladin is prompted into remembering a similar incident from his past. Once, as a youth, he agreed to pay off a gambling debt by shooting it out with a professional gunfighter.

    Writer:Sam Rolfe

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  2. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 2 - Taylor's Woman
    8.0/10(116 votes)

    #2 - Taylor's Woman

    S6:E2

    A hen-pecked rancher, in San Francisco to marry his housekeeper, hires Paladin to help him get out doing so.

    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 3 - The Fifth Bullet
    8.5/10(119 votes)

    #3 - The Fifth Bullet

    S6:E3

    After eight years, Paladin tries to repay a convict for the lie he was told when he arrested him. "I promise you a fair trial" is what he said.

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  4. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 4 - A Place For Abel Hix
    8.2/10(101 votes)

    #4 - A Place For Abel Hix

    S6:E4

    Hix sends for Paladin. When he arrives in town, he finds that Hix was killed in a gunfight even though he's the fastest man with gun who ever lived.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 5 - Beau Geste
    8.2/10(102 votes)

    #5 - Beau Geste

    S6:E5

    After 15 years in office, Sheriff Dobbs is retiring and some old enemies are just waiting for the day he turns in his badge. Paladin received a newspaper clipping about the sheriff and $10 to save Dobbs' life.

    Director:Unknown

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  6. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 6 - Bird of Time
    7.7/10(85 votes)

    #6 - Bird of Time

    S6:E6

    Paladin rides upon a man named Stryker hanging from a tree. When he learns Paladin is after the same man but with a warrant, he says he has stronger reasons and hopes he won't get in his way.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 7 - Memories of Monica
    8.2/10(104 votes)

    #7 - Memories of Monica

    S6:E7

    Repaying a debt, Paladin rides to Valley Heart. Sheriff Reagan awaits the return of a native son who has been jailed for the past six years.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 8 - The Predators
    8.5/10(111 votes)

    #8 - The Predators

    S6:E8

    Paladin is after a man suspected of killing a marshal. After finally capturing him in the desert he claims his innocence.

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  10. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 9 - Shootout at Hogtooth
    7.5/10(91 votes)

    #9 - Shootout at Hogtooth

    S6:E9

    Hogtooth gets more ridicule than usual, when 3 gunmen take over the town, after cleaning it up. Each was hired in secret by a town council member, so the enforcers band together to suck Hogtooth dry.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 10 - A Miracle for St. Francis
    7.8/10(98 votes)

    #10 - A Miracle for St. Francis

    S6:E10

    Paladin rides to the San Luis Rey church in search of a very old brandy. When he is asked by the Padre to retrieve a statue of worship, they strike a bargain where they both may get what they want.

    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 11 - Marshal of Sweetwater
    8.1/10(110 votes)

    #11 - Marshal of Sweetwater

    S6:E11

    Sweetwater was a wild town before Thomas Carey, a retired Army scout and old friend of Paladin, became marshal. But Carey has taken over complete control and turned into a killer. Paladin has to stop him and Carey has always seemed the faster of the two.

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  13. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 12 - Man in an Hourglass
    7.7/10(100 votes)

    #12 - Man in an Hourglass

    S6:E12

    A doctor who once saved Paladin's life calls upon him to find and safely bring back the son of a one-time sweetheart. The young man has "taken to the hills" to track down his father's killer.

    Director:Jerry Hopper
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 13 - Penelope
    7.1/10(98 votes)

    #13 - Penelope

    S6:E13

    Paladin meets a drunken Col Lacey at the Carlton. He is there fearful of going home to his lovely wife after being away for some time seeking his fortune.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 14 - Trial at Tablerock
    8.3/10(103 votes)

    #14 - Trial at Tablerock

    S6:E14

    Adams, the prosecutor, wants to hire Paladin to rid the town of someone he says is getting away with murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 15 - Be Not Forgetful of Strangers
    8.4/10(153 votes)

    #15 - Be Not Forgetful of Strangers

    S6:E15

    Paladin rides into a Texas town at Christmas time and encounters a saloon full of merrymakers. Soon afterward a cowboy brings in a pregnant girl who may not survive the impending birth.

    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 16 - The Treasure
    8.3/10(110 votes)

    #16 - The Treasure

    S6:E16

    Jess Harden, about to be released from prison for an $80K robbery he says he didn't commit, returns to the same town not knowing that it's a ghost town.

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  18. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 17 - Brotherhood
    7.9/10(102 votes)

    #17 - Brotherhood

    S6:E17

    Abe and Jim Redrock are both well educated. The only problem they always run into is they are also Indians. Abe stays true to his heritage, causing trouble for the elected sheriff of Latigo.

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  19. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 18 - Bob Wire
    7.4/10(89 votes)

    #18 - Bob Wire

    S6:E18

    Bob Wire hires Paladin, C.O.D., to escort him and his wagon load of barb wire to Anderson.

    Director:Jerry Hopper

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  20. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 19 - The Debutante
    8.0/10(108 votes)

    #19 - The Debutante

    S6:E19

    Mrs. Quincy longs to see her granddaughter who has been away since she was six. When her daughter and husband died in the mine fields, she was taken in.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 20 - Unforgiving Minute
    7.3/10(90 votes)

    #20 - Unforgiving Minute

    S6:E20

    Fleeing banditos, Paladin seeks shelter from a peasant and his beautiful, scheming wife, their marriage at the breaking point.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 21 - American Primitive
    8.0/10(95 votes)

    #21 - American Primitive

    S6:E21

    Paladin is joined by his friend Ernie Backwater, an aging sheriff who is out to capture Will Tybee, a wanted fugitive who has spent his life searching for the man who murdered his son.

    Director:Jerry Hopper
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 22 - The Burning Tree
    7.7/10(95 votes)

    #22 - The Burning Tree

    S6:E22

    Paladin is escorting a unique prisoner to a trial and certain conviction. A man who has been married seven times and murdered all of them.

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  24. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 23 - Cage at McNaab
    8.1/10(101 votes)

    #23 - Cage at McNaab

    S6:E23

    Paladin is asked by the wife of a man who is condemned to die to visit him in prison and see if new evidence can be found to clear her husband.

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  25. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 24 - The Caravan
    7.2/10(97 votes)

    #24 - The Caravan

    S6:E24

    Paladin is hired to escort a Rani and her party across 150 miles of desert to a safe haven. The Rani is from a country fighting a civil war and she is to be the new leader if her side is victorious.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  26. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 25 - The Walking Years
    6.9/10(95 votes)

    #25 - The Walking Years

    S6:E25

    A letter from a friend brings Paladin to a bar where he's drugged. He wakes up chained and in the company of a man with a similar story and a woman who's path they've both crossed before.

    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 6 Ratings Summary

"Genesis" is the best rated episode of "Have Gun, Will Travel" season 6. It scored 8.5/10 based on 222 votes. Directed by William Conrad and written by Sam Rolfe, it aired on 9/15/1962. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Taylor's Woman".