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The Best Episodes of The Wild Wild West

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The Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as "James

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 26 - The Night of the Burning Diamond
    8.3/10(261 votes)

    #1 - The Night of the Burning Diamond

    S1:E26

    West tries to convince a Serbian official to hide the Kara Diamond. Then the gem disappears---and West is blamed.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Wild Wild West Season 2 Episode 15 - The Night of the Lord of Limbo
    8.3/10(250 votes)

    #2 - The Night of the Lord of Limbo

    S2:E15

    A crippled Confederate colonel, Vautrain, plans to use his power to travel through time to use Jim and Artie to alter history and restore his legs.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 3 - The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth
    8.2/10(383 votes)

    #3 - The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth

    S1:E3

    West tries to protect Prof. Nielsen, a demolitions expert. But he fails: Nielson is blown up by the evil Dr. Miguelito Loveless.

    Director:Bernard L. Kowalski
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Wild Wild West Season 2 Episode 12 - The Night of the Man-Eating House
    8.2/10(305 votes)

    #4 - The Night of the Man-Eating House

    S2:E12

    West witnesses eerie phenomena when he takes refuge with a sheriff and his prisoner in an abandoned bayou mansion.

    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
    Writer:John Kneubuhl

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  5. The Wild Wild West Season 2 Episode 23 - The Night of the Surreal McCoy
    8.2/10(233 votes)

    #5 - The Night of the Surreal McCoy

    S2:E23

    Agents West and Gordon are guarding a museum containing the famous Herzberg jewels but someone still manages to steal the gems. Afterward, a famous painting of a Western scene is removed from the museum by its wealthy rancher-owner. Gordon becomes suspicious and notifies West who discovers that the rancher is partners with Miguelito Loveless, the evil inventor-doctor. His latest invention is a machine that moves real people in and out of paintings. Miguelito's plan is to transpose murderers into famous paintings, distribute the paintings to the rulers of the world, and have them all killed!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Wild Wild West Season 2 Episode 28 - The Night of the Bogus Bandits
    8.2/10(228 votes)

    #6 - The Night of the Bogus Bandits

    S2:E28

    Dr. Loveless is back with another plan to take over the world. This time he is using mock-ups of the treasury, prisons and armories to train his men to be able to take over these resources upon his command. After gaining control, Loveless will be instituted as dictator. However, his plan to get rid of West and Gordon goes foul and soon the agents are in hot pursuit of the little villain.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Wild Wild West Season 3 Episode 20 - The Night of the Death Masks
    8.2/10(212 votes)

    #7 - The Night of the Death Masks

    S3:E20

    An escaped murderer plots a bizarre scheme against agent James West, the man who had imprisoned him several years earlier. Attacked and knocked unconscious, West awakens in a stange deserted town filled with assailants wearing masks in the likeness of Stark. Gordon searches for his lost partner and soon finds himself in a similar predicament. West and Gordon must avoid deception to find and take out the real Stark.

    Director:Mike Moder
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 10 - The Night That Terror Stalked the Town
    8.1/10(289 votes)

    #8 - The Night That Terror Stalked the Town

    S1:E10

    West is lured to a ghost town peopled with lifelike dummies as part of an elaborate trap set for him by his nemesis Dr. Loveless.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 21 - The Night of the Puppeteer
    8.1/10(262 votes)

    #9 - The Night of the Puppeteer

    S1:E21

    A Supreme Court justice will not believe his life is in danger---until a puppet-show marionette fires a gun at him.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 27 - The Night of the Murderous Spring
    8.1/10(256 votes)

    #10 - The Night of the Murderous Spring

    S1:E27

    West helps a powerfully built girl carry her trunk, not knowing it contains his shrewd enemy---diminutive, giggling Dr. Loveless.

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Wild Wild West Season 4 Episode 12 - The Night of Miguelito's Revenge
    8.1/10(206 votes)

    #11 - The Night of Miguelito's Revenge

    S4:E12

    Agent West is summoned by a note from agent Gordon to the local barbershop. While waiting for Gordon, West decides to have a shave and is promptly anesthetised by a hot towel from one of Dr. Loveless's assistants, working in disguise. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a carnival funhouse where he encounters dazed-looking Justice Alonzo Fairlie. Before he can get any information from the judge, he is attacked by a quartet of gunmen. He quickly dispatches his adversaries but Justice Fairlie disappears in the confusion, leaving behined a strange clue.

    Director:James B. Clark
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Wild Wild West Season 2 Episode 16 - The Night of the Tottering Tontine
    8.0/10(228 votes)

    #12 - The Night of the Tottering Tontine

    S2:E16

    West and Gordon are assigned to protect Dr. Raven, who is developing a secret weapon. Raven is a member of a tontine, an investment group whose bylaws state that the surviving member of the group gets the assets of the group. When one of the tontine's members is killed and an attempt is made on Raven's life, the agents decide to investigate. They find a house full of traps and two members of the tontine looking to "survive" the group and take the money for themselves.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Norman Hudis

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  13. The Wild Wild West Season 4 Episode 15 - The Night of the Winged Terror (1)
    8.0/10(183 votes)

    #13 - The Night of the Winged Terror (1)

    S4:E15

    After a series of disturbing incidents involving a raven that seems to hynoptize high-ranking officials into committing dastardly deeds,Agents West and Harper decide to find out what's going on. The incidents lead the new partners to a group calling themselves The Raven,led by Thaddeus Toombs and a man called Tycho (who has an enormous head and is very smart).

    Director:Marvin J. Chomsky
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 1 - The Night of the Inferno
    7.9/10(484 votes)

    #14 - The Night of the Inferno

    S1:E1

    Jim is set up as a renegade as a cover for him and Artie to sneak into Texas and track down General Juan Manolo, who is trying to take over the region.

    Director:Richard C. Sarafian
    Writer:Gilbert Ralston

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  15. The Wild Wild West Season 2 Episode 5 - The Night of the Returning Dead
    7.9/10(271 votes)

    #15 - The Night of the Returning Dead

    S2:E5

    While trying to solve a murder, West is charged by a bullet-immune "ghost rider".

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Wild Wild West Season 2 Episode 17 - The Night of the Feathered Fury
    7.9/10(240 votes)

    #16 - The Night of the Feathered Fury

    S2:E17

    An organ grinder and his monkey launch an attack: the man is no less than Count Manzeppi, trying to gain a small wind-up bird toy. The toy contains the Philosopher's Stone, reputed to transmute base elements into gold. The race is on as West and Gordon track Manzeppi to his lair. After repeated setbacks and escapes, Manzeppi is forced to escape in a balloon while his henchwoman Gerda is transformed into a gold statue, and the bird and its stone are seemingly destroyed. At the end, the stone reconstitutes itself on the guys' train after they leave for the night.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Wild Wild West Season 2 Episode 20 - The Night of the Vicious Valentine
    7.9/10(245 votes)

    #17 - The Night of the Vicious Valentine

    S2:E20

    Agents West and Gordon are sent to investigate the killings of wealthy industrialists and find that all are linked back to an evil matchmaker, Emma Valentine. She sets the rich men up with her young female employees and then kills them to gain their money and power. West and Gordon manage to escape from the trap she lays and must prevent her next target from getting married.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Leigh Chapman

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  18. The Wild Wild West Season 3 Episode 4 - The Night Dr. Loveless Died
    7.9/10(220 votes)

    #18 - The Night Dr. Loveless Died

    S3:E4

    The agents travel to Hayes City to identify the body of their archnemesis, Dr.Loveless. While there, they meet up with Miguelito's next of kin, Dr.Liebknicht, a Swiss neurologist. However, as they pursue the origin of a key found on the body, they find that Loveless is hardly dead and has plans to use his neurologist guise to give Jim a lobotomy!

    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
    Writer:Henry Sharp

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  19. The Wild Wild West Season 4 Episode 8 - The Night of the Egyptian Queen
    7.9/10(168 votes)

    #19 - The Night of the Egyptian Queen

    S4:E8

    Agent Artemus Gordon and the curator of the San Francisco Museum are set upon in the Egyptian exhibit by three men wearing gas masks. When agents West and Mr. Heisel, the Egyptian government's representative, enter the room, they are also attacked. After regaining consciousness, the men discover that a priceless ruby has been stolen from the eye of the statue of Sun God, Ra. Commissioned by Miasmin, an Egyptian Princess, to recover the gem, West and Gordon trace a ransom note to a waterfront bar where Gordon poses as a sea captain. At the bar, West recognizes one of his assailants at the museum. The man identifies himself as Jason and indicates that Rosie, a beaufiful young dancer at the bar, is wearing the ruby on her toe. Unfortunately, Rosie vanishes before West can make a move.

    Director:Marvin J. Chomsky
    Writer:Paul Playdon

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  20. The Wild Wild West Season 4 Episode 20 - The Night of the Diva
    7.9/10(176 votes)

    #20 - The Night of the Diva

    S4:E20

    West meets up with Gordon, who has just arrived in New Orleans with a famous Italian diva and niece of the ambassador on his arm, an escort urged by President Grant. West agrees to substitute as the lady's guardian for her appearance that evening at the opera, but the performance is interrupted when Montebello's would-be kidnappers bring down the curtain and West jumps into the fray. Discovering that sereral divas had recently disappeared in New Orleans, the agents must rush to unravel a plot involving the secret Order of Lucia and reveal who among their new acquaintances is playing a role on and off the stage.

    Director:Herb Wallerstein
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Wild Wild West Season 4 Episode 21 - The Night of the Bleak Island
    7.9/10(192 votes)

    #21 - The Night of the Bleak Island

    S4:E21

    West visits an eerie island to get a diamond for the National Museum.

    Director:Marvin J. Chomsky
    Writer:Robert E. Kent

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  22. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 16 - The Night of the Steel Assassin
    7.8/10(247 votes)

    #22 - The Night of the Steel Assassin

    S1:E16

    A series of mysterious deaths of military personnel bring Jim face to face with the indestructible Col. "Iron Man" Torres. Crippled in an explosion that he blames on the other men of his company, Torres rebuilt himself as a 19th century "cyborg", and is seeking revenge on those he thinks wronged him...and President Grant was one of the men he served with.

    Director:Lee H. Katzin
    Writer:Calvin Clements Sr.

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  23. The Wild Wild West Season 2 Episode 9 - The Night of the Watery Death
    7.8/10(233 votes)

    #23 - The Night of the Watery Death

    S2:E9

    A mysterious dragon-like creature is blowing up American ships, and West and Gordon must determine the cause.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Wild Wild West Season 3 Episode 10 - The Night of the Falcon
    7.8/10(201 votes)

    #24 - The Night of the Falcon

    S3:E10

    James West and Artemus Gordon help evacuate the town of Tonka Flats before it is destroyed by a cannon shell. Afterwards, they are notified that a man identified as "The Falcon" has threatened to obliterate Denver unless the U.S. government pays him $1,000,000. "The Falcon" is also in cahoots with syndicate leaders from Turkey, Spain, Prussia and England. During their investigation, Gordon is threatened by a whip-wielding Spaniard named Munez who suspects Gordon knows too much about the top secret weapon. West rescues Gordon from Munez, who is then killed by an explosive meant for the two agents. While searching Munez's body, West and Gordon find an invitation from "The Falcon". Gordon, disguised as Munez, prepares to attend the meeting while West attempts to penetrate the stronghold where the cannon is housed.

    Director:Marvin J. Chomsky
    Writer:Robert E. Kent

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  25. The Wild Wild West Season 4 Episode 1 - The Night of the Big Blackmail
    7.8/10(212 votes)

    #25 - The Night of the Big Blackmail

    S4:E1

    While President Grant attends an event at the German Consulate, Baron Hinterestoisser invites him to a special reception, explaining he has something interesting for the president to see. Suspicious, agent James West retrieves the mysterious box the Baron refers to and finds a kinetoscope of a fake depiction of President Grant signing a secret agreement with the unscrupulous government of another nation. If the film is shown for the heads of other countries, Grant will suffer terrible indignation and upset international relations. If the film is not replaced, however, the Baron will accuse the U.S. of stealing on consulate soil, a far greater crime. Agent Artemus Gordon decides that the only alternative is to make a duplicate kintetoscope-with some changes-and return it to the consulate before it is discovered missing. West and Gordon finish just as the president arrives. The Baron announces that he has proof of President Grant's connection with the corrupt foreigh officials. But as th

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:David Moessinger

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Night of the Burning Diamond" is the best rated episode of "The Wild Wild West". It scored 8.3/10 based on 261 votes. Directed by Irving J. Moore and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/8/1966. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Night of the Lord of Limbo".