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The Best Episodes of The Wild Wild West Season 1

Every episode of The Wild Wild West Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Wild Wild West Season 1!

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During the administration of President Ulysses Grant, Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon solve crimes, protect the President, and foil the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over all or part of the

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 26 - The Night of the Burning Diamond
    8.3/10(267 votes)

    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 1 Episode 3 - The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth
    8.2/10(396 votes)

    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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  3. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 10 - The Night That Terror Stalked the Town
    8.2/10(301 votes)

    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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  4. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 21 - The Night of the Puppeteer
    8.2/10(276 votes)

    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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  5. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 27 - The Night of the Murderous Spring
    8.1/10(265 votes)

    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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  6. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 1 - The Night of the Inferno
    8.0/10(523 votes)

    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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  7. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 16 - The Night of the Steel Assassin
    7.8/10(255 votes)

    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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  8. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 5 - The Night of the Casual Killer
    7.7/10(293 votes)

    S1:E5

    Jim and Artie set out to penetrate the stronghold of a corrupt political boss and return him to Washington for trial.

    Director:Don Taylor
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 14 - The Night of the Howling Light
    7.7/10(243 votes)

    S1:E14

    West is captured by a doctor who uses Pavlovian training to condition the Secret Service agent into becoming an assassin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 20 - The Night of the Whirring Death
    7.7/10(288 votes)

    S1:E20

    Intent on making California a kingdom for children, evil Dr. Loveless makes his play for the state with a series of toys---which explode.

    Director:Mark Rydell
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 9 - The Night of the Double-Edged Knife
    7.6/10(282 votes)

    S1:E9

    An Indian demand for gold must be met: they've threatened to kill five railroad workers a day until it is paid.

    Director:Don Taylor
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 13 - The Night of the Torture Chamber
    7.6/10(236 votes)

    S1:E13

    Jim and Artie take on an obsessed museum curator who has private designs on the state treasury.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 19 - The Night of the Grand Emir
    7.5/10(231 votes)

    S1:E19

    West must protect a visiting despot from the fatal charms of Ecstasy La Joie, who brandishes such baubles as an explosive garter and a deadly ring.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 2 - The Night of the Deadly Bed
    7.4/10(397 votes)

    S1:E2

    Facing execution at the hands of a madman, West learns the crazed assassin plans to reclaim Mexico---as the new Napoleon.

    Director:William Witney
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 4 - The Night of Sudden Death
    7.4/10(312 votes)

    S1:E4

    Jim West suspects his search for counterfeiters is getting warm when he's shot at with arrows---and thrown to the crocodiles.

    Director:William Witney
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 6 - The Night of a Thousand Eyes
    7.4/10(301 votes)

    S1:E6

    Ships along the Mississippi are being attacked by a gang of pirates known as the "Thousand Eyes". After Jim ducks an assassin, an attractive woman, he finds the leader of the Eyes: Captain Ansel Coffin, who was blinded and now seeks revenge. His gang use false lights to lead ships astray and crash them, and then plunder them. Jim is captured by Coffin and manages to escape a cage rigged to a lightning rod. He is blinded by a powder flash, and for a time he is at a decided edge against Coffin (who has long adapted to his blindness). Coffin manages to accidentally kill his wife. Enraged, Jim is saved by his recovering eyesight: he ducks, and Coffin falls into a pit to his death.

    Director:Richard C. Sarafian
    Writer:Preston Wood

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  17. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 11 - The Night of the Red-Eyed Madmen
    7.4/10(253 votes)

    S1:E11

    West is sent to infiltrate an army of fanatics dedicated to overthrowing the U.S. Government. Getting in is no problem...but if he tries to leave he'll be shot.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Stanford Whitmore

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  18. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 22 - The Night of the Bars of Hell
    7.4/10(220 votes)

    S1:E22

    West, posing as a prison inspector, hunts for clues to a pillaging outlaw band.

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 7 - The Night of the Glowing Corpse
    7.3/10(274 votes)

    S1:E7

    Jim and Artemus try to recover stolen radioactive materials nad have only one clue - a set of fingerprints found on the ankle of a pretty secretary.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 17 - The Night the Dragon Screamed
    7.3/10(240 votes)

    S1:E17

    Jim and Artie have only one clue to track down the smugglers of opium and Chinese aliens: a fortune cookie.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 24 - The Night of the Druid's Blood
    7.3/10(219 votes)

    S1:E24

    West is furious: his superiors have refused him permission to investigate the murder of a close friend who was burned to death before his eyes.

    Director:Ralph Senensky
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 28 - The Night of the Sudden Plague
    7.3/10(198 votes)

    S1:E28

    West finds Willow Springs looted and its citizens completely immobile---victims of a mysterious paralysis.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 12 - The Night of the Human Trigger
    7.2/10(258 votes)

    S1:E12

    A demented geologist can set off earthquakes where he chooses as part of an elaborate extortioin scheme. So West and Gordon head for Ellenville--the next town on the mad genius's list.

    Director:Jus Addiss
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 15 - The Night of the Fatal Trap
    7.2/10(224 votes)

    S1:E15

    Jim goes to arrest a Mexican bandit disguised as a notorious outlaw...but the villain's girlfriend recognizes him.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Wild Wild West Season 1 Episode 25 - The Night of the Freebooters
    7.2/10(217 votes)

    S1:E25

    West poses as an ex-con to gain admittance to renegade Army leader Thorald Wolfe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Night of the Burning Diamond" is the best rated episode of "The Wild Wild West" season 1. It scored 8.3/10 based on 267 votes. Directed by Irving J. Moore and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/8/1966. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth".