Browse episode ratings trends for Best of the West. Simply click on the interactive rating graph to explore the best and worst of Best of the West's 22 episodes.
Best Episodes of Best of the West
Mail Order Bride
S1 Ep16
6.0
28th Jan 1982
Doc's mail-order bride has a vivid personality with a past to match it.
Worst Episodes of Best of the West
Pilot
S1 Ep1
3.5
10th Sep 1981
Sam arrives in town intending to run the general store, then runs into all kinds of trouble after turning down the protection racket.
Best of the West Episode Guide
Pilot
S1 Ep1
3.5
10th Sep 1981
Sam arrives in town intending to run the general store, then runs into all kinds of trouble after turning down the protection racket.
The Prisoner
S1 Ep2
6.0
17th Sep 1981
Sam must face a prisoner's outlaw brothers after the sheriff who was taking him in becomes ill on his way through town.
The Calico Kid Returns
S1 Ep3
6.0
1st Oct 1981
The Square Deal Saloon's new cook is the Calico Kid; he has sworn to never again kill anything he can't eat.
They're Hanging Parker Tillman (1)
S1 Ep4
15th Oct 1981
Sam goes out on a limb and manages to save Tillman from a lynch mob, but at the trial, his mixed-up testimony has him back at the end of a rope.
They're Hanging Parker Tillman (2)
S1 Ep5
22nd Oct 1981
Sam infiltrates an outlaw band to try to prove Tillman is innocent of cattle rustling.
The New Marshal
S1 Ep6
29th Oct 1981
Sam loses his badge in a special election to Tillman's squeaky-clean candidate.
Daniel's First Love
S1 Ep7
5th Nov 1981
Daniel is as surprised as anyone when a few innocent kisses lead to a shotgun wedding.
Laney in Love
S1 Ep8
12th Nov 1981
Laney is smitten with a smoothie who bids high for her at a social—but he turns out to be a low-down heel.
The Reunion
S1 Ep9
8th Oct 1981
Elvira's die-hard Confederate father (Andy Griffith) stays at the Square Deal Saloon while he is in town. His wife is trying to patch things up with their daughter; she married a Yankee!
The Railroad
S1 Ep10
19th Nov 1981
Sam and Tillman try hard to convince the railroad to come to Copper Creek.
The New Jail
S1 Ep11
26th Nov 1981
Sam's image as a lawman quickly loses its edge after he manages to shoot himself in the leg; the jail collapsing around him doesn't help.
A Man, a Woman, and a Horse
S1 Ep12
17th Dec 1981
Sam doesn't pay attention to signs of discontent from Elvira until the day he comes home to finds her packed to leave.
Frog's First Gunfight
S1 Ep13
7th Jan 1982
Frog meets a woman who was recently jilted by her beau, but neither realizes he wants her back.
The Calico Kid Goes to School
S1 Ep14
14th Jan 1982
The reformed Calico Kid decides he wants to be a United States Marshal. But he lacks one qualification: a third-grade education.
Tillman Held for Ransom
S1 Ep15
21st Jan 1982
Tillman has been kidnapped and the kidnappers are demanding a ransom, but the Copper Creek citizens have no intention of paying up.
Mail Order Bride
S1 Ep16
6.0
28th Jan 1982
Doc's mail-order bride has a vivid personality with a past to match it.
The Cave-In
S1 Ep17
12th Feb 1982
Elvira and her stepson explore an abandoned outlaw cave, unaware that it is booby-trapped to collapse.
Daniel Fights a Bully
S1 Ep18
19th Feb 1982
Daniel's refusal to fight a relentless bully leads to Sam having to fight the bully's father.
The Pretty Prisoner
S1 Ep19
26th Feb 1982
Sam is handcuffed to his prisoner—a flirtatious female outlaw—for an overnight journey.
Elvira's Old Beau
S1 Ep20
7th Jun 1982
Elvira's former fiance' comes to town, intent on taking her away with him.
Sam's Life Is Threatened
S1 Ep21
14th Jun 1982
Sam receives an anonymous threatening note.
The Funeral
S1 Ep22
21st Jun 1982
Sam and Tillman try to foil a holdup by holding a funeral for Frog; the coffin contains the $20,000 the thieves are after.
The best rated episodes of Best of the West are:
Mail Order Bride S1E16 rated 6.0
The lowest rated episodes of Best of the West are:
Pilot S1E1 rated 3.5
The first episode of Best of the West aired on September 10, 1981.
The last episode of Best of the West aired on June 21, 1982.
