The BEST episodes directed by Gunnar Hellström

#1 - Ellie Saves the Day

Dallas - Season 3 - Episode 12

The drilling in Asia run into serious trouble because of a typhoon and the banks demand their loan back. The Ewings are shocked to learn J.R. has mortgaged Southfork. However, the ranch has substantial oil reserves below. Will Miss Ellie allow drilling on Southfork to save Ewing Oil?

#2 - Return Engagements

Dallas - Season 3 - Episode 14

It's Gary's birthday, and Miss Ellie is missing him terribly. She begs Lucy to find Gary through Valene. J.R. takes Kristin off for another "business trip", which doesn't go quite as planned. Meanwhile Gary shows up in Bobby's office and agrees to meet Miss Ellie, who is overjoyed.

#3 - The Iron Men

Gunsmoke - Season 20 - Episode 7

Matt and former lawman now turned alcoholic, Chauncey Demon go up against land baron Carl Ryker.

#4 - Cattle Barons

Gunsmoke - Season 13 - Episode 2

Feuding cattle barons are headed to Dodge City from opposite directions for a showdown.

#5 - Mr. Sam'l

Gunsmoke - Season 13 - Episode 24

Durning a drought, a watch witch (someone who can find water), comes to town. Meanwhile, a businessman attempts to buy up farms during this time, no matter the method.

#6 - Homecoming

Gunsmoke - Season 18 - Episode 16

Two outlaws head back to Dodge City to visit their mother who doesn't trust her son's. Who claim to want to work the farm and take care of their mother. They intend to take their mother's money along with Doc.

#7 - Royal Marriage

Dallas - Season 2 - Episode 21

J.R is thrilled when Lucy becomes engaged to Kit Mainwaring. It will mean a potential business merger with Mainwaring Oil, which would be beneficial to Ewing Oil, and J.R. Unfortunately, Kit Mainwaring is gay. He eventually confesses this to Bobby, and then to Lucy. Lucy is heartbroken, but stands by Kit, and holds the secret. Only she and Bobby know the truth. But, of course, J.R. knew all along.

#8 - The Iron Blood of Courage

Gunsmoke - Season 19 - Episode 19

William Talley, a gunfighter is hired by a farmer's collition in Dodge to kill rancher Shaw Anderson, their main obstickle in taking over the land.

#9 - Sarah

Gunsmoke - Season 18 - Episode 6

Matt runs into an old flame named Sarah that now runs a one-woman saloon for bandits out in the desert. Matt will have to pass as a villain in order to save Sarah's reputation as a trusted confidante.

#10 - The Disciple

Gunsmoke - Season 19 - Episode 24

Matt's life is changed when his gun arm is seriously wounded.

#11 - A Family of Killers

Gunsmoke - Season 19 - Episode 15

Matt and a fellow lawman go after a vicious family of robbers and killers.

#12 - Things Ain't Goin' Too Good at Southfork

Dallas - Season 6 - Episode 26

Sue Ellen starts drinking again and Clayton finds her in his bed. Pamela comes back from France and questions Bobby about him and Katherine. Walt Driscoll disappears. Ellie finds Clayton with Sue Ellen. Katherine tells Pam there's nothing going on between her and Bobby. Cliff tells J.R. he will not let Bobby have the drill bit. Clayton tries to persuade Sue Ellen to talk to J.R. about the incident with Holly. A drunk Sue Ellen tells Ellie that Clayton is the only man that she ever loved. Cliff asks Pam to side with him on the drill bit. Sue Ellen angrily confronts J.R. about Holly. Mickey and Sue Ellen are involved in a car accident.

#13 - Tatum

Gunsmoke - Season 18 - Episode 10

An ex-gunfighter is dying. He must reconcile with the daughters he abandoned, and wants to be buried next to his wife, who is buried in a town that hates him

#14 - Making of a President

Dallas - Season 4 - Episode 13

Bobby gets J.R. to give him control of Ewing 23 in return for his resignation and J.R. hires a high-pressure public relations woman named Leslie Stewart to improve his tarnished image. Pam is still getting little attention from Bobby and sees Alex Ward again. J.R. gets Afton a singing job. Sue Ellen discovers Pam having a rendezvous with Alex.

#15 - The Night of the Running Death

The Wild Wild West - Season 3 - Episode 15

Agent James West attempts to rescue a man called Mr. Markham from a masked assailant who flees the scene of the crime. As Markham lays dying, he utters two words: "enzo" and "silver."

#16 - The Quest

Dallas - Season 4 - Episode 15

J.R. uses his influence to make sure that Cliff Barnes does not get chosen for public office. Lucy is onto Afton's gold-digging. Pam makes her choice between Alex and Bobby. Donna and the officials approach Bobby about the Senate position, but Cliff is furious. Donna finishes with Cliff. Sue Ellen can't get anyone to believe that she is being followed, and J.R. couldn't care less, so she takes matters in her own hands.

#17 - The Night of the Fugitives

The Wild Wild West - Season 4 - Episode 7

In the town of Epitaph, owned by Epitaph Mines, agents James West and Artemus Gordon arrest Norbert Plank, chief bookkeeper for the powerful syndicate that owns the mining company. Through Plank, the agents hope to get their hands on records that could build a case against the organization.

#18 - The Night of the Samurai

The Wild Wild West - Season 3 - Episode 6

The U.S. State department is about to return a valuable samurai sword to its rightful owner, a Japanese prince, when it is stolen by an group of sword-wieding assailants. Jim and Artemus must locate the sword and return it to the prince before he leaves the next afternoon or risk damaging U.S.-Japan relations.

#19 - The Enemy

How the West Was Won - Season 3 - Episode 3

A by-the-book Army lieutenant clashes with the Macahans when he hunts for an Indian chief suspected of raiding wagon trains.

#20 - Matt's Love Story

Gunsmoke - Season 19 - Episode 3

A wounded Matt Dillon suffers amnesia then falls in love with a widow. Matt's first TV kiss, not to Miss Kitty, but to guest star Michael Learned.

#21 - Hostage!

Gunsmoke - Season 18 - Episode 13

Outlaw gang leader Jude Bonner seeks to force Matt to try and keep his condemned brother from hanging by kidnapping Kitty, brutally abusing and threatening to kill her.

#22 - A Game of Death ... An Act of Love (2)

Gunsmoke - Season 19 - Episode 9

The lawyer defends the 2 renegades accused of murder, and the victim's husband is determined to see they are lynched if they are acquitted.

#23 - Lynott

Gunsmoke - Season 17 - Episode 8

A former Marshall helps Matt by filling in for Matt, after he is wounded and sent to bed so he can rest.

#24 - The Town Tamers

Gunsmoke - Season 19 - Episode 17

Marshal Dillon teams up with old friend Marshal Luke Rumbaugh to tame the town of Hilt.

#25 - The Guns of Cibola Blanca (1)

Gunsmoke - Season 20 - Episode 3

Doc and fellow stage passenger, Lyla are captured by renegade comancheros.

#26 - The Brothers

Gunsmoke - Season 18 - Episode 12

Killer Jay Wrecken is shot dead by Kitty and another man, at the same time, and now the dead man's brother is methodically murdering everyone connected to the incident.

#27 - Hawk

Gunsmoke - Season 15 - Episode 5

A white woman refuses to accept her half-breed son, who Festus brings to her home wounded and needing help.

#28 - Cowtown Hustler

Gunsmoke - Season 19 - Episode 22

A broke young man seeks his fortune with an old drifter, a formerly legendary champion billiards player.

#29 - In Performance of Duty

Gunsmoke - Season 20 - Episode 10

Matt is frustrated by Judge Kendall's insistence that the letter of the law be maintained, which could result in Emmett Kaysinger and his boys, all known outlaws, be set free unless there is solid evidence to hold them for a double murder and robbery they committed.

#30 - Snow Train (1)

Gunsmoke - Season 16 - Episode 6

Matt is trapped with passengers on a train.

#31 - A Game of Death ... An Act of Love (1)

Gunsmoke - Season 19 - Episode 8

A lawyer passing through Dodge is reluctant to defend two renegade Indians suspected of murdering a powerful rancher's wife.

#32 - The Squaw

Gunsmoke - Season 20 - Episode 14

Fleeing from both Matt Dillon and his double-crossed partners, outlaw Gristy Calhoun discovers that his survival in the badlands depends on an Indian woman.

#33 - Death Train

Gunsmoke - Season 13 - Episode 12

A group of wealthy passengers on a private railroad car are quarantined in Dodge.

#34 - Manolo

Gunsmoke - Season 20 - Episode 23

Manolo (Robert Urich)is a Basque youth who is not recognized as a man in the eyes of his people because he refuses to fight his father Alejo (Nehemiah Persoff), a traditional Basque custom to prove one's manhood.

#35 - This Golden Land

Gunsmoke - Season 18 - Episode 24

Matt asks a Russian family to identify three men who dragged their son away. Matt tries to convince Moshe Gorofsky to give his testimony as to how his son died, he isn't sure American laws will protect him. According to Russian law Mr. Gorfsky can't testify in court as to how his son died. He isn't sure if the evidence is strong enough to convict those who killed his son. Gearshon tries to convince his father to let the American judicial system do the job of figuring out who killed his brother.

#36 - Kimbro

Gunsmoke - Season 18 - Episode 21

Matt runs into his former mentor Adam Kimbro and decides to build his self-confidence by deputizing him as a Deputy Marshal.

#37 - Snow Train (2)

Gunsmoke - Season 16 - Episode 7

#38 - Larkin

Gunsmoke - Season 20 - Episode 16

Newly finds himself in a strange alliance with a professional killer as he tries to return to Dodge City with his prisoner (Jaeckel) before they are both killed by a trio of bounty hunters.

#39 - The Still

Gunsmoke - Season 15 - Episode 8

Festus gets mixed up with Merry Florene and her hillbilly clan again as they try to hide a moonshining still and a stolen prize bull in the cellar of the local school.

#40 - Gold Town

Gunsmoke - Season 14 - Episode 18

Merry Florene is back, along with her remaining half-brother Elbert Moses and cousin Smiley. Merry pesters Newly while the boys scam Dodge City with a salted gold mine.

#41 - The Guns of Cibola Blanca (2)

Gunsmoke - Season 20 - Episode 4

Matt, Festus and Newly attempt to rescue Doc and Lyla from Shindrow's camp.

#42 - Island in the Desert (2)

Gunsmoke - Season 20 - Episode 12

While Matt and Newly hunt for Festus, Ben Snow and Festus attempt to haul his gold out of the desert.

#43 - A World Full of Cannibals

Bonanza - Season 10 - Episode 14

Ben agrees to hide a government witness in a land fraud case at the Ponderosa as part of the witness protection program. However, the witness - who along with eight men committed various crimes in connection with the case - is in constant danger, as his co-defendants ruthlessly track him down in an attempt to seal his silence.

#44 - Island in the Desert (1)

Gunsmoke - Season 20 - Episode 11

Festus, in the desert hunting escaped killer Gard Dixon is wounded by the outlaw. He is found by Ben Snow, a half-crazy hermit who has been living in the desert with his gold for many years.