The WORST episodes of Daniel Boone

Every episode of Daniel Boone ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Daniel Boone!

Frontier hero Daniel Boone conducts surveys and expeditions around Boonesborough, running into both friendly and hostile Indians, just before and during the Revolutionary War.

Last Updated: 12/5/2025Network: NBCStatus: Ended
Bringing Up Josh
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#1 - Bringing Up Josh

Season 6 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/16/1970

Josh Clements is in a spot once again when he becomes foster father to a pair of orphans. Widow Mary Spoon has had her sights set on marrying Josh for quite a while and insists that he cannot raise the two children properly without a mother figure--namely her.

Directors: William Wiard
Noblesse Oblige
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#2 - Noblesse Oblige

Season 6 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/26/1970

A cook (Philip Proctor) posing as a French prince falls in love in Boonesborough;

Directors: Nathan Juran
Writer: David Duncan
Readin', Ritin', and Revoltin'
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#3 - Readin', Ritin', and Revoltin'

Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/12/1970

Israel joins forces with an Indian classmate to force the teaching of a course in Indian culture.

Directors: William Wiard
Writer: Lee Karson
A Matter of Vengeance
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#4 - A Matter of Vengeance

Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/26/1970

A man who lost his parents years before blames a scarred stranger.

Directors: Nathan Juran
Israel and Love
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6.00
2 votes

#5 - Israel and Love

Season 6 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/7/1970

Israel finds first love with the daughter (Robin Mattson) of a flamboyant woodcarver (Tim O Connor).

Directors: Nathan Juran
Writer: Melvin Levy
The Homecoming
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1 votes

#6 - The Homecoming

Season 6 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/9/1970

Israel befriends an elderly Indian (David Opatoshu) plotting revenge for his tribe s near-extinction.

Directors: Nathan Juran
Writer: Melvin Levy
The Sunshine Patriots
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6.00
1 votes

#7 - The Sunshine Patriots

Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/22/1970

Josh and Gabe resemble 18th century versions of Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor when they bumble, stumble, and fumble their way through a spy mission in Williamsburg.

The Grand Alliance
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6.00
1 votes

#8 - The Grand Alliance

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/1969

The Spaniards are planning an invasion of U.S. territory. Only Josh Clements, Gabe Cooper, and a Spanish pirate with a grudge against his government can save the day. Heaven help us all.

The Price of Friendship
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#9 - The Price of Friendship

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/18/1965

Boone assists a boy hanging by his feet from a tree (Kurt Russell) and winds up at the mercy of a larcenous clan; guests Lloyd Nolan, Lane Bradford.

Directors: John English
Writer: Frank Chase
The Fleeing Nuns
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6.20
5 votes

#10 - The Fleeing Nuns

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1968

On the way to New Orleans, Boone and a friend help two nuns, then learn one is an aristocrat fleeing the French Revolution.

Take the Southbound Stage
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6.29
7 votes

#11 - Take the Southbound Stage

Season 3 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/6/1967

Rebecca decides to help Boone rescue President John Adams from kidnappers.

The Young Ones
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10 votes

#12 - The Young Ones

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/23/1967

An orphan (Kurt Russell), determined to keep his family together, causes trouble for rescuer Boone.

A Touch of Charity
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6.33
3 votes

#13 - A Touch of Charity

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/27/1969

Jimmy McGill wants to win the hand of lovely Miss Charity Brown and asks Daniel and Cincinnatus for a bit of help.

The Ordeal of Israel Boone
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6.43
7 votes

#14 - The Ordeal of Israel Boone

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1967

Israel must call upon all he has learned to save Boone from a rattlesnake bite; guest Jim Davis.

Directors: James B. Clarke
Writer: Paul Playdon
Run a Crooked Mile
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6.44
9 votes

#15 - Run a Crooked Mile

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1966

Israel is taken captive so Boone will help steal a war hero s body and then extort money from the family.

Directors: Anton Leader
My Name Is Rawls
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9 votes

#16 - My Name Is Rawls

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1965

Boone pursues a runaway slave (Rafer Johnson) stealing pelts to earn passage to Africa; guest Michael Conrad.

Directors: George Sherman
The Thanksgiving Story
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6.50
12 votes

#17 - The Thanksgiving Story

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/1965

Boone s eccentric father-in-law (John McIntire) concocts a Thanksgiving Day plan to prevent a Choctaw attack.

Directors: George Marshall
The Old Man and the Cave
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6 votes

#18 - The Old Man and the Cave

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1965

Israel violates a burial ritual when he rescues an aged Indian (Cyril Delevanti) from death in a cave; guest Val Avery.

Directors: George Marshall
Writer: Walter Black
Goliath
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6.50
8 votes

#19 - Goliath

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1966

Fearing three vengeful brothers, Otis spends money given to him for draft horses on a husky slave (Woody Strode).

Directors: Barry Shear
The Traitor
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6.50
2 votes

#20 - The Traitor

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1969

Daniel guides the wife of a British commander to Fort Detroit to rendezvous with her husband who says he plans to surrender the fort to the Continentals.

How to Become a Goddess
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6.50
2 votes

#21 - How to Become a Goddess

Season 6 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/30/1970

The Onondaga tribe mistake Rebecca for a fabled red-haired goddess in their folklore.

The Necklace
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6.57
7 votes

#22 - The Necklace

Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/9/1967

Daniel heads for New Orleans carrying a pearl necklace that will exonerate a wrongfully convicted man but his journey is imperiled by three no-talent assclowns who are determined to steal the necklace.

The Wolf Man
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6.57
7 votes

#23 - The Wolf Man

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/26/1967

As Boonesborough awaits a slavery vote, a frontiersman struggles to protect his pet wolf from townspeople.

First in War, First in Peace
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6.57
7 votes

#24 - First in War, First in Peace

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1966

Washington visits in answer to a letter from Boone, who never wrote to him; guest Michael Rennie.

Directors: Barry Shear
Cibola
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6.63
8 votes

#25 - Cibola

Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/31/1966

A man (Royal Dano) finds only danger when he seeks a fabled city of gold; guest Alejandro Rey.

Directors: Gerd Oswald