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: 3/5/2026Network: NBCStatus: Ended

5.50

2 votes

#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

5.50

2 votes

#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

5.50

2 votes

#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

5.50

2 votes

#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

Writer: John Herman Shaner

5.67

3 votes

#5 - 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

5.67

3 votes

#6 - 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.

5.67

3 votes

#7 - 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.

6.00

7 votes

#8 - 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.

6.00

5 votes

#9 - 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.

6.00

4 votes

#10 - 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.

6.00

3 votes

#11 - Target Boone

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1969

Adam Jarrett and his sons are after Daniel's hide. They blame him for the death of Adam's wife in a river boat accident which involved a boat on which Daniel was traveling.

6.00

3 votes

#12 - Hannah Comes Home

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/25/1969

Hannah, a white woman captured by Indians in a raid 15 years before, is ransomed and returned to her husband in Boonesborough. The reunion is complicated by the fact that Hannah gave birth to a son during her captivity and he wants no part of the white man's world.

6.00

3 votes

#13 - Perilous Passage

Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/15/1970

Daniel and Gabe are joined by young Sam Weaver on their way homeward from a mission behind British lines. The only problem is that there's a bounty on their heads and someone appears to know the exact location of the route they're traveling back to Kentucky.

6.00

3 votes

#14 - Mama Cooper

Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/5/1970

Gabe finds evidence that his mother is still alive and vows to find her and buy her freedom.

Directors: William Wiard

6.00

3 votes

#15 - Before the Tall Man

Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/12/1970

Daniel and Rebecca are at it again playing matchmaker this time to hot tempered carpenter Tom Lincoln and idealistic Nancy Hanks. It's a rough road because Tom wants nothing to do with Nancy but if the two don't get together then a great American leader will not be born

6.00

3 votes

#16 - Run for the Money

Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/19/1970

It's time for the annual footrace between the settlers and the Native Americans. Since Daniel has gotten a little long in the tooth when it comes to cross country running it's up to Cincinnatus to find another candidate. He finds one in fleet-footed slave Lucas Hunter but then learns that Lucas' brother will be running for the Native Americans.