The BEST episodes of Gunsmoke season 5
Every episode of Gunsmoke season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Gunsmoke season 5!
Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in the rough and tumble Dodge City.
#1 - Hinka Do
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 1/30/1960
The new rootin tootin owner of "The Lady Gay" (Mamie) comes to Dodge and opens a saloon. When she opens the saloon, she lets the Dodge cowpokes know that she is very handy with a gun and will use that gun on any trouble makers in her saloon. At first Matt, Doc and Chester are quite amused at Mamie, but Matt begins to have some concerns about Mamie. Matt, Doc and Chester think that Mamie might be involved in some foul play concerning the previous owner of the Lady Gay Saloon (Herman Bleeker). When a Mexican man tells Matt that he saw Mamie sneaking around late the previous evening night with a lantern and a shovel, Matt, Doc and Chester investigate. They find a vest owned by the previous owner with blood stains. Matt thinks he has to arrest Mamie, but is concerned that Mamie might cause some problems;however, Matt tries to trick Mamie into an arrest. Just about the time that Matt is ready to haul Mamie to the Dodge City jail, he learns the truth about Herman Bleeker.
#2 - Colleen So Green
Season 5 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/2/1960
A southern belle charms Chester and many others in Dodge, not including Kitty.
#3 - False Witness
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/12/1959
A man is convicted of murder on doubtful testimony.
#4 - Saludos
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/1959
Matt and Chester find a young Indian woman (Sochi) on the prairie suffering from a gun shot wound. Matt and Chester take the young woman to Doc Adams for medical treatment, but the overall outlook for recovery does not look promising. Once Matt hears that a white man shot the woman, Matt and Chester set after the man. While Matt and Chester are searching the prairie for the man who shot Sochi, they run into three white men. Matt and Chester plan to take the three men back to Dodge so Sochi can identify the man who shot her;however, before Matt and Chester can get them into Dodge, the truth is finally made known about who shot Sochi.
#5 - Johnny Red
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1959
A man suddenly turns up in Dodge City claiming to be Billy Crale, the long-lost son of a well-to-do local widow. Matt knows that Billy Crale was reported dead during the Civil War and he becomes highly concerned for Mrs. Crale's safety when he confirms that the man is actually a onetime outlaw known as Johnny Red.
#6 - Horse Deal
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1959
Deesha is running a scam in which his partner sells an unbranded horse to an unsuspecting buyer, after which Deesha moves in to claim the horse, leaving the buyer with nothing.
#7 - Kitty's Injury
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1959
After Miss Kitty is injured from falling from a horse, Matt seeks help from some poor farmers. Matt determines early on that the Farmer (Raff Juson), his wife and son are strange people that will probably not offer any assistance in helping Miss Kitty. When the Farmer refuses to help Matt and Kitty, Matt forces Raff Judson's son (Lootie) to go into Dodge to get Doc Adams. When Lootie does not return from Dodge with Doc, Matt sends the Farmer (Raff Judsin) to search for them. Lootie eventually returns from Dodge, but returns without Doc. Insted of helping Miss KItty, Lootie has plans to run off with Miss Kitty. When Matt fails to persuade Lootie to do what is right for Miss Kitty, Matt is forced to confront a hostile Lootie Judson.
#8 - The Boots
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/14/1959
Onetime gunman Zeno Smith faces an unenviable choice. If he does not help would-be gambler Hank Fergus rob Mr. Jonas's general store, Fergus will tell 12-year old orphan Tommy the full story of how Zeno's descent into deprivation and alcoholism dates to the day he backed down from facing Fergus in a gunfight.
#9 - Box o' Rocks
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/5/1959
A man enlists the aid of a parson to fake his own death.
#10 - Odd Man Out
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/21/1959
Matt is uncertain what to make of Cyrus Tucker's confused claim that his wife of 32 years "just ran off", especially when a homesteader claims that he saw the old man digging a large hole just behind his house.
#11 - Kangaroo
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1959
When a crazy man and his two songs whip a cowboy with a bullwhip almost killing the cowboy, Matt rescues the cowboy from the severe whipping. When Matt asks Chester to untie the cowboy, the man makes threats to punish Chester for his sinful ways. As Chester is walking home from the Long Branch, the man and his two songs kidnap Chester. They bring Chester to their camp to stand trial in a Kangaroo court. Since they think Chester interfered with the with the whipping of the cowboy, they plan to cut off Chester's hand. One of the crazy man's sons starts to feel some compassion for Chester and attempts to save Chester from this punishment. Just as the crazy man is about to hit Chester with an ax, the man is shot down. Chester is surprised when he learns who saved him.
#12 - Big Tom
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/9/1960
Despite a serious heart condition, onetime prizefighter Tom Burr is determined to go through with his plans to fight vicious Hob Creel. The only way Matt can stop the mismatch and save Burr's life is to fight Creel himself.
#13 - Thick 'n' Thin
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/26/1959
A quarrel between two partners in homesteading escalates to the point of gunfire. Matt tries to make peace between them by locking them up together.
#14 - Brother Whelp
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/7/1959
A man wants to gunfight when he returns home, after years away, and finding his brother married to his girl.
#15 - The Ex-Urbanites
Season 5 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/9/1960
While Doc and Chester are traveling on the prairie, Doc is shot by some wolfers. Doc's gunshot wounds are serious enough where Chester is worried that Doc might die on the prairie. Chester not only has to remove the bullet from Doc, but he also has to fight off an attack by the wolfers.. Since Chester must also find enough food to keep Doc alive, Chester is forced to kill one of the horses so Doc can receive the proper nutrients. Chester kills one of the wolfers and takes another one into custody. Matt finally arrives on the scene and hears about Chester's heroic deeds.
#16 - Annie Oakley
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1959
Is the homely, sharp-tongued, middle-aged wife of a homesteader really inspiring men to fight to the death for her affections?
#17 - Tail to the Wind
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1959
A father and son bully a farmer and his wife who won't sell their land, but the farmer is oddly reluctant to let Matt arrest the two, even when they resort to gunfire.
#18 - Target
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/5/1959
Ironic tragedy results when Danny Kader stubbornly disregards his father's predispositions (and Matt's pragmatic advice) in order to attempt an elopement with a young gypsy woman.
#19 - Miguel's Daughter
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/28/1959
A father threatens to kill the two drifters who have been plaguing his daughter.
#20 - Speak Me Fair
Season 5 - Episode 34 - Aired 5/7/1960
There's a cattle drive near town, and the cowboys are nervous about a series of cattle rustling events that have taken place recently.
#21 - Crowbait Bob
Season 5 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/26/1960
When the greedy relatives of a dying man (Crowbait Bob)learn that he might be dying, they come to Dodge to grab anything of value they can get from the dying man. When his relatives find out that Bob has willed all of his possessions to Miss Kitty, they show their true hateful feelings about their relative, Crowbait Bob. When Miss Kitty finally opens Bob's chest box filled with Bob's possessions , Kitty and Matt find out the true value of Bob's possessions.
#22 - Groat's Grudge
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/2/1960
An ex-Confederate waits to settle the score with the Union man whose unit cost him a loved one and property in the late war.
#23 - The Tragedian
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/23/1960
Matt and his friends try to come to the aid of a has-been actor caught cheating at cards.
#24 - Jailbait Janet
Season 5 - Episode 25 - Aired 2/27/1960
After a train sparks a fire that destroys a family's crops, the man, his son, and his daughter rob another train of fifty thousand dollars. A baggage clerk is killed and the crusty representative of the railroad pressures Matt to solve it.
#25 - Till Death Do Us
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/16/1960
Someone takes a shot at a hard man who is brutal to his wife, and someone is overheard claiming he was offered money to kill the man.