The WORST episodes of Maverick

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

Maverick is a comedy-western television series created by Roy Huggins that ran from September 22, 1957 to July 8, 1962 on ABC and featured James Garner, Jack Kelly, Roger Moore, and Robert Colbert as the poker-playing traveling Mavericks (Bret, Bart, Beau, & Brent). Moore and Colbert were later additions, though there were never more than two current Mavericks in the series at any given time, and sometimes only one. The series' primary sponsor for the first few seasons was Kaiser Aluminum, and their "quilted" aluminum foil was widely advertised in commercials shown on Maverick.

Last Updated: 4/24/2025Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
The Misfortune Teller
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#1 - The Misfortune Teller

Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/6/1960

Bret is fighting a murder charge. But when he meets his lawyer - a numerologist, astrologer and bungler - he knows his number is up.

Directors: Arthur Lubin
Writer: Leo Townsend
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The Bold Fenian Men
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#2 - The Bold Fenian Men

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/18/1960

The Fenians, an Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood, are trained soldiers sworn to free Ireland from British rule. The Fenians have gathered in Dakota City to plan a march into Canada where they want to take hold of a small part of British property hostage in exchange for Ireland's freedom. After England pressures the United States to intervene, Beau Maverick is blackmailed into infiltrating the Fenians ranks by a shrewd Army colonel.

Directors: Irving J. Moore
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Dodge City or Bust
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#3 - Dodge City or Bust

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/11/1960

Chivalrous Bart saves the life of a beautiful woman. His reward? A place on the wanted list for robbery and murder.

Directors: Irving J. Moore
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Kiz
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#4 - Kiz

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/4/1960

Beau Maverick crashes a party in Virginia City thrown by eccentric socialite Kiz Bouchet. Kiz has a penchant for smoking cigars, playing poker, and fighting fires. Recognizing Beau as a fellow free spirit, she hires him to protect her. She believes her life is in danger. Beau discovers that Kiz's cousin Melissa, along with family doctor Pittman and attorney Hanford, are plotting to have Kiz judged incompent so they can split her $2 million inheritance. Beau comes up with a scheme to turn the tables on Melissa.

Directors: Robert Douglas
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Bolt from the Blue
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#5 - Bolt from the Blue

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1960

Beau Maverick befriends a prospector named Ebenezer Bolt. Maverick is unaware that Bolt is the partner of notorious horse thief Benson January. An angry posse mistakes Beau for January and is determined to hang him. A young lawyer manages to halt the proceedings until Maverick can have a trial. Beau's conviction seems imminent when the lawyer locates a notorious "hanging judge" and a woman whose sister was engaged to January identifies Maverick as the horse thief.

Directors: Robert Altman
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The Maverick Line
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#6 - The Maverick Line

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/20/1960

Inheriting a stagecoach line from Uncle Micah is only the beginning of financial problems for the Maverick brothers.

Directors: Leslie Goodwins
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Thunder from the North
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#7 - Thunder from the North

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/1960

Two Army shopkeepers, Marsh and Lawson, have been cheating the local Indian tribes by supplying them with faulty or inferior goods. When one of the tribeswomen named Pale Moon threatens to report them to the Army Commission, the shopkeepers decide to start a war with the Indians. They know the Army will not investigate the woman's claim if they are at war. Marsh and Lawson murder Pale Moon's brother and pin the crime on the stranger who won $2,500 from them the night before - Beau Maverick.

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The Witch of Hound Dog
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#8 - The Witch of Hound Dog

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1960

Toil and trouble overcome Bret when he tangles with two burly thieves and their enchanting sister (Anita Sands) who claims she's a witch.

Directors: Leslie Goodwins
Writer: Mae Malotte
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A Bullet for the Teacher
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#9 - A Bullet for the Teacher

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/1960

In St. Joseph, Missouri, Beau Maverick wins half-ownership of the Golden Wheel Casino. The business venture is short-lived when his partner, Rand Storm, is shot to death by Flo Baker. Storm was a notorious ladies' man and Flo, a female entertainer, was resisting his advances. Just before he dies, Rand tells his younger brother, Luke, that the shooting was an accident. But Luke has Beau framed for murder so that he can take over the business.

Directors: Coles Trapnell
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Mano Nera
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#10 - Mano Nera

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/1960

Looking for a peaceful and profitable poker game in New Orleans, Bart is plunged into a mysterious murder involving the Black Hand society.

Directors: Reginald Le Borg
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Last Wire from Stop Gap
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#11 - Last Wire from Stop Gap

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1960

On their way to Denver, Beau and Bart Maverick pick up $6,500 in a poker game at Stop Gap. They decide to wire the money to Denver through the Hulett Telegraph Company. They discover the company is a fake and that the telegraph line leads to a cave two miles away where the crooks stash the customers' money and send phony messages in return. The cousins devise a scheme to recover the money and put the company out of business.

Directors: Lee Sholem
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Arizona Black Maria
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#12 - Arizona Black Maria

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1960

In hostile Sioux territory, Bart is caught between a woman prisoner's devastating charms and a pending Indian attack.

Directors: Lew Landers
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The Town That Wasn't There
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#13 - The Town That Wasn't There

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1960

Beau Maverick wins ownership of the Silver Hill, a worthless ore mine. A crooked railroad agent named Shanks tries to cheat the townspeople out of their land by offering them a price that is well below market value. Beau convinces the town to relocate Silver Hill to a sheep ranch twenty miles away. The plan backfires when a new vein of silver is discovered in the supposedly worthless Silver Hill mine, thus enabling Shanks to claim the land without cost. The only hope is for the town to relocate back to Silver Hill before the railroad takes over the land.

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Hadley's Hunters
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#14 - Hadley's Hunters

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1960

Bart meets a comical sheriff (Edgar Buchanan) who is dead serious about killing him.

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The Bundle from Britain
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#15 - The Bundle from Britain

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1960

Returning to America after an extended stay in England, Cousin Beau Maverick (Roger Moore) is hired to take the place of a young English nobleman. However, he soon finds himself the victim of a kidnap and ransom plot due to his assumed identity.

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Greenbacks, Unlimited
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#16 - Greenbacks, Unlimited

Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/13/1960

Bank robber Big Ed Murphy is at his wit's end: someone keeps beating him to the loot and that someone is Bret.

Directors: Arthur Lubin
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Destination: Devil's Flat
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#17 - Destination: Devil's Flat

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/25/1960

Bart substitutes a rock-filled suitcase for a fortune in gold to foil hijacking plans of phony sheriff Dan Trevor (Peter Breck).

Directors: James V. Kern
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The Resurrection of Joe November
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#18 - The Resurrection of Joe November

Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/28/1960

A $10,000 temptation puts Bret unwittingly in the middle of a fantastic smuggling scheme.

Directors: Leslie Goodwins
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Iron Hand
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#19 - Iron Hand

Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/21/1960

Hired to protect a cattle drive, Bart dutifully chases Indians - while a masterful swindle takes place right under his nose.

Directors: Leslie Goodwins
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A Flock of Trouble
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#20 - A Flock of Trouble

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/14/1960

Bret wins a sheep ranch located in the midst of cattle ranchers whose sole aim is to wipe out the sheep and their new owner.

Directors: Arthur Lubin
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The People's Friend
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#21 - The People's Friend

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/7/1960

Bart Maverick is running for office, he is a sure candidate for U.S. Senate. Bart's political ambition has some town's people out for his blood. His opponents will go to any length to stifle his political aspirations; they threathen his life. Fearful of his opponents, Bart finds a way out of the election, without letting the voters down.

Directors: Leslie Goodwins
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Guatemala City
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#22 - Guatemala City

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/31/1960

Maverick tries to straighten out his romance with Ellen Johnson and at the same time solve a million dollar jewel theft. When Bret finds out that his ardor has cooled, he also finds that he has become the prime target for a ruthless murderer and a man who refuses to stay dead.

Directors: Arthur Lubin
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The White Widow
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#23 - The White Widow

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/24/1960

A beautiful widow (Julie Adams) asks Bart to protect her from an unknown killer. He accepts unaware that he is the intended victim.

Directors: Leslie Goodwins
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Maverick & Juliet
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#24 - Maverick & Juliet

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/17/1960

Bret's freedom hinges on the outcome of a card game. He's ecstatic... until he meets his opponent: Bart - who will make a bundle if he wins.

Directors: Arthur Lubin
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Cruise of the Cynthia B.
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#25 - Cruise of the Cynthia B.

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/10/1960

Bret is one of the seven owners of a Riverboat who start down the Mississippi for Memphis to sell the broken-down craft, but soon, in a deadly game of 10 Little Indians, one owner after another is found mysteriously dead. It becomes apparent that if the boat does reach Memphis, it's almost certain it will have but one owner.

Directors: André De Toth
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