The BEST episodes of The Wild Wild West
Every episode of The Wild Wild West ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Wild Wild West!
The Wild Wild West told the story of two Secret Service agents: James T. West, the charming gunslinger (played by Robert Conrad), and Artemus Gordon (played by Ross Martin), the brilliant gadgeteer and master of disguise. Their unending mission was to protect President Ulysses S. Grant and the United States from all manner of dangerous threats. The agents traveled in luxury aboard their own train, the Wanderer, equipped with everything from a stable car to a laboratory. James West had served as an intelligence and cavalry officer in the US Civil War; his "cover" during the series is that he is a railroad president. After retiring from the Service by 1880 he lives on a ranch in Mexico. Gordon's past is more obscure; when he retires in 1880 he goes on the road as the head of a Shakespeare traveling players troupe.
#1 - The Night of the Burning Diamond
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/8/1966
West tries to convince a Serbian official to hide the Kara Diamond, then it disappears and West is blamed. Arte and Jim must find the diamond before Morgan Midas can complete his sinister plan.
#2 - The Night of Jack O'Diamonds
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/6/1967
James and Artemus arrive in Mexico with a present for the Mexican president: a beautiful Arabian horse. Within minutes of their arrival, however, the horse is stolen by a group of outlaw bandits. Our heroes must battle the hot Mexican desert to get the horse back before the outlaw Mexican army beats them to it.
#3 - The Night of Miguelito's Revenge
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/13/1968
West has received a note from agent Gordon summoning him to the local barbershop; where he is promptly anesthetized by a hot towel. After learning about a series of kidnappings, Jim and Jeremy Pike's investigation leads to the sinister Dr. Loveless who's waiting with his latest invention and dastardly plan.
#4 - The Night of the Sedgewick Curse
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1968
When people start disappearing from the Sedgewick Hotel and Spa, Jim meets Lavinia Sedgewick who asks him to dinner at her home. But when Jim's not welcome, he and Artemus must learn the truth behind the mystery.
#5 - The Night of Fire and Brimstone
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/1968
West and Gordon are called to the deserted mining town of Brimstone by Professor Colecrest, who has made a discovery of great importance. However, before they get there, the Professor is captured by a gang of men.
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#6 - The Night of the Puppeteer
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/25/1966
Seeking revenge against those who sentenced him to death, Zechariah Skull, a mad puppeteer, recreates a courtroom drama using life-size puppets.
#7 - The Night of the Eccentrics
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1966
Investigating a murder, West falls into the hands of the Eccentrics, a group of assassins controlled by the vicious Count Manzeppi.
#8 - The Night of the Inferno
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1965
Jim is set up as a renegade as a cover for him and Artie to sneak into Texas and track down General Juan Manolo, who is trying to take over the region.
#9 - The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1965
West tries to protect Prof. Nielsen, a demolitions expert, but the evil Dr. Miguelito Loveless has something else in mind.
#10 - The Night of the Flying Pie Plate
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/1966
West gets involved in a bizarre scheme when a green girl emerges from a fallen spaceship claiming she needs gold for fuel.
#11 - The Night of a Thousand Eyes
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1965
Ships along the Mississippi are being attacked by a gang of pirates known as the "Thousand Eyes".
#12 - The Night of the Amnesiac
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/9/1968
Jim is guarding a stage coach carrying the western states entire supply of smallpox vaccine when it's attacked and the drug stolen. While West, injured in the attack, struggles with amnesia, Artemus tries to find both his friend and the drug before a full-scale epidemic hits.
#13 - The Night of the Deadly Blossom
Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/17/1967
Agents West and Gordon report to Admiral Agnow's San Francisco headquarters, only to find him and three officers dead. The agents believe the admiral's death ties in with the recent mysterious sinking of the cruiser Youngstown.
#14 - The Night of the Underground Terror
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/19/1968
During Mardi Gras, West is grabbed by Major Hazard: the leader of a gang of crippled Civil war soldiers seeking revenge on the prison camp's commandant, Mosely.
#15 - The Night of the Vipers
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/12/1968
The Vipers are a gang of ruthless crooks who have been looting a string of Kansas towns, robbing banks and killing citizens. They even robbed the Cottonwood Bank while James West was trying to convice the sheriff of the danger. Now the trail leads to Freedom, Kansas, where Jim and Arte must stop the Vipers before the Vipers stop them.
#16 - The Night of the Headless Woman
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/5/1968
On a dusty Californian trail, Jim and Artemus intercept a stagecoach whose driver has been hired to smuggle boll weevils. Quickly theorizing that someone is trying to destroy the country's cotton crop, they set out to find the mastermind of the operation and destroy his distribution system before his plan succeeds.
#17 - The Night of the Arrow
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/29/1967
Strong Bear's Sioux Indians are making noises about breaking the peace treaty. President Grant's first three messengers failed to return from meetings with the Indian leader; now it's up to Jim and Artemus to find Strong Bear and to keep peace in the territory.
#18 - The Night of the Running Death
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/15/1967
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."
#19 - The Night of the Iron Fist
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/8/1967
At the request of the Bosnian government, Count Draja is to be turned over for extradition. Learning of a plot to free the Count, Jim and Arte make plans to see that Draja reaches his destination.
#20 - The Night of the Turncoat
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/1/1967
The stress of Secret Service work appears to be finally getting to Jim as his temper flares and he makes mistakes. As West is being recruited by some member of the underworld who seeks to capitalize on his misfortune, Artemus and Colonel Richmond struggle to find out exactly who, for what, and why.
#21 - The Night of the Legion of Death
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/24/1967
West and Gordon take on the power-crazed secretary to a Territorial Governor. The secretary controls the Governor and has plans to take over the U.S. Goverment and the Presidency as well. To make things more difficult, his Black Legion troops do not take kindly to the two agents interferring.
#22 - The Night of the Cut-Throats
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/17/1967
Something is happening in the small town of New Athens. Residents are leaving in droves, scared off by a band of seedy cut-throats gathering just outside the town limits. And then there's Michael Trayne, back in town after three years in jail. Jim and Arte must figure out what's happening and save the town before everyone leaves.
#23 - The Night of the Falcon
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/10/1967
James West and Artemus Gordon help evacuate the town of Tonka Flats before it is destroyed by a cannon shell. Afterwards, they are notified that a man identified as "The Falcon" has threatened to obliterate Denver unless the U.S. government pays him $1,000,000.
#24 - The Night of the Circus of Death
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/3/1967
Counterfeit money is appearing in an area around Denver in sufficient quantities to undermine the U.S. economy. West and Gordon attempt to track down the source of the fake currency before it's too late.
#25 - The Night of the Hangman
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/20/1967
During a stopover in a small Kansas town, the agents become involved in a murder investigation. After a man is found guilty and sentenced to hang, the agents uncover valuable information that points in an entirely different direction.