The WORST episodes of The Wild Wild West
Every episode of The Wild Wild West ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 Avaricious Actuary
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/6/1968
Agents West and Gordon have been called to investigate when a series of vibrations demolish several palatial homes after their owners decline to buy insurance from the Cyclops Insurance Corporation.
#2 - The Night of the Spanish Curse
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/3/1969
West and Gordon are called into Mexico to investigate a group of bandits who are attacking and terrorizing border towns. They track the bandits to a Mexican Village where they learn of an old legend about Cortez.
#3 - The Night of the Pelican
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/26/1968
West and Pike receive a note to meet a woman at a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco with a promise of information about the militant Din Chang. Unfortunately, the woman is killed before they can talk to her and the only word she utters is "Pelican".
#4 - The Night of the Egyptian Queen
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1968
Agent Artemus Gordon and the curator of the San Francisco Museum are attacked in the Egyptian exhibit by three men wearing gas masks. When agents West and Mr. Heisel, the Egyptian government's representative, enter the room, they are also attacked. After regaining consciousness, the men discover that a priceless ruby has been stolen from the eye of the statue of Sun God, Ra.
#5 - The Night of the Bleak Island
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/14/1969
West visits an eerie island to get a diamond left to the National Museum. Once there, he meets Sir Nigel Scott of Scotland Yard, and together they must defeat a master criminal named Calendar.
#6 - The Night of the Death Masks
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/26/1968
An escaped murderer plots a bizarre scheme against James West, who had imprisoned him several years earlier. Attacked and knocked unconscious, West awakens in a strange deserted town filled with assailants wearing masks in the likeness of Stark.
#7 - The Night of the Colonel's Ghost
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/10/1967
West and Gordon escort President Grant to dedicate a statue of the late Colonel Wayne Gibson. West rides ahead to check out the town of Gibsonville and finds it plagued by a series of broken neck murders and arguments over lost gold.
#8 - The Night of the Surreal McCoy
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/3/1967
Agents West and Gordon are guarding a museum containing the famous Herzberg jewels, but someone still manages to steal them. Afterwards, when a famous painting is removed from the museum by its wealthy owner, Gordon becomes suspicious and they learn the evil Dr. Miguelito Loveless is involved.
#9 - The Night of the Tottering Tontine
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/6/1967
West and Gordon are assigned to protect Dr. Raven, who is developing a secret weapon. Raven is a member of a tontine, an investment group whose by-laws state that the surving member of the group gets the assets of the group. When one of the tontine's members is killed and an attempt is made on Raven's life, the agents decide to investigate.
#10 - The Night of the Vicious Valentine
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/10/1967
Agents West and Gordon are sent to investigate the killings of wealthy industrialists and find they're all connected to Emma Valentine, an evil matchmaker.
#11 - The Night of the Winged Terror (2)
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/24/1969
The plans of The Raven seem to be successful when they hypnotize Jim, and he assassinates the Mexican Ambassador. Now West, and fellow agent Frank Harper, must work together to infiltrate and undermine the group.
#12 - 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.
#13 - The Night of the Skulls
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/16/1966
Jim shoots Artie, but it's a ploy to allow West to track down the mysterious disappearance of nineteen other wanted men. He's taken to a mysterious underground base and put on trial.
#14 - The Night of the Dancing Death
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1965
Jim and Artie must ensure that Princess Gina reaches the Albanian Embassy, however the woman they deliver is someone else.
#15 - The Night of the Samurai
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/1967
The U.S. State department is about to return a valuable samurai sword to its rightful owner, a Japanese prince, when it is stolen by an group of sword-wieding assailants. Jim and Artemus must locate the sword and return it to the prince before he leaves the next afternoon or risk damaging U.S.-Japan relations.
#16 - The Night of the Double-Edged Knife
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1965
The Indians have threatened to kill five railroad workers a day until their demands are met.
#17 - The Night of the Diva
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/7/1969
West meets up with Gordon who, urged by President Grant, has just arrived in New Orleans to escort a famous Italian diva and niece of the ambassador. Discovering that several divas had recently disappeared in New Orleans, the agents must rush to unravel a plot involving the secret Order of Lucia and reveal who, among their new acquaintances, is playing a role on and off the stage.
#18 - The Night of the Winged Terror (1)
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/17/1969
After a series of disturbing incidents involving a raven that seems to hynoptize high-ranking officials into committing dastardly deeds, Agents West and Harper decide to find out what's going on. The incidents lead the new partners to a group calling themselves "The Raven", led by Thaddeus Toombs and a man called Tycho.
#19 - The Night of the Infernal Machine
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/23/1966
Time is running out for Judge M'Guigan, who is threatened by a bomb-throwing clockmaker.
#20 - The Night of the Whirring Death
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/18/1966
Intent on making California a kingdom for children, the evil Dr. Loveless makes his play for the state with a series of exploding toys.
#21 - The Night of the Gypsy Peril
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/20/1967
West and Gordon are escorting the Sultan of Ramapur and his gift, a sacred white elephant, to the President. Bandits intercept the train and steal the elephant; then the Sultan demands one million dollars in recompense. West follows the the trail to a gypsy camp and discovers things aren't always what they seem.
#22 - The Night of the Big Blast
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1966
Dr. Faustina and her mute servant, Miklos, have transformed a corpse into a James West look-alike.
#23 - The Night of the Bottomless Pit
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/1966
West poses as a prisoner at Devil's Island to rescue a secret agent who is marked for execution by a savage commandant.
#24 - The Night of the Fugitives
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1968
In the town of Epitaph, owned by Epitaph Mines, agents James West and Artemus Gordon arrest Norbert Plank, chief bookkeeper for the powerful syndicate that owns the mining company. Through Plank, the agents hope to get their hands on records that could build a case against the organization.
#25 - 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.