The BEST episodes written by Herbert Purdum
#1 - Incident Below the Brazos
Rawhide - Season 1 - Episode 18
Favor's welcome to Paradise Valley is a group of gun toting farmers warning the herd better not do any damage to their property. Lightning stampedes the remuda and kills farmer Ken Wade. His wife urges Eli to avenge her husband's death.
#2 - The Avenger
The Lone Ranger - Season 5 - Episode 18
The town of Cottonwood has been taken over by an outlaw posing as a respectable citizen.