The BEST episodes written by Marian Clark
#3 - Shooting Stopover
Gunsmoke - Season 6 - Episode 5
While transporting a prisoner with Chester on a stagecoach to Wichita, Matt learns that the stagecoach is also carrying a shipment of gold, and he suspects the coach might be targeted by outlaws.
#4 - Don Matteo
Gunsmoke - Season 6 - Episode 7
Matt's old friend, Esteban Garcia, tracks a man into Dodge and plans to kill him for stealing his wife.
#5 - Quint's Indian
Gunsmoke - Season 8 - Episode 25
Two ne'er-do-wells come to town and soon cook up a plot under which half-Comanche blacksmith Quint Asper is framed for the theft of a horse. The atmosphere in Dodge quickly becomes dangerously ugly for Quint.
#6 - Friend's Pay-Off
Gunsmoke - Season 6 - Episode 1
Matt is summoned to help an old friend, Ab Butler, who has been shot in the back and left for dead. However, Matt faces a difficult situation when Ab's partner shows up and tells his side of the story.
#7 - Distant Drummer
Gunsmoke - Season 6 - Episode 10
A young army drummer named Raffie is terrorized by two bullying mule skinners.
#8 - The Summons
Gunsmoke - Season 7 - Episode 29
Loy has always felt he could do what he pleased. When he shoots one of his gang members in the back just for the reward, he takes the body into Dodge to Matt Dillon who isn't as ready as he thought to give him his bounty.
#9 - Kitty's Rebellion
Gunsmoke - Season 4 - Episode 22
An old friend of the family comes to Dodge looking for Kitty, but when he finds out she's a saloon owner, he's dismayed. Intent on defending her honor wherever she is insulted, he nearly gets himself killed. Kitty finally tells him that she has no honor, and he keeps making a fool out of himself thinking otherwise. It sends him away and saves his life at the same time.
#10 - False Witness
Gunsmoke - Season 5 - Episode 14
A man is convicted of murder on doubtful testimony.
#11 - Blue Horse
Gunsmoke - Season 4 - Episode 38
Seriously injured Matt faces a moral dilemma when Blue Horse saves his life and prevents the escape of a prisoner. The Marshal knows that Blue Horse is being sought by the Cavalry as a fugitive from a reservation, and he is well aware that he is duty-bound to assist their search in any way possible.
#12 - Kitty's Injury
Gunsmoke - Season 5 - Episode 2
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.
#13 - Big Tom
Gunsmoke - Season 5 - Episode 18
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.
#14 - Miguel's Daughter
Gunsmoke - Season 5 - Episode 12
A father threatens to kill the two drifters who have been plaguing his daughter.
#15 - Groat's Grudge
Gunsmoke - Season 5 - Episode 17
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.
#16 - Unwanted Deputy
Gunsmoke - Season 5 - Episode 26
Determined to avenge his murderous brother's hanging, Vince Walsh begins a self-serving campaign of unofficially helping to keep the peace in Dodge City over Matt's objections. Walsh is certain that his actions and his taunts will eventually goad the Marshal into a gunfight.
#17 - The Badge
Gunsmoke - Season 6 - Episode 9
Matt is taken prisoner by a madman named Rack and his simpleton partner, Augie. Matt's only hope is to turn Augie against Rack.
#18 - Kitty's Killing
Gunsmoke - Season 5 - Episode 24
Kitty gets caught in the middle when a crazy-eyed man goes hunting for his former son-in-law, whom he blames for the death of his daughter in childbirth.
#19 - Old Flame
Gunsmoke - Season 5 - Episode 37
Kitty doubts the veracity of Matt's old friend Dolly Winters, who arrives in Dodge seeking the Marshal's help and claiming to have been robbed, beaten, and jilted by a man named Rad Meadows.
#20 - Unloaded Gun
Gunsmoke - Season 6 - Episode 18
Red and Joe Lime are no-good murderous brothers, and Matt has to track 'em down out on the prairie. Trouble is, Matt comes down with a fever due to missing out on so much sleep in the last couple of weeks. This situation causes some serious problems for all involved when Matt has to return to Dodge because he is too sick to pursue the Lime brothers.
#21 - The Deserter
Gunsmoke - Season 5 - Episode 38
Matt is on the trail of a badly wounded corporal for robbing the army payroll and falls into a trap when the father of the corporal gets the drop on him and wounds Chester.