SECOND SEASON (1958-59)
| 09/13/58 |
In an Evil Time |
Paladin takes a shine to the leader of
a bank heist, an irascible old codger with a broken leg
being pursued by his erstwhile partners in crime |
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Essentially a two-man stage-play, not
a TV show |
| 09/20/58 |
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk |
Paladin helps a shy romantic woo his true
love, a female ranch owner |
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Boring, silly change of pace; possibly the worst show of the series |
| 09/27/58 |
The Gentleman? |
(being researched) |
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| 10/04/58 |
The Hanging of Roy Carter |
Paladin tries to convince a bitter prison warden to delay
the scheduled execution of a young man, seeks ally in prison chaplain |
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Has several dramatic moments |
| 10/11/58 |
Duel at Florence |
Pacifist town barber enlists Paladin's aid in fight with two other men for the hand of his unsure, petulant ladylove |
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Surprise! -- she really wanted the barber the whole time |
| 10/18/58 |
The Protégé |
Paladin teaches a bullied young man
how to quick-draw and shoot |
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Can the student surpass his teacher? A
classic episode |
| 10/25/58 |
The Road to Wickenberg |
Paladin wakes up groggy after being
robbed, confronts five men who control town |
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The black dragonslayer takes no
prisoners in this one |
| 11/01/58 |
A Sense of Justice |
Paladin volunteers his services to help a small-town sheriff keep a retarded man accused of murder from being lynched |
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Features decent gunfight and nice twist at end |
| 11/08/58 |
Young Gun |
Bitter ex-gunfighter, now rancher,
denies town access to its only source of water, trains
son as gunman, forces showdown with Paladin |
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Great script, much depth |
| 11/15/58 |
The Lady |
British gentlewoman hires Paladin as guide for trip to brother's Arizona ranch, where Comanches happen to be on the warpath |
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These are the dumbest Indians of all time |
| 11/22/58 |
A Snare for Murder |
Two cantankerous gold miners, partners
doing quite well, want each other dead -- or does someone
else? |
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Well-plotted mystery |
| 11/29/58 |
Pre-empted? |
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| 12/06/58 |
The Ballad of Oscar Wilde |
Paladin must rescue famous writer and
quipster Oscar Wilde from cowboy kidnappers |
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Nearly a classic |
| 12/13/58 |
The Solid Gold Patrol |
Paladin informs a cavalry corporal on patrol that he's won $600,000 in a lottery, but he may not collect -- due to dozens of very hostile Indians |
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You'll sit there saying "yep, that's what would have happened to me." |
| 12/20/58 |
Something to Live For |
On his way to help an old man and his
daughter in a land dispute, Paladin encounters and brings
along a wealthy, spoiled, helpless, alcoholic young man |
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Love is in the air -- or is it just whiskey breath? |
| 12/27/58 |
The Moor's Revenge |
Paladin tries to preserve order when
Shakespearean actors try to perform in an unfriendly,
wild-west saloon |
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Let us keepeth William S. in the
schools, where he belongeth |
| 01/03/59 |
The Wager |
Wealthy businessmen dupe Paladin and
another gunman into a deadly shoutout solely for their own
amusement |
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The upper class just needs its bread
and circuses |
| 01/10/59 |
Taffeta Mayor |
Paladin persuades wife of murdered,
honest candidate for mayor in corrupt town to run in his
place |
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I think I'll abstain |
| 01/17/59 |
Lady on a Stage Door |
Paladin's key companions while
traveling by stage are an Indian chief's Eastern-educated
daughter and a crate packed with gold |
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Nicely-done tale of bigotry, with some
tense moments |
| 01/24/59 |
Treasure Trail |
Paladin wins piece of treasure map in
poker game, searches for it with three other men who have
the rest of the pieces |
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Nice puzzle, good show |
| 01/31/59 |
Juliet |
An unarmed Paladin helps a girl on the cusp of womanhood avoid a notorious ex-Confederate colonel (and his nasty kin) with murder on his mind |
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Coming-of-age story succeeds on several levels |
| 02/07/59 |
The Man Who Lost |
Paladin captures a killer (who claims
he's innocent) who also abused his victim's wife; now
Paladin must protect him from the dead man's vengeful
brothers |
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We don't lose -- this one's a
classic |
| 02/14/59 |
The Scorched Feather |
A young Frenchman hires Paladin to
protect his backwoods father from an insane Indian
warrior |
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Just a tad obscure, but most unusual
and engrossing |
| 02/21/59 |
The Return of the Lady |
Title character of The Lady wires Paladin, seeking rescue from impending marriage to wealthy, gruff rancher whom she's been trying to refine |
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One of Paladin's weaker game-plans |
| 02/28/59 |
The Monster of Moon Ridge |
Strange, unearthly things are
happening near Moon Ridge, Colorado -- or do they have a
prosaic explanation? |
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Very silly stuff |
| 03/07/59 |
The Long Hunt |
Paladin and others, including a
rancher whose wife was killed by Indians, go into the
mountains after a murderous half-Comanche |
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So slow it seems impossibly
long |
| 03/14/59 |
Death of a Gunfighter |
Paladin finds himself a reluctant participant in a deadly New Mexican feud, and must deal with a repentant, lightning-draw Mexican gunman |
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Muy, muy bueno |
| 03/21/59 |
Incident at Borasca Bend |
Goofy prospectors of wacky "tent town" put Paladin on trial for the murder of one of their comrades |
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Ho-hum "courtroom episode" |
| 03/28/59 |
Pre-empted? |
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| 04/04/59 |
Maggie O'Banion |
After being bushwacked and stripped of everything, Paladin hires on as handyman at the ranch of the lovely and lonely Maggie |
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Silly knife-fight almost ruins a fine episode |
| 04/11/59 |
The Chase |
Woman hires Paladin to find and bring
in husband, a bank clerk accused of killing deputy
sheriff, before vengeful posse does |
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Decent climax salvages show |
| 04/18/59 |
Alaska |
Old Russian friend and furrier asks for Paladin's help when U.S. buys Alaska, and yahoo squatters try to drive him out |
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Paladin in a dog-sled race? Yelp! |
| 04/25/59 |
Hunt the Man Down |
Paladin must intervene in a bitter
dispute between two brothers, both of whom are old
friends |
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Whip-crackin' internecine war |
| 05/02/59 |
The Return of Roy Carter |
Paladin and title character from The
Hanging of Roy Carter search snow-covered mountains
for a chaplain and an escaped convict |
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Dramatic ending provides salvation |
| 05/09/59 |
The Sons of Aaron Murdock |
Paladin is hired by a rancher to bring
in his sadistic son, who's wanted for murder |
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Standard tale of good son, bad son |
| 05/16/59 |
Comanche |
Paladin goes after cavalry deserter
and his girlfriend, finds bullet-ridden horse, history |
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Nice story of honor, guilt and shame |
| 05/23/59 |
Homecoming |
Innocent and angry convict (who'd been caught by Paladin), now released, poses threat to venal stagecoach magnate |
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Familiar, okay story |
| 05/30/59 |
The Fifth Man |
Maniacal killer escapes from prison,
slays four, then sticks around instead of leaving;
Paladin must capture him, find out why |
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Intriguing premise holds interest |
| 06/06/59 |
Heritage of Anger |
Paladin helps couple who have been targeted by a legendary Mexican outlaw, demanding they hand over their adopted son or die |
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Satisfying study of a kid torn between two worlds |
| 06/13/59 |
The Haunted Trees |
Woman who inherited lumber mill from
husband hires Paladin to stop her stepson's guerilla
tactics, which have been sabotaging the operation |
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Female lead is quite a character |
| 06/20/59 |
Gold and Brimstone |
A delusional old man working an
abandoned mine thinks Paladin is the Devil |
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Interesting primarily because of
Paladin's amused tolerance |
