After he is summoned unknowingly by Ben Pitcher to treat one of his cows, a human patient of Doc's dies. During a fight with Pitcher, Doc is knifed.
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September 8, 1956
2. Brush at Elkader
After his friend Ben Williams is shot down by Lou Shippen, Matt travels to Elkader to bring him him. The only problem, he doesn't know what he looks like and the town is protecting Shippen.
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September 15, 1956
3. Custer
Matt refuses to turn the rustler Joe Trimble over to Major Banker for court-martial.
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45min
September 22, 1956
4. The Round Up
Matt closes up shops to a group of drunken cowboys, which causes trouble.
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45min
September 29, 1956
5. Young Man with a Gun
After gunman, Sam Kercher is killed by Matt, his 16-year-old brother arrives to fight Matt.
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45min
October 20, 1956
6. Indian White
At Fort Dodge, home of the third cavalry, Mrs. Mary Cullen tells the colonel that the twelve year old white boy they recovered from the Cheyenne is her son Dennis. The tribe had taken him when he was two years old.
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45min
October 27, 1956
7. How to Cure a Friend
Matt is used by an old friend in a con game.
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45min
November 10, 1956
8. Legal Revenge
Doc comes upon a homesteader with a busted leg—and a gun to protect himself from his wife.
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45min
November 17, 1956
9. The Mistake
Matt leaves Dodge City unprotected when he sets out to find a killer (Mike Connors) (Bert Rumsey credited as 'Bartender', but referred to by Chester as 'Sam Noonan').
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45min
November 24, 1956
10. Greater Love
An outlaw threatens to kill Doc if he does not help his wounded buddy.
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45min
December 1, 1956
11. No Indians
Matt and Chester act as decoys to ambush outlaws (including Mickey Simpson) that are masking their crimes as those of renegade Indians (Fintan Meyler and Herbert Rudley appear).
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45min
December 8, 1956
12. Spring Term
Matt discovers that he was the intended victim of a murder he is investigating.
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45min
December 15, 1956
13. Poor Pearl
Matt helps a woman whose suitors are about to duel for her affections.
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45min
December 22, 1956
14. Cholera
A landowner (Paul Fix) tries to terrorize homesteaders (Bartlett Robinson and Peg Hillias) off their land (Gordon Gebert, John Smith, and Stuart Whitman appear).
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45min
December 29, 1956
15. Pucket's New Year
An old buffalo hunter (Edgar Stehli) swears revenge on the skinner (Grant Withers) that left him to die (Richard Deacon appears as banker Botkin, Bert Rumsey credited as 'Bartender').
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45min
January 5, 1957
16. The Cover Up
Matt traps a cattleman (Tyler McVey) who shot two homesteaders (including Roy Engel) (Malcolm Atterbury and Vivi Janiss appear).
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45min
January 12, 1957
17. Sins of the Father
An Indian woman (Angie Dickinson) faces prejudice for her father's raid on Dodge City (Peter Whitney and Paul Wexler appear).
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45min
January 19, 1957
18. Kick Me
A bank robber (Robert H. Harris) murders his wife and frames Tobeel (Frank de Kova) for the crime (Paul Lambert appears).
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45min
January 26, 1957
19. Executioner
A young gunfighter, Tom Clegg, forces farmer Abe Curry into a duel and kills him. Matt can't arrest Clegg since Abe drew first. However, Abe's brother Morgan plots revenge.
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45min
February 2, 1957
20. Gone Straight
Townspeople protect an outlaw (Carl Betz) they believe has reformed (Tige Andrews, Joe De Santis, John Dierkes, Marianne Stewart, and Ward Wood appear).
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45min
February 9, 1957
21. Bloody Hands
The shooting of several members of an outlaw gang, though in self defense, triggers an emotional crisis in Matt, haunted by memories of all the men he has killed (Lawrence Dobkin, Russell Johnson, and Gloria Marshall appear).
Rena Decker, a new dance hall girl, purposely gets her admirers into fighting over her. Despite Kitty's negative opinion of her, Matt befreinds Rena and gets her a job at the Long Branch. Soon afterward, 4 men are dead and Rena is the cause.
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45min
March 2, 1957
24. Cain
Ex-gunslinger Joel Adams' past is about to catch up with him.
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45min
March 9, 1957
25. Bureaucrat
A Washington official is determined to tame Dodge City.
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45min
March 16, 1957
26. Last Fling
Kitty gets annoyed by a pair of old farmers who are each trying to have a fling with her.
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45min
March 23, 1957
27. Chester's Murder
Chester is drinking at the Long Branch and gets into an argument with a gambler over a girl. When the marshal breaks it up, he tells Chester to bring the man to jail. On the way there, the man is killed and everyone thinks Chester did it.
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45min
March 30, 1957
28. The Photographer
Dodge City meets a Photographer who shows the residents how a camera works. Jacoby wants to take pictures of how the Wild West looks. When Matt learns someone died, he thinks the photographer may have hired someone to kill Grubby for a picture of the west.
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45min
April 6, 1957
29. Wrong Man
A cowboy vows revenge for the shooting of his friend, who was mistaken for a criminal (Don Keefer and Catherine McLeod, real-life husband and wife, appear as a husband and wife).
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45min
April 13, 1957
30. Big Girl Lost
Philip Locke is looking for Laura Simmons, a saloon girl, but she doesn't want him to know where she works. Laura tells Matt that she and Philip were previously engaged, and she asks him not to say anything about her job. Philip warns Matt that he will be killed if he doesn't tell the truth.
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45min
April 20, 1957
31. What the Whiskey Drummer Heard
Matt fakes his death to lure a gunman (Vic Perrin) out in the open (Robert Karnes appears, Bert Rumsey credited as 'Sam').
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45min
April 27, 1957
32. Cheap Labor
A former gunfighter has turned away from violence, but his fiancee's brother is determined to goad him into a gunfight.
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45min
May 4, 1957
33. Moon
After Charlie Brewer is found dead, Jack Salter who was a friend of Charlie Brewer comes to Matt's office saying Vint killed Brewer. Matt then tries to find out if Jack is right.
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45min
May 11, 1957
34. Who Lives by the Sword
Joe Delk causes trouble at The Long Branch after shooting two men who were unarmed.
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45min
May 18, 1957
35. Uncle Oliver
Matt goes after an outlaw (Earle Hodgins) who shot Chester (Paul Wexler appears).
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45min
May 25, 1957
36. Daddy-O
Kitty's father, Wayne Russell, arrives in Dodge to meet his daughter after abandoning her and her mother as a baby. He insists that saloon life is not fit for a proper lady and wants to take her back to New Orleans so he can pamper her and invest her savings in his freight business.
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45min
June 1, 1957
37. The Man Who Would Be Marshal
A former Army Officer wants Matt Dillon's job. Matt then takes Mr. Egan on his rounds. Matt lets Egan try his brand of justice that almost costs Egan his life.
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45min
June 15, 1957
38. Liar from Blackhawk
A braggart tries to provoke a gunfight with a harmless drunk.
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45min
June 22, 1957
39. Jealousy
Jack Kelly plays a hot-tempered husband who thinks Matt is after his wife.