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Bat Masterson Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
34 Episodes 1960 - 1961
Episode 1
Debt of Honor
Thu, Sep 29, 196030 mins
During the 1880s and the big gold strikes at Central City, Colorado Bat is playing poker there. During a game ragged old prospector Cactus Charlie enters the casino and greets Bat who offers him a drink. Charlie is looking for a $20 grubstake but one of the players Eli Fisher tells Charlie to get lost. Charlie doesn't leave, so Eli stands to challenge him as Bat intervenes telling Eli to sit down. Bat gives Charlie a grubstake to end the ruckus. Later Charlie arrives in town yelling he struck it big. He repays the grubstakes he has been given with interest including two bags of gold for Bat worth $1200. However, the assayer Gordon Hall takes a long time to get Bat's cash as he tells his outlaw partners Fisher and Marc Branden about Charlie finding the money they stole and buried. The two go check the site finding it empty. Bat, meanwhile, suspects Charlie was more than lucky given the gold is in neat bags. He visits Charlie to tell him to return the stolen gold to the law but Charlie refuses. When the Marshal arrests Bat for stealing the gold, Bat tries to tell him about Charlie but Charlie is missing.
Episode 2
Law of the Land
Thu, Oct 6, 196030 mins
It is the 1880s and Bat's friend and railroad president Hugh Blaine hopes to hire Bat to investigate the theft of fencing along the railroad at Buffalo, Wyoming. Two of Blaine's investigators have been killed. Bat and Hugh ride out to Red Eric Peterson's ranch to look at his new fence which Hugh believes Peterson stole from the bottom land along the new railroad. Peterson and his four men catch them at the fence. Peterson has henchman Wolff make it clear they are not wanted by putting holes in Bat's derby and Hugh's shoe. The pair returns to Buffalo where Bat decides the five to one odds are too much until he learns an old friend Melanie Haywood from Dodge City owns the hotel. Bat takes the job and decides he needs a shave for dinner with Melanie. He has to confront Wolff who is in town to watch him. Bat and Hugh go to H.G. Cogswell's shop for a shave finding Cogswell a fountain of information. There is gold on Peterson's ranch. Bat buys a hat, tooth pullers, and glue as he borrows Hugh's coat and vest. He makes a trip to the fence where he steals a post and returns to Buffalo to turn himself in to the law and trial.
Episode 3
Bat Trap
Thu, Oct 13, 196030 mins
The annual Midas Creek Turkey Shoot has become a farce due to the town bully Rance Fletcher doing anything each year to ensure he wins the contest. To clean up the contest the City Council hires Bat. He signs up the contestants using their random pulling of a card from a deck to determine their shooting order. People are opting to enter the now honest contest including Billy Webb who wants to use the prize money to marry beautiful Amber Mason who is infatuated with the gentlemanly Bat. Bat is forced to fight Rance to stop his antics. When they get to the final round of the shootout, Rance, Billy and gunsmith Dick Pierce are tied. Before the final round Rance catches Billy after a fight with Amber without his rifle in hand. Rance runs Billy off and busts his rifle. Pierce can't fix the rifle but he loans one to Billy. Before the final round, the crowd is shooting guns randomly so Rance takes the opportunity to wing Billy in the shoulder eliminating him. Pierce is able to beat Rance in the final round but Rance kidnaps Amber to force Bat into a shootout under Rance's rules - Rance's rifle versus Bat's pistol.
Episode 4
The Rage of Princess Anne
Thu, Oct 20, 196030 mins
In 1885 Bat decides to visit Leadville, Colorado and the Princess Anne mine. Bat was given a 15% interest in the mine for the right to use his name to raise money from investors to reopen it. As he approaches the mine an explosion occurs followed by the warning sound of a mine collapse. He watches as dead miners are carried from the mine including the brother of the foreman Jeremy French. Bat asks French why they continue to mine with unsafe conditions but French answers by asking Bat if he is happy with his return on investment. Bat soon learns the mine manager Augustus Ulbrecht wants the most ore with the least cost. Bat decides to convince the other owners to push for reform starting with Ann Eaton whose dad started the mine and owns one of the largest shares of the mine. The miners don't believe he wants to help and after another collapse, he finds himself trapped intentionally but by whom.
Episode 5
The Hunter
Thu, Oct 27, 196030 mins
Bat is having a good run at poker in Deadwood, South Dakota when the stagecoach arrives with the very proper Englishman Sir Edward Marion and his niece Elizabeth. As Elizabeth heads to the hotel for a cool bath, Marion enters the saloon for a drink where Bat is playing. His dress, style, and speech draw a crowd around him disturbing Bat's game and concentration. The bully Donovan during a conversation with Marion tries to draw him into a fight but Bat intervenes. After telling Bat he has an offer for him, Marion watches Bat play poker until he is free. Donovan still drinking, decides to break in forcing Marion into a fist fight with English rules and Bat as the referee which Marion wins easily. Afterwards, he shows Bat his single shot pistol with a long rifled barrel he made which he feels can win in any duel. Later, Donovan confronts Marion in the street where his long barrel lets him win. His next goal is Bat who in known for his skill with his pistol but Bat has a lesson for him.
Episode 6
Murder Can Be Dangerous
Thu, Nov 3, 196030 mins
In 1883 Bat returns early to Denver, Colorado to the casino "Bat's Master Place". He owns it with Shad who Bat rescued from a derelict life. As he enters the casino he notices Ellie Winters handling the gun check. She took over when the previous worker became too scared. Bat notices business is good but she tells him he needs to check the safe as she suspects Shad is embezzling from the casino. Bat goes upstairs to the office finding only a few dollars after Ellie said they had taken in over $2000 that day. When he confronts Shad, a fight breaks out with Shad pulling a knife but Bat's cane stops him. Bat tells Shad to return only when he has $25,000 to buy out Bat's half. Later, Mari Brewster a friend from several years back comes in looking a little ragged and needing help. Bat has her take over from Ellie at the gun check. Mari, unknown to Bat, is working with Shad her husband who is holding their son hostage. Shad wants the casino back and he has a plan to remove Bat - permanently.
Episode 7
High Card Loses
Thu, Nov 10, 196030 mins
Bat hits it big in a table stakes game in Las Cruces, New Mexico in the 1880s. With a hat full of winnings he leaves for the bank to make a big deposit as it closes. After he leaves two men watching Bat knock on the bank to make a big withdrawal - all the cash. Against the wishes of the leader Jose Tomas Reilly his partner Romer makes sure the two men in the bank are both killed. With no clues to go on the money is not recovered and Bat is broke. The old timer Winkler knowing Bat's reputation makes him an offer. A stake to play poker for promising to help Winkler deliver a valuable cargo to the mining camp Double Creek to which Bat agrees. After winning again Bat delivers on his promise. The cargo turns out to be three mail order brides. Overhearing Winkler and Bat, Reilly and Romer who are Comancheros decide to take the "cargo" hostage for a $5000 ransom each. Romer against Reilly's orders kills Winkler leaving Bat to take them on to Double Creek. Bat finds handling the two Comancheros plus two Indian friends difficult but he receives surprising help.
Episode 8
Dakota Showdown
Thu, Nov 17, 196030 mins
In 1889 Bat is asked by the his friend the Sheriff of Buckhorn, Wyoming for help with the Dakota Boys from the Black Hills. Bat arrives in town to find a wreath on the Sheriff's office due to his death at the hands of the Dakota cousins. The head of the city Harry Cassidy wants Bat to take the Sheriff's job but Bat has no interest but a run in with Danny Dakota along with the actions of his girlfriend Francie Wallace gives Bat an idea. Francie vows that Danny Dakota has no involvement in the actions of the outlaws and she despises the other cousins. Bat asks Cassidy for the power to name a Sheriff who Bat will support. As he expects no one volunteers for the job so he names his choice - Francie. Although she doesn't want the job, Bat pushes her into it saying it will save Danny's life. After reading about her new job, the Dakota cousins believe she will make them deputies allowing them to take over Buckhorn. Bat has other ideas for Danny as the cousins decide to take out Bat.
Episode 9
The Last of the Night Raiders
Thu, Nov 24, 196030 mins
In his hotel room in Oklahoma Bat hears a knock on his door. Opening it he finds Angie Pierce, a friend from years ago. She asks Bat if he knows Jim Doolin and his gang. Bat has tangled with most of them before. She needs his help as they want to kill her. She has a young son Jimmy whose dad, a former member of the gang, is now dead. Angie wants to take him to St. Louis to her parents but the gang is after her as she is a witness, plus Jimmy doesn't want to leave the gang. Bat agrees to get them to Stillwater to a stage. After he rents a buggy for them he sneaks them out of the hotel via a rope ladder from the roof, but a yell from Jimmy brings the gang. Angie and Jimmy escape via the buggy with Bat staying to hold them off but he dropped his gun. They trap him in a barn minus his gun but he tricks them. They escape to their hideout and Bat follows Angie and Jimmy to Stillwater. Jimmy despising Bat escapes to the gang hideout forcing Bat followed by Angie to rescue him - if possible.
Episode 10
Last Stop to Austin
Thu, Dec 1, 196030 mins
After arriving by stage in Texas Bat encounters Rona Glyn, a beautiful blonde with soft hair, he mistakes for another woman. As he goes to the hotel a young man sees the dude looking Bat so he entices three men to rough him up. After a slight scuffle Bat uses his cane to take on the men but stops the young man from using a broken bottle on one of them. After the young man awakes in Bat's room, he washes up. As he does so Bat notices a brand on his left shoulder that is the mark of a Comanche slave. The man says his name is Kid Jimmy Fresh but Bat suspects he may be James Vestal, Jr. the five year old son of his friend James Vestal that went missing after the 1874 battle at Adobe Wells. Jimmy has memories that help confirm Bat's idea. Jimmy is arrested by a Marshal but Bat takes them to Austin where he is to see the Governor. As requested by Bat Jimmy is given a pardon but must report to Bat on the first of each month for a year. When Bat sees Rona at the hotel, he knows Jimmy has not changed as he heads to Eagle Pass, Texas where Bat and the Sheriff lay a trap.
Episode 11
A Time to Die
Thu, Dec 15, 196030 mins
In August 1884 as Bat stops for a drink his horse warns him when an Indian tries to sneak up behind Bat to kill him but Bat is able to kill him with his own knife. Bat takes the body into Casper, Wyoming after he passes the Good Fortune Saloon on the sand bar jutting into the Platte River. The saloon owned by wealthy Howard C. Smith is deserted in the summer but busy during the snowy winters of Wyoming. At Casper Sheriff Geary tells Bat he is the only witness left to testify at Smith's son's trial for the murder of Bat's friend who was winning big in a poker game. One witness is dead of two bullets and the rest lost their memories. At the hotel Bat receives a note telling him to come to the Good Fortune Saloon on a matter of life and death. On the way out he meets Lisa Anders who is hoping to see him again. At the saloon Bat sees an old man carving Bat's tombstone with his death on August 12, 1884. Smith tries to bribe Bat to leave but Bat turns him down. That evening Bat finds his dinner with Lisa impossible due to "friends" looking for him so he is forced to make "alternate plans" for his tombstone.
Episode 12
Death by Decree
Thu, Dec 22, 196030 mins
Bat learns he has inherited the Full Moon Casino in Shotgun Falls, Wyoming from an old gambling buddy Eddie Moon. Upon arriving in Shotgun Falls, he checks with the Justice of Peace who confirms he is the legitimate inheritor of the casino which happens to be on prime property the railroad wants to buy. This puzzles Bat as Eddie Moon was no friend and a crooked gambler. As he approaches the boarded up casino he finds Marshal Corbett posting a notice. The owner has ten days to make a $3000 mortgage payment to keep the casino or it reverts to the mortgage holder - the Marshal and man who shot Eddie Moon. The witness to the shooting was the ever silent Bolo who enjoys whittling. Bat tries to pay with a personal check but Corbett won't accept it and there is no telegraph plus the bank is suddenly closed. Constance Whitney who works at the newspaper owned by her father Harrison asks to interview Bat. Asked about taking out an ad by Harrison, Bat has an idea. He runs an ad with Constance's help asking people to mail in $5. Seeing the result Corbett arrests Bat leading to a trial and confrontation.
Episode 13
The Lady Plays Her Hand
Thu, Dec 29, 196030 mins
Spring 1884, at Beaver Falls, New Mexico the topic of conversation is the busted casino owned by Bat. An easterner George Winston with a system wipes out his casino with one $20,000 bet on blackjack. He had wanted to stop but his bodyguard Burt Comers told Winston to play one more hand which he won. Comers tries to collect the winnings for Winston but Bat will only pay Winston. After collecting his winnings Winston agrees to put half his money $20,000 back into Bat's casino as an investment. However, Comers overrides Winston so Winston is left leaving a written message. Upon reading it, Bat senses something is amiss so he follows the pair finding that Winston is leaving bills stuck in trees as a signal to Bat about their direction. Winston's constant need for rest stops forces Comers to eventually knock out Winston and leave him. Bat finds Winston okay due to his foresight to put a pillow for padding in his hat. Bat catches up with Comers but finds Comers had provided Winston's system with a little inside help.
Episode 14
Tempest at Tioga Pass
Thu, Jan 5, 196130 mins
In the mid 1880s Bat is called upon by the California Governor to help complete a road through the high Sierra Nevada range. The Governor asked Clyde Richards to put a road through to ease traffic and stop the deaths of people in the mountains. Richards has found a route by buying old mining roads and tying them together to make a single road. He has all the right of way except for one piece owned by W.T. Smith. They can't get near to Smith due to him barricading himself in his mountain cabin ringed by explosives set in the ground like mines. While talking to Richards, someone takes a shot at Bat. As Bat prepares to visit Smith, he appears on the road going for supplies. Richards tries to shoot Smith but Bat deflects the shot. Smith is Soda Smith who saved Bat's life during a diamond mine scandal in Colorado. Bat chases Smith back to his cabin where Bat convinces him to talk. However, Bat doesn't like what he hears. Richards has killed people and paid little for the previous right of ways and he has a plan for Bat and Smith.
Episode 15
The Court Martial of Major Mars
Wed, Jan 11, 196130 mins
Bat is traveling in the southwest after most conflicts with the Indians were over. However, during a trip on a stagecoach with Major Liam Mars and attractive Lottie Tremaine they are taken hostage at Crazy Creek Station when they stop for new horses and rest. They are met by the Comanche Magnus and the one armed Tobias Tinker who along with the stage driver Jake Sims all have grievances against Major Mars. Bat tries to convince them that their charges should be heard in a court but in some of the cases that has already failed. Magnus' family was killed when Major Mars led a massacre of his unprotected village at Royal Marco. Tinker was the Indian agent when Major Mars starved the Indians plus he shot Tinker's arm leaving him one armed. Jake Sims accuses him of a murder and whipping the squaw Tiola. Bat decides to try to defend Major Mars even after Magnus says he will hang with Mars if he fails. With his life on the line he soon discovers that Mars is a sick man.
Episode 16
The Price of Paradise
Thu, Jan 19, 196130 mins
To collect an IOU for $6000 from Walker Hayes, Bat travels to Paradise, Colorado where Hayes owns The Pearly Gates Saloon. When Bat confronts Hayes, he states although he has been "worried" about the debt he doesn't have $6000 but he offers a payment of $500. After Bat asks to inspect Hayes' books, Hayes' henchman Finch tries to pull his gun but is blocked by Bat. However, Bat is almost immediately faced with guns pulled by the rest of the patrons and bartender. Bat decides to leave peaceably but encounters a group beating up one man in the street. Bat stops it aided by the cute and shapely Diane Jansen. The two of them take the man who is the county tax assessor for Domino County across the river. The Sheriff and Diane explain that Hayes dynamited the river to change its route separating Paradise from the county as the river is the county boundary. The issue is in the courts. Diane suggest Bat take the assessor job to access Hayes books and get his money which he decides to do. He has a plan but the Sheriff fouls it up as he is helping Hayes so Bat decides to go on a picnic with Diane.
Episode 17
End of the Line
Thu, Jan 26, 196130 mins
In April of 1882 Bat Masterson has a contract to build a railroad in Colorado but it has been a hard fight against the forces of nature in the rough terrain. Bat has hired engineer Dick Jeffers to help him and the Irishman Walsh. As the three of them watch wagon loads of needed equipment arrive, the road blows up beneath the wagons destroying everything. The three men go to nearby Canyon City looking for tools but none are to be found. Bat decides to check with the Army who is planning to enlarge a nearby fort about borrowing or renting tools. The next morning he meets a Captain who is in charge of the supplies who agrees to rent the tools for a $500 bond. They return to the railroad with the new tools where progress begins again. Within a day a Lieutenant arrives in camp to confiscate the tools and arrest Bat for the murder of a supply Sergeant. The shocked Bat has to prove his innocence before he can finish his contract.
Episode 18
The Prescott Campaign
Thu, Feb 2, 196130 mins
July, 1883 Bat arrives in Prescott, Arizona at the request of his friend, Marshal Ben Holt. Riding into town he spots Holt about to shoot Harry Sutton. Using his cane he blocks the shot. At the Marshal's office Holt tells Bat he is up against the crooked land grabber General Silas Guild but Bat senses that Holt may have changed. Next morning, Guild breaks into Bat's hotel room to thank him for saving Sutton but Bat is not impressed by his manners. While visiting the general store, Bat asks the owner his opinion which seems to be weighted toward Guild. Guild's daughter Catherine enters the store letting Bat know hired guns are not welcome. Holt is forced to intercede in a barroom brawl. He tells a Guild man Logan in the fight he is under arrest. When a witness Bolland argues with Holt about the arrest, Holt relieves him of his weapon and starts to walk him out as Bat holds the others at bay. When Bat hears a gun shot he sees Holt standing over the man - dead. Again he is forced to stop Holt. When Bat is sentenced by a vigilante court lead by Guild to hang - if he doesn't leave town, he knows he must act.
Episode 19
Bullwhacker's Bounty
Thu, Feb 16, 196130 mins
In 1875 Bat is escorting a load of explosives on a train to Rapid City, South Dakota to be moved by wagon by the Army to depleted Fort Stewart as the Sioux are on the warpath. The Army escort is massacred by a group of renegades before reaching Rapid City but their scout Billy Willow ahead of the group survives. After Bat turns over the supplies to the Army, he has plans to leave for Cheyenne for a big poker game with three rich but poor poker players. At the depot Bat unknowingly meets two of the renegades while waiting for Billy for two hours when Billy arrives and collapses. After hearing what happened to the Army escort, Bat sends Billy for wagons while he tries to hire bullwhackers to drive the wagons. He is confronted by the inept gunman Ed Twister who tries to kill Bat but fails. After the incident Twister agrees to join Bat. Pretty Jody Reese who works with the lead renegade tells the men to turn Bat down due to the danger. Although Billy wants Bat to lead the trip to Fort Stewart, Bat is disinclined to do so until the two renegades from the depot volunteer to be bullwhackers.
Episode 20
A Lesson in Violence
Thu, Feb 23, 196130 mins
Bat, having received a telegram offering him a large salary to drive a herd of 2000 cattle to Abilene, arrives in Texas to pick up the herd from Orin Dilts. As he comes over a hill he spots four men leaving a ranch with a smoldering area and a grave marker. After Bat rides up to the smoldering hole in the ground, he goes to the porch where Nora Grant confronts him with a shotgun and orders him to drop his gun and cane. Her two sons come out, tie up Bat and give him a beating. When he awakens, Bat enters the house to retrieve his gun and answers. Nora and her two sons think Bat was hired by Dllts to help force them off their ranch. Bat shows them the offer he received indicating he knows nothing about a murder. Bat goes on to Dilts' ranch where he meets Dilts' enforcer Cross who has a scar in the form of a cross on his bare right arm. After Bat cleans up he asks to inspect the herd but Cross arrives to say they have stampeded into the valley owned by the Grant family. One of Nora's sons is hurt and Bat has a clue as to what is happening due to due to soil on his boots as he inspects the area.
Episode 21
Run for Your Money
Thu, Mar 2, 196130 mins
In Denver Bat arriving from Cheyenne enters the Olympus Saloon & Gambling Palace on a Friday to see pretty Lori Adams. When a man tries to buy a drink with paper money from the Guarantee Bank, Crimp Ward tells the bartender the bill is no good. Ward claims the bank does not have gold to back up the paper money as required by law. Bat, a shareholder in the bank, notices it is almost 4:00 pm when the bank closes so he picks a fight with Ward to hold the attention of the crowd on its way to the bank. Bat had gotten Wyatt Earp, Charlie Bassett and Luke Short to each invest $10,000 in the bank. After 4:00 pm Bat goes in the back of the bank to talk to the manager Theo Stebbins. Stebbins assures Bat the bank has the gold but it is in Agony and attempts to bring it to Denver have failed due to Ward's interference. Young Terry Bowen is trying another run that weekend. Bat runs into Charlie Bassett adding pressure to the situation when he asks about the bank. Bat finds Bowen wounded in a gunfight with Ward's men. They retreat to Agony where Bowen's wound is patched up but Bat has to get a plan to get the gold through.
Episode 22
Terror on the Trinity
Thu, Mar 9, 196130 mins
Bat arrives in northern California along the Trinity River where he has a gold claim. He has been riding with young Bob Bradbury who hopes to strike it rich. Nearing his claim Bat stops as Bob continues on his way to Weaverville. As Bat looks for the claim markers he spots large footprints as his horse shies away. Suddenly a bearded giant of a man jumps on Bat out of a tree. The man rather quickly throws Bat into the Trinity River. Bat floats downriver to the other side where he finds Bob dead with a broken rifle by him.. Bat continues on to a deserted Weaverville. Bat signs in at the hotel on his own, cleans up, and goes outside where he hears piano music. He follows it to a Chinese temple. Once inside the music stops and he spots a lone Chinese woman who leaves. Bat enters the room seeing someone has put liquor bottles on the altars. Bat finds himself confronted by Dick MacIntyre and his four henchmen after he opens a door to a room containing gold. Bat realizes he is their prisoner and they expect the giant, Tom, to kill him.
Episode 23
Episode in Eden
Thu, Mar 16, 196130 mins
It is a sweltering period in the 1880s as Bat crosses an arid area in New Mexico. He reaches the small town of Eden hoping to rest, gamble, and dine perhaps with a beautiful companion. He arrives just after Whitey Crane murders a weaponless man in the streets in front of several witnesses including the beautiful Martha Yale who recently returned to Eden. Whitey is one of several men who work for Sam Shanks who runs the town with an iron fist. When Martha threatens to go to the territorial governor, Ron Daigle decides Whitey should be arrested and tried there. Once found not guilty he can't be tried again. The Sheriff presides as judge over essentially a kangaroo court. Disliking the prosecutor, he is knocked out by one of Shank's men. When Daigle threatens to harm Martha, Bat intercedes. Daigle decides Bat dressed in his fine city clothes should be the prosecutor. Bat initially refuses but ultimately decides to take n the task. When Sam Shanks threatens Bat and others, Bat decides a new court decorum is needed.
Episode 24
The Good and the Bad
Thu, Mar 23, 196130 mins
Bat's stage pulls into a way station where the passengers disembark. Inside as they ask for drinks four masked men hold them up. They collect the money and possessions the three men and one woman have. The woman is wearing a small gold medal on a chain as a necklace. When an outlaw tries to take it, she asks them to leave it as her husband gave his life for it. The outlaw noticing it is the Medal of Honor wants to leave it but leader Charley Boy wants it. Bat offers him the $100 bill he keeps hidden in the knob of his cane for the medal which Charley Boy accepts. However, once all the items are collected, Charley Boy takes the medal anyway. The woman Louise Talbot grabs for the medal and Charley Boy shoots wounding her. The result is a gunfight in which the wounded Charley Boy is the only one to escape. Bat promises he will return the medal to Louise. The trail leads to Tubac but no one has seen the outlaw until they remember a school for Indians run by the nun Sister Mary Paul. Bat must contend with Charley Boy and his hostage going to Mexico.
Episode 25
No Amnesty for Death
Thu, Mar 30, 196130 mins
In 1881 as Bat rides into Las Tables he stops to talk to a young man with a guitar singing in a cemetery. The boy Bill-Bill MacWilliams is the son of the local marshal sitting by the graves of his twin brothers and mother. In town Bat follows the sound of hammers to the livery stable where they are finishing seats and gallows for the hanging of three men involved in the Lincoln County War. The woman who owns the stable is charging $5 a person to watch the hanging. Marshal MacWilliams brings in the three men to be hanged giving each a chance to have his last say. Before he can continue with the hanging, Bat announces he has an amnesty signed by the President of the United States and the new territorial governor Lew Wallace for all members of the Lincoln County War. The Marshal wanting revenge for the death of his twins, tries to shoot them but Bat stops him followed by him collapsing. The upset marshal knocks Bat out to send him out of town on the stage. When the three freed men holdup the stage and Brock Martin kills the driver, Bat must help bring them to justice.
Episode 26
Ledger of Guilt
Thu, Apr 6, 196130 mins
Bat is gambling in the high mountains of Meeker, Colorado when he spots a woman in distress looking in the window. Bat leaves the game to go outside to investigate. He rounds the corner of a building finding her but it draws the gunfire of three men riding into town. The woman disappears in the confusion. In the trading of gunfire one shot goes through a window hitting the drunk Elmer who dies as Bat holds him. Bat reports the shooting to Marshal Johnny Dillon who has already been asking questions. Bat returns to his hotel room which has evidence of being broken into. Bat finds it empty but the woman appears at his door looking for help. She says her and her invalid father were held captive by outlaws who worked with Jesse James. She has a ledger showing the dates the outlaws left. Bat has the Marshal obtain another hotel room for her while they tackle the outlaws lead by Frank Williams and Leith Windsor. They and their gang are scouring the town looking for the woman Lorna Stevens. Being shorthanded Bat resorts to using the Marshal's "special deputy" to capture the gang after enticing them into the Marshal's office.
Episode 27
Meeting at Mimbers
Thu, Apr 13, 196130 mins
In 1883 Bat is sent to Mimbers, Colorado by the Army. As he rides into his destination he hears a couple of shots. As he rides up to the livery he sees the man John Corley he is to meet lying on the ground dying in front of the one-armed Shoshone named Free. Everyone refuses to help Bat as Corley was shot by the Crail boys. Bat takes Corley to the doctor where he pronounces Corley dead. Corley was to be a witness to the fact the Crails were stealing Shoshone women for ransom and sale but blaming it on the Arapaho hoping for an Indian war in addition to making a profit on their activities. With his witness dead Bat decides to revive him. He sends a telegram to Tom Smith for help to witness Corley's statement knowing the telegraph operator will tell the Crails. The Crails try to force Doc Edgerton to give up Corley but Bat stops them so they threaten to destroy the town. With Tom Smith arriving Bat assumes the town will help him but the people abandon the town. Bat and Tom with old Doc must face the Crails alone.
Episode 28
Valley of Death
Thu, Apr 20, 196130 mins
In 1876 Colorado is a new state with men hoping to be part of the state's first representatives in Congress. To be appointed a senator it helped to have a solid military record. Bat acting as an Army scout has a confidential message with orders for Colonel Downey at Fort Logan. The message contains orders for Colonel Downey to skip a peace conference with the Indians who plan to kill him. Bat spots an Indian ambush during his trip but is wounded by the Indians. The fainting Bat is forced to deliver the message to the fort's ambitious second-in-command Major John Whitsett who destroys the message. The next day the Colonel leaves for the peace conference before Bat awakes resulting in the death of him and his entire patrol on the way to the peace conference. Bat believes that the second-in-command intentionally allowed his commanding officer to walk into the trap in order to further his own political career and attempts to prove it by bringing back the Colonel from the dead when he finds the dead patrol being buried by water carrier Ben Pick and his female Indian companion Nione.
Episode 29
The Fourth Man
Thu, Apr 27, 196130 mins
Bat has been asked by Red Mitchell the son of a friend to meet him outside the town Lordsburg, New Mexico. When Red is several hours late, Bat rides into Lordsburg to find him. His first stop is at the Sheriff's office where he learns Red was killed playing poker with three men to whom he had lost before. Bat knows the sheriff, Zeke Armitage, from Dodge City as an honest man. Bat plays with the same three men who use the same trick on Bat. While two of the players start an argument, the third man Ace Williams uses the commotion to hide him pulling a card from the bottom of deck for his hand. The men refuse to give Bat his $1200 back telling him to leave town the next day. That night first the Sheriff asks Bat to leave town followed by his wife Cally coming into Bat's room to ask the same thing. Her jewelry tells Bat and even her that Zeke is taking money on the side. Realizing that killing Bat Masterson will bring a U.S. Deputy to investigate, Ace and his partners force the Sheriff to kill Bat legally.
Episode 30
Dead Man's Claim
Thu, May 4, 196130 mins
A new silver strike at Monument City, Nevada has Bat returning there to see if his four year old claim has any value. He stops at the Claims Office to rekindle a friendship with Vernon Ellwood who runs it. Ellwood tells Bat claim jumpers may have stolen his claim. At the claim site Bat finds new claim markers and two men, Harvey Mason and Clay Adams ready to shoot him in front of everyone. Luckily an old friend Judd Elkins comes by to stop them. He is on his way to file a new claim that is next to the new silver strike. He owns the hotel run by his niece Ann Elkins who was a little girl the last time Bat saw her. While she joins Bat to check his claim, Mason and Adams come into the hotel to apologize to Judd who leaves with them for a drink. Upon returning to Monument City Bat and Ann see a big fire in town. It is the Claims Office on fire. Bat is able to remove Judd's body from the office but none of the claims are saved. Bat with the help of Ann and Ellwood sets a trap to catch the killers in action as claims are refiled.
Episode 31
The Marble Slab
Thu, May 11, 196130 mins
In the 1880s the town of Blackwater, Wyoming is controlled by an outlaw gang run by egomaniac John Kelso. Sheriff McCauley has gone to the Pinkerton Detective Agency for help bringing the gang to justice. Kelso prevents the gang members from saying they are members of the gang or that they work for Kelso making it hard to gather evidence. Pinkerton offers to pay Bat $10,000 to arrest the gang. They are providing one undercover agent who will contact Bat in Blackwater. Bat arrives in Blackwater posing as an ambitious and obnoxious marble salesman. He convinces the skeptical Kelso to buy a marble monument dedicated to him to go with a cannon in the town square. Bat learns the undercover agent is Marie who works in Kelso's saloon. Kelso never feels safe about Marie, Bat, or their relationship. Bat steals $50,000 that Kelso planned to steal from a stagecoach. He tells Kelso that he wants to be equal partners. Kelso decides to take care of Bat and Marie as well if there is trouble.
Episode 32
Farmer with a Badge
Thu, May 18, 196130 mins
In 1884 Bat is riding through the Arizona Territory on his way to Tombstone. After hearing a shot, he finds a man standing over a dead horse. Bat offers to switch off to the next town, but the man and his partner in hiding take his horse after emptying his gun. They leave him to die in the arid land with no water. Bat eventually drops due to thirst but Sam Phelps on a wagon stops with water. He is a farmer from Rawhide who was just given the job of town sheriff. He and his sister Martha help Bat quickly recover. When a citizen reports problems in town, Bat recognizing Sam has no idea what he is doing as sheriff goes along to help. Dinny Cave wants Sam dead so that he can install crooked casino games. Bat stops three of his henchmen from ambushing Sam without Sam being any wiser to his near death. Bat then suggests he use a shotgun rather than a pistol which takes less experience. When Bat's stolen horse appears on the street, Bat is ready to help Sam serve justice and provide one last lesson as Sam gains the support of the Rawhide citizens.
Episode 33
The Fatal Garment
Thu, May 25, 196130 mins
El Paso, Texas is one of the most dangerous places in the west as it is on the border with Juarez, Mexico. Bandits cross over to Juarez to escape capture by the US law. Wyatt Earp has hired Bat to work as a dealer and guard in his El Paso casino. The two have been successful in stopping robberies but an old nemesis of Bat devises a plan to rob the casino and get even with Bat for sending him to Yuma prison. He has Elena who has a cantina in Juarez and is friends with Wyatt and Bat deliver Bat an expensive and luxurious shirt. While Bat goes in the back to try it on, the robbers knock out Wyatt and steal $13,000. They wound the sheriff on the way out of town and Bat loses their trail at the border. Unlike Wyatt, Bat wonders if Elena is part of the gang. He and Wyatt set a trap to see if she leads them to the outlaw hangout as Bat tries to recover Wyatt's stolen money and learn the identity of the outlaws.
Episode 34
Jeopardy at Jackson Hole
Thu, Jun 1, 196130 mins
In the 1880s Bat is called to Jackson Hole, Wyoming by Kate Gannon. Her dad who owns a stage and freight business has been killed and the business is nearly bankrupt. The stage carrying Bat is attacked at the edge of town. Bat kills one of the men ambushing the stage, a second wounded man escapes while the driver is killed. A third man escapes unharmed. Bat drives the stage into town where he finds Kate knocked out in an office that has been searched. She has no idea who attacked her. After she recovers, she explains that the drivers are being killed making it hard to hire anyone. She mentions that her father had applied to be the postmaster for Jackson Hole. Although she doesn't realize the importance of that fact, Bat does. Kate introduces Bat to Cal Beamus who runs the land office and is a close friend. After the three have dinner that night, Bat is once again ambushed but kills the shooter. Having sized up the situation, Bat quickly devises a plan to draw out those involved in the plot to kill the Gannon business.
