Gunsmoke
Marshall Matt Dillon is responsible for keeping the law and respectability in Dodge City in this western action-drama. Gunsmoke captured the courage, character and spirit of the Western Frontier.
- 1955-1975
- 20 seasons
- CBS
- Action & Adventure
- TV-PG
Marshall Matt Dillon is responsible for keeping the law and respectability in Dodge City in this western action-drama. Gunsmoke captured the courage, character and spirit of the Western Frontier.
Season 2 Episode Guide
39 Episodes 1956 - 1957
Episode 1
Cow Doctor
Sat, Sep 8, 1956 30 mins
Doc is called to a farm to treat a sick farmer, who has always hated doctors.
Episode 2
Brush at Elkader
Sat, Sep 15, 1956 30 mins
Matt must resort to trickery after he and Chester trail psychopathic killer Lou Shippen to a small town whose citizenry is so frightened of Shippen that they refuse to even point him out.
Episode 3
Custer
Sat, Sep 22, 1956 30 mins
"Rough justice" awaits cocksure Army deserter Joe Trimble after a civilian jury wrongly acquits him of murder and the Army forgoes prosecution in favor of returning him to his unit.
Episode 4
The Round Up
Sat, Sep 29, 1956 30 mins
Matt goes on a rampage to close down Front Street after he accidentally shoots and kills his old friend (and temporary deputy) while trying to defend himself from a sneak attack by a murderous saloonkeeper.
Episode 5
Young Man with a Gun
Sat, Oct 20, 1956 30 mins
After Matt unceremoniously kills despicable gunman Sam Kircher, teen-age brother Peyt Kircher arrives in Dodge and announces that he plans to practice drawing and shooting until he is good enough to face Matt and avenge his brother's death.
Episode 6
Indian White
Sat, Oct 27, 1956 30 mins
When a twelve-year-old Cheyenne prisoner is brought to Dodge by the Cavalry, a woman claims it's her son, who the tribe kidnapped many years earlier.
Episode 7
How to Cure a Friend
Sat, Nov 10, 1956 30 mins
Matt is put in a difficult position by the arrival of Nick Search, an old friend who has since become a gambler with a fast draw and a reputation for dishonesty.
Episode 8
Legal Revenge
Sat, Nov 17, 1956 30 mins
Doc rides out to a small farm to greet newcomers and let them know a doctor is available if needed. He is rudely met by Flory Tibbs who claims her husband is out working. Someone calls from inside the cabin and Doc finds him lying in bed with a wounded leg. It's obvious she doesn't want Doc around so fearing for the man's life Doc tells Matt about the strange behavior and Matt and Chester ride out to investigate.
Episode 9
The Mistake
Sat, Nov 24, 1956 30 mins
When a man suspected of murder can't establish his alibi, Matt arrests the man. After the prisoner draws a gun on Chester and escapes, evidence suggests he might not be guilty.
Episode 10
Greater Love
Sat, Dec 1, 1956 30 mins
Killer Jed Butler takes Doctor Adams hostage to help his dying partner, and learns the true meaning of love for a friend, when Matt risks his life to rescue the good doctor.
Episode 11
No Indians
Sat, Dec 8, 1956 30 mins
Matt strongly suspects that it is actually white men who are responsible for a murderous series of "Indian raids" that have terrorized prairie-dwelling families.
Episode 12
Spring Term
Sat, Dec 15, 1956 30 mins
A man is shot on the streets of Dodge, and Matt realizes that the shot was meant for him.
Episode 13
Poor Pearl
Sat, Dec 22, 1956 30 mins
A saloon gal past her youth suddenly receives two marriage proposals, one from a sweet country bumpkin, one from a menacing dandy, but it's no embarrassment of riches: each suitor threatens violence if she selects his rival.
Episode 14
Cholera
Sat, Dec 29, 1956 30 mins
A rancher tries to run off neighboring homesteaders who he sees as a threat to his way of life. Complicating matters is a cholera outbreak.
Episode 15
Pucket's New Year
Sat, Jan 5, 1957 30 mins
A man, abandoned and permanently crippled by the cold on the prairie, is rescued by Matt and Chester and struggles to find a purpose.
Episode 16
The Cover Up
Sat, Jan 12, 1957 30 mins
Matt jails the wife-abusing Sam Baxton on suspicion of murdering two squatters on his land, but after Baxton gets locked up, a third squatter is murdered.
Episode 17
Sins of the Father
Sat, Jan 19, 1957 30 mins
Big Dan Taggitt, a mountain man, signs up for a room at the Dodge House for he and his wife. Everything is fine until Mr. Dobie finds out his wife is an Indian. Not just any Indian...she is the daughter of Yellow Horse an Indian raider who had killed many settlers. Dobie riles the town up against them while Matt tries to keep the peace. Dobie's ranting eventually leads to violence.
Episode 18
Kick Me
Sat, Jan 26, 1957 30 mins
A bank robber murders his partner and comes to Dodge with his terrified wife, hoping to keep a low profile, but an Indian he once humiliated won't let him be.
Episode 19
Executioner
Sat, Feb 2, 1957 30 mins
Grief-stricken rancher Morgan Curry proves willing to go to any length necessary to get revenge after cocksure gunman Tom Clegg kills his brother Abe in a needlessly provoked gunfight.
Episode 20
Gone Straight
Sat, Feb 9, 1957 30 mins
When Matt serves a warrant in another town for a wanted man, there are two men answering the possible suspect's description, and they both have gone totally straight.
Episode 21
Bloody Hands
Sat, Feb 16, 1957 30 mins
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.
Episode 22
Skid Row
Sat, Feb 23, 1957 30 mins
When a lady comes to town looking for her betrothed, Matt takes it upon himself to sober up the man, who, in his fiancée's absence, has become the town drunk.
Episode 23
Sweet and Sour
Sat, Mar 2, 1957 30 mins
Violence and tragedy result when Matt and Chester persuade a reluctant Kitty to hire flirtatious Rena Decker as a Long Branch hostess.
Episode 24
Cain
Sat, Mar 9, 1957 30 mins
Told he has only two months to live, a man is determined to avenge the suicide of a young woman by killing the womanizer he blames for her death.
Episode 25
Bureaucrat
Sat, Mar 16, 1957 30 mins
A government official from Washington warns Matt that he will relieve him of his duties if he does not start using a firmer hand in Dodge.
Episode 26
Last Fling
Sat, Mar 23, 1957 30 mins
Miss Kitty is suspected of taking a shot at drunkard John Peavy for harassing her earlier, and shortly thereafter someone fires a shot at her.
Episode 27
Chester's Murder
Sat, Mar 30, 1957 30 mins
When the drunkard whom Chester escorts to jail is shot dead, Chester is suspected of the murder.
Episode 28
The Photographer
Sat, Apr 6, 1957 30 mins
Professor Jacoby is a photographer from back East in Dodge, willing to do anything for a picture, even to the point of committing murder.
Episode 29
Wrong Man
Sat, Apr 13, 1957 30 mins
Sam Rickers shot a man dead in the back to try and claim a $1,000 reward, but it turns out that the dead man was never wanted by the law.
Episode 30
Big Girl Lost
Sat, Apr 20, 1957 30 mins
A saloon gal's old beau is in town, and she expects trouble when he finds out where she is working.
Episode 31
What the Whiskey Drummer Heard
Sat, Apr 27, 1957 30 mins
A weird whiskey drummer named Wilbur Hawkins makes a claim to Matt that he overheard a man making a offer to pay 300 dollars to kill him, and shortly thereafter an attempt is made on Matt's life.
Episode 32
Cheap Labor
Sat, May 4, 1957 30 mins
A man wants to marry a woman whose brother may be willing to resort to violence to keep her from leaving home.
Episode 33
Moon
Sat, May 11, 1957 30 mins
Vint is a crooked card dealer being watched by a gunman hired by a card player to make sure he can not cheat, so he resorts to murder and robbery to recover his losses.
Episode 34
Who Lives by the Sword
Sat, May 18, 1957 30 mins
Despicable gunman Joe Delk provokes Lew and Billy Baxter and easily kills the inexperienced young men in gunfights, but Matt's swift and unexpected reaction soon has Delk experiencing nightmares and self-doubt.
Episode 35
Uncle Oliver
Sat, May 25, 1957 30 mins
Uncle Oliver arrives in town and claims that his simpleton nephew named Viney should replace Chester as Matt's deputy.
Episode 36
Daddy-O
Sat, Jun 1, 1957 30 mins
Kitty's long-lost father, who abandoned her when she was a baby, shows up in Dodge, eager to take her back to New Orleans with him.
Episode 37
The Man Who Would Be Marshal
Sat, Jun 15, 1957 30 mins
Major Emmett Egan has been approved for the job of marshal by the War Department. Matt agrees to let him have his job if Egan shadows him for a week to see if he can handle it.
Episode 38
Liar from Blackhawk
Sat, Jun 22, 1957 30 mins
Hank Shinn arrives in Dodge from the Dakota territory and is given a wide berth because of his reputation as a killer with a fast draw. However, Shinn's curious behavior leads Matt to suspect that he may not be the gunman that everyone believes him to be.
Episode 39
Jealousy
Sat, Jul 6, 1957 30 mins
An old friend of Matt Dillon, Cam Durbin, arrives in Dodge. He sets up a Faro Table at the Long Branch Saloon. A crooked gambler trying to get even with Matt Dillon convinces Durbin that Matt is having an affair with Durbin's wife, Tilda.