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39 Episodes 1957 - 1958
Episode 1
Tue, Sep 17, 195730 mins
It is election time. Since Mayor Hoover has declined to run again, Judge Tobin asks Earp to help persuade Jim Kelley to run for mayor against Slip Madigan, who wants an open town. Kelley agrees to run and initially supports Earp as his friend. His campaign advisers tell Kelley Earp is hurting him, so Kelley tells Earp he plans to say he will fire him if elected but then change his decision after he is elected. Earp, sensing he is hurting Kelley's chances, decides to resign from office immediately. Kelley wins the election and appoints a young Dave Doral as the new marshal. The cowboys take advantage of the new marshal's inexperience, trapping Kelley in his store. Judge Tobin steps in to find a solution to the situation.
Episode 2
Tue, Sep 24, 195730 mins
Earp is surprised when Dr. Fabrique from Wichita arrives in Dodge City. Fabrique is taking a vacation and wants Earp to take him catfish fishing. While fishing two of Shanghai Pierce's men arrive to take the doctor and Earp at gunpoint to tend to Pierce. Dr. McCarty has left town. Pierce is a wealthy cattle baron who wants his way all the time and Fabrique hates him. The doctor treats Pierce for his stomach ache and gas which clears the problem. As they leave Pierce's hotel, Earp is forced to wound Pierce's two gunmen creating work for Fabrique which is added to by local residents looking for Dr. McCarty. Pierce plans to leave on a trip and take Fabrique, the only doctor he trusts. with him as his personal physician. As they prepare to leave Pierce is hit with a real case of appendicitis. Fabrique is faced with operating and Pierce dying or Pierce's men shooting him right then.
Episode 3
Tue, Oct 1, 195730 mins
Mayor Kelley and the Dodge City council send their tax collector to a shanty town near Dodge City called Pinkytown to collect taxes. Her and friends are stopped from tarring and feathering the tax collector by Earp. Miss Pinky Thomason has been told by Doc Holliday that Dodge City can't collect taxes there after she sold him half interest in her Faro game. After hearing her story, he speaks to Doc who informs him Pinkytown was never annexed by Dodge City and furthermore it is not part of a government body as the Cheyenne reserved it as a Chief is buried there. Miss Pinky tries to collect a toll from cattle herds crossing Pinkytown as her own form of taxes but Earp convinces her to allow Pinkytown to be annexed by Dodge City which will build a school. She goes along but Mayor Kelley says their $3500 school fund is to expand the Dodge City school. Doc tries helping Miss Pinky to raise funds for a school but when it comes up short, his actions put him in conflict with Earp.
Episode 4
Tue, Oct 8, 195730 mins
Earp is known for wounding rather killing outlaws to catch them but some outlaws may not give him the option. Tom and younger brother Dave McAlester are involved in a gunfight in Texas in which a lawman is hit. They head to Dodge City to escape the Texas Rangers and see Dave's girlfriend Lucy King who can hide them. The Rangers send a wire to Earp that the brothers may be headed that way to see her with a warrant for them to follow by mail. Earp decides not to confront them hoping that Ms. Lucy will report them. Tom is a drunk who suffers from hallucinations and nightmares which scares Ms. Lucy and Dave is secretive about their actions. Ms. Lucy reports them to Earp but wants him to arrest only Tom. Earp hopes to hold off on any action since he doesn't have a warrant but reports of their presence forces Earp's hand. Judge Tobin sets $5000 bail each but Lucy arrives with $800 and asks the bail to be reduced to which the Judge agrees. Earp has the men watched but makes a critical decision which backfires.
Episode 5
Tue, Oct 15, 195730 mins
The Wells Fargo stage arrives with a wounded driver who tells Earp that Doc Holliday and Skunky Groggin held up the stage. Earp finds it hard to believe but Doc is not in town. Earp talks to Doc's wife Kate who gives him a note from Doc saying where he has gone to play poker with Groggin. Earp finds them playing poker and denying involvement in the robbery. Earp takes them all to jail. Judge Tobin holds them over for trial but Kate bails out Doc. Doc tells Earp to see him if he wants to solve the case. Meanwhile, the Wells Fargo representative Mr. Pagett arrives to oversee matters for the company. Doc tells Earp the company is at fault for the robberies due to poor oversight. Earp and Doc decide to steal a stage coach to find the truth. Earp places his faith in Doc while Mr. Pagett has no faith in either man adding to the risks on their excursion.
Episode 6
Tue, Oct 22, 195730 mins
Lt. Clark is chased by Pawnee warriors to the edge of Dodge City but he continues on to Earp's office. He is part of the new Army Secret Service whose job is to monitor the Indians on the reservations, the Indian Agents, and others having contact with them. Some of the young Pawnee have left the reservation under Young Wolf who has bought 200 Buntline revolvers. Lt. Clark knows about it and that the guns are fakes. He wants Earp to help him talk to the Pawnee but Earp wants him to hold off but he refuses. Earp is talking to Mr. Cousin and Mr. Brother about the problem already. They track Clark finding him captured by Young Wolf's men and about to be shot. Young Wolf at Earp's urging has Chief Brave Bull come to negotiate. Brave Bull gives Earp and his two Cheyenne friends two days to recover the tribe's money for the bad guns or he will have Clark shot. Earp is told who sold them the guns so he must return to Dodge City, recover the money, capture the smugglers, and save Clark but an Army Major tries to interfere by arresting Earp for leaving Clark with the Pawnee.
Episode 7
Tue, Oct 29, 195730 mins
Dan Bolton is found dead shot through the heart with a passed out Reb Thomas sitting in front of him holding his gun which has been fired once. However, Reb is wearing someone else's gun belt and gun. Judge Tobin thinks highly of Bolton so he presses for a fast trial and justice. Earp sobers up Reb who states he wanted to kill Holden but didn't and further that Holden wasn't the respectable person everyone thought he was. When Earp runs short of men to be on the jury, hotel clerk Heber Morse volunteers to be on the jury. After a long and heated debate over the verdict, the trial ends with a hung jury with Morse as the lone holdout. The town is threatening Morse and Judge Tobin wants another quick trial but Earp tells him he believes Reb is innocent and he thinks he knows who is the killer. It turns out Earp is only partly correct.
Episode 8
Tue, Nov 5, 195730 mins
While Earp is having dinner with the Hollidays, a gang robs Doc's saloon of $20,000 and kills a dealer. Earp and Doc track and ambush the gang but they all escape except for a young girl who calls herself Little Pistol. She has a flesh wound on one arm but it doesn't stop her from fighting Earp and Doc. They take her back to Dodge City where Kate Holliday tends to her. She likes Earp but not Doc. They try to get her to talk but she refuses although her nightmares indicate she was taken during an Apache attack on her family. Due to a couple of impacted teeth, Doc gives her nitrous oxide to let him pull them and hopefully to get her to talk. Her babbles give Earp enough information to get some answers. Doc wants his money back but Earp realizes Little Pistol who is Susan Leonard may be in danger as Doc also worries Kate may want to adopt her.
Episode 9
Tue, Nov 12, 195730 mins
Doc Holiday backs Milt and Jeanne Dirken with a magic potion (petroleum jelly) from a grease pit on their land. He markets it, sells shares, and has the property blocked off preventing travelers from crossing the grease pit which is right on their private road out of town. Wyatt with the help of Mrs. Holiday, finds a solution to alleviate the risk of a gunfight with Jim Dunn's outfit by having Mayor Jim Kelley purchase the land and product from the Dirkens, with Doc's own money ($40,000.00) which he had given to Mrs. Holiday to leave him for good.
Episode 10
Tue, Nov 19, 195730 mins
Earp receives a collect telegram from Ned Buntline saying he will be arriving in Dodge City. He arrives broke accepting rides from strangers. The editors won't accept his stories saying they lack authenticity and the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show is in hiatus for four months. Earp Is glad to help him in return for the Buntline Special which has saved his life. Near the hotel Buntline sees a man who scares him. He tells Earp the man is looking for him for a $1000 bad check he wrote to the man after losing on a riverboat but the man cheated. Later, Earp must confront a man who refuses to give up his gun but in reality is an undercover military officer looking for stolen arms and a man who matches the man of whom Buntline is afraid. Earp, Buntline, the officer, and Earp's deputies start a round the clock watch to see if the man is after Buntline or dealing guns to the Apache. Buntline goes aggressively after the story.
Episode 11
Tue, Nov 26, 195730 mins
An invitation is issued in the Globe newspaper by the Cattlemen's Convention at the Dodge City Opera House to speak. Saloon girl Gertie tells Kate Holliday for a $100 about a plan by Texas cattlemen to kill Earp when he speaks. Kate and Doc warn Earp who decides to search everyone attending for guns. The search causes the hired men to try to gun Earp and his deputies outside but they fail. Earp knows Lon Ashby is probably the instigator but he has no proof. Ashby keeps the pressure on Earp to speak but Earp initially declines to appear at the meeting. Ashby has his men hide guns in the floor. Judge Tobin and Mayor Kelley worry that Earp may be becoming soft and scared. Earp has to make a decision as Doc and Kate try to dissuade him. In the end Earp's last words are: "This is really going to take courage."
Episode 12
Tue, Dec 3, 195730 mins
Young Benny Burkett idolizes Doc Holliday and is often taken care of by Kate Holliday. He is skipping school to hang out at the Long Branch saloon to be with Doc even though Doc tries to keep him out. Earp talks to the boy's father who is a drunk and turns to the belt anytime Benny does something wrong. Earp asks the father to talk first but he decides to whip Benny severely. Benny pulls a nearby gun wounding his father in self-defense. Earp and Kate ask Judge Tobin to let the Hollidays tend to Benny rather than send him to reform school. He agrees as Earp has Benny taken to Dr. McCarty for a persistent cough. Dr. McCarty reports that like Doc Benny has consumption. Earp takes up a collection for his treatment but it is Doc who has been losing who nearly sacrifices himself and the Long Branch for money to treat Benny.
Episode 13
Tue, Dec 10, 195730 mins
Dick and Laura Melaney arrive in Dodge City with their toddler son on their way back east for a vacation. The daughter of Cheyenne Chief Two Moon, Laura attended an Indian school where she became accustomed to the white life style. Dick married her and together they have built up a nice spread in Kansas. The trip is to allow Laura to see the eastern US and see how well she is accepted although Indian wives are not always accepted in the west due to hard feelings. At the hotel the drunk Rex Jones tries to make a pass at her twice. The first time Earp stops Dick from killing Rex in a shootout while Laura wounds him with a pistol when they meet alone in the hall later. Fearing she will run afoul of the law, Laura leaves with their son and returns to her father's camp. Two Moon does not like his son-in-law and treats his daughter as property. Earp with the help of Mr. Cousin and Mr. Brother tries to intercede but Two Moon takes Dick captive and wants him to kill Rex Jones. Earp has a scheme to solve the issue but Two Moon may see through it.
Episode 14
Tue, Dec 17, 195730 mins
The Army asks that all westward travelers be stopped due to Indian troubles. Earp warns a group of True Lighter missionaries that in reality are a gang of thieves. The leader Brother Dolph tells Jennie Brandt that she must court Earp to learn the timing of a Wells Fargo gold shipment. Knowing what Dolph did to her relatives, Jennie agrees. The group threatens to whip Jennie when Earp arrives causing him to take her with him to Dodge City. They find her a job with Miss Morgan at her dress shop. Jennie aggressively courts Earp who himself is smitten with her. However, Masterson and Kelley become concerned they are too serious so they arrest Jennie and take her to Topeka. Jennie has done her job of reducing the protection for the gold shipment so what will Earp do in response?
Episode 15
Tue, Dec 24, 195730 mins
Wyatt Earp joins Sheriff Bat Masterson in rounding up 7 potential train robbers. He leaves Deputy Hal Norton in charge as chief deputy during his absence. Hal recalls several past experiences with Wyatt in dealing with Mayor Jim Kelley (who considers replacing Hal), his three deputies (including Louie who is an upstart), a potential murder trial, a lynch mob, Texans who haven't checked their firearms, reluctant witnesses, and a loving couple. When Wyatt returns, he notes that Deputy Hal has acted professionally in dealing with all these events.
Episode 16
Tue, Dec 31, 195730 mins
Contrary to the opinion of many most of the western settlers were veterans of the Civil War and knew how to fight. So when the Burden gang tried to rob the Dodge City bank while Earp and his deputies were out of town, the citizens were able to stop the robbery and capture the outlaws. A couple were dead and the leader Dan Burden was wounded. Earp knows the gang based on stories from Sheriff Tillman. The Burdens own a small ranch in the area and the real ring leader is the sister Marie. Marie decides to go to Dodge City herself instead of their foreman Lance Morfit. Earp puts her under arrest but he has no proof she planned or led the robbery. Earp refuses to take a bribe from her so Marie is able to frame Earp for physically attacking her in the hotel forcing him to free her. She tells her brother she has a plan to get him off but her real goal is the death of Earp.
Episode 17
Tue, Jan 7, 195830 mins
The hurt feelings from the Civil War continue with the Texan cattlemen taking out their hatred against the northern Marshals including Earp. Texan Drum Denman never fought in the Civil War but he decides to continue the fight by backing a newspaper in Dodge City which he forces to print slanderous stories about Earp trying to draw him out of town where he can be killed. His second story that Earp is having an affair with Sally Davis the teenage daughter of the local minister brings her in tears to Earp. Earp decides to temporarily leave his job and go after Denman and his gang alone. Two old adversaries of Earp are in the gang: Curly and John Ringgold. Although it is one against many, Earp uses some creative fighting techniques to corral the gang.
Episode 18
Tue, Jan 14, 195830 mins
The widow of Custer is worried about what may be said at an up coming hearing on Major Reno's actions at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. A civilian scout Chris Hendon for Reno has contacted her to meet him at Dodge City to pay him for not saying anything that might hurt her husband. Col. Benteen tells her to burn the letter. Two enlisted men Turner and Mills use their leave to go to Dodge City to confront Hendon. Benteen wires Earp to arrest the two men who he catches threatening Hendon. Earp tries to convince Mrs. Custer to let him help her but she is more afraid of rumors and pays off Hendon. Earp stops Hendon and tells Mrs. Custer he would like her to speak with an Indian friend of his who can quiet her fears.
Episode 19
Tue, Jan 21, 195830 mins
A boxing promoter brings "Champ" Starbuck to Dodge City to fight all callers. Stay in the ring with him for one round to win $100 ($10 to enter) or win $1000 if you beat him. While listening to the promoter talk, Masterson and Earp tell a small but interested young man to stay out of the ring or risk being disfigured. Unknown to everyone local businessman Moresby has promised the promoter $500 if the "Champ" fights Earp and severely injures or kills him. The day of the promotion several men fight the "Champ" but Earp declines at Bat's urging even after being goaded by everyone. Moresby convinces the promoter to stay one more day even though the financial reward has been poor. The next day the young man has the $10 and wins a round. Fearing a loss the promoter gives the "Champ" brass knuckles causing him to break the young man's ribs. The man tells Earp the "Champ" cheated. Earp takes over and in the end he and Bat learn the name of the young challenger.
Episode 20
Tue, Jan 28, 195830 mins
Earp comes to the office to relieve Deputy Hogan when Hogan notices Earp has a loose button. Earp tells Hogan he hears he is courting the widow seamstress Mrs. Phillips but Hogan says she has no interest in him or anyone else. A telegram arrives saying the convict Dundee that Earp arrested has escaped the chain gang and is believed headed to Dodge City for revenge. Earp wanders over to Mrs. Phillips shop to have the button fixed only to find Hogan there doing the same. After Hogan leaves and she mends Earp's button, Earp inquires as to whether she might be willing to socialize. Deputy Hal asks to put on extra deputies due to Dundee. Earp finds Mrs. Phillips out for a midnight walk and escorts her home where she agrees to a picnic with him at 1:00 pm on Sunday. Earp tries to skip the picnic but is convinced by her and the deputies to go. The couple has a good time as each reveal their life story. The result is tricky conflict for Earp ending with a sad situation in his life.
Episode 21
Tue, Feb 4, 195830 mins
Based on the detailed description given by banker Sloan, Earp and Hal are sure the man who robbed him on the stage was Henry Harrison Hammer, the Imitation Jesse James from Crawfordsville. He has never been convicted because he supposedly only robs the wealthy. Later Sloan spots the robber's horse in front of a saloon where Earp finds Hammer and arrests him. At the trial the other passenger and stage driver refuse to identify Hammer as the thief so he is released. Flush with money he spends his time gambling in Dodge City with Hal and others watching him closely. A reformed crooked gambler Mr. Wilson arrives on the stage. He sells kitchenware now after Earp suggested a career change in Wichita. Upon hearing about Hammer he suggests letting him take on Hammer to break him. He succeeds so Earp sets up a trap to catch Hammer but it fails. Some of Hammer's "friends" soon come to regret their actions as Earp and Hal track Hammer.
Episode 22
Tue, Feb 11, 195830 mins
Lily Reeve known as the Kansas Lily was a teenage spy for the South during the war who was released by a Northern officer. She ran with the Sundowner gang with whom her dead brother rode. She is in Dodge City to gamble and raise money to escape the gang and the law. While playing faro, she believes she is cheated and pulls a derringer wanting her money back. Masterson intervenes as the Texans support her. She receives her money but Masterson takes her gun to prevent further trouble with Earp. As usual Masterson is smitten by a beautiful woman. The saloon owner swears a warrant with Earp against her for armed robbery but later drops the charges when his clientèle complain. Lily wants Earp and Masterson to protect her from the Sundowner gang but Earp doesn't believe her story. He does receive a warrant asking him to hold her which he does in her hotel room. The Texans want to protect her while in truth the Sundowner gang leader wants her killed. These forces all collide with each other. In an unusual ending Earp and Masterson each realize they were wrong.
Episode 23
Tue, Feb 18, 195830 mins
Wells Fargo supervisor Tom Russell arrives in Dodge City to ask Earp to help the company catch the Purvis gang which is attacking their stagecoaches just outside Earp's jurisdiction. Earp agrees to Russell's request over Masterson's objections but with the request that Masterson and Russell lead a posse to follow the stage by an hour and that no female passengers be allowed although the Purvis gang is not known for shooting passengers. Earp also requests that Milt be the driver. Besides three male passengers Grandma Wilkins refuses to wait for a later stage making four passengers plus Milt and Earp. The fact that Earp is riding shotgun on the stage with a large fortune in cash draws the Purvis gang which expects a trick so they decide to attack the stage Indian style. Two of the passengers exit the stage when Earp spots the gang but Grandma and another westerner stay with it. The tricky gang forces Earp to be resourceful but help comes from a surprising source.
Episode 24
Tue, Feb 25, 195826 mins
Two saloon owners in the less reputable part of Dodge City want to take over the Long Branch Saloon owned by Luke Short. Short has sold a ten percent interest in the saloon to Bat Masterson who resigned as Sheriff of Ford County. The two men Cockrell and DeGraf have hired a group of men to attack the saloon hoping to drive Short out of business but Earp intervenes. He hopes to keep the peace by asking Short to request a restraining order but Short refuses. Earp is able to get Masterson to agree to request the order but Judge Tobin with the urging of Mayor Kelley decides against it as it will open up the fact that many of the "sin" palaces have silent owners in the honorable part of the community. With no legal solution in hand, Earp takes a different approach when the fight continues which forces the truth to be known. In the end Masterson is back as Earp's deputy.
Episode 25
Tue, Mar 4, 195830 mins
Railroad engineer Tex McKay is in Dodge City looking for a job after his single engine rail line in Texas went bust. He likes to tell tall tales about the high speeds he drove engines at and the lives he saved which always lead to fights with other rail workers. After the latest fight Earp arrests Tex but the local railroad needs an engineer so Mr. Bates pays Tex's fine and puts him on a short line. Upon his return another fight ensues forcing Earp to put Tex and his fireman Woody in jail. Bates asks Earp to let Tex make one more emergency run before jailing him. Earp reluctantly agrees to the deal. Tex notices they have welded a stop on his throttle which he removes. Tex's excessive speed leads to a crash and a story by Tex causing the arrest of Mike Denby for putting a rail on the track. Earp doesn't believe Tex but he must follow orders to arrest Denby. A judge lets Denby off but Tex's friends decide otherwise putting Earp in the middle. In the end Tex reveals a secret to Earp but not the one expected.
Episode 26
Tue, Mar 11, 195830 mins
Earp and stage line manager Ed Watkins are talking in the street as the stage coach enters town with the driver wounded and the horses running on their own. The passenger is shot dead and $5000 in new silver dollars have been stolen. The driver Billy Hanley is rushed to Dr. McCarty who is able to save him. They summon the school teacher Miss Nancy to whom Billy is engaged. She and Earp talk to Billy who says a Mexican named Esteban and two men held up the stage. Earp goes to the stage depot where Esteban was last seen. Esteban is able to prove he was not involved. Upon returning the puzzled Earp is told by Hal that Billy was shot dead. Billy had asked for a gun but everyone thought he would be safe in the doctor's office. While talking with Ed, Earp learns Miss Nancy had a package arrive with a dress but $2 due on it. Earp takes it to her as he has more questions. She pays Earp the $2 due which Earp returns to Ed. At that point Ed and Earp realize the situation.
Episode 27
Tue, Mar 18, 195830 mins
Marshal Earp must deal with a variety of reactions when Dodge City's citizens learn that General William T. Sherman plans to board a train in their town. Former union soldiers insist on welcoming the general with parades, bands and speeches, ex-confederates want to welcome him with bullets and religious fanatics plan to picket all of the festivities because of his Indian war policies. To top off Marshal Earp's problems, a group of Eastern newspaper correspondents incite barroom brawls with all the factions. Only one person in town has an unselfish reason for wanting to see Sherman - Sophie Hanson is concerned about the man she is engaged to who is fighting the Indians under General Sherman.
Episode 28
Tue, Mar 25, 195830 mins
Susan Dodd has moved to Dodge City where she works in the mayor's office. She is a childhood friend of the Earps who married a man named Bob Pritchard who became a drunk and ran off. Susan divorced him but in the 1870's divorce was a blot on any woman's life. She is seeing Larry Herrick who would like to marry her but his family is opposed to her. As her and Wyatt are old friends and he has a soft spot for her, she confides in him about the issues with Larry. Wyatt suggests she flirt with others including a date or two with him and Bat to keep Larry's attention. Virgil Earp arrives to visit and Wyatt soon realizes that the family sent Virgil to keep Wyatt from marrying Susan. At the same time two of Larry's relatives come to town to check out Susan for the family making her mad and threatening to leave Larry. Larry's cousin Mel and Uncle Webb think Virgil or Wyatt are seeing Susan. This leads to clashes between the Earps and the Herricks until Susan makes a decision.
Episode 29
Tue, Apr 1, 195830 mins
After an incident in which Earp wounds a man shooting at him and Bat in which Bat's sleeve is punctured, Bat with the agreement of the deputies has Mayor Kelley issue an order for Earp to shoot to kill in future incidents. Earp agrees to do so when he is with the deputies to protect them. Meanwhile, outlaw George Hoyt who is wanted in Texas for stealing a ranch payroll meets with locals at the Four Corners Road House. The men will pay him $1500 and clear the indictment against him in Texas if he kills Earp. After agreeing, Hoyt goes to Dodge City to scout and kill Earp. Earp and his men are wary of Hoyt when he arrives due to his lack of care for his horse. Hoyt tries to pump saloon woman Daisy about Earp and then gets into a fight. He is arrested and Daisy visits Earp to say she doesn't trust Hoyt. After being released Hoyt sees his chance to kill Earp but Earp mortally wounds him. After he dies in Dr. McCarty's office, Earp decides to leave town to learn about Hoyt and decide his future. The Big T men hear that their enemy Earp has left and decide to take over the town.
Episode 30
Tue, Apr 8, 195830 mins
With the Army leaving Fort Dodge, the residents there led by the sutler Tarky Granger are worried about its future. They decide Fort Dodge should become the county seat for Ford County instead of evil Dodge City. They send a representative to ask the Governor for a special election which is granted. Smiley Dunbar and associates from Dodge City offer to help Fort Dodge win the election by stealing the voter and tax records from Dodge City. Earp spots the robbery but does not stop it. Tarky's young daughter has been in contact with Earp about the election hoping Fort Dodge wins but by a fair election. When Mayor Kelley discovers the theft, he orders Earp to recover the records but Earp says he has a different plan to ensure Dodge City wins fairly. Edna tells Earp the records are in her father's safe. On the day of the election, Earp puts his plan into action to recover the records and steal the stuffed Fort Dodge ballot box. In the end Edna still wants to marry Earp but he turns politician.
Episode 31
Tue, Apr 15, 195830 mins
Earp's Cheyenne friends Mr. Cousin and Mr. Brother are ambushed by four men. Mr. Brother is killed and Mr. Cousin severely wounded. Earp and Masterson leave to track the killers. They find the location of the ambush but the killers have gone in four directions. They spot a rider saying a band of Indians are after him. Earp recognizes their leader who shows him a paper from the Indian Agent which gives the names of the four men who make up the Dry Gulch Gang. One of the men stops at a cattle drive camp where the cook tells him Mr. Cousin is still alive. He meets with one of the other four who tells him to go Dodge City disguised to finish the job. He tries but is caught but with no gun and no witness Earp is forced to release him. Earp decides to set a trap for him and then go after the others.
Episode 32
Tue, Apr 22, 195830 mins
Etta Jackson and artist Hurley Abbott have fallen in love and wish to marry. However, Etta's southern family believe all artists are womanizers and evil men. They decide to run Hurley out of town so Hurley turns to Earp. Hurley was given a note by Ned Buntline to ask Earp for help if needed. He asks Earp to teach him how to fight but Earp refuses although he likes Hurley. He advises the couple to elope and go west before the family can catch them. Doc Holliday has returned to Dodge City alone and takes an interest in Hurley's paintings believing the young man has a future. He doesn't think it is feasible to teach Hurley to fight as he would likely be hurt but he is willing to help back down the Jackson family. Earp with Doc behind him stop the three Jacksons but the Jacksons vow to return with more men. Doc is forced to leave leaving Earp to handle what is now the Jackson "mob" outside his jail and a couple wanting to marry in his jail.
Episode 33
Tue, Apr 29, 195830 mins
Although Earp has one of the four members of the Dry Gulcher Gang in jail for killing Mr. Brother and wounding Mr. Cousin, he wants the other three men. He decides to go alone after them against Bat's advice so Bat follows along to help. They head for the Forks where the three men are hiding with a group of other outlaws. The three men decide to split up with Dick Averill using a stolen Army corporal's uniform to act as a messenger to redirect an Army patrol to go after a band of Cheyennes who left the reservation. Earp and Bat had met the Army patrol but a green shave tail Lieutenant allowed Earp to send them on a wild goose chase. Earp allows Bat to go into the Forks alone where he finds the men but is forced to stay in camp until Earp rides in to free him with a fake story. Earp met Averill in uniform so he and Bat decide to track down the soldiers but the Lieutenant puts them and the patrol in danger when they are confronted by the Cheyenne led by Young Wolf.
Episode 34
Tue, May 6, 195830 mins
George Morris confronts Professor Jordan in the streets of Dodge City wanting his $100 back he paid to be in a historical book. At the Marshal's office Jordan doesn't have the money but Doc Holliday pays Morris. In return he asks Jordan who is more of a fraud to create a book about the founders of Dodge City. Jordan is to take the photos but Doc insists on writing the histories of each person to which Jordan agrees. Doc fronts Jordan $10,000 for his effort and Jordan can keep any profits over the $10,000. Earp tries to stop Doc but Judge Tobin has no grounds on which to act since no crime has been committed. People starting with Mayor Kelley and the banker sign up in force. Doc warns Earp that Morris who has fought Earp in the past will come after Earp with other founding fathers behind him and pushes Earp to leave with Doc for Arizona. Earp realizing trouble is ahead arrests Doc but when the people read Doc's "writings", a mob erupts behind Morris putting Earp in a bind to stops Doc's "trick".
Episode 35
Tue, May 13, 195830 mins
After Earp is able to have two of the four members of the he captured indicted and held without bail for the first degree murder of Mr. Brother, he makes plans to capture the other two members. They are hiding out in northern Texas so he contacted his friend Texas Ranger Captain Langley to help him. Even though Earp is a northerner, Langley is willing to help due to Earp helping Langley in the past. Earp and Bat take the Dry Gulcher Dick Averill with them as bait to draw out Sam Wilson and Rupe Prentice. Wilson and Prentice pay a group of outlaws $100 to draw the Texas Rangers away while they return to their outlaw camp. Earp and Bat find the Rangers in a gunfight so they agree to meet at the Bracos Tavern. There Earp and Bat gun down a couple of outlaws but Wilson and Prentice are still able to free Averill. However, the three outlaws run into Young Wolf and his men who retake Averill and capture Wilson. Earp has to take action before the Rangers catch the Cheyenne off the reservation and he still has Prentice to capture.
Episode 36
Tue, May 20, 195830 mins
Jenny McCabe approaches Mayor Kelley complaining that Ben Thompson is in Dodge City seeking the help of his friend Earp. Ben owes her $5000 and promised to marry her. Kelley confronts Earp about Thompson only to find Earp has received a complaint from Mexican Rita Morales who was also promised marriage by the recently divorced Ben Thompson. Doc overhears two men plot to confront Ben in a front and back gun play trick. Doc saves Ben by killing one of the men during the confrontation. Several of Rita's Mexican friends are also in Dodge City looking for Ben. Ben gives Earp $6000 to repay Jenny and pay for his own burial. After Earp tells Jenny about the money, she breaks into Earp's hotel room looking for evidence. Rita finds her there resulting in a fight between them. Earp learns about them and as he tries to break up the fight several men catch all three in his room starting rumors. Doc dislikes the stories about his friend Earp so he uses his Solomon like wisdom to solve Ben and Earp's woman problems.
Episode 37
Tue, May 27, 195830 mins
Based on a tip from a Texas Ranger, Earp and Bat track Rupe Prentice to the ranch of horse rustler Crump Elliott and his daughter Blanche who is in love with Rupe. Earp decides to play it more carefully this time. He and Bat round up Crump's hands one by one to eliminate any help they might provide Rupe. Earp catches Blanche going to town for a doctor to tend to Rupe's injured leg but he lets her go saying he wants Rupe alive. One of the men they capture tells Earp and Bat where Crump keeps the stolen horses. They are able to capture Crump and three of his men there. Earp stops Blanche returning with the doctor to tell her he has her father. She can trade Rupe for her father but she refuses. Her refusal forces Earp to invade the ranch buildings to look for Rupe with Bat providing backup. Bat has no trust in Blanche but Earp has little choice. In the end Young Wolf learns Earp kept most of his promise to Young Wolf and Mr. Cousin.
Episode 38
Tue, Jun 3, 195830 mins
Cy Johnson upset that Earp will no longer allow him to bring cattle to Dodge City puts together a group of six including the railroad special agent Tim Maxwell to steal a $10,000 express shipment from the railroad and framing Earp by planting some of the money on him. They meet and hangout at the Forks Road House. Maxwell arrests elderly agent Dooley Dolan for the theft but Earp doesn't believe he is guilty. Doc Holliday notices some new Texas gunmen in town which raises his suspicions. Doc warns Earp about the men and pays Dolan's bail. The suspicious Doc tracks Red Smith and Willie Black to the road house and overhears a few details of the plans. The drunk men decide to return to Dodge City as they don't trust Maxwell but Earp wounds Red in front of the jail. Earp locks them up as Doc tells him he is the target of the frame. Doc returns to the road house where he confronts the two Texas gunmen. After shooting both in fair fights one tells him Cy Johnson is behind the scheme. Doc knowing Earp will follow the law takes Cy prisoner for a "talk" at a tree. Meanwhile, Maxwell has planted the money forcing Mayor Kelley and Judge Tobin to decide Earp's fate.
Episode 39
Tue, Jun 10, 195830 mins
After Doc killed some men involved in trying to frame Earp, Earp's friends including Judge Tobin and Mayor Kelley as well as Deputy Norton believe Earp's friendship with Doc is hurting his reputation in Dodge City. They urge him to break off the friendship. While they discuss the issue with Earp, Doc is outside of town playing cards with his old friend Snaky Gratton and his gang. Snaky has to end the game as the outlaw gang has plans to ambush five ex-members who took their money and turned the gang into the Texas Rangers. Kate Holliday worried about Doc goes to see Earp telling him Doc was with Snaky just after Deputy Norton reports the five dead men ambushed by the Snaky gang adding to Earp's problem. Kate explains Doc's actions to Tobin and Kelley while Earp and Deputy Norton find Doc returning to Dodge City and then the bodies. Doc acknowledges Snaky did the killing but has no other information for Earp. With additional deputies Earp and Deputy Norton go after the Snaky gang with Doc deciding to follow. Both sides try to out plan the other while a drunk Doc tries to intervene.