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37 Episodes 1960 - 1961
Episode 1
Tue, Sep 27, 196030 mins
Earp meets with Arizona Territorial Governor Gosper about problems with the Clanton gang crossing into Mexico to steal silver and cattle. The Governor wants peace plus Don Sebastian is arming his men with pistols and rifles. The Governor wants Earp to visit Don Sebastian to tell him he will be reimbursed for anything stolen by the Clanton gang. Old Man Clanton plans a raid but learns none of the men will follow his boys in place of Johnny Ringo or Curly Brocius so he sends the three alone with Ike in charge. While camped they are captured by Don Sebastian men. Earp meets with Don Sebastian to give the Governor's message only to learn about the three Clanton boys. Earp proposes a truce between Old Man Clanton and Don Sebastian saying Clanton keeps his word. Clanton signs the truce to get his boys back followed by telling Ringo and Brocius there will be no more raids. However, Brocius talks Ringo into a raid anyway but they are caught by Earp and Don Sebastian. Earp takes the two outlaws to Clanton who now believes that if his sons return, they will be dead. He offers Emma's hand in marriage to Earp but he refuses as he will one day kill Old Man Clanton. Earp returns to Mexico to see about the boys.
Episode 2
Tue, Oct 4, 196030 mins
While walking in Tombstone, Doc Holliday, Shotgun, and Doc Goodfellow stumble into the Hewitt gang robbing a store taking ammunition and supplies. During the ensuing shootout, Doc Goodfellow takes a bullet in the chest. After taking him to the hospital Doc Holliday tells Earp the bullet is too close to the heart for him to operate. A real surgeon is needed. Earp decides to go to Tucson for a doctor but Doc Holliday and Shotgun tell Earp there is a closer one. Dr. Henry Mason, a past student of Doc Goodfellow, is prospecting nearby. Shotgun is sent to head a posse after the Hewitt gang. Earp finds the Mason cabin but is met with a rifle held by Mrs. Mason. When Dr. Mason appears he refuses to help Earp as he has gold fever. He believes everyone is after his gold. While they talk, the cabin is fired upon by the Hewitt gang. Due to Mason's gold fever they are overtaken by the gang. Earp is now faced with saving their three lives as well as Doc Goodfellow with Mason refusing to give up his gold.
Episode 3
Tue, Oct 11, 196030 mins
Johnny O'Rourke is with Doc Holliday at all times learning to emulate the life style of Doc. Doc likes having Johnny around to tend to him and bird dog the gaming tables to increase Doc's winnings. Johnny is engaged to Marcia who wants him to take a regular job so they can marry and settle down. Seeing Doc's big winnings has changed Johnny's attitude. He wants a life of gambling and Doc's anti-marriage attitude reinforces that. Realizing Johnny won't change, Marcia decides to leave him and Tombstone. On the way to the stage Earp stops her and upon hearing the problem tells her to give Johnny another chance. Earp tries to convince Doc to help but Doc won't listen. Johnny steals a poker game with miners from Johnny Ringo for Doc who cleans up. As Ringo arrives, Doc lets Johnny O'Rourke take over the cards. Ringo's henchman Schneider sits in as well. When Johnny wins, Schneider makes it appear Johnny cheated. When threatened with a knife, Johnny shoots Schneider in the shoulder. Ringo is furious giving Earp and Doc a tough job preventing a shootout between the Johnnys and Marcia's Johnny's death.
Episode 4
Tue, Oct 18, 196030 mins
Earp is summoned to Tucson to meet with another US Marshal and the Acting Governor Gosper who took over for the fired Governor Fremont due to the lawlessness in the Arizona Territory. Gosper has decided on drastic actions which includes issuing shoot to kill orders and organizing vigilante groups across the territory including one in Tombstone led by Earp's friend Dick Gird. Realizing Earp will need help he surprises him with Morgan Earp as his new deputy. Back in Tombstone Doc Holliday notices a large number of Clanton men in town armed. A friend tells him that they are planning to ambush Earp on his return to Tombstone. Doc and Shotgun talk to Dick Gird who has his new orders. Gird and the men lead a posse to rescue the Earps killing all the outlaws including Vic Styles who thought he was attacking rustlers. Earp is not happy with the governor's order although everyone else likes them. However, when Styles distraught girlfriend Helen Craddock attacks Doc, Shotgun, and Gird with a gun, they realize why Earp is upset. They are also worried about what sentence the strict Judge Spicer will give her.
Episode 5
Tue, Oct 25, 196030 mins
Earp and Shotgun check the livestock at the O.K. Corral. They find stolen horses so they take in the new owner Snakey Jenkins. He denies any guilt but Earp knows his history which includes part owner of a Tombstone saloon. Old Man Clanton has Sheriff Behan brought to his ranch for a "talk". Clanton's men are tired of being rousted in Tombstone by Earp. Clanton expects Behan to do something about it plus he is moving back into Tombstone against Behan's warnings. Clanton tells Behan he owns the sheriff and he can be replaced. A scared Behan tells Earp he wants out but Earp doesn't trust him but thinks Behan might be telling the truth. Doc discovers that Clanton has bought the O.K. Corral and Higgins Feed and Grain Yard as fronts to fence items. Snakey is killed in his cell. Earp decides to use Behan who still doesn't have the full trust of Clanton. After Behan tells him Clanton is moving goods into Tombstone that night, Earp knocks out and ties Behan. Earp, Doc, and Shotgun enter a tunnel at the feed yard that connects it to the O. K. Corral to stop Clanton. Clanton blames Behan for his loss but he never told Behan about the places putting Clanton in a quandary as Earp arrests him.
Episode 6
Tue, Nov 1, 196030 mins
Younger brother Morgan Earp has been a deputy for Wyatt Earp for a month but Wyatt is about to send him packing. Morgan likes to drink, the women, and hanging with Doc Holliday in the saloons. After he and Doc's involvement in a shootout, Wyatt has had enough. His "big brothering" of Morgan causes friction between them. Wyatt decides a nice wife would go far in settling down Morgan. Although Morgan likes the saloon women, Wyatt has someone like the clerk Lucy Tedder at the Emporium in mind but Doc suggests making her "forbidden fruit" is more likely to attract Morgan. It works so well that within a week Morgan wants to marry Lucy who is considering it as Morgan sends for Virgil Earp to be best man. Besides Shotgun's Roscoe not liking her, Doc overhears she may have ties to the Clanton gang via the McLowery boys. Earp decides to go straight to Old Man Clanton and the information he later gives is not good. Has Wyatt interfered too much to fix it?
Episode 7
Tue, Nov 15, 196030 mins
Ned Buntline tries to sneak quietly into Tombstone to meet Amy Jones. She is the widow of a Ten Percent Ring leader who was killed by the gang. Ned has received a $10,000 advance to write a book about her husband and the gang. Upon meeting her Ned is smitten with her of which she takes advantage. Her goal is to leave Tombstone with Ned taking her to New York. Shotgun sees Ned arrive and tells Earp. The Ten Percent Gang hearing about Buntline sends men with backups to kill Amy. They make an attempt that Earp and Shotgun stop upping the pressure on Amy. Since Ned is broke, Amy uses a sample of Earp's signature to frame him as taking bribes to squeeze $1,000 from Dameron the editor of the Nugget. Upon learning about the money Ned is sadden to hear Earp is on the take but he is ready to leave with Amy. Earp has to prove to Ned what type of woman Amy is and the danger he is in which becomes too real.
Episode 8
Tue, Nov 22, 196030 mins
Drunk Odie Cairns tries to ask a lone Selma Grant sitting on a wagon to go inside for a drink but she refuses. When her husband appears, their way of talking causes Odie to realize they might be True Lighters which a newspaper they have proves it to be true. Odie's sudden hatred causes her husband Hiram to nearly choke Odie. He is stopped and Earp is called to settle the issue. Odie wants them run out of town but Earp tells them they are welcome but Earp decides to check on the Grants. Later, Odie learns that Mr. Bates has sold his farm to the Grants causing Odie to decide to burn them out. Bates informs Earp about Odie's plans so Earp rides to the Grant's place. On the way he sees Hiram planting dynamite to stop Odie's group. After Earp pulls the dynamite, he races to the house to stop Odie. Odie informs everyone he hates the True Lighters due to them and a few Arapaho Indians massacring a wagon train at Jericho Canyon which included his wagon and family. After Odie and his men leave, Earp reveals he suspects Hiram Grant is really Hiram Greener who led the Jericho Canyon massacre. Hiram decides it is time for Earp to die.
Episode 9
Tue, Nov 29, 196030 mins
A question to Marshal Pritchard about the strait jacket he is carrying has him trying to demonstrate it in a bar. When asks a young man to try it on, the man jerks back saying he won't be taken away in it. He shoots the Marshal with Doc Goodfellow standing nearby as a witness. The Marshal is severely wounded but Doc Goodfellow tells Earp he is not sure the shooter knew what he was doing. He appeared to show symptoms of being mentally unstable possibly due to a head injury. Earp finds a poster showing Dave and Cully Dray are wanted by the Texas rangers. He decides again to go with Shotgun but no posse to bring them back. Mayor Clum is against it but lets Earp go. Earp and Shotgun find the pair hiding in a cave and Dave agrees to let Earp bring Doc Goodfellow back to look at Cully. However, Doc Goodfellow can't leave due to the wounded Marshal. Earp has to decide what to do and Clum is losing his patience.
Episode 10
Tue, Dec 6, 196030 mins
Old Man Simpson is found dead in a stall in his stable by his employee Hoss Mackey. Everyone assumes it was death by natural causes due to liquor and a bad heart until Doc Goodfellow notices a puncture wound on his neck. The autopsy shows he was killed by the injection of an air bubble. Simpson was a hard man to get along with so the first suspect is the fiancée Hal Babcock of Simpson's daughter Leone. A syringe is found in his trunk which he can't explain so Earp arrests Hal. He refuses to say where he was the night of the murder. Earp doesn't think he really did it based on his actions so Hal is released. Shotgun follows him as he buys a gun and confronts Gibbons who dated Leone at one time. Gibbons is wounded but then found dead in the hospital with an injection mark. Earp and Doc Holliday push Leone for a list of the men she has dated which she finally gives Earp. Earp starts down the list but soon finds himself the target of a needle.
Episode 11
Tue, Dec 13, 196030 mins
Johnny Ringo has a new girlfriend Mary Turner who believes she can influence him to give up his guns and go straight. She tells Earp her desire over dinner hoping he will give Ringo a chance. Earp rides out to talk to Ringo who he decides is in love with Mary but warns Ringo about Mary's brother Claude. Ringo rides in to see Mary who goes for Earp as Claude threatens to kill Ringo. Ringo unarmed disarms Claude after he fires a couple of shots. Earp arrests Claude while Ringo proposes and they plan their wedding and to leave the area for California. Ike Turner hearing about Ringo tells Old Man Clanton that Ringo wants to leave them. Old Man Clanton knows Ringo is unstoppable when his guns are in his hands and he is mad. He has Ike find four gunslingers that have never worked for the Clantons. They kidnap Claude from his work and send Mary a note to leave town. Ringo learning about the kidnapping loses control as Old Man Clanton tells Earp. Clanton with Mary and Earp trail the kidnappers where Mary learns the real Ringo.
Episode 12
Tue, Dec 20, 196030 mins
Bank robber Ben Roberts and his wife Sadie are with Jacob Birch and his gang of stage coach robbers. Ben has been shot in the leg but is not healing properly. He tells Birch that he and Sadie are taking the wagon to Tombstone to see the doctor. He is leaving the gang so they should stay clear of Tombstone. At Tombstone Doc Goodfellow recognizes Ben so he tells Earp. Earp confronts Ben and Sadie but since they are not wanted in Arizona he is not interested in them. However, their meeting is interrupted by a bank clerk saying a suspicious man is at one of the banks. Earp confronts Birch but must let him go. Sadie tells Earp who he is and agrees to see if Birch is planning something. Her and Ben want Birch and his gang gone. She talks to Birch giving him a plan for the bank he cased. The gang goes along but Earp doesn't believe her and Ben so he protects the other bank. He realizes his mistake when Sadie shouts to him he is about to be ambushed but he only had men to cover one bank - the wrong one.
Episode 13
Tue, Dec 27, 196030 mins
Wyatt Earp is returning from official business down by the border when he meets Morgan's fiancée Ruthie on the road but she not only ignores him but is mad at him telling Wyatt that she and Morgan have broken up. In Tombstone he finds Virgil waiting for him with the news that Morgan has taken up gambling. Wyatt initially blows it off as gambling is so common; only interested in how much Morgan has lost. However, Morgan is on a winning streak of $10,000 and a diamond ring. Doc Holliday says it started with a streak of luck with him. Morgan gives up his deputy job with plans to have his own casino. Wyatt decides to bring in a card mechanic friend Ace Hudson from Dodge City to break the streak. Ace arrives and agrees to break Morgan for ten percent of what he wins. They make up a story that Virgil lost his ranch to Ace which pushes Morgan to enter a game with Ace and two other men. In an hour Morgan is cleaned out but where is Ace and his two friends?
Episode 14
Tue, Jan 3, 196130 mins
After a shot is heard an old prospector Billy Buckett calling himself Billy Buckett Incorporated stumbles into Mr. Rickabaugh's saloon holding his head where he was shot. He mumbles that $50,000 was stolen from him and that he has been murdered. They take him into a back room where Dr. Goodfellow who was there treats him. Billy has three visitors in a row - Paul Scott, Jack Morrow and finally Hetty Doane. Billy tells Scott that Morrow robbed him. Once he is coherent he tells Earp that he has a mine south of the border where he struck gold. He changed the gold nuggets into $50 gold pieces at Paul Scott's bank in Tucson. Scott, Morrow, and Doane are all equal shareholders in Billy Buckett Incorporated. Earp is not sure whether to believe Billy but when he and Hetty Doane find Morrow murdered and hung in a warehouse, he becomes serious about solving the case. Billy had said he was shot from a distance but when he complained about powder burns, Earp realized the truth.
Episode 15
Tue, Jan 10, 196130 mins
The news that Earp arrested the McLowery brothers reaches Billy Clanton who tells Old Man Clanton. Billy wants action but the Old Man tells him not to worry about the brothers as they had ignored his orders. Earp arrested the McLowery brothers for mail robbery but before he could obtain a warrant to hold them Sheriff Johnny Behan released them. Billy upset with Earp decides to steal Earp's horse that night but Earp suspecting an ambush doesn't go after him immediately. Billy takes the horse to the Charleston Roadhouse to show off his prize to the Clanton men. The owner Ayres an undercover agent tells Earp who has Ayres inform Old Man Clanton later the next day. Earp trails Billy on his way to Tucson to recover his horse and arrest Billy. He forces Billy to walk back to Tombstone roped and pulled by his horse. He meets Doc, Shotgun, and Morgan on the way back who want to hang Billy there but Earp refuses. He asks Morgan privately to stop listening to Doc's wild ideas for justice. Knowing Behan will probably try to free Billy, Earp sets a trap for Behan and Billy.
Episode 16
Tue, Jan 24, 196130 mins
Arizona convicted felons are sent to Yuma prison which has a hard reputation. Prisoners who escape are tracked and killed by Apaches rather than recaptured so the guards can split the reward. In Tombstone Sheriff Johnny Behan has a theft case against Tom Grover with Pat Few as a witness against him. Tom's wife Beth confronts Behan with a revolver but Earp intervenes. Behan lets the episode go and Earp has no jurisdiction. Beth tells Earp Tom is being framed by Behan. Earp agrees to talk to Judge Spicer who based on the evidence given sentences Tom to three years in Yuma. Tom secretly tells Earp the conviction is retribution for going against the Ten Percent Ring and Beth marrying him instead of Behan. Earp knows prisoners often don't make it to Yuma so he tells Tom not to escape as he will follow Tom. Behan tells the guards he doesn't want Tom making it to Yuma. The guards fall asleep at night to let the three prisoners escape but the next morning Tom is still there. Earp stops them from shooting Tom and now has a federal case due to the Apaches to go after and a way to clear Tom.
Episode 17
Tue, Jan 31, 196130 mins
Both Old Man Clanton and Earp notice saddle tramps hanging around the bank. Earp follows Old Man Clanton breaking up their attempt to steal the Clanton payroll and saves Old Man Clanton who was grazed by a bullet. Even though Old Man Clanton harasses Earp, he offers him a job as his ramrod but Earp declines. Meanwhile, the Ten Percent Ring in Tucson fed up with Earp forces the Nugget editor Dameron to print a series of stories fabricated about Earp saying he is married, a road bandit, and taking payoffs. They provide Dameron with witnesses to the charges. Earp under pressure from the city council and public opinion refuses to take action. Doc Holliday himself finally accuses Earp of having hidden funds making Earp realize he must sue Dameron. However, in court the witnesses provided by the ring are having the desired effect of him losing. Old Man Clanton seeing Earp being railroaded is fed up after Earp saved his life provides Earp a key defense witness.
Episode 18
Tue, Feb 7, 196130 mins
With Earp often around for luck as his only friend Doc Holliday hits a lucky streak at the gambling tables. He wins nearly $15,000. After saving his life an old prospector gives Doc a tip on a silver mine. With his extended lucky streak, he doubles his money almost over night on the mine. He puts the $30,000 into railroad stock which splits the stock three for one raising Doc's funds to $90,000. Earp has been after Doc to invest his money wisely but he hears from Shotgun that Doc has bought the American Hotel. He is renaming it the Holliday House and converting it to a high class hotel with the help of two employees - Mrs. Stoney and Emile. He has ordered expensive furnishings to outfit the hotel. While called to Earp's office to identify three men caught around the Wells Fargo office, Doc's safe is blown and his remaining $40,000 stolen. The men he clears spot two Easterners on the street who start shooting when the two cowboys try to talk to them. Earp finds they have the explosives but no money. Doc not talking to Earp wants to kill them but doesn't followed by Earp showing Doc the truth.
Episode 19
Tue, Feb 14, 196130 mins
Minna Marlin, an actress, is in Tombstone doing a dramatic play. Sheriff Behan takes her to dinner as he has a strong romantic interest in her. After a pleasant dinner with champagne he tries to impress her by talking not only about the legal money he makes but also the money from his connections with the Clanton gang. A waiter overhearing his talk reveals it to Old Man Clanton who summons Behan. Meanwhile, Marlin asks to see Earp revealing that she doesn't think it proper for a sheriff to be involved with criminals. Earp lets her know that everyone is aware of Behan's connections. Furthermore, each reveals that they have a mutual interest in each other as Earp has been watching her each night plus she wanted to see him. The two decide to see each other to prevent Behan from bothering her further. Old Man Clanton chews out Behan for talking while having an eye kept on Marlin. Seeing she is with Earp consistently, Clanton decides to ensure she won't talk. The situation forces Behan to ask Earp for help as Clanton frames her.
Episode 20
Tue, Feb 21, 196130 mins
A group of five men dressed as clowns blow the safe of the Bank of Tombstone at night and steal $50,000. One of the clowns Casey is wounded in the shoulder and caught. Earp loses their trail in the rocky ground they cross. The four remaining members stop at an abandoned mine to hide the money, rest, and return to Tombstone to free Casey. In Tombstone there is a run on the bank by everyone including Old Man Clanton who strangely is on Earp's case to enforce the law. Earp devises a secret plan to have the Arizona Bank loan enough money to the Bank of Tombstone to hold off the bank run that could kill both banks. Shotgun is amused by Earp's ability to imitate the English accent and voice of the prisoner which gives Earp a second idea. He expects the gang to break Casey out of jail so he has Shotgun dress as Earp to make the gang think they have both left the jail while Earp takes the prisoner's place using his disguise. The hope is that the gang will lead Earp and a posse to the stolen money.
Episode 21
Tue, Feb 28, 196130 mins
Dr. Goodfellow tells Earp and Doc Holliday that Doc is in serious condition after another relapse in his condition. Dr. Goodfellow wants Doc to cut back on his drinking but Doc is unwilling to change. Earp realizing talking to Doc won't work orders several cases of Doc's favorite rye whiskey that is labeled the same but in reality has been cut 50%. He has Shotgun pass it out to the bars in town. Although Doc notices a difference, he is unable to determine the cause. Shotgun is worried that a more sober Doc may be a more dangerous Doc but Earp continues the charade. Being more sober Doc starts contemplating the rest of his life assuming it to be short. With Earp his only real friend, he tries to do Earp a favor by first trying to take out the McLowery boys but they refuse to fight and Doc resigns as deputy. Sheriff Behan thinks a free Doc might help him rob Wells Fargo and Doc agrees to get the inside info for Behan. However, he decides he will use the situation to do Earp a couple of last favors - including killing Behan.
Episode 22
Tue, Mar 7, 196130 mins
Chief Natchez is concerned that liquor being sold to the Apaches is causing unrest. Some of the warriors may leave the reservation to join Geronimo escalating the fight between the Apaches and whites. He asks John Clum who was their Indian Agent in the past for help with the problem. Clum brings Earp. Natchez does not know who is selling the liquor or who their contact in the tribe is. Earp agrees to help increase patrols but due to the large area the problem will be hard to stop. The Clantons with Ike and Phin handling the job are the sellers. The boys have heard rumors from their Apache contact Nulah that there is gold mined by the Spanish in a cave that was lost due to an old Indian war. They get Nulah drunk hoping he will tell the location. Later, a drunk Nulah is caught on the trail with the kegs of whiskey he bought. He finally confesses to Clum and Earp who contact Natchez. The Apaches watch for the Clanton boys and take Phin prisoner when he starts to enter a burial cave. Earp is forced to help Old Man Clanton rescue Phin.
Episode 23
Tue, Mar 14, 196130 mins
A mule Jake is too much for the miners to handle and considered dangerous. A small boy Ollie Burton who works at the mine offers to buy the mule for two dollars. The owner warns the boy the mule is dangerous but the boy persists. He takes the mule to the stable to a stall next to Shotgun's mule Roscoe. Ollie believes his dad will be proud of him for making a profit on the mule. He starts cleaning Jake by brushing him. As he works on his tail, Jake kicks Ollie, pulls loose, and runs off. Jake lying on the ground with a broken leg crawls behind Roscoe and yells for help. He tells everyone that Roscoe kicked him. The Nugget editor Dameron hearing the story decides it is a chance to get Shotgun who likes to intimidate Dameron. The story creates a furor and gives the Epitaph editor Clum a reason to attack Dameron. The story escalates with Dameron eventually saying Roscoe should be destroyed. Earp learns Ollie bought Jake who returned to the mine and was resold. When Ollie's father returns home to read the Nugget story, things come to a head with Shotgun having broke up the Nugget office and the father wanting to kill Roscoe.
Episode 24
Tue, Mar 21, 196130 mins
Emma Clanton comes home for a visit from New Orleans to announce she is engaged to attorney Tom Ware she met there. As the one good member of the Clanton family she has tried to convince her father and brothers to go straight. Old Man Clanton tells her that he would change if Emma marries Earp and Earp gives up law enforcement plus he is not impressed with Ware. Emma agrees to move to a hotel in Tombstone to rekindle her relationship with Earp. She tells Earp the situation but Earp realizes her love is with Tom Ware instead of him plus he doesn't trust Old Man Clanton. Earp visits Old Man Clanton but nothing changes his mind. As he leaves Tom Ware arrives unexpectedly looking for Emma. Earp escorts Ware back to Tombstone where he devises a plan to make Emma realize who she really loves. Old Man Clanton, however, sends his men to Tombstone to kill Ware or block his exit. Earp is forced to rescue to Ware and stop Clanton's men including arresting Old Man Clanton.
Episode 25
Tue, Mar 28, 196130 mins
Chief Natchez and his braves off the reservation hunting witness the Clanton gang attack a Mexican wagon train. The Mexican civilians are killed and scalped to make it appear the Apaches did it. Fearing being blamed for the attack, Natchez sends his men to capture either Earp or Big Wyoming (Shotgun) on the trail from Charleston to make contact with Earp. They capture Shotgun and bring him to their camp. Natchez sends out four men to find Earp based on what Shotgun tells him. In Tombstone a late arriving Shotgun has Earp thinking the Clanton gang has killed Shotgun. Earp decides to resign and go alone to find Shotgun as an angry ex-lawman. At the Charleston Roadhouse he learns the Clanton gang made a big score. Doc Holliday shows up to help so the two of them leave in a burst of gunfire. On the road a brave finds them and takes them to Natchez. Natchez takes Earp to the massacre scene. Given what he knows Earp believes Natchez but they must now convince the Army.
Episode 26
Tue, Apr 4, 196130 mins
Jed Lorimer is released from prison on parole to Earp in Tombstone. He was helped by letters written by his girlfriend Marge Davies, her brother Phil and their father Sam. Earp trusts Jed but asks him to keep an eye on Phil who works at the bank but likes to gamble and is in debt to Dapper Courtney. Shotgun catches Courtney with a concealed weapon and brings him in. Fed up with Courtney's actions Earp gives him 24 hours to leave town. He hopes it will take pressure off Phil but doubts it. Courtney has given Phil two days to pay his IOUs but Phil loses the $500 he borrowed from Marge under false pretenses. Courtney suggests to Phil they involve Jed in a scheme to steal the mining payroll Phil is to deliver to the mine the next day. Phil declines to involve Jed but agrees to be held up by Courtney once they agree on Courtney depositing Phil's share back in a bank safety deposit box. Jed following Phil overhears the plan. He decides to take the money from Phil and return it but Courtney stops him and frames him for the theft. Jed refuses to tell on Phil making it hard for Earp to resolve the issue.
Episode 27
Tue, Apr 11, 196130 mins
Curly Bill Brocius and Johnny Ringo complain to Old Man Clanton that Sheriff Johnny Behan taxed the cattle they stole. Clanton laughs at them letting Behan get by with it and refuses to help remove Behan since he is a coward and hard to replace. Curly decides the pair should talk to Doc Holliday who also hates Behan. Doc happy to help while keeping it secret from Earp, asks for registered bills stolen from Wells Fargo. After a Wells Fargo robbery a list of $50 bills is circulated in Tombstone that was stolen. Doc arranges that Behan's girlfriend Dora Madison who is really wanted under a different name will put some of the stolen money in Behan's money roll. Celebrating the end of tax collections at a saloon Behan pays with two of the bad bills which is reported to Earp who arrests Behan. Behan seems surprised and screams he is being framed. Earp questioning the case visits Curly and Johnny at Ayres Charleston Roadhouse to question them but they decide to lynch Earp. Ayres warns Clanton who rescues Earp but not before Earp learns some of the truth but no one will testify to the truth.
Episode 28
Tue, Apr 18, 196130 mins
Lou Rickabaugh owner of the Oriental Saloon is a close friend of Earp. His underage niece Edith has come from San Francisco to work there reciting poetry and doing comedic skits which customers have found entertaining. She is drawing the business and it is hurting the other saloon owners including the Miggles Hannegan place. Hannegan is involved with the Tucson Ten Percent Ring as are other bar owners. Hannegan gives Rickabaugh one day to sign a contract he provided selling the Oriental Saloon to Hannegan for half its worth. Rickabaugh tells Earp about it but refuses to allow Earp to help him fearing the impact on Earp although Earp wants to help. Edith hearing about the problem believes Earp should do more based on her view of the law. Although Rickabaugh won't tell Earp the whole truth, Earp learns Hannegan may be after Edith and Edith tells Earp the truth about the Ten Percent Ring. Hannegan breaks up the Oriental and Earp verifies his suspicions about Edith. Earp starts the roundup of those involved but Edith starts without him planning to kill Hannegan.
Episode 29
Tue, Apr 25, 196130 mins
Earp traveling to Tucson to meet the Governor comes upon a wagon that has been attacked and burned by the Apaches. He finds a baby crying but the mother and father have been killed. He is in Pima County so he takes the baby to Sheriff Lydell who refuses to take the baby telling Earp he believes the baby is really Earp's. Earp takes the baby to a friend Lily Henry who runs a saloon. He wants her to tend to the baby while he meets the Governor and over night while he tries to find a home for it. She takes the baby while her friend Muley Boles watches. He owns a freight business and blacksmith shop. Earp has no luck finding a family but Muley tells Earp Lily lost a son and husband while Lily tells him Muley lost his son and wife. Both share the care of the baby during the night and the next day. Earp realizes that they are the couple to take the baby but they are not married. When he spots some touring actors, he devises a scheme to make Muley and Lily realize they need each other and the baby.
Episode 30
Tue, May 2, 196130 mins
Tom McLowery's new wife Aithra from Chicago dislikes the lonely ranch life so she persuades Tom to let them move to Tombstone. Frank dislikes the idea as it will hurt their relationship with the Clantons. However, Old Man Clanton decides it might be a good way to put his empty OK Corral to work by letting her run it and them live in a house next door. Curly Brocius, however, hates any advantage the McLowerys might get with Old Man Clanton. Mayor Clum wants Earp to run the McLowerys out of town but Earp refuses. The stable hand Ryan finds a man hanging in the stable forcing Earp and Doc to arrest Tom and Frank. Aithra helps by turning their guns over to Earp. The body has been dead for days plus Earp believes the McLowerys would simply shoot an enemy. He believes a landowner Captain Rowland may have hanged the man and someone hung the body in the stable later. He sends Doc to check with Rowland while Old Man Clanton prepares to break the McLowerys out of jail using a stagecoach holdup to draw the vigilantes out of Tombstone. Earp is left to confront Old Man Clanton's gang as Aithra learns the truth about Tom.
Episode 31
Tue, May 9, 196130 mins
Shotgun Gibbs is a valuable aide to Earp which is recognized by the town officials who give Gibbs a gold star and a $20 a month raise. A young boy Butch and his younger sister Ginger come to the jail looking for help for their mother Amy Blyfied who is in a quarrel with a hired hand. Gibbs goes with them and quickly dispatches the man. The kids are impressed with Gibbs strength and their mother is thankful. She is a widow of a deputy killed on the job on her way to Colorado. Gibbs is concerned that she may have trouble hiring reliable men in Tombstone. She hires two men who attempt to steal four of her horses. Gibbs had checked the men out so he and Earp trailed the wagons and caught the men before they got away. Amy and the kids have to return to Tombstone as witnesses. There the kids attach themselves to Gibbs as Gibbs and Amy find themselves mutually attracted but Gibbs won't desert Earp. Doc and Earp discuss their attraction but also a mutual worry that Gibbs is limited due to his reliance on his shotgun which has only two shots. When Gibbs disobeys an order, Earp sadly takes action.
Episode 32
Tue, May 23, 196130 mins
With Shotgun Gibbs gone, Earp needs new deputies to help. Doc Holliday recommends Tim Connell who is married to Doc's ex-sister-in-law Martha. Earp gives Tim training on how to handle suspects emphasizing the need to minimize hurting anyone. He gives Tim the job but when Tim tells Martha she warns Tim he may not be suited to the job due to his hot temper which flares up as he threatens her giving her no choice. On the job Tim notices three Circle H cowhands who don't tie their horses properly. He forces them to retie the horses and buffaloes them with his pistol putting them in the hospital. Everyone including Mayor Clum and the cowhand's boss boss Zack Herrick want Tim punished. Herrick brings in an outside gunman to punish Tim. Tim realizing his wife hates Doc, decides to frame Doc for killing the gunman. Tim and Martha claim Doc fired the fatal shot. Earp does a background check on the Connells plus he has the local gunsmith try a new ballistics test to determine who fired the fatal shot but Martha continues to insist Doc did.
Episode 33
Tue, May 30, 196130 mins
The Army is pushing to quiet the border wars between the various gangs on each side who rustle cattle. Earp and Doc Holliday are on the road with a new agreement the Army plans to enforce to stop the raids. Earp hopes Old Man Clanton will agree to the treaty in which he agrees to stay on his side of the border. He knows that if Old Man Clanton is killed, Curly Brocius, Johnny Ringo, or the McLowery brothers will take over. They are more likely to kill and cause trouble. Clanton agrees to the treaty as does Don Pedro on the Mexican side. However, Old Man Clanton has a herd on the Mexican side he wants moved quietly. He gives one of his men orders to handle it but the man tells Ringo and Brocius against Clanton's wishes. They send messengers to Don Pedro hoping he will kill Old Man Clanton. Earp learns about it when he captures one of the messengers but is unable to stop Clanton. He and Doc try to reach Old Man Clanton but they fail to make it in time putting the future of Tombstone at risk.
Episode 34
Tue, Jun 6, 196130 mins
With Shotgun Gibbs gone and the death of Old Man Clanton, Mayor Clum and the city council feel Earp needs help to keep the fight among the Clanton gang members out of Tombstone. Clum suggests Earp ask his brothers Morgan and Virgil in Prescott to help. Earp asks Clum to wait as he has contacted several men but Clum decides not to wait. He has Doc Holliday ask Virgil to become Chief of Police and Morgan his aide. Doc agrees but tells Clum to tell Earp he went to Tucson for a poker game. On the street Doc notices Behan's continued interest in Thelma Callum whose husband is in prison but recently released. Doc hatches the idea of having Thelma write a note to Behan to meet her. He then gets Virgil and Morgan to help him kidnap Behan at the meeting place. Doc hopes to have the Clanton gang members fight each other over the missing Behan although Virgil is skeptical. Earp hearing Behan is missing refuses to do anything until Ike Clanton leads one faction against another because of what Doc told him about the missing Behan. Clum is forced to tell Earp the truth about Doc and his brothers. Earp has to "rescue" Behan who won't press charges setting up the Earps versus the Clantons.
Episode 35
Tue, Jun 13, 196130 mins
The holdup of the Sandy Bob stage line gives Earp an opportunity to trick the two factions of the Clanton gang into fighting each other. The stage was held up with two men killed and $80,000 in silver bullion on board. Earp and his deputies catch one of the men who states that Johnny Ringo and Curly Bill Brocius ordered the holdup without the knowledge of the Clantons or McLowerys. Earp with Virgil talks to Ike and Billy Clanton about the holdup implicating Johnny Ringo and Curly Bill Brocius while Doc Holliday tells Johnny and Curly that the Clantons and McLowerys want their share of the $80,000. The hope is that the two sides will turn on each other. Ike Clanton decides to inform on the location of the men who pulled the robbery for the $2,000 reward per man and to get even with Johnny and Curly. Earp acts on the information but a boy at the telegraph office reading a telegram to Earp tells Johnny and Curly. The pair warn the holdup men foiling Earp's trick and setting up a show down between the gang and the law.
Episode 36
Tue, Jun 20, 196130 mins
After the gunfight at the O.K. Corral Earp is on the stand testifying about the events leading up to the gunfight as part of an inquiry by Judge Spicer. Ike Clanton believes the Earps cheated him when they were unable to catch the men who held up the stage robbing Ike of the reward money. Drunk he threatens to kill the Earps. The next day a sober Ike is in town with a rifle and two pistols waiting for other members of the gang to arrive. Clum wants to use his vigilante group to take the outlaws but Earp wants to take the outlaws individually to prevent anyone from getting hurt. They succeed in arresting Ike Clanton and disarming him but he is released and heads to the gunsmith for a new gun. The McLowery brothers along with Billy Clanton and Billy Claiborne ride into to Tombstone. Sheriff Johnny Behan tries to play both sides telling the outlaws to make their play at the O.K. Corral while lying to the Earps by saying he had disarmed the outlaws. The three Earps are joined by Doc Holiday to confront the five outlaws for 30 seconds of heavy gunfire. Billy Claiborne and Ike Clanton run but the other three outlaws Billy Clanton and the McLowery brothers are killed with only Wyatt unharmed.
Episode 37
Tue, Jun 27, 196130 mins
After the shootout Virgil and Morgan Earp are laid up in a hotel room recovering from their wounds while Wyatt and Doc are busy trying to protect them. The Nugget editor Dameron is publishing stories claiming the Earps and Doc committed murder while Sheriff Johnny Behan is planning to officially charge them with murder hoping to murder them in the jail or if he can get a change of venue on the way to Tucson. Wyatt sends Doc to talk to Curly Brocius and Johnny Ringo who moved into town to see what they have planned. Behan has also talked to them learning they want the Earps killed but not Doc. Behan gets his warrant against the Earps and Doc but Judge Spicer sets bail once he hears more of the facts. Brocius and Ringo fed up with Behan's plans decide to blast the Earps in the hotel during the funeral for the three dead outlaws. Behan over hears the plan plus their desire for a new Sheriff so he has a deputy notify the Earps. Wyatt develops a plan to stop the outlaws that puts Brocius and Ringo in the line of fire.