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The Wild Wild West Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1967 - 1968
Episode 1
The Night of the Bubbling Death
Fri, Sep 8, 196760 mins
The United States Constitution is stolen by a revolutionary and agents James West and Artemus Gordon are sent by the government to recover it. Arriving at a Mexican border town, the agents penetrate an installation under a fortress to find the priceless document. When the agents find the revolutionary, he demands one million dollars for what is later discovered to be a forgery of the Constitution. Before forcing the revolutionary into a pool of acid, they are told a riddle that leads them to the hiding place of the real document.
Episode 2
The Night of the Firebrand
Fri, Sep 15, 196760 mins
Sent by President Grant, Jim West travels to Fort Savage and finds outlaw Sean O'Reilley in charge trying to incite a revolution in Canada. Gordon infiltrates the revolutionaries and finds West held captive.
Episode 3
The Night of the Assassin
Fri, Sep 22, 196760 mins
West and Gordon accompany the Ambassador to Mexico who's trying to establish diplomatic ties with them which has not been going so well. They attend a festival wherein the Mexican President makes an appearance while riding in his carriage. West sees a sniper so he throws a wrench in the plan. He and Gordon try to get the shooter but he gets away but they get the his accomplice whom they recognize as an American criminal. They keep the Mexicans from finding him because as mentioned the Ambassador's mission has not been going well and if word gets out that an American tried to kill the President that will surely kill the Ambassador's mission. So they try to find the shooter and find out what he knows. But the Mexicans get him and take him to a prison where a Colonel Barbosa who is knows as Colonel Arsenic because he's skilled at making anyone talk. West and Gordon goes to see the man with Gordon disguised as the man's father. He talks to the man who will tell all but first wants to be brought back to the U.S. So West and Gordon plan an escape but the Colonel catches them.
Episode 4
The Night Dr. Loveless Died
Fri, Sep 29, 196760 mins
Special agents West and Gordon are sent to the mortuary to identify the body of their arch enemy, Dr. Miguelito Loveless. A mourner at the morgue takes a key from the wrist of the corpse and West traces it back to a safe deposit box containing instructions to contact an attorney. When West makes contact, he also meets Dr. Leibknicht, the look-alike relative of Loveless.
Episode 5
The Night of Jack O'Diamonds
Fri, Oct 6, 196760 mins
West and Gordon are sent to escort a horse, a gift from President Grant, to the Mexican government. The horse is stolen, however, and the two work to recover the lost gift before a diplomatic incident occurs.
Episode 6
The Night of the Samurai
Fri, Oct 13, 196760 mins
A valuable samurai sword being returned to a Japanese prince by the United States' government is stolen and must be found by Jim and Artemus before the prince leaves the next day.
Episode 7
The Night of the Hangman
Fri, Oct 20, 196760 mins
When West and Gordon are present when a town's philanthropist is shot and West chases the shooter and finds him just sitting clutching the gun as if nothing happened. At his trial, a witness claims that he's the shooter. And the banker who denied a loan he asked for, who appears to have been the actual target, testifies that the man threatened him. The defendant claims to have no memory from the night before till West found him. He's found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging withing two days. When Gordon raises some anomalies, they decide to look into it deeper. They start by talking to the defendant who tells them of why he woke up just as West found him. They check it out and find a device that was used but someone burns the place and they have no evidence to give to the judge and the prosecutor convinces the judge not to delay the execution so they have to rush to prove the man's innocence.
Episode 8
The Night of Montezuma's Hordes
Fri, Oct 27, 196760 mins
James West travels to a museum to meet Professor Johnson for a search of Montezuma's lost treasures. Unbeknownst to West, the real Professor Johnson has been replaced by a phony, who has been hired by Slade, who comes along as the head excavator. Along the way to the Aztec location, they rendezvous in a small town with Colonel Sanchez of the Mexican army. Artemus Gordon, disguised as a desert rat, who is hired as a guide. The expedition discovers an Aztec temple.
Episode 9
The Night of the Circus of Death
Fri, Nov 3, 196760 mins
When masterfully forged bills appear in circulation in several Western towns, West and Gordon must catch the forgers to prevent the collapse of the U.S. economy from a flood of nearly perfect counterfeit bills. The trail leads to an emporium and a dead circus performer with a suitcase full of counterfeit bills, and to Harry Holmes, a master forger supposed dead eight years.
Episode 10
The Night of the Falcon
Fri, Nov 10, 196760 mins
After witnessing the total destruction of a town called Tonka Flats, agents West and Gordon receive a further threat to destroy the city of Denver. Demanding a ransom, Dr. Horace Humphries, alias "The Falcon", plans to fire a single shell from a falcon-shaped cannon toward this western city. West and Gordon go to an underground hideout in search of the destructive cannon. But once inside, the agents discover syndicate leaders from foreign countries bidding to purchase the massive weapon for their own use.
Episode 11
The Night of the Cut-Throats
Fri, Nov 17, 196760 mins
The Secret Service receives a letter from a man named Arthur Cole, resident of a town called New Athens, claiming knowledge of a matter so important he can only reveal it face to face. West and Gordon are sent to investigate. They discover the citizens of New Athens are fleeing town due to the arrival of a band of cut-throat outlaws. Attempting to meet with Cole, West and Gordon find their potential informant murdered. Rescuing mayor John Cassidy from an altercation with the outlaws, West and Gordon learn a recent arrival in town, Mike Trayne, was once a rich, influential citizen of New Athens. The mayor believes the outlaws are Trayne's method of exacting revenge on the town that sent Trayne to jail three years before. West and Gordon are now the town's only hope of survival.
Episode 12
The Night of the Legion of Death
Fri, Nov 24, 196760 mins
Jim and Arte uncover an unscrupulous plot devised by an ambitious dictatorial governor who has plans to become President of the United States. The candidate for president is territorial Governor Winston E. Brubaker, but he is really a front for the real power-hungry Secretary Deke Montgomery. The territory has strict policies about outsiders who may want to interfere with their political ambitions. There is a sizable army of green-clad soldiers led by a ruthless captain who quickly put down any opposition. Arte just about gets hung for interfering until Jim "kills" him with a drugged rifle round from a upper-story window that faces the square with the gallows. Then Jim is imprisoned for murdering the man Arte was impersonating. Jim's charm works on one the governor's lady friends to learn about a secret tunnel into his house. Also helping is the daughter of a community member who has been outspoken against the Secretary and Governor's plan. Jim has to stand trial for the supposed murder of Arte's alter ego. But he is acquitted and barely able to outwit all the guards to retrieve Arte body from the morgue so that he can be revived instead of buried.
Episode 13
The Night of the Turncoat
Fri, Dec 1, 196760 mins
Elisha Calamander, a thief of priceless art for wealthy clientèle, discredits agent West, who is severely punished by the government with a discharge from the special forces. Calamander offers West $50,000 to help with a special secret assignment.
Episode 14
The Night of the Iron Fist
Fri, Dec 8, 196760 mins
West and Gordon work to escort Draja, a Bosnian count, to Washington for extradition. A disguised Gordon takes his place on the train, while West and the real Draja take a back route to keep the count from recovering a hidden stash of gold. They soon find a gang of reward-seeking vigilantes on their trail, while Gordon's cover is threatened by the appearance of an old friend of the count.
Episode 15
The Night of the Running Death
Fri, Dec 15, 196760 mins
Learning that Europe's most deadly assassin, a man known only as Enzo, has arrived in America, West and Gordon set out to stop him. Upon finding their first informant murdered, West joins up with Gordon in a wagon train heading west to Denver. Gordon is tracking a group of dancers, any one of whom may be Topaz, Enzo's girlfriend. But as the days pass, bodies begin to pile up, and it becomes clear that one of the wagon train's passengers must be the assassin himself. But whom? Before West and Gordon can uncover the identity of Enzo, the wagon train arrives in Denver. Fearing Enzo's target may be Colorado's governor, West and Gordon take steps to protect him. The simultaneous arrival of a European colonel brings a vital clue to Enzo's target.
Episode 16
The Night of the Arrow
Fri, Dec 29, 196760 mins
President Grant tasks West and Gordon with an important mission. Major General Titus Baldwin is a national hero after killing many Cheyenne Indians in battle. To keep the general from attaining the fame which would propel him to the presidency and the slaughter of all the Indian tribes, West and Gordon must keep the peace between the general and Chief Strong Bear's tribe. But when a small party of Indians attacks a cavalry function, it appears those hungry for war on both sides may have all the provocation they need to start a war. West rides to meet Chief Strong Bear in an attempt to persuade him to keep the peace. Meanwhile, Gordon goes undercover in General Baldwin's cavalry to investigate the Indian attack.
Episode 17
The Night of the Headless Woman
Fri, Jan 5, 196860 mins
When a lady passenger on a stage turns out to be a mannequin full of boll weevils, agents West and Gordon investigate. West finds the man behind the operation - Abdul Hassan - who reveals he is spreading the weevils throughout the country to ruin the nation's cotton crops and replace them with his own, thereby controlling the cotton market. The abduction of the San Francisco Commissioner of Harbors' daughter complicates things further, and West and Gordon search the docks for clues to the syndicate's secrets.
Episode 18
The Night of the Vipers
Fri, Jan 12, 196860 mins
The Vipers, a band of outlaws, have been pulling off raids across Kansas towns. A clue leads West and Gordon to the quiet village of Freedom, where they meet a straight-shooting sheriff and a mayor who will stop at seemingly nothing to become governor. Gordon goes undercover and finds the plans to the Vipers' get-away wagon, while West discovers the secret entrance to the outlaws meeting place.
Episode 19
The Night of the Underground Terror
Fri, Jan 19, 196860 mins
During Mardi Gras in New Orleans, agents West and Gordon look for the cruelest former commander of a Civil War prison who has been a fugitive from justice for the abuse of prisoners. They meet a young girl who leads them to Hazard, her legless father and victim of the prison commander. Hazard and his men are after the commander as well, but their real goal is to find a shipment of one million dollars that disappeared after arriving at the prison.
Episode 20
The Night of the Death Masks
Fri, Jan 26, 196860 mins
Jim and Arte unknowingly become a part of a bizarre revenge plot involving mistaken identities.
Episode 21
The Night of the Undead
Fri, Feb 2, 196860 mins
Revenge, jealousy and a rivalry between two doctors result in dastardly human experiments when James West comes upon a voodoo sacrificial killing. As West shoots his gun into the air to stop the ritual, the zombie-like participants turn and walk away. West is then attacked by a huge man named Tiny John, but as the agent shoots the man in the heart, Tiny John simply turns away and heads for the swamp. While the agents investigate further, they learn why the people are in a trance and discover the real reason behind the doctors' contempt for each other.
Episode 22
The Night of the Amnesiac
Fri, Feb 9, 196860 mins
Special agent West is charged with the responsibility to transport the state's only supply of a smallpox vaccine to safety. On the way, West's stagecoach is ambushed by a gang, led by Silas Crotty, who steals the serum and shoots West as he tries to protect the vaccine. When West awakens in the field, he has lost his memory and his identity.
Episode 23
The Night of the Simian Terror
Fri, Feb 16, 196860 mins
Jim and Arte uncover a secret revenge plot involving inhuman medical experiments.
Episode 24
The Night of the Death-Maker
Fri, Feb 23, 196860 mins
Jim and Arte stop a plan to assassinate President Grant devised by a bitter officer who was stripped of his command.