Badly wounded, Matt's old friend won't identify the man who shot him, but does say he expects the gunman to return to finish the job.

Troublemakers trick an immigrant blacksmith into leaving his house on his wedding night, then burn it down.

Matt arrests Finn Pickett based on a circular that indicates he is wanted for murder in Oklahoma Territory. Pickett repeatedly proclaims his innocence and vows that his prairie-savvy sons will do whatever is necessary to free him.

Lee Nagel suspects his visiting uncle of murder when his father is killed in their store in an apparent accident.

While transporting a prisoner with Chester on a stagecoach to Wichita, Matt learns that the stagecoach is also carrying a shipment of gold, and he suspects the coach might be targeted by outlaws.

Matt is returning to Dodge to find a man to replace the corrupt sheriff of Tascosa. Sheriff Rawlins has sent men to find and kill Matt Dillon. Meanwhile Stella, the Sheriff's ex-girlfriend, has joined Matt and asked him to help her escape.

Esteban Garcia, an old friend who once rode the border with Matt Dillon, travels from Chihuahua Mexico to Dodge City. He tells Matt he is looking for a cowboy who had an affair with his wife, Maria. He plans to shoot and kill the cowboy.

Murders follow when a buffalo hunter and his browbeaten partner come to town.

Out on the prairie, Matt is shot and taken captive by two outlaws, one of whom is a weakling abused and bossed around by the other.

Two roughnecks (Sloat and Grade) cruelly harass Raffie Bly, a confused and defenseless young man who suffered a serious head trauma while serving as a drummer in the Civil War.

A row with his boss makes Ben quit his job. He leaves but says goodbye to Jake's daughter first. When he takes a horse for lost wages, Jake swears he'll kill him. The tables are turned when a hard and fast rule of Jake's soon backfires.

The ruthless Dolan Brothers are letting their cattle encroach on Jeff Mossman's land. Jeff gets no support from his weak, effeminate son Pete, even after a shooting outside the Long Branch. The increasing hostility can only lead to murder.

A man arrives in town with a coffin in the back of his wagon. He tells Doc and Chester that his good friend has died. He wants to give his friend a decent burial, and then hold a proper wake at the Dodge House. The whole town is invited.

The cuisine prepared by a new cook at Delmonico's is very popular with the citizens of Dodge City, but one dissatisfied customer ends up dead after confronting the cook over his meal.

A seductive, yet impoverished, widow pursues long-married Hannibal Bass hoping to get her hands on his farm and his worldly goods. His wife confronts her and violence ensues.

A stagecoach is robbed. One of the thieves gets suspicious about his partner, he shoots him and kills him. Two men respond to the gunshots, claiming to be the Sheriff and a deputy. But they are also crooks who want the $5000 reward money.

A man and his wife come across a lone trapper and make camp with him. Next day, the husband comes to Dodge to report to Doc that his wife is sick, but Doc finds the woman beaten to death, and the husband accuses the trapper.

The theft of a sack of potatoes leads to increasingly violent hostilities between the Scooper and Galloway families.

Dillon goes after cowboy Jake Bayloe after he guns down his partner in the Long Branch , shooting Kitty in the crossfire and critically wounding her.

While Chester is out searching for Doc, his horse is injured. Chester goes to a house for help and is instead taken prisoner.

After witnessing the callous murder of her kindly father, Harriet Horne disregards Matt's advice and unwisely attempts to exact revenge on the perpetrators by making them jealous rivals for her attention.

A concealed gunman takes a shot at Chester, and it may have been a bank robber, or it may have been someone who's been making trouble at the Long Branch.

Hot-headed Tom's new wife used to be a river-boat girl, and when a gunman from her old life recognizes her, a battle between the two men is brewing.

Marshal Dillon must find a suitable home for young orphan Charity Gill after her father dies when their cabin catches fire. Charity insists that she should live with the Dodge City lawman.

Horse thief murders a man to get his horses. Matt tracks the criminal to a Kiowa camp.

A rough, rowdy prairie girl with a bullet wound in her arm comes into Dodge. When she meets Doc Adams, she sets her sights on him. He rebuffs her, but she becomes even more aggressive. Matt, Chester, and Kitty are amused and delighted.

Vengeful former convict Nate Bush sets off a tragic series of events when he informs Matt that well-liked new arrival Cole Treadwell is actually Cole Trankin, an escapee from the Arizona Territorial Prison.

A gunrunner supplies the Pawnee with weapons. Matt arrests him, but when the Pawnee find out, they capture Matt and free his prisoner.

Hot tempered Andy Coe and his wife want to sell their wagon to Moss, but can't when Ed Fallon's team spooks and crashes into their wagon. Fallon pays for the broken wagon and gives Andy a job. Fallon is sweet on Andy's wife.

A man claiming to be a sheriff from Texas comes to Dodge and asks Matt for help tracking down a named fugitive, but the man may not be a sheriff.

A pretty girl arrives in town and chases Chester, who's happy for her to do so, but the young woman has a secret that may land her in jail.

When an ex-marshal passing through town is shot in the back, Matt suspects a new saloon gal might have had something to do with it.