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Best of the West

  • 1981 – 1982
  • Ended
  • Comedy · Western
  • ~30m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 6.8/10

An unwitting city slicker is made the marshal of a lawless town in this absurdist Western that pokes gentle but clever fun at the genre's stock plots and characters. Best of the West is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 1981 through August 1982.

Latest: Season 1 · 1981

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  1. E1. Pilot

    Sep 10, 1981 · 30m

    Sam arrives in town intending to run the general store, then runs into all kinds of trouble after turning down the protection racket.

  2. E2. The Prisoner

    Sep 17, 1981 · 30m

    Sam must face a prisoner's outlaw brothers after the sheriff who was taking him in becomes ill on his way through town.

  3. E3. The Calico Kid Returns

    Oct 1, 1981 · 30m

    The Square Deal Saloon's new cook is the Calico Kid; he has sworn to never again kill anything he can't eat.

  4. E4. They're Hanging Parker Tillman (1)

    Oct 15, 1981 · 30m

    Sam goes out on a limb and manages to save Tillman from a lynch mob, but at the trial, his mixed-up testimony has him back at the end of a rope.

  5. E5. They're Hanging Parker Tillman (2)

    Oct 22, 1981 · 30m

    Sam infiltrates an outlaw band to try to prove Tillman is innocent of cattle rustling.

  6. E6. The New Marshal

    Oct 29, 1981 · 30m

    Sam loses his badge in a special election to Tillman's squeaky-clean candidate.

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