The Wild Wild West

Season 41965

The Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as "James Bond on horseback." Set during the administration of President Ulysses Grant, the series followed Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon as they solved crimes, protected the President, and foiled the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over all or part of the United States. The show also featured a number of fantasy elements, such as the technologically advanced devices used by the agents and their adversaries. The combination of the Victorian era time-frame and the use of Verne-esque style technology have inspired some to give the show credit for the origins of the steam punk subculture.

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28 Episodes

    E01 The Night of the Inferno

    Jim is set up as a renegade as a cover for him and Artie to sneak into Texas and track down General Juan Manolo, who is trying to take over the region.

    September 17, 1965

    E02 The Night of the Deadly Bed

    Facing execution at the hands of a madman, West learns the crazed assassin plans to reclaim Mexico---as the new Napoleon.

    September 24, 1965

    E03 The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth

    West tries to protect Prof. Nielsen, a demolitions expert. But he fails: Nielson is blown up by the evil Dr. Miguelito Loveless.

    October 1, 1965

    E04 The Night of Sudden Death

    Jim West suspects his search for counterfeiters is getting warm when he's shot at with arrows---and thrown to the crocodiles.

    October 8, 1965

    E05 The Night of the Casual Killer

    Jim and Artie set out to penetrate the stronghold of a corrupt political boss and return him to Washington for trial.

    October 15, 1965

    E06 The Night of a Thousand Eyes

    Ships along the Mississippi are being attacked by a gang of pirates known as the "Thousand Eyes". After Jim ducks an assassin, an attractive woman, he finds the leader of the Eyes: Captain Ansel Coffin, who was blinded and now seeks revenge. His gang use false lights to lead ships astray and crash them, and then plunder them. Jim is captured by Coffin and manages to escape a cage rigged to a lightning rod. He is blinded by a powder flash, and for a time he is at a decided edge against Coffin (who has long adapted to his blindness). Coffin manages to accidentally kill his wife. Enraged, Jim is saved by his recovering eyesight: he ducks, and Coffin falls into a pit to his death.

    October 22, 1965

    E07 The Night of the Glowing Corpse

    Jim and Artemus try to recover stolen radioactive materials nad have only one clue - a set of fingerprints found on the ankle of a pretty secretary.

    October 29, 1965

    E08 The Night of the Dancing Death

    To rescue a kidnapped princess, Jim runs into a booby-trapped doorknob and a fully armored man wielding a mace.

    November 5, 1965

    E09 The Night of the Double-Edged Knife

    An Indian demand for gold must be met: they've threatened to kill five railroad workers a day until it is paid.

    November 12, 1965

    E10 The Night That Terror Stalked the Town

    West is lured to a ghost town peopled with lifelike dummies as part of an elaborate trap set for him by his nemesis Dr. Loveless.

    November 19, 1965

    E11 The Night of the Red-Eyed Madmen

    West is sent to infiltrate an army of fanatics dedicated to overthrowing the U.S. Government. Getting in is no problem...but if he tries to leave he'll be shot.

    November 26, 1965

    E12 The Night of the Human Trigger

    A demented geologist can set off earthquakes where he chooses as part of an elaborate extortioin scheme. So West and Gordon head for Ellenville--the next town on the mad genius's list.

    December 3, 1965

    E13 The Night of the Torture Chamber

    Jim and Artie take on an obsessed museum curator who has private designs on the state treasury.

    December 10, 1965

    E14 The Night of the Howling Light

    West is captured by a doctor who uses Pavlovian training to condition the Secret Service agent into becoming an assassin.

    December 17, 1965

    E15 The Night of the Fatal Trap

    Jim goes to arrest a Mexican bandit disguised as a notorious outlaw...but the villain's girlfriend recognizes him.

    December 24, 1965

    E16 The Night of the Steel Assassin

    A series of mysterious deaths of military personnel bring Jim face to face with the indestructible Col. "Iron Man" Torres. Crippled in an explosion that he blames on the other men of his company, Torres rebuilt himself as a 19th century "cyborg", and is seeking revenge on those he thinks wronged him...and President Grant was one of the men he served with.

    January 7, 1966

    E17 The Night the Dragon Screamed

    Jim and Artie have only one clue to track down the smugglers of opium and Chinese aliens: a fortune cookie.

    January 14, 1966

    E18 The Night of the Flaming Ghost

    Jim is assigned to stop abolitionist John Brown. The only problem - he was pronounced dead 20 years ago.

    January 21, 1966

    E19 The Night of the Grand Emir

    West must protect a visiting despot from the fatal charms of Ecstasy La Joie, who brandishes such baubles as an explosive garter and a deadly ring.

    January 28, 1966

    E20 The Night of the Whirring Death

    Intent on making California a kingdom for children, evil Dr. Loveless makes his play for the state with a series of toys---which explode.

    February 18, 1966

    E21 The Night of the Puppeteer

    A Supreme Court justice will not believe his life is in danger---until a puppet-show marionette fires a gun at him.

    February 25, 1965

    E22 The Night of the Bars of Hell

    West, posing as a prison inspector, hunts for clues to a pillaging outlaw band.

    March 4, 1966

    E23 The Night of the Two-Legged Buffalo

    West tries to protect a pleasure-loving prince who insists on visiting a plush spa---where assassins eagerly await his arrival.

    March 11, 1966

    E24 The Night of the Druid's Blood

    West is furious: his superiors have refused him permission to investigate the murder of a close friend who was burned to death before his eyes.

    March 25, 1966

    E25 The Night of the Freebooters

    West poses as an ex-con to gain admittance to renegade Army leader Thorald Wolfe.

    April 1, 1966

    E26 The Night of the Burning Diamond

    West tries to convince a Serbian official to hide the Kara Diamond. Then the gem disappears---and West is blamed.

    April 8, 1966

    E27 The Night of the Murderous Spring

    West helps a powerfully built girl carry her trunk, not knowing it contains his shrewd enemy---diminutive, giggling Dr. Loveless.

    April 15, 1966

    E28 The Night of the Sudden Plague

    West finds Willow Springs looted and its citizens completely immobile---victims of a mysterious paralysis.

    April 22, 1966
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