Best of the West(1981)

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1 Seasons

ComedyWestern

Overview

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.

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Ep 1

Pilot

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

10/09/198130 min

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Ep 2

The Prisoner

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

17/09/198130 min

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Ep 3

The Calico Kid Returns

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

01/10/198130 min

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Ep 4

They're Hanging Parker Tillman (1)

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.

15/10/198130 min

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Ep 5

They're Hanging Parker Tillman (2)

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

22/10/198130 min

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Ep 6

The New Marshal

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

29/10/198130 min

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Ep 7

Daniel's First Love

Daniel is as surprised as anyone when a few innocent kisses lead to a shotgun wedding.

05/11/198130 min

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Ep 8

Laney in Love

Laney is smitten with a smoothie who bids high for her at a social—but he turns out to be a low-down heel.

12/11/198130 min

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Ep 9

The Reunion

Elvira's die-hard Confederate father (Andy Griffith) stays at the Square Deal Saloon while he is in town. His wife is trying to patch things up with their daughter; she married a Yankee!

08/10/198130 min

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