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Bat Masterson: Season 1

37 episodes Premiered Oct 8, 1958 Updated Jul 18, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

Double Showdown

Oct 8, 1958 · 30 min

Bat responds to cry for help when a friend's small gambling house is threatened by rival casino owned by Big Keel Roberts. Roberts suggest that he and Bat play one hand of poker, w

S1·E2

Two Graves for Swan Valley

Oct 15, 1958 · 30 min

A vicious night rider reacts with murderous intent when he thinks Bat is flirting with his girl, pretty saloon girl Molly Doyle. Everyone tells Bat to leave town to save his life b

S1·E3

Dynamite Blows Two Ways

Oct 22, 1958 · 30 min

Bat wins a herd of cattle in a card game in Laramie and discovers that in order to convert them into cash, he'll have to fight his way past a rancher determined to only allow his c

S1·E4

Stampede at Tent City

Oct 29, 1958 · 30 min

Bat encounters a group of wranglers who are stealing horses. A old flame of Bat's asks him to rescue her current beau, accused of murder and shackled to a tree by a lynch mob led b

S1·E5

The Fighter

Nov 5, 1958 · 30 min

Bat arrives in Silverton, Colorado and gets involved with a crooked fight promoter. He saves the day for a young bareknuckle fighter.

S1·E6

Bear Bait

Nov 12, 1958 · 30 min

Bat is hired to guide a hunting party to Canada. The sheriff suspects that the three are wanted for robbery and murder but he needs proof. When Bat discovers the truth, he is roped

S1·E7

A Noose Fits Anybody

Nov 19, 1958 · 30 min

While on his way to break his brother out of jail for a crime he did not commit, Ben Thompson saves Bat Masterson's life, but is wounded in the process. Bat agrees to undertake the

S1·E8

Dude's Folly

Nov 26, 1958 · 30 min

When a bully threatens two youngsters if they won't sell the hardware store they inherited, Bat helps. He teaches the man how to defend himself with a gun, but the student shoots h

S1·E9

The Treasure of Worry Hill

Dec 3, 1958 · 30 min

Three cousins inherit pieces of map describing the location of their uncle's buried treasure. Not trusting each other, they hire Bat to guide them to the place where the money has

S1·E10

Cheyenne Club

Dec 17, 1958 · 30 min

Bat is hired by John Conant to discover if his daughter's fiancée cheats at cards. Bat discovers the crooked card sharp is really a powerful cattle baron who plans to kill Bat befo

S1·E11

Sherman's March Through Dodge City

Dec 24, 1958 · 30 min

President Hayes is coming to Dodge City accompanied by General Sherman during an election stop. The Marshal will protect Hayes but he asking Bat to become a deputy to protect Gener

S1·E12

Trail Pirate

Dec 31, 1958 · 30 min

Bat recommends himself to be a wagon guide to cross the desert after a wagon guide is brought in dead with bullets in him. Three wagon trains have been lost that summer to a trail

S1·E13

Double Trouble in Trinidad

Jan 7, 1959 · 30 min

When Bat learns that a man sporting a derby and a cane and claiming to be "Bat Masterson" has set himself up as sheriff of Trinidad, Colorado, he immediately rides there to investi

S1·E14

Election Day

Jan 14, 1959 · 30 min

While leading a trail drive, Bat is confronted at a town by a gang who tries to extort money from him before they allow his cattle to pass. Bat refuses to pay and discovers the gan

S1·E15

One Bullet from Broken Bow

Jan 21, 1959 · 30 min

Pawnee renegade Stone Calf and his braves have taken two white girls captive in a raid. The Army is leaving to back up Custer so Bat is asked to rescue the sisters. He reluctantly

S1·E16

A Personal Matter

Jan 28, 1959 · 30 min

Outlaw Bailey Harper steals Bat's horse, gun and money. Bailey laughs when Bat tells him he'll get all of his property back. He tells the gambler that no one will help him. Bat's p

S1·E17

License to Cheat

Feb 4, 1959 · 30 min

Bat sees a poker game break up when a player accuses the dealer of cheating. Bat learns that all the games in town are rigged with the Sheriff collecting a payoff so Bat tries to s

S1·E18

Sharpshooter

Feb 11, 1959 · 30 min

A casino owner hires a marksman with money problems to kill Bat to whom he is deeply in debt. When the man's pregnant wife convinces him to renege on the agreement, the casino owne

S1·E19

River Boat

Feb 18, 1959 · 30 min

A gang of river pirates take over the paddle-wheeler Dakota Queen and relieve the passengers of jewels and furs and Bat of $10,000. Bat uses a barrel of rare cheeses to trap the ga

S1·E20

Battle of the Pass

Feb 25, 1959 · 30 min

When an old railroad boss refuses to pay Bat the salary owed him, Bat decides to work for his competitor. Both men are racing to build a railroad through a canyon. Although behind,

S1·E21

Marked Deck

Mar 11, 1959 · 30 min

Bat is cheated at cards by a town boss with the cooperation of the local sheriff. When he meets a brother and sister who were cheated in a land swindle, they three plot to get thei

S1·E22

Incident in Leadville

Mar 18, 1959 · 30 min

Bat rides to Leadville, Colorado to confront an editor that wrote an article describing him as one of the West's most ruthless gunfighters. The editor learns of Bat's true nature w

S1·E23

The Tumbleweed Wagon

Mar 25, 1959 · 30 min

Bat agrees to escort a murder suspect to trial, but he escapes with the help of his girl friend. Bat decides to take the woman to Fort Smith to stand trial for jail-breaking with t

S1·E24

Brunette Bombshell

Apr 1, 1959 · 30 min

Bat buys a boxing club in Denver. When he arrives he sees that the police have posted "Property Condemned" signs on his building. He soon discovers that the town councilors have pl

S1·E25

Deadline

Apr 8, 1959 · 30 min

Two gunmen steal the horses from the stagecoach in which Bat and Lorna Adams are riding. Bat trades his cane for a horse so Lorna can get to Austin to present evidence that will sa

S1·E26

Man of Action

Apr 22, 1959 · 30 min

Bat follows his favorite tailor to a New Mexico town to order custom made suits. Bat's order is put on hold when the crooked casino owner orders the tailor, a town-leader, kidnappe

S1·E27

A Matter of Honor

Apr 29, 1959 · 30 min

On his way to build a gambling casino in a boomtown, Bat is confronted by an inept robber - an Austrian nobleman who has been cheated at a crooked saloonkeeper's roulette table who

S1·E28

Lottery of Death

May 13, 1959 · 30 min

During a high stakes poker game Bat agrees to accept one-half of a lottery ticket as payment for a gambling IOU. His trouble starts when his ticket is declared the winner but the o

S1·E29

The Death of Bat Masterson

May 20, 1959 · 30 min

Bat returns to the small mining town Bonanza, Colorado to withdraw his earnings from a cattle drive. He discovers he is dead and buried and his "widow" has probated his will and wi

S1·E30

The Secret Is Death

May 27, 1959 · 30 min

Bat is undercover to break up a gang of highly respected businessmen in Cheyenne. He has to work himself into their group to be the fall guy. His task becomes dangerous when the on

S1·E31

Promised Land

Jun 10, 1959 · 30 min

Bat is kidnapped and asked to become the bank president in a town consisting entirely of former outlaws, because the former crooks don't trust each other. He is to keep the money s

S1·E32

The Conspiracy (Part 1)

Jun 17, 1959 · 30 min

Bat is asked by a woman to prevent a false story from being printed in a Cheyenne newspaper supposedly written by John Surratt, one of John Wilkes Booth's confederates for the Linc

S1·E33

The Conspiracy (Part 2)

Jun 24, 1959 · 30 min

Bat has discovered that John Watson, a bartender, posed as another man in order to sell a scandal-ridden story to a newspaper. After the discovery, Bat finds Watson dead and realiz

S1·E34

The Black Pearls

Jul 1, 1959 · 30 min

Bat is hired to join a man in jail to gain his confidence and help him escape. The hope is the man will lead Bat to a string of black pearls he stole a train's express box. Bat's j

S1·E35

The Desert Ship

Jul 15, 1959 · 30 min

Two Dutch treasure hunters search for a legendary Spanish galleon that sank in the Colorado River. Bat attempts to rescue the unwary pair from a desert sandstorm and two crooks who

S1·E36

The Romany Knives

Jul 22, 1959 · 30 min

After Bat rescues an old gypsy from a brutal rancher, the old man offers him many valuable gifts, including a beautiful girl. When Bat learns she is not a gypsy but found near a wa

S1·E37

Buffalo Kill

Jul 29, 1959 · 30 min

Bat agrees to substitute for a bully as the leader of a party of buffalo hunters into Indian territory, but the man he supplanted stirs up trouble by killing a Sioux Indian brave a