Gunsmoke: Season 10
Season 10 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Gunsmoke Season 9.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
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Blue Heaven
Sep 26, 1964 · 45 min
A runaway kid and a wanted man from East Texas team up to first find the kid's mother and second to shake those who have been chasing the man about a murder in Carver County and ro
Crooked Mile
Oct 3, 1964 · 45 min
Cyrus Degler is determined to keep Quint away from his 19-year old daughter, but no threats or beatings can keep them apart. They are about to leave town to get married when cousin
Old Man
Oct 10, 1964 · 45 min
Having already rescued an old man once, Danny may have to try to save him again when his friend is framed for murder.
The Violators
Oct 17, 1964 · 45 min
A violent killing appears to be the work of Indians, but Matt doubts it. Someone accuses Quint of it and the solution involves secret motives and revenge in Indian country.
Doctor's Wife
Oct 24, 1964 · 45 min
There's trouble for Doc Adams, and perhaps for Dodge, when a new doctor and his wife arrive in town and the wife resorts to spreading a nasty rumor about Doc to get the new practic
Take Her, She's Cheap
Oct 31, 1964 · 45 min
When a shiftless farmer offers his daughter to Matt, Matt demurs, but the smitten girl comes after Matt, bringing danger with her.
Help Me, Kitty
Nov 7, 1964 · 45 min
When a young pregnant woman seeks Kitty's aid in escaping from the child's father, the two women take the stagecoach from Dodge and meet with greater danger.
Hung High
Nov 14, 1964 · 45 min
As Matt takes a convicted man to Hays City for hanging, Matt and the prisoner are waylaid and the prisoner lynched. Matt is framed for the killing, then arrested by a sergeant with
Jonah Hutchinson
Nov 21, 1964 · 45 min
An old rancher returns home after many years in prison, ready to reclaim what is his by any means necessary, including burning out the squatters on his land.
Big Man, Big Target
Nov 28, 1964 · 45 min
Ellie Merchant, the wife of farmer Joe Merchant, is having a passionate affair with outlaw Pike Beechum. Beechum intends to remove Joe and any other obstacle between him and Ellie.
Chicken
Dec 5, 1964 · 45 min
Mistakenly hailed as a hero who downed four robbers, a man rethinks his decision to let folks regard him as a gunfighter when protecting the woman he wants calls for a gunman's ski
Innocence
Dec 12, 1964 · 45 min
Art and Bob both have an eye on a new girl in town. She works at the Long Branch but only has eyes for the most well-liked man in town. On the eve of their marriage, it all comes t
Aunt Thede
Dec 19, 1964 · 45 min
Festus's ornery aunt arrives, squats on a piece of land, sets up a still, and comes to the rescue of a pair of star-crossed lovers. At the time he appeared in this episode, Howard
Hammerhead
Dec 26, 1964 · 45 min
Festus takes part in a horse race in which big money is at stake, tempting some to sabotage the race in order to make sure of the outcome.
Double Entry
Jan 2, 1965 · 45 min
Matt's old friend comes to town, announcing plans to settle down and start a business, but the business he has in mind involves dishonesty and perhaps murder.
Run, Sheep, Run
Jan 9, 1965 · 45 min
The body of a no-good man is found in his burning store on the same night as the sudden disappearance of the nice couple he cheated out of the money for their ranch.
Deputy Festus
Jan 16, 1965 · 45 min
On their way out of town, some cousins of Festus come across a badly injured man whom they assume is dead, so they flee, pursued by Festus, who believes his cousins attacked the ma
One Killer on Ice
Jan 23, 1965 · 45 min
Anderson, a stylish bounty hunter, rides into Dodge City. He informs Matt that his partner has a wanted criminal at an ice house. The locale is a two-day ride from Dodge; Anderson
Chief Joseph
Jan 30, 1965 · 45 min
Chief Joseph has come to town suffering from pneumonia. When he and his party are refused lodging at the hotel, a stranger steps in offering his room. Local sentiment is against th
Circus Trick
Feb 6, 1965 · 45 min
A circus family comes to town and charms the populace, who don't know the family's real stock in trade is larceny.
Song for Dying
Feb 13, 1965 · 45 min
The head of the Lukens clan blames Martin Kellums for not helping his young bride during a difficult childbirth when the doctor was away. When Kellums runs to Dodge, Matt does his
Winner Take All
Feb 20, 1965 · 45 min
Two brothers quarrel to the death over a woman, and as the survivor flees with her, pursued by Matt, the killing may not be over.
Eliab's Aim
Feb 27, 1965 · 45 min
The goofy nephew of Festus, Eliab Haggen, comes to Dodge with the hope of shooting off a tiny piece of his ear, because Festus bit off a piece of his dad's ear years ago in a fight
Thursday's Child
Mar 6, 1965 · 45 min
Kitty welcomes her mentor to town, but her friend is burdened by a secret: she's here to deliver the child of her outlaw son, a man willing to take his own mother hostage.
Breckinridge
Mar 13, 1965 · 45 min
A young attorney newly arrived in Dodge works the law to keep his client out of Matt's clutches, then has ample reason to regret it.
Bank Baby
Mar 20, 1965 · 45 min
Bert Clum uses his clan to get what he wants. They are camped outside of Dodge. When they meet a small wagon train, he hatches a plot to rob the local bank. But he needs to snatch
The Lady
Mar 27, 1965 · 45 min
A woman and her adult, attractive niece stop in Dodge to earn some money to complete their journey to San Francisco. When an offer of marriage to her aunt threatens to derail those
Dry Road to Nowhere
Apr 3, 1965 · 45 min
A temperance agitator wants to shut down Kitty's saloon and end all the drinking in Dodge.
Twenty Miles from Dodge
Apr 10, 1965 · 45 min
On a stagecoach returning to Dodge, Kitty and her traveling companions are waylaid and held for ransom.
The Pariah
Apr 17, 1965 · 45 min
A mousy local man is hailed as a hero when he shoots and kills a man wanted for murder. Then a newspaper reporter interviews him and uncovers facts that cast a very different light
Gilt Guilt
Apr 24, 1965 · 45 min
Drought and crop failure leave Dodge without fruit or vegetables and a farming widow and her son very ill with scurvy.
Bad Lady from Brookline
May 1, 1965 · 45 min
Just arriving in Dodge, Molly McConnell looks for her husband. When she finds out he's been killed, and Dillon is responsible, she wonders why he didn't tell her in the first place
Two Tall Men
May 8, 1965 · 45 min
Doc, carrying money on an errand for Matt, is found near death. In Matt's absence, the townsfolk figure there's no need to wait for official justice to deal with those deemed respo
Honey Pot
May 15, 1965 · 45 min
A man comes to town and tells Sam he's going to shoot Matt. It's soon understood he is an old friend of Matt's. Soon this drifter is Involved in shooting and killing a man, and his
The New Society
May 22, 1965 · 45 min
Matt is ordered to Ridge Town to reopen the case of an army major who was murdered 12 years before, when a dying outlaw he shot swears he did not commit the crime, and it appears t
He Who Steals
May 29, 1965 · 45 min
A buffalo hunter who doesn't hold with ranching is acquitted of shooting the man who tries to stop him from stealing a calf, but he isn't finished with stealing to get his way.