Gunsmoke: Season 15
Season 15 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 14.
- 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
Season 15 Progress Shield
The Devil's Outpost
Sep 22, 1969 · 45 min
Outlaw Yancy Tyce and his outlaw gang try to free Tyce's younger brother now under arrest and being taken to Dodge by Matt.
Stryker
Sep 29, 1969 · 45 min
Former Dodge Marshal Josh Stryker arrives in town just being released from prison for killing a outlaw in cold blood. He holds Matt responsible for the loss of his arm and the yea
Coreyville
Oct 6, 1969 · 45 min
Matt is summoned to Coreyville, a run-down cowtown, by a young woman whose brother is on trial for murder.
Danny
Oct 13, 1969 · 45 min
An old friend of Kitty's learns he is dying comes to Dodge to try to ""go out in style"".
Hawk
Oct 20, 1969 · 45 min
A white woman refuses to accept her half-breed son, who Festus brings to her home wounded and needing help.
A Man Called Smith
Oct 27, 1969 · 45 min
Abelia, the young widow who once saved Festus' life, returns. She learns that she isn't a widow when her outlaw husband appears and forces her to exchange his stolen gold for cash
Charlie Noon
Nov 3, 1969 · 45 min
Matt, his hardened prisoner Charlie Noon, an Indian woman and her white stepson are tracked by the Comanches as they try to cross the desert. The Indians are going to kill all of
The Still
Nov 10, 1969 · 45 min
Festus gets mixed up with Merry Florene and her hillbilly clan again as they try to hide a moonshining still and a stolen prize bull in the cellar of the local school.
A Matter of Honor
Nov 17, 1969 · 45 min
Louie Pheeters is found at the scene of a murder, the dying man's last words implicate the town alcoholic, who is too drunk to remember what he had just seen.
The Innocent
Nov 24, 1969 · 45 min
Festus acts as guide and driver for a Eastern missionary teacher on route to her first assignment. The only problem is trying to stay ahead of a murderous hillbilly family followi
Ring of Darkness
Dec 1, 1969 · 45 min
In an attempt to help his blind daughter, farmer Ben Hurley steals horses for an outlaw gang. Deputy Newly O'Brien arrives at his farm investigating, followed by the outlaws.
MacGraw
Dec 8, 1969 · 45 min
Ex-guman Jake MacGraw arrives in Dodge after spending 20 years in prison. The townspeople think he has come for revenge.
Roots of Fear
Dec 15, 1969 · 45 min
Amos Sadler, a dirt farmer faces the loss of his home when a panic closes down the Dodge City bank. To save it he and his wife plan to break into it and steal some money.
The War Priest
Jan 5, 1970 · 45 min
Sergeant Holly, a alcoholic loving veteran is getting ready to retire. Just hours before it, a Apache prisoner in his custody escapes with Kitty as a hostage, forcing the Sergeant
The Pack Rat
Jan 12, 1970 · 45 min
An orphan steals from Matt but could risk his own life when he tries to help out in an ambush.
The Judas Gun
Jan 19, 1970 · 45 min
The feund between Noah Haimes and Clete Bloden gets very bad as romance begins between Haime's son & Bloden's daughter.
Doctor Herman Schultz, M.D.
Jan 26, 1970 · 45 min
Doc Adams's old friend is thought to be a thief.
Albert
Feb 9, 1970 · 45 min
After a Bank teller tries to foil a bank robber the bank teller takes some money which could cause trouble.
Kiowa
Feb 16, 1970 · 45 min
Matt must rescue a teenage girl from indians and bring her back to her family.
Morgan
Mar 2, 1970 · 45 min
With Matt out helping the Army deliver a gold shipment, Dodge is wide open for Morgan and his men to come in with a Gatlin gun and take over. Breaking into the Long Branch, Morgan
The Thieves
Mar 9, 1970 · 45 min
Sam takes a special interest in Eric Tabray, who is running around in a gang committing crimes in Dodge.
Hackett
Mar 16, 1970 · 45 min
An ex-convict wants revenge against the partner that ran out on him.
The Cage
Mar 23, 1970 · 45 min
After an outlaw becomes a victim of his own gang he tries to Matt bring in the gang that made him a victim.