Gunsmoke: Season 16
Season 16 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 15.
- 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 16 Progress Shield
Chato
Sep 14, 1970 · 45 min
After a friend of Matt's dies he goes to New Mexico to find the killer.
The Noose
Sep 21, 1970 · 45 min
Kitty is held hostage so Matt will rescue her in ghost town.
Stark
Sep 28, 1970 · 45 min
Adam, the son of one Dodge City's revered citizens returns. But upon arriving someone takes a shot at him. The man who shot him, is Stark, a bounty hunter. It seems that Adam was i
Sam McTavish, M.D.
Oct 5, 1970 · 45 min
Doc Adams feels that Sam McTavish (who is a woman Doctor) may replace him.
Gentry's Law
Oct 12, 1970 · 45 min
A Baron may give Matt trouble because he won't let Matt put his sons in jail because of a crime they committed.
Luke
Nov 2, 1970 · 45 min
A wounded outlaw comes to Dodge City to find his daughter before his death.
The Gun
Nov 9, 1970 · 45 min
After a yong man kills a gunfighter he become the victim of publicity.
The Scavengers
Nov 16, 1970 · 45 min
In order for a black man to save his life he must say that indians held up a wagon train.
The Witness
Nov 23, 1970 · 45 min
A family is held hostage so they can't testify at the trial of a killer.
McCabe
Nov 30, 1970 · 45 min
Matt has two problems he tries to arrest an outlaw then he must try to free the hostage.
Sergeant Holly
Dec 14, 1970 · 45 min
Sgt Holly has stolen an army payroll and is framed for it.
Jenny
Dec 28, 1970 · 45 min
A strict judge interferes when Newly allows an outlaw to make arrangements for his 10-year-old daughter, and to surrender afterwards.
Mirage
Jan 11, 1971 · 45 min
Festus comes back from a shootout and can't tell the story well.
Murdoch
Feb 8, 1971 · 45 min
A former lawman tries to go after a gang of outlaws and gets a shock of his own.
Cleavus
Feb 15, 1971 · 45 min
Cleavus think he could be rich, but he soon finds fool's gold in the mine.
Lavery
Feb 22, 1971 · 45 min
Matt is saved by a cowhand from an ambush. Matt then gets to do a favor for the cowhand.
Pike: Part 1
Mar 1, 1971 · 45 min
Sally Fergus, called by many in Dodge ""Dirty Sally"" finds young wounded outlaw, Cyrus Pike at her home and nurses him back to health. His partners in a robbery are searching for
Pike: Part 2
Mar 8, 1971 · 45 min
Dirty Sally becomes smitten with the outlaw Pike as he continues to heal up and the gang begins tracking Pike down.The friendship between the two grows as Pike is faced with leavin