Gunsmoke: Season 19
Season 19 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 18.
- 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 19 Progress Shield
Women for Sale (1)
Sep 10, 1973 · 45 min
Matt becomes involved in investigating the disappearance of female settlers and travelers in the region. He links it to a band of renegade Native Americans, who plan to sell the wo
Women for Sale (2)
Sep 17, 1973 · 45 min
When we left the end of part 1: Matt was stopped by indians who wanted to team up with Matt and share food Matt continues to help Marcy and Stella and finds her gone. Stella woul
Matt's Love Story
Sep 24, 1973 · 45 min
A wounded Matt Dillon suffers amnesia then falls in love with a widow. Matt's first TV kiss, not to Miss Kitty, but to guest star Michael Learned.
The Boy and the Sinner
Oct 1, 1973 · 45 min
Ron Moody guest stars as a man torn between keeping his own self-respect and the friendship of a young boy or keeping his drunken promise to help two hired gunmen.
The Widow-Maker
Oct 8, 1973 · 45 min
A gunfighter wants to forget his past... and wants everyone else to forget it too. Unfortunately for him, this is not easy to accomplish...
Kitty's Love Affair
Oct 22, 1973 · 45 min
Kitty and Matt are off for St. Louis, until Matt is summoned back on business. Upset with him, Kitty sets off for herself meeting a gunslinger on the stage who ends up saving her
The Widow and the Rogue
Oct 29, 1973 · 45 min
James Stacy stars as a roguish thief who's long on charm but a bit short on ethics. His real test of character comes on a long, adversity-plagued journey to Dodge with his captor F
A Game of Death...An Act of Love (1)
Nov 5, 1973 · 45 min
Bear Sanderson tells his wife Cora is coming home but Mrs. Sanderson is unhappy because she hates her marriage Bear whishes his wife dead He soon finds his wish true. Festus is ge
A Game of Death...An Act of Love (2)
Nov 12, 1973 · 45 min
Mr. Wolfe has taken the case and said it was sham, Matt offers to protect the lawyer. Cora feels lied to because she didn't know Mr. Wolfe was an indian. Cicero wolfe continues his
Lynch Town
Nov 19, 1973 · 45 min
Dillon forces an alcoholic Circuit Judge to hold an inquest into the death of a woman saloon owner which had resulted in the lynching of an innocent drifter.
The Hanging of Newly O'Brien
Nov 26, 1973 · 45 min
Newly trying to save a hillbilly's life by inserting a tube in their throat loses his patent causing the family members to plan to execute him.
Susan Was Evil
Dec 3, 1973 · 45 min
Nellie and Susan get ready to leave for St. Louis when Matt brings a prisoner to be treated for a wound he got while robing a bank. Susan wants to leave for St. Louis right away. S
The Deadly Innocent
Dec 17, 1973 · 45 min
Billy comes back to Dodge because he has trouble finding anyone to listen to his stories and visit Festus who is a friend of his. Billy retarded and tells Festus a riddle and the
The Child Between
Dec 24, 1973 · 45 min
Lew Harrod rides to Dodge looking for Doc Adams but learn he is out Newly goes to help but finds that the boy's mom doesn't newly to help. Newly tries to have the parent's take the
A Family of Killers
Jan 14, 1974 · 45 min
Matt and a fellow lawman go after a vicious family of robbers and killers.
Like Old Times
Jan 21, 1974 · 45 min
An old safe cracker is set free and he comes back to Dodge to find his former lady love. When two men looking to steal a lot of money come to town and approach him about unlocking
The Town Tamers
Jan 28, 1974 · 45 min
Matt and Luke come to restore order to a town and hide their badge as walk in a bar. They find out that it will be hard work. Luke runs into a woman that he once loved Caleb wants
The Foundling
Feb 11, 1974 · 45 min
After being forced to shoot a man who is breaking up the Long Branch, Matt goes off to be alone only to find a young girl and a newborn in a cave. Neither she nor her parents want
The Iron Blood of Courage
Feb 18, 1974 · 45 min
William Talley, a gunfighter is hired by a farmer's collition in Dodge to kill rancher Shaw Anderson, their main obstickle in taking over the land.
The Schoolmarm
Feb 25, 1974 · 45 min
Sarah takes her class on picnic trip to enjoy nature but is attacked by Mr. Stokes who is drunk and will have a baby but doesn't know yet and has hidden the secret. Doc tells her b
Trail of Bloodshed
Mar 1, 1974 · 45 min
Buck Henry Woolf is on the trail of his uncle, who killed his father, stole their money, and wounded him. Festus is on the same mission and also to stop the young man from taking t
Cowtown Hustler
Mar 11, 1974 · 45 min
Jack Albertson plays a former pool player who tries to get some respect back. The men playing with him punch him because they realize he still has the touch to win. Sally's husban
To Ride a Yeller Horse
Mar 18, 1974 · 45 min
Joan Shepherd wants Anna May to marry Steven Rogers, not Newly or Orlo who is a farmer. Ana May wants to date Newly. Newly drops by to take Anna May for a ride and is told she won
Disciple
Apr 1, 1974 · 45 min
When a lawman's gun arm is shot up, he's essentially a sitting duck. That's what Matt figures when his ability to shoot again is in doubt. So, he leaves the badge and Dodge behind