Have Gun, Will Travel: Season 2
The second season of Have Gun – Will Travel originally aired Saturdays at 9:30-10:00 pm on CBS from September 13, 1958 to June 20, 1959. The Region 1 DVD was released on May 10, 2005.
Season 2 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 Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1.
- 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.
Season overview
The second season of Have Gun – Will Travel originally aired Saturdays at 9:30-10:00 pm on CBS from September 13, 1958 to June 20, 1959.
The Region 1 DVD was released on May 10, 2005.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
The Manhunter
Sep 13, 1958 · 30 min
Paladin is forced to kill Jimmy Dawes, wanted for murder. When he takes him back to his home town, the townspeople, the sheriff and the boy's brothers give him a hostile welcome.
In an Evil Time
Sep 20, 1958 · 30 min
Pappy French and his gang have robbed the bank in Mercede of $50,000. Pappy ran off with the cash and left his gang to shoot it out with the law. Paladin is hired to bring Pappy an
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Sep 27, 1958 · 30 min
Chris Sorenson is shy around women and he asks Paladin to help him with his new neighbor, Senorita Maria de Castro, a lady rancher. Complicating the matter is cattle missing from t
The Hanging of Roy Carter
Oct 4, 1958 · 30 min
Roy Carter is scheduled to be hanged. Another man confesses to the murder just before the execution is to take place. Paladin is hired to try to convince the warden to delay the ha
Duel at Florence
Oct 11, 1958 · 30 min
Paladin receives a letter with a bank draft for $82.17 from Ernie Teller asking for help with a matrimonial problem.
The Protege
Oct 18, 1958 · 30 min
Paladin answers an ad in the paper by Kurt Sprague: ""Teach me to quick draw and shoot. Instruction desperately needed. Will pay one thousand dollars. Only experts need apply."" Ku
The Road to Wickenburg
Oct 25, 1958 · 30 min
Paladin wakes up after being drugged, beaten and robbed in the town of Blue Bell by five men, one of whom is the town's sheriff. They took his money, gun, bullets, horse and saddle
A Sense of Justice
Nov 1, 1958 · 30 min
The sheriff of a small town needs help to prevent the lynching of simple-minded Andy Dawes. The townspeople are sure he is a murderer. Paladin offers to help
Young Gun
Nov 8, 1958 · 30 min
An ex-gunfighter, Roy Calvert, blames the people of Benedict for his wife's death. The town is in the middle of a bad drought and Calvert and his son are blocking the only access t
The Lady
Nov 15, 1958 · 30 min
A British woman, Diana Coulter, hires Paladin to guide her to her brother's ranch in Shiprock, Arizona, where the Comanches are on the warpath.
A Snare for Murder
Nov 22, 1958 · 30 min
Two ornery old gold miners, who hate each other, have struck it rich. Problem is they talk too much, and now it appears someone is trying to kill them.
The Ballad of Oscar Wilde
Dec 6, 1958 · 30 min
Paladin is hired to protect Oscar Wilde. Another 3 men apply for the job, but after Paladin upstages them they kidnap Wilde for ransom. Paladin takes care of them, his way.
The Solid Gold Patrol
Dec 13, 1958 · 30 min
Paladin goes to inform a calvary corporal that he has won $600,000 in a lottery. But they may not live to cash in the ticket, they are trapped by several dozen hostile Indians.
Something to Live For
Dec 20, 1958 · 30 min
On his way to help a man and his daughter over a land dispute, Paladin encounters a wealthy, drunk and helpless man whose guide left him behind to die.
The Moor's Revenge
Dec 27, 1958 · 30 min
Shakespearean actors are going to perform in San Diego during their roundup. They are in for a rough reception. A lovesick gunfighter is among the audience. The show's promoter hir
The Wager
Jan 3, 1959 · 30 min
Sid Morgan hires Paladin to protect him from someone who is trying to kill him. After killing the gunfighter who was following them, Paladin finds out the real reason Morgan hired
The Taffeta Mayor
Jan 10, 1959 · 30 min
John Kellaway, who is running for mayor of Colton, Wyoming, hires Paladin to protect him from his opposition. When he is killed before Paladin can get there, Paladin persuades John
Lady on the Stagecoach
Jan 17, 1959 · 30 min
Paladin is traveling on a stagecoach with four others, one of whom is Della White Cloud, the educated daughter of an Apache chief. The stage is also carrying a strongbox full of go
Treasure Trail
Jan 24, 1959 · 30 min
Paladin wins part of a treasure map in a poker game and goes in search of the treasure with three other men.
Juliet
Jan 31, 1959
Juliet Harper is being hunted by the grandsons of Colonel Jeremiah Pike. Paladin meets her on the stage and now the Colonel is after both of them, and Paladin is without a gun.
Hunt the Man Down
Feb 7, 1959
Paladin finds himself reluctantly drawn into a deadly dispute between two brothers who are also old aquaintances.
The Scorched Feather
Feb 14, 1959
Robert Ceilbleu hires Paladin to protect his father from a Comanche war chief who has sworn to kill him. After arriving at the remote cabin of William Ceilbleu, he learns the reaso
The Return of the Lady
Feb 21, 1959
Diana Coulter (The Lady, Episode 49) wires Paladin and asks him to come to her wedding to ""give the bride away"".
The Monster of Moon Ridge
Feb 28, 1959
The townspeople of Moon Ridge, Colorado believe there are monsters in the mountains. Dan Bella's daughter is taken by something and he finds strange footprints outside his daughter
The Long Hunt
Mar 7, 1959
Thomas Orday, half Comanche, has killed two men and wounded Dundee, a former Indian fighter. He is now hiding in the mountains of New Mexico. Paladin is hired to help track him dow
Death of a Gunfighter
Mar 14, 1959
A ruthless gunfighter who has killed 9 men is wanted by the townspeople, who hire Paladin. The gunfighter's brother has been hanged and left out in the sreet to trap the gunfighter
Incident at Borrasca Bend
Mar 21, 1959
Arriving in a weird tent town to return money to a prospector, Paladin finds himself charged with the man's murder and tried by a kangaroo court.
Maggie O'Bannion
Apr 4, 1959
After being bushwhacked and having 'everything' taken, Paladin walks to the nearest ranch and manages to get hired on as a handyman.
The Chase
Apr 11, 1959
Paul Martin is a bank clerk accused of robbing the bank and killing a deputy. His wife hires Paladin to find her husband before the posse does.
Alaska
Apr 18, 1959
Paladin play chess by mail with Boris, who is living in Alaska. Paladin receives what he assumes is Boris' next move but instead is a request for help. Boris is being forced out of
The Man Who Lost
Apr 25, 1959
Paladin goes after a man who murdered a man and attacked the man's wife. The victim's two brothers are also after him and don't intend to allow him to live long enough to stand tri
The Return of Roy Carter
May 2, 1959
Roy Carter returns to help Paladin search the snow-covered mountains for a missing chaplain and an escaped convict.
The Sons of Aaron Murdock
May 9, 1959
Paladin becomes a bounty hunter when a rancher hires him to bring in his son, who's become a sadistic, vicious killer.
Comanche
May 16, 1959 · 30 min
Paladin is hired to find a U.S. Army corporal, who is a deserter and the son of a general. Paladin must travel into Indian territory as he seeks the corporal. Along the way, Paladi
Homecoming
May 23, 1959 · 30 min
Wrongly convicted Ed Stacy, whom Paladin helped to put in prison, is being released after being pardoned. Will Stanhope, who runs the local freight office, hires Paladin to protect
The Fifth Man
May 30, 1959 · 30 min
Ben Talman, who has murdered 12 men, escaped from jail. He kills four men in Yucca Bend within one week. Paladin is hired to bring him in.
Heritage of Anger
Jun 6, 1959 · 30 min
Paladin is hired to protect the Avery family from Manuel Garcia. Garicia is a Mexican bandit who seems to have taken a special interest in their son.
The Haunted Trees
Jun 13, 1959 · 30 min
Ben Howard is disinherited in his father's will. When his father dies, Mrs. Sarah Howard takes over running the family's lumber company. She claims that Ben is sabotaging the work
Gold and Brimstone
Jun 20, 1959 · 30 min
Paladin finds a sick old man and his son trying to protect their mine from claim jumpers. The old man is delirious and thinks that Paladin is the devil and has only offered to help