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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp: Season 1

33 episodes Premiered Sep 6, 1955 Updated Jul 19, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

Wyatt Earp Becomes A Marshal

Sep 6, 1955

Ellsworth, Kansas 1873. Young Wyatt arrives in town fresh from a buffalo hunt looking to clean up and find his friend Sheriff Whitney who has sent for him. Despite it's peaceful a

S1·E2

Mr. Earp Meets a Lady

Sep 13, 1955

Earp jails Ben Thompson in the hope that his mentally unstable brother Bill will attempt a jailbreak, but the Marshal underestimates the misguided and naive ruthlessness of young A

S1·E14

Trail's End for a Cowboy

Dec 6, 1955

An immature rancher's son forced to sell a herd at at a low price tries to make up the difference in a poker game while drunk and loses. Earp refuses to help since no law was broke

S1·E17

Ben Thompson Returns

Dec 27, 1955

Earp has been using sanitary laws to close crooked saloons as Ben Thompson comes to Wichita to open one. Ben feels a debt of gratitude toward Earp but it causes problems as the res

S1·E23

The Frontier Theatre

Feb 7, 1956

Earp closes a show because the men attending are being ripped off by the girls in it. The owner wants to get even with Earp. He decides to attack the stars of a competing play hopi

S1·E24

Killing at Cowskin Creek

Feb 14, 1956

Big winners at the Keno House are being killed and robbed on the way back to the their camps. Earp is unsure if it is crooked casino owners or someone else doing it. A volunteer co

S1·E29

The Pinkertons

Mar 20, 1956

When a man is murdered in Wichita, Earp wants the Newton gang for it but Allen Pinkerton is interfering and more interested in recovering some stolen money. Due to Earp's actions,