Wanted: Dead or Alive: Season 2
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 Wanted: Dead or Alive 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.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Montana Kid
Sep 5, 1959
A kid is the key for Josh to find Johnny Deuce who cheated during a poker game and took a lot of money off Josh. Now Josh goes after Deuce in order to get his money back.
The Healing Woman
Sep 12, 1959
Tom takes his very ill son away from medical help and takes him to a witch a so called healer jeopardizing his sons full recovery.
The Matchmaker
Sep 19, 1959
Josh reluctantly plays matchmaker and enlists the aid of Amy Williams to teach Charlie the proper way to behave and act so that he can confidently find his own bride.
Breakout
Sep 26, 1959
Prison officials allow Randall to help Tom Dunn escape in order to retrieve the missing fifty thousand dollars Dunn had stolen.
Estralita
Oct 3, 1959
While hot on the trail of a murderer, Josh comes across a man about to be lynched by a group of vigilanties. The victim happens to be the same man that Randall has been chasing.
The Hostage
Oct 10, 1959
Josh delivers Jumbo Kane, a highly dangerous and already sentenced to death man. Soon after he has handed him over to the sheriff, Kane takes the sheriff by surprise and kills him.
The Empty Cell
Oct 17, 1959
Josh delivers a prisoner to the sheriff, in the morning Josh realizes that there was an impostor and that the prisoner has successfully escaped with his cohort.
Bad Gun
Oct 24, 1959
After selling a customer a defective gun, Josh is hired to retrieve the dangerous weapon.
The Tyrant
Oct 31, 1959
Recruited by the army, Josh seeks the horses and the deserter who stole them. And he finds both the horses and the man - in custody of the town's marshal. But the marshal, who's ru
Reckless
Nov 7, 1959
Well-known businessman Tate Bradley hires Josh and other bounty hunters to find Tony Egan who killed his son, but was ruled an accident. When Randall finds the supposed killer and
Desert Seed
Nov 14, 1959
Josh manages to track down Juan Gomez in the desert near the Mexican border where he's living now with his family. His nephew Pachito rides in to protect his uncle. (Afterall he is
Twelve Hours to Crazy Horse
Nov 21, 1959
Josh delivers Dan Murdock, wanted for multiple murders, in Mesa City. Josh learns that the local sheriff is the brother of Crazy Horse's deputy, one of the victims, and it's unlike
No Trail Back
Nov 28, 1959
Joe Hooker, after raiding a bank on behalf of his brother Ben, is bitten by a dog with rabies. Upon learning this, the sheriff ends his pursuit. Josh, however, decides to go after
Man on Horseback
Dec 5, 1959
Charley Red Cloud is blamed for the murder of Will Bascomb. Bascomb's brother, Merv places a high bounty on Red Cloud.
Chain Gang
Dec 12, 1959
After being arrested for a minor offence, Josh is put on the chain gang and put to work on the local mine.
Vanishing Act
Dec 26, 1959
On the trail of bank robber Bart McCready, Josh discovers that he is posing as an escape artist named ""The Great Bartolo"".
Mental Lapse
Jan 2, 1960
An amnesia victim has posters up asking for help finding information about himself.
Angela
Jan 9, 1960
Angela Pryor is seeking revenge against the man who murderer her father during a burglary. Josh is also after the same man for other crimes.
The Monster
Jan 16, 1960
Josh goes after an elephant trainer who is using the animal to scare away the whole town so he can rob the town blind.
The Most Beautiful Woman
Jan 23, 1960
John Garth comes to town looking for his darling Lil, he feels something terrible has happened. There was a fire in the saloon and he thinks she died.
Jason
Jan 30, 1960
Josh caught 'Doc' Phillips, the partner of Clell Fennon, and now wants to use him as a bait to get Fennon - worth $5.000 - himself.
The Partners
Feb 6, 1960
Josh gets arrested - for horse theft. Then he finds out it was Jason who wants him behind bars because Jason wants to go after Billy Joe Henry alone.
Tolliver Bender
Feb 13, 1960
Josh needs Tolliver's testimony in a nearby town unfortunately Amos McKenna wants to hang Tolliver and will only allow him to go if one of the two Josh or Jason stays in his place.
A House Divided
Feb 20, 1960
Josh is hired by an attractive woman to find and clear the name of her father wrongly accused of murder. The real killer hires Jason to find the same man too.
Triple Vice
Feb 27, 1960
Josh and Jason go to Mexico Al Hemp's brother Billy. Al took the blame for Billy's crime and ends up waiting for his brother a no show.
Black Belt
Mar 19, 1960
Josh goes after a Korean named Sammy Wong wanted for murder. His hands are his deadly weapon, being the karate expert that he is.
The Pariah
Mar 26, 1960
The good townspeople hire gunmen to kill Randy Holleran who is responsible for several deaths and trouble in the town. Josh is asked by the father to help protect his son.
Vendetta
Apr 9, 1960
Josh captures and returns a wanted recruit to an Army Camp. The commanding officer re-instates the wanted man and refuses to pay Randall his bounty money.
Death Divided by Three
Apr 23, 1960
Josh and Jason are on the trail of an outlaw wanted for murder in Arizona. The outlaw's wife is also seeking her husband.
The Inheritance
Apr 30, 1960
Clint Davis a blind and dying rancher hires Josh to find his renegade son.
Prison Trail
May 14, 1960
Josh and Jason are delivering four criminals unaware that a stranger is following them to seek revenge on those criminals.
Pay-Off at Pinto
May 21, 1960
Bank of Pinto having been robbed hires Josh to go to Santa Fe to replenish the funds.