Best of the West Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Pilot

First aired: Sep/10/1981
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Pat Ast (Ruby)

2 :01x02 - The Prisoner

First aired: Sep/17/1981
Writer: Michael Leeson, Earl Pomerantz
Director: Will Mackenzie
Guest star: Richard Moll (Prisoner)

3 :01x03 - Mail Order Bride

First aired: Sep/24/1981
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Director: Doug Rogers
Guest star: Erik Holland (Olaf), Ronald Hoiseck (Sven)

4 :01x04 - The Calico Kid Returns

First aired: Oct/01/1981
Writer: Mitch Markowitz
Director: Jeff Chambers

5 :01x05 - The Reunion

First aired: Oct/08/1981
Writer: Chip Keyes, Doug Keyes
Director: Ed Weinberger
Guest star: Eve Brent (Elvira's mother)

6 :01x06 - They're Hanging Parker Tillman (1)

First aired: Oct/15/1981
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Director: Jeff Chambers
Guest star: Al Lewis (Judge), Frank Marth (Kincaid)

7 :01x07 - They're Hanging Parker Tillman (2)

First aired: Oct/22/1981
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Director: Jeff Chambers
Guest star: Al Lewis (Judge)

8 :01x08 - The New Marshal

First aired: Oct/29/1981
Writer: Mitch Markowitz
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Macon McCalman (Mayor Fletcher), Mark Withers (Nat Lindsay)

9 :01x09 - Daniel's First Love

First aired: Nov/05/1981
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: David Knell (Jimmy Jack), Bruce M. Fischer (Hickerson)

10 :01x10 - Laney in Love

First aired: Nov/12/1981
Writer: Sam Simon
Director: Stan Daniels
Guest star: Kevin Scannell (Tom), Fred Lerner (Whitman)

11 :01x11 - The Railroad

First aired: Nov/19/1981
Writer: Sy Rosen
Director: Howard Storm

Hoping the rairoad will select a route which will bring prosperity to their town, the townspeople (with less than 15 seconds notice) amazingly convert the saloon into a meeting place for church, and begin to sing "Rock of Ages" just as the railroad officials enter the room. The problem is: everybody remembers only the first 6 words of "Rock of Ages," so (hesitantly at first, then with gusto) they simply repeat those six words, six times, to complete the hymn.

(The railroad decides against the local route, and instead selects some unknown town called Denver.)

12 :01x12 - The New Jail

First aired: Nov/26/1981
Writer: Michael Leeson
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Macon McCalman (Mayor Fletcher)

13 :01x13 - A Man, a Woman, and a Horse

First aired: Dec/17/1981
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Director: Howard Storm

14 :01x14 - Frog's First Gunfight

First aired: Jan/07/1982
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Director: Michael Lessac

15 :01x15 - The Calico Kid Goes to School

First aired: Jan/14/1982
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Director: Michael Lessac
Guest star: Barbara Byrne (Miss Hanratty)

16 :01x16 - Tillman Held for Ransom

First aired: Jan/21/1982
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Director: Howard Storm
Guest star: Macon McCalman (Mayor Fletcher), John Dennis Johnston (Curtis)

17 :01x17 - The Cave-In

First aired: Feb/12/1982
Writer: David Lloyd
Director: Howard Storm

18 :01x18 - Daniel Fights a Bully

First aired: Feb/19/1982
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Director: Howard Storm

19 :01x19 - The Pretty Prisoner

First aired: Feb/26/1982
Writer: David Lloyd
Director: Howard Storm

20 :01x20 - Elvira's Old Beau

First aired: Jun/07/1982
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Director: Stan Daniels

21 :01x21 - Sam's Life is Threatened

First aired: Jun/14/1982
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Director: Stan Daniels
Guest star: Joe Regalbuto (Frances)

22 :01x22 - The Funeral

First aired: Jun/21/1982
Writer: David Lloyd
Director: Ed Weinberger
Guest star: Darrell Zwerling (Fredericks)