Matt Gets It September 10, 1955

Matt is critically wounded while attempting to arrest super-fast gunman Dan Grat. Grat runs rampant in Dodge while Matt recovers, but is unpleasantly surprised when the recovered marshal challenges him again. 

Hot Spell September 17, 1955

Temperatures are high, tempers are short, and Matt is unenviably duty-bound to protect despicable gunman Cope Borden from being lynched by a group of normally law-abiding and hard-working ranchers and cowhands. 

Word of Honor October 1, 1955

Doc is sworn to secrecy to protect a cruel gang guilty of murder.

Home Surgery October 8, 1955

The frightened teenage daughter of a rancher enlists Matt to attempt to save her father's life by amputating his gangrenous leg. 

Obie Tater October 15, 1955

An old prospector marries a saloon girl, who like others wants to know where his gold from his prospecting days is hidden.

Night Incident October 29, 1955

Matt is dubious of young Timmy Wyatt's stories concerning nighttime robberies and assaults, but he agrees to investigate and is surprised by what he discovers.

Smoking Out the Nolans November 5, 1955

Matt has the unpleasant task of evicting some squatters from a rancher's land, but the squatters claim the rancher sold the land to them legally.

Kite's Reward November 12, 1955

Dillon takes away the gun of Andy Travis after he kills a man in self defense, figuring no one will challenge an unarmed man to a gunfight, but it's an action that might prove to be very costly.

The Hunter November 26, 1955

Marshal Dillon has to keep bullying buffalo hunter Jase Murdock from traveling south into Indian territory on a hunt for hides. Murdock's plan to trespass and wantonly massacre buffalo promises to spark an uprising.

The Queue December 3, 1955

Two men cut off a Chinese immigrant's pigtail, and he tells Matt that he can return home to China only with the pigtail or by taking the lives of the men who stole it.

General Parsley Smith December 10, 1955

An inveterate liar is loudly insistent that Dodge City's new banker is a swindler who will abscond with the townspeople's savings at his earliest opportunity.

Magnus December 24, 1955

Chester is concerned when his nomadic and "uncivilized" brother pays a Christmas visit to Dodge, but Magnus Goode proves worldlier and more adaptable to town life than anyone thought possible.

Reed Survives December 31, 1955

Booth Rider is being played for a sucker by the wife of the ranch owner he works for, in the hopes that he will have to kill her husband in self defense.

Professor Lute Bone January 7, 1956

Professor Bone is a well meaning medicine man who shows up in Dodge selling an elixir with potentially deadly side effects.

No Handcuffs January 21, 1956

Hank Springer who claims the sheriff of Mingo framed him for murder, escapes from Matt's jail, wrongly believing he has killed a deputy in the process, and now has the intention of killing the apparently corrupt sheriff.

Reward for Matt January 28, 1956

A woman puts a price on Matt's head after he shoots down her husband.

Robin Hood February 4, 1956

Holdup man John Henry Jordan repeatedly escapes conviction by robbing only the wealthy and sparing poorer persons who are potential witnesses against him. His luck runs out when Matt's efforts force him to victimize ordinary citizens.

Yorky February 18, 1956

A young white boy, taken hostage years earlier by the Pawnee, must steal from or kill a white in order to be accepted by the tribe as a brave.

20-20 February 25, 1956

Troy Carver is an aging ex lawman with poor eyesight being chased by a dirt farmer who wants revenge for the killing of his brother 2 years before.

Reunion '78 March 3, 1956

Long Branch hostess Belle Archer sees Jerry Shand shoot a former Quantrill Raider dead in self defense, but refuses to say so, and now he faces a murder trial.

Helping Hand March 17, 1956

Matt saves suspected 18 year old cattle thief Steve Elser, from a would be lynch group, and tries to help him find a job, but discovers he might be a hopeless case.

Tap Day for Kitty March 24, 1956

Matt suspects Kitty of shooting and wounding an old man who attempted to abduct her in hopes of forcing her to marry him.

Indian Scout March 31, 1956

Amos Cartwright is an Indian scout for the army and is suspected of deliberately allowing his troop to be ambushed by the Comanches, and now the brother of one of the dead soldiers is planning to kill him.

The Pest Hole April 14, 1956

When an epidemic of typhoid fever hits Dodge, some citizens want to take the law into their own hands against the person suspected as the carrier of the disease.

The Big Broad April 28, 1956

A large woman and her small companion bring trouble to Kitty's saloon, as the woman has a way of causing guns to be drawn.

Hack Prine May 12, 1956

Far from Dodge and without a horse Matt Dillon still manages to bring in Lee Timble...a man wanted for murder. Lee's brother Dolph swears that he'll get him out. Meanwhile, an old friend of Dillon's, Hack Prine, has arrived in Dodge to take a job. Happy to see each other they reminisce about old times both unaware that the job Hack is in Dodge for is killing Dillon.

Cooter May 19, 1956

After Matt exposes gambler Ben Sissle as a cheat, Sissle attempts to exact revenge by giving brain-damaged Cooter Smith a gun and telling the marshal that Cooter plans to challenge him to a gunfight.

The Killer May 26, 1956

Matt must go to extreme lengths to stop the killing spree of a psychopathic murderer who provokes gunfights with cowboys, farmers, and others who he knows have no chance against him.

Doc's Revenge June 9, 1956

A stranger comes to Dodge, and Doc bewilders and dismays Chester and Matt by arming himself and vowing to kill the man.

The Preacher June 16, 1956

A brutal prize fighter who has been punching on a meek preacher, kidnaps him and tells Dillon he will beat the man to death.

How to Die for Nothing June 23, 1956

Trail herder Howard Bulow swears to shoot Marshal Dillon in the back after he kills his drunken brother in self-defense.

Dutch George June 30, 1956

Dutch George runs a large horse theft operation. The law can't touch him because others take the risk. He makes a big mistake when he personally steals one horse for himself.

Prairie Happy July 7, 1956

Matt tries to quell rumors of a planned Pawnee attack.

Chester's Mail Order Bride July 14, 1956

Chester has been writing to a mail-order bride who is now coming to Dodge to marry him. What Chester has neglected to tell Matt and Doc is that the picture he sent her wasn't his but the marshal's.

The Guitar July 21, 1956

Weed Pindle is a friendly guitar player in Dodge, but when certain cowboys find out he fought for a particular division of the Union Army, they become set on trying to hang him. 

Cara July 28, 1956

An old flame of Matt's comes to town, but her presence in Dodge may be motivated by more than sentiment. 

Mr. and Mrs. Amber August 4, 1956

A struggling prairie couple endures harassment and torment at the hands of the wife's self-righteous brother. 

Unmarked Grave August 18, 1956

A distraught middle-aged woman becomes determined to aid a young murderer in Matt's custody after she learns of her own son's violent death and unceremonious burial on Boot Hill. 

Alarm at Pleasant Valley August 25, 1956

While on the way back to Dodge, Matt and Chester help homesteaders besieged by Indians.