Here is the complete episode list for Best of the West. It includes original air dates, episode numbers, episode titles, and brief episode descriptions. The first column of this table indicates the episodes of Best of the West we currently have in our archive. (All episodes were recorded in standard play on VHS tapes.) The entries for this column are defined as follows:
| [blank] | Episode not currently in archive |
| SYND | Episode was recorded from a syndicated rerun (several minutes are typically trimmed from these by the syndicators to make room for more commercials) |
10-Sep-1981 | Episode 1 | Season 1 Number 1 | Pilot | Sam moves his family from Philadelphia to the Wild West. | |
17-Sep-1981 | Episode 2 | Season 1 Number 2 | The Prisoner | A sheriff's heart attack leaves Sam in charge of a prisoner. | |
24-Sep-1981 | Episode 3 | Season 1 Number 3 | Mail Order Bride | Doc Kullens learns his mail-order bride is a former hooker. | |
| SYND | 1-Oct-1981 | Episode 4 | Season 1 Number 4 | Calico Kid Returns | Gunslinger Calico Kid wants to become a cook. |
| SYND | 8-Oct-1981 | Episode 5 | Season 1 Number 5 | The Reunion | Sam dreads a visit from Elvira's Southern parents. |
15-Oct-1981 | Episode 6 | Season 1 Number 6 | They're Hanging Parker Tillman (Part 1) | Sam saves Tillman from a lynch mob. (Episode aka "The Hanging of Parker Tillman") | |
22-Oct-1981 | Episode 7 | Season 1 Number 7 | They're Hanging Parker Tillman (Part 2) | Sam hustles to prove Tillman innocent of cattle-rustling. (Episode aka "The Hanging of Parker Tillman") | |
29-Oct-1981 | Episode 8 | Season 1 Number 8 | The New Marshall | Sam loses the marshal election to Tillman's candidate. | |
5-Nov-1981 | Episode 9 | Season 1 Number 9 | Daniel's First Love | Unwitting Daniel falls for a girl with a jealous beau. | |
12-Nov-1981 | Episode 10 | Season 1 Number 10 | Laney in Love | Laney is smitten with a smooth-talking heel. | |
19-Nov-1981 | Episode 11 | Season 1 Number 11 | The Railroad | Sam and Tillman campaign to bring the railroad to Copper Creek. | |
26-Nov-1981 | Episode 12 | Season 1 Number 12 | The New Jail | The new jail is not quite up to snuff. | |
17-Dec-1981 | Episode 13 | Season 1 Number 13 | A Man, a Woman, and a Horse | Sam arrives home to find Elvira packed and ready to leave him. | |
7-Jan-1982 | Episode 14 | Season 1 Number 14 | Frog's First Gunfight | Frog comforts a gunslinger's jilted girlfriend. (Episode aka "Frog Gets Lucky") | |
| SYND | 14-Jan-1982 | Episode 15 | Season 1 Number 15 | The Calico Kid Goes to School | The Calico Kid, reformed, wants an education. |
21-Jan-1982 | Episode 16 | Season 1 Number 16 | Tillman Held for Ransom | The Copper Creek citizens refuse to pay ransom for a kidnapped Tillman. | |
12-Feb-1982 | Episode 17 | Season 1 Number 17 | The Cave-In | Elvira and Daniel explore an abandoned cave---unaware it's booby-trapped. | |
19-Feb-1982 | Episode 18 | Season 1 Number 18 | Daniel Fights a Bully | Sam locks horns with a bully's father (Jack O'Halloran). | |
26-Feb-1982 | Episode 19 | Season 1 Number 19 | The Pretty Prisoner | Marshal Best must spend the night handcuffed to a glamorous cattle rustler. | |
7-Jun-1982 | Episode 20 | Season 1 Number 20 | Elvira's Old Beau | Sam fights to keep Elvira from her old Dixie beau (John Calvin). | |
| SYND | 14-Jun-1982 | Episode 21 | Season 1 Number 21 | Sam's Life Is Threatened | Sam receives an anonymous threatening note. |
21-Jun-1982 | Episode 22 | Season 1 Number 22 | The Funeral | To foil a holdup, Sam and Tillman stage an impromptu "funeral" for Frog. |