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Best of the West was an above-average sitcom centering around the Old West town of Copper Creek, and specifically, Marshal Sam Best and his family.

Here is the complete episode list for Best of the West. It includes original air dates, episode numbers, episode titles, and brief episode descriptions.

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.
1-Oct-1981	Episode 4	Season 1 Number 4	Calico Kid Returns	Gunslinger Calico Kid wants to become a cook.
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")
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).
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.