The Wild West misadventures of a mild-mannered store owner turned town Marshal.
Civil War vet Sam Best picks up and moves out West to Copper Creek with his wife Elvira and son Daniel. Best, who is not handy with a gun and would rather talk than fight, then becomes the town marshal, much to the chagrin of shady town boss Parker Tillman and his dumb sidekick Frog.
Aired: Sep 9, 1981Sam arrives in town intending to run the general store, then runs into all ki...
Aired: Sep 17, 1981Sam must face a prisoner's outlaw brothers after the sheriff who was taking h...
Aired: Oct 1, 1981The Square Deal Saloon's new cook is the Calico Kid; he has sworn to never ag...
4. They're Hanging Parker Tillman (1)
Aired: Oct 15, 1981Sam goes out on a limb and manages to save Tillman from a lynch mob, but at t...
5. They're Hanging Parker Tillman (2)
Aired: Oct 22, 1981Sam infiltrates an outlaw band to try to prove Tillman is innocent of cattle ...
Aired: Oct 29, 1981Sam loses his badge in a special election to Tillman's squeaky-clean candidate.
Aired: Nov 5, 1981Daniel is as surprised as anyone when a few innocent kisses lead to a shotgun...
Aired: Nov 12, 1981Laney is smitten with a smoothie who bids high for her at a social—but he tur...
Aired: Oct 8, 1981Elvira's die-hard Confederate father (Andy Griffith) stays at the Square Deal...
Aired: Nov 19, 1981Sam and Tillman try hard to convince the railroad to come to Copper Creek.
Aired: Nov 26, 1981Sam's image as a lawman quickly loses its edge after he manages to shoot hims...
12. A Man, a Woman, and a Horse
Aired: Dec 17, 1981Sam doesn't pay attention to signs of discontent from Elvira until the day he...
Aired: Jan 7, 1982Frog meets a woman who was recently jilted by her beau, but neither realizes ...
14. The Calico Kid Goes to School
Aired: Jan 14, 1982The reformed Calico Kid decides he wants to be a United States Marshal. But h...
Aired: Jan 21, 1982Tillman has been kidnapped and the kidnappers are demanding a ransom, but the...
Aired: Jan 28, 1982Doc's mail-order bride has a vivid personality with a past to match it.
Aired: Feb 12, 1982Elvira and her stepson explore an abandoned outlaw cave, unaware that it is b...
Aired: Feb 19, 1982Daniel's refusal to fight a relentless bully leads to Sam having to fight the...
Aired: Feb 26, 1982Sam is handcuffed to his prisoner—a flirtatious female outlaw—for an overnigh...
Aired: Jun 7, 1982Elvira's former fiance' comes to town, intent on taking her away with him.
Aired: Jun 14, 1982Sam receives an anonymous threatening note.
Aired: Jun 21, 1982Sam and Tillman try to foil a holdup by holding a funeral for Frog; the coffi...
