James Arness and Miriam Colon in 'Chato'

GUNSMOKE Season 16

Chato

Matt kidnaps the woman of an Indian outlaw in New Mexico, Chato, in order to draw him out, and when the woman is shot in the chest, they call a truce long enough to get her to a doctor.

The Scavengers

A man living in poverty with his pregnant wife and daughter gets caught up in his own lie and can't redeem himself.

Jaekel

A woman writes to her ex-beau in prison for eight years, even after she marries and has a daughter, and when he's released, he terrorizes her.

The Noose

A man comes to Dodge seeking revenge and kidnaps Kitty, Doc and Festus taking them to old Dodgetown.

The Witness

After an arrogant young man murders a man on a train, the shooter's father and brother kill one witness and terrorize the other two.

Murdoch

Another marshal, Lucas Murdoch, arrives in Dodge with a plan in motion to catch an outlaw gang after a gold shipment, and one is his son.

Stark

A bounty hunter changes course once he learns his prisoner's family can pay much more than the bounty will.

McCabe

Matt meets a train at Sulphur Springs to arrest an outlaw passenger, but before taking him in he allows him to visit the family he deserted in Bowie Flats.

Cleavus

An old friend of Festus's having hard times arrives in Dodge with a plan to prove his self-worth and he sets his sights on Miss Kitty.

Sam McTavish M.D.

Doc has an agreement with a substitute doctor while he goes out of town and is shocked and indignant to learn Dr. Sam is a woman.

The Noonday Devil

An outlaw impersonates his twin brother who is a priest, but after he shoots a lawman, Matt is hot on his trail.

Lavery

A saloon gal who lives at the Long Branch has a secret that she's pregnant, and her estranged, irresponsible husband shows up shot.

Gentry's Law

When a rancher learns his sons were the ones who killed a squatter on their property, he tries to hide it from his good friend, Matt.

Sergeant Holly

A semi-comedy where Sergeant Holly gets framed for stealing an Army payroll because of spiked whiskey and his papers being stolen.

Pike I

Dirty Sally forms an unlikely friendship with a young man she finds shot on the prairie.

Snow Train I

A train carrying Matt, Festus and Doc is stopped by Sioux Indians who want two men aboard who they say are responsible for killing and blinding their tribesmen.

Jenny

A nine-year-old girl arrives in Dodge looking for her father in a nearby town and everyone knows he's a wanted man, just not his whereabouts.

Pike II

Pike's colleagues track him to Dirty Sally's looking for the loot, and Worthless winds up getting shot.

Snow Train II

Matt travels ten miles on foot through the snowy wilderness to reach a tiny telegraph hut with three Indians in pursuit, while the passengers try to determine which men the Indians want.

Captain Sligo

A former ship's first mate builds a cabin with a mast on the hundredth meridian, which is in the front yard of a widow, and waits for his captain to arrive.

Luke

A man takes his seriously shot outlaw partner to Dodge for help and discovers he thinks he has an estranged daughter there, but she is dead.

Mirage

A young man goes missing from his family and when Festus is found delusional with his horse after wandering in the desert, there are more questions than answers.

The Gun

A boy who makes a lucky draw on a famous gunman is turned into a showman by a writer who stretches the truth.

Tycoon

Festus inherits $500 and goes into the freight business with his friend Titus but is taken advantage of when Titus spends all the money on a red circus-like wagon and white horses.