20x01 Matt Dillon Must Die
September 9, 1974 12:00 am
A mountain family in an attempt to avenge the death of one of their own capture Matt.
20x02 A Town in Chains
September 16, 1974 12:00 am
A group of bandits attempt to rob a town while masquerading as soldiers.
20x03 The Guns of Cibola Blanca (1)
September 23, 1974 12:00 am
Doc and fellow stage passenger, Lyla are captured by renegade comancheros.
20x04 The Guns of Cibola Blanca (2)
September 30, 1974 12:00 am
Matt, Festus and Newly attempt to rescue Doc and Lyla from Shindrow's camp.
20x05 Thirty a Month and Found
October 7, 1974 12:00 am
Matt houses a drunk Will & Friends in the jail they go looking for $300 that they think Bill took. Matt thinks it was a misunderstanding. Will doesn't want to tell Matt that they shot Curly Wills (They buried him before going to Dodge. Doak stops to see his girlfriend and says marriage will need to wait, as Will & Quincy leaves without Doak Quincy and the storekeepers are shot.
20x06 The Wiving
October 14, 1974 12:00 am
Jed Hockett(Harry Morgan), a farmer, orders his three boys to go to town and return with prospective brides.
20x07 The Iron Men
October 21, 1974 12:00 am
Matt and former lawman now turned alcoholic, Chauncey Demon go up against land baron Carl Ryker.
20x08 The Fourth Victim
November 4, 1974 12:00 am
A series of seemingly random killings have the citizens of Dodge City in near panic, but Dillon believes they are part of a pattern in which Doc is slated to be the next target.
20x09 The Tarnished Badge
November 11, 1974 12:00 am
Matt's friend, Sheriff Harker runs his town ruthlessly, punishing anyone disobeying him.
20x10 In Performance of Duty
November 18, 1974 12:00 am
Matt is frustrated by Judge Kendall's insistence that the letter of the law be maintained, which could result in Emmett Kaysinger and his boys, all known outlaws, be set free unless there is solid evidence to hold them for a double murder and robbery they committed.
20x11 Island in the Desert (1)
December 2, 1974 12:00 am
Festus, in the desert hunting escaped killer Gard Dixon is wounded by the outlaw. He is found by Ben Snow, a half-crazy hermit who has been living in the desert with his gold for many years.
20x12 Island in the Desert (2)
December 9, 1974 12:00 am
While Matt and Newly hunt for Festus, Ben Snow and Festus attempt to haul his gold out of the desert.
20x13 The Colonel
December 16, 1974 12:00 am
Lee J. Cobb and his daughter Julie Cobb appear together for the first time when Cobb guest-stars as a once-proud military officer who is suddenly faced with a painful and unplanned reunion with his daughter.
20x14 The Squaw
January 6, 1975 12:00 am
Fleeing from both Matt Dillon and his double-crossed partners, outlaw Gristy Calhoun discovers that his survival in the badlands depends on an Indian woman.
20x15 The Hiders
January 13, 1975 12:00 am
A farmer comes by and asks Sharp where is cow is, Matt tells the milk cow owner that he has no proof to arrest ""the hiders."" The farmer wants to go after them himself. Matt tells the men that will leave Dodge if anyone else complains. Dink escapes from Carp after being hurt, Festus finds Dink and treats his wounds. Dink tells Festus he likes waking up in the morning, Martha warns Dink to watch for Carp. Carp asks Dink to help kill Festus.
20x16 Larkin
January 20, 1975 12:00 am
Newly finds himself in a strange alliance with a professional killer as he tries to return to Dodge City with his prisoner (Jaeckel) before they are both killed by a trio of bounty hunters.
20x17 The Fires of Ignorance
January 27, 1975 12:00 am
Henry Decory is a schoolteacher who makes a strong statement for compulsory education for frontier children as a stubborn father feels that books and education are a waste of time and tries to keep his son Tommy out of school.
20x18 The Angry Land
February 3, 1975 12:00 am
Matt takes a young orphan Bessie Sutherland after her parents were killed on the prairie, to live with her Aunt Rachel. Rachel tells Matt that because of the devastating experiences that she has had, does not want to take in her niece, besides she wants to sell her land.
20x19 Brides and Grooms
February 10, 1975 12:00 am
Farmer Jed Hackett (Harry Morgan) decides it's time for his three sons marry the women they brought back from Dodge City.
20x20 Hard Labor
February 24, 1975 12:00 am
Matt Dillon is sentenced to life imprisonment of hard labor for shooting a fugitive in the town of Bedrock.
20x21 I Have Promises to Keep
March 3, 1975 12:00 am
Festus is caught in the middle when an Eastern preacher (David Wayne) wants to build a church for the Indians and the townspeople to share, but by all of whom that are filled with prejudice.
20x22 The Busters
March 10, 1975 12:00 am
Two bronco busters try to raise money for a ranch in Montana, only to have the dream ruined when one of them gets a death threatening head injury when thrown off by a wild stallion.
20x23 Manolo
March 17, 1975 12:00 am
Manolo (Robert Urich)is a Basque youth who is not recognized as a man in the eyes of his people because he refuses to fight his father Alejo (Nehemiah Persoff), a traditional Basque custom to prove one's manhood.
20x24 The Sharecroppers
March 31, 1975 12:00 am
A comedy of errors puts Festus behind a plow, farming for a family of shiftless sharecroppers.



