The Ditch

October 27, 1962

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Gunsmoke - S8 - E7

A young woman who's heir to her father's land decides to carry out his plan to build a ditch that will impair her neighbors' access to water and perhaps trigger a range war.

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Gunsmoke: Season 8 - 38 Episode s

8x1 - The Search
September 15, 1962
A young man named Cale may have earned Marshal Dillon's respect, but Tate Gifford says Cale has just ridden off on a stolen horse - Tate's horse.
8x2 - Call Me Dodie
September 22, 1962
An adolescent escapee from a cruel orphanage knows she has a lot to learn, and she starts learning it from the rough-and-tumble characters and loafers she encounters in Dodge.
8x3 - Quint Asper Comes Home
September 29, 1962
A half-Comanche has joined his mother's tribe in killing whites to avenge the murder of his father, but Matt sees the good in the man and the chance to re-integrate him, perhaps, into white society.
8x4 - Root Down
October 6, 1962
Chester may find himself entrapped into marriage with a drifter's daughter who isn't particular about how she lands a husband.
8x5 - Jenny
October 13, 1962
A bank robber hides out in Dodge, bringing along his girl. While he's gambling away his loot, his girl casts her eye on Matt.
8x6 - Collie's Free
October 20, 1962
Released after eight bitter years in prison, Collie Patten has difficulty adjusting to the fact that things have inevitably changed with respect to his relationships with his wife, his son, and the citizens of Dodge.
8x7 - The Ditch
October 27, 1962
A young woman who's heir to her father's land decides to carry out his plan to build a ditch that will impair her neighbors' access to water and perhaps trigger a range war.
8x8 - The Trappers
November 3, 1962
A trapper leaves his friend dying alone in order to save his own life, only later to stumble across that friend in Dodge, very much alive and wanting him dead.
8x9 - Phoebe Strunk
November 10, 1962
A band of ne'er-do-wells, led by their mother, see in town a young woman that pleases them and decide to take her by force.
8x10 - The Hunger
November 17, 1962
Matt and Doc come to the rescue of a farm wife and daughter who essentially are kept as prisoners by the farmer and his son.
8x11 - Abe Blocker
November 24, 1962
Civilization is moving in on the isolation of a rugged pioneer friend of Matt's, and he starts using lethal force against the settlers encroaching on the land he regards as his.
8x12 - The Way It Is
December 1, 1962
While Matt is out of town, putting lawman's business ahead of Kitty yet again, a new man in her life has plenty of time and attention to give--perhaps too much attention.
8x13 - Us Haggens
December 8, 1962
When a boy witnesses his grandfather's murder, it sends Matt looking for a new found companion's uncle. Festus Haggen is tracking his uncle for killing his twin brother Fergus. Matt is wary but learns to trust Festus when he's shot and in bad shape.
8x14 - Uncle Sunday
December 15, 1962
Chester gets a letter from his uncle Sunday, a 'crook', on his upcoming trip to Dodge city. When he arrives with a niece, he finds he has to watch them both or what they have planned just might work, at his expense.
8x15 - False Front
December 22, 1962
A slick city reporter sets out to prove that even a milquetoast can pass for a feared gunfighter, if a few well-placed tidbits of rumor precede him.
8x16 - Old Comrade
December 29, 1962
The "town fool" has a chance to change his life when he learns that a famous general, now on his deathbed, believes him to be his long-lost son.
8x17 - Louie Pheeters
January 5, 1963
The town drunk who saw a man drowned, believes it was dream, until he meets up with the guy who did the drowning.
8x18 - The Renegades
January 12, 1963
Quint says that white renegades, not Indians, are the cause of recent raids around Dodge. Working shotgun on the stage, he proves his point when he is attacked, then pursued by those renegades. His "Indian" skills save him and a colonel's daughter who has contempt for half-Comanche Quint.
8x19 - Cotter's Girl
January 19, 1963
A father's dying request is that Matt go to retrieve his daughter. Expecting to find a little girl, Matt finds a near-grown woman, but one who's wild and desperately in need of civilizing.
8x20 - The Bad One
January 26, 1963
When a young pretty farm woman becomes attracted to and sees some good in a would-be robber, she refuses to identify him.
8x21 - The Cousin
February 2, 1963
Chance Hopper is Matt's young foster brother, torn between loyalty to Matt and to his partners in crime, who are counting on Chance to divert Matt from their course and make good their getaway.
8x22 - Shona
February 9, 1963
Gib Dawson brings his beautiful Indian wife, Shona, in to Dodge for treatment of a badly infected hand wound, at a time when racial tensions are running high against the Comanches.
8x23 - Ash
February 16, 1963
The friendship between business partners is jeopardized when one of them sustains a head injury, changing his personality. The injured man threatens to kill West's character, the fiancé of a young saloon woman.
8x24 - Blind Man's Bluff
February 23, 1963
Billy Poe is falsely accused of murder by a dying man, and flees to another town while Matt follows him, and encounters dangerous resistance from other men who hate lawmen.
8x25 - Quint's Indian
March 1, 1963
Two ne'er-do-wells come to town and soon cook up a plot under which half-Comanche blacksmith Quint Asper is framed for the theft of a horse. The atmosphere in Dodge quickly becomes dangerously ugly for Quint.
8x26 - Anybody Can Kill a Marshal
March 8, 1963
Two men want to rob the bank in Dodge, but are unwilling to try it while Matt lives. A man agrees to accept the job of killing the marshal, attaching some rather peculiar conditions to his acceptance.
8x27 - Two of a Kind
March 16, 1963
O'Ryan and Finnegan, feuding over a girl they both knew back home, are caught in a legal loophole to take ownership of a mine and land they both own. When Matt is forced in the middle of it, he has to work fast so no one else is hurt.
8x28 - I Call Him Wonder
March 23, 1963
An orphaned Indian boy latches on to a cowboy in need of work and the two of them find all doors closed to them in Dodge.
8x29 - With a Smile
March 30, 1963
A rancher's spoiled son believes even after he is convicted of murder that his father's wealth and influence will save him from the hangman.
8x30 - The Far Places
April 6, 1963
A rancher's widow regrets having spent her life away from the bright lights of a city, and is desperate that her son not share her fate.
8x31 - Panacea Sykes
April 13, 1963
Kitty welcomes her mentor from New Orleans, but the colorful old lady takes liberties with the truth and with Kitty's possessions.
8x32 - Tell Chester
April 20, 1963
Chester is smitten with Polly, but she has eyes only for Wade, a man new in town and newly her father's employee. Knowing little about Wade, Polly agrees quickly to marry him, but Chester discovers that Wade already has a wife.
8x33 - Quint-Cident
April 27, 1963
A woman newly widowed is powerfully attracted to Quint, but when he gently turns her down, she vows to make him pay for scorning a white woman.
8x34 - Old York
May 4, 1963
Pardoned for his Civil War service, an old outlaw finds his way to Dodge, where there's a lawman who's in his debt.
8x35 - Daddy Went Away
May 11, 1963
Chester is sweet on a widow dressmaker. When the widow is not only intent on marriage but eager to make changes in Chester as well, he has second thoughts--especially after a talk with her child suggests that the widow may still be a wife.
8x36 - The Odyssey of Jubal Tanner
May 18, 1963
Aaron, sweet on saloon girl Leah and wanting to make her his wife, is attacked and killed by Colie Fletcher. When Matt goes after him, Colie runs into Jubal Tanner, wounds him, and steals his horse. Jubal, ungrateful to those who help him, meets Leah, and each helps the other's outlook.
8x37 - Jeb
May 25, 1963
A prized Appaloosa, grazing alone and apparently without owner on the prairie, proves to be the ruin of more than one man.
8x38 - The Quest for Asa Janin
June 1, 1963
A young man is convicted of killing the saloon girl he wanted for his own. Matt is so sure that the young man is really innocent that he goes on the road after another suspect to prevent an unjust hanging.

8x1 - The Search

8x2 - Call Me Dodie

8x3 - Quint Asper Comes Home

8x4 - Root Down

8x5 - Jenny

8x6 - Collie's Free

8x7 - The Ditch

8x8 - The Trappers

8x9 - Phoebe Strunk

8x10 - The Hunger

8x11 - Abe Blocker

8x12 - The Way It Is

8x13 - Us Haggens

8x14 - Uncle Sunday

8x15 - False Front

8x16 - Old Comrade

8x17 - Louie Pheeters

8x18 - The Renegades

8x19 - Cotter's Girl

8x20 - The Bad One

8x21 - The Cousin

8x22 - Shona

8x23 - Ash

8x24 - Blind Man's Bluff

8x25 - Quint's Indian

8x26 - Anybody Can Kill a Marshal

8x27 - Two of a Kind

8x28 - I Call Him Wonder

8x29 - With a Smile

8x30 - The Far Places

8x31 - Panacea Sykes

8x32 - Tell Chester

8x33 - Quint-Cident

8x34 - Old York

8x35 - Daddy Went Away

8x36 - The Odyssey of Jubal Tanner

8x37 - Jeb

8x38 - The Quest for Asa Janin

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S3: Season 3

S4: Season 4

S5: Season 5

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S7: Season 7

S8: Season 8

S9: Season 9

S10: Season 10

S11: Season 11

S12: Season 12

S13: Season 13

S14: Season 14

S15: Season 15

S16: Season 16

S17: Season 17

S18: Season 18

S19: Season 19

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