According to Gunsmoke fans, the 10th best of all 635 episodes is “Prairie Wolfer” from season 9 episode 16. At the time of writing, the audience score sits at 8.8. Andrew V. McLaglen directed ...

“Gunsmoke: The First Season,” a collection of episodes from 1955 to 1956 on DVD, preserved the themes that guided the later series. Meston probed the values of the working-class residents of ...