The Wild Wild West: The Complete TV Series contains all 104 episodes and two reunion movies. It is contained in a rectangular box with two packages of disks. There are 27 discs and the total running time is over 85 hours. While there would not be enough room to go though all of the episodes, I will highlight my favorite from each season.
Season one, which ran from 1965-1966, had 28 episodes and was filmed all in black and white. One that stands out in my mind is "The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth" where we are first introduced to Dr. Loveless, who is planning on taking over California which he claims rightfully belongs to him. This episode also features Richard Kiel, famous for the role of Jaws in the Bond film The Spy who Loved Me. I really liked "The Night of a Thousand Eyes" in which West and Gordon investigate a theft at the U.S. Mint. I found that the theft itself proved to be very interesting. I also enjoyed ”The Night of the Puppeteer" where they are trying to prevent the assassinations of Supreme Court Justices, and "The Night of the Whirring Death" where Dr. Loveless returns to thwart West and Gordon from helping the State of California from going bankrupt. Guest stars this season included Leslie Nielsen, Katharine Ross, Martin Landau, Burgess Meredith, Keenan Wynne, and Don Rickles.
Season two, which ran from 1966-1967, also had 28 episodes. This season saw the introduction of color to the show, which gave it more of a Victorian flair. Here we have "The Night of the Flying Pie Plate" in which a girl with green skin emerges from a spaceship and claims that she needs gold for fuel. Then there is "The Night of the Green Terror" where Dr. Loveless tries to convince the local Indian tribe into believing that he is a god.
A truly great one in season two is "The Night of the Vicious Valentine" where Agnes Moorehead (Bewitched) runs a computer dating service where prominent industrialists are married off and then killed for their money. Moorehead won an Emmy for this role. Other guest stars included Victor Buono, Sammy Davis Jr., Ida Lupino, Peter Lawford, William Windom, Boris Karloff, Richard Pryor, and Joseph Campanella.
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1 - Marilyn Bertrand-Lawson
This is my all time favorite show. Never missed an episode when it originally aired. Wrote to both Robert Conrad and Ross Martin and got fantastic pics from both...this show has stood the test of time. This is one complete box set that will be on my shelf