

The Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as "James Bond on horseback." Set during the administration of President Ulysses Grant, the series followed Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon as they solved crimes, protected the President, and foiled the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over all or part of the United States. The show also featured a number of fantasy elements, such as the technologically advanced devices used by the agents and their adversaries. The combination of the Victorian era time-frame and the use of Verne-esque style technology have inspired some to give the show credit for the origins of the steam punk subculture.

Sep 17, 1965 - 51m
Jim is set up as a renegade as a cover for him and Artie to sneak into Texas and track down General Juan Manolo, who is trying to take over the region.

Sep 24, 1965 - 50m
Facing execution at the hands of a madman, West learns the crazed assassin plans to reclaim Mexico---as the new Napoleon.

Oct 1, 1965 - 50m
West tries to protect Prof. Nielsen, a demolitions expert. But he fails: Nielson is blown up by the evil Dr. Miguelito Loveless.

Oct 8, 1965 - 50m
Jim West suspects his search for counterfeiters is getting warm when he's shot at with arrows---and thrown to the crocodiles.

Oct 15, 1965 - 51m
Jim and Artie set out to penetrate the stronghold of a corrupt political boss and return him to Washington for trial.

Oct 22, 1965 - 50m
Ships along the Mississippi are being attacked by a gang of pirates known as the "Thousand Eyes". After Jim ducks an assassin, an attractive woman, he finds the leader of the Eyes: Captain Ansel Coffin, who was blinded and now seeks revenge. His gang use false lights to lead ships astray and crash them, and then plunder them. Jim is captured by Coffin and manages to escape a cage rigged to a lightning rod. He is blinded by a powder flash, and for a time he is at a decided edge against Coffin (who has long adapted to his blindness). Coffin manages to accidentally kill his wife. Enraged, Jim is saved by his recovering eyesight: he ducks, and Coffin falls into a pit to his death.

Oct 29, 1965 - 50m
Jim and Artemus try to recover stolen radioactive materials nad have only one clue - a set of fingerprints found on the ankle of a pretty secretary.

Nov 5, 1965 - 51m
To rescue a kidnapped princess, Jim runs into a booby-trapped doorknob and a fully armored man wielding a mace.

Nov 12, 1965 - 50m
An Indian demand for gold must be met: they've threatened to kill five railroad workers a day until it is paid.

Nov 19, 1965 - 51m
West is lured to a ghost town peopled with lifelike dummies as part of an elaborate trap set for him by his nemesis Dr. Loveless.

Nov 26, 1965 - 50m
West is sent to infiltrate an army of fanatics dedicated to overthrowing the U.S. Government. Getting in is no problem...but if he tries to leave he'll be shot.

Dec 3, 1965 - 50m
A demented geologist can set off earthquakes where he chooses as part of an elaborate extortioin scheme. So West and Gordon head for Ellenville--the next town on the mad genius's list.

Dec 10, 1965 - 50m
Jim and Artie take on an obsessed museum curator who has private designs on the state treasury.

Dec 17, 1965 - 51m
West is captured by a doctor who uses Pavlovian training to condition the Secret Service agent into becoming an assassin.

Dec 24, 1965 - 50m
Jim goes to arrest a Mexican bandit disguised as a notorious outlaw...but the villain's girlfriend recognizes him.

Jan 7, 1966 - 51m
A series of mysterious deaths of military personnel bring Jim face to face with the indestructible Col. "Iron Man" Torres. Crippled in an explosion that he blames on the other men of his company, Torres rebuilt himself as a 19th century "cyborg", and is seeking revenge on those he thinks wronged him...and President Grant was one of the men he served with.

Jan 14, 1966 - 51m
Jim and Artie have only one clue to track down the smugglers of opium and Chinese aliens: a fortune cookie.

Jan 21, 1966 - 51m
Jim is assigned to stop abolitionist John Brown. The only problem - he was pronounced dead 20 years ago.

Jan 28, 1966 - 51m
West must protect a visiting despot from the fatal charms of Ecstasy La Joie, who brandishes such baubles as an explosive garter and a deadly ring.

Feb 18, 1966 - 50m
Intent on making California a kingdom for children, evil Dr. Loveless makes his play for the state with a series of toys---which explode.

Feb 25, 1965 - 51m
A Supreme Court justice will not believe his life is in danger---until a puppet-show marionette fires a gun at him.

Mar 4, 1966 - 51m
West, posing as a prison inspector, hunts for clues to a pillaging outlaw band.

Mar 11, 1966 - 50m
West tries to protect a pleasure-loving prince who insists on visiting a plush spa---where assassins eagerly await his arrival.

Mar 25, 1966 - 50m
West is furious: his superiors have refused him permission to investigate the murder of a close friend who was burned to death before his eyes.

Apr 1, 1966 - 50m
West poses as an ex-con to gain admittance to renegade Army leader Thorald Wolfe.

Apr 8, 1966 - 51m
West tries to convince a Serbian official to hide the Kara Diamond. Then the gem disappears---and West is blamed.

Apr 15, 1966 - 50m
West helps a powerfully built girl carry her trunk, not knowing it contains his shrewd enemy---diminutive, giggling Dr. Loveless.

Apr 22, 1966 - 51m
West finds Willow Springs looted and its citizens completely immobile---victims of a mysterious paralysis.