The Wild Wild West
Season 4
24 listed hours · 1965–1969 · CBS
From the desk
How this season is filed
James West and Artemus Gordon fought masterminds with gadgets, disguises, and Western scenery — secret-service fantasy in a train car full of toys. Robert Conrad's stunt bravado and Ross Martin's disguise wizardry made proto-steampunk before the term existed. Cowboy sci-fi never had a better suit.
TV Flash files Season 4 of The Wild Wild West (1965–1969) on CBS as the last listed season of 4 — 24 listed hours, 1968-09-27–1969-04-11 from “The Night of the Big Blackmail” (S04E01) to “The Night of the Tycoons” (S04E24). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S04E04 The Night of the Sedgewick Curse
The Night of the Sedgewick Curse — gothic overlay on the western toybox, late-run hours still playing mastermind-of-the-week.
- S04E24 The Night of the Tycoons
The Night of the Tycoons closes four seasons of train-car fantasy: proto-steampunk as appointment TV, then a catalog stop.
- S04E01
The Night of the Big Blackmail
A foreign diplomat tries to implicate the United States in a conspiracy; guest Harvey Korman.
- S04E02
The Night of the Doomsday Formula
A former Army general (Kevin McCarthy) tries to steal an explosives formula.
- S04E03
The Night of the Juggernaut
A man uses a steam-driven device to drive homesteaders off oil-rich land; guest Floyd Patterson.
- S04E04
The Night of the Sedgewick Curse
A physician (Jay Robinson) injects a rich family with a drug that causes rapid aging.
- S04E05
The Night of the Gruesome Games
Gordon and West invade an eccentric's (William Schallert) mansion to find a deadly germ culture.
- S04E06
The Night of the Kraken
Gordon and West seek a sea creature terrorizing Portuguese fishermen; guest Ford Rainey.
- S04E07
The Night of the Fugitives
A town's residents hunt for Gordon and West in order to free the agents' prisoner.
- S04E08
The Night of the Egyptian Queen
Gordon and West search for an Egyptian princess's ruby; guest Tom Troupe.
- S04E09
The Night of Fire and Brimstone
Gordon and West must intercept a fortune raised to revive the Confederacy; guest Dabbs Greer.
- S04E10
The Night of the Camera
A meek agent (Pat Paulsen) becomes a big help in dealing with an opium ring.
- S04E11
The Night of the Avaricious Actuary
A scientist employs a gigantic tuning fork in an extortion scheme.
- S04E12
The Night of Miguelito's Revenge
Dr. Loveless returns with a scheme to commit wholesale homicide; guest Charles Aidman.
- S04E13
The Night of the Pelican
A madman plans to control San Francisco harbor by launching rockets from Alcatraz; guest Khigh Dhiegh.
- S04E14
The Night of the Spanish Curse
Gordon and West pursue a mysterious outlaw band terrorizing New Mexican towns.
- S04E15
The Night of the Winged Terror (1)
West vows to destroy Raven, an organization that uses mind conditioning on influential people to commit sabotage.
- S04E16
The Night of the Winged Terror (2)
West's bizarre behavior indicates he is under Raven's control.
- S04E17
The Night of the Sabatini Death
A dying man asks West to preserve a legacy for his young ward.
- S04E18
The Night of the Janus
A melody holds the clue West needs to trap a departmental traitor; guest Jack Carter.
- S04E19
The Night of the Pistoleros
Gordon and West head to a lonely outpost to battle a terrorist gang.
- S04E20
The Night of the Diva
A temperamental diva (Patrice Munsel) is kidnapped at a New Orleans performance.
- S04E21
The Night of the Bleak Island
West visits an eerie island to get a diamond for the National Museum; guest Beverly Garland.
- S04E22
The Night of the Cossacks
A Russian prince races a desperate foe to recover a religious icon; guest Nina Foch.
- S04E23
The Night of the Plague
Rescuing a governor's daughter from stagecoach robbers exposes West to plague; guest Lana Wood.
- S04E24
The Night of the Tycoons
A plot threatens the directors of a corporation owned by a woman; Amelia Bronston.
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