The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Earp must defuse a conflict between warring families after Ollie and Mildred Taylor set up shop in Wichita and become targets of a man angry at Ollie's cousin for killing his brother; tensions escalate into a deadly struggle, then a lynch mob.

Earp becomes the new marshal of Dodge City and immediately finds himself fighting off gunmen working for the Big T gang; determined to bring order to the city, Earp gathers local support as the gang holds the sheriff of Ford County under siege.

Uneasy city council member Jim Kelley must choose a side to support when the council becomes deadlocked on the passage of new laws to give Earp more power, and members of the Big T gear up to attack Dodge City.

Constant brawling between railroad workers and buffalo hunters threatens to close Dora Hand's dance hall for good; when the conflict intensifies into a full-scale assault on the railroad, Earp and Dora race to intervene.

A businessman eager to end Earp's war on crime asks notorious gunman Clay Allison to kill him; after Kelley warns Earp about the gunman's skill, Earp uses psychological tactics to gain the upper hand.

A judge's daughter pines for Earp, who shares her feelings but doubts a relationship can endure his life as a lawman; two local outfits cause trouble for Earp after he arrests their leaders, culminating in a fight between Earp and their foreman.

Earp must keep a tight lid on problems in Dodge City while a journalist from New York pays a visit, but the job proves especially difficult on a chaotic day filled with dog fights, gunfire and rowdy cowboys.

When a disgruntled cowhand holes up in a warehouse, Earp investigates the man's experiences in Dodge City to understand what drove him to violence and uncovers a chain of abuse perpetrated by underhanded citizens.

When Dora Hand convinces Jim Kelley to sell his saloon in advance of their marriage, McGuire and Albright wrangle a deal to make Earp part-owner of the saloon without his knowledge and frame him for illegal business practices.

Aggressive suitor Bob Rellance pesters Dora on the day before her marriage to Kelley, asking her to call off the wedding in favor of himself, but when tensions escalate into violence, Earp steps in to force Rellance out of town.

Bat Masterson travels to Dodge City and gets involved in a gunfight that causes him to lose Earp's approval; after befriending gang member Nellie Wright, Bat tries to get word to Earp about an upcoming robbery but ends up at the gang's mercy.

A newly deputized Bat complicates an arrest by shooting perpetrator Billy Jordan after Billy ran out of bullets; while Earp and the deputies race to find a surgeon, Billy's family holds Bat hostage and threatens to take revenge if Billy dies.

With Earp and Bassett out of town, George Morris' gang sacks Dodge City and rounds up all of the remaining deputies except for Bat, who finds Earp and sneaks back into town to fight the gang with the help of local residents.

Earp and Bat pose as outlaws to infiltrate a gang involved in a rash of murders and cattle thefts, staging a power struggle within the gang and setting up an ambush in Dodge City to take down the entire group.

Earp must get Judge Tobin to see the error of his ways when the judge sentences an innocent man to death by hanging, going to extreme lengths to turn the tables by framing the judge for a crime.

Two men wanted by a Cheyenne tribe for murder seek refuge in Dodge City, and although Earp arrests the pair, the city refuses to press charges because the victims were Indians.

A poor rancher woman struggling to marry off her daughter deals with trespassers trying to steal her land's resources and rumors that she has gold on her property.

Earp must convince a disgraced Army captain that he holds no responsibility for Gen. Custer's devastating loss at Little Big Horn, but angry newcomers with a group of captive Indians seek to take revenge on the captain for the defeat.

After an altercation between a drunk soldier and a Cherokee civilian results in death, Earp takes the soldier into custody and fights off his captain's attempts to free him.

Men from the Circle Bar ranch kidnap Ben Thompson, a dealer who cheated them at cards, and Earp poses as a doctor to gain access to the ranch and free Ben.

A crippled man with a grudge against Earp hires sharpshooter Rule Hawes to kill him; Bat and the other deputies search for the assassin while Annie May tries to give Bat a clue.

Wells Fargo hires Earp to protect a gold shipment arriving by stage at Little Alamo and the marshal must work with the stagecoach passengers to hold out against the Curly Bill Brocius gang until a posse can arrive to save them.

Fred Colby, a man wrongly sent to prison, finishes his sentence and heads for Dodge City looking for the man who killed his brother.

While Earp and Buffalo Bill stage a fake robbery to entertain a visiting German prince, real bandits kidnap the prince and hold him for ransom.

Earp and Bat find their careers in jeopardy when they arrest the owners of two competing stagecoach companies whose hired armies threaten to start a war in the streets.

Earp and Bat work together to help Bat win an election for county sheriff to defeat Jerry Lanphere, a crook also running for the position; Sen. Drew tells Bat he must end his friendship with Earp to gain the people's favor.

Earp has 24 hours to find a killer after a judge sentences an innocent man to hang, but the man refuses to speak in his own defense, leaving Earp with few clues to follow.

Bounty hunters stir up trouble in Dodge City by trying to collect rewards on reformed outlaws until Earp devises a plan to turn the bounty hunters against each other.

A headstrong teenager named Jimmy Craig arrives in Dodge City and wants to become one of Earp's deputies, demonstrating his impeccable skill with a gun, but his dream contrasts sharply with his irrational obsession to duel Ed Beatty.

Earp takes Bat's brother Ed under his wing as a new deputy, but while Ed believes outlaws can be reasoned with, Bat knows better; two businessmen plan to kill Ed and frame Bat for the crime to secure ownership of a saloon.

When buffalo hunter Jake Caster arrives in Dodge City and an Army sergeant dies from an apparent Indian attack soon after, Earp investigates the tragedy that claimed the life of Jake's wife and child.

Earp tries to help gun repairman Guns McCallum deal with his temper by summoning his wife to Dodge City; when Guns admits he can't repair a gunslinger's favorite sidearm, he finds himself in a deadly showdown.

Doc Holliday, the gunslinging dentist, teams up with Earp to stop a gang of train robbers; Doc's wife, Kate, insists upon taking him to a hospital to receive treatment for consumption, but Earp can't take the gang alone.

Earp tries to resist pressure to throw Doc out of Dodge City, but when the dentist commits murder in the street, Earp throws him in jail and faces the ire of Doc's wife, Kate; Doc comes to Earp's rescue when a gang captures the marshal.

Earp must negotiate with Chief Dull Knife when a Cheyenne tribe launches an attack to retake their ancestral lands, hoping to avoid a confrontation with Maj. Benteen's soldiers.

When Doc purchases a gold brick from a wanted thief and then sells it to prove a point, Earp follows the brick's trail as it passes through the hands of various Dodge City residents.

After a rancher receives threats to stop courting widow Myra Malone, Earp pays a visit to Myra, who refuses to trust the law after northern troops killed her husband, and finds her sheltering a wanted woman connected to a gang.

Earp reluctantly agrees to hire his younger brother Morgan as a deputy when Morgan stops a robbery; Morgan assists Deputy Hal when Curly Bill Brocius holds up a stagecoach.

Doc, Bat and several reformed outlaws team up to rescue Earp when the men of the Big T trap him in an abandoned cabin, leading to a desperate and deadly confrontation.