As of July 2026, Gunsmoke Season 2 aired in 1956 with 39 episodes — streaming now on Paramount Plus Premium. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Gunsmoke Season 2

1956 39 Episodes Western · Action & Adventure ⭐ 7/10

If you want action that respects the story underneath it, Gunsmoke Season 2 is available on and right now. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. Its 7/10 TMDB score, built from 113 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. James Arness brings a physicality to the role that elevates every sequence. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Gunsmoke Season 2 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. The choreography in Gunsmoke Season 2 serves the story instead of interrupting it. Season 2 of Gunsmoke includes 39 episodes. It aired from September 1956 to July 1957. This season stars James Arness, Amanda Blake and Dennis Weaver. James Arness and Amanda Blake lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1956. What separates Gunsmoke Season 2 from disposable action entertainment is character work that survives the explosions. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Action fans who want craft and story alongside the spectacle will find exactly that in Gunsmoke Season 2. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. James Arness is the obvious draw, but the supporting cast gives the action the context it needs to land. The action holds up because the character work underneath it never lets up.

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🎬 Gunsmoke Season 2 — Episode Guide

E1
Cow Doctor
1956-09-08
After he is summoned unknowingly by Ben Pitcher to treat one of his cows, a human patient of Doc's dies. During a fight with Pitcher, Doc is knifed.
E2
Brush at Elkader
1956-09-15
After his friend Ben Williams is shot down by Lou Shippen, Matt travels to Elkader to bring him him. The only problem, he doesn't know what he looks like and the town is protecting Shippen.
E3
Custer
1956-09-22
Matt refuses to turn the rustler Joe Trimble over to Major Banker for court-martial.
E4
The Round Up
1956-09-29
Matt closes up shops to a group of drunken cowboys, which causes trouble.
E5
Young Man with a Gun
1956-10-20
After gunman, Sam Kercher is killed by Matt, his 16-year-old brother arrives to fight Matt.
E6
Indian White
1956-10-27
At Fort Dodge, home of the third cavalry, Mrs. Mary Cullen tells the colonel that the twelve year old white boy they recovered from the Cheyenne is her son Dennis. The tribe had taken him when he was two years old.
E7
How to Cure a Friend
1956-11-10
Matt is used by an old friend in a con game.
E8
Legal Revenge
1956-11-17
Doc comes upon a homesteader with a busted leg—and a gun to protect himself from his wife.
E9
The Mistake
1956-11-24
Matt leaves Dodge City unprotected when he sets out to find a killer (Mike Connors) (Bert Rumsey credited as 'Bartender', but referred to by Chester as 'Sam Noonan').
E10
Greater Love
1956-12-01
An outlaw threatens to kill Doc if he does not help his wounded buddy.
E11
No Indians
1956-12-08
Matt and Chester act as decoys to ambush outlaws (including Mickey Simpson) that are masking their crimes as those of renegade Indians (Fintan Meyler and Herbert Rudley appear).
E12
Spring Term
1956-12-15
Matt discovers that he was the intended victim of a murder he is investigating.
E13
Poor Pearl
1956-12-22
Matt helps a woman whose suitors are about to duel for her affections.
E14
Cholera
1956-12-29
A landowner (Paul Fix) tries to terrorize homesteaders (Bartlett Robinson and Peg Hillias) off their land (Gordon Gebert, John Smith, and Stuart Whitman appear).
E15
Pucket's New Year
1957-01-05
An old buffalo hunter (Edgar Stehli) swears revenge on the skinner (Grant Withers) that left him to die (Richard Deacon appears as banker Botkin, Bert Rumsey credited as 'Bartender').
E16
The Cover Up
1957-01-12
Matt traps a cattleman (Tyler McVey) who shot two homesteaders (including Roy Engel) (Malcolm Atterbury and Vivi Janiss appear).
E17
Sins of the Father
1957-01-19
An Indian woman (Angie Dickinson) faces prejudice for her father's raid on Dodge City (Peter Whitney and Paul Wexler appear).
E18
Kick Me
1957-01-26
A bank robber (Robert H. Harris) murders his wife and frames Tobeel (Frank de Kova) for the crime (Paul Lambert appears).
E19
Executioner
1957-02-02
A young gunfighter, Tom Clegg, forces farmer Abe Curry into a duel and kills him. Matt can't arrest Clegg since Abe drew first. However, Abe's brother Morgan plots revenge.
E20
Gone Straight
1957-02-09
Townspeople protect an outlaw (Carl Betz) they believe has reformed (Tige Andrews, Joe De Santis, John Dierkes, Marianne Stewart, and Ward Wood appear).

🎭 Cast of Gunsmoke Season 2

James Arness
James Arness
Marshal Matt Dillon
Amanda Blake
Amanda Blake
Kitty
Dennis Weaver
Dennis Weaver
Chester
Milburn Stone
Milburn Stone
Doc

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