The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Earp agrees to resign to help Jim Kelley's chances at winning the mayoral election, but the replacement marshal soon faces a crisis when crooks trap Kelley in his store.

While on a fishing trip, Earp and Dr. Fabrique run into henchmen who take them to wealthy baron Shanghai Pierce, who insists upon the doctor's services despite Fabrique's utter hatred of the man.

Earp visits a shanty town that refuses to pay taxes to Dodge City, and Doc informs him that Dodge has no claim to the land; Earp manages to arrange the town's annexation in exchange for a new school, but Mayor Kelley alters the bargain.

Earp must keep an eye on two fugitives hiding out at Lucy King's home as he awaits a warrant, but when the public catches on, he has no choice but to risk a confrontation.

Earp arrests Doc Holliday and and Skunky Groggin for robbing a Wells Fargo stagecoach, but Doc denies involvement and concocts a plan with Earp to rob another stage to find the truth.

Lt. Clark alerts Earp about a renegade group of Pawnee who attacked him over a shipment of fake guns and becomes their captive when attempting negotiations; Earp must track down the guns' seller before the Pawnee execute Clark.

Reb Thomas stands accused of murdering Dan Bolton, although Earp suspects a frame-up, and despite Judge Tobin's efforts to hold a swift trial, one juror refuses to agree with the others.

Earp and Doc apprehend a girl called Little Pistol, who helped a gang rob Doc's saloon; Doc uses tooth surgery as a pretense to coax the girl into giving up her true identity and the gang's location while Earp fears for her future.

Doc Holliday blocks access to an oil pit in a scheme to sell the substance for medical use, stirring up trouble with travelers and causing Kate to side with Earp in finding a solution to the problem before guns start firing.

Broke journalist Ned Buntline enlists Earp's help when he arrives in Dodge City and claims a crooked gambler wants him dead; Earp meets an undercover officer who believes the gambler may instead be in town to sell stolen guns to the Apache.

When Earp learns of a plot against his life, he avoids speaking at a convention held in the Dodge City Opera House and increases security, but as pressure builds for him to speak, Judge Tobin and Mayor Kelley wonder if Earp can still do his job.

A boy named Benny Burkett attaches himself to Doc Holliday and ends up under the Hollidays' official care after being forced to shoot his abusive father in self defense; Dr. McCarty delivers news that shakes the newly formed family.

While Dick Melaney and his Cheyenne wife, Laura, visit Dodge City, a lecherous man confronts Laura, forcing her to shoot him; Laura retreats to find protection with her father, a chieftain who wants Dick to kill the man who assaulted her.

A gang coerces a woman into courting Earp to learn information about a gold shipment they plan to rob, but Bat and Mayor Kelley see through the ruse.

When Earp and Bat leave town to arrest train robbers, Hal Norton must wrangle the remaining deputies to deal with numerous problems that spring up in Dodge City while the ever-doubtful Mayor Kelley seeks to replace him.

When the people of Dodge City capture the brother of gang leader Marie Burden in a robbery, Marie confronts Earp, willing to do whatever it takes to free him.

When a newspaper editor drums up anti-Northern sentiment by launching a smear campaign aimed at Earp, the marshal takes a leave of absence to confront a Texas gang working with the editor.

When a scout from the Battle of the Little Big Horn tries to blackmail Gen. Custer's widow, she fears he plans to provide damaging testimony at an upcoming hearing for Maj. Reno; Earp must convince her that her husband was a courageous man.

Unscrupulous businessman Moresby, seeking a way to permanently cripple Earp, convinces a boxing promoter to have his champ beat Earp, but the marshal refuses to take up the challenge until the champ's blatant cheating injures a young man in the ring.

Earp begins dating Mrs. Phillips, a widowed seamstress, but fears for her safety as word arrives in Dodge City that a convict Earp helped put away has escaped and wants revenge.

Earp arrests a stagecoach robber who copies the style of Jesse James, but the witnesses refuse to testify and the robber goes free, leading Earp to enlist the skill of a cheating gambler to set a trap for him.

A former Confederate spy asks Earp and Bat to help her escape from her dead brother's gang; Bat develops feelings for the woman, but Earp, doubting her story, obeys a warrant calling for her arrest.

Earp agrees to escort a stage carrying money for Wells Fargo while Bat, Tom Russell and a posse set a trap for the gang planning to attack it.

Bat resigns as sheriff and enters into a partnership with local saloon owner Luke Short, who must fight a takeover attempt by two corrupt businessmen; Earp and Bat request a restraining order to stop the men but face resistance from Mayor Kelley.