S01ep28 - "Killer's Widow" - "You sent for me, offered me a job in order to accuse me of stealing your money? Mister, you're playing a dangerous game." One of the requirements of a show that ran for as many episodes as did HAVE GUN - WILL TRAVEL (225 in total) was a pressing need … Continue reading Have Gun – Will Travel – Killer’s Widow
S01Ep02 - "The Outlaw" - "Mister, you killed nine men. I never heard anyone say you made allowances for your opponents' ability with a gun." Probably the most difficult episode of a new television series to write is the second one. The pilot, the first episode, is of course difficult as well, as it needs … Continue reading Have Gun – Will Travel – The Outlaw
S06Ep15 - "Be Not Forgetful Of Strangers" Over the course of its 225 episode run, HAVE GUN - WILL TRAVEL produced two Christmas-themed episodes. The first was done right at the start, during the first season, whereas the second one came right at the end, in the final sixth year. It aired on December 22, … Continue reading Have Gun – Will Travel – Be Not Forgetful Of Strangers
S06Ep08 - "The Predators" This was the first episode of HAVE GUN - WILL TRAVEL that I ever watched, having become interested in the series based on what I'd been told by Marvel writer David Walker. This one was from the very last season of the show, and originally aired on November 3, 1962. And … Continue reading Have Gun – Will Travel – The Predators
#1 - S02Ep01 - "The Manhunter" Without question, the second season opener of HAVE GUN - WILL TRAVEL is my favorite episode of the series, one that I've watched a dozen times and always come back to. It's beautifully directed by Buzz Kulik, who performed such duties with some regularity on the series, and the … Continue reading Best of Have Gun – Will Travel – The Manhunter
#2 - S02Ep26 - "Death of a Gunfighter" I have a great deal of affection for this episode specifically for how many times it turns the direction of the plot. Having worked in the field of storytelling for around thirty years now, I've got a pretty ingrained sense of where a given story is going … Continue reading Best of Have Gun – Will Travel – Death of a Gunfighter
#3 - S02Ep31 - "The Man Who Lost" In a number of ways, this episode is the quintessential distillation of writer Harry Julian Fink's approach to his assorted HAVE GUN - WILL TRAVEL assignments. He would drop Paladin down into a murky situation and then ramp up the tension and the stakes, testing the character … Continue reading Best of Have Gun – Will Travel – The Man Who Lost
#4 - S4Ep18 - "A Quiet Night In Town" In its six years, HAVE GUN - WILL TRAVEL only did a single two-part episode, this one well into its fourth season. I don't know the circumstances that brought it about. The few texts on the subject say that the production team just did it as … Continue reading Best of Have Gun – Will Travel – A Quiet Night In Town
#5 - S6Ep1 - "Genesis" HAVE GUN - WILL TRAVEL ran for six seasons between 1957 and 1963, racking up an impressive 225 episodes throughout its run. I'm opting here to focus on what I think of as the 5 best episodes of the series. As you'd expect, this is going to be a very … Continue reading Best of Have Gun – Will Travel – Genesis
It was when we had just started working on the short-lived series OCCUPY AVENGERS when writer David Walker introduced me to HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL. (Check out his upcoming series NAOMI with Brian Michael Bendis.) I was describing my conception of the book, which owed a lot to the A-TEAM, and he came back referencing … Continue reading Have Gun – Will Travel
The Tom Brevoort Experience 