ABC (ended 1973)
I have too many favorites, but one of the top 5 is the one where PD, BM, Will Geer, and Roger Davis work a mine in the desert and RD takes off with the gold, leaving everyone to die, which Will Geer does. When PD and BM find RD he is living it up and owns a saloon. In the end BM kills RD, in a fair fight of course.
How about the rest of you?
I know it's been a while since anyone 's posted here, but I'm new to this site and thought I'd add my comments. My favorite episodes are every single one with Pete and Ben. The episodes with Roger were ok and I watched mainly for The Kid's character. If I had to pick one of my favorites, it would be "The McCreedy Bust; Going, Going, Gone" - (episode 31 of season 2). This is when the boys were on a job for McCreedy (Burl Ives) to recover the bust of Cesar from a well and take to an auction - to get rid of it once and for all and to end the feud with Armenderez (Cesar Romero). Well, the boys were confronted by a bully (Lee Majors) and told not to wear their guns in town, but of course Curry had a problem with that and here begins the drama. I love this episode. What's better than The Kid dancing a jig for the bully just to wear his gun....until he's had enough......no more turning the other cheek.
Another of my favorite is "The Posse That Wouldn't Quit" - Season 2, Episode 20. The boys has been on the run for days from a posse and decided to hitch a ride with a lady to her ranch house. The husband has a busted leg and they have 2 daughters that are money hustling tomboys. And I can't say I was at all disturbed with The Kid won his money back..!! 
Also in this episode, The Kid came to the rescue of the mother in court, keeping her out of jail and he stated his full name as Jedediah Curry (like "Kid" much better) and was put in jail. Of course a brilliant plan all along by Heyes as he was already in jail under cover as a town drunk and was able to spring them both with a hidden gun in the boot. And the icing on the cake, leaving the poor family a gift in the cookie jar....money they didn't steal. I love MY BOYS...!!!! 
Many favorites, but one just aired recently that I didn't recall seeing before: The Reformation of Harry Briscoe.
While driving some cattle into town, the boys come across a pair of nuns in a broken down wagon. Naturally they load the nuns into their wagon and continue on. When they stop to make camp that day, one of the nuns begins to question Kid on their religious background. He gives a goofy answer that causes Heyes to jump in to the conversation and he as he's trying to stumble his way through without having to outright lie to the nuns, Kid keeps offering new information about their past. When the nuns finally walk away, Heyes gives Kid this dumbfounded look at says, "I swear if you'd talked to her much longer you would have told her about the prices on our heads."
I must have watched that scene 50 times by now. (Gotta love Tivo)
Yeah, I remember that one. Although Heyes has the silver tongue, it's very intertaining whenever Kid gets to blabber.!!!
Now that I have the season one DVD's, I'll have to change my favorite. I'd never seen the pilot episode before, but now I've watched it at least 10 times. There are far too many great scenes in it to pick one, which is why I like it so much. The only word that fits this show is "classic". Love those boys!
Same here....I never saw the pilot until I got the DVD. I absoutely LOVE the way Heyes peeks into the train to see why the dynamite didn't blow..!!! Pete was the best.!!!
The majority of my favorite episodes are the ones with Peter Duel in them. Nothing against Roger Davis because it is what it is.However, there are some episodes with Roger Davis I liked also. One of my favorites is The Bounty Hunter with Louis Gossette JR. Although Gossette's charater was bound and determined to turn the boys in and collect $20,000, the boys saved his life twice because the Bounty Hunter continued to run up against people who did not approve of him taking white men into custody. With everything they went through with the Bounty Hunter, Heys&Curry did grow to like him and they did not want him killed. That impressed me a lot. After the Bounty Hunter was wounded by a wealthy rancher, the boys tried one last time to save his life. Moreover, the boys had decided to take an even bigger chance with their freedom by telling the Sherif what happened to THE BOUNTY HUNTER. Another episode I liked included Sally Field and Rudy Vallie. The boys were blackmailed by Salley Field's charater Clemintine, to expose,con and make a fool of Winford Fleture played by Rudy Vallie. The Smiler and the gun episode was another favorite of mine. The boys and another man were stranded in the dessert left to die for days with out food or water. The other man died in the dessert and that made the boys determined get out of that jam alive and they did. The acting and the close chemistry Duel&Murphyportrayed was extraordinary. The man who left them in the dessert to die was played by Roger Davis. The boys were eager to settle the score with Roger Davis's charater. It was that episode in which Kid Curry shot and killed someone in self defence. That episode was amazing for a couple of reasons: 1, It maked the debut of Roger Davis's acting on AS&J 2, Seeing RD&PD exchange dialogue and 3, I believe the producers used that episode as a guide to cast RD as a replacement for PD. I liked Ben Murphy's charater Kid Curry as well. Curry was tough and brave and he never backed away from a challenge. I admired his heart. His quick draw not only saved his own life but Heys's as well. Heys could talk his way out of a lion's belly and Curry could out draw any man on any day. Those two were superb together. If Duel had not died, I believe the show would have run 4 or 5 seasons. ABC had lightining in a bottle with Alias Smith & Jones.
