Episode
The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Bottomless Pit
Overview
West poses as a prisoner at Devil's Island. His assignment: rescue a secret agent who is marked for execution by a savage commandant.
Details
- Series
- The Wild Wild West
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1966-11-04
- Runtime
- 50 min
Episode context
The Night of the Bottomless Pit is Episode 8 in Season 2 of The Wild Wild West. It aired on 1966-11-04. The runtime is 50 min.
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Episode 7: The Night of the Poisonous Posey
While on vacation, the agents receive an odd welcome when they pass through the town of Justice, Nevada. The town turns out to be the hangout for a group of international criminals assembled by Lucrese Posey. West and Gordon discover that Lucrese is planning on heading a worldwide criminal organization. After dealing with the other criminals, the two agents find themselves left with only Lucrese to deal with, a proposition not nearly as simple as it seems.
Episode 9: The Night of the Watery Death
A mysterious dragon-like creature is blowing up American ships, and West and Gordon must determine the cause.
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Episode 6: The Night of the Flying Pie Plate
West gets involved in a bizarre scheme: a green girl emerges from a fallen spaceship claiming she needs gold for fuel.
Episode 10: The Night of the Green Terror
The evil, diminutive Dr. Loveless impoverishes an Indian tribe so that he can become their benefactor -- and their god.
Episode 5: The Night of the Returning Dead
While trying to solve a murder, West is charged by a bullet-immune "ghost rider".
Episode 11: The Night of the Ready-Made Corpse
Fabian Lavender is a master of disguises, but West is not fooled. Neither is Lavender --- who locks West in one of his gas-filled crypts.
Episode 4: The Night of the Big Blast
A mad scientist has invented a robot that looks exactly like West.
Episode 12: The Night of the Man-Eating House
West witnesses eerie phenomena when he takes refuge with a sheriff and his prisoner in an abandoned bayou mansion.
Episode 3: The Night of the Raven
Dr. Loveless takes a giant step in his plan to rule a world of "little people" --- by reducing West to a six-inch miniature.
Episode 13: The Night of the Skulls
James West is tried by a court of cutthroats who believe he has murdered his friend and fellow agent, Artemus Gordon.
Episode 2: The Night of the Golden Cobra
Maharajah Singh kidnaps West for very unprincely reasons: West is to tutor Singh's assassin sons in the ways of Western combat.
Episode 14: The Night of the Infernal Machine
Time is running out for Judge M'Guigan, who is threatened by a bomb-throwing clockmaker.