The Wild West Season 1 Episode 1 Custer's Last Stand ( Air Date 2007-02-27 ) Genre Documentary, Drama category. Overview "This episode sheds new light upon the anathemised General Custer, questioning the standard view of him as an incompetent and vainglorious idiot and presenting him as an intelligent and ruthless man, whose last battle could easily have been a victory if things had gone as he'd planned.".