Episode guide

The Virginian

249 episodes · 9 seasons · 1962–1971 · NBC

← Show package · 1960s

Season 1

30 episodes

  1. S01E01 The Executioners

    A man is publicly hanged for murdering a woman because the local school teacher refuses to alibi him. A mysterious man comes to town, signs on to work as a Shiloh Ranch hand and begins romancing the teacher. However, his odd behavior begins to raise the suspicions of Judge Garth and the local Sheriff who wonder about the motives of the stranger.

  2. S01E02 Woman from White Wing

    Three prison escapees come to Shiloh looking for Judge Garth. One of the men has history with the judge. Garth tells the Virginian the troubled history of his arrival at Shiloh. Garth's future with Betsy is threatened by the man and his desire for revenge.

  3. S01E03 Throw a Long Rope

    A homesteader accused of rustling narrowly escapes hanging by local ranchers led by Major Cass, an event that is observed by Shiloh hands including the Virginian. However, the homesteader is severely injured, and the Virginian helps him work his farm during off hours. After some investigation into the rash of cattle rustling, the Virginian decides to defend the man against the Major and the other ranchers including Judge Garth.

  4. S01E04 The Big Deal

    Garth has a visitor from Colombia, Enrique Cuellar, who has inherited a critical piece of property in the middle of Shiloh used to move cattle. When Enrique learns Garth has held back information on it, he decides to put crippling pressure on Garth.

  5. S01E05 The Brazen Bell

    A timid easterner and his wife arrive in Medicine Bow looking for a job as a teacher. Two escaped convicts come through Medicine Bow taking the new teacher, his wife, and students hostage while The Virginian is the temporary sheriff.

  6. S01E06 Big Day, Great Day

    The Fourth of July finds Judge Garth, Steve and Trampas in Casper, Wyoming to pick up a bed for Betsy. The Judge meets a friend wrestling in a title match and Steve becomes infatuated with a girl.

  7. S01E07 Riff-Raff

    Trampas and Steve decide to join up with Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders. Comedy ensues with the boys wanting to do it their way. The Virginian shows up and among other things shows the easterners how to "play" polo western style.

  8. S01E08 Impasse

    The Virginian, Trampas, and Steve are capturing wild horses in the mountains for sale to the Army. The Kroeger clan claims all horses as theirs. When Kroeger can't scare the Virginian out, he resorts other tactics.

  9. S01E09 It Tolls for Thee

    Martin Kalek and his gang kidnap Judge Garth for ransom. The Virginian pays the ransom, but the kidnappers refuse to release the Judge until they are able to escape into Idaho. The kidnappers head off, pursued not only by the Shiloh hands but also separately by Kalek's former crony Sharkey, who is out for revenge on the criminal.

  10. S01E10 West

    Seeking some excitement in his life, Trampas joins a group of older cowboys who set off to find adventure in what they still believe is the wild, lawless West. However, their outdated attitudes lead them into trouble and, eventually, tragedy.

  11. S01E11 The Devil's Children

    Tabby McCallum, beautiful but cruel teenage daughter of Tucker McCallum, is banned by The Virginian from Shiloh after she kills a steer "by mistake." With the unwitting help of her fiance, Dan Flood, Tabby sets off a tragic chain of events.

  12. S01E12 Fifty Days to Moose Jaw

    Older cowhand Slim Jessup is accused of killing a man in Idaho and escapes east. He signs on with a Shiloh Ranch cattle drive to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. On the way the drovers are joined by a young man, who wishes a different life than dirt farming with his widowed step-father. The older Slim takes James under his wing and teaches him lessons in life before his past catches up with him.

  13. S01E13 The Accomplice

    An old maid bank teller decides it is time to provide for herself and identifies Trampas as a bank robber and murderer in order to extort $10,000 from the actual thief. The Virginian is the only thing between Trampas and the hangman's noose.

  14. S01E14 Man from the Sea

    A seaman moving to Wyoming meets twin sisters traveling there with Trampas. When he takes an interest in one of them, she makes a tragic request of him that reveals not only to him but Judge Garth the true nature of the twins relationship.

  15. S01E15 Duel at Shiloh

    At a friend's grave Steve recalls how the man helped him survive his arrival at Medicine Bow and trained him as a cowboy proficient with guns. Sadly, the man's unwillingness to adapt to the times pushed Steve to his life at Shiloh.

  16. S01E16 The Exiles

    The Virginian asks a dance hall singer to trick a shady character into revealing information that could clear Judge Garth of a trumped up murder charge.

  17. S01E17 The Judgment

    Garth recalls his early days as a judge in Medicine Bow in one particularly dangerous murder case. The family of the man convicted tries to intimidate the residents into having Garth overturn the conviction, putting him in a lonely position.

  18. S01E18 Say Goodbye to All That

    An American black bear named Moses brings to the surface the lack of respect a father has for his son. When the father is paralyzed in a fight with Trampas, he goads the son into fighting a duel with Trampas for revenge. Trampas refuses it, but cannot ignore it.

  19. S01E19 The Man Who Couldn't Die

    Garth trails a woman to San Francisco whom he believes is part of a con game involving a railroad deal. Garth kills a man whom he believes to be a part of it. However, when no body can be found, he and others start to question his sanity.

  20. S01E20 If You Have Tears

    A friend has been framed for the murder of a woman's husband in Montana. The Virginian and Trampas go there to investigate the charge as they believe their friend, who says he is innocent even though he is known to them as a womanizer.

  21. S01E21 The Small Parade

    The Virginian, Trampas. and Steve help a vegetarian with a chimp who is framed for murder and a single woman with a group of orphans. Although they start trying to adopt out the kids, they soon become match makers for the couple and kids.

  22. S01E22 Vengeance is the Spur

    A wealthy woman persuades The Virginian to take her to the badlands to a gang led by the previous foreman of Shiloh. Her initial story is not the full truth. She wants to kill a man there because of her daughter but falls for the leader.

  23. S01E23 The Money Cage

    A trio of con artists target Medicine Bow with an oil scam when a crisis threatening the bank throws a bigger scam their way. However, the leader's relationship with the banker's daughter causes him to him to alter the plan.

  24. S01E24 The Golden Door

    An immigrant is jailed for murder. The bias against him adds to the Judge's difficulty defending him. He is found not guilty but when another man is arrested for the crime, his conscience catches up with him as he learns more about U.S. law.

  25. S01E25 A Distant Fury

    Ed Frazer returns to Medicine Bow after serving three years for burglary. Steve fears for his life because his testimony was crucial in convicting him. Frazer's main interest isn't revenge but renewing his acquaintance with Helen Blaine.

  26. S01E26 Echo of Another Day

    Trampas helps a friend just out of prison who has multiple people after him for the location of $50,000 in gold he helped steal. He wants to give the money back, but he must deal with a ruthless partner in the robbery who will kill him.

  27. S01E27 Strangers at Sundown

    An outlaw gang traps Garth and Betsy and several stagecoach passengers at a way station. The gang wants one of the passengers, George Wilson, who had betrayed the gang. The various passengers must decide whether to live with their consciences and hand Wilson over, or risk their own lives in a gun battle with the desperate gang.

  28. S01E28 The Mountain of the Sun

    The Virginian encounters three women who are determined to carry on the missionary work of their husbands, killed by Indians a year before.

  29. S01E29 Run Away Home

    The Virginian and Steve are forced to carry $40,000 back to Medicine Bow after a bank run closes all banks. The Virginian must fend off a family who think part of the money is theirs while contending with a dreaming runaway girl.

  30. S01E30 The Final Hour

    Garth allows a controversial coal mine to be opened with Polish miners, among them is a beautiful woman. She has eyes for Trampas, but one of the miners and a friend of Trampas have eyes for her, with tragic results as Trampas falls for her.

Season 2

30 episodes

  1. S02E01 Ride a Dark Trail

    Trampas recalls how he came to the Shiloh Ranch as a angry young ranch hand bent on avenging the death of his father, a shiftless gambler killed by Garth in self defense.

  2. S02E02 To Make This Place Remember

    Garth is asked by a friend to put on a defense for a son who has already been hung. The community fights it but Garth plunges ahead with the aid of a judge. The outcome uncovers several unpleasant facts about the community and the truth.

  3. S02E03 No Tears for Savannah

    In Santa Rita the Virginian meets an old flame Savannah, who has been seeing a very jealous local man Gordie Madden. Savannah is accused of murdering Madden and the Virginian gets Judge Garth to come and defend her. However, the cards are stacked against them as Madden's wealthy father controls the town and wants revenge.

  4. S02E04 A Killer in Town

    A bounty hunter fingers Trampas as a homicide suspect, forcing the ranch hand to confess to Garth that he once fell in with a group wanted for murder and robbery.

  5. S02E05 The Evil That Men Do

    Garth takes on a parolee that The Virginian has an interest in who has been in an orphanage or prison since he was a baby. He has trouble adjusting to life outside prison and Garth is worried about Betsy's growing interest in him.

  6. S02E06 It Takes a Big Man

    A rancher forces a rebellious son to Shiloh and another into a gunfight.

  7. S02E07 Brother Thaddeus

    An outlaw turned Franciscan monk has a difficult time convincing the people of Medicine Bow of his commitment to religion, particularly when his visit coincides with a train robbery.

  8. S02E08 A Portrait of Marie Valonne

    The Virginian finds true love with a Louisiana beauty, only to be threatened by a political boss who considers the woman to be private property.

  9. S02E09 Run Quiet

    The Virginian urges a deaf ranch hand to ignore the taunts of his co-workers and make a life for himself at Shiloh, which the man begins to do until being unjustly accused of murder.

  10. S02E10 Stopover in a Western Town

    A cowboy becomes infatuated with an eastern society girl he meets on a train. Against The Virginian's advice, he courts the spoiled girl but is forced to turn to rustling to pay for it. In the end she learns the serious cost of her actions.

  11. S02E11 The Fatal Journey

    The Virginian poses as an ex-convict to infiltrate an outlaw gang guilty of a woman's murder, but finds his cover threatened by the arrival of another new member.

  12. S02E12 A Time Remembered

    Garth recognizes opera singer Elena as a close friend from his early days as a lawyer. The two rekindle their old relationship but Garth is forced to defend her against murder charges which ultimately forces him to uncover the unsettling truth.

  13. S02E13 Siege

    Trampas wins $1,000 at poker in Medicine Bow and heads to his old stomping grounds of Logan, New Mexico to repay several debts and see the girl he'd left, but she's married to the Marshal. There he has a run in with Comancheros who virtually run the town and have the town leaders under their thumb.

  14. S02E14 Man of Violence

    Trampas' Uncle Josh is murdered during an holdup by Wismer and Judson. On their trail, Trampas is eventually forced to illegally enter Apache territory where the two robbers had made a gold strike. He is joined on his quest by a guide who is after the gold, a woman who is looking for her husband who it turns out is Judson, and an army doctor who is attempting to escape court martial.

  15. S02E15 The Invaders

    Garth's rival from Texas buys a ranch near Shiloh with an eye to expand it. Trampas has an eye for his daughter, adding to the friction when the rival puts pressure on small ranches to sell out and cuts the water supply to them and Shiloh.

  16. S02E16 Roar from the Mountain

    Steve volunteers to hunt a killer mountain lion alone. After losing his supplies, he is helped by a lonely couple. They lost their son to the cat and maimed it. The husband helps Steve who soon learns the cat is not his only enemy.

  17. S02E17 The Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones

    J. Jimerson Jones is on the same train to Chicago with Garth and Betsy where Garth helps him adjust to city life. Betsy has her first love with a cub reporter and Jones is taken in by a beautiful woman while another tries to protect him.

  18. S02E18 The Thirty Days of Gavin Heath

    A failed British rancher returns to Medicine Bow a wealthy man but conflicted by his cowardice in the Army. After learning he won't die from a dog bite and Trampas is taken captive by Indians, he is given a second chance to prove himself.

  19. S02E19 The Drifter

    The Virginian recalls his arrival at Shiloh when he went to work for a neighboring ranch that was close to a range war with Shiloh. He is caught in a feud with the foreman causing the fight, and falls in love with the girl engaged to him.

  20. S02E20 First to Thine Own Self

    A youth aids a little girl, then is accused of murdering the child's father, a gold prospector

  21. S02E21 A Matter of Destiny

    Trampas decides to defend an Eastern financier who stole his girlfriend and cheated cattlemen.

  22. S02E22 Smile of a Dragon

    An injured Trampas is thought to be a stagecoach robber according to a Sheriff and is reported dead to Shiloh. He is forced to rely on a young Chinese woman for help until a grieving Steve arrives to find he must help rescue Trampas.

  23. S02E23 The Intruders

    An outlaw and his men seize Shiloh and lie in wait for a chief and a general coming to negotiate a treaty. Betsy's Chicago visitor has a shaky visit.

  24. S02E24 Another's Footsteps

    The Virginian tracks the man who killed a young friend in a bank robbery. He finds the man's wife and young son alone on a run down ranch. Finding they need help, he stays on as a ranch hand but soon finds himself in a misguided situation.

  25. S02E25 Rope of Lies

    Steve takes a job as foreman at a ranch owned by a beautiful woman who has plans for the unsuspecting wrangler that involve a confrontation with her violent former lover.

  26. S02E26 The Secret of Brynmar Hall

    A storm forces Randy to stay with Betsy and three of her friends at a mansion where they spent time in their youth. The host's daughter was killed two years earlier in a fire. The host has gifts and other surprises that put them on edge.

  27. S02E27 The Long Quest

    A widow may lose her adopted son when a woman plans to sue for custody of the boy, heir to a fortune.

  28. S02E28 A Bride for Lars

    Indians, outlaws and temptation make Trampas rue delivering a Swedish mail-order bride to an injured neighbor

  29. S02E29 Dark Destiny

    An outlaw's tomboy daughter, placed in the Virginian's care, is torn between her devotion to injured Randy and her desire to help her father escape from jail.

  30. S02E30 A Man Called Kane

    News that Betsy and Randy found over $900 in gold in a cave on Shiloh brings two men to Shiloh ranch looking for money. One is a government agent looking for a buried cache of bearer bonds. The other is Randy's older brother with a past.

Season 3

30 episodes

  1. S03E01 Ryker

    Ryker is offered the job of stopping a small rancher from paying a mortgage. He is too honest to do it but is framed for killing the rancher. He is a good lawman and the sheriff wants him as a deputy but Ryker wants to save his name first.

  2. S03E02 Dark Challenge

    A family moves nearby with a pretty daughter drawing the attention of Trampas. However, when he pushes her to dance, he learns she has a club foot. This is compounded by the pressure on her brother to support her in lieu of his own life.

  3. S03E03 The Stallion

    A wild stallion escapes its owner, killing a handler in the process. The animal injures itself and is found by Randy who takes it to the nearby ranch of alcoholic horse trainer Charlie Orwell, who nurses it back to health. Most believe the horse bad and wish to have it destroyed but Randy gets Charlie to help him save the animal and with the help of Jodie Wingate, they save Charlie too.

  4. S03E04 The Hero

    Trampas suspects a writer doing a story on possible senatorial candidate Garth may be working with a lawyer to threaten the jurist with blackmail.

  5. S03E05 Felicity's Spring

    Everyone raves about Felicity, the new Medicine Bow school teacher. The Shiloh hands, including Steve Hill, are all smitten but her heart is won by the Virginian who proposes to her. However, Felicity's family protects some secrets which eventually brings an end to the Virginian's marriage plans.

  6. S03E06 The Brazos Kid

    A newspaper reporter's exaggerated stories put bounty hunters on the trail of the Virginian.

  7. S03E07 Big Image.... Little Man

    A self important businessman is pushed off a train and found by The Virginian and Steve on a cattle drive across a desert. He is forced to work his way on the drive and learns some lessons about himself and his impact on other's lives.

  8. S03E08 A Father for Toby

    A boy in an orphanage near Shiloh latches onto Trampas as his father while Trampas is attracted to the woman running the orphanage. Trampas agrees to help the boy but when his father arrives on Shiloh with men chasing him, problems arise.

  9. S03E09 The Girl from Yesterday

    Steve is asked by a US Marshal to renew an old relationship with a woman who is now believed to be part of the Wade gang. The reluctant Steve goes along with the idea but finds it a hard task made harder when old feelings resurface.

  10. S03E10 Return a Stranger

    A local miner's son returns to Medicine Bow from college with the technical knowledge and financial backers to reopen his father's silver mine. Due to financial constraints, corners are cut putting people and cattle in danger.

  11. S03E11 All Nice and Legal

    A lawyer wins the acceptance of Medicine Bow's people by helping the Virginian in a legal matter, but loses favor when she uses her skills to free three outlaws from jail.

  12. S03E12 A Gallows for Sam Horn

    A feud between ranchers and a railroad tycoon result in murder charges against a rancher when the tycoon's son is killed. Ryker and the Judge try to prove his innocence but must rely on a woman who disappears deserted by the murdered man.

  13. S03E13 Portrait of a Widow

    A French portrait painter returns from Chicago to Medicine Bow with Betsy and a new widow to paint her. The Judge suspects he is not being truthful but he seems to be the right medicine for the grieving widow as the Judge investigates.

  14. S03E14 The Payment

    Ryker firmly believes his stepfather has reformed and ignores evidence indicating the older man is gathering people for a new outlaw gang.

  15. S03E15 A Man of the People

    Garth opposes a congressman's plan to settle immigrants on barren land.

  16. S03E16 The Hour of the Tiger

    A rancher refuses to allow cattle belonging to Garth to escape a landslide by crossing his land; the Virginian falls in love with a Chinese laborer.

  17. S03E17 Two Men Named Laredo

    Judge Garth delves into psychology to comprehend a gentle, poetry reading cowboy accused of two brutal murders.

  18. S03E18 Hideout

    A ride through the mountains turns dangerous for Betsy when she discovers a legendary herd of horses and a mysterious father and son who fear she will reveal their existence.

  19. S03E19 Six Graves at Cripple Creek

    Searching for the killer of six gold miners, Ryker meets a young woman whose long missing father was one of the victims.

  20. S03E20 Lost Yesterday

    The Virginian rescues a woman from a stage wreck, but amnesia prevents her from realizing her life is in danger from two outlaws after hidden loot.

  21. S03E21 A Slight Case of Charity

    While in Albuquerque, Trampas pretends to be a hired gunfighter to romance a beautiful woman who is practicing a puzzling deception of her own.

  22. S03E22 You Take the High Road

    The Virginian hires a man kicked off a cattle drive by the trail boss even though he is half owner of the herd. The herd passing Shiloh is suspected of having Spanish Fever. The man returns to the herd but his immaturity creates problems.

  23. S03E23 Shadows of the Past

    Ryker dodges two vengeful brothers and tries to figure out why a beautiful woman is marrying a shy storekeeper.

  24. S03E24 Legend for a Lawman

    A marshal who believes he is infallible arrests Randy for a murder that occurred during a bank robbery.

  25. S03E25 Timberland

    A cowhand courts a logging boss's daughter, threatening any compromise in a dispute between timbermen and ranchers.

  26. S03E26 Dangerous Road

    Trampas is deputized to escort a murderer back to a town where he knew the sheriff. There is a question of the man's innocence plus Trampas learns the sheriff died in a horse accident two days later. He decides to investigate the questionable stories.

  27. S03E27 Farewell to Honesty

    The Virginian goes to Honesty, Wyoming to collect $8000 owed the Judge on a crooked cattle deal. The town is owned and run by the corrupt man who owes the money. The fight over the money spills into a murder charge against the Virginian.

  28. S03E28 Old Cowboy

    To help an old cowboy keep his grandson's respect, Trampas lets the man work at Shiloh Ranch but soon regrets his decision.

  29. S03E29 The Showdown

    The Virginian arrives in Monolith, Arizona to buy cattle from the Landers family but finds himself in the middle of a feud between them and the city marshal Merle Frome and his brother Ben. The Fromes seem overbearing but maybe with a reason.

  30. S03E30 We've Lost a Train

    A series of misadventures plagues Trampas as he travels to Mexico on Shiloh business.

Season 4

30 episodes

  1. S04E01 The Brothers

    A rancher frees his condemned brother from an Army stockade and flees to the hills, unaware he inadvertently killed a guard during the escape.

  2. S04E02 Day of the Scorpion

    The Virginian accidentally kills the son of an Australian sheep rancher who has little time and love for his family. His daughter is in the middle between The Virginian who she loves and her father who barely notices her.

  3. S04E03 A Little Learning

    A young cowhand who only wants to learn to read and write could pay for the knowledge with his life when his pretty teacher's jealous husband is released from prison and comes to town.

  4. S04E04 The Claim

    In a mid life crisis Trampas decides to quit Shiloh when his vagabond friend arrives in Medicine Bow. The two head for Deadwood and excitement where a prospector takes them but his claim is on Indian land which is illegal and dangerous.

  5. S04E05 The Awakening

    Betsy meets the broke minister David Henderson who is roaming the west looking for a calling after a turbulent history. He becomes involved with helping local miners fighting the mine management, as well as with Betsy, who has found her calling.

  6. S04E06 Ring of Silence

    Ryker is on a stage that is stopped by a group of Mexicans who are after one of the passengers for killing one of their women. The leader knows Ryker, who is proposing they let the law settle the issue, but the Mexicans want justice – now.

  7. S04E07 Jennifer

    Judge Garth's niece Jennifer comes to live with him at Shiloh after her parents are killed in an accident. However, she is uncomfortable with her uncle who disapproved of her father. A young man she met seems to help but he has a past.

  8. S04E08 Nobility of Kings

    Ben Justin takes over a ranch next to Shiloh. He has had a string of bad luck including the death of his first wife. His son wants to help him but Ben keeps him and his wife Mary at arms length out of fear they will see the real Ben.

  9. S04E09 Show Me a Hero

    Trampas injures his horse saving a man with a runaway team. He is forced to stay a few days in a small town with that man as an old friend arrives to force the town to sign over its gambling rights to him.

  10. S04E10 Beyond the Border

    A lonely saloon girl risks her outlaw boyfriend's wrath when she tends the Virginian, who has fallen seriously ill during a trip through Mexico.

  11. S04E11 The Dream of Stavros Karas

    A Greek widower sends to his homeland for a woman to marry, and a 19-year-old arrives.

  12. S04E12 The Laramie Road

    Two tramps kill the wife of Ev Clinchy provoking the ire of Ev and his friend Hezekiah who want to lynch them. The sheriff keeps them at bay but when he is killed it is up to Ryker to protect the men against his close friends for trial.

  13. S04E13 The Horse Fighter

    A veteran cowboy finds planning a payroll robbery at Shiloh difficult when he forms a friendship with Randy and a wild stallion brings back his pride at being a top bronc buster.

  14. S04E14 Letter of the Law

    A railroad detective hounds a former train robbery suspect, refusing to believe in the man's innocence even though he was cleared in court.

  15. S04E15 Blaze of Glory

    A retired lawman turned rancher facing foreclosure trades shelter and medical help for an injured thief's loot.

  16. S04E16 Nobody Said Hello

    An ex-Confederate office imprisoned for 20 years for mistreating prisoners arrives in Medicine Bow and fans the hatred of one of his former victims.

  17. S04E17 Men with Guns

    Trampas and Randy are sent to pickup horses from a rich man illegally evicting people from their property who don't believe in fighting back. Trampas stays as he takes an interest in the leader's daughter who doesn't agree with her father.

  18. S04E18 Long Ride to Wind River

    The Virginian's friend Benjy is convicted of a murder he swears he didn't commit. A mountain man may be able to clear him but a search doesn't find him. The Virginian decides to follow some clues putting himself and the witness in danger.

  19. S04E19 Chaff in the Wind

    The head of a family of drifters urges his cardsharp son and saloon girl daughter to pose as respectable citizens while at Shiloh Ranch.

  20. S04E20 The Inchworm's Got No Wings at All

    Jennifer overrides a family's objections and tries to open up an emotionally withdrawn girl who has witnessed a murder.

  21. S04E21 Morgan Starr

    When Judge Garth is appointed Governor of the Wyoming Territory, he asks his Civil War friend Morgan Starr to take over running Shiloh in his place. Starr's hardnosed demeanor doesn't sit well with anyone on or off the ranch. His introduction is made harder by a locust plague when Starr decides to stay and fight them rather than move the cattle.

  22. S04E22 Harvest of Strangers

    A group of heavily armed men arrives in Medicine Bow and begins a mysterious vigil.

  23. S04E23 Ride a Cock-Horse to Laramie Cross

    Trampas enlists the aid of an ex-card dealer to help him deliver a boy and his baby sister to their mother in Laramie.

  24. S04E24 One Spring Like Long Ago

    Morgan Starr and Randy Benton travel to sell a herd of cattle to an Indian agent to feed the Dakota, but find themselves on a journey of loss and finding, resulting in a change for many lives but especially for Randy.

  25. S04E25 The Return of Golden Tom

    After 35 years in prison Tom Brant returns to Medicine Bow. A newspaper reporter's story about him stirs the interest of people who had various connections to him. People swarm to him for different reasons including the money he hid.

  26. S04E26 The Wolves in Front, the Jackals Behind

    Randy goes to Montana to pick up a mare and see his childhood friend Georgie Sam with whom he plans to start a horse ranch. Randy is introduced to a rancher's daughter who he falls in love with but her family is suddenly in a crisis.

  27. S04E27 That Saunders Woman

    The women of Medicine Bow reject a former saloon girl trying to start a new life and business after serving time for murder, especially after a local citizen is found dead.

  28. S04E28 No Drums, No Trumpets

    Someone hires an ex-marshal to murder the signers of an important trade agreement with Mexico.

  29. S04E29 A Bald Faced Boy

    Randy's rowdy family arrives in town to protect him from a a vengeful former convict who belongs to a family embroiled in a feud with the Bentons.

  30. S04E30 The Mark of a Man

    Near tragedy results when a wealthy merchant attempts to thwart the budding romance between his daughter and a young man down on his luck

Season 5

29 episodes

  1. S05E01 Legacy of Hate

    A bitter widow revives a 25 year old feud when she learns the identity of Shiloh's new owner.

  2. S05E02 Ride to Delphi

    The Virginian is arrested and tried for murder when he investigates the disappearance of cattle.

  3. S05E03 The Captive

    A white girl is caught with her adoptive Arapaho parents stealing Shiloh cattle. She stays at Shiloh while the authorities try to find her white parents. She wants to return to the Arapaho but is forced to learn to live in the white world.

  4. S05E04 An Echo of Thunder

    Trampas makes a side trip to a Wyoming town to visit an old friend, only to learn upon his arrival that the man has been murdered.

  5. S05E05 Jacob Was a Plain Man

    A deaf man who cannot speak runs from the scene of an accidental killing and is befriended by Stacey, who teaches him to communicate

  6. S05E06 The Challenge

    After a stagecoach holdup and accident, Trampas stumbles into a farm with a concussion and amnesia. The farmer and his two kids tend to Trampas, but the white handled gun he is carrying puts him into danger from the law and the outlaws.

  7. S05E07 The Outcast

    A man wanted for murder and robbery escapes jail and ends up in Medicine Bow where he befriends Stacey in a fight. He goes to work at Shiloh as a ranch hand and Elizabeth takes an interest in him. However, Stacey is less certain about him.

  8. S05E08 Trail to Ashley Mountain

    Trampas, aided by a local citizen, pursues a man he believes committed a murder for which an innocent man has been jailed. They encounter others who hinder their progress and an unhappy couple.

  9. S05E09 Deadeye Dick

    A sixteen year old New York City girl on her way West reads a dime novel enroute, arriving with a romantic notion about cowboys which she directs at the Virginian.

  10. S05E10 High Stakes

    The Virginian sets out alone to a ghost town to find the two men responsible for the death of a young cowboy.

  11. S05E11 Beloved Outlaw

    Elizabeth bids successfully for an untamed white colt, then sets out to train the animal to race at an upcoming county fair.

  12. S05E12 Linda

    Upon returning from Texas, The Virginian finds himself in the middle of an express line holdup. On the stagecoach, he meets a beautiful woman who ultimately confides in him that she is a courier carrying a package – possibly illegal.

  13. S05E13 The Long Way Home

    A bank robber quits after an unprofitable heist and returns home, only to rival the Virginian for his son's affections.

  14. S05E14 The Girl on the Glass Mountain

    A spoiled woman insists her fiancée, a Shiloh ranch hand, open a store and become a businessman after they are married.

  15. S05E15 Vengeance Trail

    After Stacey Grainger kills a would be robber, the dead man's brother seeks revenge.

  16. S05E16 Sue Ann

    Sue Ann leads a dull life as the daughter of a homesteader taking care of her father, two young brothers, and their hired hand Joe who would like to marry her. She leaves home to see San Francisco, but where will she get the money?

  17. S05E17 Yesterday's Timepiece

    A peddler's watch points to a wealthy girl, an Indian reservation and perhaps to the killer of Stacey's father.

  18. S05E18 Requiem for a Country Doctor

    The Virginian looks for Stacey in a town where they are to finish up a cattle deal. His search results in finding Stacey in jail found guilty of murder. He is to hang the next morning forcing The Virginian to find the real killer fast.

  19. S05E19 The Modoc Kid

    After holding up the bank, Dell Stetler and his partner hold the Graingers hostage at Shiloh to help their wounded comrade. John is forced to bring the doctor to Shiloh to tend to the man as he and Stacey plot a way to free themselves.

  20. S05E20 The Gauntlet

    While returning from Mexico on business for Shiloh, The Virginian is shot by a rustler while crossing a large Texas ranch. He recuperates with a Texas family but discovers he has become a pawn in a kidnapping plot and may have to face a deadly gauntlet

  21. S05E21 Without Mercy

    Murder is one of the unfortunate events that results from Stacey's determined courtship of a young woman whose father objects to the match.

  22. S05E22 Melanie

    Romance blossoms between Trampas and a wealthy, spoiled Chicago woman visiting the West with her father, who is looking to buy a ranch near Medicine Bow.

  23. S05E23 Doctor Pat

    A woman physician comes to Medicine Bow and must battle the prejudices of her colleague and townspeople.

  24. S05E24 Nightmare at Fort Killman

    Stacey is shanghaied in Medicine Bow to take the place of a cavalry recruit. An inept officer allows two sergeants to keep up the facade that Stacey is a recruit while putting him through inhumane conditions to keep him quiet.

  25. S05E25 Bitter Harvest

    The Virginian steps in to help a farmer called cowardly by his family when he refuses to raise arms against a rancher trying to drive him from his land.

  26. S05E26 A Welcoming Town

    Trampas settles a score for an old friend whose son has been unjustly killed.

  27. S05E27 The Girl on the Pinto

    Trampas falls for a beautiful but elusive girl whose problems go beyond shyness.

  28. S05E28 Lady of the House

    John Grainger asks an old friend from Maryland to come to Shiloh to take the rough edges off his grandkids. She does as he asks quite well but is less than popular with the kids and The Virginian. Unknown to them, she has a secret plan.

  29. S05E29 The Strange Quest of Claire Bingham

    A young Kansas City woman comes to Medicine Bow so see if an outlaw Ryker captured might be her brother as they were both orphaned at an early age.

Season 6

26 episodes

  1. S06E01 The Reckoning

    On a cattle buying trip, the Virginian becomes involved in another transaction: freeing Elizabeth from an outlaw with an old score to settle.

  2. S06E02 The Deadly Past

    Suspense builds as Trampas, a hard drinking gunslinger and a sheriff's wife search for the person who has sent them death notes.

  3. S06E03 The Lady from Witchita

    Two Wichita saloonkeepers inherit property and arrive in Medicine Bow intending to be proper members of society.

  4. S06E04 Star Crossed

    Ryker sidesteps the law to help a robbery suspect plagued by a blackmailing Shiloh hand.

  5. S06E05 Johnny Moon

    An injured Canadian Mountie refuses to give up his pursuit of a wanted man, although out of his jurisdiction into Wyoming.

  6. S06E06 The Masquerade

    Bank teller George Foster has told his ex-lawman dad he is a sheriff to make him proud. When his father is to stop by for a two hour visit, Ryker and The Virginian decide to make him Sheriff but they didn't expect the visit to be extended.

  7. S06E07 Ah Sing vs. Wyoming

    An alcoholic lawyer is prodded into fighting prejudice and the bottle to defend a Chinese immigrant who has been denied his legal rights. Note: This is the last episode with Charles Bickford as John Grainger due to his unexpected death from pneumonia and infection.

  8. S06E08 Bitter Autumn

    A herd from Texas is brought in by Kyle Jackson and his brothers. However, things turn tragic when Trampas discovers the herd is sick and a brother accidentally kills the wife of an ex-lawman.

  9. S06E09 A Bad Place to Die

    Trampas is sentenced to hang for a murder he didn't commit. The Virginian and Stacey try to find new evidence while Clay Grainger and the attorney try for a new trial. Meanwhile, a desperate Trampas escapes prison with his cell mate.

  10. S06E10 Paid in Full

    Frank Hollis is released from prison and returns home to find his dad was injured saving Trampas and is forced to take a stable job at Shiloh. Frank has a chip on his shoulder due to people's attitude about him and that Grainger has not done more for his father.

  11. S06E11 To Bear Witness

    Trampas' investigation of a doctor's possible involvement in a murder makes the Shiloh ranch hand the victim of insults, a drugging and a beating.

  12. S06E12 The Barren Ground

    The Virginian faces mixed reactions from the father, sister and vengeful brother of a young outlaw he was forced to kill in self defense.

  13. S06E13 Execution at Triste

    After a fortuneteller predicts death, Trampas and two other Shiloh hands face a gunslinger as they pass through a doomed town after delivering cattle to an Army base.

  14. S06E14 A Small Taste of Justice

    The injury of an old girlfriend's daughter convinces the Virginian to stop a rich rancher's spoiled son who has been terrorizing a town.

  15. S06E15 The Fortress

    A Canadian cattle buyer who owns his own city pays the Virginian $100,000, then has his henchmen rob the local bank, rendering the Virginian's bank draft worthless.

  16. S06E16 The Death Wagon

    First Trampas and then Holly and Elizabeth encounter a military prison wagon crossing Shiloh land carrying a prisoner who appears to have scarlet fever. When he escapes, they are worried who may be infected with the disease.

  17. S06E17 Jed

    Clay tries to prevent a range war between the ranchers and the homesteaders who are blocking their path to market. A hotheaded rancher secretly hires a gunfighter who happens to be an old friend of Trampas, who falls for Abby Keefer, a homesteader's daughter.

  18. S06E18 With Help from Ulysses

    Trampas is sent to Carrsburg to check stock so he asks for a couple of day to visit a female friend. On the way he is asked by a dying prospector to find his niece who can only be found by birthmark on her leg. The result is trouble with his female friend.

  19. S06E19 Gentle Tamers

    Three convicts come to work at the Shiloh Ranch as part of an experimental parole program.

  20. S06E20 The Good-Hearted Badman

    Elizabeth and Holly care for a wounded outlaw, who faces a dilemma when his recovery means either being turned over to the authorities or facing a pursuing bounty hunter

  21. S06E21 The Hell Wind

    Trampas, Stacey and Elizabeth are caught in a sandstorm while returning to Shiloh with a bull. They take refuge in an abandoned homestead where several guests arrive after them with one thing in common – connections to a robbed bank.

  22. S06E22 The Crooked Path

    Tired of his dad's treatment, Kiley Cheever heads to Medicine Bow to find his childhood friend Trampas and a job. Kiley's tendency to make up stories and prove his manhood gets him into trouble with everyone but a female visitor to Shiloh.

  23. S06E23 Stacey

    A buggy accident leaves Stacy's arm paralyzed, and he sinks into self-pity after an operation apparently fails and his girlfriend abandons him

  24. S06E24 The Handy Man

    A rancher halts his feud with Shiloh over a strip of land between Shiloh and the Bowden ranch when he mistakes a drifter for a gunslinger.

  25. S06E25 The Decision

    Sheriff Dan Porter leaves his job as sheriff of Mason City to follow his wife Emily to Medicine Bow as she can't handle the pressure of his job. He signs on at Shiloh to learn ranching so he can start a ranch and new life with his wife.

  26. S06E26 Seth

    While hunting for a cougar, Trampas offers food and shelter to a half starved boy who hesitates over accepting or remaining in the hills to rendezvous with an outlaw gang.

Season 7

26 episodes

  1. S07E01 The Saddle Warmer

    A former medical student drifting west feels responsible for a broken leg suffered by Trampas and offers to take the ranch hand's place until he recovers. He has a hard time fitting in with the other hands while a girl he met earlier tracks him down to help her.

  2. S07E02 Silver Image

    Photographer Dan Sheppard arriving at Shiloh to take pictures of western life finds a neighbor ranch is owned by an old girlfriend. She is in a tug of war between an oil speculator and the local ranchers afraid of polluted water.

  3. S07E03 The Orchard

    Tim Bradbury wants to recreate the cattle ranch he had in Texas and feels Clay Grainger owes him the help. His son Walt wants to farm instead while his son Mike who works at Shiloh puts the family in financial peril with his gambling.

  4. S07E04 A Vision of Blindness

    An ex-convict seeking to take revenge on Trampas for his brother's death finds Elizabeth, left blinded and helpless after a stagecoach accident.

  5. S07E05 The Wind of Outrage

    In Montana on business, The Virginian and Trampas stay at the inn run by Louis Boissevain, an exiled Canadian revolutionist, and his wife, Suzanne Mayo whom Trampas recognizes as a former love interest. The Shiloh duo find that some of Louis' former confreres want him to return to Canada to lead another revolution, but that there are traitors in the group who plan to hand Louis over to the Canadian government for execution.

  6. S07E06 Image of an Outlaw

    An innocent ranch hand is mistaken for a wanted criminal and later sees advantages in assuming the fugitive's identity.

  7. S07E07 The Heritage

    The Shoshone girl Nai'Be returns to Medicine Bow from an eastern school as a young lady but conflicted on her future. Her childhood sweetheart Tza'Wuda is waiting for her as is a conflict with a rancher forcing her tribe to move its camp.

  8. S07E08 Ride to Misadventure

    The Virginian teams with a bounty hunter to find the gang responsible for robbing gold and cattle vaccine from the Medicine Bow stage.

  9. S07E09 The Storm Gate

    While visiting in a Nebraska town, Trampas comes into conflict with a childhood friend, an engineer who has gotten the town's cooperation to build an irrigation dam.

  10. S07E10 The Dark Corridor

    A young woman found unconscious on the trail awakens with amnesia and a romantic interest in the Virginian.

  11. S07E11 The Mustangers

    The Virginian and David are to pick up a herd of horses Shiloh needs for a cattle drive. The horses are stolen from the seller so they must catch and break a new herd but a conflict between a father and his son over his future intervenes.

  12. S07E12 Nora

    Clay's old friend Nora and her Army officer husband cut a visit short after Indians kill a soldier

  13. S07E13 Big Tiny

    David poses as the fiancée of a young woman with a persistent suitor, then discovers her admirer is a giant.

  14. S07E14 Stopover

    The moment he steps from the stagecoach, a gunslinger has everyone wondering who he is after.

  15. S07E15 Death Wait

    A vengeful father and his gunslinger son don't believe David killed another son in self defense.

  16. S07E16 Last Grave at Socorro Creek

    A cattle thief thinks he can get away with a robbery by blaming and then lynching an innocent man, but is unaware of the Virginian's zealous devotion to the victim's family.

  17. S07E17 Crime Wave in Buffalo Springs

    After a fight with Trampas, David leaves. He finds himself not only robbed of his clothes and horse by bank robbers but arrested for the robbery himself. Trampas who followed to get him to return, finds himself in the same jail cell.  The first comedy ever presented on the Virginian.

  18. S07E18 The Price of Love

    An orphan who lived with the Graingers in Texas 15 years earlier comes through Medicine Bow. He decides to stay and work for them and is very protective of the Graingers but his years away from them have changed him - in a bad way.

  19. S07E19 The Ordeal

    A wealthy Bostonian sends his spoiled son to the ranch to acquire some character, only to have the young man's pranks endanger lives.

  20. S07E20 The Land Dreamer

    A foreclosed farmer becomes the target of a lynch mob after killing an unscrupulous investor.

  21. S07E21 Eileen

    Concerned about marriage plans, a father sends his daughter to Shiloh for the summer, but her fiancée hires on incognito as a ranch hand.

  22. S07E22 Incident at Diablo Crossing

    Trampas and his fellow stage passengers face danger at a ferry crossing. Stranded, they prepare to face an attacker.

  23. S07E23 Storm Over Shiloh

    When Elizabeth is late returning from a ride for dinner and her horse returns alone, the Graingers, The Virginian, and Trampas go looking for her. A storm impedes them until a clue takes them to an abandoned mine that has caved in.

  24. S07E24 The Girl in the Shadows

    A vaudevillian arrives in town and arranges coincidences that indicate his mind reader daughter is Clay's long-lost niece.

  25. S07E25 Fox, Hound, and the Widow McCloud

    A convict on the run from a bounty hunter seeks help from onetime cellmate Trampas.

  26. S07E26 The Stranger

    Despite evidence to the contrary, the Virginian believes in the innocence of an itinerant cowboy accused of injuring a rancher and killing a ranch foreman.

Season 8

24 episodes

  1. S08E01 Long Ride Home

    Holly finds two cowboys who are looking for work. The younger hand Jim looks up to Ben as the only father he has ever known as the two roam around looking for a place to settle. Ben isn't ready to settle down but Jim may have found a home.

  2. S08E02 A Flash of Darkness

    Blinded after a fall, the Virginian strays to the home of a horse thief and his two sons, fired earlier from Shiloh.

  3. S08E03 Halfway Back from Hell

    In Arizona, Trampas is forced to work as foreman on a ranch staffed by men on probation from prison. The locals want them removed and the US Marshal in charge of the area is less than enthusiastic about them being there as well.

  4. S08E04 The Power Seekers

    Clay discovers politics' unsavory side when he runs against an ambitious opponent for the territorial legislature.

  5. S08E05 The Family Man

    Jim delivers the baby of a woman whose fugitive husband has run out on her, then cares for her and her property in addition to his responsibilities at the ranch.

  6. S08E06 The Runaway

    A boy fleeing a reform school operator shelters at Shiloh Ranch while the Virginian and Trampas try to find his father.

  7. S08E07 A Love to Remember

    Reporter/artist Julie Oakes arrives in Medicine Bow from Boston to do a story on the west. She falls in love with The Virginian but her interest in another man upsets him and results in problems due to her complicated past in Boston.

  8. S08E08 The Substitute

    Trampas leaves on vacation but his plans go astray when he is picked up by a bounty hunter for murdering a popular doctor. He has to contend with a hostile town, planted evidence, and a saloon girl who swears she saw him commit the murder.

  9. S08E09 The Bugler

    After being whipped, an Army private deserts the post commanded by his father and is found unconscious and injured on Shiloh property.

  10. S08E10 Home to Methuselah

    An aging sheriff arrives to visit old friend the Virginian, then invites him on a hunting trip that is actually a cover for tracking the last of a desperate band of bank robbers.

  11. S08E11 A Touch of Hands

    A pigtailed brat returns home from finishing school for a two week vacation as a beautiful woman catching Trampas' eyes again. They fall in love as she remembers the good times but her father wants her to return to school in the East.

  12. S08E12 Journey to Scathelock

    An emergency recalls The Virginian so he allows Jim Horn to go alone with $4000 to complete a purchase of horses. Everyone takes Jim for a wet behind the ears youngster including the woman and her partner who steal the money he carries.

  13. S08E13 A Woman of Stone

    A long time captive of an Indian tribe returns to the husband who deserted her during an Indian raid, only to find her desire for revenge could destroy her daughter's wedding.

  14. S08E14 Black Jade

    Trampas decides to track down where Cobey Jade obtained a silver watch that belonged to a friend. While with Jade who lives in an abandoned mining town, they are taken captive by a band of roving outlaws who believes Jade found gold there.

  15. S08E15 You Can Lead a Horse to Water

    A stagecoach robbery interferes with the plans of a Southern belle who is traveling to Clearwater to marry her childhood sweetheart.

  16. S08E16 Nightmare

    A newly married woman faces many problems, including a murder charge, after her husband's injury sets off a bid for power in his company.

  17. S08E17 Holocaust

    An eastern combine wants to take over the Wyoming cattle market with Shiloh in the middle of their sights. A burned Shiloh and delayed cattle drive leads to a loss on the sale of cattle resulting in all the Shiloh hands being laid off.

  18. S08E18 Train of Darkness

    Clay, Elizabeth, and Jim along with a small number of other passengers ride the train from Cheyenne to Medicine Bow. During the trip they get to know each other only to learn one is hiding a past that causes the train to be stopped.

  19. S08E19 A Time of Terror

    A family takes over Shiloh at gunpoint, then lures the Graingers' friend, a Congressional candidate, to the ranch for revenge.

  20. S08E20 No War for the Warrior

    Jim's life is endangered after an Indian running from authorities hides out with the Shiloh wranglers on a cattle drive.

  21. S08E21 A King's Ransom

    Clay is kidnapped by three gang members for a $20,000 ransom or the threat of his death and the burning of Medicine Bow. Adding to the situation is the wife of the gang leader staying at Shiloh in order to escape him but he wants her back.

  22. S08E22 The Sins of the Fathers

    Clay awaits a showdown with a young gunslinger, hired as a Shiloh ranch hand, who blames his father's death 20 years earlier on Grainger and refuses to listen to any explanation.

  23. S08E23 Rich Man, Poor Man

    Poor Harve Yost turns into rich Harve when he finds a dying man with a saddle bag full of money and gets a $10,000 reward. Never a man to manage money or time, The Virginian advises him to buy a ranch but Harve tries to rival Shiloh.

  24. S08E24 The Gift

    A wounded bank robber hides his loot and dies in a saloon girl's room, making her the target of his partner.

Season 9

24 episodes

  1. S09E01 The West vs. Colonel MacKenzie

    Col. Mackenzie, new owner of the Shiloh Ranch, becomes embroiled in a controversy with the cattlemen's association when he insists on investigating the hanging of an accused cattle rustler.

  2. S09E02 The Best Man

    A Mexican girl's indecision over whether to marry Trampas' friend or her father's aide threatens to touch off a gunfight between the two.

  3. S09E03 Jenny

    The Virginian rescues a woman and renews an old friendship with her, only to discover she has been dishonest with him when outlaws attack the stage they are riding.

  4. S09E04 With Love, Bullets and Valentines

    A captain's plan to buy back his lost riverboat from lucky gambler Trampas falls into disarray when a train robbery gang commandeers the vessel in question for a getaway.

  5. S09E05 The Mysterious Mr. Tate

    A man Mackenzie rescues from a lynch mob becomes an unexpected hero when kidnappers strike aboard the train they are all riding.

  6. S09E06 Gun Quest

    Two brothers accuse the Virginian of being the man who widowed their mother, and a judge seems eager to agree with them.

  7. S09E07 Crooked Corner

    A group of German immigrants is repeatedly threatened by night riders who want them out due to prejudice. Tate becomes involved after the daughter of the leader of the immigrants mistakes him for the gunman they hired to protect them.

  8. S09E08 Lady at the Bar

    Accused of murdering a gold mine owner over a poker debt, Trampas finds himself in the capable hands of a woman lawyer. The law seems primarily interested in wrapping up the trial as quickly as possible so they can go fishing.

  9. S09E09 The Price of the Hanging

    MacKenzie is injured saving Tate on a cattle drive. Tate takes him to Concho for help only to find the doctor there is in jail and to hang the next day. Tate is able to secure his release but finds that it comes with some high costs.

  10. S09E10 Experiment at New Life

    After locating supposedly lost Shiloh cattle in the possession of an unfriendly commune, the Virginian is asked for help by two women members being forced into a multiple marriage.

  11. S09E11 Follow the Leader

    At the same time the Colonel's niece is visiting from England, Trampas is one of the suspects in the killing of a fellow ranch hand based on his custom gun. Trampas believes four brothers killed their cousin but how can he prove it?

  12. S09E12 Last of the Comancheros

    MacKenzie is in New Mexico to buy cattle when he meets a female New York writer who takes an interest in the local Comancheros who are hated locally and especially by the Sheriff. Her story results in her kidnapping and trouble for all.

  13. S09E13 Hannah

    Aboard a train headed for a Western town, Trampas meets a girl and her ailing father who are tracking down a lead on their missing mother and wife.

  14. S09E14 Nan Allen

    A jealous man who admits to killing his sister's alleged attacker, a Shiloh employee, recuperates from injuries at the ranch, but his sibling's romance with Mackenzie causes anger to resurface.

  15. S09E15 The Politician

    A trip to buy land for grazing puts the Virginian in the middle of a murder mystery involving a Senate hopeful, his ambitious wife, and hard drinking brother.

  16. S09E16 The Animal

    Tate rescues a deaf Indian boy from a posse, then comes to his defense when a kangaroo court seems determined to convict the lad of homicide.

  17. S09E17 The Legacy of Spencer Flats

    In nearly abandoned Spencer Flats, Trampas is held by Della and Annie Spencer, who accuse him of being outlaw Deke Slaughter, though their handyman is not so convinced. Then the real Slaughter rides into the town, claiming to be a sheriff.

  18. S09E18 The Angus Killer

    The Virginian seeks the identity of the person responsible for the mysterious killing of a widow's herd of cattle.

  19. S09E19 Flight from Memory

    Mackenzie tends to a young woman injured in a fall from a horse, only to have a cowboy arrive and claim she is wanted for murder.

  20. S09E20 Tate: Ramrod

    Tate, on leave from Shiloh, discovers that building a barbed wire fence for a widower rancher and his children may involve more than stringing wire and sinking posts.

  21. S09E21 The Regimental Line

    Mackenzie faces bad weather, rough terrain, Indians and cavalrymen when he pursues a man he thinks deserted his regiment.

  22. S09E22 The Town Killer

    The Virginian challenges a sophisticated outlaw who controls a frightened community.

  23. S09E23 Wolf Track

    After being mauled by a cunning wolf he has been tracking, and then robbed of his possessions by a stranger, MacKenzie is taken in by a homesteader and her son. The wolf, however, is still at large and MacKenzie is determined to kill him.

  24. S09E24 Jump-Up

    After stopping in the town of Jump-Up to see an old girlfriend, Tate is cheated in a card game by a gambler, and then framed by town boss John Timothy Driscoll and his son for killing the man, and forced into a hard labor camp.