The Virginian
Paid in Full
TV Flash files “Paid in Full” as hour 159 of 249 in the TV Flash guide — The Virginian (1962–1971) on NBC, season 6, episode 10, aired 1967-11-22, 90 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E10: listed hour 159 of 249 in the The Virginian guide, hour 10 of 26 in season 6. It aired 1967-11-22 (90 min). The listed hour before it is “A Bad Place to Die” (S06E09). Next is “To Bear Witness” (S06E11).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
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.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Paid in Full sit in the The Virginian guide?
S06E10 is listed hour 159 of 249 — hour 10 of 26 in season 6, season 6 episode 10.
When did The Virginian S06E10 air?
Paid in Full aired 1967-11-22 and is listed at 90 minutes.
Where should I start?
A 90-minute Shiloh Ranch hour with Drury and McClure plus a meaty guest plot shows why the length exists. This is not a half-hour oat-opera you graze in minutes.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Virginian ran 90 minutes when most westerns stopped at an hour, and that extra room is the point. James Drury's nameless foreman and Doug McClure's Trampas hold Shiloh Ranch while guest stars cycle through adult plots. Come for early prestige-length drama in cowboy clothes — slower, sturdier, and more novelistic than the gunfight-of-the-week pack.
The extra half-hour is the argument. *The Virginian* ran 90 minutes when most westerns stopped at an hour, and that extra room is the point. James Drury's nameless foreman and Doug McClure's Trampas hold Shiloh Ranch on NBC (1962–1971) while guest stars cycle through adult plots. Lee J. Cobb's Judge Garth was among the rotating ranch-owner centers. A laconic loyalty-and-gun-smoke moral test, widescreen in spirit. Frank Price and Charles Marquis Warren were among the architects of one of the first successful…
Filed against
- James Drury as The Virginian
James Drury’s nameless foreman held Shiloh Ranch for ninety minutes when most westerns stopped at an hour — The Virginian as early prestige-length drama in cowboy clothes, Doug McClure’s Trampas beside him, guest stars cycling through…
- Doug McClure as Trampas
Doug McClure held Shiloh Ranch as Trampas on The Virginian — 90-minute western room, guest-star traffic, and cowboy clothes on adult plots most hour shows would not attempt. James Drury's nameless foreman had the myth; McClure had the…
- Lee J. Cobb as Judge Henry Garth
Lee J. Cobb's Judge Henry Garth gave The Virginian ranch-table steel — 90-minute western when most stopped at an hour, James Drury's nameless foreman, guest stars cycling through adult plots. Early prestige-length drama in cowboy clothes.…