The Virginian
Season 3
30 episodes
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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S03E06 The Brazos Kid
A newspaper reporter's exaggerated stories put bounty hunters on the trail of the Virginian.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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S03E15 A Man of the People
Garth opposes a congressman's plan to settle immigrants on barren land.
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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.
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S03E17 Two Men Named Laredo
Judge Garth delves into psychology to comprehend a gentle, poetry reading cowboy accused of two brutal murders.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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S03E23 Shadows of the Past
Ryker dodges two vengeful brothers and tries to figure out why a beautiful woman is marrying a shy storekeeper.
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S03E24 Legend for a Lawman
A marshal who believes he is infallible arrests Randy for a murder that occurred during a bank robbery.
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S03E25 Timberland
A cowhand courts a logging boss's daughter, threatening any compromise in a dispute between timbermen and ranchers.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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S03E30 We've Lost a Train
A series of misadventures plagues Trampas as he travels to Mexico on Shiloh business.
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