Episodes List
Ep.1 The Vaqueros
Air Date: 1961-10-02
A bandit imprisons Lucas and Mark.
Ep.2 First Wages
Air Date: 1961-10-09
Lucas tries to find out why Mark has taken a job as a stableboy.
Ep.3 Sheer Terror
Air Date: 1961-09-16
Mark and Milly are held prisoner in her general store when two gunmen attempt a daring robbery.
Ep.4 The Stand-In
Air Date: 1961-10-23
Lucas is taken hostage by two prison wagon drivers angered that he won't give them more whiskey.
Ep.5 The Journey Back
Air Date: 1961-10-30
Mark goes to work for Will Temple, a badly scarred and very mysterious rancher.
Ep.6 The Decision
Air Date: 1961-11-06
Corey Hazlett insists he's innocent of murder, despite Lucas's eyewitness testimony.
Ep.7 Knight Errant
Air Date: 1961-11-13
Lucas tries to dissuade a latter-day knight from rushing into battle.
Ep.8 Honest Abe
Air Date: 1961-11-20
Able Lincoln's claim that he's the Great Emancipator himself amuses everyone except Matt Yorty.
Ep.9 The Long Goodbye
Air Date: 1961-11-27
Stubborn Grandpa Fogarty is Lucas's main roadblock as he tries to get young Woody Fogarty to attend school.
Ep.10 The Shattered Idol
Air Date: 1961-12-04
Mark Twain visits Southfork, and quickly alienates the townspeople.
Ep.11 Long Gun From Tucson
Air Date: 1961-12-11
Lucas tries to stop embittered John Holliver from venting his wrath on the people who expelled him from town years before.
Ep.12 The High Country
Air Date: 1961-12-18
Lucas becomes the target of a vengeful mountaineer.
Ep.13 A Friend in Need
Air Date: 1961-12-25
Mark finds himself the unwilling companion of gunman Carl Avery.
Ep.14 Skull
Air Date: 1962-01-01
Lucas seeks an escape when he's captured by outlaws while seeking help for an injured Mark.
Ep.15 The Princess
Air Date: 1962-01-08
The Queen-to-be of France hides out in Northfork.
Ep.16 Gunfire
Air Date: 1962-01-15
When an expected lawman doesn't arrive from Denver, several gunfighters arrive in North Fork and cause trouble.
Ep.17 The Quiet Fear
Air Date: 1962-01-22
Lucas's old Army pal settles in North Fork with his deaf daughter.
Ep.18 Sporting Chance
Air Date: 1962-01-29
An Englishman arrives with a custom-made rifle—and a plan to kill Lucas.
Ep.19 A Young Man's Fancy
Air Date: 1962-02-05
The pangs of first love are painful for Mark: the object of his affections has eyes for another.
Ep.20 The Man from Salinas
Air Date: 1962-02-12
Banker Hamilton is closing up for the day when Rudy Gray persuades him to stay open for one more transaction - a withdrawal at gunpoint.
Ep.21 Two Ounces of Tin
Air Date: 1962-02-19
Sammy Davis Jr. stars as Tip Corey, son of a man allegedly murdered in North Fork.
Ep.22 Deadly Image
Air Date: 1962-02-26
A reliable eye-witness rides into North Fork and accuses Lucas McCain of cattle rustling and cold-blooded murder.
Ep.23 The Debt
Air Date: 1962-03-05
Mark learns that the prisoner Micah is escorting to the gallows is the man that saved his life three years previously.
Ep.24 The Tinhorn
Air Date: 1962-03-12
Mark is shocked when he discovers that his father is a poker player.
Ep.25 None So Blind
Air Date: 1962-03-19
Mark befriends singer-banjoist Lafayette Bly, a blind man with an acute sense of hearing—and a very strong grip.
Ep.26 Jealous Man
Air Date: 1962-03-26
Ep.27 Guilty Conscience
Air Date: 1962-04-02
No one's more surprised than Micah when newcomer Leota Carraway claims he's her long-lost husband and the father of her child.
Ep.28 Day of Reckoning
Air Date: 1962-04-09
Lucas is torn by conflicting emotions when he meets the town's new preacher—a former outlaw whom the Rifleman vowed to kill.
Ep.29 The Day the Town Slept
Air Date: 1962-04-16
The town of North Fork becomes a haven for outlaws when suave Ben Judson smooth-talks his way into the marshal's job.
Ep.30 Milly's Brother
Air Date: 1962-04-23
A veteran returns with tales of heroism and the fate of Milly's brother in the Civil War.
Ep.31 Outlaw's Shoes
Air Date: 1962-04-30
A head wound wipes out Lucas's memory, leaving him with only one clue: he's wearing an outlaw's gun.
