Season 1 (1962)

Jim Redigo is foreman for the enormous Garrett Ranch owned by matriarch Lucia with her children Tal and Constance. Redigo had his hands full managing people, machines, and animals, with a specific interest in attractive Connie. (The unaired pilot was titled This Rugged Land)

Episodes: 32

Star Cast: Richard Egan , Ryan O'Neal , Anne Seymour , Terry Moore ,

Episodes List

Ep.1 The Day the Empire Stood Still

Air Date: 1962-09-25

Ep.2 Ballard Number One

Air Date: 1962-10-02

Sam Ballard's embezzling killed Redigo's father. Now Sam's back---digging for oil near the Garret ranch.

Ep.3 A Place to Put a Life

Air Date: 1962-10-09

Redigo returns to the small ranch his father left him and finds that it's being run by a teen-ager.

Ep.4 Ride to a Fall

Air Date: 1962-10-16

Dahlbeck's guest at a ranch party seems to wield an eerie hold over him.

Ep.5 Long Past, Long Remembered

Air Date: 1962-10-23

Wealthy Tom Cole visits the spread during a severe drought and his untimely friendliness suggests he wants to buy the ranch.

Ep.6 Walk Like a King

Air Date: 1962-10-30

Ex-employee Barney Swanton returns to the ranch rich but is still envious of Redigo, whose job he always wanted.

Ep.7 The Fire Dancer

Air Date: 1962-11-13

Story of a raging oil-well fire and the man who offers to put it out.

Ep.8 The Tall Shadow

Air Date: 1962-11-20

Ep.9 The Earth Mover

Air Date: 1962-11-27

Glenn Kassin wants to build a model city near Mesa, but the landowner refuses to sell.

Ep.10 Pressure Lock

Air Date: 1962-12-04

In the midst of negotiating for oil rights, Redigo is called out of town---leaving Tal to handle the bargaining.

Ep.11 Echo of a Man

Air Date: 1962-12-11

Worries over his pretty young ward are causing a drop in efficiency for chief engineer Tabor.

Ep.12 When the Gods Laugh

Air Date: 1962-12-18

A sharecropper who objects to education uses abusive tactics to keep his son home from school.

Ep.13 Green, Green Hills

Air Date: 1962-12-25

Ep.14 Stopover on the Way to the Moon

Air Date: 1963-01-01

After taking young Skip Wade to court for vandalism, Redigo determines to make the youth a useful citizen.

Ep.15 The Four Thumbs Story

Air Date: 1963-01-08

A Native American war veteran's penchant for violence is isolating him from his friends, neighbors and family.

Ep.16 End of an Image

Air Date: 1963-01-15

Janet Rainey claims she's just going shopping---but there are those who suspect she's leaving town.

Ep.17 The Loner

Air Date: 1963-01-22

Mike Novak wants to work on the Garret spread until he's paid for a mare of his choice, but his choice is Tal's favorite.

Ep.18 Where the Hawk Is Wheeling

Air Date: 1963-01-29

Ep.19 No Small Wars

Air Date: 1963-02-05

Adding urgency to his surgery-or-death status, Redigo's sick friend is a very uncooperative patient.

Ep.20 The Tiger Inside

Air Date: 1963-02-12

Afraid that a volunteer posse may take the law into its own hands, Redigo joins the hunt for a man accused of robbery.

Ep.21 Season of Growth

Air Date: 1963-02-19

Connie's former beau is back at the ranch---expressing a new interest in working and a renewed interest in her.

Ep.22 Seven Days on Rough Street

Air Date: 1963-02-26

After claiming he doesn't need the security of the Garret ranch, Tal leaves for Delgado---on the bet he can't stay a week.

Ep.23 A House in Order

Air Date: 1963-03-05

News of her fatal illness inspires Lucia to establish a better relationship between son Tal and foreman Redigo.

Ep.24 Down There, the World

Air Date: 1963-03-12

The mine shuts down when the heady enchantress running a vital processing plant decides to buy out the Garrets.

Ep.25 Burnout

Air Date: 1963-03-19

Forest Ranger Tom Barton has problems: the Garret logging operation is violating the timber contract with the Forest Service--and logging foreman Chris Norden is a tough guy to deal with.