Episode List
1965
Jan. 6, 1965
Two Men Named Laredo
The Virginian and crew must hire extra hands to drive cattle back to Medicine Bow due to a bridge out on the train route. One of the men hired, Eddie Laredo saves Trampas's life during a stampede. Eddie seems to be a quiet worker who does his job well so Trampas convinces The Virginian to hire him full time. Everyone is happy with his work but he is not a joiner and reads a lot. During a trip to Medicine Bow two men and a women hide burrs under Eddie's saddle resulting in him being bucked off on Main Street. Later one of the men is killed by Eddie with the woman as a ...
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Jan. 13, 1965
Hideout
While riding in the hills, Betsy finds a large herd of wild horses and Clint Evers trying to capture them. When a mountain lion threatens them, Clint takes Betsy to the cabin he shares with his father Martin. As Betsy leaves the next day, Martin asks her not to tell he and his son are there. On the way back Betsy is bitten by a rattlesnake and Clint is forced to take her to Dr. Spaulding. A man there recognizes Clint and tells Ryker about Martin being wanted in Laramie for killing a prospecting partner. Betsy refuses to tell The Virginian where she was and Clint shows...
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Jan. 27, 1965
Six Graves at Cripple Creek
Ryker shoots two men during a bank holdup and recognizes one of the men as one of two men he was searching for years ago in the murder of two people. He questions the man and gets a lead on the second man. He leaves for Silver City to hunt for Charlie McMasters. At Silver City he learns McMasters was supposedly killed at Cripple Creek by Indians. The Sheriff jails Ryker until he agrees to accompany a young woman Lucille Carver to Cripple Creek. She is looking for her father John Carver who she does not remember and was killed at Cripple Creek. They are attacked at ...
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Feb. 3, 1965
Lost Yesterday
Clara Malone's bank robber boyfriend dies from a gun shot in a Laramie hotel. With his two partners chasing her for the money he hid, Clara fakes her suicide and leaves on a stage. The Virginian is the other passenger when the stage loses a wheel killing the driver and dazing her and The Virginian. A fire causes her to faint but The Virginian comes to in time to rescue her. She has lost her memory and it does not appear to be returning so she starts a new life under the fond wing of The Virginian plus Martha Winslow the school teacher. When one of the men looking for ...
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Feb. 10, 1965
A Slight Case of Charity
Trampas is sent to Albuquerque, New Mexico with a herd of cattle for the local cattlemen's association and is to return with over $18,700. He makes the trip and successfully settles the cattle transaction but is forced to put the money in cash in the hotel safe. He mets a lovely lady Charity who mistakes him for the guide/guard she is trying to hire. After she learns she needs $1500 to hire the guide, she decides to "borrow" it from Trampas by stealing his receipt for the money. The next day Trampas learns the money is missing when he tries to get a bank draft for the...
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Feb. 17, 1965
You Take the High Road
While in Casper, Wyoming The Virginian runs into Mark Shannon who is kicked off a trail drive of a herd owned by him and his sister Peggy but run by Jack Slauson as the trail boss and boyfriend of Peggy. After breaking up the fight, The Virginian hires Mark to work at Shiloh. He confides to The Virginian he did not resort to his gun because he is inept with it. The Virginian teaches him how to handle a gun but warns him that it shouldn't be used to settle arguments. As the Shannon herd approaches the Medicine Bow area, they receive a report it may contain Spanish ...
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Feb. 24, 1965
Shadows of the Past
Ryker's friend John Conway is expecting Rita who he met in a hospital in San Franisco to arrive and marry him. Being shy with women, John asks Ryker to join them for dinner to break the ice. At work Ryker receives a mail message from the Gar brothers recently released from prison for a robbery during which Ryker killed the third brother. Rita seems distant to John but he is unsure why. When Ryker returns Rita's lost suitcase from the railroad, he finds her drunk. He later sees her riding wildly in a buggy and after stopping her, confronts her about her relationship ...
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Mar. 3, 1965
Legend for a Lawman
Randy is in Cobb's Run, Kansas waiting for The Virginian to arrive the next day. After helping a man with an injured arm he meets in the saloon, he finds himself duped into tricking the sheriff to open the bank door. A group of four men rob the bank of $47,000 but are interrupted during their escape by the deputy. Randy and the sheriff who were knocked out, both come to during the escape and shooting with Randy being mistaken by the sheriff for one of the robbers and is shot by the sheriff. The sheriff who has a reputation as one of the best lawmen, swears he locked ...
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Mar. 10, 1965
Timberland
Charles Daniels has purchased timberland near the grazing lands of the Medicine Bow ranchers. The ranchers are concerned that his clear cutting the land will ruin the grazing lands but Daniels refuses to listen to them. Daniels' daughter Katherine arrives to join him. Daniels' foreman Paul Rogers has planned to marry Katherine but when she arrives she has second thoughts about Paul. Meanwhile Dave Ferguson, a rancher's son, takes a shine to Katherine and her to him. When Paul spots Katherine and Dave dancing outside a local dance, he attacks Dave and pulls Dave's gun ...
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Mar. 17, 1965
Dangerous Road
Ryker asks Trampas to escort a prisoner, Young Bob Coulter, wanted for murder of a woman to Coulter Junction as Trampas is close friends with the sheriff there. The trip is uneventful but Trampas is asked by Young Bob's father twice for favors which Trampas declines. He learns the sheriff was dragged and killed by his horse but Kitty, the sheriff's daughter, questions whether an expert wrangler like her father could be killed by the horse as does Trampas. Trampas proves the horse is ridable and not likely to have killed the sheriff but the current deputy is hard to ...
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Mar. 24, 1965
Farewell to Honesty
The Virginian arrives at Honesty, Wyoming to bring Major Ralph Forrester back to Medicine Bow to settle a lawsuit involving $8,000 of worthless land deeds. The law prevents him from taking the Major back as he not a regular peace officer. Honesty is owned by the Major and his wife. The saloon is run by Jennifer a woman The Virginian slowly comes to recognize as the relative of friends. Unknown to the Major's wife he has been stealing from her but she is aware of his interest in Jennifer. The Major is using the threat of a manslaughter charge against Jennifer in ...
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Mar. 31, 1965
Old Cowboy
Old time cowboy Murdock and his grandson Willy walk into Medicine Bow looking for a job as a top cow hand but he is years beyond his prime. They stop The Virginian but he turns Murdock down for Shiloh. Murdock uses the little change they have to play poker with Belden, Randy, and Trampas. Although he wins initially, he loses all but a dime which he uses to buy Willy soup and himself a beer. Trampas feeling sorry for him, decides to hire him for Shiloh. Murdock continually says he has a twenty dollar gold eagle coin in boot for emergencies but only Willy believes him. ...
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Apr. 14, 1965
The Showdown
The Virginian arrives in Monolith, Arizona to buy cattle from the Landers family. Upon arrival the city Marshall warns him not to buy cattle from them. The next day the Virginian inspects the cattle and buys $5000 worth. When he and two of Landers boys return to town, one of the boys ends up in a fight but all three are arrested. The Virginian learns that no one likes Marshall Frome or his brother the deputy because of their heavy tactics. The brothers are released from jail but The Virginian is not. The Landers bring in the herd of cattle for The Virginian but the ...
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Apr. 21, 1965
We've Lost a Train
This episode is a crossover with the Texas Rangers from the show Laredo. Trampas is sent by the Virginian to Mexico to return with a bull purchased by Judge Garth. While in Laredo waiting to cross over into Mexico, Trampas becomes involved in fights with three of the Texas Rangers. He ends up traveling with them into Mexico to recover money stolen from a train and to save a baby found alone on the train. This episode has a strong comedic bent to it.
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Sep. 15, 1965
The Brothers
Matt Denning, a rancher at Medicine Bow, breaks his brother Will out of the guard house at a military fort the night before he is to be executed believing Will to be innocent. Matt tells Will they are going to his ranch to pickup Matt's wife and son and then they will leave for Canada. Sherrif Ryker, who is good friends with Matt, is notified of the breakout and that a guard was killed during the escape. The military sends a squad to capture the brothers and Ryker goes after them as well. The army and Ryker catch up with the Dennings as well as a group of Indians on ...
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Sep. 22, 1965
Day of the Scorpion
The Tercell family which raises sheep is moving into the area from Australia. The son and daughter arrive first with some ranch hands o prepare for the sheep. The son who is a bully becomes embroiled in a fight with the Virginian and loses. He confronts the Virginian on the road and is accidentally killed during the mêlée. The Virginian becomes close to the daughter, Reagan. Adding to the rancor between the father, who is a bigger bully, and the locals is the arrival of the sheep and the fight that ensues.
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Sep. 29, 1965
A Little Learning
A new attractive school teacher, Martha Perry, is asked by a man, Rafe Simmons, who many in the town consider a fool to teach him how to read so he can read his mother's diary. Many of the local men including Trampas, the Virginian, and the deputy are interested in dating her. Unknown to everyone she is married to a man, Bert Kramer, she met while working in a saloon. Bert has been released from prison and is in town wanting her back. She wants a divorce and some of the men trick Bert into thinking Rafe is interested in her romantically leading to problems for Rafe.
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Oct. 6, 1965
The Claim
Trampas is getting tired of the day to day work at Shiloh. When his old friend Luke Milford, who is a vagabond, shows up in Medicine Bow, Trampas becomes irritated with the Virginian's push for more work so he quits Shiloh. Trampas and Luke decide to head for Deadwood where there is action which they find plentiful. They meet an old prospector who says he has found gold but needs someone to back him. They decide to go prospecting with him but come to find that the gold is on Indian land among other problems.
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Oct. 13, 1965
The Awakening
Betsy runs into David Henderson who is on foot and trying to catch a fish by hand during his wandering trip to the west. She offers a meal for work at the ranch but he spurns her offer. Later Trampas brings him in and Betsy becomes intrigued with him while feeding him. An unsafe mine with labor problems requires Judge Garth's attention and draws David's interest due to a cave-in. He is a minister who worked in a mining community. He becomes involved resulting in more contact between him and Betsy. They fall in love but he is reluctant due to a previous wife's death ...
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Oct. 27, 1965
Ring of Silence
While on the way back to Medicine Bow, Sherrif Ryker is on a stage coach with four other passengers, the driver and the shotgun. They are trapped by a group of Mexicans. Their leader knows Ryker and they want one of the passengers for the rape and murder of a girl from their village in Mexico. The passenger claims to be innocent and Ryker wants the Mexicans to allow Wiley to be taken back to town for a trial. They refuse and fighting ensues and ultimately the Virginian and Trampas rescues the people left alive.
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Nov. 3, 1965
Jennifer
Judge Garth's sister and husband are killed back East. He has not seen them since their daughter was a baby and he never approved of his sister's husband. The orphaned niece comes to Shiloh but is concerned about her relationship with her uncle. Judge Garth tries to make her stay pleasant and agrees to hire Johnny Bradford, a young man she met on the stage, who impressed her to work at the ranch. Although a good worker, he turns out to be wanted for several crimes including murder.
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Nov. 10, 1965
Nobility of Kings
Ben Justin along with his wife and son by a previous wife move onto a ranch adjoining Shiloh. Due to past business failures and being abandoned by previous business partners, Ben has developed a wall around him avoiding help and contact with everyone around him, including his son and wife. He wants to prove he can succeed on his own and rejects even casual help. It alienates his wife and son who look to Shiloh for friends and help. When Ben takes a risky chance to improve his herd with an expensive bull, it backfires when his ranch is hit with a cattle disease.
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Nov. 17, 1965
Show Me a Hero
While traveling Trampas rescues Frank Colter from a runaway wagon and in so doing his horse is injured. Trampas is forced to stay over in Eagle Creek while his horse heals and becomes friends with the residents. Colter and others have rebuilt Eagle Creek hoping for the railroad to come through it based on inside information Colter learned in his previous job. A gambling tycoon wants to take over the city and sends Midge Conway to force the town to accept his terms and offers Conway control of the gambling in Eagle Creek if he gets the contract. Midge is an old friend ...
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Nov. 24, 1965
Beyond the Border
The Virginian and Trampas travel to Mexico to pickup six palomino horses for Judge Garth. The Virginian becomes sick as they reach the Mexican border. He is forced to rest at a Mexican hotel that is the hangout for an outlaw gang. The gang leader's girlfriend, Maggie, is there and becoming tired of the secondary role she plays in the gang leader's life. Trampas leaves The Virginian in her care while he goes to retrieve the horses. While he is gone The Virginian and Maggie fall in love and she decides she wishes to return to Medicine Bow with the Virginian but life is ...
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Dec. 1, 1965
The Dream of Stavros Karas
Stavros Karas is a recent older widower with two children and a budding fig farm. He sends a request to the old country, Greece, to ask for a wife to be sent to help him. He is hoping for an older woman to take care of the home and his kids but ends with a young attractive Eleni Niarcos who attracts the attention of his neighbor's son. Stavros ask for water from his neighbor for his new fig plants but the issue erupts in controversy. The Shiloh folks try to help keep the peace and Stavros decide whether to marry Eleni.
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Dec. 8, 1965
The Laramie Road
Two vagabonds traveling through Medicine Bow appear to have murdered the wife of a local bartender. The residents are upset and afraid the two men may be released due to lack of proof. The two vagabonds kill the sheriff while trying to escape. Deputy Sherrif Ryker has to take over and is unable to control the mob threatening the jail. He decides to move the prisoners to Laramie but realizes he must face the residents of Medicine Bow if he is have their respect when he tries unsuccessfully to move the prisoners.
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Dec. 15, 1965
The Horse Fighter
Shiloh ranch is having problems breaking a group of mustangs resulting in injured wranglers. Sam Willock, a well known old time horse wrangler, shows up at the ranch looking to be hired to break the mustangs. The Virginian, who saw Sam work when he was much younger, hires him to break the horses except for a black stallion which has proved to be dangerous. Sam asks for a helper with no experience and selects Randy. They bond as they work with the horses and Sam eventually tries to break the black stallion which Randy succeeds with when the horse is too rough for Sam. ...
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Dec. 22, 1965
Letter of the Law
Judge Garth and others believe Curt Wesley was improperly tried and convicted for a robbery. No relief is available until another train robber confesses to the crime and location of some of the money as he dies. Curt is given parole instead of a pardon due to doubts about him and he returns to his wife at Medicine Bow. A security agent, Charles Sanders, and his assistant still believe Curt is guilty and has the rest of the money. Curt is framed for another robbery and it is up to Ryker to determine how and who framed him along with why. This results in a revelation ...
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Dec. 29, 1965
Blaze of Glory
Bill King is a well respected retired lawman from Medicine Bow who is trying to make a living for him and his daughter farming and prospecting. He is about to lose his ranch to foreclosure when an outlaw appears wanting Bill to hide him out on his ranch for pay with gold from a freight robbery. Bill agrees as he needs the money and finds himself with a trio of robbers and their plan to steal another gold shipment. At the same time his daughter who has Trampas' eye, wants to travel back east. Bill has to decide what his next actions will be; preserve his name or go ...
