E1 - The Vaqueros

Aired: October 02, 1961

A bandit imprisons Lucas and Mark.

E2 - First Wages

Aired: October 09, 1961

Lucas tries to find out why Mark has taken a job as a stableboy.

E3 - Sheer Terror

Aired: September 16, 1961

Mark and Milly are held prisoner in her general store when two gunmen attempt a daring robbery.

E4 - The Stand-In

Aired: October 23, 1961

Lucas is taken hostage by two prison wagon drivers angered that he won't give them more whiskey.

E5 - The Journey Back

Aired: October 30, 1961

Mark goes to work for Will Temple, a badly scarred and very mysterious rancher.

E6 - The Decision

Aired: November 06, 1961

Corey Hazlett insists he's innocent of murder, despite Lucas's eyewitness testimony.

E7 - Knight Errant

Aired: November 13, 1961

Lucas tries to dissuade a latter-day knight from rushing into battle.

E8 - Honest Abe

Aired: November 20, 1961

Able Lincoln's claim that he's the Great Emancipator himself amuses everyone except Matt Yorty.

E9 - The Long Goodbye

Aired: November 27, 1961

Stubborn Grandpa Fogarty is Lucas's main roadblock as he tries to get young Woody Fogarty to attend school.

E10 - The Shattered Idol

Aired: December 04, 1961

Mark Twain visits Southfork, and quickly alienates the townspeople.

E11 - Long Gun From Tucson

Aired: December 11, 1961

Lucas tries to stop embittered John Holliver from venting his wrath on the people who expelled him from town years before.

E12 - The High Country

Aired: December 18, 1961

Lucas becomes the target of a vengeful mountaineer.

E13 - A Friend in Need

Aired: December 25, 1961

Mark finds himself the unwilling companion of gunman Carl Avery.

E14 - Skull

Aired: January 01, 1962

Lucas seeks an escape when he's captured by outlaws while seeking help for an injured Mark.

E15 - The Princess

Aired: January 08, 1962

The Queen-to-be of France hides out in Northfork.

E16 - Gunfire

Aired: January 15, 1962

When an expected lawman doesn't arrive from Denver, several gunfighters arrive in North Fork and cause trouble.

E17 - The Quiet Fear

Aired: January 22, 1962

Lucas's old Army pal settles in North Fork with his deaf daughter.

E18 - Sporting Chance

Aired: January 29, 1962

An Englishman arrives with a custom-made rifle—and a plan to kill Lucas.

E19 - A Young Man's Fancy

Aired: February 05, 1962

The pangs of first love are painful for Mark: the object of his affections has eyes for another.

E20 - The Man from Salinas

Aired: February 12, 1962

Banker Hamilton is closing up for the day when Rudy Gray persuades him to stay open for one more transaction - a withdrawal at gunpoint.

E21 - Two Ounces of Tin

Aired: February 19, 1962

Sammy Davis Jr. stars as Tip Corey, son of a man allegedly murdered in North Fork.

E22 - Deadly Image

Aired: February 26, 1962

Lucas has double trouble: his lookalike is tearing up the town.

E23 - The Debt

Aired: March 05, 1962

Mark learns that the prisoner Micah is escorting to the gallows is the man that saved his life three years previously.

E24 - The Tinhorn

Aired: March 12, 1962

Mark is shocked when he discovers that his father is a poker player.

E25 - None So Blind

Aired: March 19, 1962

Mark befriends singer-banjoist Lafayette Bly, a blind man with an acute sense of hearing—and a very strong grip.

E26 - Jealous Man

Aired: March 26, 1962

E27 - Guilty Conscience

Aired: April 02, 1962

No one's more surprised than Micah when newcomer Leota Carraway claims he's her long-lost husband and the father of her child.

E28 - Day of Reckoning

Aired: April 09, 1962

Lucas is torn by conflicting emotions when he meets the town's new preacher—a former outlaw whom the Rifleman vowed to kill.

E29 - The Day the Town Slept

Aired: April 16, 1962

The town of North Fork becomes a haven for outlaws when suave Ben Judson smooth-talks his way into the marshal's job.

E30 - Milly's Brother

Aired: April 23, 1962

A veteran returns with tales of heroism and the fate of Milly's brother in the Civil War.

E31 - Outlaw's Shoes

Aired: April 30, 1962

A head wound wipes out Lucas's memory, leaving him with only one clue: he's wearing an outlaw's gun.

E32 - The Executioner

Aired: May 07, 1962