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Clay discovers politics' unsavory side when he runs against an ambitious opponent (Andrew Prine) for the territorial legislature; guests Barry Sullivan, Dana Elcar, John McLiam.

Jess offers to help a neighbor whose ranch is threatened by a wildfire, but the neighbor instead asks him to pick up the man's mail-order bride.

Matt unwittingly jails an innocent man for murder after a woman is beaten to death.

Young women who are hoping to marry wealthy gold miners become involved with an unscrupulous wagon master.

Matt warns Kitty about hiring an attractive female faro dealer.

An escaped mental patient (Tom Skerritt) makes Joe the object of a bizarre hunt.

A mining tycoon holds Little Joe hostage to divide the Cartwright clan and take over the Ponderosa; guest Yvonne De Carlo.

A doctor is hired to brainwash West and to program him to kill an influential, peaceful American Indian.

A drover may hold the answer to the drying up of a trail stream; guests John Cassavetes, Leif Erickson, Rosemary DeCamp.

A father hires Josh to find his son's killer.

A rebellious youth tries to prevent Josh from taking his uncle to town for trial.

A woman looks to Slim for help when a gang of outlaws plans to kill her marshal husband as revenge for a robbery he averted.

A woman tries to hold up Bonner on the road but ends up saving his life.

When Bonner heads to a town with evidence to clear a man sentenced to death for murder, he arrives too late to save him; he decides to find the real killer despite the townsfolk's insistence that he leave.

After his rifle misfires during a close encounter with a bear, Jim approaches a blacksmith to suggest a different kind of knife.

Jim persuades an imperious plantation owner to allow a squatter and his pregnant wife to remain on her land.

Dion Patrick gets into a poker game with unusual stakes while trailing a killer.

Don Mariano Vallejo is suspected of leading raids on Yankee settlements.

Escorting a prisoner across the desert, Chris is waylaid by the outlaw's cohorts; now it's a fight for survival when he finds himself without a horse, food or water.

A wanted man Chris is after gets shot down in a saloon after he shoots another man; three men then try to claim the reward for the criminal; Chris pretends to be the dead man's friend, but things get tense when someone in town recognizes him.

Bill stops at an inn, where he meets an old lawman friend holding two convicted killers; the lawman is wounded, and Bill must take responsibility of the prisoners.

The local bank is robbed while Bill is participating in a shooting contest; a photographer friend of Bill's is killed, but he happened to catch a picture of the robbers just before they shot him.

A white woman with a half-Indian son tries to reconcile with her husband (Ford Rainey) after 15 years.

Doc Holliday insures Bart.

Dr. Mike celebrates her birthday by climbing Pikes Peak with Dorothy, Grace and Myra but ends up injured and alone.

Comparisons and contrasts are drawn as Marlin and Jim analyze the behavior of the lion in its natural habitat in Africa and in the zoo.

The habits and adaptations of the animals that live at the North and South Poles.

The peccary, a native of the Sonora desert, is the only true wild pig of the United States.

An examination of how the alligator benefits other animals.

Dorothy, Myra and Grace go back to look for Mike; Preston plots to build a hotel-casino with help from his partner Jake.

John-Boy struggles with his beliefs about killing but proves his courage on a turkey hunt with his father.

John-Boy's sisters unknowingly sell a museum-piece typewriter he borrowed from the Baldwins to a junkman.

Grandpa interprets a shooting star that crash-landed at the Baldwins as an omen of his death.

The Waltons welcome a visiting preacher (John Ritter) and his mentor (Collin Wilcox-Horne), a fiery missionary.

An injured runaway betrays the Waltons' trust; Elizabeth accuses her father of not helping care for an ailing raccoon.

A Jewish family which fled Nazi Germany tries to live isolated in a mountain cabin; guest Radames Pera.

Barnaby runs away after Hawks spanks him. Guest star: Martin Balsam.

Chris captures the notorious outlaw The Comanche Kid in Granite Gap; the townspeople are bound and determined to hang him, but an elderly woman believes that the Kid is her long-long son.

Bret lands in jail and discovers corruption in a Western town.

Cheyenne gets an Indian to expose a phony hero and save a man's life.

Cheyenne saves an old friend's son, Gilby Collins, from a life of crime.

Bronco helps a group of nuns involved in a range war.

Tom contends with a girl's jealous romantic rival.

Johnny is wounded in a fight with Tom Nevill after Tom kills Johnny's friend.

Hardin comes to Wichita seeking revenge against Earp for throwing Dave Bennett out of town.

A double cross and an outlaw's wife lead Wyatt to a gang of bandits.

Paladin (Richard Boone) becomes intertwined in a deadly vendetta when he apprehends a man accused of murder. With John Hoyt.

A cowardly sheriff cannot confront a gunslinger who stole his wife. Starring Richard Boone and Bing Russell.

Apaches attack McCord and a group of inexperienced soldiers. Guest star: Greg Morris.

In a small Mexican border settlement, Will and Jeff encounter a bounty hunter gunning for Jim.

Marshal Troop must evacuate the town when a wagon load of explosives arrives.

Marshal Troop goes up against gunmen who imprison women in mystery.

Con artists try to jack up the price of a right of way and timberland.

A gambler uses a beautiful woman to attempt to lure Wyatt into his employ.

Smart gamblers and dubious rules hamper Wyatt's efforts to run a contest.

Surrounded by a posse, a fleeing killer (Robert Vaughn) holds Adam and others hostage at a stagecoach station; guest Dawn Wells.

Little Joe's love for the daughter of a Confederate sympathizer complicates his job as a delegate to a Nevada statehood convention.

Romantic complications trouble Hoss after he generously volunteers to help out a friend who is unable to pick up his mail-order bride.

A man hoping to log timber on Cartwright land claims one-third of the Ponderosa on the basis of a recent court ruling.

Ben and Little Joe become caught up in stopping a plan to steal a load of gold ingots needed for the Mexican Revolution.

Hoss becomes the guardian of two girls who were involved in their father's death.

A widower loses custody of his daughter; he accepts a job as hangman to earn money to get her back.

The townspeople ostracize a woman whose husband was acquitted of murder.

A mysterious, wealthy new woman in town competes for Kitty's business.

A farmer leaves behind his old life to seek his fortune in Dodge, but soon finds danger.

A timid bank clerk musters enough courage to live when he believes he is going to die.

A farmer leaves his family for a young widow who lives on an abandoned homestead.

An Indian woman seeks refuge with Festus from the man who bought her.

A captain's (Art Carney) plan to buy back his lost riverboat from lucky gambler Trampas falls into disarray when a train-robbery gang commandeers the vessel in question for a getaway; guest Tom Ewell.

Paladin and a murder suspect face a life-threatening dust storm. Starring Richard Boone and Richard Jaeckel.

A sheriff tries to prevent Josh from bringing a killer in for a trial.

Josh must overcome a tyrannical brother before he can save the life of a rabies victim.

Scott's grandfather visits Lancer and wants him to return to Boston.

A courageous newspaperman makes a stand when gamblers attempt to force the mayor to get rid of Marshal Earp.

The childish son of a rancher, forced to sell a herd for less than he'd planned, tries to make up his losses in a poker game.

Paladin must stop three men from taking over a town. Starring Richard Boone and Steven Piccard.

Paladin recovers a statue stolen from a mission. Starring Richard Boone and Rafael Campos.

McCord is forced into a duel. Guest star: Greg Morris.

Jeff admires a seemingly fearless stranger with a dark secret.

Johnny McKay arrests his Uncle Joe for bank robbery.

A revenge killing results in a duelling problem for Marshal Dan Troop.

Trapped in Indian country, Josh tries to help a nun (Mariette Hartley) who survived a massacre.

A sheriff enlists Bart's help to prevent a murder.

The Barkleys persuade the sheriff to return to his post, not knowing of his nighttime raids with marauders.

The young son of a railway executive runs away, hoping to become a ranch hand and carry a gun.

A brash visitor arrives in Wichita and, hoping to convince Earp to join a Wild West show, offers the lawman a new gun that will become his trademark.

The marshal is forced to hunt an old friend, a lawman turned outlaw.

The marshal teaches Johnny's Boston cousin about the ways of the West.

Paladin must stop an old friend who has become an overly zealous lawman.

Paladin must prevent a young boy from killing an outlaw. Guest star: Edgar Buchanan.

Jim delivers the baby of a woman (Darleen Carr) whose fugitive husband has run out on her, then cares for her and her property in addition to his responsibilities at the ranch.

A boy (Johnnie Whitaker) fleeing a reform-school operator (Peter Whitney) shelters at Shiloh Ranch while the Virginian and Trampas try to find his father (Guy Stockwell).

Slim, Daisy and Mike try to help a girl rescue her mother from a well, unaware that the woman's husband is part of a stage robbery.

Peter Scooper starts a violent feud between his family and the Galloways when he takes potatoes from the Galloway farm.

A revengeful gunman who is unable to collect a $1,000 bounty blames Matt and plans an ambush.

An old miner tries to force Kitty into marriage, but she is not interested.

A merchant tries to monopolize Virginia City's meat supply, forcing Indians to poach on the Ponderosa; guest Barry Sullivan.

Hoss falls for an invalid (Inger Stevens) traveling with unscrupulous prospectors who want to mine the Ponderosa.

Gordon poses as a prospector to pave the way for West's impersonation of a gold thief.

Favor and Rowdy encounter a ballet troupe performing in the middle of nowhere for an eccentric desert dweller.

Josh goes into treacherous Indian country after an Indian accused of murder.

Josh is arrested on a false charge and forced to work on a chain gang.

While Jess is acting sheriff of Laramie, a notorious yet cowardly bounty hunter targets one of Jess' friends.

Bonner joins a posse to hunt down a killer who tortures his victims by shooting them over and over.

Bonner tries to reunite a daughter with her Quaker parents, who believe her dead, but her casino-owning boyfriend refuses to part with her.

Jim is amused when his friend is mistaken for the missing son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

Jim takes a turn as a volunteer deputy to guard a prisoner, but he begins to doubt the prisoner's guilt.

A plot to blackmail Alice Pritchard is uncovered, but the blackmailer is killed.

A Paris couturier is ridiculed for his profession.

Chris finds a seemingly mild-mannered tenderfoot; he always wins when he finds himself in a gunfight.

When the government finds itself in a case of fraud, Chris goes undercover in an attempt to find the culprits and to expose their plot.

Working with a posse, Bill captures a bank robber and the stolen money; the rest of the posse want to split the loot, but Bill refuses, so the posse decides to kill him; luckily, a band of Comancheros interrupts their plans.

Bill is ambushed, and his horse is stolen; he's forced to travel by stagecoach, one he shares with wanted outlaw Pony Sloan; after stopping at a way station, a man there tells Bill the other side to Sloan's story.

Unaware their companion (John Davidson) is a spy, Boone and Gabe follow an undercover route to escape British troops.

Bret seeks help from two lady friends when he is arrested for a robbery by a crooked sheriff.

Five madmen in a ghost town capture Heath in a ghost town and condemn him.

Earp's habit of using sanitation laws to shut down saloons where crooked games are played begins to anger the saloon owners, who send men after the marshal.

The woman who catches Earp's eye is in love with a man who needs Earp's protection from a gang of cattle thieves.

Marshal Troop takes on a gang that is trying to free a dangerous killer.

Troop faces a shoot-out when he takes on a vigilante committee.

Paladin helps a retired colonel dispel notions of his wife's infidelity. Starring Richard Boone and Joanna Barnes.

Paladin defends a gunman in court.

A Boston journalist tracking her family's killer finds articles that belonged to her spouse.

A bounty hunter (Gregg Palmer) waylays Trampas then takes him to a town where he is mistakenly identified as the killer of a beloved local doctor; guests Dennis Cooney, Beverlee McKinsey.

Jess and Mort search for the men who robbed the Laramie bank and shot Mike; after finding two, they learn the third man may be in Chlorine, so Jess heads out alone.

Matt tries to help a runaway teenage girl, but she causes more trouble than he expected.

A seriously wounded trail hand rejects Matt's offer of help and is determined to seek his own revenge on his attacker.

Chester is forced to be both guardian and nurse to a runaway Indian who has been befriended by a lonely white woman.

A trader's (Jack Warden) abduction of two Indian women sets off a war between Paiutes and California militia.

Newspaperman Samuel Clemens (Howard Duff), writing as Mark Twain, battles a judge involved in land fraud.

West and Gordon probe a smuggling operation and find themselves involved in a struggle for a Chinese province.

Jayhawkers demand a fee from the drovers to let the herd cross a river; guests Jock Mahoney, Vaughn Taylor, Kathie Brown.

A murderer-turned-magician nearly eludes bounty hunter Josh Randall.

Josh tries to help a man with amnesia rediscover his past.

While delivering $10,000 to the stage office, Slim manages to stop one holdup attempt, but a second attempt is successful, leaving Slim to chase down the missing money and the robber.