E1 - The Vaqueros
!Oct 2, 1961 - 30m
A bandit imprisons Lucas and Mark.
E2 - First Wages
!Oct 9, 1961 - 30m
Lucas tries to find out why Mark has taken a job as a stableboy.
E3 - Sheer Terror
!Sep 16, 1961 - 30m
Mark and Milly are held prisoner in her general store when two gunmen attempt a daring robbery.
E4 - The Stand-In
!Oct 23, 1961 - 30m
Lucas is taken hostage by two prison wagon drivers angered that he won't give them more whiskey.
E5 - The Journey Back
!Oct 30, 1961 - 30m
Mark goes to work for Will Temple, a badly scarred and very mysterious rancher.
E6 - The Decision
!Nov 6, 1961 - 30m
Corey Hazlett insists he's innocent of murder, despite Lucas's eyewitness testimony.
E7 - Knight Errant
!Nov 13, 1961 - 30m
Lucas tries to dissuade a latter-day knight from rushing into battle.
E8 - Honest Abe
!Nov 20, 1961 - 30m
Able Lincoln's claim that he's the Great Emancipator himself amuses everyone except Matt Yorty.
E9 - The Long Goodbye
!Nov 27, 1961 - 30m
Stubborn Grandpa Fogarty is Lucas's main roadblock as he tries to get young Woody Fogarty to attend school.
E10 - The Shattered Idol
!Dec 4, 1961 - 30m
Mark Twain visits Southfork, and quickly alienates the townspeople.
E11 - Long Gun From Tucson
!Dec 11, 1961 - 30m
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
!Dec 18, 1961 - 30m
Lucas becomes the target of a vengeful mountaineer.
E13 - A Friend in Need
!Dec 25, 1961 - 30m
Mark finds himself the unwilling companion of gunman Carl Avery.
E14 - Skull
!Jan 1, 1962 - 30m
Lucas seeks an escape when he's captured by outlaws while seeking help for an injured Mark.
E15 - The Princess
!Jan 8, 1962 - 30m
The Queen-to-be of France hides out in Northfork.
E16 - Gunfire
!Jan 15, 1962 - 30m
When an expected lawman doesn't arrive from Denver, several gunfighters arrive in North Fork and cause trouble.
E17 - The Quiet Fear
!Jan 22, 1962 - 30m
Lucas's old Army pal settles in North Fork with his deaf daughter.
E18 - Sporting Chance
!Jan 29, 1962 - 30m
An Englishman arrives with a custom-made rifle—and a plan to kill Lucas.
E19 - A Young Man's Fancy
!Feb 5, 1962 - 30m
The pangs of first love are painful for Mark: the object of his affections has eyes for another.
E20 - The Man from Salinas
!Feb 12, 1962 - 30m
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
!Feb 19, 1962 - 30m
Sammy Davis Jr. stars as Tip Corey, son of a man allegedly murdered in North Fork.
E22 - Deadly Image
!Feb 26, 1962 - 30m
A reliable eye-witness rides into North Fork and accuses Lucas McCain of cattle rustling and cold-blooded murder.
E23 - The Debt
!Mar 5, 1962 - 30m
Mark learns that the prisoner Micah is escorting to the gallows is the man that saved his life three years previously.
E24 - The Tinhorn
!Mar 12, 1962 - 30m
Mark is shocked when he discovers that his father is a poker player.
E25 - None So Blind
!Mar 19, 1962 - 30m
Mark befriends singer-banjoist Lafayette Bly, a blind man with an acute sense of hearing—and a very strong grip.
E27 - Guilty Conscience
!Apr 2, 1962 - 30m
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
!Apr 9, 1962 - 30m
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
!Apr 16, 1962 - 30m
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
!Apr 23, 1962 - 30m
A veteran returns with tales of heroism and the fate of Milly's brother in the Civil War.
E31 - Outlaw's Shoes
!Apr 30, 1962 - 30m
A head wound wipes out Lucas's memory, leaving him with only one clue: he's wearing an outlaw's gun.
