Season 4

1. The Vaqueros

A bandit imprisons Lucas and Mark.

1961-10-02 • 30 min

2. First Wages

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

1961-10-09 • 30 min

3. Sheer Terror

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

1961-09-16 • 30 min

4. The Stand-In

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

1961-10-23 • 30 min

5. The Journey Back

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

1961-10-30 • 30 min

6. The Decision

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

1961-11-06 • 30 min

7. Knight Errant

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

1961-11-13 • 30 min

8. Honest Abe

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

1961-11-20 • 30 min

9. The Long Goodbye

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

1961-11-27 • 30 min

10. The Shattered Idol

Mark Twain visits Southfork, and quickly alienates the townspeople.

1961-12-04 • 30 min

11. Long Gun From Tucson

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

1961-12-11 • 30 min

12. The High Country

Lucas becomes the target of a vengeful mountaineer.

1961-12-18 • 30 min

13. A Friend in Need

Mark finds himself the unwilling companion of gunman Carl Avery.

1961-12-25 • 30 min

14. Skull

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

1962-01-01 • 30 min

15. The Princess

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

1962-01-08 • 30 min

16. Gunfire

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

1962-01-15 • 30 min

17. The Quiet Fear

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

1962-01-22 • 30 min

18. Sporting Chance

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

1962-01-29 • 30 min

19. A Young Man's Fancy

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

1962-02-05 • 30 min

20. The Man from Salinas

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

1962-02-12 • 30 min

21. Two Ounces of Tin

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

1962-02-19 • 30 min

22. Deadly Image

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

1962-02-26 • 30 min

23. The Debt

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

1962-03-05 • 30 min

24. The Tinhorn

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

1962-03-12 • 30 min

25. None So Blind

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

1962-03-19 • 30 min

26. Jealous Man

1962-03-26 • 30 min

27. Guilty Conscience

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

1962-04-02 • 30 min

28. Day of Reckoning

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

1962-04-09 • 30 min

29. The Day the Town Slept

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

1962-04-16 • 30 min

30. Milly's Brother

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

1962-04-23 • 30 min

31. Outlaw's Shoes

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

1962-04-30 • 30 min

32. The Executioner

1962-05-07 • 30 min