Season 1

1. Pilot

Sam arrives in town intending to run the general store, then runs into all kinds of trouble after turning down the protection racket.

1981-09-10 • 30 min

2. The Prisoner

Sam must face a prisoner's outlaw brothers after the sheriff who was taking him in becomes ill on his way through town.

1981-09-17 • 30 min

3. The Calico Kid Returns

The Square Deal Saloon's new cook is the Calico Kid; he has sworn to never again kill anything he can't eat.

1981-10-01 • 30 min

4. They're Hanging Parker Tillman (1)

Sam goes out on a limb and manages to save Tillman from a lynch mob, but at the trial, his mixed-up testimony has him back at the end of a rope.

1981-10-15 • 30 min

5. They're Hanging Parker Tillman (2)

Sam infiltrates an outlaw band to try to prove Tillman is innocent of cattle rustling.

1981-10-22 • 30 min

6. The New Marshal

Sam loses his badge in a special election to Tillman's squeaky-clean candidate.

1981-10-29 • 30 min

7. Daniel's First Love

Daniel is as surprised as anyone when a few innocent kisses lead to a shotgun wedding.

1981-11-05 • 30 min

8. Laney in Love

Laney is smitten with a smoothie who bids high for her at a social—but he turns out to be a low-down heel.

1981-11-12 • 30 min

9. The Reunion

Elvira's die-hard Confederate father (Andy Griffith) stays at the Square Deal Saloon while he is in town. His wife is trying to patch things up with their daughter; she married a Yankee!

1981-10-08 • 30 min

10. The Railroad

Sam and Tillman try hard to convince the railroad to come to Copper Creek.

1981-11-19 • 30 min

11. The New Jail

Sam's image as a lawman quickly loses its edge after he manages to shoot himself in the leg; the jail collapsing around him doesn't help.

1981-11-26 • 30 min

12. A Man, a Woman, and a Horse

Sam doesn't pay attention to signs of discontent from Elvira until the day he comes home to finds her packed to leave.

1981-12-17 • 30 min

13. Frog's First Gunfight

Frog meets a woman who was recently jilted by her beau, but neither realizes he wants her back.

1982-01-07 • 30 min

14. The Calico Kid Goes to School

The reformed Calico Kid decides he wants to be a United States Marshal. But he lacks one qualification: a third-grade education.

1982-01-14 • 30 min

15. Tillman Held for Ransom

Tillman has been kidnapped and the kidnappers are demanding a ransom, but the Copper Creek citizens have no intention of paying up.

1982-01-21 • 30 min

16. Mail Order Bride

Doc's mail-order bride has a vivid personality with a past to match it.

1982-01-28 • 30 min

17. The Cave-In

Elvira and her stepson explore an abandoned outlaw cave, unaware that it is booby-trapped to collapse.

1982-02-12 • 30 min

18. Daniel Fights a Bully

Daniel's refusal to fight a relentless bully leads to Sam having to fight the bully's father.

1982-02-19 • 30 min

19. The Pretty Prisoner

Sam is handcuffed to his prisoner—a flirtatious female outlaw—for an overnight journey.

1982-02-26 • 30 min

20. Elvira's Old Beau

Elvira's former fiance' comes to town, intent on taking her away with him.

1982-06-07 • 30 min

21. Sam's Life Is Threatened

Sam receives an anonymous threatening note.

1982-06-14 • 30 min

22. The Funeral

Sam and Tillman try to foil a holdup by holding a funeral for Frog; the coffin contains the $20,000 the thieves are after.

1982-06-21 • 30 min