Episode 1
Aired Sep 18, 1963
Ride a Dark Trail
Trampas recalls how he came to the Shiloh Ranch as a angry young ranchhand bent on avenging the death of his father (Sonny Tufts), a shiftless gambler killed by Garth in self-defense.
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Episode 2
Aired Sep 25, 1963
To Make This Place Remember
An aging dance-hall performer (Joan Blondell) asks Garth to hold a trial to clear her son of a murder charge, although the boy has already been killed by vigilantes; guest John Dehner.
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Episode 3
Aired Oct 2, 1963
No Tears for Savannah
The Virginian must stall the execution of an old flame (Gena Rowlands) convicted of murder, so Garth has time to prove his theory of conspiracy; guests Everett Sloane, Vaughn Taylor, Joanna Moore.
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Episode 4
Aired Oct 9, 1963
A Killer in Town
A bounty hunter (Broderick Crawford) fingers Trampas as a homicide suspect, forcing the ranchhand to confess to Garth that he once fell in with a group wanted for murder and robbery.
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Episode 5
Aired Oct 16, 1963
The Evil That Men Do
Betsy discovers love when she meets an ex-convict at Shiloh, but his short temper could send him back to prison.
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Episode 6
Aired Oct 23, 1963
It Takes a Big Man
A rancher (Lloyd Nolan) forces a rebellious son (Chris Robinson) to Shiloh and another (Ryan O'Neal) into a gunfight.
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Episode 7
Aired Oct 30, 1963
Brother Thaddeus
An outlaw (Albert Salmi) turned Franciscan monk has a difficult time convincing the people of Medicine Bow of his commitment to religion, particularly when his visit coincides with a train robbery.
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Episode 8
Aired Nov 6, 1963
Portrait: Marie Valonne
The Virginian finds true love with a Louisiana beauty (Madlyn Rhue), only to be threatened by a political boss (Mark Richmond) who considers the woman to be private property; guest Skip Homeier.
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Episode 9
Aired Nov 13, 1963
Run Quiet
The Virginian urges a deaf ranchhand (Clu Gulager) to ignore the taunts of his co-workers and make a life for himself at Shiloh, which the man begins to do until being unjustly accused of murder.
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Episode 10
Aired Nov 27, 1963
Stopover in a Western Town
A bored young woman (Joan Freeman), stranded in Medicine Bow with her mother, decides to pass the time by seducing the Virginian.
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Episode 11
Aired Dec 4, 1963
The Fatal Journey
The Virginian poses as an ex-convict to infiltrate an outlaw gang guilty of a woman's murder, but finds his cover threatened by the arrival of another new member (David McLean); guest Robert Lansing.
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Episode 12
Aired Dec 11, 1963
A Time Remembered
Garth's plans to wed an opera singer (Yvonne De Carlo) shatter when she fatally shoots a man breaking into her hotel room.
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Episode 13
Aired Dec 18, 1963
Siege
Returning to his hometown, Trampas finds it under the control of an outlaw (Joseph Campanella) in cahoots with the local sheriff.
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Episode 14
Aired Dec 25, 1963
Man of Violence
Trampas acquires unwanted help (Peggy McCay, DeForest Kelley, Michael Pate) when he helps a woman seek her missing husband, an outlaw who has killed Trampas' friend; guest Leonard Nimoy.
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Episode 15
Aired Jan 1, 1964
The Invaders
Garth's friend (Ed Begley) attempts to force ranchers out, and turns violent after his daughter (Beverly Owen) disappears with Trampas.
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Episode 16
Aired Jan 8, 1964
Roar From the Mountain
Tracking a man-killing cougar, Steve rests at a couple's (Jack Klugman, Joyce Bulifant) cabin, where the wife pursues him and the husband threatens.
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Episode 17
Aired Jan 15, 1964
Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones
Garth, Betsy and a hotel maid (Ann Doran) try to protect a suddenly wealthy prospector (Pat O'Brien) from a blonde's (Jeanne Cooper) schemes.
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Episode 18
Aired Jan 22, 1964
The Thirty Days of Gavin Heath
After a bite from a rabid dog leaves him with little time to live, a Britisher (Leo Genn) embarks on a rescue mission to relieve his guilt over wartime cowardice.
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Episode 19
Aired Jan 29, 1964
The Drifter
In his first days at Shiloh, the Virginian fights an ambitious foreman (Michael Forest) who is rekindling a range war; guests Mariette Hartley, Rex Holman.
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Episode 20
Aired Feb 12, 1964
First to Thine Own Self
A youth (Randy Boone) aids a little girl, then is accused of murdering the child's grandfather (Frank Maxwell), a gold prospector; guest Bruce Dern.
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Episode 21
Aired Feb 19, 1964
A Matter of Destiny
Trampas decides to defend an Eastern financier (Peter Graves) who stole his girlfriend (Jean Hale) and cheated cattlemen; guest Richard Jaeckel.
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Episode 22
Aired Feb 26, 1964
Smile of the Dragon
Trampas' wallet winds up on a dead man after a stagecoach robbery, leaving the ranchhand to be mistaken for one of the outlaws and accused of his own murder; guests Miyoshi Umeki, Richard Carlson.
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Episode 23
Aired Mar 4, 1964
The Intruders
An outlaw (Darrin McGavin) and his men seize Shiloh and lie in wait for a chief (Iron Eyes Cody) and a general coming to negotiate a treaty; guest David Carradine.
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Episode 24
Aired Mar 11, 1964
Another's Footsteps
The Virginian stumbles into a trap when he agrees to protect a frontierswoman (Sheree North) and her son from maurauding Indians during her husband's (John Agar) supposed absence on business.
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Episode 25
Aired Mar 25, 1964
Rope of Lies
Steve takes a job as foreman at a ranch owned by a beautiful woman (Diana Millary), who has plans for the unsuspecting wrangler that involve a confrontation with her violent former lover.
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Episode 26
Aired Apr 1, 1964
The Secret of Brynmar Hall
A woman (Jane Wyatt) invites Betsy and three friends (Brooke Bundy, Mark Goddard, Tom Skerritt) for the weekend, convinced that one was responsible for her daughter's death.
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Episode 27
Aired Apr 8, 1964
The Long Quest
A widow (Patricia Breslin) may lose her adopted son when a woman (Ruta Lee) plans to sue for custody of the boy, heir to a fortune; guest Joseph Campanella.
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Episode 28
Aired Apr 15, 1964
A Bride for Lars
Indians, outlaws and temptation make Trampas rue delivering a Swedish mail-order bride (Katherine Crawford) to an injured neighbor (Peter Whitney).
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Episode 29
Aired Apr 29, 1964
Dark Destiny
An outlaw's (Robert Wilke) tomboy daughter (Brenda Scott), placed in the Virginian's care, is torn between her devotion to injured Randy and her desire to help her father escape from jail.
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Episode 30
Aired May 6, 1964
A Man Called Kane
Randy's discovery of gold coins hidden in a cave on the Shiloh Ranch attracts visitors -- a government agent seeking Civil War loot and Randy's long-lost brother, who is wanted for murder.
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