Episode 1
Aired Sep 16, 1964
Ryker
Ryker wants to shed his reputation as a hired gun but faces a murder charge and a former partner; guests Leslie Nielsen, Anne Helm, Raquel Welch.
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Episode 2
Aired Sep 23, 1964
Dark Challenge
A rancher (Victor Jory) looking to buy a husband for his crippled daughter (Katharine Ross) offers Trampas a foreman's job and half-interest in the spread; guest Chris Robinson.
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Episode 3
Aired Sep 30, 1964
Black Stallion
Randy recaptures an injured stallion that killed a rider and takes it to a former veterinarian (Robert Culp); guest Donald Barry.
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Episode 4
Aired Oct 7, 1964
The Hero
Trampas suspects a writer (Steve Forrest) doing a story on possible senatorial-candidate Garth may be working with a lawyer (Warren Stevens) to threaten the jurist with blackmail.
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Episode 5
Aired Oct 14, 1964
Felicity's Spring
A new schoolteacher (Katherine Crawford) wins the heart of Medicine Bow, until her sister (Mariette Hartley) reveals her fatal flaw.
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Episode 6
Aired Oct 21, 1964
The Brazos Kid
A magazine writer's (Barbara Eden) imaginings put bounty hunters on the trail of the Virginian; guest Skip Homeier.
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Episode 7
Aired Oct 28, 1964
Big Image ... Little Man
A millionaire (Linden Chiles) dumped off a train joins the Virginian's cattle drive, but rebels against orders to earn his keep as a cook's helper and plots revenge against the Virginian; guest Slim Pickens.
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Episode 8
Aired Nov 4, 1964
A Father for Toby
A boy (Kurt Russell) complicates Trampas' romance with a teacher by claiming to be his son; then the father (Rory Calhoun), an ex-convict, arrives.
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Episode 9
Aired Nov 11, 1964
The Girl From Yesterday
Steve decides to romance a woman (Ruta Lee) from his past in order to clear her name; guest Mark Richman.
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Episode 10
Aired Nov 18, 1964
Return of a Stranger
The tactics of his son (Peter Brown) and an associate (Whit Bissell) threaten a prospector's (Leif Erickson) dream of operating a silver mine.
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Episode 11
Aired Nov 25, 1964
All Nice & Legal
A lawyer (Anne Francis) wins the acceptance of Medicine Bow's people by helping the Virginian in a legal matter, but loses favor when she uses her skills to free three outlaws from jail.
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Episode 12
Aired Dec 2, 1964
A Gallows for Sam Horn
An immigrant waitress (Laurel Goodwin) disappears with evidence in a rancher's (John Lupton) shooting of a railroad magnate's (Edward Binns) son; guest George Kennedy.
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Episode 13
Aired Dec 9, 1964
Portrait of a Widow
Garth tells a widow (Vera Miles) that her French portraitist (John Gavin) is a swindler out to get a valuable work of art.
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Episode 14
Aired Dec 16, 1964
The Payment
Ryker firmly believes his stepfather (Lloyd Nolan) has reformed and ignores evidence indicating the older man is gathering people for a new outlaw gang; guest Bruce Dern.
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Episode 15
Aired Dec 23, 1964
Man of the People
Garth opposes a congressman's (James Dunn) plan to settle immigrants on barren land; guests Arthur Space, Martin West, Brendan Dillon.
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Episode 16
Aired Dec 30, 1964
Hour of the Tiger
A rancher (Tom Tully) refuses to allow cattle belonging to Garth to escape a landslide by crossing his land; the Virginian falls in love with a Chinese laborer (Cely Carrillo).
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Episode 17
Aired Jan 6, 1965
Two Men Named Laredo
Judge Garth delves into psychology to comprehend a gentle, poetry-reading cowboy (Fabian) accused of two brutal murders; guests Ford Rainey, Elizabeth MacRae.
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Episode 18
Aired Jan 13, 1965
Hideout
A ride through the mountains turns dangerous for Betsy when she discovers a legendary herd of horses and a mysterious father and son (Andrew Prine) who fear she will reveal their existence.
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Episode 19
Aired Jan 27, 1965
Six Graves at Cripple Creek
Searching for the killer of six gold miners, Ryker meets a young woman (Sheilah Wells) whose long-missing father was one of the victims; guest Harry Lauter.
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Episode 20
Aired Feb 3, 1965
Lost Yesterday
The Virginian rescues a woman (Shirley Knight) from a stage wreck, but amnesia prevents her from realizing her life is in danger from two outlaws after hidden loot.
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Episode 21
Aired Feb 10, 1965
A Slight Case of Charity
While in Albuquerque, Trampas pretends to be a hired gunfighter to romance a beautiful woman (Kathryn Hays) who is practicing a puzzling deception of her own; guests Warren Oates, Les Tremayne.
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Episode 22
Aired Feb 17, 1965
You Take the High Road
A young man (Richard Beymer) pulls a gun when the Virginian blocks his herd, which may be carrying tick fever; guest Diana Lynn.
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Episode 23
Aired Feb 24, 1965
Shadows of the Past
Ryker dodges two vengeful brothers (John Milford, James Beck) and tries to figure out why a beautiful woman (Marilyn Erskine) is marrying a shy storekeeper (Jack Warden).
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Episode 24
Aired Mar 3, 1965
Legend for a Lawman
A marshal (Ford Rainey) who believes he is infallible arrests Randy for a murder that occurred during a bank robbery; guests Adam West, William Stevens.
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Episode 25
Aired Mar 10, 1965
Timberland
A cowhand (Martin Milner) courts a logging boss's daughter (Joan Freeman), threatening any compromise in a dispute between timbermen and ranchers; guests Arch Johnson, William Smith.
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Episode 26
Aired Mar 17, 1965
Dangerous Road
Trampas investigates a murder suspect (Robert Pine), who claims not to remember the crime, and discovers a friend's accidental death linked to the homicide; guest Simon Oakland.
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Episode 27
Aired Mar 24, 1965
Farewell to Honesty
After the Virginian accuses a prominent citizen (Richard Carlson) of forgery in the town of Honesty, he faces a murder charge; guests Kathleen Crowley, Harold Gould.
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Episode 28
Aired Mar 31, 1965
The Old Cowboy
To help an old cowboy (Franchot Tone) keep his grandson's (Billy Mumy) respect, Trampas lets the man work at Shiloh Ranch but soon regrets his decision.
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Episode 29
Aired Apr 14, 1965
Showdown
Sibling marshals (Michael Ansara, Leonard Nimoy) warn the Virginian against completing a cattle deal with the head (Peter Whitney) of a rambunctious Arizona family; guests Tom Skerritt, Dabbs Greer.
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Episode 30
Aired Apr 21, 1965
We've Lost a Train
A series of misadventures plagues Trampas as he travels to Mexico on Shiloh business; guests Neville Brand, Peter Brown, William Smith, Philip Carey, Fernando Lamas, Rhonda Fleming, Ida Lupino.
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