The Big Valley

E1

1. Palms of Glory

15 Sep 1965 · 50m

In this series premiere, the railroad has hired men to force the farmers and ranchers of Stockton off their land. The Barkleys join with the rest of the valley to help fight them off. While at home an angry young man, Heath, shows up claimimg to be the deceased Tom Barkleys' illegitimate son.

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2. Forty Rifles

22 Sep 1965 · 50m

While preparing for a major cattle drive bunching the Barkley's herd with those of other ranchers, Heath has major difficulties being accepted as a Barkley, especially by the ranch hands. Then when Nick's former commander in the war comes to visit, Heath is suspicious of him, and with good reason. He is there to cause trouble and steal the herd!! Nick ends up getting shot while on the drive and has to be taken to town, leaving Heath in charge of the drive. Heath ends up saving the day, and finally the hands begin to accept him as a true Barkley.

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3. Boots with My Father's Name

29 Sep 1965 · 50m

Victoria begins to wonder if Tom ever truly loved her, if he could go off and have an affair which produces a child. So she's off to Heath's hometown Strawberry to find out more about Tom and Leah's (Heath's mother) relationship.

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4. Young Marauders

6 Oct 1965 · 50m

Audra is save by a man who claims to be a mustang hunter, but who's band of mustangers are also extorting protection money from the farmers and ranchers of Stockon. While Audra is smitten with him her brothers are suspicious, and soon find out the truth. Which Audra does as well. . .after she is kidnapped by them.

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5. The Odyssey of Jubal Tanner

13 Oct 1965 · 50m

Victoria sells land to an old friend, while the Barkley boys are part of a plan to flood it!!!

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6. Heritage

20 Oct 1965 · 50m

While Heath investigates violence at one of the Barkley mines, he discovers that the miners hate the Barkley's for unkept promises. This discovered they work to set things right before anything else happens.

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7. Winner Lose All

27 Oct 1965 · 50m

Heath falls for a beautiful spanish girl, whose father happens to be involved in a land dispute with the Barkleys! Her father disapproves of Heath because of his illegitamate birth, picturing a much finer bred man for his only daughter. He sets about using the land problems to break them apart.

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8. My Son, My Son

3 Nov 1965 · 50m

An old childhood friend of Audra's returns whom she'd like to be involved with. She doesn't know however that he is emotionally disturbed, dangerously so.

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9. Earthquake!

10 Nov 1965 · 50m

Victoria is in a mission church with a pregnant indian woman, when an earthquake collapses it into a forgotten mine underneath. As if the situation isn't isn't bad enough. . they are also trapped with a man whom Nick had fired and who now has a serious grudge against the Barkleys.

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10. The Murdered Party

17 Nov 1965 · 50m

Jarrod defends a man accused of murder, even though the only witness is his own brother, Heath!!

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11. The Way to Kill a Killer

24 Nov 1965 · 50m

When one of Nick's old friends, Mariano Montoya, comes through town on his way to sell his cattle, trouble hits in the form of deadly anthrax. The man's cattle begin to die off and it seems as though they will have to shoot them all, killing as well Mariano's dreams for the money. Until Eugene tells them of something called immunization, which he believes will work. Mariano isn't so sure however and tells them that to prove it works, the Barkleys must first try it on their own prize bull!The bull collapses and it looks as though it has been killed but then it moves and gets up, it works!! Mariano's herd is saved!

E12

12. Night of the Wolf

1 Dec 1965 · 50m

When Nick is bitten by a rabid wolf, he makes Heath swear not to say a word, and leaves town so his family will not have to witness what will happen to him.

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13. The Guilt of Matt Bentell

8 Dec 1965 · 50m

When the Barkleys invite the foreman of their logging operations to dinner, Heath walks in and tries to kill the man on sight. It turns out that the man is Matt Bentell, the warden of violent, horrible Carterson Prison, where Heath was held during the war. A man whom he had sworn to kill if he ever saw him again. The family comes up with the brilliant idea to send Heath up to the logging camp with the man to help with the building of log flumes, and to protect the man whose identity has been brought into the open. Heath ends up saving his life and learns that people can change.

E14

14. The Brawlers

15 Dec 1965 · 50m

A group of irish immigrants settle down on Barkley land, believing that they bought the land legally. Nick, along with the others at first, believes they are merely squatters. They, however, refuse to believe that the land does not belong to them.

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15. Judgement in Heaven

22 Dec 1965 · 50m

Jarrod decides to bring home one of his clients, a young woman named Maybelle, for Christmas. Her accused crime aiding and abbetting her outlaw boyfriend, a boyfriend who recently escaped from jail and is now looking for Maybelle.

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16. The Invaders

29 Dec 1965 · 50m

While out counting cattle Heath comes across a dead animal. When he gets down off of his horse to investigate, he is shot by the same rawhiders who killed the cow. When they realize that he is still alive, they decide to take him back to the ranch for a finder's ""reward"". Once there they find that all of the other men are gone for at least a week, leaving the house and all within ripe for the picking.

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17. By Fires Unseen

5 Jan 1966 · 50m

Nick returns from a trip from San Francisco with a big surprise. . . a fiance!! While he is completely smitten with her, the rest of the family isn't so quickly won over. They see the truth, that she's just not ready to leave behind the life of parties and numerous suitors, to which she has become accustomed.

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18. A Time to Kill

19 Jan 1966 · 50m

Jarrod is happy to see an old law school friend. . until he learns there is a secret service agent on his tail. It seems everywhere he goes counterfeit money follows, and Jarrod is determined to find out what's going on with his old friend.

E19

19. Teacher of Outlaws

2 Feb 1966 · 50m

Mistaken for the schoolteacher, Victoria is kidnapped by an outlaw who wishes to learn to read.

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20. Under a Dark Star

9 Feb 1966 · 50m

A guilt ridden Jarrod offers to help a man that he helped to convict of a crime that Jarrod now knows that he did not commit. Even though the man threatened to kill Jarrod at the trial.

E21

21. Barbary Red

16 Feb 1966 · 50m

While having a birthday drink at The Barbary Red saloon with two of his ranch hands, Nick is shanghaied.

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22. The Death Merchant

23 Feb 1966 · 50m

Handy Random, theman who killed the man that killed Tom Barkley, comes to Stockton. It's a happy reunion for all but Heath who hates the man, and for good reason. Everywhere he goes he starts range wars to profit from them.

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23. The Fallen Hawk

2 Mar 1966 · 50m

Heath feels that his friend's injury and paralysis is his fault, and ends up being used by the man.

E24

24. Hazard

9 Mar 1966 · 50m

A man comes to the ranch looking for Heath and gets shot by bounty hunters. It turns out he's not a friend of Heath's like he stated, in fact Heath has sworn to kill him himself.

E25

25. Into the Widow's Web

23 Mar 1966 · 50m

Heath's childhood sweetheart Libby suddenly reappears in his life, bringing nothing but trouble.He ends up thrown in jail, accused of the murder of Liberty's drunken husband, by the new D.A. who's out to prove that the Barkleys power and money can't buy everything. It's a race to prove Heath's innocence and save him from a fate at the end of a rope!!

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26. By Force and Violence

30 Mar 1966 · 50m

When Victoria and Heath head up to the lodge to prepare things for the whole family, their pleasant ride turns into a nightmare. After becoming stuck in a muddy section of road, Heath gets out to help push, only to have the axle break and the heavily loaded wagon fall on him. Unable to free him herself, Victoria sets out to find help. She soon finds that the only person able to help is an escaped convict with bounty hunters on his tail, and no intentions of stopping to help anyone.

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27. The River Monarch

6 Apr 1966 · 50m

When a riverboat belonging to the the Barkleys, which sank years before taking with it a fortune in government gold, is recovered, the gold is nowhere to be found. Rumors and accusations soon fly, that it was Tom Barkley who stole the gold and sank the boat to cover it up. An investigation follows which seems to prove that Tom was guilty, a fact that could cost the Barkleys their fortune!!!

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28. The Midas Man

13 Apr 1966 · 50m

Audra falls for a man out to make money off the other ranchers in the valley, by taking their land.

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29. Tunnel of Gold

20 Apr 1966 · 50m

Some men try to dig a tunnel from a general store to the train depot next door, to steal the Barkley's gold shipment.

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30. Last Train to the Fair

27 Apr 1966 · 50m

While on their way to the fair in Sacremento, Audra is stricken with a severe case of appendicitis. Fortunately there is a doctor on board, unfortunately he is being chased down by men who wish to see him hang.

E1

1. Lost Treasure

12 Sep 1966 · 50m

A con man comes claiming to be Heath's real father, not Tom Barkley.

E2

2. Legend of a General (1)

19 Sep 1966 · 50m

Part 1, Heath is down in Mexico where an old friend of the family escapes arrest, fleeing to the Barkley ranch. Heath is imprisoned to be held in exchange for the general.

E3

3. Legend of a General (2)

26 Sep 1966 · 50m

Nick and Jarrod head to Mexico to break out Heath, who has already broken out and been recaptured.

E4

4. Caesar's Wife

3 Oct 1966 · 50m

An old friend of Audra's has a new , very young, stepmother who likes him as more than a son, and is jealous of Audra.

E5

5. Pursuit

10 Oct 1966 · 50m

Victoria heads alone into the desert to find a sick indian before he reaches, and infects, his people.

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6. The Martyr

17 Oct 1966 · 50m

Jarrod defends a Basque sheepherder.

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7. Target

31 Oct 1966 · 50m

A candidate for governor, Joshua Hawks, who had been traveling up and down California spreading lies and causing trouble, comes to Stockton.His target this time, The Barkleys, his story, that Tom Barkley stole every inch of land that they own. He chose the wrong family to mess with this time though, because the Barkleys don't lie down for anyone they come out fighting. Against the wishes of his campain manager, the man who fabricated the story, he decides to, foolishly, stay and fight. Jarrod decides not to bring about a libel charge against Hawks, knowing that it would only result in a long drawn out court battle. Instead he asks the senator to form a committee of four men to decide on the case. Hawks cooks up a scheme to murder the committee and blame it on the Barkleys, he even kills his campaign manager when he decides to leave him, after he has found out Hawks' plan. The plan backfires however and Hawks' ends up getting himself killed instead. In the end The Barkleys get the good

E8

8. The Velvet Trap

7 Nov 1966 · 50m

A woman asks Nick for help, pretending to be on the run from her former outlaw boyfriend. It turns out that she was with him all along, and was merely using Nick.

E9

9. The Man from Nowhere

14 Nov 1966 · 50m

Jarrod gets amnesia while far from home.

E10

10. The Great Safe Robbery

21 Nov 1966 · 50m

Bumbling thieves hold Victoria and Audra hostage as they try to open a safe at the train station.

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11. The Iron Box

28 Nov 1966 · 50m

While in a strange town, Heath and Nick buy a bull from a man who turns around and has them arrested for stealing it. The sherrif catches up to them while they sit around their campfire, and a fight ensues in which Heath badly burns his leg in the fire. The crooked sheriff takes them to a road gang prison to await trail. . .in a few months!! The cruel warden refuses to allow Heath a doctor and makes him work alongside the others. They soon find out the real reason that innocent drifters are arrested and imprisoned, free work labour for the man whom the Barkley brothers had bought the bull from. Meanwhile, at home Jarrod has found out what has happened to his brothers and heads out after them. Arriving at the prison he demands to see them and when the warden refuses he threatens him with legal action if he is not allowed to see his clients. After he speaks with them he rides off to find the circuit judge. Getting scared that the truth will come out now that he realizes who he's dealing

E12

12. Last Stage to Salt Flats

5 Dec 1966 · 50m

Heath and companions are stranded in the desert, miles from civilization or water!!!!

E13

13. A Day of Terror

12 Dec 1966 · 50m

Victoria and Audra are held captive in the church by an outlaw and her sons.

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14. Hide The Children

19 Dec 1966 · 50m

Nick accompanies a gypsy to her wedding.

E15

15. Day of the Comet

26 Dec 1966 · 50m

Audra falls in love with a man on the run.

E16

16. Wagonload of Dreams

2 Jan 1967 · 50m

A man tries to get his peaches to market.

E17

17. Image of Yesterday

9 Jan 1967 · 50m

An old beau of Victoria's comes to town, but he is not the man she remembers.

E18

18. Boy into Man

16 Jan 1967 · 50m

15-year-old Lud Akely is determined to take care of his younger siblings without any help from the Barkleys, who are trying to help find the mother who abandoned them.

E19

19. Down Shadow Street

23 Jan 1967 · 50m

Victoria witnesses a murder, committed by her godson, and is thrown in a sanitarium to prevent her testimony.

E20

20. The Stallion

30 Jan 1967 · 50m

An old ranch hand tries to prove he is still useful, by capturing a wild stallion . . . alone.

E21

21. The Haunted Gun

6 Feb 1967 · 50m

Gunman turned senator Jud Robson comes to Stockton, and soon begins to say he is being stalked. The main problem with his story, he is suspicious of EVERYONE.

E22

22. Price of Victory

13 Feb 1967 · 50m

Nick manages an injured boxer, in his last fight.

E23

23. Brother Love

20 Feb 1967 · 50m

A fake faith healer comes to Stockton.

E24

24. Court Martial

6 Mar 1967 · 50m

An old war friend of Nick's is being courtmartialed, along with Nick himself!

E25

25. Plunder!

13 Mar 1967 · 50m

Heath is sent to protect an evacuated town.

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26. Turn of a Card

20 Mar 1967 · 50m

Heath travels to bring his brothers money for a water pump, but a gambler wants to relieve him of it.

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27. Showdown in Limbo

27 Mar 1967 · 50m

Heath and company transport a wanted outlaw and must fight off his brother.

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28. The Lady from Mesa

3 Apr 1967 · 50m

Nick goes to find the daughter of a seriously injured ranch hand, with unexpected results.

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29. Days of Grace

17 Apr 1967 · 50m

Heath is wrongfully arrested for attempted rape, and is helped by a nun who used to be his girlfriend.

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30. Cage of Eagles

24 Apr 1967 · 50m

Nick captures an eagle, and a dynamiter causes trouble at a Barkley mine.

E1

1. Joaquin

11 Sep 1967 · 50m

A man is hired at the ranch who is believed to be a Mexican outlaw thought long dead.

E2

2. Ambush

18 Sep 1967 · 50m

Victoria helps three indian women at a desert mission.

E3

3. A Flock of Trouble

25 Sep 1967 · 50m

To pay off a gambling debt, sheepherder Josiah Freeman pawns off his flock on Nick, who stubbornly tries to tend the troublesome sheep — despite insults and threats from his fellow cattlemen

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4. The Time after Midnight

2 Oct 1967 · 50m

Jarrod is temporarily blinded.

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5. Night in a Small Town

9 Oct 1967 · 50m

Heath and family help a wayward saloon girl.

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6. Ladykiller

16 Oct 1967 · 50m

Nick stops at an inn where they kill people for their money.

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7. Guilty

30 Oct 1967 · 50m

A client of Jarrod's escapes and takes over the schoolhouse where Audra is substitute teacher.

E8

8. The Disappearance

6 Nov 1967 · 50m

While on a layover in a strange town, Audra disappears without a trace, leaving her desperate mother to find her.

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9. A Noose is Waiting

13 Nov 1967 · 50m

A deranged doctor moves to town and makes Victoria, then Audra, his next victim.

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10. Explosion (1)

20 Nov 1967 · 50m

Part 1, A forest fire rages drawing closer to Stockton. The only solution, a firebreak made with nitroglyceryn!!

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11. Explosion (2)

27 Nov 1967 · 50m

Part2, The Barkley boys volunteer to take the nitro to the fire!!

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12. Four Days to Furnace Hill

4 Dec 1967 · 50m

Victoria is grabbed by men on their way to a prison, who need to replace the female prisoner they killed.

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13. Night of the Executioners

11 Dec 1967 · 50m

While traveling through a strange town, a murder occurs and an innocent man is accused of it. Heath saw the man who really committed the crime, a fact which gets him more trouble than he bargained for.

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14. Journey into Violence

18 Dec 1967 · 50m

Accused of killing one of their people, a band of ""religious"" take Heath captive, where he is forced to work as a slave to the widow of the dead man.

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15. The Buffalo Man

25 Dec 1967 · 50m

The Barkleys hire a bunch of convicts to help with a harvest, and find out that they are tormented by an evil overseer.

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16. The Good Thieves

1 Jan 1968 · 50m

Heath and Nick travel across the state line to find the two brothers that shot Jarrod in the midst of a robbery. What they find is a town full of people who think of the outlaws as saints, since they're the ones who built the town. In the end the town finds out their true colors and they are brought to justice.

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17. Days of Wrath

8 Jan 1968 · 50m

After his new bride is murdered, a grief stricken Jarrod goes out for revenge.

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18. Miranda

15 Jan 1968 · 50m

When the Barkleys meet a Mexican fleeing a revolution, they vow to help protect him

E19

19. Shadow of a Giant

29 Jan 1968 · 50m

When the Stryder gang escapes, Heath and Nick want to help catch them

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20. Fall of a Hero

5 Feb 1968 · 50m

Jarod defends Heath in court when he is accused of murder.

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21. The Emperor of Rice

12 Feb 1968 · 50m

A couple kidnap Victoria in exchange for rice

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22. Rimfire

19 Feb 1968 · 50m

When Jarod goes to Rimfire to conclude a merge of two mines, trouble starts.

E23

23. Bounty on a Barkley

26 Feb 1968 · 50m

Nick falls for newcomer Layle Johnson, who is slow to respond to his attentions. Victoria discovers why - she's already married!

E24

24. The Devil's Masquerade

4 Mar 1968 · 50m

A friend of Heath's has been carrying on a correspondence courtship with a woman who is to be his mail-order bride.

E25

25. Run of the Savage

11 Mar 1968 · 50m

Nick sets out to emotionally help a 14 year old boy who is rejected by his high-class parents.

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26. The Challenge

18 Mar 1968 · 50m

When a senator arrives in Stockton to promote his re-election, troubles flare when his opponent releases a fraudulent photo.

E1

1. In Silent Battle

23 Sep 1968 · 50m

Victoria's first clue of Major Jonathan Eliot's mental imbalance is when he proposes to Laura.

E2

2. They Called Her Delilah

30 Sep 1968 · 50m

One of the former confederate spies arrives in Stockton.

E3

3. Presumed Dead

7 Oct 1968 · 50m

When a Cattle Rancher suffers amnesia, he believes that Victoria is his Wife.

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4. Run of the Cat

21 Oct 1968 · 50m

After a panther nearly kills Nick, he wants revenge.

E5

5. Deathtown

28 Oct 1968 · 50m

When Jarrod visits Baker City, he gets involved in a Mexican Marital mix-up.

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6. The Jonah

11 Nov 1968 · 50m

The Barkleys hire a man famous for his bad luck to help harvest their crops.

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7. Hell Hath No Fury

18 Nov 1968 · 50m

When Heath falls in love with a woman, he doesn't realize how dangerous she is, and what could happen to him.

E8

8. The Long Ride

25 Nov 1968 · 50m

A young girl witnesses a massacre, and is now being stalked. Victoria must stop this before it is too late.

E9

9. The Profit and the Lost

2 Dec 1968 · 50m

When Heath kills someone in self-defense, he becomes a wanted man

E10

10. A Stranger Everywhere

9 Dec 1968 · 50m

When Jennie's house is ransacked by three gunmen, Nick realises his practical joke wasn't so great after all!

E11

11. The Prize

16 Dec 1968 · 50m

When Heath is asked to look after a wanted man's baby, he gets himself into trouble.

E12

12. Hunter's Moon

30 Dec 1968 · 50m

Nick is believed to be having an affair with a man's wife, and the man plans to hang Nick in the morning

E13

13. Top of the Stairs

6 Jan 1969 · 50m

Victoria learns that her brother-in-law has been declared insane.

E14

14. Joshua Watson

20 Jan 1969 · 50m

Everyone has lost their patience even before the annual rodeo has begun

E15

15. The Secret

27 Jan 1969 · 50m

A wealthy and powerful rancher moves into Stockton to ruin the Barkley enterprises. His motive: intense hatred of Jarrod, who he thinks is having an affair with his young wife.

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16. The Twenty-five Graves of Midas

3 Feb 1969 · 50m

Someone has robbed the Dutton Mining Company, and Heath is taking the blame.

E17

17. Lightfoot

17 Feb 1969 · 50m

An indian friend returns to Stockton

E18

18. Alias Nellie Handley

24 Feb 1969 · 50m

The prison conditions worry Victoria

E19

19. The Royal Road

3 Mar 1969 · 50m

When a prince from India comes to Stockton, Laura falls in love with him. However, the prince is an imposter.

E20

20. A Passage of Saints

10 Mar 1969 · 50m

Bigots harass a Mormon family who have rented a house from Jarrod.

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21. The Battle of Mineral Springs

24 Mar 1969 · 50m

Victoria and Jarod spend the night in a town which has seen better days

E22

22. The Other Face of Justice

31 Mar 1969 · 50m

The formar Sheriff of Stockton is the leader of a gang gone on a killing spree.

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23. Town of No Exit

7 Apr 1969 · 50m

A ghost town is inhabited by lunatics who capture Heath.

E24

24. Danger Road

21 Apr 1969 · 50m

Victoria has Edward deliver her medical supplies to the indians

E25

25. Flight from San Miguel

28 Apr 1969 · 50m

A woman asks Heath to convince her rebel Mexican husband to leave Mexico

E26

26. Point and Counterpoint

19 May 1969 · 50m

The final episode of The Big Valley