Season 4

E1. The Vaqueros

Oct 2, 1961 · 30m

A bandit imprisons Lucas and Mark.

E2. First Wages

Oct 9, 1961 · 30m

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

E3. Sheer Terror

Sep 16, 1961 · 30m

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

E4. The Stand-In

Oct 23, 1961 · 30m

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

E5. The Journey Back

Oct 30, 1961 · 30m

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

E6. The Decision

Nov 6, 1961 · 30m

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

E7. Knight Errant

Nov 13, 1961 · 30m

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

E8. Honest Abe

Nov 20, 1961 · 30m

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

E9. The Long Goodbye

Nov 27, 1961 · 30m

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

E10. The Shattered Idol

Dec 4, 1961 · 30m

Mark Twain visits Southfork, and quickly alienates the townspeople.

E11. Long Gun From Tucson

Dec 11, 1961 · 30m

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

E12. The High Country

Dec 18, 1961 · 30m

Lucas becomes the target of a vengeful mountaineer.

E13. A Friend in Need

Dec 25, 1961 · 30m

Mark finds himself the unwilling companion of gunman Carl Avery.

E14. Skull

Jan 1, 1962 · 30m

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

E15. The Princess

Jan 8, 1962 · 30m

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

E16. Gunfire

Jan 15, 1962 · 30m

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

E17. The Quiet Fear

Jan 22, 1962 · 30m

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

E18. Sporting Chance

Jan 29, 1962 · 30m

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

E19. A Young Man's Fancy

Feb 5, 1962 · 30m

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

E20. The Man from Salinas

Feb 12, 1962 · 30m

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

E21. Two Ounces of Tin

Feb 19, 1962 · 30m

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

E22. Deadly Image

Feb 26, 1962 · 30m

A reliable eye-witness rides into North Fork and accuses Lucas McCain of cattle rustling and cold-blooded murder.

E23. The Debt

Mar 5, 1962 · 30m

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

E24. The Tinhorn

Mar 12, 1962 · 30m

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

E25. None So Blind

Mar 19, 1962 · 30m

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

E26. Jealous Man

Mar 26, 1962 · 30m

A retired lawman's irrational jealousy threatens not only to destroy his marriage, but also to make him an easy target for someone who wants him dead.

E27. Guilty Conscience

Apr 2, 1962 · 30m

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

E28. Day of Reckoning

Apr 9, 1962 · 30m

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

E29. The Day the Town Slept

Apr 16, 1962 · 30m

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

E30. Milly's Brother

Apr 23, 1962 · 30m

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