Aired: 10/2/1961
A bandit imprisons Lucas and Mark.
Aired: 10/9/1961
Lucas tries to find out why Mark has taken a job as a stableboy.
Aired: 9/16/1961
Mark and Milly are held prisoner in her general store when two gunmen attempt a daring robbery.
Aired: 10/23/1961
Lucas is taken hostage by two prison wagon drivers angered that he won't give them more whiskey.
Aired: 10/30/1961
Mark goes to work for Will Temple, a badly scarred and very mysterious rancher.
Aired: 11/6/1961
Corey Hazlett insists he's innocent of murder, despite Lucas's eyewitness testimony.
Aired: 11/13/1961
Lucas tries to dissuade a latter-day knight from rushing into battle.
Aired: 11/20/1961
Able Lincoln's claim that he's the Great Emancipator himself amuses everyone except Matt Yorty.
Aired: 11/27/1961
Stubborn Grandpa Fogarty is Lucas's main roadblock as he tries to get young Woody Fogarty to attend school.
Aired: 12/4/1961
Mark Twain visits Southfork, and quickly alienates the townspeople.
Aired: 12/11/1961
Lucas tries to stop embittered John Holliver from venting his wrath on the people who expelled him from town years before.
Aired: 12/18/1961
Lucas becomes the target of a vengeful mountaineer.
Aired: 12/25/1961
Mark finds himself the unwilling companion of gunman Carl Avery.
Aired: 1/1/1962
Lucas seeks an escape when he's captured by outlaws while seeking help for an injured Mark.
Aired: 1/8/1962
The Queen-to-be of France hides out in Northfork.
Aired: 1/15/1962
When an expected lawman doesn't arrive from Denver, several gunfighters arrive in North Fork and cause trouble.
Aired: 1/22/1962
Lucas's old Army pal settles in North Fork with his deaf daughter.
Aired: 1/29/1962
An Englishman arrives with a custom-made rifle—and a plan to kill Lucas.
Aired: 2/5/1962
The pangs of first love are painful for Mark: the object of his affections has eyes for another.
Aired: 2/12/1962
Banker Hamilton is closing up for the day when Rudy Gray persuades him to stay open for one more transaction - a withdrawal at gunpoint.
Aired: 2/19/1962
Sammy Davis Jr. stars as Tip Corey, son of a man allegedly murdered in North Fork.
Aired: 2/26/1962
Lucas has double trouble: his lookalike is tearing up the town.
Aired: 3/5/1962
Mark learns that the prisoner Micah is escorting to the gallows is the man that saved his life three years previously.
Aired: 3/12/1962
Mark is shocked when he discovers that his father is a poker player.
Aired: 3/19/1962
Mark befriends singer-banjoist Lafayette Bly, a blind man with an acute sense of hearing—and a very strong grip.
Aired: 3/26/1962
Aired: 4/2/1962
No one's more surprised than Micah when newcomer Leota Carraway claims he's her long-lost husband and the father of her child.
Aired: 4/9/1962
Lucas is torn by conflicting emotions when he meets the town's new preacher—a former outlaw whom the Rifleman vowed to kill.
Aired: 4/16/1962
The town of North Fork becomes a haven for outlaws when suave Ben Judson smooth-talks his way into the marshal's job.
Aired: 4/23/1962
A veteran returns with tales of heroism and the fate of Milly's brother in the Civil War.
Aired: 4/30/1962
A head wound wipes out Lucas's memory, leaving him with only one clue: he's wearing an outlaw's gun.
Aired: 5/7/1962
