The Rifleman

Season 3

TV-PG

Widower Lucas McCain can fire a round with his specially modified Winchester in three-tenths of a second. Added to his high moral code and resolve enable him to help Marshal Micah Torrance maintain order in town while raising his son, Mark, on a ranch near North Fork, New Mexico.

34 Episodes

Trail of Hate
E1
Trail of HateLucas is out for vengeance when Mark is used as a pawn in a bank robbery scheme.
Woman From Hog Ridge
E2
Woman From Hog RidgeLucas and Mark interrupt two young men stealing horses. Lucas is forced to defend himself and shoots and kills one of the men. He is one of Ma Boyle's sons. The Boyles are a mountain family who live by their own laws and Micah foresees trouble. When the clan arrives in town they are set on hanging the man responsible for the killing.
Seven
E3
SevenSeven condemned murderers escape and take over the town of North Fork.
The Pitchman
E4
The PitchmanMark unknowingly cons a boy out of most of his belongings when Lucas invites a traveling tonic salesman and his son to stay at the ranch. Things get more complicated when two sons of a victim of the salesman show up with hanging on their mind -- plans that may include Mark, who happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Strange Town
E5
Strange TownMicah stumbles onto Lucas' ranch badly wounded by an escaped prisoner who tied him up in a barb wire fence. Known as a "backshooter", Bletch Droshek holes up in a mining settlement called Droshek Town - run by his brother Ott who has no intention of letting the deputized Lucas leave town alive.
Baranca
E6
BarancaIn Micah's absence, Lucas is forced into a duel to determine to which system of justice the blatant murder of a rural Hispanic resident applies: the old justice of traditional New Mexico Hispanics, administered by "Baranca", or the US law.
The Martinet
E7
The MartinetA former army captain comes to North Fork to kill the man who shot down his son in a gunfight - Lucas McCain.
Miss Milly
E8
Miss MillyMilly Scott buys Hattie's general store. Her background as a schoolteacher does little to prepare her for what she bought into when she hires a stranger in town to collect all the debts owed to the store.
Dead Cold Cash
E9
Dead Cold CashAccording to the stipulations in a bizarre will, the citizens of North Fork will divide $100,000 if Lucas McCain dies within seven days of Sarah Caruthers. The vicious old woman has hated Lucas ever since he killed her husband during a robbery.
The Schoolmaster
E10
The SchoolmasterMr. Griswald is the new schoolmaster at the Northfork school. He is a strict disciplinarian who rules his class as total dictator. His harsh style of dealing with the students clashes with their more relaxed lifestyles. When he and Mark clash one time too many Mark and a friend play hooky and get in trouble in an abandoned mine shaft. Mr. Griswald must find his compassion and help Lucas find Mark.
The Promoter
E11
The PromoterLucas and Mark attempt to reform a con-man.
The Illustrator
E12
The IllustratorLucas encourages a drunken artist charged with murder to use his talents to identify the true killer.
The Silent Knife
E13
The Silent KnifeLucas and Mark try to persuade a persecuted young mute to return stolen money.
Miss Bertie
E14
Miss BertieHeading home on a stagecoach, Mark and Lucas are entertained by a little old lady's stories of gunslingers and her scrapbook of wanted posters. Little do they know she's a bounty hunter with her sights set on Duke Jennings, who's headed to Northfork.
Six Years and a Day
E15
Six Years and a DayMark comes riding into North Fork in a hurry. He has been sent by Lucas to get Dr. Burrage. He knocks, but does not find the doctor in his office. Two strangers who are planning to kill Dr. Burrage are standing nearby.
Flowers by the Door
E16
Flowers by the DoorLucas McCain is helping a neighbor whose husband is away for a while, when Marshal Micah Torrance arrives. He's there to warn her that a woman alone at home was attacked and that she should be extra cautious until her husband returns. Meanwhile, traveling book salesman Jason Gowdy stops at the McCain ranch and has a good chat with Mark. He's quite interested in hearing that Lucas is off helping a woman is who is all alone.
Long Trek
E17
Long TrekMicah and Lucas are escorting Stanley, a prisoner, across a vast area with no towns anywhere nearby. After Stanley scares away the three horses, Micah, Lucas, and Stanley start walking, and walking, and walking.
The Actress
E18
The ActressWith friend and neighbor Jacob Black on his death bed, Lucas sets out to fulfill his one dying wish, that he be reunited temporarily with his wife Elizabeth. Lucas sets off on his journey and finds her working as a singer in a saloon. She's quite pretty but has little interest in Jacob's dying wish. Lucas forces her to come along hoping she may soften her views by the time they get to North Fork.
Face of Yesterday
E19
Face of YesterdayLucas thinks he has seen a ghost when a young man, eerily similar to a man he killed in the Civil War, challenges him to a gunfight.
The Wyoming Story (1)
E20
The Wyoming Story (1)Lucas agrees to take a job as a federal undercover agent and goes to Wyoming to investigate rumors of sales of arms to renegade indians. His life is endagered by the town drunk who stumbles onto his true identity and purpose. (Part 1 of 2)
The Wyoming Story (2)
E21
The Wyoming Story (2)Lucas continues his undercover assignment - searching for the source of repeating rifles that have fallen into the hands of renegade Indians. Meanwhile McCain's absence is keenly felt back in North Fork.
Closer than a Brother
E22
Closer than a BrotherWhen Micah's recurring nightmares drives him back to drunkenness, Lucas decides that the marshal must confront the source of those nightmares - a gunslinger he failed to face down sixteen years before.
The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town
E23
The Lost Treasure of Canyon TownIn a ghost town, Lucas, Mark and Micah tangle with the Newman family and learn the secret of the town's 20-year-old mystery of a lost gold mine.
Dark Day at North Fork
E24
Dark Day at North ForkAfter placing a keg of dynamite in the buckboard, Lucas accidentally creates a spark leading to an explosion. The flash in particular has affected his eyesight. He is blind and the Doc doesn't hold out much hope that he will recover. With Mark's help, he becomes more adept at getting around but when a gunslinger from his past shows up in North Fork, his life is in real danger as the man is out to kill him.
The Prisoner
E25
The PrisonerMajor Aaron King and Corporal Troc arrive in North Fork on horseback. When they see Lucas, they remember that he was a Lt. in the Union Army fifteen years ago. They see this chance meeting as a lucky break.
Assault
E26
AssaultA salesman can't talk his way out of an assault charge.
Short Rope for a Tall Man
E27
Short Rope for a Tall ManLucas, accused of horse theft, struggles to clear himself before a lynch mob catches up.
The Clarence Bibs Story
E28
The Clarence Bibs StoryClarence, Millie's mop boy, is wearing a gun he just cleaned for a customer. When he accidentally kills a famous outlaw, some locals play up their new friend's reputation hoping for more fun as they expect his partner to come to town.
The Score is Even
E29
The Score is EvenA two-days ride from North Fork, Lucas comes to the aid of a stranger and is shot in the temple for his troubles. When the shooter thinks he and Mark are both dead, a ride to the border with stolen cash and horses may seem like a fiesta, but they don't know a now bleeding Rifleman on foot is after them.
The Mescalaro Curse
E30
The Mescalaro CurseLucas serves as the foreman of a jury that finds a Mescalero Indian guilty of murder. The man's father, a renegade witch doctor, places a curse on the Rifleman predicting his death before the next new moon.
Stopover
E31
StopoverLucas and Mark are in the barn. Outside a snowstorm is raging and the wind is howling. After they reach the house, they hear Scotty, the driver on a stagecoach. He asks to spend the night. The stagecoach passengers are also invited into the McCain home.
The Lonesome Bride
E32
The Lonesome BrideTwo pranksters write away for a mail-order bride, using Lucas's name.
Death Trap
E33
Death TrapA gunfight with an unwilling participant brings a need for a doctor, but Doc Burrage is out of town. A doctor passing through North Fork volunteers to help. However, he and Lucas have a past, and not a good one.
The Queue
E34
The QueueWhen a Chinese laundry man Wang Chi and his young son Wang Lee come to town, they are immediately bullied by Vince Fergus who clearly doesn't want them around. Despite the less than warm reception Micah, Lucas and Millie convince them to stay in North Fork and open a laundry. Despite Lucas' warnings to leave them alone Fergus however won't relent and it leads to an inevitable showdown.