The Rifleman

Season 4

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.

32 Episodes

The Vaqueros
E1
The VaquerosIn Mexico to buy a seed-bull, Lucas and Mark McCain fall prey to bandits. These bandits strip Lucas of his shirt, hat, and boots. Then they tie him to a tree and leave him to die while they ride off with his kidnapped son.
First Wages
E2
First WagesAfter a week away, Lucas returns to the ranch to learn that Mark now has a job at Nils Swenson's livery stable. Despite Mark's assurances that he can both work at the stable and still get his chores and homework done on time, Lucas has his doubts. He also doesn't quite understand Mark's sudden need for money. When Swenson sends Mark to deliver a re-shod horse to a nearby ranch, Mark decides to take a shortcut but encounters a desperate killer.
Sheer Terror
E3
Sheer TerrorLucas is asked to stand guard when $50,000 is transferred from a specially designed stagecoach strongbox to the North Fork Bank's vault. Sloan, a former bank clerk plans to rob the shipment with a couple of henchman and uses the general store as a base to launch their attack. Meanwhile, Milly and Mark are held captive in a back room, helpless to prevent the heist.
The Stand-In
E4
The Stand-InLucas is taken hostage by two prison wagon drivers angered that he won't give them more whiskey.
The Journey Back
E5
The Journey BackMark gets a job from a neighbor who he initialed shied away from because of his facial scars. When his military past is revealed, Mark has to decide if his new friend has been lying or is the man on his trail seeking vengeance justified.
The Decision
E6
The DecisionLucas witnesses a shooting while repairing fencing on his property. When the man who did it is arrested, he is prepared to testify at the trial. Bribery and threats to his family and self are tried but may just backfire on the accused.
Knight Errant
E7
Knight ErrantLucas tries to dissuade a latter-day knight from rushing into battle.
Honest Abe
E8
Honest AbeAble Lincoln's claim that he's the Great Emancipator himself amuses everyone except Matt Yorty.
The Long Goodbye
E9
The Long GoodbyeStubborn Grandpa Fogarty is Lucas's main roadblock as he tries to get young Woody Fogarty to attend school.
The Shattered Idol
E10
The Shattered IdolMark Twain visits Southfork, and quickly alienates the townspeople.
Long Gun From Tucson
E11
Long Gun From TucsonLucas tries to stop embittered John Holliver from venting his wrath on the people who expelled him from town years before.
The High Country
E12
The High CountryLucas becomes the target of a vengeful mountaineer.
A Friend in Need
E13
A Friend in NeedMark is kidnapped by a man who had spent most of the day drinking in the saloon and Lucas receives a ransom note demanding $5000. Lucas has no idea how he would ever get that sum of money and bank president John Hamilton can't lend him that amount of money. The funds do become available from a neighbor who insists that he get the money. Ransom in hand, Lucas rides out to meet the kidnapper.
Skull
E14
SkullLucas seeks an escape when he's captured by outlaws while seeking help for an injured Mark.
The Princess
E15
The PrincessLucas and Mark take in a young woman and her brother after the brother comes down with measles. But rumors are flying around that the young woman is a princess - not merely a woman who's yearning to be a farmer.
Gunfire
E16
GunfireAt night Micah stops by the North Fork jail to check on a prisoner named Charlie Gordo. Charlie does not want to go to Yuma prison to be hanged. He threatens Micah by telling him that if he tries to make him go, he will kill him.
The Quiet Fear
E17
The Quiet FearLucas's old Army pal settles in North Fork with his deaf daughter.
Sporting Chance
E18
Sporting ChanceAn Englishman arrives with a custom-made rifleâ€”and a plan to kill Lucas.
A Young Man's Fancy
E19
A Young Man's FancyWhen Millie's pretty niece Sally Walker arrives in North Fork for a visit, Mark McCain falls madly in love. She's a nice girl who already has her eyes set on Bruce Henry, a young man she knew from back home and who now has a ranch just a few miles out of town. Mark isn't aware of her interest in Henry and is hurt when he sees the two of them having a picnic. Henry's something of a brute however, something that works to Mark's advantage.
The Man from Salinas
E20
The Man from SalinasBanker Hamilton is closing up for the day when Rudy Gray persuades him to stay open for one more transaction - a withdrawal at gunpoint.
Two Ounces of Tin
E21
Two Ounces of TinA small, lightning-fast Black gunman who recently killed the 5 men the law allowed to murder his father years before demands that Lucas, acting as deputy marshal in Micah's absence, throw his badge in the dirt - or he will kill him next.
Deadly Image
E22
Deadly ImageLucas has double trouble: his lookalike is tearing up the town.
The Debt
E23
The DebtWhen Mark and Lucas meet Micah on the trail while transporting a prisoner for execution, Mark discovers the prisoner is a man who saved his life three years earlier. Lucas gets angry when Mark helps the condemned prisoner escape.
The Tinhorn
E24
The TinhornAfter a man in danger of losing his farm to a professional gambler enlists McCain's help to prove the man is cheating, Lucas sits in on several poker games, much to the dismay of Mark and Millie. Lucas finds no evidence of cheating, but when he learns the man is leaving town in a day or two, Lucas tries to force his hand.
None So Blind
E25
None So BlindWhile riding out on the range, Mark befriends a blind man with a grudge against another man. When the man in question forces Lucas to kill his cattle because of disease, Mark seeks revenge and is shocked at the results.
Jealous Man
E26
Jealous ManA 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. And as usual, Lucas finds himself right in the middle of all this drama.
Guilty Conscience
E27
Guilty ConscienceNo one's more surprised than Micah when newcomer Leota Carraway claims he's her long-lost husband and the father of her child.
Day of Reckoning
E28
Day of ReckoningLucas is torn by conflicting emotions when he meets the town's new preacherâ€”a former outlaw whom the Rifleman vowed to kill.
The Day the Town Slept
E29
The Day the Town SleptMicah loses re-election as Marshal due to voter apathy. Worse, it transpires the new Marshal took part in a deadly armed robbery and is protecting his partner in crime. He deputizes the latter to goad Micah, a witness, into a shootout.
Milly's Brother
E30
Milly's BrotherA man rides into North Fork. When he sees Lucas, he reminds him that they met in training camp during the Civil War. Upon hearing them talking, Milly asks the man whether he knew her brother, who died in the Battle of Bull Run.
Outlaw's Shoes
E31
Outlaw's ShoesA head wound wipes out Lucas's memory, leaving him with only one clue: he's wearing an outlaw's gun.
The Executioner
E32
The ExecutionerA former neighbor of the McCains is released from jail after serving his sentence for stage coach robbery, but the money was never found. Lucas agrees to let the man work for him, but the new work-hand holds a secret.