The Texan

Season 2

TV-PG
The Texan, a Civil War Veteran whose reputation of being the fastest gun in the west precedes him, roams across Texas from town to town, not looking for trouble, but trouble finds him.
41 Episodes
  • No Way Out
    E1
    Episode 1No Way OutBill stops at an inn, where he meets an old lawman friend, who is holding two convicted killers. The lawman knows that friends of his two prisoners are in the area and planning to free them. When the lawman is wounded, Bill must take the responsibility of keeping the prisoners in custody himself, helped only by the meek owner of the inn, his domineering wife, and a gambler unwilling to take unnecessary risks.
  • Image of Guilt
    E2
    Episode 2Image of GuiltWhile Bill is participating in a draw and shoot contest in a town rodeo, the local bank is robbed, and a photographer friend of Bill's is shot and killed. The photographer's young son, however, sees the picture his father took of the robbers just before they shot him.
  • Cattle Drive
    E3
    Episode 3Cattle DriveIn Mexico, the Texan unknowingly pays for cattle with counterfeit money. He tries to prove to Mexican and U.S. Treasury officials that he was framed by a woman.
  • The Dishonest Posse
    E4
    Episode 4The Dishonest PosseRiding with a posse, Bill captures the bank robber they were after, as well as the money he had stolen. But the others in the posse decide to split the loot among themselves. When Bill is the only one who refuses to go along with the idea, they decide they'll have to kill him as well as the robber. But a band of Comancheros interrupts their plans.
  • Blue Norther
    E5
    Episode 5Blue NortherBill is ambushed and his horse is stolen. Having to take a stagecoach, he finds that one of the other passengers is wanted outlaw Pony Sloan. But after stopping at a way station, he meets another man from whom he finds there is another side to Sloan's story.
  • Traildust
    E6
    Episode 6TraildustAfter killing one of the outlaw Kiley brothers, the citizens of Calico have buried him as an exhibit in the middle of the main street. The veteran lawman who they've hired as their new sheriff objects to this provocative act, causing the citizens to ask for his resignation. Then Bill comes to warn the citizens after he learns that the Kiley gang is planning to ride in and wipe out the entire town in revenge.
  • The Telegraph Story
    E7
    Episode 7The Telegraph StoryBill is working with a telegraph company installing lines, but an outlaw gang camped in the area wants to get the crew to leave.
  • Stampede
    E8
    Episode 8StampedeBill is hired as trail boss driving a cattle herd to Abilene. But he has to contend with two big problems. One is a hostile trail hand, whose anger over Bill getting the ramrod job over him is aggravated by his jealousy over the ranch owner's daughter. The other is a rival drive whose leader will stop at nothing to insure that his herd gets to Abilene first. First of a two part story, concluding with "Showdown At Abilene".
  • Showdown at Abilene
    E9
    Episode 9Showdown at AbileneAfter failing in an attempt to ambush Bill, Bishop pays a band of Indians to attack the Akins herd, hoping to scatter the cattle and thus prevent them from reaching Abilene first. Conclusion of a two-part story, the first part being "Stampede".
  • The Reluctant Bridegroom
    E10
    Episode 10The Reluctant BridegroomBill is kidnapped by Comanches from his cattle drive. Chief White Cloud's daughter, Fawn, has chosen Bill to be her bridegroom. Longley must fight a warrior, Black Eagle, for Fawn's hand, or the Comanches will attack Bill's crew and herd.
  • Trouble on the Trail
    E11
    Episode 11Trouble on the TrailStill leading the cattle drive, Bill is allowed to take his herd across a powerful rancher's land. On the way across, he finds a woman who claims she is fleeing from the rancher's advances. But he soon learns that she has not told the whole truth.
  • Cowards Don't Die
    E12
    Episode 12Cowards Don't DieA former lawman, now a storekeeper, has lost his nerve after a shooting incident, and is now being harassed by a gang of outlaws led by the brother of a man he once killed. The ex-lawman's daughter refuses to let him put on a gun again or try to fight back.
  • Border Incident
    E13
    Episode 13Border IncidentBill travels to Ciudad Juarez to accept a job working for a cattleman and his fiancée, only to soon find out he has been set up as the scapegoat in a counterfeiting scheme.
  • Dangerous Ground
    E14
    Episode 14Dangerous GroundA rancher warns Bill and the railroad workers not to put track down through the land his cattle graze on, even though it is government land. Later he shoots and seriously wounds one of the workers as they are riding in a wagon. But Bill picks up the rancher's son instead, and the workers are in lynching mood.
  • End of Track
    E15
    Episode 15End of Track
  • Rough Track to Payday
    E16
    Episode 16Rough Track to PaydayAn opposing railroad construction firm, led by Abel Crowder, is determined to undermine Bill's team and take over the job. The combative Crowder blocks Bill's payroll. This jeopardizes Longley's construction project and leads to fireworks.
  • Friend of the Family
    E17
    Episode 17Friend of the FamilyBill's former Civil War commander asks him to take his oldest son with him on the trail to make a better man out of him. Bill agrees to this, but he detects that the son has an intense bitterness toward his father---until another man who served under his father in the war makes a claim the boy can't allow to go unchallenged.
  • The Taming of Rio Nada
    E18
    Episode 18The Taming of Rio NadaLongley has been a special marshal to the Texas town of Rio Nada. The area has been plagued by Mexican bandits who have used to the cross the border into the United States and raid the countryside. The gang is led by a mysterious leader known only as "El Sombro". When Longley captures an agent for El Sombro, he hopes to use the threat of hanging for the attempted murder of a deputy sheriff to force him to identify the illusive bandit chief. (Note to viewers: Best to first view "The Terrified Town", then "Sixgun Street", then "The Taming Of Rio Nada", as this is the order in which the events are meant to take place even though the episodes originally aired in the reverse order).
  • Sixgun Street
    E19
    Episode 19Sixgun StreetAfter acting marshal Bill orders no guns to be worn on the streets of Rio Nada, a local casino owner sends for two notorious gunmen to kill him.
  • The Terrified Town
    E20
    Episode 20The Terrified TownBill is brought by two bounty hunters to the Governor, who hires him as a marshal to clean up a border area which is being run by an outlaw known as El Sombro. Bill also learns that the sheriff of the main town in the area, his old mentor, has become a drunk and is totally ineffective in handling the situation.
  • Thirty Hours to Kill
    E21
    Episode 21Thirty Hours to KillBill is forced to kill one of the Dawson brothers after a fight when the man draws on him, and then he must contend with three other brothers who vow to kill him.
  • Quarantine
    E22
    Episode 22QuarantineAfter Bill, again working with the railroad, turns down a bribe from a landowner to detour the track through his town, the man then forces a doctor to quarantine the railroad workers, falsely claiming a case of cholera.
  • Buried Treasure
    E23
    Episode 23Buried TreasureBill finds an old prospector almost dead from thirst, and brings him in to the railroad workers camp. But men from a rival outfit talk the old man into spreading a story about finding gold, hoping to lure the workers away from their job.
  • Captive Crew
    E24
    Episode 24Captive CrewA group of convicts take over the work train, killing their guards, and hold the entire crew at the construction site hostage. Bill, who they think they also killed on the train, makes it back to the site and must figure out a way to stop them.
  • Showdown
    E25
    Episode 25ShowdownWith his job about done, Bill is planning to leave the railroad workers camp and move on, until a former crewman once fired by MacMorris shows up to make trouble, and Bill learns the man is working as field agent for the company that the workers hoped to get a new contract from.
  • Borrowed Time
    E26
    Episode 26Borrowed TimeBill Longley is hired by a stagecoach company to solve and end a series of barbaric holdups. Bill faces a monumental challenge because the ruthless gang has murdered all the previous holdup witnesses, including the innocent passengers.
  • The Governor's Lady
    E27
    Episode 27The Governor's LadyBill saves a government agent from ambush. The agent is carrying a list of landowners who are refusing to pay their taxes, and the daughter of one of those landowners---the one who the attempted killers are working for---is engaged to the governor.
  • Town Divided
    E28
    Episode 28Town DividedBill finds a town engulfed by a feud between two ranchers. He also learns that his former commanding officer, now a doctor, has turned to drinking, and that a young man blames him for crippling his arm. Bill tries to talk the doctor into staying and not running from the challenges.
  • The Guilty and the Innocent
    E29
    Episode 29The Guilty and the InnocentA lynch mob wants to hang a young man convicted of killing a family of homesteaders. Bill rides in with a stay of execution from the governor just as the mob is about to break into the jail and the desperate prisoner escapes.
  • Presentation Gun
    E30
    Episode 30Presentation GunBill stops to visit his friend, a well-respected sheriff, only to find that the man has been jailed for killing an unarmed youth, and the whole town has turned against him, including his own son. Bill seeks to find the real truth even though the sheriff himself tries to discourage him.
  • Ruthless Woman
    E31
    Episode 31Ruthless WomanBill is caught in the middle when he seeks aid for a wounded drifter he found. Bill takes him to a large ranch, where the lady owner is engaged in a battle with her greedy foreman, who is trying to seize the ranch. They won't provide help.
  • The Nomad
    E32
    Episode 32The NomadBill comes to the defense of an unassuming man who is being bullied and tries to encourage him to stand up for himself. Soon the man asks Bill to teach him how to use a gun.
  • Killer's Road
    E33
    Episode 33Killer's RoadBill takes the job of escorting a convicted killer to his hanging, knowing that the man's sons and gang members are in the area planning to free him.
  • Lady Tenderfoot
    E34
    Episode 34Lady TenderfootAn Easterner and his daughter hire Bill to guide them in the search for a wild stallion whom they hope to breed. But an old enemy plans to follow them on the search and rob the horse breeder and get revenge on Bill.
  • The Invisible Noose
    E35
    Episode 35The Invisible NooseBill goes after three men who forced him to accompany them on a bank robbery and framed him for it.
  • The Mountain Man
    E36
    Episode 36The Mountain ManThree outlaws murder a group of priests planning to impersonate them to steal the allotment earmarked for the priests' territory. The outlaws hire the trusting and naive mountain man Critter Calhoun a to guide them on the perilous journey and plan to kill Critter once they collect the allotment and the central mission.
  • Johnny Tuvo
    E37
    Episode 37Johnny TuvoBill befriends an overeager young man named Johnny Tuvo who plans to challenge him in the upcoming horse race. But two other men at the event have more sinister plans for how to take advantage of it.
  • The Accuser
    E38
    Episode 38The AccuserBill is captured by a posse and accused of being one of the men who robbed the bank and shot the banker. Unfortunately, the victim claims Bill was the robber who shot him. Only the sheriff, whom the banker hates for being in love with his daughter, is inclined to believe Bill.
  • Mission to Monterrey
    E39
    Episode 39Mission to Monterrey
  • Badman
    E40
    Episode 40BadmanBill escorts a prisoner to Pueblo for trial. He is also to deliver money to the prisoner's mother for his daughter, whom she has custody of. On the way the two men encounter a dust storm, which forces them to take refuge in a ghost town. Three outlaw associates of the prisoner are also coming there.
  • 24 Hours to Live
    E41
    Episode 4124 Hours to LiveBill hopes to prove that his friend Steve Murrow is innocent of killing the man who married the girl he was hoping to marry. But he only has 24 hours to do it before Steve is hung, and the town sheriff has threatened to kill Bill if he tries to break Steve out.
Cast of Season 2
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