The Virginian

The Virginian

Personable Western series based in Wyoming from the 1890s onward.

Genre: Western

Cast:Doug McClureJames DruryLee J. CobbSara LaneClu GulagerRandy BooneRoberta ShoreJohn McIntireGary ClarkeRoss ElliottDon QuineHarper FlahertyCharles BickfordDiane RoterDavid HartmanJeanette NolanL.Q. JonesFrank Sully


1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Ride a Dark Trail

Wed, Sep 18, 1963

The Virginian, trying to calm a rampaging boy, shares the story of Trampas' gambling father who reformed. That father tried to reform Trampas before Garth was forced to kill him in self-defense, setting Trampas on a quest for vengeance.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ To Make This Place Remember

Wed, Sep 25, 1963

Garth is asked by a friend to put on a defense for a son who has already been hung. The community fights it but Garth plunges ahead with the aid of a judge. The outcome uncovers several unpleasant facts about the community and the truth.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ No Tears for Savannah

Wed, Oct 2, 1963

The Virginian is in the southwest to collect for a bad check. He gets his money from the man's dad but when he is killed, The Virginian's old flame is convicted of it and he has to protect her while hoping Garth can prove her innocence.

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S2.E4 ∙ A Killer in Town

Wed, Oct 9, 1963

Trampas is the focus of a bounty hunter when Trampas is involved in the accidental death of a man who knows the identity of a man in Medicine Bow with a $5000 bounty on his head. Problem is that Trampas believes he might be the one wanted.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ The Evil That Men Do

Wed, Oct 16, 1963

Garth takes on a parolee that The Virginian has an interest in who has been in an orphanage or prison since he was a baby. He has trouble adjusting to life outside prison and Garth is worried about Betsy's growing interest in him.

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S2.E6 ∙ It Takes a Big Man

Wed, Oct 23, 1963

The Judge's friend asks him to take on one of his sons as a hand to straighten out his attitude. The Judge learns why the son fights with his dad but too late to stop the experiment from ending with tragic results for the son and Trampas.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Brother Thaddeus

Wed, Oct 30, 1963

Brother Thaddeus with a bad reputation as Willy Kane returns to Medicine Bow to help at the mission. When a friend of his and others rob a payroll, he is suspected of helping them so with the help of Trampas he has to prove his innocence.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ A Portrait of Marie Valonne

Wed, Nov 6, 1963

The Virginian has dinner with a woman who disappears. He learns she's involved with a criminal element and, therefore, police are reluctant to help find her. As he traces her history, he uncovers a tragic past, corruption, and her death.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Run Quiet

Wed, Nov 13, 1963

Steve helps a deaf mute who was once jailed for fighting. With Steve's help he learns to fit in at Shiloh but when two men kill a gambler and he is seen with the body, everyone assumes the worst. He finds a second friend in a lonely woman.

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S2.E10 ∙ Stopover in a Western Town

Wed, Nov 27, 1963

A cowboy becomes infatuated with an eastern society girl he meets on a train. Against The Virginian's advice he courts the spoiled girl but is forced to turn to rustling to pay for it. In the end she learns the serious cost of her actions.

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S2.E11 ∙ The Fatal Journey

Wed, Dec 4, 1963

The Virginian plans to propose to Molly but four men ride into Medicine Bow emptying their pistols into the newspaper office killing her. Although the posse is forced to turn back, The Virginian continues on for revenge but is captured.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ A Time Remembered

Wed, Dec 11, 1963

Garth recognizes singer Elena as a close friend from his early days as a lawyer. The two rekindle their old relationship but Garth is forced to defend her against murder charges which ultimately forces him to uncover the unsettling truth.

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S2.E13 ∙ Siege

Wed, Dec 18, 1963

Trampas returns to a town to repay debts and see the girl he left but she is married to the Marshal. The family Trampas had lived with is killed by Comancheros caught by Trampas. Only he and the Marshal are willing to stand up to them.

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S2.E14 ∙ Man of Violence

Wed, Dec 25, 1963

After his uncle is killed in Texas, Trampas chases the killer into Apache country off limits to whites where he found gold. Trampas is forced to take along multiple companions including the man's wife, a gold seeker, and a drunk doctor.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ The Invaders

Wed, Jan 1, 1964

Garth's rival from Texas buys a ranch near Shiloh with an eye to expand it. Trampas has an eye for his daughter adding to the friction when the rival puts pressure on small ranches to sell out and cuts the water supply to them and Shiloh.

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S2.E16 ∙ Roar from the Mountain

Wed, Jan 8, 1964

Steve volunteers to hunt a killer mountain lion alone. After losing his supplies, he is helped by a lonely couple. They lost their son to the cat and maimed it. The husband helps Steve who soon learns the cat is not his only enemy.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ The Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones

Wed, Jan 15, 1964

J. Jimerson Jones is on the same train to Chicago with Garth and Betsy where Garth helps him adjust to city life. Betsy has her first love with a cub reporter and Jones is taken in by a beautiful woman while another tries to protect him.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ The Thirty Days of Gavin Heath

Wed, Jan 22, 1964

A failed British rancher returns to Medicine Bow a wealthy man but conflicted by his cowardice in the Army. After learning he won't die from a dog bite and Trampas is taken captive by Indians he is given a second chance to prove himself.

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S2.E19 ∙ The Drifter

Wed, Jan 29, 1964

The Virginian recalls his arrival at Shiloh when he went to work for a neighboring ranch that was close to a range war with Shiloh. He is caught in a feud with the foreman causing the fight and falls in love with the girl engaged to him.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ First to Thine Own Self

Wed, Feb 12, 1964

Randy, a lonely, distrusting drifter comes to the aid of a child, only to be accused of killing her father. Only Betsy's faith in him prevents harm from coming to him and the young girl he tries to protect from the killers.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ A Matter of Destiny

Wed, Feb 19, 1964

Trampas appears to be in the lead for a local girl until an eastern meat packing tycoon who comes to Medicine Bow to take over his new ranch catches her eye. Trampas is the only one against him until the ranchers learn he has tricked them.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ Smile of a Dragon

Wed, Feb 26, 1964

An injured Trampas is thought to be a stagecoach robber according to a Sheriff and is reported dead to Shiloh. He is forced to rely on a young Chinese woman for help until a grieving Steve arrives to find he must help rescue Trampas.

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S2.E23 ∙ The Intruders

Wed, Mar 4, 1964

Betsy's Chicago visitor has a shaky visit starting with Garth ignoring his wire. Garth wants the ranch deserted to host a secret meeting with an Indian Chief but intruders invade to kill the Chief and further impede the couple's visit.

24Season 2

S2.E24 ∙ Another's Footsteps

Wed, Mar 11, 1964

The Virginian tracks the man who killed a young friend in a bank robbery. He finds the man's wife and young son alone on a run down ranch. Finding they need help, he stays on as a ranch hand but soon finds himself in a misguided situation.

25Season 2

S2.E25 ∙ Rope of Lies

Wed, Mar 25, 1964

Steve takes the job of foreman at a ranch with a new female owner against the advice of his friends. The job gets rougher after he is forced to shoot a stranger. He then learns why he was hired when he faces murder charges from his boss.

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S2.E26 ∙ The Secret of Brynmar Hall

Wed, Apr 1, 1964

A storm forces Randy to stay with Betsy and three of her friends at a mansion where they spent time in their youth. The host's daughter was killed two years earlier in a fire. The host has gifts and other surprises that put them on edge.

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S2.E27 ∙ The Long Quest

Wed, Apr 8, 1964

The Virginian helps a neighbor lady when her son is claimed by an actress as her own son. Her friends in Medicine Bow are upset by the actress and her detective friend with their actions but it appears they have an ironclad case.

28Season 2

S2.E28 ∙ A Bride for Lars

Wed, Apr 15, 1964

Trampas wins the job of bringing an injured neighbor's bride to him from Laramie. However, the trip back is filled with problems including a bride with a mind of her own, Indians, potential outlaws, and a surprise at the end for Trampas.

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S2.E29 ∙ Dark Destiny

Wed, Apr 29, 1964

A horse thief's daughter staying at Shiloh is drafted to help an injured Randy who can't walk due to a spinal injury with therapy. Their frosty relationship changes when Randy gives up and her father escapes jail looking to kill Steve.

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S2.E30 ∙ A Man Called Kane

Wed, May 6, 1964

News that Betsy and Randy found over $900 in gold in a cave on Shiloh brings two men to Shiloh ranch looking for money. One is a government agent looking for a buried cache of bearer bonds. The other is Randy's older brother with a past.