The Rifleman (Season 3)

Trail of Hate (Episode 1)

Air date: 1960-09-27

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lucas is out for vengeance when Mark is used as a pawn in a bank robbery scheme.

Woman From Hog Ridge (Episode 2)

Air date: 1960-10-04

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lucas shoots a horse thief who turns out to be a member of the Boyle clan, and now Ma Boyle is after him.

Seven (Episode 3)

Air date: 1960-10-11

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Seven condemned murderers escape and take over the town of North Fork.

The Pitchman (Episode 4)

Air date: 1960-09-18

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: When Mark finds gold on their property, a fast-talking salesman who tried to sell Lucas a new lightning rod offers instead to buy the ranch's mineral rights.

Strange Town (Episode 5)

Air date: 1960-10-25

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lucas tracks an escaped prisoner to a town that turns out to be run by the gunman's brother, notorious for shooting people in the back.

Baranca (Episode 6)

Air date: 1960-11-01

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: When an outlaw leader lures Marshal Torrance out of town, Lucas is the only one who can stop him from lynching a local man who killed one of the members of his gang.

The Martinet (Episode 7)

Air date: 1960-11-08

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A former army captain comes to North Fork to kill the man who shot down his son in a gunfight - Lucas McCain.

Miss Milly (Episode 8)

Air date: 1960-11-15

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A new store owner upsets the town by demanding that all credit accounts be paid off.

Dead Cold Cash (Episode 9)

Air date: 1960-11-22

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The widow of a bandit killed by Lucas plots a grotesque revenge.

The Schoolmaster (Episode 10)

Air date: 1960-11-29

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Mark and his friend become trapped in an old mine.

The Promoter (Episode 11)

Air date: 1960-12-06

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lucas and Mark attempt to reform a con-man.

The Illustrator (Episode 12)

Air date: 1960-12-13

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lucas encourages a drunken artist charged with murder to use his talents to identify the true killer.

The Silent Knife (Episode 13)

Air date: 1960-12-20

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lucas and Mark try to persuade a persecuted young mute to return stolen money.

Miss Bertie (Episode 14)

Air date: 1960-12-27

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A lively old lady arrives in town hot on the trail of a notorious bandit—and the reward money for capturing him.

Six Years and a Day (Episode 15)

Air date: 1961-01-30

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A doctor seeks revenge on the man he blames for ruining his practice.

Flowers by the Door (Episode 16)

Air date: 1961-01-10

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lucas unmasks a killer posing as a door-to-door seed salesman.

Long Trek (Episode 17)

Air date: 1961-01-17

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lucas and Marshal Torrance run in trouble transporting a captured killer back to face trial.

The Actress (Episode 18)

Writer: Lawrence Dobkin

Air date: 1961-01-24

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A deathbed request from an old friend sends Lucas to a neighboring town in search of the man's long-lost sweetheart.

Face of Yesterday (Episode 19)

Air date: 1961-01-31

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lucas 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) (Episode 20)

Air date: 1961-02-07

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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) (Episode 21)

Air date: 1961-02-14

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Mark heads for Wyoming to search for Lucas, who's on the trail of a gang illegally selling weapons to the Indians. (Part 2 of 2)

Closer than a Brother (Episode 22)

Writer: Cyril Hume

Air date: 1961-02-21

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lucas looks for answers when recovering alcoholic Micah Torrence returns to the bottle—and turns in his badge.

The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town (Episode 23)

Air date: 1961-02-28

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: In 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 (Episode 24)

Air date: 1961-03-07

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Blinded in an explosion, Lucas fights despair as he prepares for a meeting with a gun-toting enemy.

The Prisoner (Episode 25)

Air date: 1961-03-14

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Two ex-Confederate officers seek revenge on Lucas, who served as prison guard during their internment.

Assault (Episode 26)

Air date: 1961-03-21

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A salesman can't talk his way out of an assault charge.

Short Rope for a Tall Man (Episode 27)

Writer: Tom Gries

Air date: 1961-03-28

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lucas, accused of horse theft, struggles to clear himself before a lynch mob catches up.

The Clarence Bibs Story (Episode 28)

Air date: 1961-04-04

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A janitor-turned-gunfighter whose reputation hangs on one lucky shot—and a lot of gall.

The Score is Even (Episode 29)

Air date: 1961-04-11

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lucas tries to get help when he is shot after witnessing a murder.

The Mescalaro Curse (Episode 30)

Air date: 1961-04-18

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lucas is marked for death: he was foreman of a jury that convicted an Apache.

Stopover (Episode 31)

Air date: 1961-04-25

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Trouble brews at Lucas's when a whisky salesman and a gunfighter fall for the same woman.

The Lonesome Bride (Episode 32)

Air date: 1961-05-02

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Two pranksters write away for a mail-order bride, using Lucas's name.

Death Trap (Episode 33)

Air date: 1961-05-09

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lucas recognizes Dr. Simon Battle as an ex-gunslinger with whom he once traded shots.

The Queue (Episode 34)

Air date: 1961-05-16

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A Chinese man and his son fight prejudice as they try to open a laundry in North Fork.