The Rifleman (Season 4)

The Vaqueros (Episode 1)

Air date: 1961-10-02

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A bandit imprisons Lucas and Mark.

First Wages (Episode 2)

Writer: Ed Adamson

Air date: 1961-10-09

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lucas tries to find out why Mark has taken a job as a stableboy.

Sheer Terror (Episode 3)

Air date: 1961-09-16

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Mark and Milly are held prisoner in her general store when two gunmen attempt a daring robbery.

The Stand-In (Episode 4)

Air date: 1961-10-23

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lucas is taken hostage by two prison wagon drivers angered that he won't give them more whiskey.

The Journey Back (Episode 5)

Writer: Herman Groves

Air date: 1961-10-30

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Mark goes to work for Will Temple, a badly scarred and very mysterious rancher.

The Decision (Episode 6)

Writer: Ed Adamson

Air date: 1961-11-06

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Corey Hazlett insists he's innocent of murder, despite Lucas's eyewitness testimony.

Knight Errant (Episode 7)

Writer: Ed Adamson

Air date: 1961-11-13

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lucas tries to dissuade a latter-day knight from rushing into battle.

Honest Abe (Episode 8)

Air date: 1961-11-20

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Able Lincoln's claim that he's the Great Emancipator himself amuses everyone except Matt Yorty.

The Long Goodbye (Episode 9)

Air date: 1961-11-27

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Stubborn Grandpa Fogarty is Lucas's main roadblock as he tries to get young Woody Fogarty to attend school.

The Shattered Idol (Episode 10)

Air date: 1961-12-04

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Mark Twain visits Southfork, and quickly alienates the townspeople.

Long Gun From Tucson (Episode 11)

Air date: 1961-12-11

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lucas tries to stop embittered John Holliver from venting his wrath on the people who expelled him from town years before.

The High Country (Episode 12)

Air date: 1961-12-18

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lucas becomes the target of a vengeful mountaineer.

A Friend in Need (Episode 13)

Air date: 1961-12-25

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Mark finds himself the unwilling companion of gunman Carl Avery.

Skull (Episode 14)

Air date: 1962-01-01

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lucas seeks an escape when he's captured by outlaws while seeking help for an injured Mark.

The Princess (Episode 15)

Air date: 1962-01-08

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The Queen-to-be of France hides out in Northfork.

Gunfire (Episode 16)

Air date: 1962-01-15

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: When an expected lawman doesn't arrive from Denver, several gunfighters arrive in North Fork and cause trouble.

The Quiet Fear (Episode 17)

Air date: 1962-01-22

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lucas's old Army pal settles in North Fork with his deaf daughter.

Sporting Chance (Episode 18)

Air date: 1962-01-29

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: An Englishman arrives with a custom-made rifle—and a plan to kill Lucas.

A Young Man's Fancy (Episode 19)

Air date: 1962-02-05

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The pangs of first love are painful for Mark: the object of his affections has eyes for another.

The Man from Salinas (Episode 20)

Air date: 1962-02-12

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Banker 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 (Episode 21)

Air date: 1962-02-19

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Sammy Davis Jr. stars as Tip Corey, son of a man allegedly murdered in North Fork.

Deadly Image (Episode 22)

Air date: 1962-02-26

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lucas has double trouble: his lookalike is tearing up the town.

The Debt (Episode 23)

Air date: 1962-03-05

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Mark learns that the prisoner Micah is escorting to the gallows is the man that saved his life three years previously.

The Tinhorn (Episode 24)

Writer: Paul Mazursky

Air date: 1962-03-12

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Mark is shocked when he discovers that his father is a poker player.

None So Blind (Episode 25)

Writer: Cyril Hume

Air date: 1962-03-19

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Mark befriends singer-banjoist Lafayette Bly, a blind man with an acute sense of hearing—and a very strong grip.

Jealous Man (Episode 26)

Writer: Peter B. Germano

Air date: 1962-03-26

Runtime: 30 min

Guilty Conscience (Episode 27)

Writer: Cyril Hume

Air date: 1962-04-02

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: No 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 (Episode 28)

Air date: 1962-04-09

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lucas is torn by conflicting emotions when he meets the town's new preacher—a former outlaw whom the Rifleman vowed to kill.

The Day the Town Slept (Episode 29)

Air date: 1962-04-16

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The town of North Fork becomes a haven for outlaws when suave Ben Judson smooth-talks his way into the marshal's job.

Milly's Brother (Episode 30)

Air date: 1962-04-23

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A veteran returns with tales of heroism and the fate of Milly's brother in the Civil War.

Outlaw's Shoes (Episode 31)

Air date: 1962-04-30

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A head wound wipes out Lucas's memory, leaving him with only one clue: he's wearing an outlaw's gun.

The Executioner (Episode 32)

Air date: 1962-05-07

Runtime: 30 min