Empire (1962)
Empire is an hour-long Western television series set on a 1960s 500,000-acre ranch in New Mexico, starring Richard Egan, Terry Moore, Charles Bronson, and Ryan O'Neal. It ran on NBC from September 25, 1962, to May 14, 1963. In the second abbreviated season, from September 24 to December 31, 1963, it was renamed Redigo after Egan's title character, Jim Redigo, the general manager of the fictitious Garrett ranch in Empire, and reduced to a half-hour. (Unaired Pilot: This Rugged Land)
Empire: Season 1 - 32 Episode s
1x1 - The Day the Empire Stood Still
September 25, 1962
1x2 - Ballard Number One
October 2, 1962
Sam Ballard's embezzling killed Redigo's father. Now Sam's back---digging for oil near the Garret ranch.
1x3 - A Place to Put a Life
October 9, 1962
Redigo returns to the small ranch his father left him and finds that it's being run by a teen-ager.
1x4 - Ride to a Fall
October 16, 1962
Dahlbeck's guest at a ranch party seems to wield an eerie hold over him.
1x5 - Long Past, Long Remembered
October 23, 1962
Wealthy Tom Cole visits the spread during a severe drought and his untimely friendliness suggests he wants to buy the ranch.
1x6 - Walk Like a King
October 30, 1962
Ex-employee Barney Swanton returns to the ranch rich but is still envious of Redigo, whose job he always wanted.
1x7 - The Fire Dancer
November 13, 1962
Story of a raging oil-well fire and the man who offers to put it out.
1x8 - The Tall Shadow
November 20, 1962
1x9 - The Earth Mover
November 27, 1962
Glenn Kassin wants to build a model city near Mesa, but the landowner refuses to sell.
1x10 - Pressure Lock
December 4, 1962
In the midst of negotiating for oil rights, Redigo is called out of town---leaving Tal to handle the bargaining.
1x11 - Echo of a Man
December 11, 1962
Worries over his pretty young ward are causing a drop in efficiency for chief engineer Tabor.
1x12 - When the Gods Laugh
December 18, 1962
A sharecropper who objects to education uses abusive tactics to keep his son home from school.
1x13 - Green, Green Hills
December 25, 1962
1x14 - Stopover on the Way to the Moon
January 1, 1963
After taking young Skip Wade to court for vandalism, Redigo determines to make the youth a useful citizen.
1x15 - The Four Thumbs Story
January 8, 1963
A Native American war veteran's penchant for violence is isolating him from his friends, neighbors and family.
1x16 - End of an Image
January 15, 1963
Janet Rainey claims she's just going shopping---but there are those who suspect she's leaving town.
1x17 - The Loner
January 22, 1963
Mike Novak wants to work on the Garret spread until he's paid for a mare of his choice, but his choice is Tal's favorite.
1x18 - Where the Hawk Is Wheeling
January 29, 1963
1x19 - No Small Wars
February 5, 1963
Adding urgency to his surgery-or-death status, Redigo's sick friend is a very uncooperative patient.
1x20 - The Tiger Inside
February 12, 1963
Afraid that a volunteer posse may take the law into its own hands, Redigo joins the hunt for a man accused of robbery.
1x21 - Season of Growth
February 19, 1963
Connie's former beau is back at the ranch---expressing a new interest in working and a renewed interest in her.
1x22 - Seven Days on Rough Street
February 26, 1963
After claiming he doesn't need the security of the Garret ranch, Tal leaves for Delgado---on the bet he can't stay a week.
1x23 - A House in Order
March 5, 1963
News of her fatal illness inspires Lucia to establish a better relationship between son Tal and foreman Redigo.
1x24 - Down There, the World
March 12, 1963
The mine shuts down when the heady enchantress running a vital processing plant decides to buy out the Garrets.
1x25 - Burnout
March 19, 1963
Forest Ranger Tom Barton has problems: the Garret logging operation is violating the timber contract with the Forest Service--and logging foreman Chris Norden is a tough guy to deal with.
1x26 - Hidden Asset
March 26, 1963
1x27 - Arrow in the Sky
April 9, 1963
1x28 - Nobody Dies on Saturday
April 16, 1963
Prison escapee Quinn Serrato is out to find his old boss---Redigo, the man who turned him in.
1x29 - 65 Miles Is a Long, Long Way
April 23, 1963
A woman stands in the way of Redigo's cattle drive by asking too much to cross her property.
1x30 - Duet for Eight Wheels
April 30, 1963
Paralysis overcomes Redigo after he is trampled by a wild stallion.
1x31 - Between Friday and Monday
May 7, 1963
Moreno attempts to offset the fears of a young girl in a town full of hot-blooded cowboys.
1x32 - The Convention
May 14, 1963
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