4x1 - The Vaqueros

October 2, 1961

A bandit imprisons Lucas and Mark.

4x2 - First Wages

October 9, 1961

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

4x3 - Sheer Terror

September 16, 1961

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

4x4 - The Stand-In

October 23, 1961

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

4x5 - The Journey Back

October 30, 1961

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

4x6 - The Decision

November 6, 1961

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

4x7 - Knight Errant

November 13, 1961

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

4x8 - Honest Abe

November 20, 1961

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

4x10 - The Shattered Idol

December 4, 1961

Mark Twain visits Southfork, and quickly alienates the townspeople.

4x11 - Long Gun From Tucson

December 11, 1961

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

4x12 - The High Country

December 18, 1961

Lucas becomes the target of a vengeful mountaineer.

4x13 - A Friend in Need

December 25, 1961

Mark finds himself the unwilling companion of gunman Carl Avery.

4x14 - Skull

January 1, 1962

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

4x15 - The Princess

January 8, 1962

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

4x16 - Gunfire

January 15, 1962

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

4x17 - The Quiet Fear

January 22, 1962

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

4x18 - Sporting Chance

January 29, 1962

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

4x19 - A Young Man's Fancy

February 5, 1962

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

4x20 - The Man from Salinas

February 12, 1962

Banker Hamilton is closing up for the day when Rudy Gray persuades him to stay open for one more transaction - a withdrawal at gunpoint.

4x21 - Two Ounces of Tin

February 19, 1962

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

4x22 - Deadly Image

February 26, 1962

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

4x23 - The Debt

March 5, 1962

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

4x24 - The Tinhorn

March 12, 1962

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

4x25 - None So Blind

March 19, 1962

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

4x26 - Jealous Man

March 26, 1962

4x27 - Guilty Conscience

April 2, 1962

No one's more surprised than Micah when newcomer Leota Carraway claims he's her long-lost husband and the father of her child.

4x28 - Day of Reckoning

April 9, 1962

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

4x29 - The Day the Town Slept

April 16, 1962

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

4x30 - Milly's Brother

April 23, 1962

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

4x31 - Outlaw's Shoes

April 30, 1962

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

4x32 - The Executioner

May 7, 1962