A bandit imprisons Lucas and Mark.
Guest Stars:
Martin Landau, Pepe Hern, Vladimir Sokoloff, Roberto Contreras
Lucas tries to find out why Mark has taken a job as a stableboy.
Guest Stars:
Ed Nelson, Joe Higgins, Troy Melton, Mike Connors
Mark and Milly are held prisoner in her general store when two gunmen attempt a daring robbery.
Guest Stars:
Tommy Cook, Paul Wexler
Lucas is taken hostage by two prison wagon drivers angered that he won't give them more whiskey.
Guest Stars:
Richard Devon, Dabbs Greer, Charles Cooper
Mark goes to work for Will Temple, a badly scarred and very mysterious rancher.
Guest Stars:
John Milford, Chris Alcaide
Corey Hazlett insists he's innocent of murder, despite Lucas's eyewitness testimony.
Guest Stars:
Hampton Fancher, Kevin Hagen, Richard Kiel, Denver Pyle
Lucas tries to dissuade a latter-day knight from rushing into battle.
Guest Stars:
Sean McClory, Lawrence Dobkin, Jack Elam
Able Lincoln's claim that he's the Great Emancipator himself amuses everyone except Matt Yorty.
Guest Stars:
Royal Dano, Charles Cooper
Stubborn Grandpa Fogarty is Lucas's main roadblock as he tries to get young Woody Fogarty to attend school.
Guest Stars:
Teddy Rooney, Edgar Buchanan, Virginia Christine, Bill Zuckert, Tom Smith
Mark Twain visits Southfork, and quickly alienates the townspeople.
Guest Stars:
Bud Osborne, Kevin McCarthy, Jack Elam
Lucas tries to stop embittered John Holliver from venting his wrath on the people who expelled him from town years before.
Guest Stars:
Whit Bissell, Brian G. Hutton, Peter Whitney
Lucas becomes the target of a vengeful mountaineer.
Guest Stars:
Booth Colman, Valora Noland, Ellen Corby, James Coburn
Mark finds himself the unwilling companion of gunman Carl Avery.
Guest Stars:
Parley Baer, Tom Snyder
Lucas seeks an escape when he's captured by outlaws while seeking help for an injured Mark.
Guest Stars:
John Alvin, Don Drysdale, Lyle Bettger, Lewis Charles
The Queen-to-be of France hides out in Northfork.
Guest Stars:
Robert Burton
When an expected lawman doesn't arrive from Denver, several gunfighters arrive in North Fork and cause trouble.
Guest Stars:
Ross Elliott, William Bryant, Lon Chaney Jr., Joe Higgins, Bill Quinn
Lucas's old Army pal settles in North Fork with his deaf daughter.
Guest Stars:
Patrick McVey, Richard Rust, Dennis Cross
An Englishman arrives with a custom-made rifle—and a plan to kill Lucas.
Guest Stars:
Arthur Malet, James Luisi
The pangs of first love are painful for Mark: the object of his affections has eyes for another.
Guest Stars:
Cheryl Holdridge
Banker Hamilton is closing up for the day when Rudy Gray persuades him to stay open for one more transaction - a withdrawal at gunpoint.
Guest Stars:
Ralph Moody, Joe Higgins, Jack Hogan, Fred Sherman, Robert Culp
Sammy Davis Jr. stars as Tip Corey, son of a man allegedly murdered in North Fork.
Guest Stars:
Jack Gordon
A reliable eye-witness rides into North Fork and accuses Lucas McCain of cattle rustling and cold-blooded murder.
Guest Stars:
Bill Quinn, Leonard Stone, Troy Melton
Mark learns that the prisoner Micah is escorting to the gallows is the man that saved his life three years previously.
Guest Stars:
Keith Andes, Hank Patterson
Mark is shocked when he discovers that his father is a poker player.
Guest Stars:
Grace Lee Whitney, Joan Taylor, Larry Thor, Jim Hayward, Stephen Wootton
Mark befriends singer-banjoist Lafayette Bly, a blind man with an acute sense of hearing—and a very strong grip.
Guest Stars:
Cliff Osmond, Jeff York
No one's more surprised than Micah when newcomer Leota Carraway claims he's her long-lost husband and the father of her child.
Guest Stars:
Argentina Brunetti, Lee Patrick, Chubby Johnson
Lucas is torn by conflicting emotions when he meets the town's new preacher—a former outlaw whom the Rifleman vowed to kill.
Guest Stars:
Warren Oates, Royal Dano
The town of North Fork becomes a haven for outlaws when suave Ben Judson smooth-talks his way into the marshal's job.
Guest Stars:
James Best, Lawrence Dobkin
A veteran returns with tales of heroism and the fate of Milly's brother in the Civil War.
Guest Stars:
Richard Anderson
A head wound wipes out Lucas's memory, leaving him with only one clue: he's wearing an outlaw's gun.
Guest Stars:
Tom Gilson, Paul Wexler, Stanley Adams, Roy Barcroft