The Rifleman (1959) Season 2
The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.
01 A group of outlaws devise a plan to get rid of Lucas so that they can take over the town of North Fork.
9/29/1959
02 After Lucas kills a mountain man in a barrom brawl, his father arrives in North Fork determined to take revenge on Lucas and Marshal Torrance, once he breaks his other two boys out of jail.
10/6/1959
03 Newly arrived gunslinger Al Walker throws a mammoth party at the saloon, keeping acting Marshal Ben Waller busy until Lucas is forced to intervene.
10/13/1959
04 Newspaperman Byron Claremont specializes in profiles of famous gunmen. One of his stories was responsible for an old-time marshal's death; and his next subject is Lucas.
10/20/1959
05 Gavin and Ezra Martin think that Lucas killed their son Clemmie while taking part in a train robbery, and Lucas refuses to tell them what really happened.
10/27/1959
06 After the daughter of Lucas's friend the hotel clerk arrives in North Fork, two strangers threaten her life.
11/3/1959
07 Town character Brett Conway blackmails Lucas with the knowledge that a young couple Lucas rescued are suffering from yellow fever.
11/10/1959
08 When their wagon breaks down, Mark and an injured Lucas are stranded in the desert.
11/17/1959
09 Mark is kidnapped as he and his father try to protect Banker Hamilton's gold.
11/24/1959
10 Lucas makes a life-or-death decision when Micah is held hostage and the kidnappers demand the release of a notorious outlaw.
12/1/1959
11 Lucas tries to do a good deed for the old town drunk but it backfires when the drunk's son believes he inherited Lucas' ranch.
12/8/1959
12 A dance hall singer asks Lucas to care for her daughter in an effort to hide the baby from her self-righteous, bigoted father.
12/15/1959
13 Lucas becomes involved in a battle between an aspiring writer and a cocky, bragging trail boss.
12/22/1959
14 Mark runs away from home after his father questions his story about overhearing a plot to rob the bank.
12/29/1959
15 A famous buffalo hunter tries to goad Lucas into a shooting match.
1/5/1960
16 When a stranger arrives to marry the town spinster, two brothers who want her land try to discourage him with threats and a beating.
1/12/1960
17 Mark finds himself in grave danger when two unscrupulous detectives searching for a man's long-lost son claim that it is Mark.
1/19/1960
18 Lucas is drawn to a young widow passing through town on her way to claim an inheritance, but others who covet it are trying to kill her.
1/26/1960
19 After a young stablehand kills a notorious gunslinger, he is baffled by the hostility of the townspeople about giving him the reward.
2/2/1960
20 When a horse dealer transporting a prize stallion stops in North Fork, two saddle tramps try to use trickery to obtain it.
2/9/1960
21 An elderly couple moves to North Fork under an assumed name to hide the fact that they are the parents of a vicious killer. The plan backfires when the son shows up at their home.
2/16/1960
22 After foiling a girl's attempt to rob the general store, Lucas finds that she and her brother are plotting the murder of their abusive stepfather.
2/23/1960
23 A condemned killer being transported by train murders a marshal and takes Mark hostage.
3/1/1960
24 Mark discovers that the new preacher and his wife are impostors planning a robbery.
3/8/1960
25 Lucas and Marshal Torrance get into trouble with the Army when they try to help a wounded young soldier who deserted.
3/15/1960
26 After Mark contracts typhoid fever and has a vision of his dead mother, he no longer seems interested in getting well.
3/22/1960
27 An old friend of Lucas's returns to town in the company of a shady gambler and is accused of cheating at cards.
3/29/1960
28 Several men are vying for a rancher's daughter's affections. When she is found dead, one of them becomes the prime suspect in her murder.
4/5/1960
29 Shotgun man John Beaumont, who Lucas sent to prison, returns with vengeance on his mind.
4/12/1960
30 After shooting a man in self-defense, Andy Moon turns to Lucas for protection from his vengeful brothers.
4/19/1960
31 To keep his invalid mother happy, an outlaw forces Lucas and Mark to go along with a masquerade that he is the owner of Lucas's ranch.
4/26/1960
32 A sharecropper enters his colt in a horse race, hoping to win enough money to buy his farm from the owner, who has bet on Mark McCain's entry.
5/3/1960
33 When Lucas hires an ex-con as a ranch hand, the man is the first one under suspicion when a robbery and murder occur in the area.
5/10/1960
34 Lucas helps his former Army captain, now an undercover federal agent, infiltrate a gang of bank robbers.
5/17/1960
35 Lucas finds himself involved in murder when he gallantly steps to the aid of a beautiful woman.
5/24/1960
36 An ex-convict is blamed for a brutal crime despite his claims of rehabilitation.
5/31/1960
