Season 1

32 EPISODES • 1962

Jim Redigo is foreman for the enormous Garrett Ranch owned by matriarch Lucia with her children Tal and Constance. Redigo had his hands full managing people, machines, and animals, with a specific interest in attractive Connie. (The unaired pilot was titled This Rugged Land)

Episodes

1: The Day the Empire Stood Still

Sep 25, 1962

2: Ballard Number One

Oct 2, 1962

Sam Ballard's embezzling killed Redigo's father. Now Sam's back---digging for oil near the Garret ranch.

3: A Place to Put a Life

Oct 9, 1962

Redigo returns to the small ranch his father left him and finds that it's being run by a teen-ager.

4: Ride to a Fall

Oct 16, 1962

Dahlbeck's guest at a ranch party seems to wield an eerie hold over him.

5: Long Past, Long Remembered

Oct 23, 1962

Wealthy Tom Cole visits the spread during a severe drought and his untimely friendliness suggests he wants to buy the ranch.

6: Walk Like a King

Oct 30, 1962

Ex-employee Barney Swanton returns to the ranch rich but is still envious of Redigo, whose job he always wanted.

7: The Fire Dancer

Nov 13, 1962

Story of a raging oil-well fire and the man who offers to put it out.

8: The Tall Shadow

Nov 20, 1962

9: The Earth Mover

Nov 27, 1962

Glenn Kassin wants to build a model city near Mesa, but the landowner refuses to sell.

10: Pressure Lock

Dec 4, 1962

In the midst of negotiating for oil rights, Redigo is called out of town---leaving Tal to handle the bargaining.

11: Echo of a Man

Dec 11, 1962

Worries over his pretty young ward are causing a drop in efficiency for chief engineer Tabor.

12: When the Gods Laugh

Dec 18, 1962

A sharecropper who objects to education uses abusive tactics to keep his son home from school.

13: Green, Green Hills

Dec 25, 1962

14: Stopover on the Way to the Moon

Jan 1, 1963

After taking young Skip Wade to court for vandalism, Redigo determines to make the youth a useful citizen.

15: The Four Thumbs Story

Jan 8, 1963

A Native American war veteran's penchant for violence is isolating him from his friends, neighbors and family.

16: End of an Image

Jan 15, 1963

Janet Rainey claims she's just going shopping---but there are those who suspect she's leaving town.

17: The Loner

Jan 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.

18: Where the Hawk Is Wheeling

Jan 29, 1963

19: No Small Wars

Feb 5, 1963

Adding urgency to his surgery-or-death status, Redigo's sick friend is a very uncooperative patient.

20: The Tiger Inside

Feb 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.

21: Season of Growth

Feb 19, 1963

Connie's former beau is back at the ranch---expressing a new interest in working and a renewed interest in her.

22: Seven Days on Rough Street

Feb 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.

23: A House in Order

Mar 5, 1963

News of her fatal illness inspires Lucia to establish a better relationship between son Tal and foreman Redigo.

24: Down There, the World

Mar 12, 1963

The mine shuts down when the heady enchantress running a vital processing plant decides to buy out the Garrets.

25: Burnout

Mar 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.

26: Hidden Asset

Mar 26, 1963

27: Arrow in the Sky

Apr 9, 1963

28: Nobody Dies on Saturday

Apr 16, 1963

Prison escapee Quinn Serrato is out to find his old boss---Redigo, the man who turned him in.

29: 65 Miles Is a Long, Long Way

Apr 23, 1963

A woman stands in the way of Redigo's cattle drive by asking too much to cross her property.

30: Duet for Eight Wheels

Apr 30, 1963

Paralysis overcomes Redigo after he is trampled by a wild stallion.

31: 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.

32: The Convention

May 14, 1963

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