The Rifleman - Season 3
1 - Trail of Hate
Air Date: September 27, 1960
Lucas is out for vengeance when Mark is used as a pawn in a bank robbery scheme.
2 - Woman From Hog Ridge
Air Date: October 4, 1960
Lucas shoots a horse thief who turns out to be a member of the Boyle clan, and now Ma Boyle is after him.
3 - Seven
Air Date: October 11, 1960
Seven condemned murderers escape and take over the town of North Fork.
4 - The Pitchman
Air Date: September 18, 1960
When Mark finds gold on their property, a fast-talking salesman who tried to sell Lucas a new lightning rod offers instead to buy the ranch's mineral rights.
5 - Strange Town
Air Date: October 25, 1960
Lucas tracks an escaped prisoner to a town that turns out to be run by the gunman's brother, notorious for shooting people in the back.
6 - Baranca
Air Date: November 1, 1960
When an outlaw leader lures Marshal Torrance out of town, Lucas is the only one who can stop him from lynching a local man who killed one of the members of his gang.
7 - The Martinet
Air Date: November 8, 1960
A former army captain comes to North Fork to kill the man who shot down his son in a gunfight - Lucas McCain.
8 - Miss Milly
Air Date: November 15, 1960
A new store owner upsets the town by demanding that all credit accounts be paid off.
9 - Dead Cold Cash
Air Date: November 22, 1960
The widow of a bandit killed by Lucas plots a grotesque revenge.
10 - The Schoolmaster
Air Date: November 29, 1960
Mark and his friend become trapped in an old mine.
11 - The Promoter
Air Date: December 6, 1960
Lucas and Mark attempt to reform a con-man.
12 - The Illustrator
Air Date: December 13, 1960
Lucas encourages a drunken artist charged with murder to use his talents to identify the true killer.
13 - The Silent Knife
Air Date: December 20, 1960
Lucas and Mark try to persuade a persecuted young mute to return stolen money.
14 - Miss Bertie
Air Date: December 27, 1960
A lively old lady arrives in town hot on the trail of a notorious bandit—and the reward money for capturing him.
15 - Six Years and a Day
Air Date: January 30, 1961
A doctor seeks revenge on the man he blames for ruining his practice.
16 - Flowers by the Door
Air Date: January 10, 1961
Lucas unmasks a killer posing as a door-to-door seed salesman.
17 - Long Trek
Air Date: January 17, 1961
Lucas and Marshal Torrance run in trouble transporting a captured killer back to face trial.
18 - The Actress
Air Date: January 24, 1961
A deathbed request from an old friend sends Lucas to a neighboring town in search of the man's long-lost sweetheart.
19 - Face of Yesterday
Air Date: January 31, 1961
Lucas thinks he has seen a ghost when a young man, eerily similar to a man he killed in the Civil War, challenges him to a gunfight.
20 - The Wyoming Story (1)
Air Date: February 7, 1961
Lucas agrees to take a job as a federal undercover agent and goes to Wyoming to investigate rumors of sales of arms to renegade indians. His life is endagered by the town drunk who stumbles onto his true identity and purpose. (Part 1 of 2)
21 - The Wyoming Story (2)
Air Date: February 14, 1961
Mark heads for Wyoming to search for Lucas, who's on the trail of a gang illegally selling weapons to the Indians. (Part 2 of 2)
22 - Closer than a Brother
Air Date: February 21, 1961
Lucas looks for answers when recovering alcoholic Micah Torrence returns to the bottle—and turns in his badge.
23 - The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town
Air Date: February 28, 1961
In a ghost town, Lucas, Mark and Micah tangle with the Newman family and learn the secret of the town's 20-year-old mystery of a lost gold mine.
24 - Dark Day at North Fork
Air Date: March 7, 1961
Blinded in an explosion, Lucas fights despair as he prepares for a meeting with a gun-toting enemy.
25 - The Prisoner
Air Date: March 14, 1961
Two ex-Confederate officers seek revenge on Lucas, who served as prison guard during their internment.
26 - Assault
Air Date: March 21, 1961
A salesman can't talk his way out of an assault charge.
27 - Short Rope for a Tall Man
Air Date: March 28, 1961
Lucas, accused of horse theft, struggles to clear himself before a lynch mob catches up.
28 - The Clarence Bibs Story
Air Date: April 4, 1961
A janitor-turned-gunfighter whose reputation hangs on one lucky shot—and a lot of gall.
29 - The Score is Even
Air Date: April 11, 1961
Lucas tries to get help when he is shot after witnessing a murder.
30 - The Mescalaro Curse
Air Date: April 18, 1961
Lucas is marked for death: he was foreman of a jury that convicted an Apache.
31 - Stopover
Air Date: April 25, 1961
Trouble brews at Lucas's when a whisky salesman and a gunfighter fall for the same woman.
32 - The Lonesome Bride
Air Date: May 2, 1961
Two pranksters write away for a mail-order bride, using Lucas's name.
33 - Death Trap
Air Date: May 9, 1961
Lucas recognizes Dr. Simon Battle as an ex-gunslinger with whom he once traded shots.
34 - The Queue
Air Date: May 16, 1961
A Chinese man and his son fight prejudice as they try to open a laundry in North Fork.