The Rifleman - Season 4
1 - The Vaqueros
Air Date: October 2, 1961
A bandit imprisons Lucas and Mark.
2 - First Wages
Air Date: October 9, 1961
Lucas tries to find out why Mark has taken a job as a stableboy.
3 - Sheer Terror
Air Date: September 16, 1961
Mark and Milly are held prisoner in her general store when two gunmen attempt a daring robbery.
4 - The Stand-In
Air Date: October 23, 1961
Lucas is taken hostage by two prison wagon drivers angered that he won't give them more whiskey.
5 - The Journey Back
Air Date: October 30, 1961
Mark goes to work for Will Temple, a badly scarred and very mysterious rancher.
6 - The Decision
Air Date: November 6, 1961
Corey Hazlett insists he's innocent of murder, despite Lucas's eyewitness testimony.
7 - Knight Errant
Air Date: November 13, 1961
Lucas tries to dissuade a latter-day knight from rushing into battle.
8 - Honest Abe
Air Date: November 20, 1961
Able Lincoln's claim that he's the Great Emancipator himself amuses everyone except Matt Yorty.
9 - The Long Goodbye
Air Date: November 27, 1961
Stubborn Grandpa Fogarty is Lucas's main roadblock as he tries to get young Woody Fogarty to attend school.
10 - The Shattered Idol
Air Date: December 4, 1961
Mark Twain visits Southfork, and quickly alienates the townspeople.
11 - Long Gun From Tucson
Air Date: December 11, 1961
Lucas tries to stop embittered John Holliver from venting his wrath on the people who expelled him from town years before.
12 - The High Country
Air Date: December 18, 1961
Lucas becomes the target of a vengeful mountaineer.
13 - A Friend in Need
Air Date: December 25, 1961
Mark finds himself the unwilling companion of gunman Carl Avery.
14 - Skull
Air Date: January 1, 1962
Lucas seeks an escape when he's captured by outlaws while seeking help for an injured Mark.
15 - The Princess
Air Date: January 8, 1962
The Queen-to-be of France hides out in Northfork.
16 - Gunfire
Air Date: January 15, 1962
When an expected lawman doesn't arrive from Denver, several gunfighters arrive in North Fork and cause trouble.
17 - The Quiet Fear
Air Date: January 22, 1962
Lucas's old Army pal settles in North Fork with his deaf daughter.
18 - Sporting Chance
Air Date: January 29, 1962
An Englishman arrives with a custom-made rifle—and a plan to kill Lucas.
19 - A Young Man's Fancy
Air Date: February 5, 1962
The pangs of first love are painful for Mark: the object of his affections has eyes for another.
20 - The Man from Salinas
Air Date: 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.
21 - Two Ounces of Tin
Air Date: February 19, 1962
Sammy Davis Jr. stars as Tip Corey, son of a man allegedly murdered in North Fork.
22 - Deadly Image
Air Date: February 26, 1962
A reliable eye-witness rides into North Fork and accuses Lucas McCain of cattle rustling and cold-blooded murder.
23 - The Debt
Air Date: March 5, 1962
Mark learns that the prisoner Micah is escorting to the gallows is the man that saved his life three years previously.
24 - The Tinhorn
Air Date: March 12, 1962
Mark is shocked when he discovers that his father is a poker player.
25 - None So Blind
Air Date: March 19, 1962
Mark befriends singer-banjoist Lafayette Bly, a blind man with an acute sense of hearing—and a very strong grip.
26 - Jealous Man
Air Date: March 26, 1962
27 - Guilty Conscience
Air Date: 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.
28 - Day of Reckoning
Air Date: 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.
29 - The Day the Town Slept
Air Date: 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.
30 - Milly's Brother
Air Date: April 23, 1962
A veteran returns with tales of heroism and the fate of Milly's brother in the Civil War.
31 - Outlaw's Shoes
Air Date: April 30, 1962
A head wound wipes out Lucas's memory, leaving him with only one clue: he's wearing an outlaw's gun.
32 - The Executioner
Air Date: May 7, 1962