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Rawhide Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
32 Episodes 1959 - 1960
Episode 1
Incident of the Day of the Dead
Fri, Sep 18, 195960 mins
Rowdy is in town getting the mail and he shows his prowess by stopping a runaway horse. Aristocratic, autocratic horse breeder Luisa is obsessed with breaking the horse that threw her and her daughter Ellen, who thinks she is permanently crippled. After watching Rowdy, Luisa arranges for Rowdy to lose $300 at poker assuming his debt in return for breaking the dangerous stallion that crippled and killed others. Luisa is hated by her daughter, husband and most of the peons on her horse ranch, who are plotting to loot the ranch and join the revolutionary forces in Mexico. Meanwhile, Ellen, sick of her mother's domination and meanness, tries to kill herself, but is prevented by Rowdy who says that his example of trying to break the stallion should encourage Ellen to make the effort to walk again. The husband Albert decides Rowdy's attempt to ride the horse is the time to take care of his wife and for the peons to revolt. Everything comes to a head on the Day of the Dead after Rowdy makes two failed attempts to ride the stallion and the peons make their move. Albert is stopped by Rowdy from shooting Luisa bringing a reaction from Ellen as Luisa loses everything including the stallion.
Episode 2
Incident of the Roman Candles
Fri, Sep 25, 195960 mins
While on night duty Pete and Jim see fireworks in the sky. They trace it to young David Colby shooting Roman candles by himself. Once they prove they mean David no harm, he tells them Indians killed his folks and burned their farm with David escaping the burning barn. He had started out alone to Eberley to find his uncle. The drovers become attached to the young boy showering him with attention and gifts. Favor goes along with it but he has misgivings about the boy's story - especially the part about Indians. Favor and Pete take David to Eberley where the long time Sheriff tells them there is no Colby there. Favor takes the boy back toward camp but stops, cuts a switch, and tells David he wants the truth. He says he is looking for his dad a bounty hunter. Favor sends Pete to return him home which Pete does but not before David tries to run again saying Pete wants to kill his dad. At David's home Pete walks into the hands of three outlaws. The leader wants revenge for being kneecapped by Sam Colby. The outlaws, David, his mother, his grandpa, and Pete wait for Sam to arrive and be ambushed.
Episode 3
Incident at Dangerfield Dip
Fri, Oct 2, 195960 mins
A dying woman stashes her baby in the brush, then stumbles into the drovers' camp. Her husband, a gunslinger turned rancher, arrives, seeking revenge. In the meantime, Gil Favor learns that the cattle have been infected with Tick Fever. A cattleman who conveniently shows up recommends the nearby Dangerfield chemical dipping station. Gil Favor order the drovers to turn the herd in that direction.
Episode 4
Incident of the Shambling Man
Fri, Oct 9, 195960 mins
When a delusional old man attacks the passing drovers, his daughter-in-law enlists Gil & Rowdy's help with the powerful ex-boxing champ. The Marshal who made the town safe, is now drunk on his own power, enforcing petty rules to keep the tiniest semblance of trouble out of his jurisdiction. Factoring heavily into the situation is that the daughter-in-law is exquisite and widowed.
Episode 5
Incident at Jacob's Well
Fri, Oct 16, 195960 mins
Rowdy is saved from falling down a well by a woman. Later, the woman's family and friends manage to steal the drovers' horses.
Episode 6
Incident of the 13th Man
Fri, Oct 23, 195960 mins
Rowdy accompanies Wishbone to Blanton for a dentist to fix Wishbone's tooth. The street is empty but a deputy tells them they have been impounded for a jury. The man on trial for murdering the Indian commissioner is the town doctor and dentist forcing Wishbone to have his tooth pulled in the Sheriff's office followed by a trip to the court room. After listening to the witnesses some of whom gave questionable testimony and arguments the jury goes to deliberate. The first vote is eight for not guilty and four for guilty plus someone is passing the results to the outside. The residents explain that the doctor, Sheriff, prosecutor, and others are corrupt running the town and stealing Indian land. They want the local jury to find the doctor not guilty to prevent double jeopardy as the victim's wife has gone for the Rangers. As the vote moves to more voting guilty they notice intimidation tactics against the local jurors. After much haggling the jury finally reaches a verdict of guilty. The judge is asked to poll the jury allowing a juror to change his vote - or does he.
Episode 7
Incident at the Buffalo Smokehouse
Fri, Oct 30, 195960 mins
Mr. Favor is stuck in a house, because the owner of the house is attacked by some men.
Episode 8
Incident of the Haunted Hills
Fri, Nov 6, 195960 mins
Desperate for water, Gil's drive is forced into a deadly confrontation between the Paneequa tribe and surveyors, over the Lake of the Haunted Hills. The valley's ghostly winds and geysers are sacred to the tribe, while the U.S. Army survey is headed by a stubborn Indian killer Captain, who orders a Paneequa woman tortured. Gil hopes his drover Tasunka, who left the tribe as a teen, can mediate the dispute with minimal bloodshed, but when Gil finds that the local White settlement Heliotrope is a ghost town due to the dispute, the trail boss tells Rowdy to take over the drive in case he is killed.
Episode 9
Incident of the Stalking Death
Fri, Nov 13, 195960 mins
Gil shoots and wounds a puma while while out scouting for the cattle drive. The puma escaped and kills the young son of a local rancher's widow. Gil and the guys go on the hunt for the puma along with a friend of the widow (Cesar Romero) who also happens to want to kill Gil because he's jealous of the attention the widow shows Gil.
Episode 10
Incident of the Valley in Shadow
Fri, Nov 20, 195960 mins
In Cheyenne country Pete encounters hunting parties delaying his return to camp putting Favor and the others on edge. When Pete returns, he recognizes Daggett as a bounty hunter. Daggett and others have heard about the $500 government reward for returning white captives. To get other drovers to help, Daggett posts the $8000 reward for Nancy Curtis. Daggett and Houk catch Manso, the Cheyenne Chief, roughing him up for information on Nancy Curtis. Favor stops them but is shot with an arrow by a Cheyenne brave. Manso takes Favor to his hunting camp where Winoka who is Nancy Curtis tends to Favor. Favor returns to camp without her asking for men to help save her but they are too late. However, Winoka comes to the drover's camp to go with Favor. Some men revolt over the reward money so Favor fires them including Scarlet. When Winoka learns the camp may be wiped out by Manso, she tries to return to him but is captured by Daggett's group. Favor with the aid of the returning Scarlet tries to find Daggett's group but is too late. Favor goes to Manso for help finding the group. When Daggett tries to kill Favor, Teddy steps in. Winoka is safe with Manso but the two of them have issues they must resolve.
Episode 11
Incident of the Blue Fire
Fri, Dec 11, 195960 mins
In the midst of a thunderstorm and despite his men's objections, Mr. Favor hires a man who comes across the camp, blamed for bringing bad luck with him, and one bad break follows another.
Episode 12
Incident at Spanish Rock
Fri, Dec 18, 195960 mins
A group of men claiming to represent the President of Mexico lead by Villegro approach the drive telling Favor they wish to take Frank Volero with them. He is the son of a Mexican revolutionary who they want to locate. Favor refuses to let Frank go as they are in Texas. Later, Favor rescues Marie Carroyo who is thrown by her horse and sprains her ankle. Favor, however, is suspicious of her. She tells Frank she has a warning for him and to meet her at night. Frank knows it is a trap expecting to be caught but so is Pete who followed him and is slightly wounded. They are taken to the ranch of Juan Carroyo, Marie's father. Juan was once a bandit and fighter in Mexico. Favor and Rowdy hearing Pete shot, go after him and Frank. They find Marie at a cantina. Rowdy returns to camp while Favor goes with her but is taken prisoner as well. Villegro and his men are torturing Frank but he won't speak. Marie's grandfather tries to smuggle a gun to the Americans but is killed for his effort. Villegro decides to torture Favor which forces Frank to talk. However, Marie upon seeing her grandfather killed has new ideas about who she should support while Rowdy and the men disobey orders as usual.
Episode 13
Incident of the Druid Curse
Fri, Jan 8, 196060 mins
A woman and her father join the drovers, but the drovers don' t know that they're cursed by the druids.
Episode 14
Incident at Red River Station
Fri, Jan 15, 196060 mins
A barber/dentist, who refuses to allow vaccinations, quarantines Favor and other people exposed to smallpox.
Episode 15
Incident of the Devil and His Due
Fri, Jan 22, 196060 mins
Gil Favor is arrested and jailed, accused of murder by the wife and the son of a dead man. Favor asks the Sheriff to let him keep driving the herd toward Sedalia. The Sheriff agrees, but only if Rowdy Yates will be deputized to keep watch on Favor. Meanwhile, the real killers continue their scheme to rob church funds from a Priest who is traveling to a nearby town.
Episode 16
Incident of the Wanted Painter
Fri, Jan 29, 196060 mins
The drovers find a painter from back East on their way, whose paintings help the men of a former Army Major map the town in attempt to bust him out of jail. Mr. Favor gets in the way to help justice be served and stop future bloodshed.
Episode 17
Incident of the Tinker's Dam
Fri, Feb 5, 196060 mins
Wishbone buries his brother "alive" to keep Kiowas from killing him for romancing the stony chief's wife. T.J. turns out to be a comical embarrassment: a pot fixer whose customers fight to scalp him for his shoddy tinking, which is his ploy for woman chasing. For years, trail cook Wishy's fellow drovers heard the cook laud his misplaced little brother's prowess as a warrior, politician, you name it. But angering the Kiowa at the moment is deadly serious, because the tribe is divided over signing a treaty. Young braves oppose old Chief Wankawa inking the doc.
Episode 18
Incident of the Night Horse
Fri, Feb 19, 196060 mins
An embittered mustanger known by Gil Favor in his younger days blocks the pass that the herd needs to use to reach a river ford where they can cross safely. The mustanger is haunted by a fierce stallion who killed his son, once a friend of Favor.
Episode 19
Incident of the Sharpshooter
Fri, Feb 26, 196060 mins
A wanted outlaw steals the identity of a dead lawyer. He then asks Gil Favor if he can join the drive until they reach the next town. The outlaw robs a bank; Rowdy Yates gets caught in the middle and is arrested for the crime. Gil Favor must find a way to prevent Rowdy from being hanged.
Episode 20
Incident of the Dust Flower
Fri, Mar 4, 196060 mins
The drovers rescue an injured traveler and his grown daughter, who is sensitive about her unmarried status. The woman flees, but scout Pete Nolan locates her. Upon learning that she can't face patronizing relatives in the town she's moving to, Pete decides to accompany her there and pose as her fiancé.
Episode 21
Incident at Sulphur Creek
Fri, Mar 11, 196060 mins
Horse thieves who have victimized Comanches also strike the drive's remuda. Gil sends a group headed by Pete and Rowdy out to purchase replacement mounts. They encounter a preacher on his way to officiate a christening at the Lacey ranch, where he says horses are for sale. The drovers find their own stolen horses corralled there. So do the Comanches, who put the ranch under siege.
Episode 22
Incident of the Champagne Bottles
Fri, Mar 18, 196060 mins
It looks like the drovers are moving smoothly until they find a very slow moving wagon on their way, allegedly carrying champagne. As it turns out it was not only champagne and everyone could be in danger.
Episode 23
Incident of the Stargazer
Fri, Apr 1, 196060 mins
Pete spots Marissa Turner being dropped off a stage in the middle of the country. He approaches her to see if he can help learning she expected her husband to meet her as she is thirty miles from her ranch. She accepts Pete's offer to help her home with them arriving on the second day. She recognizes everyone but the man they claim is her husband she says is really Henry Walker. Pete hears them talking about trying to sell the ranch but Mrs. Turner is owner of record. Pete, skeptical of what he heard, returns to camp to talk to Favor. They decide he and Wishbone will return with Wishbone pretending to be a Professor of Astronmy to see if Walker really is an astronomer. During their visit, Wishbone's portrayal quickly unravels resulting in them being taken prisoner. Judge Nield is brought in to question Mrs. Turner and declare her incompetent which succeeds. The Indian girl Teela is in on the hoax but she is reluctant to see anyone else killed so she allows Mrs. Turner to free the drovers and takes the Judge to them. The three men participating in the scam realize it has failed but when Kinch wants to burn the house, the men turn on each other.
Episode 24
Incident of the Dancing Death
Fri, Apr 8, 196060 mins
When the son of a gypsy queen is murdered, she insists one of the drovers did it and demands the killer be found and turned over. Gil rebuffs her, prompting the old woman to predict trouble for the drive, which does start to happen.
Episode 25
Incident of the Arana Sacar
Fri, Apr 22, 196060 mins
The owner of a remote trading post and his wife are coerced into backing a rustler's scheme to get the drovers drunk, swipe the herd and sell the beeves to hide skinners.
Episode 26
Incident of the Deserter
Fri, Apr 29, 196060 mins
While taking a mountain short cut, Wishbone is injured in a fall caused by a bullying ore freighter. He seeks aid in a small mining town, where he becomes attached to a widow, who is the freighter's fiancée.
Episode 27
Incident of the 100 Amulets
Fri, May 6, 196060 mins
Hey Soos goes to town to visit his mother but, while buying supplies to take to her, he is attacked as the town believe his mother is a witch who has cursed the town.
Episode 28
Incident of the Murder Steer
Fri, May 13, 196060 mins
A steer with the word "MURDER" branded on its side, considered an omen of violent death, is seen shortly after four mysterious riders from the same town join the drive.
Episode 29
Incident of the Music Maker
Fri, May 20, 196060 mins
When Gil receives a nasty wound that becomes seriously infected, he is unaware of a Swiss jack-of-all-trades that has totally disarmed his cowboys. The Swiss has a plan for some of the cattle.
Episode 30
Incident of the Silent Web
Fri, Jun 3, 196060 mins
A young girl witnesses the murder of her father. She is left shocked and cannot speak. Two escaped convicts arrive on the scene; one of them takes her captive. The girl and the convict soon find themselves in the drovers' camp.
Episode 31
Incident of the Last Chance
Fri, Jun 10, 196060 mins
Gil takes a protective interest in a stranded tenderfoot couple. Rowdy is interested in the wife.
Episode 32
Incident in the Garden of Eden
Fri, Jun 17, 196060 mins
Rowdy leaves to buy cattle to replenish the herd. He comes to a town of an eccentric English patriarch living with his beautiful daughter. Rowdy doesn't understand why he seems so afraid to sell the cattle without his foreman's permission.
