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Rawhide Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
30 Episodes 1960 - 1961
Episode 1
Incident at Rojo Canyon
Fri, Sep 30, 196052 mins
Not knowing the Civil War is long over, a Confederate battalion defends an isolated canyon, as Gil's drive approaches. Following the cattle drive is a U.S. cavalry squadron, dispatched to stop mysterious raids on local farms. The green, young cavalry doesn't know the raiders are CSA veterans who are well dug in and itchy for serious battle. The much older U.S. cavalry sergeant looks suspiciously familiar to drover Jim Quince, who fought under flamboyant rebel General Jeb Stuart.
Episode 2
Incident of the Challenge
Fri, Oct 14, 196052 mins
Aztec Mitla saves Gil's life from a dust storm, in the last steps of his 1500 mile walk to find a legendary princess to save his village in Mexico. Gil accompanies Mitla to the nearest town, and both seem to discover what they desperately need: water for Gil's dying cattle, and a gorgeous raven-tressed b-girl wearing a necklace of Mexican coins. But the saloon dancer's married lover, the town's mayor, stands defiantly in the way of both quests.
Episode 3
Incident at Dragoon Crossing
Fri, Oct 21, 196051 mins
Battling a drought, Gil Favor turns the drive off the trail onto badlands, to save time. But his drovers doubt Gil's judgment, especially after a more experienced trail boss John Cord who's passing by, advises against the rougher route. Gil, thinking he is suffering brain fever from an old Civil War injury, seeks the help of the stern, older boss, who is fleeing back home from an unnamed danger. Cord agrees to take over the herd to save the cattle but with no word from Favor about the change, the men and especially Rowdy question Cord's motives. The men quickly admit that Cord's strategy for moving the cattle is letting them make better time while easier on the cattle and men. However, when Rowdy learns Cord's plans for crossing the river, he suspects Cord is working with the Bates gang who want them to pay tribute to cross. In reality Cord has killed the leader of the Bates gang and they want revenge. The Bates gang spots Cord's ramrod in town who leads them to the sick Favor. The ramrod is killed and Favor has to warn Cord and his men to save the herd after accidentally letting slip his herd is coming through.
Episode 4
Incident of the Night Visitor
Fri, Nov 4, 196052 mins
Following the death of his mother, 12 year-old Joey Gardner sets out in search of the father who left him at birth. The only clues he has to his identity are that he is a drover, has a scar below his left ear and his initials are G.F.
Episode 5
Incident of the Slavemaster
Fri, Nov 11, 196052 mins
Confederate prison commandant is shot by a wife whose Union soldier husband disappeared after the War Between the States. She tracked the ex-warden down because she believes her spouse is still alive, so he tries to soothe her, saying he released all his POWs. Trail boss Gil, who fought for the South, intervenes between the livid woman and the reptilian jailer turned wealthy cotton planter, but then Gil's drovers find the woman dead.
Episode 6
Incident on the Road to Yesterday
Fri, Nov 18, 196052 mins
Reformed thief Ralph Bartlett is determined to repay all his victims. Gil Favor is the second last name on the list. The last victim lives in a nearby town where unknown to Bartlett, he is wanted for murder.
Episode 7
Incident at Superstition Prairie
Fri, Dec 2, 196052 mins
Wishbone finds an old Indian who has been left in a cave to die by his tribe. Against the advice of others on the drive, he takes the man out and tries to bring him back to his tribe. But the tribe feels that their custom has been insulted and won't take him back, putting the blame on the entire cattle drive.
Episode 8
Incident at Poco Tiempo
Fri, Dec 9, 196052 mins
Rowdy and Quince on the way to Poco Tiempo for expense money encounter a posse. They are after two men who stole $10,000 and killed Father Sebastian. At Poco Tiempo a fire has destroyed much of the town including the cotton harvest. Two nuns there clear the men but they are stranded due to no horses. The posse is searching everyone leaving town looking for the money but in fact the two bandits have it and Father Sebastian with them in a cellar where the nuns are being forced to hide them. The nuns are told to take the money to Blanesville and give the money to Carter at the hotel. Unlike everyone else, the nuns are not searched as they board the stagecoach along with Rowdy, Quince, and two other passengers. Rowdy learns the younger nun who has not taken her final vows is from a family at home. Rowdy hears he may be having an impact on her decision on the vows so he makes a thinly veiled fake engagement with Emerald, a saloon girl. Due to mechanical delays, they learn the Father has been killed before reaching Blanesville ending the need to turn over the money. Knowing this, the bandits greet the stage. When the bandits search the nuns for the money, Rowdy sees his chance to stop them.
Episode 9
Incident of the Captive
Fri, Dec 16, 196052 mins
Mushy's no-nonsense mom foils a stage robbery on her way to see him. Martha Mushgrove pulled down one highwayman's mask to slap him, so the robbers track her to eliminate a witness. Meanwhile her son, all-thumbs Harkness Mushgrove III begs Gil to train him to be a drover, to impress Mom.
Episode 10
Incident of the Buffalo Soldier
Fri, Jan 6, 196152 mins
The trail crew meet up with a troop of buffalo soldiers - usually freed slaves recruited post Civil War for the US cavalry out west. A rebellious, former sergeant (played by Woody Strode), repeatedly busted down to private for various infractions, is befriended by Rowdy Yates (Clint Eastwood). Killing a fellow soldier in self-defense, the distrusting rebel runs, taking Rowdy's horse. Rowdy is forced to pursue him, hoping he will give himself up.
Episode 11
Incident of the Broken Word
Fri, Jan 20, 196152 mins
Rancher Ben Foley is trying to sell off his herd to Favor in bad faith. Meanwhile, drover Frank Price is falsely accused of murder.
Episode 12
Incident at the Top of the World
Fri, Jan 27, 196152 mins
A Civil War veteran named Craig Kern has become addicted to morphine after it was used on him during treatment of a war injury. The head of a Kansas veteran's hospital asks the trail boss to take Kern on as a drover so he can reconnect with the world. Kern decides to try and kick his addiction on the trail. The men are trying to stay ahead of a vicious winter storm. As an added complication, Kern's fiancée joins the drive, determined to be with him despite the repeated warning that a cattle drive is "no place for a woman."
Episode 13
Incident Near the Promised Land
Fri, Feb 3, 196152 mins
The drive reaches Sedalia but Favor's problems are just beginning. A bank crash back east has wiped out all the cattle buyers and the only viable grazing land is owned by embittered widow Emma Cardwell who is intent on bankrupting Favor.
Episode 14
Incident of the Big Blowout
Fri, Feb 10, 196152 mins
Gil & crew reach trail's end in Sedalia, but Gil's hard drinking is not to celebrate: his fiancée has married another. Waiting for one drover is his own beautiful fiancée, closely tracked by a short-tempered bounty hunter. Gil's approached by another trail boss with a local ranching opportunity. Will Gil return to Philly, stay in Missouri, or meet his men at Chickenfeather Siding for another drive ?
Episode 15
Incident of the Fish Out of Water
Fri, Feb 17, 196152 mins
Gil visits his 2 daughters in Philadelphia. On the train, he encounters an Indian. Gil sees the Indian from the train in a wagon with handcuffs on. He discovers the man is a prisoner. With help from Pete and Wishbone, Gil decides to break him out. Both Gil and Eleanor learn about raising the girls.
Episode 16
Incident on the Road Back
Fri, Feb 24, 196152 mins
The drovers are back together after spending all their money on liquor and women. Gil Favor meets them at Sedalia, they plan to leave for San Antonio. But Favor is arrested for horse stealing, and his accuser has something else in mind.
Episode 17
Incident of the New Start
Fri, Mar 3, 196152 mins
The crew minus Pete is at San Antonio preparing to start a new drive. Favor is told that 51 year old Jubal Wade is going to run this drive as he owns over half the herd. He wants Favor as his ramrod. Favor planned to turn down the job but when Pete arrives needing $100 he lost in poker, Favor is forced to take the job. Wade's young, beautiful wife has wandering eyes first for Rowdy and then the young hand Church. On the trail Wade ignores Favor's suggestions which proves to be a mistake. Church leaves the drive and Favor receives a letter from San Antonia that Church ran off with Wade's wife. When Wade later learns about it, he and Favor head back while Favor has the men ignore Wade's orders about the herd due to Comanches. Wade faces down Church not realizing Church had forced Wade's wife to return. Wade sends his wife away penniless. Favor and Wade return to the herd learning Favor was right to ignore Wade's orders. Wade turns the herd over to Favor and returns home.
Episode 18
Incident of the Running Iron
Fri, Mar 10, 196152 mins
While herding strays, Quince comes across a man altering brands. Before Quince can pursue him a posse comes upon the site and charges Quince with rustling. Gil and Rowdy have only hours to clear Quince before he faces a vigilante court.
Episode 19
Incident Near Gloomy River
Fri, Mar 17, 196152 mins
Pete discovers a waterhole has gone dry overnight. Dan Fletcher from the area tells Favor a spring feeds it from above that never goes dry. Rowdy and Dan are sent to investigate. As they approach Dan's childhood home, they are fired on by Cal Fletcher, Dan's brother. The family house burned down the night before. Cal tells Dan Frank Travis has built a dam above to drive the Fletchers off their farm. At the Travis home Frank tells them water should flow again in a couple of days and he is sorry about the Fletcher home but he will release the water now. Cal tries to kill Dan with a falling rock but instead Rowdy's ankle is sprained. They take him into the Travis home where Frank's beautiful daughter Flora tends to Rowdy. When Favor and Wishbone arrive to treat Rowdy, Rowdy asks Favor if they can stay a couple days so the men can help rebuild the Fletcher home. Favor agrees but tension builds between Cal and Dan along with Frank and Flora. Ma Fletcher is forced to tell Frank that Cal is Frank's son by his first wife who died at childbirth. Frank must stop Cal who is trying to take Flora forcibly to marry her.
Episode 20
Incident of the Boomerang
Fri, Mar 24, 196152 mins
Entering dangerous Comanche Territory is a herd bound for Australia, whose only drovers are a wizened Aussie, his stunning fiancée, and his Aboriginal companion. When they cross paths with Favor's herd and a scheming cowboy, dangerous consequences quickly emerge.
Episode 21
Incident of His Brother's Keeper
Fri, Mar 31, 196152 mins
Pete Nolan escorts Wishbone to the town of Mineral Springs for some rest and healing due to Wishbone's sore back. While there Favor has Pete send a telegram to Sedalia, Missouri to check on beef prices. While looking for Wishbone at the mineral and mud baths, Pete meets the young rancher Paul Evans who he learns is confined to a wheel chair. Pete decides to visit Paul to talk about the trail drive and is surprised when Paul asks him to escort his wife Laurie to a barn dance she wanted to attend that night. At the dance she leaves Pete to spend time with another man named Jubal who is Paul's brother. Laurie plans to leave Paul with Jubal but Pete stops Jubal by knocking him out. Pete leaves with Laurie but during a stop she runs off the horse and buggy. The two are forced to spend the night camped out until Pete can find the horse and buggy the next day. That night Laurie tries to entice Pete to run off with her but fails. The next day Jubal is with Paul when Pete and Laurie return. Pete is still waiting for a response to the telegram when Jubal tries to frame Pete and Laurie inciting Paul to go after Pete.
Episode 22
Incident in the Middle of Nowhere
Fri, Apr 7, 196152 mins
Favor and Rowdy are scouting ahead to find a trail for the herd, a trail that has water and grass for the cows and goes through the Lost mountain range. As they prepare to camp music leads them to a well dressed older man MacKay watching a ballet dance. Once the show is over he offers to show them a pass and water but leaves before they can return. Trying on their own the path is blocked by Indians as they mysteriously allow MacKay to pass. They return to Endicott where they hire Joel Turner as a guide. Barbara Fraser asks to join them to find her missing father but Favor refuses. In the mountains the men find Fraser on her own thrown from her horse. The next morning Joel finds two men trailing them but they kill Joel before he kills them. Without a guide the trio is lost with no water as are the two men who killed Joel. Tyree and Banning spot an Indian who is killed by Banning who in turn is killed. Tyree is taken prisoner while the trio follows an Indian to MacKay's mine where Tyree is held. As Favor suspected, Fraser is with Tyree and frees him. In a fight Tyree and Fraser are taken prisoner. MacKay agrees to show Favor the trail he seeks after entertaining all the drovers with a cancan dance.
Episode 23
Incident of the Phantom Bugler
Fri, Apr 14, 196152 mins
Near camp the men and herd hear a bugle scaring the men and the herd to stampede. As they near a major river, Favor sends Rowdy ahead with a group of cattle to water them. He finds the river blocked by gunmen and a request to visit their leader. Judge Brady with his naive son-in-law Capt. Donahoe demand a fee of $5.00 per head for the privilege of crossing. The demented ex-Judge is using his wherewithal, fantastic promises of building an empire in the West to keep his daughter Mary and husband there. Mary is upset with her husband who kowtows to the Judge's wishes in controlling the men. Rowdy returns with their demand. It causes Favor to decide to bypass the Jayhawkers and take a different route. The next morning Capt. Donahoe and men surround the drovers disarming them. Favor is told to move the herd to the river and taken to see the Judge. After being forced to eat with them, Favor is asked to dance by Mary who asks Favor to tell her the truth. Once learning it, she escapes with him the next morning. Favor confronts Donahue who decides to fight Favor and wins. He decides Favor is telling the truth as the Judge appears to force his will but fails as he shoots and wounds Donahue.
Episode 24
Incident of the Lost Idol
Fri, Apr 28, 196152 mins
Rowdy and Pete, scouting ahead on the cattle trail, come across a runaway horse-drawn wagon that is carrying a mother and her two teenage children. Favor insinuates himself into their situation. He has a doctor brought in from the nearest town for the ill mother, who soon dies. Favor learns that the family has a father who was jailed for bank robbery, but has escaped from jail and has a $1000 reward on his head. Favor and the trail drive's wrangler take the teenagers to town to be with their aunt, but soon a concurrence of events leads to an explosive conclusion: a pair of bounty hunters are trailing the family to find the father; the father has returned and is holding Favor hostage so his children will be delivered to him; the teenage girl refuses to leave with her fugitive father; and the bounty hunters are waiting outside to apprehend the father.
Episode 25
Incident of the Running Man
Fri, May 5, 196152 mins
Rowdy gets ambushed by a deputy-sheriff who's trying to get his horse to ride to a near army-camp to warn them of a group of outlaws, that is going to attack the camp to own the whole surrounding countryside. When the deputy-sheriff is killed, Rowdy gets accused on the crime. He succeeds in escaping but runs finally into the outlaws that killed the deputy-sheriff. He also manages to escape them, but gets caught again by a farmer. The farmer's wife helps Rowdy to escape, but she wants to go with him. When Rowdy sees the camp he realises that the outlaws are already expecting him. He tries to get to camp but gets shot by a sheriff, while the outlaws get ready to attack the army-camp...
Episode 26
Incident of the Painted Lady
Fri, May 12, 196152 mins
Angry townspeople demand from Favor 1000 cattle (1/3 of his herd) or $15,000 because Thad Clemens, an erstwhile reputable Texas trail boss, took 1000 of their cattle on consignment but then disappeared with the cattle. Because Favor is also a Texas trail boss, they insist on holding him responsible for Clemens misdeeds. Favor learns that Clemens is in a nearby town, so he rides there to find Clemens, who won't tell Favor why, how or to whom the $15,000 went. Finding him spending his time in Miss Katie's saloon, Favor assumes he lost the money to her but she tells Favor he only drinks dime beer and never gambles. When Favor sees Lt. Cory Clemens enter the saloon followed by being erroneously accused of beating up Thad, Favor determines there is more to the situation. Cory admits to Favor he embezzled the money from the Army and did not know how his father obtained the money to repay the Army. Favor confronts Miss Katie who was not aware how the money was obtained but she has a bank book with all the money Cory lost which is Cory's when he marries her. To resolve the situation, Cory offers to marry her but Miss Katie sensing he doesn't love her declines. The Clemens decide to return with Favor to face the music as Miss Katie does some last minute private gambling with Favor.
Episode 27
Incident Before Black Pass
Fri, May 19, 196152 mins
Rowdy and Pete are captured by Kiowas. An Army patrol tells Favor they are looking for Chief White Eyes, partly white, who was released to die with his people but escaped. Favor tells them he is missing two men. That night Gypsy, a fortune teller, says the men are dead and predicts his own death. White Eyes sends two men to Favor's camp to request a meeting but Gypsy mortally wounds one of them. White Eyes wants to leave a bequest of peace by heading to his old home to die as a white man so the settlers will not blame the Kiowas for his past warfare deeds. He asks Favor to help him reach Black Pass by hiding him from the Army in return for his men. Favor agrees but the scared Gypsy leaves only to run into Cal Stone who is hunting White Eyes for scarring his wife. Cal is forced to have the Army search Favor's camp but his wife refuses to identify White Eyes who is dressed as a drover. Later, she tells Cal it was White Eyes who saved her from a burning house after her father massacred a Kiowa camp. At the Kiowa camp Anko wants to continue the fight against whites. White Eyes decides to return when he learns about Anko but as he dies he gives Favor his badge of office to free his men and tell the Kiowas to return to the reservation. Favor is forced to fight Anko to prove his point.
Episode 28
Incident of the Blackstorms
Fri, May 26, 196152 mins
When the law refused to act against his wife's murderer because she was the wife of an Indian, Dr. Sky Blackstorm turned to a life of crime. Now he is returning to town and uses Pete and Mushy as pawns to regain custody of his son.
Episode 29
Incident of the Night on the Town
Fri, Jun 2, 196152 mins
A vain, wealthy widow has a legitimate claim against Favor: the man she entrusted with 750 of her cattle decided to steal the cattle, and he turned them over to Favor to bring to market along with the other 2250 cattle in Favor's care. She initiates a lawsuit to claim her 750 cattle, but spitefully for her own amusement she is also demanding other damages that the local kangaroo court will accede to -- damages like forcing Favor to return the 750 cattle to San Antone. Upon the suggestion of her friendly lawyer, Favor dresses up and romances the woman, hoping to soften her up, with some success. Rather than lose everything (damages issue), Favor agrees to sell her the 2250 cattle (at a fair price) and have her jealous-lovesick-gunfighter-foreman and her brother take the herd to market at Sedalia while Favor keeps her company at her ranch. This results in a deadly confrontation.
Episode 30
Incident of the Wager on Payday
Fri, Jun 16, 196152 mins
Rowdy is framed for murder when a young practical joker's scheme to rob his father's bank takes a tragic turn.
