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The Big Valley Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
30 Episodes 1965 - 1966
Episode 1
Palms of Glory
Wed, Sep 15, 1965 60 mins
Embroiled in a bitter battle with the railroad, the Barkley family is shaken when a stranger arrives claiming to be the son of the late Tom Barkley. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck. Jarrod: Richard Long. Crown: Malachi Throne. Nick: Peter Breck. Audra: Linda Evans. Sheriff: Len Wayland.
Episode 2
Forty Rifles
Wed, Sep 22, 1965 60 mins
Heath tangles with a self-styled military leader who uses the hired hands' dislike of the newest Barkley to recruit his own army. Wallant: Andrew Duggan. Nick: Peter Breck. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck. Barrett: John Milford. Jarrod: Richard Long. Audra: Linda Evans. McColl: Douglas Kennedy.
Episode 3
Boots with My Father's Name
Wed, Sep 29, 1965 60 mins
Victoria travels to Heath's birthplace to learn about her late husband's relationship with Heath's mother. Heath: Lee Majors. Martha: Jeanne Cooper. Matt: John Anderson. Phelps: Richard Devon. Hannah: Beah Richards. Nick: Peter Breck. Eugene: Charles Briles.
Episode 4
Young Marauders
Wed, Oct 6, 1965 60 mins
Audra is attracted to the handsome stranger who saved her life---unaware that he leads a pillaging blackmailing ring. Lloyd: Sean Garrison. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck. Turk: Buck Taylor. Nick: Peter Breck. Jarrod: Richard Long. Heath: Lee Majors.
Episode 5
The Odyssey of Jubal Tanner
Wed, Oct 13, 1965 60 mins
After many years, Jubal Tanner returns to claim the land promised him by the late Tom Barkley---land that has become a proposed dam site. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck. Jarrod: Richard Long. Colter: Jason Evers. Nick: Peter Breck. Heath: Lee Majors. Audra: Linda Evans.
Episode 6
Heritage
Wed, Oct 20, 1965 60 mins
Heath is pitted against a fanatic labor leader who is leading a strike against intolerable working conditions in a Barkley-owned mine. Bridey: Anne Helm. O'Doul: Sherwood Price. Jarrod: Richard Long. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck. Nick: Peter Breck. Murdoch: Ford Rainey.
Episode 7
Winner Lose All
Wed, Oct 27, 1965 60 mins
Heath falls for Maria Montero, the daughter of a Spanish nobleman claiming title to land the Barkleys sold to other ranchers. Heath: Lee Majors. Nick: Peter Breck. Don Alfredo: Henry Wilcoxon. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck. Jarrod: Richard Long. Hadley: Karl Swenson.
Episode 8
My Son, My Son
Wed, Nov 3, 1965 60 mins
Young Evan Miles threatens the longtime friendship between the Mileses and the Barkleys when he makes unwanted advances toward Audra (Linda Evans). Miles: R.G. Armstrong. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck. Jenny: Katharine Bard. Heath: Lee Majors. Nick: Peter Breck.
Episode 9
Earthquake!
Wed, Nov 10, 1965 60 mins
Victoria, a surly ranch hand and a pregnant Indian girl fight for survival when an earthquake traps them in a church cellar. Tate: Charles Bronson. Naomi: Alizia Gur. Snyder: Wesley Lau. Jarrod: Richard Long. Nick: Peter Breck. Heath: Lee Majors.
Episode 10
Murdered Party
Wed, Nov 17, 1965 60 mins
Jarrod agrees to defend murder suspect Korby Kyles---despite the fact that Heath witnessed the killing. Korby: Warren Oates. Heath: Lee Majors. Jake: Larry D. Mann. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck. Audra: Linda Evans. Emmet: Fred Holliday.
Episode 11
Way to Kill a Killer
Wed, Nov 24, 1965 60 mins
Martin Landau as Mariano Montoya, a hard-working Mexican who refuses to isolate his anthrax-infected cattle despite the threat to the Barkley herd. Nick: Peter Breck. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck. Heath: Lee Majors. Eugene: Charles Briles.
Episode 12
Night of the Wolf
Wed, Dec 1, 1965 60 mins
Nick, bitten by a rabid wolf, leaves on a lonely journey---where the thought of imminent death leads him to reexamine his life and attitudes. Heath: Lee Majors. Julia: Nancy Olson. Tommy: Ronny Howard. Jarrod: Richard Long. Po: Yuki Shimoda. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck.
Episode 13
The Guilt of Matt Bentell
Wed, Dec 8, 1965 60 mins
Heath lashes out at the Barkleys' new timber-camp foreman, who he remembers as the sadistic commandant of a Confederate prison camp. Bentell: John Anderson. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck. Jarrod: Richard Long. Cinda: Martine Bartlett. Nick: Peter Breck. Gil: Anthony Zerbe.
Episode 14
Brawlers
Wed, Dec 15, 1965 60 mins
Tempers flare when squatters settle on Barkley land---which they insist they bought and paid for in San Francisco. Callahan: Claude Akins. Heath: Lee Majors. Nick: Peter Breck. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck. Sharon: Noreen Corcoran. Jarrod: Richard Long. Audra: Linda Evans.
Episode 15
Judgment in Heaven
Wed, Dec 22, 1965 60 mins
Jarrod arranges for an outlaw's girlfriend to be released from jail so she can spend Christmas with the Barkleys. Maybelle: Lynn Loring. Gaines: Nicolas Surovy. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck. Nick: Peter Breck. Audra: Linda Evans.
Episode 16
Invaders
Wed, Dec 29, 1965 60 mins
Heath is bushwhacked by Daddy Cade and his murderous brood, who figure that the well-dressed cowboy should bring them a tidy ransom. Daddy Cade: John Dehner. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck. Audra: Linda Evans. Allie Kay: Yvonne Craig. Cooper: Claude Hall. Pinto: Michael Greene.
Episode 17
By Fires Unseen
Wed, Jan 5, 1966 60 mins
Nick proposes to Hester Converse (Diane Baker), a beautiful---and very fickle---Eastern socialite whom he has known for only a few days. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck. Heath: Lee Majors. Jarrod: Richard Long. Audra: Linda Evans.
Episode 18
Time to Kill
Wed, Jan 19, 1966 60 mins
Jarrod tries to unearth the truth about Brett Schuyler, an old friend suspected of bank robbery and counterfeiting. Jarrod: Richard Long. Monroe: Frank Marth. Clyde: James Griffith. Nick: Peter Breck. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck.
Episode 19
Teacher of Outlaws
Wed, Feb 2, 1966 60 mins
Gang leader Sam Beldon, who wants to learn to read and write, orders his men to kidnap a teacher---but the outlaws nab Victoria by mistake. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck. Hanley: Steve Ihnat. Bates: Dennis Cross. Preacher: Timothy Carey. Nick: Peter Breck. Jarrod: Richard Long.
Episode 20
Under a Dark Star
Wed, Feb 9, 1966 60 mins
Released after a long imprisonment for a crime he didn't commit, Keno Nash has one goal: killing Jarrod (Richard Long)---the man who prosecuted him. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck. Follett: Bruce Dern. Nick: Peter Breck. Heath: Lee Majors. Yankee: Chuck Francisco.
Episode 21
Barbary Red
Wed, Feb 16, 1966 60 mins
Nick celebrates his birthday at Barbary Red's waterfront saloon---where he's drugged and shanghaied. Barbary Red: Jill St. John. Jarrod: Richard Long. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck. Thatcher: George Kennedy. Nick: Peter Breck. Capt. Waterman: John Hoyt. Banks: John Orchard. Dolly: Donna Michelle. Hap: Paul Sorensen. Clint: Bing Russell.
Episode 22
Death Merchant
Wed, Feb 23, 1966 60 mins
Everyone---except Heath---extends a warm welcome to Handy Random, an aging cowboy who killed Tom Barkley's murderer. Jarrod: Richard Long. Heath: Lee Majors. Craddock: Royal Dano. Frank: Jim McMullan. Audra: Linda Evans. Nick: Peter Breck. Joe: Steve Whittaker.
Episode 23
Fallen Hawk
Wed, Mar 2, 1966 60 mins
Heath, feeling responsible for a friend's crippling injury, is determined to do all he can to help the man and his wife. Nora: Marlyn Mason. Ward: Peter Haskell. Keel: Dennis Cross. Pursey: Paul Comi. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck. Nick: Peter Breck. Jarrod: Richard Long.
Episode 24
Hazard
Wed, Mar 9, 1966 60 mins
Gil Anders, arriving at the ranch looking for Heath, is shot by two bounty hunters who claim he's wanted for murder. Jarrod: Richard Long. Coulter: Bert Freed. Amy: Audrey Dalton. Lanson: Frank Marth. Anders: Robert Yuro. Audra: Linda Evans. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck.
Episode 25
Into the Widow's Web
Wed, Mar 23, 1966 60 mins
Pretty Liberty Keane still casts a spell over former beau Heath Barkley---who lets the lady lead him right into a murder charge. Heath: Lee Majors. Sheriff: Ken Lynch. Archer: David Sheiner. Mortensen: Joe Higgins. Jarrod: Richard Long. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck.
Episode 26
By Force and Violence
Wed, Mar 30, 1966 60 mins
With Heath pinned beneath an wagon, Victoria races after a mysterious man on the run---who ignores her frantic pleas for help. Heath: Lee Majors. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck. Dixon: Bruce Dern. Cort: L.Q. Jones. Swain: Sean Stanton.
Episode 27
River Monarch
Wed, Apr 6, 1966 60 mins
A Barkley riverboat, sunk years before with a fortune in Government gold aboard, is located---but there's no trace of the gold. Jock: Chips Rafferty. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck. Jarrod: Richard Long. Nick: Peter Breck. Melanie: Katherine Justice. Heath: Lee Majors.
Episode 28
Midas Man
Wed, Apr 13, 1966 60 mins
Audra falls for a shrewd financier, who has come to the valley to capitalize on a drought that has left most of the ranchers in need of loans. Audra: Linda Evans. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck. Jace: Richard O'Brien. Jarrod: Richard Long. Nick: Peter Breck. Heath: Lee Majors.
Episode 29
Tunnel of Gold
Wed, Apr 20, 1966 60 mins
Bert and Elaine Jason's new store is invaded by outlaws who plan to tunnel next door---where Barkley gold is to be stored. Bert: Warren Stevens. Elaine: Jeanne Cooper. Audra: Linda Evans. Jarrod: Richard Long. Victoria: Barbara Stanwyck.
Episode 30
Last Train to the Fair
Wed, Apr 27, 1966 60 mins
Audra is stricken with appendicitis on a train and the only doctor aboard has troubles of his own---two men are out to kill him. Travers: Richard Anderson. Jarrod: Richard Long. Moyers: Karl Swenson. Andy: Tim McIntire. Nick: Peter Breck.
