The Big Valley

Episode 1

The Lost Treasure

Mon, Sep 12, 1966 60 mins

Heath is shaken when a slick talking man comes to the ranch and claims he is his long lost father. Heath travels to his boyhood home of Strawberry to verify the story and he soon finds out that his "father" will live or die based on his believing him- and paying a debt using Barkley money.

Episode 2

Legend of a General: Part 1

Mon, Sep 19, 1966 60 mins

Episode 3

Legend of a General: Part II

Mon, Sep 26, 1966 60 mins

The Barkleys refuse to cooperate with the Mexican authorities, but with the General's help, they plan to go to Rio Blanco, Mexico and break Heath out of jail. Meanwhile, Heath has his own break-out plan and succeeds - but is betrayed.

Episode 4

Caesar's Wife

Mon, Oct 3, 1966 60 mins

A neighbor's young, second wife is more romantically interested in her stepson than her husband. Her jealousy of Audra, the stepson's childhood sweetheart, leads to a shooting-and puts Audra in danger from the husband.

Episode 5

Pursuit

Mon, Oct 10, 1966 60 mins

From the town of Sandhill, Victoria along with an alcoholic and cynical hunter search the desert for an Indian brave infected with measles. The Indian does not believe the White Man's medicine can save him-only the Medicine Man at the camp of his father, the Chief. The disease could wipe out the entire tribe.

Episode 6

The Martyr

Mon, Oct 17, 1966 60 mins

Jarrod Barkley defends a Basque sheepherder accused of murder. He must provide more than a defense when he learns his client is a Basque anarchist in a divided town full of bigots, hotheads and anarchists -- all permanently at loggerheads.

Episode 7

Target

Mon, Oct 31, 1966 60 mins

Joshua Hawks, who is standing for public office, rides into town and accuses the Nick Barkley's family of stealing land and all produce grown on it illegal. Jarrod is concerned at Hawks' actions, and knows suing the man will do more good for Hawks than the Barkley's. His campaign manager Frank Wesley risks dismissal when he challenges Hawks tactics, but ultimately agrees to go along. The Barkley's face further pressure as buyers start to fall off when there is doubt over the produce grown on their farms. A fire at Hawk's hotel is blamed without evidence on the Barkley's. The tension grows as Hawks requests a meeting with Victoria Barkley. He proposes a truce, but she rejects the idea. He then reveals he'd known the Barkley's when her husband was still alive and used to work on the farm. A special governors meeting is planned and Frank is appalled to discover Hawks plans to blow up the town hall killing the Barkley family. The local shop keeper who sold the explosives becomes suspicious and warns Nick. He in turn meets Hawks at the town hall, where Hawks is wounded in a gun fight. Suddenly remorseful Hawks warns the others about the explosives, they escape but he is killed in explosion

Episode 8

The Velvet Trap

Mon, Nov 7, 1966 60 mins

A wagon traveling through the night loses a wheel. While doing repairs a stranger rides up an offers help. Sabrina Lynn passenger sees him and rushes off into the night, only to drop in a dead faint at the feet of Nick Barkley. Next day Nick organizes to get Sabrina to town and set up to rejoin the now repaired coach. He is clearly infatuated by her but she resists his advances. Later that day the stranger she saw the previous night arrives in town. Sabrina tells Nick about the man, whom she calls Jack Floyd, wanted for murder. A day later another man, Jack arrives in town. It becomes clear this is the real Jack Floyd and Sabrina is his lover. She goes to Pierce and tells him where to find Floyd, then tells Nick to meet her at the location. Nick, the better shot, shoots and wounds Floyd. The sheriff discovers his real name was John Pierce, and he'd been trailing Floyd since the murder of his brother. The sheriff discovers Sabrina had met with Floyd when the night stage arrived. Nick goes to confront her only to find she's checked out. He tracks her and Floyd to a remote farmhouse and a gun battle erupts.

Episode 9

The Man from Nowhere

Mon, Nov 14, 1966 60 mins

A woman, her mother-in-law, and young son are considered squatters. The cattlemen want her off the land as there has been a drought for months and they the land and water for their thinning herds. The Matthews family refuses to leave or allow the ranchers access to the water, claiming their respective husband/son/father, gone for two years, is returning soon and that there is a vein of gold on the land that is theirs to claim. Jarod Barkley has been appointed by the state government in Sacramento to deliver proof to the Matthews family why they can't remain on the property and try to mediate. However, due to an accident caused by the woman's son he ends up with amnesia. While he's struggling with having no memory, he decides he will help the woman fight for her land. The increasingly desperate cattlemen will stop at nothing to push them off that land. Meanwhile, Jarod's family is worried at this point over his disappearance. He had left days ago and they have not heard anything from him. So Nick and Heath decide to follow the trail he took.

Episode 10

The Great Safe Robbery

Mon, Nov 21, 1966 60 mins

Audra and Victoria Barkley arrive at a train station to catch their train. There's just one catch: there are three brothers already there trying to rob the train station's safe. They just want a few hundred dollars so that they can start a new life buying their own ranch. The problem is that no one knows the combination to the safe and the brothers can't open it no matter how hard they try. The train station manager explains that due to not being able to open the safe, he had requested for a new combination. So everyone at the station is held hostage while the clueless brothers try every imaginable scheme to break open the safe..

Episode 11

The Iron Box

Mon, Nov 28, 1966 60 mins

Nick and Heath, on their way home with a prize bull, are accused of stealing the animal and are sentenced to a brutal work camp - without a trial.

Episode 12

Last Stage to Salt Flats

Mon, Dec 5, 1966 60 mins

Heath, Jarod, and Victoria Barkley are stranded in the desert after their stagecoach is held up. They have no horses and no water. Other survivors include the driver, an expectant widow, and a gun salesman who knows where to find water.

Episode 13

A Day of Terror

Mon, Dec 12, 1966 60 mins

Victoria and Audra are at a church preparing for Audra's debut as the new bible studies teacher. While there, Annie Morton, a Ma Barker type, and her three sons, with whom she has an unhealthily close relationship, commandeer the church to seek help for one of the sons who was shot while committing the clan's latest crime, in which two men were killed.

Episode 14

Hide the Children

Mon, Dec 19, 1966 60 mins

After falsely accusing a Gypsy vineyard worker of theft and injuring him in a fight, Nick reluctantly agrees to accompany the man's wife, daughter, and mother-in-law on a journey to the daughter's arranged marriage. Along the way, harassed by local townspeople, Nick finds himself mistaken for a Gypsy and learns what it's like to be one of them. He also discovers some truths about Gypsies, the people who hate them simply because of prejudice, and his own bigotry.

Episode 15

Day of the Comet

Mon, Dec 26, 1966 60 mins

A poetry-loving, enigmatic stranger on the run from the U.S. Cavalry which holds him responsible for the deaths of 63 men under his command during the War, camps out at the Barkley ranch. Audra falls in love with him but he has no future.

Episode 16

Wagonload of Dreams

Mon, Jan 2, 1967 60 mins

When a Greek family refuses to pay a crooked stationmaster his extortion money,both the Greek family and The Barkley's become targets!

Episode 17

Image of Yesterday

Mon, Jan 9, 1967 60 mins

A former suitor of Victoria Barkley comes into town. Her feelings towards him changes quickly when he and his gunslingers make themselves at home at the Barkley Ranch.

Episode 18

Boy Into Man

Mon, Jan 16, 1967 60 mins

A mother seems to have abandoned her children. The oldest, a teenage boy, resists the Barkley's help- who decides to search for his mother.

Episode 19

Down Shadow Street

Mon, Jan 23, 1967 60 mins

Victoria sees her own godson kill a woman. At the urging of his servant (and against the wishes of the boy himself), the boy's father, a judge and longtime friend of Victoria's, has her confined to an insane asylum. Jarrod, Nick, and the boy desperately launch a search to find her.

Episode 20

The Stallion

Mon, Jan 30, 1967 60 mins

While trying to round up a prize wild stallion, Nick is nearly killed due to an old ranch-hand's lack of concentration. After being offered a less demanding job, the prideful wrangler quits, determined to capture the steed single-handed.

Episode 21

The Haunted Gun

Mon, Feb 6, 1967 60 mins

An old Barkley family friend who is now a Senator travels to Stockton. The visit is spoiled by the Senator's fear of being assassinated.

Episode 22

The Price of Victory

Mon, Feb 13, 1967 60 mins

A badly injured professional boxer can't avoid "one more fight" even though it endangers his life and may cost him his family.

Episode 23

Brother Love

Mon, Feb 20, 1967 60 mins

A flashy faith healer who is really a con artist has Audra convinced he is sincere and is in Stockton to do good.

Episode 24

Court Martial

Mon, Mar 6, 1967 60 mins

A retired Civil War era Union general is tried for war crimes by ex-Confederates at the Barkley ranch while the family is held captive.

Episode 25

Plunder!

Mon, Mar 13, 1967 60 mins

A town is evacuated due to a weakened dam. Despite the danger, Heath is deputized to stop looters until the citizens can return.

Episode 26

Turn of a Card

Mon, Mar 20, 1967 60 mins

A professional card player finds out that Heath is carrying $5,000 to a Barkley mine. The gambler even stoops to using a girl he "owns" in trying to strip Heath of the money.

Episode 27

Showdown in Limbo

Mon, Mar 27, 1967 60 mins

Heath joins a posse led by his old boss, a U.S. Marshall, who brings along his greenhorn Eastern-educated son. The son resents Heath's presence.

Episode 28

The Lady from Mesa

Mon, Apr 3, 1967 60 mins

The daughter of an old and valued ranch hand is brought to the Barkley home to see her dying father. She blames him for ruining her life.

Episode 29

Days of Grace

Mon, Apr 17, 1967 60 mins

Heath is accused of assaulting a wealthy man's daughter. A nun intervenes to prevent a lynching.

Episode 30

Cage of Eagles

Mon, Apr 24, 1967 60 mins

An Irish political fugitive is hired as a Dynamiter to work at a Barkley mine. His intentions are questioned by an influential citizen.