The Big Valley
Victoria Barkley heads her adult brood on the Barkley Ranch in California's San Joaquin Valley, near Stockton, in the 1870s. Heath is the illegitimate son of Victoria's late husband Thomas. Bank robbers, horse thieves, revolutionaries, and land grabbers keep the Barkleys hopping.
- 1965-1969
- 4 seasons
- ABC
- Action & Adventure
- TV-PG
Victoria Barkley heads her adult brood on the Barkley Ranch in California's San Joaquin Valley, near Stockton, in the 1870s. Heath is the illegitimate son of Victoria's late husband Thomas. Bank robbers, horse thieves, revolutionaries, and land grabbers keep the Barkleys hopping.
Season 3 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1967 - 1968
Episode 1
Joaquin
Mon, Sep 11, 1967 60 mins
A Barkley ranch hand is murdered. This happens shortly after the man had claimed a newly hired hand was actually an infamous Mexican outlaw.
Episode 2
Ambush
Mon, Sep 18, 1967 60 mins
Victoria revisits a desert mission. She fights to protect three Indian women from killers and only has a recently reformed alcoholic to help her.
Episode 3
A Flock of Trouble
Mon, Sep 25, 1967 60 mins
Nick unwittingly accepts sheep in payment for a debt. He stubbornly fights off insults and threats to keep them.
Episode 4
Time After Midnight
Mon, Oct 2, 1967 60 mins
Property owners are intimidated into selling by a land baron. When a case is brought against the man, Jarrod agrees to act as prosecutor-even after being blinded.
Episode 5
Night in a Small Town
Mon, Oct 9, 1967 60 mins
While traveling, Heath and Victoria stop in a town that has an overly righteous Sheriff. They find his "devotion to duty" does not include leaving a saloon girl alone.
Episode 6
Ladykiller
Mon, Oct 16, 1967 60 mins
An innkeeper's pretty daughter is the bait used to rob and kill visitors. Nick unsuspectingly falls in love with her.
Episode 7
Guilty
Mon, Oct 30, 1967 60 mins
A recently convicted murderer escapes and returns to town. While he is cornered in the schoolhouse, Jarrod tries to help the man prove his innocence.
Episode 8
The Disappearance
Mon, Nov 6, 1967 60 mins
While traveling Victoria and Audra check into a hotel. When the next morning Audra has disappeared and no one will admit she had even been there, Victoria is forced to investigate by herself.
Episode 9
A Noose Is Waiting
Mon, Nov 13, 1967 60 mins
A new doctor is welcomed to town by the Barkleys. They are unaware he is really a deranged killer out for revenge; Victoria is targeted as his next victim.
Episode 10
Explosion!: Part 1
Mon, Nov 20, 1967 60 mins
A forest fire is heading toward Stockton. The Barkley's and other wealthy landowners plan to hire a "firestopper".
Episode 11
Explosion!: Part 2
Mon, Nov 27, 1967 60 mins
The forest fire continues to advance toward Stockton. With no one else able to help, Jarrod, Nick and Heath prepare to meet the fire with nitroglycerin.
Episode 12
Four Days to Furnace Hill
Mon, Dec 4, 1967 60 mins
Guards delivering prisoners accidently kill one of them - a woman. Victoria, out travelling alone, is taken by the guards to act as a substitute.
Episode 13
Night of the Executioner
Mon, Dec 11, 1967 60 mins
The conspiracy to murder a Congressman unravels due to Heath being in the area at the time of the killing. An old drunkard and then Heath himself are accused of being the shootist.
Episode 14
Journey Into Violence
Mon, Dec 18, 1967 60 mins
Heath is kidnapped by a sect who accuse him of murdering a member. Acting as their own judge and jury, Heath is convicted and sentenced to being a slave to atone for his crime.
Episode 15
The Buffalo Man
Mon, Dec 25, 1967 60 mins
Convict labor is used at the ranch during harvest time. The men are treated sadistically by their guard, especially an ex-slave who served in a special unit during the Civil War.
Episode 16
The Good Thieves
Mon, Jan 1, 1968 60 mins
Two thieves, who killed two men in Stockton and seriously wounded Jarrod, are tracked by Nick and Heath to a distant town. Once there, they find the two men are highly respected and thought of as philanthropists.
Episode 17
Days of Wrath
Mon, Jan 8, 1968 60 mins
After a whirlwind courtship, Jarrod marries. His absolute joy quickly turns to grief and then to relentless revenge.
Episode 18
Miranda
Mon, Jan 15, 1968 60 mins
A wealthy Mexican Loyalist visits the Barkley's and brings with him a valuable necklace. A female anarchist then shows up at the ranch, plotting to bring the necklace back to Mexico to help fund the Revolution.
Episode 19
Shadow of a Giant
Mon, Jan 29, 1968 60 mins
Nick and Heath join a posse led by a legendary marshall.The problem is the marshall is reckless and endangers all of his deputies lives.
Episode 20
Fall of a Hero
Mon, Feb 5, 1968 60 mins
A man is dead after having a disagreement with Heath, who cannot remember what happened. Despite being on trial for his life, Heath seeks with Jarrod's help to find the truth.
Episode 21
The Emperor of Rice
Mon, Feb 12, 1968 60 mins
An old Barkley friend becomes desperate to corner the rice market. Victoria is kidnapped as part of the plan to force the family to help.
Episode 22
Rimfire
Mon, Feb 19, 1968 60 mins
A played out mine that a Barkley mining partnership abandoned is now occupied by Chinese immigrants. The partnership needs to regain control of the old mine as a means to deliver air to an adjacent, ore rich mine.
Episode 23
Bounty on a Barkley
Mon, Feb 26, 1968 60 mins
A beautiful, aloof woman moves to the area and Nick falls in love with her. She fails to mention that she is married-and to a bounty hunter that Nick has met.
Episode 24
Devil's Masquerade
Mon, Mar 4, 1968 60 mins
Heath's friend, a nearby rancher, sends for a mail order bride. Upon her arrival, some things about her background seem strange and cause Heath to question her identity.
Episode 25
Run of the Savage
Mon, Mar 11, 1968 60 mins
A series of relatively petty thefts lead Nick to an embittered youth who he attempts to befriend. The stakes are raised when Nick finds himself held for ransom while tied up in a cave that is in danger of collapsing.
Episode 26
The Challenge
Mon, Mar 18, 1968 60 mins
A plot is hatched to use an innocent photo in an embarassing way. Victoria and a U.S. Senator are the targets of the smear campaign.