The Guns of Will Sonnett
Ex-cavalry scout and gunfighter Will Sonnett and his grandson, Jeff, search the West for Will's son, and Jeff's father, Jim Sonnett, a former lawman and gunslinger, who has avoided seeing his son in order to keep him away from the assortment of killers and bounty hunters who are after him.
- 1967-1969
- 2 seasons
- ABC
- Action & Adventure
Ex-cavalry scout and gunfighter Will Sonnett and his grandson, Jeff, search the West for Will's son, and Jeff's father, Jim Sonnett, a former lawman and gunslinger, who has avoided seeing his son in order to keep him away from the assortment of killers and bounty hunters who are after him.
Season 2 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1968 - 1969
Episode 1
Reunion
Fri, Sep 27, 1968 30 mins
James Sonnett finally learns that his father and son are trying to track him down -- but the way he learns is from a vengeful young punk who's ploying Will and Jeff for information -- and posing as Jeff.
Episode 2
The Trap
Fri, Oct 4, 1968
The Sonnett's are railroaded on trumped-up charges in a small town where they heard Jim stayed 4 days. Rather than let them pay a fine, the judge sentences them to work the local railroad tunnel for 30 days. On the job, things get real bad.
Episode 3
Chapter and Verse
Fri, Oct 11, 1968 21 mins
The Sonnett's encounter a bounty hunter team who are pursuing Jim Sonnett and other fugitives. Will challenges their ruthless tactics and use of Bible scriptures to justify them and later discovers they have crossed the line.
Episode 4
Pariah
Fri, Oct 18, 1968
Will attempts to help a friend who's been terrorized by a maniac for accidentally causing the death of the other man's daughter.
Episode 5
Joby
Fri, Nov 1, 1968
The Sonnets arrive at the town of Willow where a saloon flunky loves to instigate gun fights. Having instigated one between Jim Sonnett and a local earlier, he's delighted when Will and Jeff arrive.
Episode 6
The Straw Man
Fri, Nov 8, 1968
Will and Jeff arrive in town to find Jim Sonnett hanged in effigy -- quite literally, as the vengeful widow of a back-shooting victim has coerced the town council into setting up a gallows right in the town square with a Jim scarecrow dangling from it. And if they can't hang one Sonnett ...
Episode 7
A Difference of Opinion
Fri, Nov 15, 1968 26 mins
When Jeff and Will ride into a town run by unscrupulous marshals who rule over the townspeople, they become further incensed when they discover the marshals claim to have run Jim out of town. Jeff goes against his grandfather's advice and confronts the marshals on the main street in full view of the town. Will finally backs his grandson's play and they run the marshals out of town.
Episode 8
Home Free
Fri, Nov 22, 1968 25 mins
An old storekeeper friend of Will's is stubbornly unwilling to forgive the young farmer who stole from his store, even though the young man has served his time and needs to support his wife and child but can't get a job.
Episode 9
Guilt
Fri, Nov 29, 1968 24 mins
Three brothers believe Will and Jeff are in town to avenge James, whom one of the brothers thinks he killed in an ambush. Now that brother thinks the only way to prevent being killed is to ambush Will and Jeff as well.
Episode 10
Meeting in a Small Town
Fri, Dec 6, 1968 23 mins
Will and Jeff have a not-so-friendly hello to a bounty hunter in a small town. Jim Sonnett appears at the end in an unrelated (but chilling) segment.
Episode 11
The Fearless Man
Fri, Dec 13, 1968 22 mins
Dave Henry rescues Will and Jeff from a trio of horse thieves. Henry appears totally without fear, and Jeff thinks of him as a kind of idol, but Henry's apparent fearlessness actually masks a terrible secret.
Episode 12
Where There's Hope
Fri, Dec 20, 1968 22 mins
Will and Jeff try to find a home for a little girl named Hope, whose drunken father just died in a house fire. But finding a family willing to take her is not easy.
Episode 13
Join the Army
Fri, Jan 3, 1969 23 mins
Will and Jeff meet a young man on the trail who is eager to join the army. But instead, an old hunter talks the young man into joining him slaughtering and skinning buffalo in excess numbers, which could lead to an Indian war.
Episode 14
Time Is the Rider
Fri, Jan 10, 1969 22 mins
Three outlaws, one posing as an Army major, talk Jeff into accompanying them to meet his father, but they actually have more sinister plans for both Jeff and James. Will teams with an old prospector to look for them.
Episode 15
Robber's Roost
Fri, Jan 17, 1969 22 mins
With reason to believe James has been through the area, Will and Jeff both enter a town which has been taken over by an outlaw gang that has practically enslaved the residents.
Episode 16
Trail's End
Fri, Jan 31, 1969 23 mins
A maniacal man avenging the death of his brother -- allegedly a murder by James Sonnett, though this is never proved -- will empty his gun through a hotel window just on the rumor that Jim Sonnett is on the other side. Though the hotel-shooting is the result of a cruel practical joke, the gunman still thinks he has a line on Jim's whereabouts through a saloon hostess who was recently Jim's girlfriend. When Will and Jeff arrive in the town, the sheriff and the hostess work separately to prevent a disastrous gunfight.
Episode 17
A Town in Terror: Part 1
Fri, Feb 7, 1969 22 mins
When Will and Jeff run right into the middle of a deadly cattle versus sheep feud which has enveloped a grazing town, James Sonnett, a hired gun for the sheep ranchers, runs right into a cattleman's hired gun who looks just like him (played by a different actor) -- and gets into a fatal gunfight.
Episode 18
A Town in Terror: Part 2
Fri, Feb 14, 1969 22 mins
Posing as his own killer, Jim Sonnett reports to the cattlemen who hired the killer in a cattlemen-sheepmen feud (he's working for the sheepmen, as are Will and Jeff), and meets Jeff face-to-face for the first time, knocking him unconscious with a sucker punch in order to keep his secret ... but the cattlemen figure out the secret and hold Jim hostage just as Will and Jeff come to the rescue.
Episode 19
Jim Sonnett's Lady
Fri, Feb 21, 1969 22 mins
Will and Jeff try and foil a trap set by an old enemy of Jim's. Meanwhile Jim spends some downtime with a beautiful saloon owner with an agenda of her own.
Episode 20
The Trial
Fri, Feb 28, 1969 22 mins
Will and Jeff learn that James may be coming to the town they're in to testify in favor of a man accused of murder---and that a powerful rancher who may be the real killer intends to make sure he never gets the chance.
Episode 21
One Angry Juror
Fri, Mar 7, 1969 30 mins
After bringing Jeff to a doctor to recuperate from a fever, Will is ordered to serve as a juror in the case of a man accused of killing a powerful rancher's son. Will has his doubts about the man's guilt, and refuses to go along with the other jurors who just want to quickly convict and go home.
Episode 22
The Sodbuster
Fri, Mar 14, 1969 22 mins
Will and Jeff stay with a poor family that James recently stayed with, and try to help them, not only with their struggle to keep their home and farm, but with the husband and wife's deteriorating relationship.
Episode 23
The Man Who Killed Jim Sonnett
Fri, Mar 21, 1969 30 mins
Will and Jeff stop in a town where a play is being staged about the killing of James Sonnett, and many in the town, including the actors, claim that it really happened that way.
Episode 24
Three Stand Together
Tue, Sep 16, 1969 22 mins
Intended either as a series finale or the pilot for a revamped series which never materialized (shades of "Bret Maverick"), Will and Jeff finally meet up with Jim and convince him to join them as lawmen in a small town. This episode was overlooked in compilations until the early 2000s because of its scheduling at the end of a summer of reruns.