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Trackdown Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
32 Episodes 1957 - 1958
Episode 1
The Marple Brothers
Fri, Oct 4, 195730 mins
Ranger Gilman tracks the Marple brothers to Stockton, Texas, where he finds they have taken a church full of hostages in order to get fresh horses, a doctor for a wounded brother-- a clean getaway!
Episode 2
Law in Lampasas
Fri, Oct 11, 195730 mins
Hoby, passing through Lampasas, involves himself when the whole town seems intent on the legal lynching of what he thinks is an innocent man.
Episode 3
The San Saba Incident
Fri, Oct 18, 195730 mins
Hoby is assigned to escort a wagon of four prisoners to the state pen in Huntsville. One of the prisoners is a woman, and this causes all kinds of trouble.
Episode 4
Easton, Texas
Fri, Oct 25, 195730 mins
Hoby is called in to consult after the Texas Railroad office is robbed and the head clerk mortally wounded. The town thinks the dying clerk is a hero-- but things are not what they seem.
Episode 5
Like Father
Fri, Nov 1, 195730 mins
Hoby tries to show the wild and reckless son of a captured bank robber and killer the kind of man his father really was.
Episode 6
Sweetwater, Texas
Fri, Nov 8, 195730 mins
Hoby comes upon a stagecoach that had been ambushed. The driver and passengers are all dead after being shot in the back, but Hoby soon discovers one survivor: an infant in her dead mother's arms. In the baby's blanket, he finds a piece of paper with the name "Harriet Salisbury". He delivers the baby to the doctor in the nearest town and begins his mission to find the owner of the name and investigate just who was responsible for the cowardly killing. The answer is quite surprising.
Episode 7
Alpine, Texas
Fri, Nov 15, 195730 mins
Hoby rides into Alpine, Texas looking for a friend. He finds instead a hatred for the Texas Rangers-- and the entire town sides against him to drive him out.
Episode 8
Self-Defense
Fri, Nov 22, 195730 mins
Hoby is visiting his pal Sheriff Lake when beautiful Polly Webster walks in and announces she's going to kill prisoner Duke Kincaid, who is being released from jail in less than 24 hours!
Episode 9
End of an Outlaw
Fri, Nov 29, 195730 mins
Hoby and Ranger Dick Wade are dispatched to Round Rock on the word of an informant who warns that notorious outlaw Sam Bass is intent on robbing the bank in two days!
Episode 10
Look for the Woman
Fri, Dec 6, 195730 mins
Hoby gets information from a dying bank robber about his two partners in crime, who have threatened his sister to keep him from talking. Hoby promises to help the man's sister, only to find out all is not what it seems.
Episode 11
The Town
Fri, Dec 13, 195730 mins
Hoby chases a bank robber into a town run by the robber's family. Captured and stripped of weapons and a horse, Hoby fears for his life in a town that fears the gang so much, they do nothing to help him escape.
Episode 12
Man and Money
Fri, Dec 27, 195730 mins
Hoby convinces a wounded bank robber and killer he's an outlaw himself, hoping to be taken to the missing loot.
Episode 13
The Reward
Fri, Jan 3, 195830 mins
Hoby tracks down a missing florist with a rare orchid, who may hold the key to missing bank money and three fugitive bank robbers.
Episode 14
The Farrand Story
Fri, Jan 10, 195830 mins
Hoby tracks the murderer of a married man who may have been ready to leave his wife for another woman.
Episode 15
Right of Way
Fri, Jan 17, 195830 mins
Hoby investigates a murder, hoping to free an innocent man, and discovers a land grab to make way for a railroad.
Episode 16
The Witness
Fri, Jan 24, 195830 mins
Hoby has to track down a witness to a murder before an innocent man is hung.
Episode 17
The Toll Road
Fri, Jan 31, 195830 mins
Hoby investigates the murder of a former mayor the whole town despised yet who kept gold coins in his cabin. Hoby suspects plain old robbery and not personal revenge.
Episode 18
The Young Gun
Fri, Feb 7, 195830 mins
Hoby is dispatched to Del Rio to investigate a bank robbery. He poses as a criminal to trick one of the bank robbers to lead him to the the rest of the gang and the money.
Episode 19
The Wedding
Fri, Feb 14, 195830 mins
Hoby is called to Barkerville, Texas to investigate the murder of a rich and powerful man murdered on the day of his wedding.
Episode 20
The Trail
Fri, Feb 28, 195830 mins
Hoby gets a lead to a three year old train robbery that takes him south of the border into old Mexico, where he confronts the aging train robber.
Episode 21
The Bounty Hunter
Fri, Mar 7, 195830 mins
Hoby teams up with a bounty hunter named Josh Randall to locate a philandering husband.
Episode 22
The Judge
Fri, Mar 14, 195830 mins
Hoby is forced to arrest the wild son of a local judge for murder, the kid telling him all the while he'll never stand trial.
Episode 23
The House
Fri, Mar 21, 195830 mins
Hoby helps a blind woman from Fort Worth find her mother, only to discover the older woman has disappeared and the "step father" is willing to take her in.
Episode 24
The Boy
Fri, Mar 28, 195830 mins
Hoby is called to help a young boy after his mother is viciously killed by a man intent on kidnapping him.
Episode 25
The Pueblo Kid
Fri, Apr 4, 195830 mins
Hoby has to deal with the pending arrival of the notorious Pueblo Kid!
Episode 26
The Winter Boys
Fri, Apr 11, 195830 mins
Hoby has to nursemaid a witness from El Paso who's in hiding until the big murder trial in three weeks.
Episode 27
The Mistake
Fri, Apr 18, 195830 mins
Hoby gets on the bad side of town when he assists in freeing what he thinks is an innocent man. However, once acquitted, the killer admits his guilt only to the Ranger and makes his life much worse.
Episode 28
The Deal
Fri, Apr 25, 195830 mins
When a little boy, Eric Paine, runs away Hoby and Aaron leave no rock unturned looking for him. However, things take a turn for the worse when Dingo Noble, a notable outlaw, rides into town threatening to kill Eric if Hoby does anything to stop him from robbing the bank. Hoby has no choice but to bide his time.
Episode 29
The Jailbreak
Fri, May 2, 195830 mins
Hoby has to deal with a jailbreak-- except the cowboy doesn't leave-- he takes three hostages and tries to work a trade-- them for the Ranger!
Episode 30
The End of the World
Fri, May 9, 195830 mins
Hoby must deal with a snake-oil salesman selling the end of the world to a town filled with gullible people.
Episode 31
The Brothers
Fri, May 16, 195830 mins
Hoby tracks down Mal Cody after his twin brother Wes steals Hoby's badge, identification, gun, money and horse and poses as Hoby to break Mal out of jail.
Episode 32
The Governor
Fri, May 23, 195830 mins
Hoby has to contend with a murder in a small town the day before the arrival of the Governor for the dedication of a new school-- and the victim was an undercover Texas Ranger.