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Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
32 Episodes 1959 - 1960
Episode 1
Montana Kid
Sat, Sep 5, 195925 mins
In response to a circular advertising a reward of $100 from a concerned citizen a sheriff has detained in jail the 12 year old boy who goes by the name Montana Kid and his pet dog Tiger. After holding him for a while the sheriff releases the Kid out the back door telling him to leave town. After the release he returns to the office to tell Josh the Kid is on his way but he doesn't understand the reason behind the favor. Josh gives the sheriff $100 saying he is the concerned citizen. Josh is looking for the Kid to lead him to his step-father Johnny Deuce. Johnny who cheated Josh in a card game with marked cards earlier, leaves a saloon after collecting his winnings from the owner, Manila Jones, who realizes he cheated the players using marked cards. Meanwhile, Josh trails the Kid to a camp of freighters where the Kid is playing Three Card Monte with them. When it is clear he tried to cheat them, Josh rescues him. He tries to makes friends with the Kid and asks about Johnny but the Kid resists his overtures as Johnny finds them.
Episode 2
The Healing Woman
Sat, Sep 12, 195930 mins
Josh rides into town with a sick boy looking for a doctor but everyone tells him to take the boy away. He finds Dr. Langland who examines the boy, Cary Summers. He finds Cary has appendicitis but he refuses to operate without permission. Meanwhile, another boy Ted Bridges, finds Cary's parents to tell them what happened. He had warned Josh not to take Cary to the doctor. Cary's dad Tom shows up at the doctor's office to remove Cary to take him to Mag Blake who is a local faith healer who believes in Indian spells and curses. Tom threatens Josh if Cary dies. Tom's father was operated on for a serious illness but died during the operation so Tom refuses to use or believe in doctors. Josh decides to ride out to see Amanda Summers, the mother, telling her how serious Cary is but Tom runs Josh off. Later, the doctor and Josh are in the saloon having a drink while realizing Cary will soon die. While there Amanda walks in to see the doctor and decides to let him operate but they must contend with the healer, Tom and whether Cary will survive.
Episode 3
The Matchmaker
Sat, Sep 19, 195925 mins
Josh follows the downcast Charlie Wright into the saloon for a drink. Charlie talks about how he was the first to stake a claim in town and always willing to help when anything needs to be done. But he feels no one recognizes his contribution or shows any interest in him. He feels the solution is to marry a beautiful woman. Because he once helped Josh when he was down on his luck, Charlie asks Josh to help him. Josh tries to turn down the request but Charlie reminds him of their past so Josh grudgingly agrees to help. Charlie has a list of six of the women in town he feels would be ideal candidates. The first Ruby Todd who sings at a saloon was just married. The others including the school teacher has no interest in Charlie. With the list a bust, Josh calls his friend Amy Williams who always travels with her father Zeb in to court Charlie for two weeks for $200. When she learns Charlie owns a gold mine, it is a fast engagement much to Josh's dismay. By accident Josh thinks he finds the right woman but does Charlie?
Episode 4
Breakout
Sat, Sep 26, 195930 mins
Josh is in the Federal Prison of the New Mexico Territory as a cell mate with Tom Dunn. Tom stole $50,000 which he hid before he was captured. Josh has been hired to go undercover with Tom, help him escape, and recover the money. They have dug a tunnel from their cell under the prison wall and out into the open. Complicating the escape is the fact that Tom has a terrible cough due to consumption and probably not long to live. At night they pad their cots to look like they are sleeping and slip out the tunnel although Tom's cough comes close to giving them away. Mr. Phipps and Mr. Jennings are in the prison with the Warden watching for them to escape and then follow them. Josh and Tom make their way to a cabin where they meet Tom's wife Margaret who has clean clothes, food, arms, and horses for them. Tom is anxious to get to the money but Josh soon learns Margaret wants him to return the money. Josh marks the trail for the other men to follow, however, events take a turn at the end.
Episode 5
Estralita
Sat, Oct 3, 195926 mins
Josh rides up to a group of men surrounding Jake Pringle tied to a tree. He asks if he can have a cup of coffee. Josh asks about Jake who they say killed a man named Harper over a girl in town in Jack Radovitch's place. Since Jake has admitted to the killing, they plan to hang him there. Josh asks if there is any lawmen there but they say there is no law in the area. When they start to use a rope with a standard loop on the end, Josh suggests he can make a better noose knot. While working on the knot he suggests they take Jake into town to be hung during the next day's Independence celebration which might give them legal protection. After a tie vote on the idea is broken by Josh, they settle down with a couple of bottles of liquor Josh has. Meanwhile, a woman, Estralita, rides up wanting to know why Jake isn't hung which they explain. Later, she talks to Josh about trying to free Jake as she is his girlfriend. Josh concocts a plan but the results are not as expected.
Episode 6
The Hostage
Sat, Oct 10, 195926 mins
Josh rides into the town Rogue City leading Jumbo Kane who he captured for the $1000 bounty on his head after escaping from jail. He was sentenced to hang by Judge Coogan. Sheriff Taggert takes custody of Jumbo while telling his daughter Julie to send a telegraph message to authorize payment of the bounty. Several local men have come out including the Judge and clerk Henry Jackson to congratulate Josh for capturing Jumbo alive. As they walk away from the sheriff's office they hear multiple gunshots. Jumbo appears in the doorway of the office holding up Sheriff Taggert. He demands a fast horse and free passage in return for the wounded sheriff. Julie starts to deliver a horse when Josh shoos the horse away. Meanwhile, inside Jumbo checks the sheriff who is in fact dead. He then demands another hostage but no one wants to volunteer other than Julie. The Judge then volunteers Josh at gunpoint who is not surprised. The town is less interested in his life than that of the sheriff.
Episode 7
The Empty Cell
Sat, Oct 17, 195926 mins
A bone tired Josh rides into Cottonwood to the Sheriff's office at midnight with the prisoner Hunt Willis. The Sheriff confirms that the man is Willis but says the $1000 bounty for him hasn't arrived. The tired Josh is happy to let it go until the next morning after a good night's sleep, and even happier when the Sheriff offers to take care of both horses for him. As soon as the Sheriff verifies Josh is gone, he lets Willis out of the cell and they leave. The next morning Josh arrives at the office to find a different Sheriff who says he is Lon Paulson, was gone the day before, and there has been no prisoner in a month - nor does he believe Josh's story. Josh decides to check at the stable for his horse only to find his horse is stolen since no horses were stabled the night before. After checking with the telegraph office and the bank he learns his reward was collected by the fake Sheriff the day before saying he was Josh. A clue from the telegrapher says his quarry may be in Hode's Junction.
Episode 8
Bad Gun
Sat, Oct 24, 195926 mins
Josh is playing cards with Sheriff Simmons when the stage arrives in Metcalf carrying the beautiful Cynthia Clyborn and easterner Sheridan Appleby. After Sheridan bids farewell to Cynthia he finds the sheriff to ask about the location of Curly Bill Brocius. At first the sheriff thinks he is curious because of a recent holdup by Curly Bill but Sheridan persists saying he needs to find Curly Bill. The sheriff leaves as Cynthia enters to go into the ladies dining room which catches Josh's attention as Sheridan greets Cynthia. They go to the bar where Josh learns Sheridan is a gun salesman who sold a defective gun to Curly Bill which he wants to retrieve. He asks Josh to guide him to Curly Bill but Josh declines the offer of $100. Sheridan raises the pay to $200 and challenges Josh to a quick draw contest. If Sheridan wins, Josh guides him to which Josh agrees but loses the bet. On the trail they hear gunshots finding a stage with a dead driver as Sheridan realizes more than Josh what happened.
Episode 9
The Tyrant
Sat, Oct 31, 195930 mins
During a driving rain storm Josh spots Dion Davis, who knocks out Josh, deserting from the Army and stealing a herd of Army horses. Once Josh recovers, Captain Young offers $10 a head for the return of the horses and the Army will pay $25 for the return of Davis. Josh accepts the job taking written authorization with him. He tracks the horses to a corral outside Long Rope guarded by Sowbelly Logan with a shotgun who says he is working for the Marshal. Josh rides to the Marshal's office but only finds Davis locked in a cell pleading with Josh for help. He tells Josh to check at the general store where he finds no Marshal but three of the city fathers arguing about their Marshal. Marshal Asa Wynter stops in with a deputy. After the Marshal forces Josh to remove his gun as it is illegal in Long Rope, he admits having the horses and Davis but defers on turning them over to Josh and later asks essentially for a ransom for them. He tells Josh Long Rope is his town and proves it, when the city council tries to fire him, by murdering one of them.
Episode 10
Reckless
Sat, Nov 7, 195925 mins
Madge Nelson storms into the Bradley gun shop to confront young Paul Bradley to whom she is engaged. Surprised to see her Paul realizes he forgot he was to take her to a dance that night. His father Tate tells her it was his fault but she storms out spotting Tony Egan across the street with a buggy. Although he is obviously drunk, she asks him to take her to the dance to which he agrees. Paul tries to stop them by grabbing the team but when Tony whips them to go he is dragged down between the horses and under the buggy. Tate tries to help but Tony takes off leaving Paul dead and Tate crippled for life. Tate hires Josh to bring Tony back dead or alive for $1000. Josh finds Tony in another town and brings him back alive. Tony had been unaware Paul died but is willing to return. Upon returning Josh learns he won't be paid until Tony is dead and the town hates him as they believe it was an accident. Josh tries to stay to get his money but pressure builds for him to leave.
Episode 11
Desert Seed
Sat, Nov 14, 195925 mins
Josh is in a fire fight with Juan Gomez hiding in a remote cabin in Mexico who is wanted in the U.S. for a murder. A shot hits Josh in the side but he is able to run to a log with a different angle and continue fighting. After firing additional shots a white flag is waved followed by Gomez and his family coming out the door. Josh walks toward them but finds himself feeling faint and then faints. He awakens to find himself in bed attended by Mrs. Gomez. Gomez tells Josh he will abide by his promise to surrender. A wary Josh finds his gun nearby and realizes he is safe. However, Gomez's nephew Pachito has no sympathy for Josh promising to get revenge. Gomez tells Josh Pachito's father was killed leaving him with no trust. Two bounty hunters are also after Gomez having tracked him to his home. One, Clay, takes food to distract the dog while checking on who is in the house. He spots Josh and Gomez but restless animals force him to retreat as the family checks them and Josh spots the dog eating. Josh and Gomez leave for the U.S. with not only the two men but Pachito trailing them waiting for their chance.
Episode 12
Twelve Hours to Crazy Horse
Sat, Nov 21, 195930 mins
Josh and his prisoner Dan Murdock ride by a cemetery as Josh checks a sign pointing the way to Mesa City where the prisoner is wanted. In Mesa City Josh drops Murdock with Sheriff Hayes who gives Josh a receipt for the prisoner. He states he will be taking Murdock to Crazy Horse for his trial which will take a couple of days. When he returns, he will have Josh's bounty money to which Josh agrees. Josh stops by the saloon for a drink plus he asks about a bank but the bartender tells him it is closed because of a death. However, the saloon owner Warner might give him a loan. Warner tells him he will give him eighty cents on the dollar but when he sees the bounty amount he says he doesn't have enough money but he really doesn't want to deal with Josh. The bartender explains that Murdock killed a man with a bottle to the head in the bar plus a deputy's horse as well as the deputy who is the sheriff's brother. Josh decides to check on Murdock but when he learns they are gone to Crazy Horse he goes after them. Along the way Murdock escapes during an attack.
Episode 13
No Trail Back
Sat, Nov 28, 195925 mins
Young immature Joe Hooker is being chased by a posse when his horse stumbles dumping him. He is able to hide nearby where the posse stops until Sheriff Akers decides to call off the search after receiving a note. They are after Joe for trying to hold up the bank. A female clerk fainted when he fired his gun but she is okay. Josh rides into town to the sheriff's office on the hunt for Joe who has a $500 bounty. Sheriff Akers sitting outside the office in response to Josh's question about Joe tells him the story but adds that Joe was bitten by a rabid dog on the leg so he doesn't have long to live. The reward on him was really a hope Joe would lead the law to his older outlaw brother Ben who has a rough history. Josh talks to the doctor who tells how bad the end will be for Joe but that the doctor at the Army fort may have a new cure. Josh finds Joe but is captured by him who takes Josh to Ben. However, neither of them believe the rabies story putting Josh and Joe in peril.
Episode 14
Man on Horseback
Sat, Dec 5, 195925 mins
Merv Bascomb walks back to the homestead he and his brother Will inherited leading what is obviously an Apache Indian pony. Will realizes Merv stole the horse so as they start to argue about it, they notice the Apache Charley Red Cloud walking toward them. He accuses Merv of not only taking the horse but stealing his furs. Merv tries to deny it but Charley knocks both men down and rides off on his horse. Merv gets up but Will is still out so Merv pulls his revolver to shoot Will. Later, Josh is successfully playing cards in the local saloon. The owner Myra is with him when Merv walks in to see Josh. There is a $500 bounty on Charley Red Cloud but Josh says the danger from the Apaches out weigh the reward. Merv tries to sweeten the pot but until he offers another $1500 he must borrow from Myra Josh has no interest. After drawing cards to see if Merv must pay the $1500, Josh agrees to go after Charley once the money is guaranteed. Realizing the danger from the Apaches, Josh concocts a plan to skirt them but Merv has another plan.
Episode 15
Chain Gang
Sat, Dec 12, 195926 mins
A couple of deputies with hound dogs looking for a man find Josh's camp. They were led there by the scent of the escapee who Josh killed and buried but kept his clothing for identification. The main deputy Cree Colter knocks Josh out telling the other deputy they have a replacement for the dead escapee. In town Josh finds himself in chains threaten with major felonies by Sheriff Blore when George Winters walks in suggesting the Sheriff knock the sentence down to a misdemeanor for burying a body with a sentence of one week. Josh agrees to the deal but finds himself on George Winters work gang. His first job is to help Belle Colter load a wagon. Belle recognizes Josh and his polite attitude but tells him to keep quiet and working. They met long ago in a saloon but she is now married to Cree. Josh finds himself working in a gold mine where the prisoners are never released as the staff keeps adding to their sentences each time they break a rule. One old timer Charlie Martin thinks he is about to be released but Josh isn't so certain.
Episode 16
Vanishing Act
Sat, Dec 26, 195925 mins
Josh rides into a small town as the people are leaving. He spots a show poster featuring an escape artist that is performing outside of town. He pulls out a wanted poster and with a slight mustache modification, the two posters appear to show the same man. He stops a bystander who informs him everyone is leaving town to watch the show. Josh rides out to the show where the artist Bartolo assisted by his alluring daughter Nicole McCready does simple escapes from manacles which is followed by the highlight of the show - manacled and nailed in an oak coffin he is dropped into water and must escape. Seeing the start, Josh rides back into town stealthy walking up to the bank where two men are robbing it while a third holds the horses behind the bank. Josh kills one and locks up the other two followed by the capture of Bartolo after his successful escape as the sheriff watches. Despite the sheriff's guarantee, the three men escape forcing Josh to find Bartolo again.
Episode 17
Mental Lapse
Sat, Jan 2, 196025 mins
Josh riding into Mesquite, Wyoming notices a man posting wanted posters. He rides up to investigate but when the man turns around in response to Josh's question, it is the same man on the poster. He wants to know if Josh knows who he is? He explains that he is a victim of amnesia so he has no idea who he is or any of his history. They enter a saloon for a drink as the man explains what happened to him and why he is offering $500 for information about his identity. Josh decides to take the man's case as he needs the money. After the two leave the saloon, Josh hears the cocking of a rifle by a man who had been watching them through a window. Josh pushes his client out of the way and spins to fire at the man, killing him. Upon searching the body he finds a telegram to a Nat Puller from Dade City, Wyoming saying a warrant is still valid. Josh and his client ride for Dade City. When they check into the hotel, Josh has a bad feeling which comes true when they are arrested. His client is wanted for a murder he doesn't remember.
Episode 18
Angela
Sat, Jan 9, 196025 mins
Sam Pryor hears a noise so he enters his office where he catches Harry Quint trying to rob the safe. He yells for his daughter Angela to get Sheriff Henry Wilson. When she re-enters the room with the Sheriff, Pryor falls to the floor stabbed to death and Quint is knocked out. When the Sheriff says he will take Quint to Tuttle City for trial, Angela says no - he is to be hanged immediately. The town is named after the Pryors and they run the town. Meanwhile, Josh encounters two men on their way to Pryor's Fork. They are from west Texas looking for work - Josh is looking for the killer Harry Quint. In town the men Ash Langford and George Aswell, head for the saloon while Josh visits the Sheriff after stabling his horse. After Josh asks about Quint, Sheriff Wilson takes him out back of the office where Quint is chained to a large stump under the guard of a deputy. Wilson plans to take Quint to Tuttle City the next day. Josh offers to accompany him but Wilson rejects the offer as Angela Pryor arrives at his office to threaten Quint as Josh listens.
Episode 19
The Monster
Sat, Jan 16, 196025 mins
Josh is riding in open country when he spots a young Shawnee Indian boy running scared ahead. He catches the frightened boy who after clutching Josh says his village was destroyed by a monster. They hear a loud bellow or roar in the distance as Josh and the boy mount the horse. Josh takes the boy to his village on the reservation but finds it destroyed along with a couple of bodies but no one there alive. The boy says his people ran away. Josh takes him to Nugget City where he enters the Sheriff's office finding the Sheriff holding a gun on him. After saying why he is there, the Sheriff confirms that a monster is on the prowl that has destroyed a mining camp scaring everyone to stay indoors. There is a $200 reward for stopping the monster but no one will help. A man enters saying there is a man in the saloon who saw the monster. The Sheriff, Josh and the boy follow hearing the scared man describe confronting the monster but in a direction counter to Josh's experience. Josh with the boy along decides to go find and stop the monster.
Episode 20
Most Beautiful Woman
Sat, Jan 23, 196025 mins
Josh is down on his luck after playing cards and getting cleaned out. John Garth enters asking for Josh who he wants to speak to privately saying he has a job for Josh for $100 a day plus expenses. They move over to the bar where Garth offers Josh a job helping find his fiancé Leslie who has disappeared. At first Josh assumes she simply left him and doesn't want to get involved. Garth then shows him a telegram he received that indicates she may be dead. Garth has traveled to Hogan looking for Leslie who was a singer and member of a troupe that played at Hogan. Hogan, nearly dead, is owned by Frank Jeffers who won't say where she is or went but agrees she did play at Hogan. Frank decides Skeek should give Garth a false location where she is staying. When they find the shack abandoned, they nearly give up. Garth decides to raise the reward for her to $1500 to spark more interest among the locals at the same time Josh gets heated over their being told to leave in a half hour. During this an unseen woman has watched the activity on the street.
Episode 21
Jason
Sat, Jan 30, 196025 mins
On a cold blustery night Josh brings in 'Doc' Phillips to Sheriff John Holmes' office in Virginia City. Holmes tells Josh that the $100 bounty on Phillips for holding illegal money was small potatoes for Josh. Josh responds that Phillips is the lure to catch a bigger fish - Clell Fanning who has a $5000 bounty on his head for bank robbery and murder. Problem is that Josh doesn't know what Fanning looks like. Holmes' Deputy, Jason Nichols, is new to the work and very curious about Josh's profession and methods. Josh tells Jason that Fanning killed a friend of his which he hasn't forgotten. The Sheriff gets a message that Fanning has men coming for Phillips so he has Jason and Josh clear the streets of all civilians. That evening Josh, Jason, and Holmes stand watch waiting for the four men who arrive to break Phillips out. The four outlaws are killed but the Sheriff is killed while Josh is severely wounded. It is left to Jason to protect the town from Fanning as he learns the ropes of bounty hunting.
Episode 22
The Partners
Sat, Feb 6, 196025 mins
Late at night Marshal Thompson with two deputies wake up the livery stable owner to see if Josh and his horse are there. The horse is but Josh is asleep at the hotel. The Marshal rouses Josh out of his sleep to arrest him for stealing the horse he was riding. The next morning Jason Nichols with Dog arrive at the jail looking for Josh. Jason introduces himself as a deputy from Virginia City who wired the Marshal to arrest Josh. Jason asks to visit Josh who is sleeping again. Jason tells Josh he is there to bail him out but Josh realizes it is a lie. Jason wants to work with Josh so he had him arrested and hopes to arrest Billy Joe Henry who has a bounty on his head to prove he can work with Josh. Josh knows Henry and his two brothers as he killed Henry's brother Eddie. Henry has an agreement with the Marshal and upon learning about Josh, plans to kill him - and Jason. Will Josh and Jason work together or go their separate ways as Jason realizes he may have bit off too much?
Episode 23
Tolliver Bender
Sat, Feb 13, 196030 mins
Josh and Jason ride into Pittman looking for Tolliver Bender. The town is deserted other than an old man napping. He tells them Tolliver and the town's version of law, Amos McKenna, are down by the tree where Tolliver is to be hanged. They ride up just in time to stop the hanging. McKenna stops it in response to Josh's request but he wants to know why. Josh shows him a poster saying there is a reward of $1000 for Tolliver to testify at a hearing for Josh's friend Fletcher Grant in Dry Creek. After reading the poster, McKenna wanting to be paid, eventually agrees to accept $250 for Tolliver if he is returned to Pittman to be hanged. Josh says he can have him back in ten days but McKenna wants Jason as a guarantee that Josh returns with Tolliver. Josh doesn't want to do it but Jason tells him to go ahead. As soon as everyone leaves, McKenna stops Flint Bickford to tell him about the reward. If Flint can take Tolliver away, McKenna will split the $1000 with him. Josh soon finds himself fighting not only to save Jason but himself.
Episode 24
A House Divided
Sat, Feb 20, 196030 mins
Josh who received a letter offering him a job rides into town to find the stableman and hotel clerk warning him to leave town. After checking in at the hotel, he goes to his room and is knocked out as he enters. The next morning after waking up he goes to the saloon to meet his contact - the attractive Amanda Cole - only to find the saloon busted up. Amanda asks him to come to her room where she explains she will pay him $500 now and another $500 when he proves her father Bayard is innocent of a murder charge. They ride out to a house where Bayard explains his situation. He and his half-brother Clete share ownership of a ranch and he is afraid of Clete and his son Buff. Meanwhile, Jason rides into to town looking for Josh. He runs into Buff Cole who offers him $50 now and an additional $50 when done to kill Josh which Jason accepts. Josh returns to his hotel to find Jason waiting for him. Upon comparing stories they concoct a plan of action to solve the situation.
Episode 25
Triple Vise
Sat, Feb 27, 196030 mins
Josh and Jason are asked by Al Hemp in jail in the U.S. to kill a man for $500. Josh refuses as that is not his type of business. Al explains he is about to hang for a crime the man committed because Al agreed to take the man's place until he returns. Instead, the man ran to Mexico. When Josh asks why Al agreed to such a crazy plan, Al's excuse is that he has done it all his life as the man is his brother Billy Hemp. They agree to try to find Billy and return him to the U.S. Upon arriving in the Mexican village where he is thought to be, they enter the cantina. They ask the bartender but he refuses to give any information about hemp but offers them drinks and a room. Jason tries to convince Josh that they must stay alert so they need to skip, drinks, women, and gambling. However, Josh feels the job may require an unique approach. He asks for a drink while making small talk with the barmaid Juanita. After they decide Hemp is not in town, Josh loses him at a cabin. Back in town events take an explosive turn as they hunt for Hemp.
Episode 26
Black Belt
Sat, Mar 19, 196030 mins
In Railton, Kansas Josh sends a wire to Jason Nichols in Green Branch, Nebraska reporting that he is on the trail of Sammy Wong, asking Jason to join him. As Josh walks to the door of the saloon, two men are thrown out followed by an Asian man telling them to stay out. Upon entering the saloon, Josh asks the bartender if Sammy Wong works there. The bouncer points out Wong as one of the two men reenters. Sammy takes him down with a karate chop followed by a chop to Josh's side that knocks him out. At Dr. Russell's office, the man leaves with a broken arm while Josh is trussed up with a wooden cage to support his ribs. Paul Cameron, who put a $500 bounty on Wong, explains the Korean is a karate expert who killed Cameron's father. Josh, unable to continue the search, enlists Jason with a warning to keep a distance between himself and Wong. Jason then tracks Wong to Hastings, Nebraska where he's working on a railroad crew, but Jason doesn't recognize him among all the Asians on the crew. Josh has to help with identification, but not all is as it seems.
Episode 27
The Pariah
Sat, Mar 26, 196030 mins
When Josh rides into town and asks for Randy Holleran, he is mistaken by a local resident for one of the three men hired to kill Holleran. Ted Dawson corrects the man as Josh states he is there to protect Holleran, not kill him. He rides down the street to the office where Holleran is holed up with a bottle in hand and the pretty Bess Wilson trying to protect him. Holleran recognizes Josh who has promised his friend, Holleran's dad, to protect Holleran. The drunken Holleran refuses to use a rifle saying he doesn't know how. After sending Bess home, Josh tries to find help starting with Sheriff Jackson who says he will be busy making his rounds collecting taxes for days. At the telegraph office he finds the system broken. The city doctor who has no sympathy for Holleran either explains Holleran against people's wishes forced them to sell him the land he needed for a rail spur when a smallpox epidemic hit and he held up the delivery of medicine. Josh is left with Bess to protect Holleran who faces multiple threats.
Episode 28
Vendetta
Sat, Apr 9, 196030 mins
At an abandoned fort Josh captures the wanted trooper Allen Stokes who has been causing trouble with the Kiowa tribe. Because of a crippled horse, Josh takes him to a nearby Army encampment for the $1000 bounty. However, the commanding officer Capt. William Phelps refuses to pay the bounty and instead decides to hire Stokes to plot a massacre of the Kiowa. Threatened with being shot, Josh goes to the closest Army post where he meets Jason. Together they learn from Col. Bradley that Phelps is mentally sick due to his wife and child being killed by the Kiowa. Upon learning from Josh that Phelps plans to massacre the Kiowa, Bradley conscripts Josh to return to Phelps with orders relieving him. Josh has no option but to obey. He finds the detachment but Stokes shoots Josh wounding and knocking him out. When Josh awakens, Phelps is burning the paper orders he was carrying. He then orders Lt. Carson to take charge of Josh for the firing squad he has ordered.
Episode 29
Death Divided by Three
Sat, Apr 23, 196030 mins
Josh and Jason track Jake Lorenz from Arizona to a hotel in Saddle Falls, Texas ahead of the posters from Arizona. The hotel clerk with some hesitation tells them Lorenz checked into room 2 using the name Jackson. When they knock on the door asking for Jackson, the door across the hall opens with a woman pointing a derringer at them. She tells them Lorenz is not in at the moment and she is his wife, Lucinda. She forces them into her room where she tells them Jake is innocent and even offers them $700 dollars to go away. Hearing a noise at the door across the hall, Jason is able to grab Lucinda while Josh checks who is there but finds the hotel clerk looking to tell them Lorenz had been seen at the blacksmith shop. Jason stays with Lucinda taking her to breakfast while Josh goes to the blacksmith shop but has to wait for Lorenz to return. Lucinda escapes, showing up as Josh captures Lorenz. She allows Lorenz to escape forcing Josh who is knocked out and Jason to work with the Sheriff to catch their man which ends in a twist.
Episode 30
The Inheritance
Sat, Apr 30, 196030 mins
Josh is taken at gunpoint to the ranch owned by Clint Davis. There he is told by Dr. Parks that Davis will explain why. Because Davis is blind and dying he wants Josh to find his son who ran away fifteen years earlier because Davis and the son fought with each other. He is willing to pay Josh $2000 for the job. Josh accepting the task asks how he can identify the son. Because the son will have changed so much the only ID Davis can think of is a black brooch surrounded with garnets the son took that belonged to his mother he loved. Josh using the last lead Davis had heads to Summitville where he directed by the Sheriff to Graingerville. He stops at the sheriff's office where Deputy Fix tells Josh he may know the missing son. Fix offers to bring the son to Josh at the hotel. Fix and a friend Marc ride out to a man known as Adam Smith, a prospector. After admitting his identity and showing them the brooch, Fix shoots him. Jason unknowingly brings back Marc as the missing son but there are complications.
Episode 31
Prison Trail
Sat, May 14, 196030 mins
Josh and Jason are driving a prison wagon to Leavenworth, Kansas carrying four prisoners - three men and one woman. They were convicted for robbing her husband while she was convicted of manslaughter for killing him. Josh happens to be friends with one prisoner, Jack Kelly. As they camp one night a stranger approaches the camp asking to travel with the group for protection from the Pawnee Indians. Josh refuses the request plus the request seems strange as Indians are not a problem where they are traveling. Later, they notice he still camped where they can see his campfire. The female prisoner, Sally Lind, tells Josh the stranger is the brother of her husband who she was convicted of killing. The next day he is still traveling close to their group. Josh rides back to dissuade him and he does ride off. However, that night he reappears with two Pawnee braves. The convicts claim he is actually the one who killed his brother and he is wanting the money Sally hid.
Episode 32
Pay-off at Pinto
Sat, May 21, 196030 mins
Josh rides into the town of Pinto as Sheriff Luke Deaver is breaking up a mob wanting to lynch the Chinese owner, Tom Wing. Wing has sent for Josh hoping he can find who robbed the bank of $20,000 in gold and bank notes a week earlier. The community uses the Pinto bank paper notes as the local currency. When the two major depositors pulled their money out of the bank, the rest of miners worried that their deposits in the bank would be lost. Wing, however, tells Josh and the others that he has several times as much gold in the Santa Fe bank to cover the losses. He can go to Santa Fe to pick up more paper notes that he can issue to the depositors. When his plan is disclosed to the public they refuse to let Wing leave town so Wing asks Josh to make the trip for him. That evening as Wing prepares the documents Josh will need, someone takes a shot at Wing from outside his house creasing his head. Josh is knocked out when he goes to investigate. Josh goes ahead with the trip but with a trap in mind.