Episode
The Virginian: Wolf Track
Overview
After being mauled by a cunning wolf he has been tracking, and then robbed of his possessions by a stranger, MacKenzie is taken in by a homesteader and her son. The wolf, however, is still at large and MacKenzie is determined to kill him.
Details
- Series
- The Virginian
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 1971-03-17
Episode context
Wolf Track is Episode 23 in Season 9 of The Virginian. It aired on 1971-03-17.
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Episode 22: The Town Killer
The Virginian on a business trip to Montana finds himself in an area where protection is provided by an ex-outlaw to several towns. All is well until he is forced to kill one of the enforcers. That puts his life on the line with no backup.
Episode 24: Jump-Up
After stopping in the town of Jump-Up to see an old girlfriend, Tate is cheated in a card game by a gambler, and then framed by town boss John Timothy Driscoll and his son for killing the man, and forced into a hard labor camp.
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Episode 21: The Regimental Line
During the Ghost Dance movement a troop of soldiers visits Col MacKenzie to warn him and the ranchers. Parker as does MacKenzie recognizes Sgt. Mulcahy as a long thought dead Lt. Baxter from MacKenzie's Lancer regiment in India.
Episode 20: Tate, Ramrod
Tate helps ramrod a small ranch when the owner leaves to buy new breeding stock. However, the owner's plan to fence his pasture is met with strong resistance by a neighbor stopping Tate plus a surprise arrivals adds to the problems.
Episode 19: Flight from Memory
MacKenzie meets a girl in a daze who is thrown off her horse. He takes her to the cabin of the hermit Muley. Initially, the girl doesn't react to them but she slowly recovers some memory. A stranger arrives saying she is wanted for murder.
Episode 18: The Angus Killer
The Virginian is sent to look at buying an Angus herd from a widow. He arrives to find that someone is causing problems for her on the ranch ever since her husband died months earlier. Her son believes it is a neighbor but she disagrees.
Episode 17: The Legacy of Spencer Flats
In nearly abandoned Spencer Flats, Trampas is held by Della and Annie Spencer, who accuse him of being outlaw Deke Slaughter, though their handyman is not so convinced. Then the real Slaughter rides into the town, claiming to be a sheriff.
Episode 16: The Animal
On the way home Tate finds himself in the middle of hunting party where the prey is a young Shawnee boy. Tate discovering the boy is deaf-mute takes him to jail after learning he is wanted for murder but finds he becomes the boy's lawyer.
Episode 15: The Politician
The Virginian is sent to check out the Bonham ranch which is up for sale. Once there he finds himself caught in the fight between the brothers Foster and Jack who own the ranch and involved in the murder of a woman he once knew.
Episode 14: Nan Allen
Col. MacKenzie is shocked to learn his friend was killed assaulting a business woman by her brother in their house. As the Colonel gets to know her, the relationship turns to love but he soon learns the brother may tear them apart as well.
Episode 13: Hannah
Trampas comes to the aid of a girl and her father who had a heart attack. At the father's request he helps them at their destination and then to try to find the girl's mother who is with outlaws. He finds the girl has her own mind on it.
Episode 12: Last of the Comancheros
MacKenzie is in New Mexico to buy cattle when he meets a female New York writer who takes an interest in the local Comancheros who are hated locally and especially by the Sheriff. Her story results in her kidnapping and trouble for all.