Season
The Rifleman: Season 2
Overview
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Details
- Series
- The Rifleman
- Season
- Season 2
- Air date
- 1959-09-29
- Episodes
- 36 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Patsy
A group of outlaws devise a plan to get rid of Lucas so that they can take over the town of North Fork.
Episode 2: Bloodlines
After Lucas kills a mountain man in a barrom brawl, his father arrives in North Fork determined to take revenge on Lucas and Marshal Torrance, once he breaks his other two boys out of jail.
Episode 3: The Blowout
Newly arrived gunslinger Al Walker throws a mammoth party at the saloon, keeping acting Marshal Ben Waller busy until Lucas is forced to intervene.
Episode 4: Obituary
Newspaperman Byron Claremont specializes in profiles of famous gunmen. One of his stories was responsible for an old-time marshal's death; and his next subject is Lucas.
Episode 5: Tension
Gavin and Ezra Martin think that Lucas killed their son Clemmie while taking part in a train robbery, and Lucas refuses to tell them what really happened.
Episode 6: Eddie's Daughter
After the daughter of Lucas's friend the hotel clerk arrives in North Fork, two strangers threaten her life.
Episode 7: Panic
Town character Brett Conway blackmails Lucas with the knowledge that a young couple Lucas rescued are suffering from yellow fever.
Episode 8: Ordeal
When their wagon breaks down, Mark and an injured Lucas are stranded in the desert.
Episode 9: The Spiked Rifle
Mark is kidnapped as he and his father try to protect Banker Hamilton's gold.
Episode 10: Letter of the Law
Lucas makes a life-or-death decision when Micah is held hostage and the kidnappers demand the release of a notorious outlaw.
Episode 11: The Legacy
Lucas tries to do a good deed for the old town drunk but it backfires when the drunk's son believes he inherited Lucas' ranch.
Episode 12: The Baby Sitter
A dance hall singer asks Lucas to care for her daughter in an effort to hide the baby from her self-righteous, bigoted father.
Episode 13: The Coward
Lucas becomes involved in a battle between an aspiring writer and a cocky, bragging trail boss.
Episode 14: Surveyors
Mark runs away from home after his father questions his story about overhearing a plot to rob the bank.
Episode 15: Day of the Hunter
A famous buffalo hunter tries to goad Lucas into a shooting match.
Episode 16: Mail Order Groom
When a stranger arrives to marry the town spinster, two brothers who want her land try to discourage him with threats and a beating.
Episode 17: A Case of Identity
Mark finds himself in grave danger when two unscrupulous detectives searching for a man's long-lost son claim that it is Mark.
Episode 18: The Visitors
Lucas is drawn to a young widow passing through town on her way to claim an inheritance, but others who covet it are trying to kill her.
Episode 19: The Hero
After a young stablehand kills a notorious gunslinger, he is baffled by the hostility of the townspeople about giving him the reward.
Episode 20: The Horse Traders
When a horse dealer transporting a prize stallion stops in North Fork, two saddle tramps try to use trickery to obtain it.
Episode 21: The Spoiler
An elderly couple moves to North Fork under an assumed name to hide the fact that they are the parents of a vicious killer. The plan backfires when the son shows up at their home.
Episode 22: Heller
After foiling a girl's attempt to rob the general store, Lucas finds that she and her brother are plotting the murder of their abusive stepfather.
Episode 23: The Grasshopper
A condemned killer being transported by train murders a marshal and takes Mark hostage.
Episode 24: A Time for Singing
Mark discovers that the new preacher and his wife are impostors planning a robbery.
Episode 25: The Deserter
Lucas and Marshal Torrance get into trouble with the Army when they try to help a wounded young soldier who deserted.
Episode 26: The Vision
After Mark contracts typhoid fever and has a vision of his dead mother, he no longer seems interested in getting well.
Episode 27: The Lariat
An old friend of Lucas's returns to town in the company of a shady gambler and is accused of cheating at cards.
Episode 28: Smoke Screen
Several men are vying for a rancher's daughter's affections. When she is found dead, one of them becomes the prime suspect in her murder.
Episode 29: Shotgun Man
Shotgun man John Beaumont, who Lucas sent to prison, returns with vengeance on his mind.
Episode 30: Sins of the Father
After shooting a man in self-defense, Andy Moon turns to Lucas for protection from his vengeful brothers.
Episode 31: The Prodigal
To keep his invalid mother happy, an outlaw forces Lucas and Mark to go along with a masquerade that he is the owner of Lucas's ranch.
Episode 32: The Fourflusher
A sharecropper enters his colt in a horse race, hoping to win enough money to buy his farm from the owner, who has bet on Mark McCain's entry.
Episode 33: The Jailbird
When Lucas hires an ex-con as a ranch hand, the man is the first one under suspicion when a robbery and murder occur in the area.
Episode 34: Meeting at Midnight
Lucas helps his former Army captain, now an undercover federal agent, infiltrate a gang of bank robbers.
Episode 35: Nora
Lucas finds himself involved in murder when he gallantly steps to the aid of a beautiful woman.
Episode 36: The Hangman
An ex-convict is blamed for a brutal crime despite his claims of rehabilitation.