Episode
The Rifleman: Closer than a Brother
Overview
Lucas looks for answers when recovering alcoholic Micah Torrence returns to the bottle—and turns in his badge.
Details
- Series
- The Rifleman
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 22
- Air date
- 1961-02-21
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Closer than a Brother is Episode 22 in Season 3 of The Rifleman. It aired on 1961-02-21. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 21: The Wyoming Story (2)
Mark heads for Wyoming to search for Lucas, who's on the trail of a gang illegally selling weapons to the Indians. (Part 2 of 2)
Episode 23: The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town
In a ghost town, Lucas, Mark and Micah tangle with the Newman family and learn the secret of the town's 20-year-old mystery of a lost gold mine.
More episodes from this season
Episode 20: The Wyoming Story (1)
Lucas agrees to take a job as a federal undercover agent and goes to Wyoming to investigate rumors of sales of arms to renegade indians. His life is endagered by the town drunk who stumbles onto his true identity and purpose. (Part 1 of 2)
Episode 24: Dark Day at North Fork
Blinded in an explosion, Lucas fights despair as he prepares for a meeting with a gun-toting enemy.
Episode 19: Face of Yesterday
Lucas thinks he has seen a ghost when a young man, eerily similar to a man he killed in the Civil War, challenges him to a gunfight.
Episode 25: The Prisoner
Two ex-Confederate officers seek revenge on Lucas, who served as prison guard during their internment.
Episode 18: The Actress
A deathbed request from an old friend sends Lucas to a neighboring town in search of the man's long-lost sweetheart.
Episode 26: Assault
A salesman can't talk his way out of an assault charge.
Episode 17: Long Trek
Lucas and Marshal Torrance run in trouble transporting a captured killer back to face trial.
Episode 27: Short Rope for a Tall Man
Lucas, accused of horse theft, struggles to clear himself before a lynch mob catches up.
Episode 16: Flowers by the Door
Lucas unmasks a killer posing as a door-to-door seed salesman.
Episode 28: The Clarence Bibs Story
A janitor-turned-gunfighter whose reputation hangs on one lucky shot—and a lot of gall.