The Rifleman

S1E1 The Sharpshooter

Lucas and Mark decide to enter a local turkey shoot to raise money to buy a ranch.

S1E2 Home Ranch

Cattle baron Oat Jackford orders his two cowboys to run Lucas McCain and his son off their ranch.

S1E3 End of a Young Gun

When Mark gets caught on a mountain ledge, a young outlaw risks his life to rescue him and breaks his leg doing so.

S1E4 The Marshal

The notorious Shelton rides into the town of North Fork to take revenge on an elderly Marshal who is now crippled and working for Lucas McCain.

S1E5 The Brother-In-Law

Johnny Gibbs, Lucas McCain's brother-in-law, visits the McCain ranch. Gibbs, a rodeo rider wanted by the law, begins stirring up trouble.

S1E6 Eight Hours to Die

A vengeful judge who believes Lucas was responsible for his son's death, kidnaps Mark McCain to revenge himself on Lucas.

S1E7 Duel of Honor

A handsome Italian count arrives in North Fork. The town bully ridicules his manner of speech and dress and provokes the Count to challenge him to a duel.

S1E8 The Safe Guard

A new bank opens and Banker Hamilton hires a slow-witted gunman to guard the safe. When some of the gunman's old outlaw friends arrive in town they propose he join them in robbing the bank.

S1E9 The Sister

Mark tries to play Cupid between Lucas and a pretty young stranger who arrives in North Fork, the girl's two brothers accuse him of trifling with her affections and challenge him to fight them both.

S1E10 New Orleans Menace

An arch-criminal has been run out of New Orleans and is passing through North Fork. Spotting the McCain ranch, he tells McCain he wants to buy it.

S1E11 The Apprentice Sheriff

Young Dan Willard takes on Marshal Micah Torrence's job. With no experience, he takes a tough stand with a bunch of Texas cowhands whose high spirits are evident at the saloon.

S1E12 The Angry Gun

Lucas and Mark are returning from a big cattle sale when the stage is robbed by three outlaws. Lucas, desperate to recover the money that was stolen, is determined to pursue the outlaws.

S1E13 The Young Englishman

Lucas gets in trouble when he accuses the foreman of a neighboring ranch of rustling some of his cattle.

S1E14 The Gaucho

An Argentine family moves to North Fork. The townspeople are unfriendly to them, making fun of their clothing and customs. The Argentinean adult immigrant is openly hostile in return.

S1E15 The Pet

Lucas and Mark find themselves exposed to anthrax after they adopt a stray horse whose owner has been killed in a gunfight.

S1E16 The Sheridan Story

After the end of the Civil War, General Phil Sheridan, who has been appointed Governor of the New Mexico Territory, is on an inspection tour of the country.

S1E17 The Retired Gun

A famous gunfighter marries and decides to retire. He and his wife settle down in North Fork and open a store, but three outlaws arrive in town looking to best him in a gunfight.

S1E18 The Photographer

An old friend of Lucas McCain's, a traveling photographer, comes to North Fork plying his trade. When a murder is committed, the photographer is accused of the crime.

S1E19 Shivaree

The townsfolk of North Fork decide to give a young couple a shivaree celebration. When the drunken crowd gets out of hand and roughs up the bride-to-be, the young groom challenges them.

S1E20 The Deadeye Kid

When a young boy from Brooklyn is accused of murder, Mark, believing the boy's claim of innocence, hides him until he can find the real killer.

S1E21 The Indian

U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart arrives in North Fork in search of renegade Indians suspected of the brutal killing of a Texas Ranger and his family.

S1E22 The Boarding House

Sid Fallon tries to blackmail former gambler Julia Andueza into allowing him to use her boarding house as a gambling hall and saloon.

S1E23 The Second Witness

Lucas puts his life in jeopardy when he agrees to testify in a murder case where the first witness was killed before he could testify, and the killer is still at large.

S1E24 The Trade

Outlaw Sam Morley falls in love with a young woman who has a serious illness and asks Lucas to turn him in for the reward and use the money to pay for her medical care.

S1E25 One Went to Denver

Lucas welcomes his old friend Tom Birch, who once saved his life, unaware that the man is now a bank robber on the run with his gang.

S1E26 The Deadly Wait

Dan Maury, released from Yuma prison, arrives in North Fork intent on getting even with Marshal Torrance, who helped send him to jail.

S1E27 The Wrong Man

Young Mark McCain is eager to help lawman Jay Jefferson, who has arrived in North Fork intent on killing an outlaw for the reward, whether he is the right man or not.

S1E28 The Challenge

Lucas comes to the rescue when escaped convicts hold up the general store in North Fork and take Marshall Torrance hostage.

S1E29 The Hawk

Young Mark manages to capture a hawk but falls into danger with a rattlesnake. A stranger comes to his rescue and Mark invites the man home, unaware that he is on the run from the law.

S1E30 Three-Legged Terror

Lucas takes in an orphaned teen being raised by his abusive uncle after there is trouble at the school.

S1E31 The Angry Man

The McCains try to be tolerant of their embittered neighbor Abel MacDonald, but they decide he's gone too far when he won't allow his injured boy to get medical treatment.

S1E32 The Woman

An unfounded rumor causes North Fork's outspoken feminist schoolteacher to be attacked by a mob of angry townspeople.

S1E33 The Money Gun

When his employer begins to suspect him of embezzlement, bookkeeper Asa Manning decides to hire a professional gunman to take care of the problem.

S1E34 A Matter of Faith

A drought has forced local cowhands to seek work on a railroad construction project, but executives are afraid workers will desert them if they believe an old man's claim of making rain.

S1E35 Blood Brothers

Lucas McCain gives blood to save a dying man and is surprised by Marshall Torrance's odd behavior towards him. Soon, men arrive from a nearby town and demand custody of the man.

S1E36 Stranger at Night

When Mark finds the body of a murder victim, Lucas, his friend Artemus and Marshall Torrance begin a search for the killer.

S1E37 The Raid

When renegade Apaches wound Lucas and kidnap Mark, Marshall Torrance joins with U.S. Marshall Sam Buckhart to form a rescue posse.

S1E38 Outlaw's Inheritance

Lucas is the town's representative to the railroad commission until an infamous train robber dies and leaves his ill-gotten wealth to Lucas. Lucas must clear his name.

S1E39 Boomerang

When a rancher dies after the bank forecloses the mortgage on his property, his son blames the banker for his father's death.

S1E40 The Mind Reader

When a wealthy rancher is killed, Mark suggests that they seek the aid of a mind reader to identify the murderer.