Episode Data

The Big Valley

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Season 1

• _{Wednesday, September 15th, 1965}

  1: Palms of Glory

  In the series premiere, the railroad has hired men to force the farmers and ranchers of Stockton off land acquired by the railroad. An angry young man, Heath, shows up at the Barkley ranch claiming to be the late Tom Barkleys' illegitimate son.

• _{Wednesday, September 22nd, 1965}

  2: Forty Rifles

  While preparing for a major cattle drive, Heath has difficulty being accepted as a Barkley by the ranch hands. Nick's former commander in the war comes for an unexpected visit.

• _{Wednesday, September 29th, 1965}

  3: Boots with My Father's Name

  While Stockton honors the memory of Tom Barkley, Victoria searches for answers about Tom and Heath's mother.

• _{Wednesday, October 6th, 1965}

  4: Young Marauders

  Audra is saved by a man who claims to be a mustang hunter, but his band of marauders is extorting protection money from the farmers and ranchers of Stockton.

• _{Wednesday, October 13th, 1965}

  5: The Odyssey of Jubal Tanner

  Victoria sells land to an old friend, keeping a promise made many years before, while Jarrod supports a plan to flood the land to benefit the entire valley.

• _{Wednesday, October 20th, 1965}

  6: Heritage

  While Heath investigates violence at one of the Barkley mines, he discovers that the miners hate the Barkley family for promises that have not been kept by the mines' managing partner.

• _{Wednesday, October 27th, 1965}

  7: Winner Lose All

  While the Barkleys are involved in a land dispute with a neighbor, Heath falls for the neighbor's daughter, who has recently returned from the east.

• _{Wednesday, November 3rd, 1965}

  8: My Son, My Son

  An old childhood friend of Audra's returns and surprises her at her birthday party. She doesn't know that he is dangerous and emotionally disturbed.

• _{Wednesday, November 10th, 1965}

  9: Earthquake!

  An earthquake traps Victoria with several others in a forgotten mine shaft under the mission church.

• _{Wednesday, November 17th, 1965}

  10: The Murdered Party

  Jarrod defends a man accused of murder, even though the only witness to the crime is his own brother, Heath.

• _{Wednesday, November 24th, 1965}

  11: The Way to Kill a Killer

  While on his way to sell his herd of cattle, Nick's friend Mariano Montoya discovers that anthrax has infected the herd.

• _{Wednesday, December 1st, 1965}

  12: Night of the Wolf

  When Nick is bitten by a rabid wolf, he makes Heath swear not to say a word and leaves town so his family will not have to witness what will happen to him.

• _{Wednesday, December 8th, 1965}

  13: The Guilt of Matt Bentell

  Matt Toddman, the new foreman of the Barkley's logging operations to dinner, is discovered to be Matt Bentell, the former commander of a prison camp where Heath had been held.

• _{Wednesday, December 15th, 1965}

  14: The Brawlers

  A group of Irish immigrants settle down on Barkley land, believing that they bought the land legally.

• _{Wednesday, December 22nd, 1965}

  15: Judgement in Heaven

  Jarrod decides to bring Maybelle Williams, one of his clients, home for Christmas.

• _{Wednesday, December 29th, 1965}

  16: The Invaders

  While out counting cattle, Heath comes across a dead cow and is shot by the same rawhiders who killed the cow.

• _{Wednesday, January 5th, 1966}

  17: By Fires Unseen

  Nick returns from a trip from San Francisco with a big surprise - a fiance.

• _{Wednesday, January 19th, 1966}

  18: A Time to Kill

  Jarrod is visited by an old law school friend who is being followed by the Secret Service.

• _{Wednesday, February 2nd, 1966}

  19: Teacher of Outlaws

  Mistaken for the schoolteacher, Victoria is kidnapped by an outlaw who wishes to learn to read.

• _{Wednesday, February 9th, 1966}

  20: Under a Dark Star

  A guilt ridden Jarrod offers to help a man that he helped to convict of a crime that Jarrod now knows that he did not commit.

• _{Wednesday, February 16th, 1966}

  21: Barbary Red

  While having a birthday drink at The Barbary Red saloon with two of his ranch hands, Nick is shanghaied.

• _{Wednesday, February 23rd, 1966}

  22: The Death Merchant

  Handy Random, the man who killed the man that killed Tom Barkley, comes to visit the Barkley family during a property dispute.

• _{Wednesday, March 2nd, 1966}

  23: The Fallen Hawk

  Heath feels that his friend's injury and paralysis is his fault, and ends up being used by the man.

• _{Wednesday, March 9th, 1966}

  24: Hazard

  A man comes to the ranch looking for Heath and is shot by bounty hunters.

• _{Wednesday, March 23rd, 1966}

  25: Into the Widow's Web

  Heath's childhood sweetheart Liberty Keane suddenly reappears in his life, bringing unexpected trouble.

• _{Wednesday, March 30th, 1966}

  26: By Force and Violence

  When Victoria and Heath take a wagon full of supplies up to the Barkley lodge to prepare for the arrival of the rest of family, their pleasant ride soon turns into a nightmare.

• _{Wednesday, April 6th, 1966}

  27: The River Monarch

  A boy discovers the wreckage of a long-lost riverboat, the River Monarch, which was said to be carrying a large shipment of gold.

• _{Wednesday, April 13th, 1966}

  28: The Midas Man

  Audra falls for a shrewd financier, who has come to the valley to capitalize on a drought that has left most of the ranchers in need of loans.

• _{Wednesday, April 20th, 1966}

  29: Tunnel of Gold

  Bert Jason's new store is used by outlaws who tunnel into the next building to steal the Barkley's gold shipment.

• _{Wednesday, April 27th, 1966}

  30: Last Train to the Fair

  While on their way to the fair in Sacramento, Audra is stricken with a severe case of appendicitis. Fortunately, there is a doctor on board, but he is being chased down by men who wish to see him hang.

Season 2

• _{Monday, September 12th, 1966}

  1: The Lost Treasure

  A man arrives at the Barkley Ranch and claims that he is Heath's father, causing Heath to question his parentage.

• _{Monday, September 19th, 1966}

  2: Legend of a General (pt. 1)

  While Heath is in Mexico visiting General Ruiz, the general escapes arrest by fleeing to the Barkley ranch.

• _{Monday, September 26th, 1966}

  3: Legend of a General (2)

  Nick and Jarrod head to Mexico to break out Heath, who has already broken out and been recaptured.

• _{Monday, October 3rd, 1966}

  4: Caesar's Wife

  A friend of Audra has a new, very young, stepmother who likes him as more than a son and is jealous of Audra.

• _{Monday, October 10th, 1966}

  5: Pursuit

  Victoria heads alone into the desert to find a sick indian before he reaches, and infects, his people.

• _{Monday, October 17th, 1966}

  6: The Martyr

  Jarrod defends a Basque sheepherder.

• _{Monday, October 31st, 1966}

  7: Target

  Joshua Hawks, a candidate for governor, comes to Stockton with accusations against Tom Barkley.

• _{Monday, November 7th, 1966}

  8: The Velvet Trap

  A woman asks Nick for help, saying she is on the run from her former outlaw boyfriend.

• _{Monday, November 14th, 1966}

  9: The Man from Nowhere

  While traveling to represent the State Land Commission, Jarrod is injured and has amnesia.

• _{Monday, November 21st, 1966}

  10: The Great Safe Robbery

  Bumbling thieves hold Victoria and Audra hostage as they try to open a safe at the train station.

• _{Monday, November 28th, 1966}

  11: The Iron Box

  While traveling, Nick and Heath buy a bull from a man who subsequently has them arrested for stealing it.

• _{Monday, December 5th, 1966}

  12: Last Stage to Salt Flats

  Victoria, Jarrod, Heath, and their travelling companions are left stranded in the desert without water by three stagecoach robbers.

• _{Monday, December 12th, 1966}

  13: A Day of Terror

  Victoria and Audra are held captive in the church by an outlaw and her sons.

• _{Monday, December 19th, 1966}

  14: Hide The Children

  Nick accompanies a gypsy and her family to her wedding.

• _{Monday, December 26th, 1966}

  15: Day of the Comet

  Audra takes a liking to a mysterious young man, who is a dreamer on the run due to reasons unknown.

• _{Monday, January 2nd, 1967}

  16: Wagonload of Dreams

  The Barkley family helps a man trying to get his peaches to market.

• _{Monday, January 9th, 1967}

  17: Image of Yesterday

  An old beau of Victoria's comes to town, but he is not the man she remembers.

• _{Monday, January 16th, 1967}

  18: Boy into Man

  15-year-old Lud Akeley is determined to take care of his younger siblings without any help from the Barkley family, while looking for the mother who left them.

• _{Monday, January 23rd, 1967}

  19: Down Shadow Street

  Victoria witnesses a murder committed by her godson.

• _{Monday, January 30th, 1967}

  20: The Stallion

  An old ranch hand tries to prove he is still useful, by capturing a wild stallion alone.

• _{Monday, February 6th, 1967}

  21: The Haunted Gun

  Senator Judd Robeson, a former gunman, comes to Stockton, showing signs of paranoia.

• _{Monday, February 13th, 1967}

  22: Price of Victory

  Nick manages an injured boxer who has been told by his doctor to quit fighting.

• _{Monday, February 20th, 1967}

  23: Brother Love

  A fake faith healer comes to Stockton.

• _{Monday, March 6th, 1967}

  24: Court Martial

  A general that Nick served with in the Civil War visits the Barkley ranch and is accused of war crimes.

• _{Monday, March 13th, 1967}

  25: Plunder!

  Heath is sent to protect an evacuated town.

• _{Monday, March 20th, 1967}

  26: Turn of a Card

  Heath travels to bring Jarrod and Nick money for a water pump, but a gambler wants to relieve him of it.

• _{Monday, March 27th, 1967}

  27: Showdown in Limbo

  Heath helps an old friend and lawman transport a wanted outlaw to Stockton, with the outlaw's gang in hot pursuit.

• _{Monday, April 3rd, 1967}

  28: The Lady from Mesa

  Nick goes to find the daughter of a seriously injured ranch hand, with unexpected results.

• _{Monday, April 17th, 1967}

  29: Days of Grace

  Heath is wrongfully arrested for attempted rape, and is helped by a nun who used to be his girlfriend.

• _{Monday, April 24th, 1967}

  30: Cage of Eagles

  Nick captures an eagle, and a dynamiter causes trouble at a Barkley mine.

Season 3

• _{Monday, September 11th, 1967}

  1: Joaquin

  A man is hired at the ranch who is believed to be a Mexican outlaw thought long dead.

• _{Monday, September 18th, 1967}

  2: Ambush

  Victoria helps three indian women at a desert mission.

• _{Monday, September 25th, 1967}

  3: A Flock of Trouble

  To pay off a gambling debt, Josiah Freeman pawns off his flock of sheep on Nick.

• _{Monday, October 2nd, 1967}

  4: The Time after Midnight

  Jarrod agrees to prosecute a land grabber, but his determination to see justice served is severely tested when he is blinded in an explosion.

• _{Monday, October 9th, 1967}

  5: Night in a Small Town

  Traveling on a stage, Heath, Victoria, Audra, and a wayward saloon girl, stop in a small town for the night, where the town marshal turns out to be an old friend of Heath's. The man, though, is clearly not the man Heath remembers.

• _{Monday, October 16th, 1967}

  6: Ladykiller

  Nick and Heath stop at an inn where guests are killed for their money.

• _{Monday, October 30th, 1967}

  7: Guilty

  A client of Jarrod's escapes and takes over the schoolhouse where Audra is the substitute teacher.

• _{Monday, November 6th, 1967}

  8: The Disappearance

  A frantic Victoria searches for Audra, who has disappeared from a hotel and who no one claims to have seen.

• _{Monday, November 13th, 1967}

  9: A Noose is Waiting

  Victoria and Audra become acquainted with the new town doctor, unaware that he is a psychotic killer out to avenge his father's suicide by hanging those he holds responsible, and Victoria is one of his targets.

• _{Monday, November 20th, 1967}

  10: Explosion! (pt. 1)

  A forest fire rages, drawing closer to Stockton. The only solution is a firebreak created by a nitroglycerin explosion.

• _{Monday, November 27th, 1967}

  11: Explosion! (pt. 2)

  Jarrod, Nick and Heath volunteer to take the nitroglycerin to the fire.

• _{Monday, December 4th, 1967}

  12: Four Days to Furnace Hill

  Victoria is captured by crooked prison guards, who plan to substitute her for a convict they murdered.

• _{Monday, December 11th, 1967}

  13: Night of the Executioner

  While traveling through a strange town, a murder occurs and an innocent man is accused of it. Heath saw the man who really committed the crime, a fact which gets him more trouble than he bargained for.

• _{Monday, December 18th, 1967}

  14: Journey into Violence

  A community of mountain dwellers, who live by their own laws, captures Heath and forces him into slavery for killing one of their own in self defense.

• _{Monday, December 25th, 1967}

  15: The Buffalo Man

  The Barkleys hire convicts to help with their crops as part of a parole system, but a sadistic guard is determined to make his charges miserable.

• _{Monday, January 1st, 1968}

  16: The Good Thieves

  On the trail of the two thieving brothers who shot Jarrod during a robbery, Nick and Heath find them in a town where they are not only considered the leading citizens, but also practically saints.

• _{Monday, January 8th, 1968}

  17: Days of Wrath

  Wracked with grief when his new bride is murdered, an enraged Jarrod relentlessly hunts down her killer.

• _{Monday, January 15th, 1968}

  18: Miranda

  A wealthy Mexican visits the Barkleys, asking for help and bringing a valuable necklace with him.

• _{Monday, January 29th, 1968}

  19: Shadow of a Giant

  Nick and Heath join a posse led by a legendary marshal, but the marshal is no longer the same man they knew in the past.

• _{Monday, February 5th, 1968}

  20: Fall of a Hero

  Jarod defends Heath in court when he is accused of murder.

• _{Monday, February 12th, 1968}

  21: The Emperor of Rice

  A couple kidnap Victoria in an attempt to corner the rice market.

• _{Monday, February 19th, 1968}

  22: Rimfire

  When Jarod goes to Rimfire to conclude a merge of two mines, trouble starts.

• _{Monday, February 26th, 1968}

  23: Bounty on a Barkley

  Nick falls for newcomer Layle Johnson, who is slow to respond to his attentions.

• _{Monday, March 4th, 1968}

  24: The Devil's Masquerade

  A friend of Heath's has been carrying on a correspondence courtship with a woman who is to be his mail-order bride.

• _{Monday, March 11th, 1968}

  25: Run of the Savage

  Nick sets out to emotionally help a 14 year old boy who is rejected by his family and getting into trouble.

• _{Monday, March 18th, 1968}

  26: The Challenge

  A Senator comes to Stockton to campaign for re-election, but finds himself the target of a smear campaign that pulls Victoria in as well.

Season 4

• _{Monday, September 23rd, 1968}

  1: In Silent Battle

  Victoria and Audra Barkley unexpectedly meets a commanding officer in the US Army who rescued them from a freak accident on the road. He takes an immediate liking to Audra, but unknown to them, he is a psychologically disturbed and is obsessed with purity.

• _{Monday, September 30th, 1968}

  2: They Called Her Delilah

  A former confederate spy arrives in Stockton to a harsh welcome.

• _{Monday, October 7th, 1968}

  3: Presumed Dead

  On a stagecoach ride to Stockton, Victoria Barkley has an accident and suffers amnesia. She is rescued by a widower, a cattle rustler who convinces her that she is his wife.

• _{Monday, October 21st, 1968}

  4: Run of the Cat

  After a panther nearly kills Nick, he wants revenge.

• _{Monday, October 28th, 1968}

  5: Deathtown

  Jarrod travels to Baker City, intending to meet three brothers from Mexico for a business deal. Upon arrival, he learns that they have all been lynched.

• _{Monday, November 11th, 1968}

  6: The Jonah

  The Barkleys meet a short, timid man, who is believed to be a jinx, as whatever he sets his hands to becomes a disaster.

• _{Monday, November 18th, 1968}

  7: Hell Hath No Fury

  Heath has an interesting encounter with a young woman, who is obsessed with and plans to marry him, much to the objections of her brothers.

• _{Monday, November 25th, 1968}

  8: The Long Ride

  Audra witnesses the brutal murder of a close friend and her family. Victoria takes her home to Stockton by stagecoach, while the stage and its passengers are pursued by a mysterious rider.

• _{Monday, December 2nd, 1968}

  9: The Profit and the Lost

  Heath saves the life of a man, who turns out to be a hired killer on his way to Stockton to accept a job - killing Heath.

• _{Monday, December 9th, 1968}

  10: A Stranger Everywhere

  As a practical joke, Nick accuses a local seamstress of being a legendary outlaw.

• _{Monday, December 16th, 1968}

  11: The Prize

  Heath takes in his care and protection a baby entrusted to him by an outlaw's dying wife.

• _{Monday, December 30th, 1968}

  12: Hunter's Moon

  A jealous rancher holds Nick and two other men captive, believing one of them to be his wife's outside lover.

• _{Monday, January 6th, 1969}

  13: Top of the Stairs

  Victoria is being kept from her brother-in-law, who is said to be insane.

• _{Monday, January 20th, 1969}

  14: Joshua Watson

  A cowboy is believed to be a legendary and special man with the ability to tame horses with ease.

• _{Monday, January 27th, 1969}

  15: The Secret

  A wealthy and powerful rancher moves into Stockton to ruin the Barkley enterprises. His motive: intense hatred of Jarrod, who he thinks is having an affair with his young wife.

• _{Monday, February 3rd, 1969}

  16: The 25 Graves of Midas

  The Dutton Mining Company payroll is missing, and the residents of Midas blame Heath.

• _{Monday, February 17th, 1969}

  17: Lightfoot

  An American Indian friend returns to Stockton as a lawyer, but is met with prejudice.

• _{Monday, February 24th, 1969}

  18: Alias Nellie Handley

  Victoria goes undercover at a women's prison to investigate the conditions there.

• _{Monday, March 3rd, 1969}

  19: The Royal Road

  When a prince from India comes to Stockton, Jarrod's wealthy young ward Laura falls in love with him.

• _{Monday, March 10th, 1969}

  20: A Passage of Saints

  The Barkleys unknowingly rent a farm to a Mormon polygamist.

• _{Monday, March 24th, 1969}

  21: The Battle of Mineral Springs

  Victoria and Jarrod stop in a town having outrageous prices for food, lodging, and services. After finding out the people are bilking travelers to survive, the Barkleys decide to open a shipping business to save the town.

• _{Monday, March 31st, 1969}

  22: The Other Face of Justice

  Nick and Heath, on the trail of a gang of murderous raiders stealing horses, enlist the help of the former sheriff of Stockton, with motives of his own.

• _{Monday, April 7th, 1969}

  23: Town of No Exit

  In a dying desert town, Heath is imprisoned by five deranged people who play bizarre and deadly games with the few people who happen onto their town.

• _{Monday, April 21st, 1969}

  24: Danger Road

  An Englishman with a large gambling debt agrees to smuggle whiskey onto an Indian reservation to pay off his losses.

• _{Monday, April 28th, 1969}

  25: Flight from San Miguel

  A former girlfriend asks Heath to undertakes a dangerous trip to revolution-torn Mexico to save her rebel Mexican husband before he is killed.

• _{Monday, May 19th, 1969}

  26: Point and Counterpoint

  In the series' final episode, a convict enlists the help of his son to bring vengeance on the Barkley family.