Season 1
Overview
Jim Redigo is foreman for the enormous Garrett Ranch owned by matriarch Lucia with her children Tal and Constance. Redigo had his hands full managing people, machines, and animals, with a specific interest in attractive Connie. (The unaired pilot was titled This Rugged Land)
Episodes
1. The Day the Empire Stood Still
1962-09-25
No overview available.
2. Ballard Number One
1962-10-02
Sam Ballard's embezzling killed Redigo's father. Now Sam's back---digging for oil near the Garret ranch.
3. A Place to Put a Life
1962-10-09
Redigo returns to the small ranch his father left him and finds that it's being run by a teen-ager.
4. Ride to a Fall
1962-10-16
Dahlbeck's guest at a ranch party seems to wield an eerie hold over him.
5. Long Past, Long Remembered
1962-10-23
Wealthy Tom Cole visits the spread during a severe drought and his untimely friendliness suggests he wants to buy the ranch.
6. Walk Like a King
1962-10-30
Ex-employee Barney Swanton returns to the ranch rich but is still envious of Redigo, whose job he always wanted.
7. The Fire Dancer
1962-11-13
Story of a raging oil-well fire and the man who offers to put it out.
8. The Tall Shadow
1962-11-20
No overview available.
9. The Earth Mover
1962-11-27
Glenn Kassin wants to build a model city near Mesa, but the landowner refuses to sell.
10. Pressure Lock
1962-12-04
In the midst of negotiating for oil rights, Redigo is called out of town---leaving Tal to handle the bargaining.
11. Echo of a Man
1962-12-11
Worries over his pretty young ward are causing a drop in efficiency for chief engineer Tabor.
12. When the Gods Laugh
1962-12-18
A sharecropper who objects to education uses abusive tactics to keep his son home from school.
13. Green, Green Hills
1962-12-25
No overview available.
14. Stopover on the Way to the Moon
1963-01-01
After taking young Skip Wade to court for vandalism, Redigo determines to make the youth a useful citizen.
15. The Four Thumbs Story
1963-01-08
A Native American war veteran's penchant for violence is isolating him from his friends, neighbors and family.
16. End of an Image
1963-01-15
Janet Rainey claims she's just going shopping---but there are those who suspect she's leaving town.
17. The Loner
1963-01-22
Mike Novak wants to work on the Garret spread until he's paid for a mare of his choice, but his choice is Tal's favorite.
18. Where the Hawk Is Wheeling
1963-01-29
No overview available.
19. No Small Wars
1963-02-05
Adding urgency to his surgery-or-death status, Redigo's sick friend is a very uncooperative patient.
20. The Tiger Inside
1963-02-12
Afraid that a volunteer posse may take the law into its own hands, Redigo joins the hunt for a man accused of robbery.
21. Season of Growth
1963-02-19
Connie's former beau is back at the ranch---expressing a new interest in working and a renewed interest in her.
22. Seven Days on Rough Street
1963-02-26
After claiming he doesn't need the security of the Garret ranch, Tal leaves for Delgado---on the bet he can't stay a week.
23. A House in Order
1963-03-05
News of her fatal illness inspires Lucia to establish a better relationship between son Tal and foreman Redigo.
24. Down There, the World
1963-03-12
The mine shuts down when the heady enchantress running a vital processing plant decides to buy out the Garrets.
25. Burnout
1963-03-19
Forest Ranger Tom Barton has problems: the Garret logging operation is violating the timber contract with the Forest Service--and logging foreman Chris Norden is a tough guy to deal with.
26. Hidden Asset
1963-03-26
No overview available.
27. Arrow in the Sky
1963-04-09
No overview available.
28. Nobody Dies on Saturday
1963-04-16
Prison escapee Quinn Serrato is out to find his old boss---Redigo, the man who turned him in.
29. 65 Miles Is a Long, Long Way
1963-04-23
A woman stands in the way of Redigo's cattle drive by asking too much to cross her property.
30. Duet for Eight Wheels
1963-04-30
Paralysis overcomes Redigo after he is trampled by a wild stallion.
31. Between Friday and Monday
1963-05-07
Moreno attempts to offset the fears of a young girl in a town full of hot-blooded cowboys.
32. The Convention
1963-05-14
No overview available.