Highway Patrol: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Highway Patrol Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
The Search
Oct 8, 1956 · 28 min
After an elderly couple inadvertently help a murderous bank robber slip through a police road block, a restaurant manager spots the fugitive who uses the old folks to keep from get
Kidnap Copter
Oct 15, 1956 · 28 min
Jerry Watts is the son of a millionaire and he's just been kidnapped and taken to an old shack high in the mountains. After a tip from a game warden brings the Highway Patrol, Jerr
Trailer Story
Oct 22, 1956 · 28 min
Steve Talbot is a jewel thief who likes nice automobiles, and the Highway Patrol knows this. So Talbot flees capture after a job in an old junker. This gets him past the roadblocks
Fisherman's Luck
Oct 29, 1956 · 28 min
A car that was involved in an accident is stolen and later found again, and just happens to match the description of one used in a bank holdup. Putting two and two together, Dan sp
Magazine Writer
Nov 5, 1956 · 28 min
Reporter Sam Dalquist has gone missing. Dan has been looking for him because a two bit hood was found dead after getting a traffic citation driving Dalquist's car. The only lead Ma
Typhoid Carrier
Nov 12, 1956 · 28 min
Hank Dooley's daughter has just died from typhoid fever, and Dooley is now searching for his farm hand Len Frazier who is the one who infected her, complete with rifle in hand.
Hot Rod
Nov 19, 1956 · 28 min
Dan enlists the help of the leader of a local hot rod car club to assist in finding two robbers who use a souped-up car to get away from the Highway Patrol after each job.
Hot Cargo
Nov 26, 1956 · 28 min
Several criminals conspire to stage highway accidents prompting truck drivers to stop and help victims only to be assaulted and have their cargoes stolen. After discovering the hij
Oil Lease
Dec 3, 1956 · 28 min
An Army bazooka is stolen by two men who use it to capture the payroll from an oil drilling company.
Ex Con
Dec 10, 1956 · 28 min
The life of an ex-con is never easy, especially when cellmates show up expecting favors. Al Baldwin is a reformed criminal but suddenly has unexpected guests who hide out at his ho
Ranch Copter
Jan 21, 1957 · 28 min
A woman suspects her husband is trying to kill her. Iris: Virginia Dale. George: Douglas Henderson. Mathews: Broderick Crawford. Ted: Robert Cavendish.
Statute of Limitations
Feb 4, 1957 · 28 min
Mathews tries to prove the guilt of three holdup men---before the statute of limitations runs out. Mathews: Broderick Crawford. Eddie: Bing Russell. Wyatt: Mike Regan.
Counterfeit
Feb 25, 1957 · 28 min
Mathews and the Highway Patrol investigate a rash of forged payroll-check cashings affecting merchants in and around Los Angeles.
Stripped Cars
Apr 15, 1957 · 28 min
Two brothers hijack a new-car carrier, planning to sell the cars to get cash to purchase a farm. When the driver dies from injuries sustained in the hijacking, they make a panic-st
Reformation
Apr 29, 1957 · 28 min
An ex-con wants to return money stolen in an armed robbery, but his erstwhile partner has other ideas.
Stolen Plane Copter
May 6, 1957 · 28 min
Two convicts steal an airplane to escape from prison.
Fake Cop
May 27, 1957 · 28 min
One member of a three-person holdup team impersonates a Highway Patrol officer in order to deceive robbery victims into thinking that they need not notify the Patrol themselves.