Hopalong Cassidy: 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 Hopalong Cassidy 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 Devil's Idol
Oct 9, 1953 · 30 min
Hoppy and a young minister try to convince a boy who's just committed his first holdup that his gunman idol has feet of clay.
The Sole Survivor
Oct 16, 1953 · 30 min
As they ride into an apparently deserted town, Hoppy and Red are shot at, and then discover the town's only resident, also shot and left for dead.
The Valley Raiders
Oct 23, 1953 · 30 min
Hoppy and Red discover that two outlaws have ambushed the sheriff of Stone Valley and determine to help the local ranchers against an exploiter who wants to take over the valley an
Twisted Trails
Oct 30, 1953 · 30 min
Hoppy fakes amnesia in an attempt to save the cattlemen's bank and the local ranchers from ruin springing from an embezzlement.
The Last Laugh
Nov 6, 1953 · 30 min
Hoppy poses as a cattle buyer in order to break up a ring of thieves who are stealing gold from a smelter.
The Jinx Wagon
Nov 13, 1953 · 30 min
Hoppy encounters bank robbers who are trying to recover the loot they hid in an old wagon inside the Twin Rivers livery stable.
Illegal Entry
Nov 20, 1953 · 30 min
Hoppy and Red help the U.S. Immigration Service investigate the deaths of smuggled Chinese aliens.
Gypsy Destiny
Nov 27, 1953 · 30 min
Hoppy tries to prove that a gypsy boy's dead father was not a thief so that the boy can marry his sweetheart.
Arizona Troubleshooters
Dec 4, 1953 · 30 min
Assigned to guard the workers building Arizona's first telegraph line, Hoppy learns that a supposedly retired man who owns several stores will lose a fortune if the line is complet
Death by Proxy
Dec 11, 1953 · 30 min
Hoppy uses a health tonic to prove the innocence of a convicted murderer and the guilt of the real killer.
Frontier Law
Dec 18, 1953 · 30 min
When Hoppy and Red try to conduct an honest election in outlaw territory, the outlaws retaliate by getting Hoppy's nephew into trouble.
Don't Believe in Ghosts
Dec 25, 1953 · 30 min
Hoppy risks death to convince the family and friends of vanished rancher Tom Murdock that his ghost has not returned from the dead to haunt them.
The Renegade Press
Jan 1, 1954 · 30 min
In his search for a gang counterfeiting Mexican currency, Hoppy learns that the Twin Rivers newspaper is printing more than news.
Double Trouble
Jan 8, 1954 · 30 min
Hoppy tries to help a young Mexican laborer whose knife was found in a banker's back.
Copper Hills
Jan 15, 1954 · 30 min
While investigating raids by white men dressed as Indians, Hoppy and Red find valuable copper on the Indians' land.
New Mexico Manhunt
Jan 22, 1954 · 30 min
Hoppy tries to clear an old prospector who's been found in possession of the gold stolen in a train robbery.
The Outlaw's Reward
Jan 29, 1954 · 30 min
Hoppy steps in when a notorious outlaw tries to force his honest father and brother to help him collect the reward for his own capture.
Grubstake
Feb 2, 1954 · 30 min
Hoppy helps an old prospector whose discovery of gold has earned him several new friends and enemies.
Steel Trails West
Feb 12, 1954 · 30 min
Hoppy steps in when the nephew of a contractor building a railroad is killed and all the construction plans stolen.
Silent Testimony
Feb 19, 1954 · 30 min
Hoppy helps an old settler and his son fight a land grabber who's determined to take over their ranch.
3-7-77
Feb 26, 1954 · 30 min
Hoppy frightens an outlaw gang by writing in prominent places the code numbers 3-7-77, the symbol of a band of vigilante terrorists.
Masquerade for Matilda
Mar 5, 1954 · 30 min
Hoppy tries to trick an elderly woman's kidnappers by inducing Red Connors to wear her clothes.
Frame-Up for Murder
Mar 12, 1954 · 30 min
Hoppy and Red arrest a young man whom they find wounded near the body of his uncle, but they soon learn that he's suffering from amnesia and try to clear him.
The Black Sombrero
Mar 19, 1954 · 30 min
When a Mexican rancher accuses an innocent man of murder, Hoppy uses a black sombrero to clear the frame-up victim and save a wealthy young heiress.
The Emerald Saint
Mar 26, 1954 · 30 min
While chasing a murderer, Hoppy and Red are locked in a shrine with an emerald religious statue during a Mexican festival.
Tricky Fingers
Apr 2, 1954 · 30 min
Hoppy and Red are trapped in a burning house by a lovely young woman who has robbed a bank while posing as an old lady.