Lawman: Season 3
Season 3 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 Lawman Season 2.
- 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 3 Progress Shield
The Town Boys
Sep 18, 1960 · 30 min
Johnny goes against everyone else's better judgement when he takes personal responsibility for 4 boys who have been arrested for killing a milk cow. The four boys lack any directi
The Go-Between
Sep 26, 1960 · 30 min
Lily and Johnny are both kidnapped and held by a gang of blackmailing killers. They send a concussed, blindfolded Johnny back into town with orders to clean out Lily's bank accoun
The Old War Horse
Oct 9, 1960
Bess Harper was Lily's mentor as a young girl, the woman who gave her her first job. Now she is an old alcoholic, in town to try to get five thousand dollars out of the town of La
Return of Owny O'Reilly
Oct 16, 1960
Owny catches a wanted man by snagging him on his fishing line. He takes the body back to town to claim the reward, and with Johnny going out of town to collect it for him, he sugg
Yawkey
Oct 23, 1960 · 30 min
Yawkey, who has killed 27 men and has the reputation of being the fastest gun alive, shows up at the Bird Cage and sends notice to Dan that he's going to kill him at 3:30 that afte
Dilemma
Oct 30, 1960 · 30 min
Troop (John Russell) tries to determine the identity of a terrified saloon sweeper being pursued by outlaws. Burbage: Tom Drake. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle. Shea: Harr
The Post
Nov 6, 1960
Rafe Curry is wanted in Concordia, New Mexico for murder. Troop is returning him, it's his duty. On the way, he is hampered in many ways but Curry says that Dan doesn't really want
Chantay
Nov 13, 1960 · 30 min
Chantay is a young Indian girl who runs away from the Indian school because her teacher makes her 'do bad things'. She is followed and returned by an Indian policeman, Great Bear,
Samson the Great
Nov 20, 1960
A boxing promoter arrives in Laramie with ""Samson the Great,"" a champion prizefighter. A number of local men pay for a chance to fight Samson in the hope of winning $50 but Samso
The Second Son
Nov 27, 1960
When Al May comes home with a bag of stolen payroll money and being pursued by a posse, his younger half brother, Charlie, grabs the money and runs, letting himself get caught and
The Catcher
Dec 4, 1960 · 30 min
Troop (John Russell) goes after a murder suspect, unaware that the real killer is riding with the posse. Catcher: Med Flory. McKay: Peter Brown. Fenway: Robert Armstrong. Bailey: J
Cornered
Dec 11, 1960
Johnny kills a notorious gunman only because the killer's gun misfires. Although the town wants to make him a hero, he knows the truth. Then he learns that the gunman's son is go
Escape of Joe Kilmer
Dec 18, 1960
A woman turns in her outlaw husband she says "for the reward." When Troop finds out the real reason, it may be too late to save himself or the town from a bloodbath.
Old Stefano
Dec 25, 1960 · 30 min
Tracy McNeil is a supposed businessman who is showing an inordinate interest in Lily Merrill. Johnny teases Dan about it, but Dan doesn't want to interfere. In fact, Lily is inte
The Robbery
Jan 1, 1961 · 30 min
On the trail of a murderer, Troop (John Russell) is stymied by the stubborn arrogance of an Army lieutenant. Davidson: Robert Ridgely. Deever: Hal Torey. Roach: Warren Kemmerling.
Firehouse Lil
Jan 8, 1961 · 30 min
In this lighter episode Jake, in charge of fire co. #2 and Oren, in charge of fire co. #1, crash into each other and start a fight in the street during a fire drill. After Lily ch
The Frame-Up
Jan 15, 1961 · 30 min
Troop comes under fire when new evidence shows he sent an innocent man to the gallows. John Russell. Jessica: Randy Stuart. Courtney: Dabbs Greer. Belmont: William Mims. McKay: Pet
Marked Man
Jan 22, 1961 · 30 min
Troop is reunited with his friend Tod Larson (Andrew Duggan), unaware of a grim irony at work: Larson has been hired to kill the marshal. Troop: John Russell. Darby: Jeff DeBenning
The Squatters
Jan 29, 1961 · 30 min
Before he died, a Wyoming cattleman gave Ad Prentice a tract of land to start a ranch. Prentice's hired hand, Bent Carr, hopes to gain possession of the land by proving the transac
Homecoming
Feb 5, 1961 · 30 min
Troop (John Russell) goes after an escaped murderer who has sworn to kill him. Walker: Marc Lawrence. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle. Eddy: Ray Strickland. Mary: Adrienne
Hassayampa
Feb 12, 1961 · 30 min
Hassayampa Edwards is a temperance leader who tries to get the saloons in Laramie closed. When one burns down, Dan forces Lily to close the Bird Cage until the storm dies down.
The Promoter
Feb 19, 1961 · 30 min
Troop and Lily form a business partnership to frustrate a dapper crook bent on seizing control of Laramie by buying all the saloons. Lily: Peggie Castle. Troop: John Russell. De Vr
Detweiler's Kid
Feb 26, 1961 · 30 min
Elfreida Detweiler has been raised by her father, a hardnosed, hateful, spiteful old German immigrant who resents her because she wasn't a son, and her mother died giving her birth
Man from New York
Mar 19, 1961 · 30 min
A New York policeman arrives in Laramie determined to mete out justice for a crime committed years before by a now respected citizen. Foster: Mike Road. Stiles: Richard Arlen. Troo
Mark of Cain
Mar 26, 1961
Chad Kennedy, acquitted of murdering his brother, returns to Laramie from exile after 3 years. Visiting his ill father, he and sister in law both witness his father fall and die bu
Fugitive
Apr 2, 1961 · 30 min
A man's skipping town makes it look like he's guilty of a stagecoach robbery. Joey: Michael Davis. Troop: John Russell. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle. Meg: Catherine McLe
The Persecuted
Apr 9, 1961 · 30 min
Troop (John Russell) must find another way to deal with a maniacal killer after the man is acquitted in court. Keller: Adam Williams. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle. Annie
The Grubstake
Apr 16, 1961 · 30 min
The lawmen try to protect a saloon hostess from swindlers. Troop: John Russell. McKay: Peter Brown. Stephanie: Heather Angel. Rainbow Jack: Frank Ferguson. Lily: Peggie Castle. Jak
Whiphand
Apr 23, 1961 · 30 min
Troop (John Russell) steps in when a romantic triangle threatens to erupt in bloodshed. Jed: Med Flory. Cassie: Peggy McKay. Bull: Leo Gordon. McKay: Peter Brown.
The Threat
Apr 30, 1961 · 30 min
A David and Goliath-type battle ensues as a physically weak man uses psychological warfare to punish his brother's killer. Edgar: Whit Bissell. Swan: Don O'Reilly. Troop: John Russ
The Trial
May 7, 1961 · 30 min
Embittered Dexter Weston blindly leaps at the chance to even the score with Judge Whitehall (Ray Teal), who sentenced Weston's father to hang years before. Dexter: Richard Sakal. T
Blind Hate
May 14, 1961 · 30 min
Troop (John Russell) tries to avoid bloodshed when an embittered rancher threatens the man courting his daughter. Lucy: Mala Powers. Warner: Jason Evers. Pastor: Ted de Corsia. McK
The Break-In
May 21, 1961 · 30 min
To cap a baffling turn of events, a notorious outlaw enters the Laramie jail---and demands to be paid the price on his head. Troop: John Russell. Hudson: Sheldon Allman. McKay: Pet
Conditional Surrender
May 28, 1961 · 30 min
Pa Beason has come to Laramie to die. He has led a life of killing and looting,and has never been brought to justice. He chose Laramie because he has heard that Dan is a fair man
Cold Fear
Jun 4, 1961 · 30 min
Troop (John Russell) steps in when two vengeful gunmen kidnap ex-marshal Brad Turner's new bride. Turner: Frank Overton. Ann: Maggie Mahoney. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castl
The Promise
Jun 11, 1961 · 30 min
A condemned murderer (Ken Lynch) gives one last order to a cohort: kill Troop (John Russell)! McKay: Peter Brown. Washburn: Robert Palmer. Lily: Peggie Castle. Nancy: Caroline Coma