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Shane: Season 1

17 episodes Premiered Sep 10, 1966 Updated Oct 9, 2026
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Season 1 Episodes

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Mytharc (5): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S1·E1 Mytharc

The Distant Bell

Sep 10, 1966 · 60 min

When Amy Sloate shows up to start a school, Rufe Ryker gives orders to burn down the barn that would house the school. Miss. Sloate doesn't like the raw wilderness and violence she

S1·E2 Core

The Haunt

Sep 17, 1966 · 60 min

An old man shows up and watches Shane from a distance. When Shane confronts the man, he discovers he shot and killed the old man's son four years before. The fact that he couldn't

S1·E3 Core

The Wild Geese

Sep 24, 1966 · 60 min

What starts out as a day filled with the hope of borrowing the needed money for buying pigs the Staretts will need to get through the winter turns out to be a day of truths. After

S1·E4 Core

An Echo of Anger

Oct 1, 1966 · 60 min

When four members of the Spicer family ride into town, Kemp immediately announces they are there to kill Shane. Shane soon discovers they plan on killing him to avenge him for anot

S1·E5 Core

The Bitter, The Lonely

Oct 8, 1966 · 60 min

A stranger, not happy with the changing times and unwilling to accept the fact that "sod busters" are moving into the land, resorts to taking a job with the Starrett's when things

S1·E6 Core

Killer in the Valley

Oct 15, 1966 · 60 min

While out riding one day, Shane and Marian come upon a sick couple. It's not long before they realize that the couple have contracted a deadly disease. When Marian comes down with

S1·E7 Mytharc

Day of the Hawk

Oct 22, 1966 · 60 min

Two of Rykers' drunken cowhands cause a fire, accidentally killing a young woman. Her husband shoots one of the cowhands, who eventually dies. Ryker announces he's going after the

S1·E8 Core

The Other Image

Oct 29, 1966 · 60 min

Shane feels he's lost the battle for Marian's heart when she receives a letter from back East from an old boyfriend, Warren Eliot. Then when Warren pops the question, Marian finds

S1·E9 Core

Poor Tom's A-Cold

Nov 5, 1966 · 60 min

Tom Gary has a wife and two kids; and when his animals die from drinking poison water, he believes Ryker is behind it. Before long, Tom allows his anger and frustration to drive hi

S1·E10 Core

High Road in Viator

Nov 12, 1966 · 60 min

Shane does everything he can to make sure Marion gets to a special dance. Nothing short of death will keep him from his duty. Using a deck of cards, he convinces Ryker to leave the

S1·E11 Mytharc

The Day the Wolf Laughed

Nov 19, 1966 · 60 min

A gang of outlaws ride into town and cause so much ruckus that Grafton sends for Ryker, but that's before Shane begs him to let the men have their fun for two days, pay for the dam

S1·E12 Core

The Silent Gift

Nov 26, 1966 · 60 min

Shane agrees to work for Ryker for a month so he can buy a pony for Joey. However, things don't go as planned. The foreman isn't too fond of the new hired hand and makes life at Ry

S1·E13 Core

A Long Night of Mourning

Dec 3, 1966 · 60 min

A woman arrives in town and announces to Joey that she is an old acquaintance of Tom's. Tom soon has to reveal a deep dark secret from his past and the reason he left the bench. Bu

S1·E14 Core

The Big Fifty

Dec 10, 1966 · 60 min

After one of Ryker's hands is shot, Shane is blamed. They find him guilty in a mock jury trial where Ryker's the judge and his men are the jury. Ben sneaks away to warn Tom and Mar

S1·E15 Core

The Great Invasion (1)

Dec 17, 1966 · 60 min

An invasion is happening, and it's happening by Major Hackett and his hired guns to any rancher or homesteader who is not a member of the Cattleman's Beleavent. An article in the p

S1·E16 Mytharc

The Great Invasion (2)

Dec 24, 1966 · 60 min

Frustrated by his inability to convince the homesteaders and Ryker of the need to fight the crazed, megalomaniac Major Hackett and his army, Shane decides to accept Hackett's offer

S1·E17 Mytharc

A Man'd Be Proud

Dec 31, 1966 · 60 min

There is a man interested in courting Marian and it's not Shane. Actually, the person doing the courting is quite shocking to everyone. Marian sees this new interest as a way to ma

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