The Big Valley: 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 The Big Valley 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
Lost Treasure
Sep 12, 1966 · 50 min
A con man comes claiming to be Heath's real father, not Tom Barkley.
Legend of a General (1)
Sep 19, 1966 · 50 min
Part 1, Heath is down in Mexico where an old friend of the family escapes arrest, fleeing to the Barkley ranch. Heath is imprisoned to be held in exchange for the general.
Legend of a General (2)
Sep 26, 1966 · 50 min
Nick and Jarrod head to Mexico to break out Heath, who has already broken out and been recaptured.
Caesar's Wife
Oct 3, 1966 · 50 min
An old friend of Audra's has a new , very young, stepmother who likes him as more than a son, and is jealous of Audra.
Pursuit
Oct 10, 1966 · 50 min
Victoria heads alone into the desert to find a sick indian before he reaches, and infects, his people.
Target
Oct 31, 1966 · 50 min
A candidate for governor, Joshua Hawks, who had been traveling up and down California spreading lies and causing trouble, comes to Stockton.His target this time, The Barkleys, his
The Velvet Trap
Nov 7, 1966 · 50 min
A woman asks Nick for help, pretending to be on the run from her former outlaw boyfriend. It turns out that she was with him all along, and was merely using Nick.
The Great Safe Robbery
Nov 21, 1966 · 50 min
Bumbling thieves hold Victoria and Audra hostage as they try to open a safe at the train station.
The Iron Box
Nov 28, 1966 · 50 min
While in a strange town, Heath and Nick buy a bull from a man who turns around and has them arrested for stealing it. The sherrif catches up to them while they sit around their cam
Last Stage to Salt Flats
Dec 5, 1966 · 50 min
Heath and companions are stranded in the desert, miles from civilization or water!!!!
A Day of Terror
Dec 12, 1966 · 50 min
Victoria and Audra are held captive in the church by an outlaw and her sons.
Image of Yesterday
Jan 9, 1967 · 50 min
An old beau of Victoria's comes to town, but he is not the man she remembers.
Boy into Man
Jan 16, 1967 · 50 min
15-year-old Lud Akely is determined to take care of his younger siblings without any help from the Barkleys, who are trying to help find the mother who abandoned them.
Down Shadow Street
Jan 23, 1967 · 50 min
Victoria witnesses a murder, committed by her godson, and is thrown in a sanitarium to prevent her testimony.
The Stallion
Jan 30, 1967 · 50 min
An old ranch hand tries to prove he is still useful, by capturing a wild stallion . . . alone.
The Haunted Gun
Feb 6, 1967 · 50 min
Gunman turned senator Jud Robson comes to Stockton, and soon begins to say he is being stalked. The main problem with his story, he is suspicious of EVERYONE.
Price of Victory
Feb 13, 1967 · 50 min
Nick manages an injured boxer, in his last fight.
Court Martial
Mar 6, 1967 · 50 min
An old war friend of Nick's is being courtmartialed, along with Nick himself!
Turn of a Card
Mar 20, 1967 · 50 min
Heath travels to bring his brothers money for a water pump, but a gambler wants to relieve him of it.
Showdown in Limbo
Mar 27, 1967 · 50 min
Heath and company transport a wanted outlaw and must fight off his brother.
The Lady from Mesa
Apr 3, 1967 · 50 min
Nick goes to find the daughter of a seriously injured ranch hand, with unexpected results.
Days of Grace
Apr 17, 1967 · 50 min
Heath is wrongfully arrested for attempted rape, and is helped by a nun who used to be his girlfriend.
Cage of Eagles
Apr 24, 1967 · 50 min
Nick captures an eagle, and a dynamiter causes trouble at a Barkley mine.