The Big Valley: 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 The Big Valley 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
Joaquin
Sep 11, 1967 · 50 min
A man is hired at the ranch who is believed to be a Mexican outlaw thought long dead.
A Flock of Trouble
Sep 25, 1967 · 50 min
To pay off a gambling debt, sheepherder Josiah Freeman pawns off his flock on Nick, who stubbornly tries to tend the troublesome sheep — despite insults and threats from his fell
Ladykiller
Oct 16, 1967 · 50 min
Nick stops at an inn where they kill people for their money.
Guilty
Oct 30, 1967 · 50 min
A client of Jarrod's escapes and takes over the schoolhouse where Audra is substitute teacher.
The Disappearance
Nov 6, 1967 · 50 min
While on a layover in a strange town, Audra disappears without a trace, leaving her desperate mother to find her.
A Noose is Waiting
Nov 13, 1967 · 50 min
A deranged doctor moves to town and makes Victoria, then Audra, his next victim.
Explosion (1)
Nov 20, 1967 · 50 min
Part 1, A forest fire rages drawing closer to Stockton. The only solution, a firebreak made with nitroglyceryn!!
Explosion (2)
Nov 27, 1967 · 50 min
Part2, The Barkley boys volunteer to take the nitro to the fire!!
Four Days to Furnace Hill
Dec 4, 1967 · 50 min
Victoria is grabbed by men on their way to a prison, who need to replace the female prisoner they killed.
Night of the Executioners
Dec 11, 1967 · 50 min
While traveling through a strange town, a murder occurs and an innocent man is accused of it. Heath saw the man who really committed the crime, a fact which gets him more trouble t
Journey into Violence
Dec 18, 1967 · 50 min
Accused of killing one of their people, a band of ""religious"" take Heath captive, where he is forced to work as a slave to the widow of the dead man.
The Buffalo Man
Dec 25, 1967 · 50 min
The Barkleys hire a bunch of convicts to help with a harvest, and find out that they are tormented by an evil overseer.
The Good Thieves
Jan 1, 1968 · 50 min
Heath and Nick travel across the state line to find the two brothers that shot Jarrod in the midst of a robbery. What they find is a town full of people who think of the outlaws as
Days of Wrath
Jan 8, 1968 · 50 min
After his new bride is murdered, a grief stricken Jarrod goes out for revenge.
Miranda
Jan 15, 1968 · 50 min
When the Barkleys meet a Mexican fleeing a revolution, they vow to help protect him
Shadow of a Giant
Jan 29, 1968 · 50 min
When the Stryder gang escapes, Heath and Nick want to help catch them
Fall of a Hero
Feb 5, 1968 · 50 min
Jarod defends Heath in court when he is accused of murder.
Rimfire
Feb 19, 1968 · 50 min
When Jarod goes to Rimfire to conclude a merge of two mines, trouble starts.
Bounty on a Barkley
Feb 26, 1968 · 50 min
Nick falls for newcomer Layle Johnson, who is slow to respond to his attentions. Victoria discovers why - she's already married!
The Devil's Masquerade
Mar 4, 1968 · 50 min
A friend of Heath's has been carrying on a correspondence courtship with a woman who is to be his mail-order bride.
Run of the Savage
Mar 11, 1968 · 50 min
Nick sets out to emotionally help a 14 year old boy who is rejected by his high-class parents.
The Challenge
Mar 18, 1968 · 50 min
When a senator arrives in Stockton to promote his re-election, troubles flare when his opponent releases a fraudulent photo.