The Big Valley: Season 4
Season 4 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 3.
- 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 4 Progress Shield
In Silent Battle
Sep 23, 1968 · 50 min
Victoria's first clue of Major Jonathan Eliot's mental imbalance is when he proposes to Laura.
They Called Her Delilah
Sep 30, 1968 · 50 min
One of the former confederate spies arrives in Stockton.
Presumed Dead
Oct 7, 1968 · 50 min
When a Cattle Rancher suffers amnesia, he believes that Victoria is his Wife.
Run of the Cat
Oct 21, 1968 · 50 min
After a panther nearly kills Nick, he wants revenge.
Deathtown
Oct 28, 1968 · 50 min
When Jarrod visits Baker City, he gets involved in a Mexican Marital mix-up.
The Jonah
Nov 11, 1968 · 50 min
The Barkleys hire a man famous for his bad luck to help harvest their crops.
Hell Hath No Fury
Nov 18, 1968 · 50 min
When Heath falls in love with a woman, he doesn't realize how dangerous she is, and what could happen to him.
The Long Ride
Nov 25, 1968 · 50 min
A young girl witnesses a massacre, and is now being stalked. Victoria must stop this before it is too late.
The Profit and the Lost
Dec 2, 1968 · 50 min
When Heath kills someone in self-defense, he becomes a wanted man
A Stranger Everywhere
Dec 9, 1968 · 50 min
When Jennie's house is ransacked by three gunmen, Nick realises his practical joke wasn't so great after all!
The Prize
Dec 16, 1968 · 50 min
When Heath is asked to look after a wanted man's baby, he gets himself into trouble.
Hunter's Moon
Dec 30, 1968 · 50 min
Nick is believed to be having an affair with a man's wife, and the man plans to hang Nick in the morning
Top of the Stairs
Jan 6, 1969 · 50 min
Victoria learns that her brother-in-law has been declared insane.
Joshua Watson
Jan 20, 1969 · 50 min
Everyone has lost their patience even before the annual rodeo has begun
The Secret
Jan 27, 1969 · 50 min
A wealthy and powerful rancher moves into Stockton to ruin the Barkley enterprises. His motive: intense hatred of Jarrod, who he thinks is having an affair with his young wife.
The Twenty-five Graves of Midas
Feb 3, 1969 · 50 min
Someone has robbed the Dutton Mining Company, and Heath is taking the blame.
The Royal Road
Mar 3, 1969 · 50 min
When a prince from India comes to Stockton, Laura falls in love with him. However, the prince is an imposter.
A Passage of Saints
Mar 10, 1969 · 50 min
Bigots harass a Mormon family who have rented a house from Jarrod.
The Battle of Mineral Springs
Mar 24, 1969 · 50 min
Victoria and Jarod spend the night in a town which has seen better days
The Other Face of Justice
Mar 31, 1969 · 50 min
The formar Sheriff of Stockton is the leader of a gang gone on a killing spree.
Town of No Exit
Apr 7, 1969 · 50 min
A ghost town is inhabited by lunatics who capture Heath.
Danger Road
Apr 21, 1969 · 50 min
Victoria has Edward deliver her medical supplies to the indians
Flight from San Miguel
Apr 28, 1969 · 50 min
A woman asks Heath to convince her rebel Mexican husband to leave Mexico