The Deputy: 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 Deputy 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
The Deadly Breed
Sep 24, 1960
Clay is curious and concerned when Chief Marshal Fry insists on personally handling the investigation into the activities of a pair of swindlers, one of whom happens to be a beauti
Meet Sergeant Tasker
Oct 1, 1960
Clay tries to help a two-fisted but gullible sergeant recover two thousand dollars of Army funds stolen by a beautiful blonde saloon hostess and her two card sharp confederates.
The Jason Harris Story
Oct 8, 1960
Simon Fry arrests Jason Harris, the marshall of Hondo, for complicity in some robberies. Harris could clear himself but remains silent to protect his guilty wife, Laurie. Laurie's
The Fatal Orge
Oct 15, 1960
Well-to-do Elmer Jackson is murdered and evidence points to his nephew, Phil, who has fled town. Clay McCord suspects Phil's sister, Martha, knows his whereabouts though she denies
Mother And Son
Oct 29, 1960
Fry has his hands full with a jailed outlaw, and the man's mother, who knows nothing about her son's life of crime. Stanhope: James Franciscus. Mrs. Stanhope: Josephine Hutchinson.
Bitter Root
Nov 5, 1960
In an isolated shack, a lonely woman harbors a wounded killer on the run. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Sarge: Read Morgan. Hester: Virginia Gregg.
The Higher Law
Nov 12, 1960
Clay McCord arrests Jack Rivers for assaulting an Indian named Black Wing but Black Wing, distrusting the legal system, refuses to testify against him. Judge Wilkens releases River
Passage To New Orleans
Nov 19, 1960
A romantic triangle develops when Fry and McCord are assigned to escort a pretty murder witness to New Orleans. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Lucy: Patrice Wymore. Foreman:
The World Against Me
Nov 26, 1960
Sarge befriends a boy who witnessed the murder of his grandfather. Tommy: Dennis Joel. Sarge: Read Morgan. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Boyd: Joseph Bassett. Brewer: Henry
Sally Tornado (aka Lady For A Hanging)
Dec 3, 1960
Fay Spain as convicted murderess Sally Tornado, who is being escorted to execution by McCord (Allen Case). Fry: Henry Fonda. Jipsom: William Fawcett.
The Three Brothers
Dec 10, 1960
McCord and Sarge suspect three brothers of bank robberies. Fry: Henry Fonda. Martha: Cathy Case. Terry: Minga Mitchell. Suzy: Carmen Phillips. Jay: Jack Ging. Frank: Lew Gallo. Gar
Day Of Fear
Dec 17, 1960
Townsfolk fear that the outlaw McCord brought in has smallpox. Amy: Mary Tyler Moore. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Collins: Tyler McVey. Landy: Addison Richards. Nathan: R
Second Cousin To The Czar
Dec 24, 1960
A duke challenges McCord to a horse race. Fry: Henry Fonda. Dmitri: Carl Esmond. Sarge: Read Morgan. Farrell: George Wallace. Hawkins: Clancy Cooper. Bartender: Phil Tully.
The Judas Town
Dec 31, 1960
McCord refuses to be bribed into releasing a cattleman's son. McCurdy: Roy Roberts. Pete: Ed Nelson. Fry: Henry Fonda. Touhy: Duane Cress. Mayor: Ed Prentiss.
Duty Bound
Jan 7, 1961
Fry has his hands full protecting murder suspects from an Indian attack---and each other. Elston: Ron Harper. Ricker: Frank Maxwell. McCord: Allen Case. Trooper: Pat McCaffrie.
The Lesson
Jan 14, 1961
The lawmen try to protect schoolteacher Mary Willis from her husband, a wanted outlaw. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Danton: Harry Lauter. Jenkins: Stevan Darrell. Johnny:
Past And Present
Jan 21, 1961
Fry tries to find out why bank clerk Herb Caldwell offered no resistance to robbers. Calico Bill: Murvyn Vye. McCord: Allen Case. Sarge: Read Morgan. Madge: Mary Beth Hughes.
The Dream
Feb 4, 1961
Clint Hammer uses strong-arm tactics to convert his inheritance into cash. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Selene: Carolyn Craig. Lawson: John McLain. Mildred: Mary Munday.
Shackled Town
Feb 11, 1961
McCord and Sarge fall prey to a crooked sheriff and a power-hungry judge. McCord: Allen Case. Sarge: Read Morgan. Denton: Reed Hadley. Smith: Robert Brubaker. O'Brien: Eugene Igles
The Lonely Road
Feb 18, 1961
Paroled killer Shad Billings returns after five years in prison, hoping to resume cattle ranching with his wife, Meg. While there have been false rumors linking Meg with Marshall F
The Challenger
Feb 25, 1961
To help financially pressed McCord, Sarge agrees to fight a boxing champion for $500. Sarge: Read Morgan. McCord: Allen Case. Titan: Hal Baylor. Collins: Stafford Repp. Dillon: Pau
Edge Of Doubt
Mar 4, 1961
Richard Chamberlain as a parolee accused of murdering his fiancee's father. McCord: Allen Case. Annie: Floy Dean Smith. Jenner: Bigelow C. Sayre. Lake: George Chandler. Potter: Tom
Two-Way Deal
Mar 11, 1961
Slade Blatner brings in a young outlaw and demands the reward. The outlaw: Blatner's son. Johnny: Billy Gray. Blatner: Ted de Corisa. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Sheriff:
The Means And The End
Mar 18, 1961
Fry searches for the man who killed the main witness against outlaw Josie Styles. Farley Styles: DeForest Kelley. Josie: Phyllis Love. McCord: Allen Case. Wiley: Robert E. Griffin.
The Example
Mar 25, 1961
Outlaw Frank Barton, alarmed by his son's desire to emulate him, arranges for his own arrest. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Jeb: Jack Chaplain. Kitt: Rickie Sorenson. White
Cherchez La Femme
Apr 1, 1961
Sarge accidentally kills the son of a powerful rancher while protecting a young woman from his unwanted advances. Unfortunately for Sarge, there were no witnesses to the struggle a
Tension Point
Apr 8, 1961
Fry tries to protect the Baker family from three gunmen---without revealing that he is a lawman. McCord: Allen Case. Zed: John Marley. Molly: Virginia Christine. Meadows: Jerome Th
Brother In Arms
Apr 15, 1961
McCord's boyhood friend returns with a killer's reputation. Jason: Denny Miller. McCord: Allen Case. Fry: Henry Fonda. Arnold: Lon Chaney. Cabot: Bill Hale. Sarge: Read Morgan.
The Return Of Widow Brown
Apr 22, 1961
The widow of a lynched man returns to town to claim the farm he left behind.
Spoken In Silence
Apr 29, 1961
Mike Rogers needs money for an operation on his deaf-mute daughter Laura.
An Enemy Of The Town
May 6, 1961
McCord is besieged by angry townspeople when he closes a profitable tannery. Fry: Henry Fonda. Sarge: Read Morgan. Culp: Whit Bissell. Crockett: Stephen Roberts. Hall: Ray Kellogg.
The Legend Of Dixie
May 20, 1961
Dixie Miller glories in his fame when credited with killing two fugitives. Miller: Stanley Adams. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Logan: Gregory Walcott. Mace: Henry Fleer. H
The Deathly Quiet
May 27, 1961
Two Army deserters turn to crime---with the aid of Gatling guns. Bo Braddock and Con Hawkins trade the Army life for lives of crime—with the aid of some high-powered Gatling guns.
Brand Of Honesty
Jun 10, 1961
Two former crooks, suspected of robberies, take steps to clear themselves. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Ortega: George Dolenz. Miller: Elisha Cook. Gardner: J. Edward McKi
Lorinda Belle
Jun 24, 1961
Jason Getty, poisoned by one of his enemies, has two days to live---and find his killer. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Landy: Addison Richards. Croman: Frank Overton.
Lawman's Conscience
Jul 1, 1961
A deathbed confession frees Albee Beckett, who embarks on a campaign of terror against the people who convicted him. Beckett: Russell Johnson. Rufus: Jason Robards Sr. Fry: Henry F