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The High Chaparral: Season 2

26 episodes Premiered Sep 20, 1968 Updated Oct 3, 2026
Previously on The High Chaparral

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 High Chaparral 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.
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Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S2·E1 Mytharc

The Stallion

Sep 20, 1968 · 52 min

An Indian outbreak threatens to erupt when Billy Blue Cannon and an Apache boy fight over a wild horse. Chatto, son of an Apache chief, first discovers the prized stallion, but fa

S2·E2 Core

Ten Little Indians

Sep 27, 1968 · 52 min

When John Cannon feeds hungry Apache children orphaned by Pima Indian attacks, his ranch is threatened by the two tribes. Buck and Billy Blue find the young Apaches in the desert

S2·E3 Core

Follow Your Heart

Oct 4, 1968 · 52 min

Ranch foreman Sam Butler returns to his native border town to avenge the death of his daughter. Sam, raised by his adopted father Ben Lynch, learns his daughter has been killed by

S2·E4 Core

Tornado Frances

Oct 11, 1968 · 52 min

Buck Cannon's plans to open a saloon are threatened by a temperance group led by spirited Frances O'Tolle. Oscar Hipple sells his saloon to Buck, but conceals the fact it was wrec

S2·E5 Core

The Covey

Oct 18, 1968 · 52 min

Mexican bandit El Lobo breaks jail and plots to plunder the Cannon Ranch supplies to avenge his imprisonment by Manolito. When heavy rain prevents wagons from reaching the ranch w

S2·E6 Core

The Promised Land

Oct 25, 1968 · 52 min

Don Sebastian Montoya repudiates his promise to sell a small village on his land to tenants after Vaquero obtains the purchase money. Vaquero received the money from a dying frien

S2·E7 Core

Ebenezer

Nov 1, 1968 · 52 min

Crusading editor Ebenezer Binns risks his life against extortionists and killers. John Cannon persuades Binns to establish Tucson's first newspaper in hope of running the lawless

S2·E8 Core

North to Tucson

Nov 8, 1968 · 52 min

When Victoria saves the life of a man injured in a stagecoach plundered by Comancheros, she learns the man has sworn to kill her husband. The injured man, James Forrest, blames Jo

S2·E9 Filler

The Deceivers

Nov 15, 1968 · 52 min

Chio, an Apache half-breed and his renegades, capture Cannon's supply wagons. Just as food and ammunition for High Chaparral runs out, Chio is captured and brought to the ranch.

S2·E10 Core

The Buffalo Soldiers

Nov 22, 1968 · 52 min

""A factual drama based on the 10th Cavalry, a Negro regiment formed in 1866. Lawlessness in Tucson brings martial law--and the 10th--into open conflict with the town's white popul

S2·E11 Core

For What We Are About to Receive

Nov 29, 1968 · 52 min

John Cannon quarrels with a neighbor and Indians, and interrupts Thanksgiving plans. Victoria persuades John to buy the last turkey from argumentative neighbor Fergus McLeish. Th

S2·E12 Core

A Way of Justice

Dec 13, 1968 · 52 min

John Cannon is accused of killing the daughter of a Mexican sheepherder and is condemned to death unless steep ransom is paid. Escaped convicts Mitch, Cable, and Kolos accidentall

S2·E13 Mytharc

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Dec 20, 1968 · 52 min

Ricardo Montalban guest-stars as a priest who obtains money from the Cannon family, presumably to finance his search for a religious statue, but channels the funds to the poor. Fa

S2·E14 Core

Sea of Enemies

Jan 3, 1969 · 52 min

An Army deserter accused of murder takes Billy Blue as hostage. Graham Jessup enlists Billy Blue to help him escape by fabricating a story that he has been mistreated because he i

S2·E15 Core

Shadow of the Wind

Jan 10, 1969 · 52 min

The celebration of a peace treaty with the Indians is cut short for the Cannons by scalp hunters disguised as lawmen. Nickanora, an old friend of Manolito and Victoria, admits he

S2·E16 Core

No Irish Need Apply

Jan 17, 1969 · 52 min

Against John Cannon's advice, Mano helps Sean McLaren, an Irish miner, and his friends in their strike against dangerous working conditions. McLaren and his friend Scanlon are sen

S2·E17 Core

The Last Hundred Miles

Jan 24, 1969 · 52 min

Lucien Charot raises his freight prices by having Indian attacks faked against his wagons. John interests an El Paso stage and freight line in extending operations to Tucson with

S2·E18 Core

The Glory Soldiers

Jan 31, 1969 · 52 min

Manolito leaves the routine of the Cannon Ranch searching excitement and becomes involved with three uniformed musicians. Mano contemplated joining El Lobo, his old bandit friend,

S2·E19 Core

Feather of an Eagle

Feb 7, 1969 · 52 min

Billy is taken hostage by Apaches after he ignores Buck's advice and frees a white girl from them. Buck learns Apache leader Santos considers himself to be Sarah's husband. Buck

S2·E20 Core

Once on a Day in Spring

Feb 14, 1969 · 52 min

Victoria, feeling ignored, leaves her husband John but finds little peace of mind at her father's ranch. Manolito joins Victoria at the Montoya Ranch and vies with his father, Don

S2·E21 Core

Stinky Flanagan

Feb 21, 1969 · 52 min

A flamboyant Irishman cons Buck into buying a camel, promising it will revolutionize the cattle industry. Cavalry trooper Flanagan misinterprets an order to ""shoe"" his camel Til

S2·E22 Core

Surtee

Feb 28, 1969 · 52 min

A dishonest Indian agent jeopardizes the future of an Apache reservation started by John Cannon. Capt. Albert Surtee threats the hungry reservation Indians harshly. John takes th

S2·E23 Core

A Fella Named Kilroy

Mar 7, 1969 · 52 min

Buck hires saddle tramp Orville Kilroy, who hides his criminal past and quickly becomes the most popular hand on the Cannon Ranch. Blue admires Kilroy's ability with a gun, the bu

S2·E24 Core

No Bugles, No Drums

Mar 14, 1969 · 52 min

Buck tries to find and return the missing husband of Ann Simmons, an old girlfriend. Ann gives Buck a valuable diamond ring to identify him as her representative if he finds her h

S2·E25 Mytharc

The Lion Sleeps

Mar 28, 1969 · 52 min

Don Sebastian, wounded by a would-be assassin, plays on the sympathy of his family and friends in a scheme to gain control of the Cannon Ranch. On his pretended death bed, Don Seb

S2·E26 Mytharc

For the Love of Carlos

Apr 4, 1969 · 52 min

Victoria reopens Tucson's only school and befriends a troubled Mexican boy, but is kidnapped by the boy's father. Alberto Ruis, wanted in a slaying, abandons his son Carlos to fle

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