The Virginian: Season 2

S2·E1 Mytharc

Ride a Dark Trail

Sep 18, 1963

The Virginian accidentally comes upon, and is held at gunpoint by, young Lon Mortison (Buzz Martin). The boy had been searching for a gambler who he thinks is responsible for his f

S2·E2 Core

To Make This Place Remember

Sep 25, 1963

Judge Garth is convinced to go to Arapaho, Wyoming, by Roseanna Dobie (Joan Blondell), an old friend. Her son is dead and although it is claimed he had died when thrown off a horse

S2·E3 Core

No Tears for Savannah

Oct 2, 1963

In Santa Rita the Virginian meets an old flame, Savannah (Gena Rowlands), who has been seeing a local man, a very jealous Gordie Madden (Robert Colbert). Savannah is accussed of mu

S2·E4 Core

A Killer in Town

Oct 9, 1963

A bounty hunter named George Wolfe (Broderick Crawford) comes to Medicine Bow, having been summoned by a now dead informant who told Wolfe a fugitive is in town. Although the infor

S2·E5 Core

The Evil That Men Do

Oct 16, 1963

In cooperaton with a progressive warden, Judge Garth gets a man named Matthew Cordell (Robert Redford), who had been in orphanages or prison most of his life, paroled into his cust

S2·E6 Mytharc

It Takes a Big Man

Oct 23, 1963

Judge Garth is asked by an old friend, Wade Anders (Lloyd Nolan), to take his eldest son Hank (Chris Robinson) to work as a hand at Shiloh. He wants the son to eventually take over

S2·E7 Core

Brother Thaddeus

Oct 30, 1963

Former n'er do well Willie Caine (Albert Salmi) is now a monk, Brother Thaddeus. He is involved in establishing a mission and boy's school on property owned by Judge Garth and Tram

S2·E8 Core

A Portrait of Marie Valonne

Nov 6, 1963

After delivering a herd of cattle to New Orleans, the Virginian meets and falls for a mysterious woman, Marie Valonne (Madlyn Rhue). He is attacked and the woman disappears. In his

S2·E9 Core

Run Quiet

Nov 13, 1963

Steve Hill befriends a dishevelled deaf mute named Judd (Clu Gulager) and convinces the Virginian to gives him a job at Shiloh ranch. Judd is accussed of murdering a gambler, runs

S2·E10 Core

Stopover in a Western Town

Nov 27, 1963

The well-off Caroline Witman (Joan Freeman) and her Aunt Grace (Lillian Bronson) visit Medicine Bow on their way from San Francisco to New York. Caroline falls in love with the Vir

S2·E11 Mytharc

The Fatal Journey

Dec 4, 1963

After she calls for the President to bring in the army to rid the badlands of outlaws, newspaper editor Molly Wood, the Virginian's love interest, is murdered by four of those outl

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A Time Remembered

Dec 11, 1963

Accompanied by her secretary (Melinda Plowman), opera singer Elena (Yvonne DeCarlo) comes to Medicine Bow to perform. Judge Garth recognizes here as someone he knew years before an

S2·E13 Mytharc

Siege

Dec 18, 1963

Trampas wins $1,000 at poker in Medicine Bow and heads to his old stomping grounds of Logan, New Mexico to repay several debts. There he has a run in with comancheros, led by Pedro

S2·E14 Mytharc

Man of Violence

Dec 25, 1963

Trampas' Uncle Josh (Harry Shannon) is murdered during an holdup by Wismer (Leonard Nimoy) and Judson (William Bryant). On their trail, Trampas is eventually forced to illegally en

S2·E15 Core

The Invaders

Jan 1, 1964

Rancher Mike Tyrone (Ed Begley) purhases a ranch near Medicine Bow, and moves there with his daughter Margaret (Beverly Owen), and his two sons (Rees Vaughan and James McMullen). T

S2·E16 Core

Roar from the Mountain

Jan 8, 1964

A cougar kills a Shiloh hand and Steve Hill, experienced in hunting these animals, tracks it into the mountains where he comes upon a homestead owned by Nancy Mayhew (Joyce Bulifan

S2·E17 Core

The Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones

Jan 15, 1964

J. Jimerson Jones (Pat O'Brien) finds a gold vein and on the way to Chicago to enjoy his fortune, meets Judge Garth and Betsy. In Chicago the Garth's make the acquaintance of young

S2·E18 Core

The Thirty Days of Gavin Heath

Jan 22, 1964

Former British soldier Gavin Heath (Leo Genn) strikes it rich and returns to Medicine Bow where he had previously lived. Heath is attacked by an apparently rabid dog. Thinking he m

S2·E19 Core

The Drifter

Jan 29, 1964

This episode recounts in flashback how the Virginian came to Shiloh Ranch. The Virginian comes to Medicine Bow and first works for Miles Peterson (Leif Erickson) whose spread is ru

S2·E20 Mytharc

First to Thine Own Self

Feb 12, 1964

A young drifter named Randy (Randy Boone) camps with Silas (Frank Maxwell) and his young daughter Melanie (Claire Wilcox) near Medicine Bow. Silas reveals he has been mining and th

S2·E21 Core

A Matter of Destiny

Feb 19, 1964

Robert Gaynor (Peter Graves), a wealthy and somewhat ruthless Chicago meat packer, buys a local ranch and comes to Medicine Bow. He begins romancing, and wins the heart of, Janet L

S2·E22 Core

Smile of a Dragon

Feb 26, 1964

Trampas is the sole survivor of a stagecoach robbery but he is wounded and wanders off in a daze. The local Sheriff (Richard Carlson) finds him and accuses him of being one of the

S2·E23 Core

The Intruders

Mar 4, 1964

Judge Garth is hosting a meeting at Shiloh Ranch between a US Army General and the Chief of the Sioux (Iron Eyes Cody) as someone is trying to stir up trouble between the Indians a

S2·E24 Mytharc

Another's Footsteps

Mar 11, 1964

The Virginian's friend, young Dan Grant (Paul Petersen), is killed in a bank robbery. The three robbers escape a posse but the Virginian is more persistent and tracks them to Monta

S2·E25 Core

Rope of Lies

Mar 25, 1964

A beautiful woman, Alva Lowell (Diana Millay), arrives in Medicine Bow having just bought the Lazy K Ranch and manages to hire a reluctant Steve Hill to be her foreman. A former bu

S2·E26 Core

The Secret of Brynmar Hall

Apr 1, 1964

Betsy Garth is driven by Randy to Brynmar Hall, a large mansion, where she meets several other old acquaintances and invitees (Brooke Bundy, Tom Skerritt, Mark Goddard). All knew M

S2·E27 Core

The Long Quest

Apr 8, 1964

The Virginian is friends with Mary Ann Martin (Patricia Breslin) and her young son Cricket (Casey Peters) who live near Shiloh ranch. A detective named Corbett (Joseph Campanella)

S2·E28 Core

A Bride for Lars

Apr 15, 1964

Lars Holstrum (Peter Whitney) is a middle-aged and wealthy rancher friend of Judge Garth's who is about to marry a 20 year old girl. Lars injures his back and Trampas is given the

S2·E29 Mytharc

Dark Destiny

Apr 29, 1964

Steve, Randy and other hands capture two horse rustlers, Frank Conrad (Robert Wilke) and Striker (Edward Faulkner), and kill a third. They also find Conrad's daughter, Billie Jo (B

S2·E30 Mytharc

A Man Called Kane

May 6, 1964

Randy and Betsy explore a cave and find a number of gold coins and a human skeleton, a find which gets wide publicity in the newspapers. Kane (Jeremy Slate) shows up and begins wor