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The Virginian: Season 6

26 episodes Premiered Sep 13, 1967 Updated Sep 26, 2026
Previously on The Virginian

Season 6 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 Virginian Season 5.
  • ⚡ 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 6 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 6: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (22): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S6·E1 Mytharc

Reckoning

Sep 13, 1967 · 90 min

On a cattle-buying trip, the Virginian becomes involved in another transaction: freeing Elizabeth from an outlaw (Charles Bronson) with an old score to settle. Virginian: James Dru

S6·E2 Core

The Deadly Past

Sep 20, 1967 · 90 min

Suspense builds as Trampas, a hard-drinking gunslinger and a sheriff's wife search for the person who has sent them death notes. Evans: Darren McGavin. Trampas: Doug McClure. Emily

S6·E3 Core

The Lady From Witchita

Sep 27, 1967 · 90 min

The accent is on comedy as two ex-barmaids settle on a Medicine Bow ranch, hoping that their past won't catch up with them. Lorna: Joan Collins. Belle: Rose Marie. Trampas: Doug Mc

S6·E4 Core

Star Crossed

Oct 4, 1967 · 90 min

Ryker sidesteps the law to help a robbery suspect plagued by a blackmailing Shiloh hand. Hiller: Tom Tryon. Judith: Lisabeth Hush. Barnes: Kiel Martin. Brian: Brian Nash. Sheriff:

S6·E5 Core

Johnny Moon

Oct 11, 1967

The Virginian rescues a man who has been shot. As he recovers at Shiloh he and the Grainger kids realize the man is a bit different as well as being from England. A private detecti

S6·E6 Core

The Masquerade

Oct 18, 1967

Bank teller George Foster has told his ex-lawman dad he is a sheriff to make him proud. When his father is to stop by for a two hour visit, Ryker and The Virginian decide to make h

S6·E9 Core

A Bad Place to Die

Nov 8, 1967 · 90 min

Scheduled to hang for murder, Trampas breaks jail with an old convict. Luke: Victor Jory. Trampas: Doug McClure. Lila: Susanne Benton. Virginian: James Drury. Potts: Myron Healey.

S6·E11 Mytharc

To Bear Witness

Nov 29, 1967

Harness maker Walter Varig (Harry Landers) and Dr. Baldwin (Malachi Throne) have an argument due to the fact Varig is reneging on a promise to let the doctor use some property for

S6·E13 Core

Execution at Triste

Dec 13, 1967 · 90 min

In a nearly deserted town, Trampas is greeted by a death threat from an obsessed gunfighter (Robert Lansing). Mavis: Sharon Farrell. Burt: Burt Douglas.

S6·E14 Core

A Small Taste of Justice

Dec 20, 1967

Returning to Shiloh, The Virginian has his horse and gun stolen by a man and his hands who have the local town cowered. He meets an old friend in the town who helps convince him to

S6·E16 Core

The Death Wagon

Jan 3, 1968

First Trampas and then Holly and Elizabeth encounter a military prison wagon crossing Shiloh land carrying a prisoner who appears to have scarlet fever. When he escapes, they are w

S6·E17 Core

Jed

Jan 10, 1968

Clay tries to prevent a range war between the ranchers and the homesteaders who are blocking their path to market. A hotheaded rancher secretly hires a gunfighter who happens to be

S6·E23 Core

Stacey

Feb 28, 1968

S6·E25 Mytharc

The Decision

Mar 13, 1968 · 90 min

Age, inexperience and a rekindled conflict with Trampas hinder Dan Porter, an ex-sheriff who exchanged his badge for a job at Shiloh. Emily: Monica Lewis. Deputy: Steve Carlson. Tr

S6·E26 Mytharc

Seth

Mar 20, 1968

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