The Big Valley

  • Premiered: Sep 1965
  • Episodes: 112
  • Followers: 7
  • Ended
  • ABC (US)
  • Unknown
  • Western

Seasons:

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Season 1
1x1
Palms of Glory
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 15, 1965
In the series premiere, the railroad has hired men to force the farmers and ranchers of Stockton off land acquired by the railroad. An angry young man, Heath, shows up at the Barkley ranch claiming to be the late Tom Barkleys' illegitimate son.
1x2
Forty Rifles
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 22, 1965
While preparing for a major cattle drive, Heath has difficulty being accepted as a Barkley by the ranch hands. Nick's former commander in the war comes for an unexpected visit.
1x3
Boots with My Father's Name
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 29, 1965
While Stockton honors the memory of Tom Barkley, Victoria searches for answers about Tom and Heath's mother.
1x4
Young Marauders
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 06, 1965
Audra is saved by a man who claims to be a mustang hunter, but his band of marauders is extorting protection money from the farmers and ranchers of Stockton.
1x5
The Odyssey of Jubal Tanner
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 13, 1965
Victoria sells land to an old friend, keeping a promise made many years before, while Jarrod supports a plan to flood the land to benefit the entire valley.
1x6
Heritage
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 20, 1965
While Heath investigates violence at one of the Barkley mines, he discovers that the miners hate the Barkley family for promises that have not been kept by the mines' managing partner.
1x7
Winner Lose All
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 27, 1965
While the Barkleys are involved in a land dispute with a neighbor, Heath falls for the neighbor's daughter, who has recently returned from the east.
1x8
My Son, My Son
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 03, 1965
An old childhood friend of Audra's returns and surprises her at her birthday party. She doesn't know that he is dangerous and emotionally disturbed.
1x9
Earthquake!
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 10, 1965
An earthquake traps Victoria with several others in a forgotten mine shaft under the mission church.
1x10
The Murdered Party
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 17, 1965
Jarrod defends a man accused of murder, even though the only witness to the crime is his own brother, Heath.
1x11
The Way to Kill a Killer
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 24, 1965
While on his way to sell his herd of cattle, Nick's friend Mariano Montoya discovers that anthrax has infected the herd.
1x12
Night of the Wolf
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 01, 1965
When Nick is bitten by a rabid wolf, he makes Heath swear not to say a word and leaves town so his family will not have to witness what will happen to him.
1x13
The Guilt of Matt Bentell
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 08, 1965
Matt Toddman, the new foreman of the Barkley's logging operations to dinner, is discovered to be Matt Bentell, the former commander of a prison camp where Heath had been held.
1x14
The Brawlers
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 15, 1965
A group of Irish immigrants settle down on Barkley land, believing that they bought the land legally.
1x15
Judgement in Heaven
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 22, 1965
Jarrod decides to bring Maybelle Williams, one of his clients, home for Christmas.
1x16
The Invaders
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 29, 1965
While out counting cattle, Heath comes across a dead cow and is shot by the same rawhiders who killed the cow.
1x17
By Fires Unseen
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 05, 1966
Nick returns from a trip from San Francisco with a big surprise - a fiance.
1x18
A Time to Kill
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 19, 1966
Jarrod is visited by an old law school friend who is being followed by the Secret Service.
1x19
Teacher of Outlaws
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 02, 1966
Mistaken for the schoolteacher, Victoria is kidnapped by an outlaw who wishes to learn to read.
1x20
Under a Dark Star
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 09, 1966
A guilt ridden Jarrod offers to help a man that he helped to convict of a crime that Jarrod now knows that he did not commit.
1x21
Barbary Red
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 16, 1966
While having a birthday drink at The Barbary Red saloon with two of his ranch hands, Nick is shanghaied.
1x22
The Death Merchant
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 23, 1966
Handy Random, the man who killed the man that killed Tom Barkley, comes to visit the Barkley family during a property dispute.
1x23
The Fallen Hawk
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 02, 1966
Heath feels that his friend's injury and paralysis is his fault, and ends up being used by the man.
1x24
Hazard
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 09, 1966
A man comes to the ranch looking for Heath and is shot by bounty hunters.
1x25
Into the Widow's Web
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 23, 1966
Heath's childhood sweetheart Liberty Keane suddenly reappears in his life, bringing unexpected trouble.
1x26
By Force and Violence
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 30, 1966
When Victoria and Heath take a wagon full of supplies up to the Barkley lodge to prepare for the arrival of the rest of family, their pleasant ride soon turns into a nightmare.
1x27
The River Monarch
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 06, 1966
A boy discovers the wreckage of a long-lost riverboat, the River Monarch, which was said to be carrying a large shipment of gold.
1x28
The Midas Man
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 13, 1966
Audra falls for a shrewd financier, who has come to the valley to capitalize on a drought that has left most of the ranchers in need of loans.
1x29
Tunnel of Gold
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 20, 1966
Bert Jason's new store is used by outlaws who tunnel into the next building to steal the Barkley's gold shipment.
1x30 Season finale
Last Train to the Fair
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 27, 1966
While on their way to the fair in Sacramento, Audra is stricken with a severe case of appendicitis. Fortunately, there is a doctor on board, but he is being chased down by men who wish to see him hang.

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