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The Best Episodes of Empire Season 1

Every episode of Empire Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Empire Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Empire Season 1

Empire is an hour-long Western television series set on a 1960s 500,000-acre ranch in New Mexico, starring Richard Egan, Terry Moore, Charles Bronson, and Ryan...

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  1. Background image for The Day the Empire Stood Still
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    #1 - The Day the Empire Stood Still

    S1:E1

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    #2 - Ballard Number One

    S1:E2

    Sam Ballard's embezzling killed Redigo's father. Now Sam's back---digging for oil near the Garret ranch.

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    #3 - A Place to Put a Life

    S1:E3

    Redigo returns to the small ranch his father left him and finds that it's being run by a teen-ager.

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    #4 - Ride to a Fall

    S1:E4

    Dahlbeck's guest at a ranch party seems to wield an eerie hold over him.

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    #5 - Long Past, Long Remembered

    S1:E5

    Wealthy Tom Cole visits the spread during a severe drought and his untimely friendliness suggests he wants to buy the ranch.

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    #6 - Walk Like a King

    S1:E6

    Ex-employee Barney Swanton returns to the ranch rich but is still envious of Redigo, whose job he always wanted.

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    #7 - The Fire Dancer

    S1:E7

    Story of a raging oil-well fire and the man who offers to put it out.

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    #8 - The Tall Shadow

    S1:E8

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    #9 - The Earth Mover

    S1:E9

    Glenn Kassin wants to build a model city near Mesa, but the landowner refuses to sell.

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    #10 - Pressure Lock

    S1:E10

    In the midst of negotiating for oil rights, Redigo is called out of town---leaving Tal to handle the bargaining.

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    #11 - Echo of a Man

    S1:E11

    Worries over his pretty young ward are causing a drop in efficiency for chief engineer Tabor.

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    #12 - When the Gods Laugh

    S1:E12

    A sharecropper who objects to education uses abusive tactics to keep his son home from school.

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    #13 - Green, Green Hills

    S1:E13

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    #14 - Stopover on the Way to the Moon

    S1:E14

    After taking young Skip Wade to court for vandalism, Redigo determines to make the youth a useful citizen.

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    #15 - The Four Thumbs Story

    S1:E15

    A Native American war veteran's penchant for violence is isolating him from his friends, neighbors and family.

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    #16 - End of an Image

    S1:E16

    Janet Rainey claims she's just going shopping---but there are those who suspect she's leaving town.

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    #17 - The Loner

    S1:E17

    Mike Novak wants to work on the Garret spread until he's paid for a mare of his choice, but his choice is Tal's favorite.

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    #18 - Where the Hawk Is Wheeling

    S1:E18

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    #19 - No Small Wars

    S1:E19

    Adding urgency to his surgery-or-death status, Redigo's sick friend is a very uncooperative patient.

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    #20 - The Tiger Inside

    S1:E20

    Afraid that a volunteer posse may take the law into its own hands, Redigo joins the hunt for a man accused of robbery.

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    #21 - Season of Growth

    S1:E21

    Connie's former beau is back at the ranch---expressing a new interest in working and a renewed interest in her.

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    #22 - Seven Days on Rough Street

    S1:E22

    After claiming he doesn't need the security of the Garret ranch, Tal leaves for Delgado---on the bet he can't stay a week.

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    #23 - A House in Order

    S1:E23

    News of her fatal illness inspires Lucia to establish a better relationship between son Tal and foreman Redigo.

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    #24 - Down There, the World

    S1:E24

    The mine shuts down when the heady enchantress running a vital processing plant decides to buy out the Garrets.

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    #25 - Burnout

    S1:E25

    Forest Ranger Tom Barton has problems: the Garret logging operation is violating the timber contract with the Forest Service--and logging foreman Chris Norden is a tough guy to deal with.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Day the Empire Stood Still" is the best rated episode of "Empire" season 1. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Arthur Hiller and written by Kathleen Hite, Frank S. Nugent, it aired on 9/25/1962. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Ballard Number One".