The Worst Episodes of Empire
Every episode of Empire ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Empire!
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 O'Neal. It ran on NBC from September 25, 1962, to May 14, 1963. In the second abbreviated season, from September 24 to December 31, 1963, it was renamed Redigo after Egan's title character, Jim Redigo, the general manager of the fictitious Garrett ranch in Empire, and reduced to a half-hour. (Unaired Pilot: This Rugged Land)
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Empire" is "The Day the Empire Stood Still", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by Arthur Hiller and written by Kathleen Hite, Frank S. Nugent. "The Day the Empire Stood Still" aired on 9/25/1962 and is rated NaN point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Ballard Number One".
NaN/10 0 votes#1 - The Day the Empire Stood Still
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1962
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Director: Arthur Hiller
Writer: Kathleen Hite, Frank S. Nugent
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#2 - Ballard Number One
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1962
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
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/1962
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
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/1962
Dahlbeck's guest at a ranch party seems to wield an eerie hold over him.
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#5 - Long Past, Long Remembered
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1962
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
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1962
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
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/1962
Story of a raging oil-well fire and the man who offers to put it out.
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#8 - The Tall Shadow
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1962
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#9 - The Earth Mover
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/1962
Glenn Kassin wants to build a model city near Mesa, but the landowner refuses to sell.
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#10 - Pressure Lock
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/1962
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
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/1962
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
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/1962
A sharecropper who objects to education uses abusive tactics to keep his son home from school.
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#13 - Green, Green Hills
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/25/1962
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#14 - The Four Thumbs Story
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/8/1963
A Native American war veteran's penchant for violence is isolating him from his friends, neighbors and family.
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#15 - End of an Image
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/15/1963
Janet Rainey claims she's just going shopping---but there are those who suspect she's leaving town.
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#16 - The Loner
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/22/1963
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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#17 - Where the Hawk Is Wheeling
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/29/1963
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#18 - No Small Wars
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/5/1963
Adding urgency to his surgery-or-death status, Redigo's sick friend is a very uncooperative patient.
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#19 - The Tiger Inside
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/12/1963
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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#20 - Season of Growth
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/19/1963
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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#21 - Seven Days on Rough Street
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/26/1963
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.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: Kathleen Hite
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#22 - A House in Order
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/5/1963
News of her fatal illness inspires Lucia to establish a better relationship between son Tal and foreman Redigo.
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#23 - Down There, the World
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/12/1963
The mine shuts down when the heady enchantress running a vital processing plant decides to buy out the Garrets.
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#24 - Burnout
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/19/1963
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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#25 - Arrow in the Sky
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 4/9/1963
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