7.5/10115 votes#1 - Lost Treasure
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1966
A con man comes claiming to be Heath's real father, not Tom Barkley.
Director: Arthur H. Nadel
Writer: N/A
7.2/1097 votes#2 - Legend of a General (1)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1966
Part 1, Heath is down in Mexico where an old friend of the family escapes arrest, fleeing to the Barkley ranch. Heath is imprisoned to be held in exchange for the general.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1096 votes#3 - Legend of a General (2)
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1966
Nick and Jarrod head to Mexico to break out Heath, who has already broken out and been recaptured.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10105 votes#4 - Caesar's Wife
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1966
An old friend of Audra's has a new , very young, stepmother who likes him as more than a son, and is jealous of Audra.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1098 votes#5 - Pursuit
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1966
Victoria heads alone into the desert to find a sick indian before he reaches, and infects, his people.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1094 votes#6 - The Martyr
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1966
Jarrod defends a Basque sheepherder.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10108 votes#7 - Target
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/1966
A candidate for governor, Joshua Hawks, who had been traveling up and down California spreading lies and causing trouble, comes to Stockton.His target this time, The Barkleys, his story, that Tom Barkley stole every inch of land that they own. He chose the wrong family to mess with this time though, because the Barkleys don't lie down for anyone they come out fighting. Against the wishes of his campain manager, the man who fabricated the story, he decides to, foolishly, stay and fight. Jarrod decides not to bring about a libel charge against Hawks, knowing that it would only result in a long drawn out court battle. Instead he asks the senator to form a committee of four men to decide on the case. Hawks cooks up a scheme to murder the committee and blame it on the Barkleys, he even kills his campaign manager when he decides to leave him, after he has found out Hawks' plan. The plan backfires however and Hawks' ends up getting himself killed instead. In the end The Barkleys get the good
Director: Arthur H. Nadel
Writer: N/A
7.5/10105 votes#8 - The Velvet Trap
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1966
A woman asks Nick for help, pretending to be on the run from her former outlaw boyfriend. It turns out that she was with him all along, and was merely using Nick.
Director: Arthur H. Nadel
Writer: N/A
7.6/10114 votes#9 - The Man from Nowhere
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1966
Jarrod gets amnesia while far from home.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10125 votes#10 - The Great Safe Robbery
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1966
Bumbling thieves hold Victoria and Audra hostage as they try to open a safe at the train station.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10119 votes#11 - The Iron Box
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1966
While in a strange town, Heath and Nick buy a bull from a man who turns around and has them arrested for stealing it. The sherrif catches up to them while they sit around their campfire, and a fight ensues in which Heath badly burns his leg in the fire. The crooked sheriff takes them to a road gang prison to await trail. . .in a few months!! The cruel warden refuses to allow Heath a doctor and makes him work alongside the others. They soon find out the real reason that innocent drifters are arrested and imprisoned, free work labour for the man whom the Barkley brothers had bought the bull from. Meanwhile, at home Jarrod has found out what has happened to his brothers and heads out after them. Arriving at the prison he demands to see them and when the warden refuses he threatens him with legal action if he is not allowed to see his clients. After he speaks with them he rides off to find the circuit judge. Getting scared that the truth will come out now that he realizes who he's dealing
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
7.6/10106 votes#12 - Last Stage to Salt Flats
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1966
Heath and companions are stranded in the desert, miles from civilization or water!!!!
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
7.8/10108 votes#13 - A Day of Terror
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/12/1966
Victoria and Audra are held captive in the church by an outlaw and her sons.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10120 votes#14 - Hide The Children
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/19/1966
Nick accompanies a gypsy to her wedding.
Director: Arthur H. Nadel
Writer: N/A
7.6/10108 votes#15 - Day of the Comet
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 12/26/1966
Audra falls in love with a man on the run.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1091 votes#16 - Wagonload of Dreams
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/2/1967
A man tries to get his peaches to market.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/1094 votes#17 - Image of Yesterday
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/9/1967
An old beau of Victoria's comes to town, but he is not the man she remembers.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10112 votes#18 - Boy into Man
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/16/1967
15-year-old Lud Akely is determined to take care of his younger siblings without any help from the Barkleys, who are trying to help find the mother who abandoned them.
Director: Paul Henreid
Writer: N/A
7.9/10101 votes#19 - Down Shadow Street
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 1/23/1967
Victoria witnesses a murder, committed by her godson, and is thrown in a sanitarium to prevent her testimony.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10108 votes#20 - The Stallion
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 1/30/1967
An old ranch hand tries to prove he is still useful, by capturing a wild stallion . . . alone.
Director: Paul Henreid
Writer: N/A
7.2/1087 votes#21 - The Haunted Gun
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/6/1967
Gunman turned senator Jud Robson comes to Stockton, and soon begins to say he is being stalked. The main problem with his story, he is suspicious of EVERYONE.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
7.4/1082 votes#22 - Price of Victory
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/13/1967
Nick manages an injured boxer, in his last fight.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
7.4/1096 votes#23 - Brother Love
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 2/20/1967
A fake faith healer comes to Stockton.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10126 votes#24 - Court Martial
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/6/1967
An old war friend of Nick's is being courtmartialed, along with Nick himself!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/10105 votes#25 - Plunder!
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/13/1967
Heath is sent to protect an evacuated town.
Director: Richard Long
Writer: William Blinn
The Best Episodes of The Big Valley Season 2
Every episode of The Big Valley Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Big Valley Season 2!
The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara...
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Network:ABC
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Lost Treasure" is the best rated episode of "The Big Valley" season 2. It scored 7.5/10 based on 115 votes. Directed by Arthur H. Nadel and written by N/A, it aired on 9/12/1966. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Legend of a General (1)".