5.2/1068 votesLoading...#1 - The Best Man
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1970
Trampas and Pick Lexington visit old friends in Mexico. Trampas is caught between Pick and one of his Mexican friends as both men fall for the same girl. He hopes to stop them from dueling each other while the girl chooses between them.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.8/10247 votesLoading...- 6.1/1057 votesLoading...
#3 - The Legacy of Spencer Flats
Season 9 Episode 17 - Aired 1/27/1971
In nearly abandoned Spencer Flats, Trampas is held by Della and Annie Spencer, who accuse him of being outlaw Deke Slaughter, though their handyman is not so convinced. Then the real Slaughter rides into the town, claiming to be a sheriff.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: B.W. Sandefur
6.3/1058 votesLoading...#4 - The Death Wagon
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 1/3/1968
No description available
Director: E. Darrell Hallenbeck
Writer: N/A
6.5/1067 votesLoading...#5 - One Spring Like Long Ago
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 3/2/1966
Morgan Starr and Randy Benton travel to sell a herd of cattle to an Indian agent to feed the Dakota, but find themselves on a journey of loss and finding, resulting in a change for many lives but especially for Randy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/1071 votesLoading...#6 - No Drums, No Trumpets
Season 4 Episode 28 - Aired 4/6/1966
Starr with Trampas agrees to go to Mexico to check the security of a town where A US Senator and a Mexican Governor plan to sign a treat. All looks okay so Trampas leaves but Starr soon finds he is in the middle of an assassination plot.
Director: Arthur H. Nadel
Writer: Arthur H. Nadel
6.6/1072 votesLoading...#7 - Black Jade
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 12/31/1969
No description available
Director: Joseph Pevney
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1050 votesLoading...
#8 - Flight from Memory
Season 9 Episode 19 - Aired 2/17/1971
MacKenzie meets a girl in a daze who is thrown off her horse. He takes her to the cabin of the hermit Muley. Initially, the girl doesn't react to them but she slowly recovers some memory. A stranger arrives saying she is wanted for murder.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/10105 votesLoading...
#9 - The Secret of Brynmar Hall
Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 4/1/1964
Betsy Garth is driven by Randy to Brynmar Hall, a large mansion, where she meets several other old acquaintances and invitees (Brooke Bundy, Tom Skerritt, Mark Goddard). All knew Mildred Brynmar, a young woman who was killed in a fire two years before, and have been invited to the house by Mildred's mother (Jane Wyman). A masked figure spies on the proceedings and several mysterious events occur which culminate in death.
Director: Robert Totten
Writer: Herman Groves
6.7/1075 votesLoading...#10 - Johnny Moon
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1967
No description available
Director: Abner Biberman
Writer: N/A
6.8/1064 votesLoading...#11 - Nobody Said Hello
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/5/1966
A notorious Civil War criminal defended by Garth arrives in Medicine Bow to join his family. He expects payment from Garth who he believes profited from his case but Garth wants nothing to do with the man but Jennifer befriends the family.
Director: Alf Kjellin
Writer: N/A
6.8/1076 votesLoading...#12 - Harvest of Strangers
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 2/16/1966
As Ryker leaves town for a few days, a group of men known as Metis arrive in Medicine Bow. They are a rough group but want no trouble. However, the people are afraid of trouble which comes as Starr tries to stop it - from themselves.
Director: Paul Stanley
Writer: N/A
6.8/1071 votesLoading...#13 - The Return of Golden Tom
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 3/9/1966
After 35 years in prison Tom Brant returns to Medicine Bow. A newspaper reporter's story about him stirs the interest of people who had various connections to him. People swarm to him for different reasons including the money he hid.
Director: Anton Leader
Writer: N/A
6.8/1073 votesLoading...#14 - A Bald-Faced Boy
Season 4 Episode 29 - Aired 4/13/1966
Randy's family visits from the hills of Bald Knob to protect him from a Claiborne who has been released from prison. Randy's testimony helped send him to prison. His daughter a childhood friend of Randy complicates his desire for revenge.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1052 votesLoading...
#15 - With Love, Bullets, and Valentines
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1970
Trampas wins a steamboat in a poker game on a steamboat but the money is confiscated for being stolen. When he tries to collect on the steamboat he won, he finds himself involved with an outlaw gang and a crooked boat owner.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1088 votesLoading...
#16 - Roar from the Mountain
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/8/1964
A cougar kills a Shiloh hand and Steve Hill, experienced in hunting these animals, tracks it into the mountains where he comes upon a homestead owned by Nancy Mayhew (Joyce Bulifant) and her husband Charles (Jack Klugman). The Mayhew's have strained relations and it is learned Charles son was killed by the same cougar. Nancy blames this on Charles' cowardice and indicates a romantic interest in Steve, an interest which eventually endangers Steve's life.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1094 votesLoading...
#17 - A Bride for Lars
Season 2 Episode 28 - Aired 4/15/1964
Lars Holstrum (Peter Whitney) is a middle-aged and wealthy rancher friend of Judge Garth's who is about to marry a 20 year old girl. Lars injures his back and Trampas is given the job of traveling to Laramie to pick up the girl, Katia Swenson (Katherine Crawford). On the return trip the two have a series of misadventures revolving around encounters with local Indians, a group of cowpokes, and a mysterious man who has been trailing them from Laramie.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: N/A
7.0/10120 votesLoading...#18 - Riff-Raff
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1962
Molly Wood (Pippa Scott) tells Trampas of the outbreak of the Spanish-American war and says she is impressed with a man in uniform, so Trampas rides to San Antonio, Texas to join the Rough Riders being formed by Teddy Roosevelt. Steve Hill and the Virginian follow, intent on persuading Trampas to return but they both end up enlisting as well despite conflicts between the free-sprited westerners and their staid eastern officers led by Lt. Drex (Ray Danton). In Cuba, when Lt. Drex is wounded, the Virginian leads a detail including Steve and Trampas to discover and decommission snipers and a hidden cannon emplacement, which they manage to do successfully. After the three soldiers return to Medicine Bow, they learn a welcome home party is going to be held in the Town Hall in their honor.
Director: Bernard Girard
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1092 votesLoading...
#19 - A Portrait of Marie Valonne
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1963
After delivering a herd of cattle to New Orleans, the Virginian meets and falls for a mysterious woman, Marie Valonne (Madlyn Rhue). He is attacked and the woman disappears. In his attempts to relocate her he comes into conflict with Johnny Madrid (Mark Richman) who controls some corrupt politicians. Despite the assistance of a local police detective, Dan Bohannon (Skip Homeier), the Virginian is unsuccessful in finding Marie and is only left with her picture.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Dean Riesner
7.0/1080 votesLoading...#20 - The Dream of Stavros Karas
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/1/1965
Widower Stavros Karas has agreed with a friend in Greece to marry his daughter. He told his friend he had a nice place but in reality he has little and needs water from his neighbor whose son falls for his young and beautiful bride.
Director: Richard Benedict
Writer: N/A
7.0/1064 votesLoading...#21 - Big Tiny
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 12/18/1968
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1096 votesLoading...#22 - Crime Wave at Buffalo Springs
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 1/29/1969
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1044 votesLoading...
#23 - Follow the Leader
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 12/2/1970
At the same time the Colonel's niece is visiting from England, Trampas is one of the suspects in the killing of a fellow ranch hand based on his custom gun. Trampas believes four brothers killed their cousin but how can he prove it.
Director: Richard Benedict
Writer: N/A
7.1/10122 votesLoading...#24 - West
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/1962
Seeking some excitement in his life, Trampas joins a groups of older cowboys (Steve Cochran, James Brown, Claude Akins) who set off to find adventure in what they still believe is the wild, lawless West. However, their outdated attitudes lead them into trouble and eventually, tragedy.
Director: Douglas Heyes
Writer: Douglas Heyes
- 7.1/1049 votesLoading...
#25 - Tate, Ramrod
Season 9 Episode 20 - Aired 2/24/1971
Tate helps ramrod a small ranch when the owner leaves to buy new breeding stock. However, the owner's plan to fence his pasture is met with strong resistance by a neighbor stopping Tate plus a surprise arrivals adds to the problems.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of The Virginian
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The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It...
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Worst Episodes Summary
"The Best Man" is the worst rated episode of "The Virginian". It scored 5.2/10 based on 68 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/23/1970. This episode scored 0.6 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Nightmare".