About this season
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 Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.
Episodes (30)
1. Lost Treasure
Aired 12 September 1966 • 50 min
A con man comes claiming to be Heath's real father, not Tom Barkley.
2. Legend of a General (1)
Aired 19 September 1966 • 50 min
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.
3. Legend of a General (2)
Aired 26 September 1966 • 50 min
Nick and Jarrod head to Mexico to break out Heath, who has already broken out and been recaptured.
4. Caesar's Wife
Aired 3 October 1966 • 50 min
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.
5. Pursuit
Aired 10 October 1966 • 50 min
Victoria heads alone into the desert to find a sick indian before he reaches, and infects, his people.
6. The Martyr
Aired 17 October 1966 • 50 min
Jarrod defends a Basque sheepherder.
7. Target
Aired 31 October 1966 • 50 min
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
8. The Velvet Trap
Aired 7 November 1966 • 50 min
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.
9. The Man from Nowhere
Aired 14 November 1966 • 50 min
Jarrod gets amnesia while far from home.
10. The Great Safe Robbery
7.0Aired 21 November 1966 • 50 min
Bumbling thieves hold Victoria and Audra hostage as they try to open a safe at the train station.
11. The Iron Box
Aired 28 November 1966 • 50 min
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
12. Last Stage to Salt Flats
Aired 5 December 1966 • 50 min
Heath and companions are stranded in the desert, miles from civilization or water!!!!
13. A Day of Terror
Aired 12 December 1966 • 50 min
Victoria and Audra are held captive in the church by an outlaw and her sons.
14. Hide The Children
Aired 19 December 1966 • 50 min
Nick accompanies a gypsy to her wedding.
15. Day of the Comet
Aired 26 December 1966 • 50 min
Audra falls in love with a man on the run.
16. Wagonload of Dreams
Aired 2 January 1967 • 50 min
A man tries to get his peaches to market.
17. Image of Yesterday
Aired 9 January 1967 • 50 min
An old beau of Victoria's comes to town, but he is not the man she remembers.
18. Boy into Man
Aired 16 January 1967 • 50 min
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.
19. Down Shadow Street
Aired 23 January 1967 • 50 min
Victoria witnesses a murder, committed by her godson, and is thrown in a sanitarium to prevent her testimony.
20. The Stallion
Aired 30 January 1967 • 50 min
An old ranch hand tries to prove he is still useful, by capturing a wild stallion . . . alone.
21. The Haunted Gun
Aired 6 February 1967 • 50 min
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.
22. Price of Victory
Aired 13 February 1967 • 50 min
Nick manages an injured boxer, in his last fight.
23. Brother Love
Aired 20 February 1967 • 50 min
A fake faith healer comes to Stockton.
24. Court Martial
Aired 6 March 1967 • 50 min
An old war friend of Nick's is being courtmartialed, along with Nick himself!
25. Plunder!
Aired 13 March 1967 • 50 min
Heath is sent to protect an evacuated town.
26. Turn of a Card
Aired 20 March 1967 • 50 min
Heath travels to bring his brothers money for a water pump, but a gambler wants to relieve him of it.
27. Showdown in Limbo
Aired 27 March 1967 • 50 min
Heath and company transport a wanted outlaw and must fight off his brother.
28. The Lady from Mesa
Aired 3 April 1967 • 50 min
Nick goes to find the daughter of a seriously injured ranch hand, with unexpected results.
29. Days of Grace
Aired 17 April 1967 • 50 min
Heath is wrongfully arrested for attempted rape, and is helped by a nun who used to be his girlfriend.
30. Cage of Eagles
Aired 24 April 1967 • 50 min
Nick captures an eagle, and a dynamiter causes trouble at a Barkley mine.