
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 (26)

1. Joaquin
Aired 11 September 1967 • 50 min
A man is hired at the ranch who is believed to be a Mexican outlaw thought long dead.

2. Ambush
Aired 18 September 1967 • 50 min
Victoria helps three indian women at a desert mission.

3. A Flock of Trouble
7.0Aired 25 September 1967 • 50 min
To pay off a gambling debt, sheepherder Josiah Freeman pawns off his flock on Nick, who stubbornly tries to tend the troublesome sheep — despite insults and threats from his fellow cattlemen

4. The Time after Midnight
Aired 2 October 1967 • 50 min
Jarrod is temporarily blinded.

5. Night in a Small Town
Aired 9 October 1967 • 50 min
Heath and family help a wayward saloon girl.

6. Ladykiller
Aired 16 October 1967 • 50 min
Nick stops at an inn where they kill people for their money.

7. Guilty
Aired 30 October 1967 • 50 min
A client of Jarrod's escapes and takes over the schoolhouse where Audra is substitute teacher.

8. The Disappearance
Aired 6 November 1967 • 50 min
While on a layover in a strange town, Audra disappears without a trace, leaving her desperate mother to find her.

9. A Noose is Waiting
Aired 13 November 1967 • 50 min
A deranged doctor moves to town and makes Victoria, then Audra, his next victim.

10. Explosion (1)
Aired 20 November 1967 • 50 min
Part 1, A forest fire rages drawing closer to Stockton. The only solution, a firebreak made with nitroglyceryn!!

11. Explosion (2)
Aired 27 November 1967 • 50 min
Part2, The Barkley boys volunteer to take the nitro to the fire!!

12. Four Days to Furnace Hill
Aired 4 December 1967 • 50 min
Victoria is grabbed by men on their way to a prison, who need to replace the female prisoner they killed.

13. Night of the Executioners
7.0Aired 11 December 1967 • 50 min
While traveling through a strange town, a murder occurs and an innocent man is accused of it. Heath saw the man who really committed the crime, a fact which gets him more trouble than he bargained for.

14. Journey into Violence
Aired 18 December 1967 • 50 min
Accused of killing one of their people, a band of ""religious"" take Heath captive, where he is forced to work as a slave to the widow of the dead man.

15. The Buffalo Man
Aired 25 December 1967 • 50 min
The Barkleys hire a bunch of convicts to help with a harvest, and find out that they are tormented by an evil overseer.

16. The Good Thieves
Aired 1 January 1968 • 50 min
Heath and Nick travel across the state line to find the two brothers that shot Jarrod in the midst of a robbery. What they find is a town full of people who think of the outlaws as saints, since they're the ones who built the town. In the end the town finds out their true colors and they are brought to justice.

17. Days of Wrath
Aired 8 January 1968 • 50 min
After his new bride is murdered, a grief stricken Jarrod goes out for revenge.

18. Miranda
Aired 15 January 1968 • 50 min
When the Barkleys meet a Mexican fleeing a revolution, they vow to help protect him

19. Shadow of a Giant
Aired 29 January 1968 • 50 min
When the Stryder gang escapes, Heath and Nick want to help catch them

20. Fall of a Hero
Aired 5 February 1968 • 50 min
Jarod defends Heath in court when he is accused of murder.

21. The Emperor of Rice
Aired 12 February 1968 • 50 min
A couple kidnap Victoria in exchange for rice

22. Rimfire
Aired 19 February 1968 • 50 min
When Jarod goes to Rimfire to conclude a merge of two mines, trouble starts.

23. Bounty on a Barkley
Aired 26 February 1968 • 50 min
Nick falls for newcomer Layle Johnson, who is slow to respond to his attentions. Victoria discovers why - she's already married!

24. The Devil's Masquerade
Aired 4 March 1968 • 50 min
A friend of Heath's has been carrying on a correspondence courtship with a woman who is to be his mail-order bride.

25. Run of the Savage
Aired 11 March 1968 • 50 min
Nick sets out to emotionally help a 14 year old boy who is rejected by his high-class parents.

26. The Challenge
Aired 18 March 1968 • 50 min
When a senator arrives in Stockton to promote his re-election, troubles flare when his opponent releases a fraudulent photo.