Empire — Season 1
Jim Redigo is foreman for the enormous Garrett Ranch owned by matriarch Lucia with her children Tal and Constance. Redigo had his hands full managing people, machines, and animals, with a specific int
About this season
Jim Redigo is foreman for the enormous Garrett Ranch owned by matriarch Lucia with her children Tal and Constance. Redigo had his hands full managing people, machines, and animals, with a specific interest in attractive Connie. (The unaired pilot was titled This Rugged Land)
Episodes (32)
1. The Day the Empire Stood Still
Aired 25 September 1962 • 60 min
2. Ballard Number One
Aired 2 October 1962 • 60 min
Sam Ballard's embezzling killed Redigo's father. Now Sam's back---digging for oil near the Garret ranch.
3. A Place to Put a Life
Aired 9 October 1962 • 60 min
Redigo returns to the small ranch his father left him and finds that it's being run by a teen-ager.
4. Ride to a Fall
Aired 16 October 1962 • 60 min
Dahlbeck's guest at a ranch party seems to wield an eerie hold over him.
5. Long Past, Long Remembered
Aired 23 October 1962 • 60 min
Wealthy Tom Cole visits the spread during a severe drought and his untimely friendliness suggests he wants to buy the ranch.
6. Walk Like a King
Aired 30 October 1962 • 60 min
Ex-employee Barney Swanton returns to the ranch rich but is still envious of Redigo, whose job he always wanted.
7. The Fire Dancer
Aired 13 November 1962 • 60 min
Story of a raging oil-well fire and the man who offers to put it out.
8. The Tall Shadow
Aired 20 November 1962 • 60 min
9. The Earth Mover
Aired 27 November 1962 • 60 min
Glenn Kassin wants to build a model city near Mesa, but the landowner refuses to sell.
10. Pressure Lock
Aired 4 December 1962 • 60 min
In the midst of negotiating for oil rights, Redigo is called out of town---leaving Tal to handle the bargaining.
11. Echo of a Man
Aired 11 December 1962 • 60 min
Worries over his pretty young ward are causing a drop in efficiency for chief engineer Tabor.
12. When the Gods Laugh
Aired 18 December 1962 • 60 min
A sharecropper who objects to education uses abusive tactics to keep his son home from school.
13. Green, Green Hills
Aired 25 December 1962 • 60 min
14. Stopover on the Way to the Moon
Aired 1 January 1963 • 60 min
After taking young Skip Wade to court for vandalism, Redigo determines to make the youth a useful citizen.
15. The Four Thumbs Story
Aired 8 January 1963 • 60 min
A Native American war veteran's penchant for violence is isolating him from his friends, neighbors and family.
16. End of an Image
Aired 15 January 1963 • 60 min
Janet Rainey claims she's just going shopping---but there are those who suspect she's leaving town.
17. The Loner
Aired 22 January 1963 • 60 min
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.
18. Where the Hawk Is Wheeling
Aired 29 January 1963 • 60 min
19. No Small Wars
Aired 5 February 1963 • 60 min
Adding urgency to his surgery-or-death status, Redigo's sick friend is a very uncooperative patient.
20. The Tiger Inside
Aired 12 February 1963 • 60 min
Afraid that a volunteer posse may take the law into its own hands, Redigo joins the hunt for a man accused of robbery.
21. Season of Growth
Aired 19 February 1963 • 60 min
Connie's former beau is back at the ranch---expressing a new interest in working and a renewed interest in her.
22. Seven Days on Rough Street
9.0Aired 26 February 1963 • 60 min
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.
23. A House in Order
7.0Aired 5 March 1963 • 60 min
News of her fatal illness inspires Lucia to establish a better relationship between son Tal and foreman Redigo.
24. Down There, the World
9.0Aired 12 March 1963 • 60 min
The mine shuts down when the heady enchantress running a vital processing plant decides to buy out the Garrets.
25. Burnout
7.0Aired 19 March 1963 • 60 min
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.
26. Hidden Asset
Aired 26 March 1963 • 60 min
27. Arrow in the Sky
Aired 9 April 1963 • 60 min
28. Nobody Dies on Saturday
Aired 16 April 1963 • 60 min
Prison escapee Quinn Serrato is out to find his old boss---Redigo, the man who turned him in.
29. 65 Miles Is a Long, Long Way
Aired 23 April 1963 • 60 min
A woman stands in the way of Redigo's cattle drive by asking too much to cross her property.
30. Duet for Eight Wheels
Aired 30 April 1963 • 60 min
Paralysis overcomes Redigo after he is trampled by a wild stallion.
31. Between Friday and Monday
Aired 7 May 1963 • 60 min
Moreno attempts to offset the fears of a young girl in a town full of hot-blooded cowboys.
32. The Convention
Aired 14 May 1963 • 60 min