About this season
Lancer is an American Western series that aired on CBS from September 1968, to May 1970. The series stars Andrew Duggan, James Stacy, and Wayne Maunder as a father with two half-brother sons, an arrangement similar to the more successful Bonanza on NBC.
Episodes (26)
1. The High Riders
Aired 24 September 1968
A rancher and his foreman (apparently) take out after horse thieves leaving the daughter of one of them behind. They ride into an ambush. The foreman is killed and the rancher is seriously injured. Then they cut to Boston (my neck of the woods). A young man and a young woman are seen in evening clothes in a room with the door locked. Just as things seem to be heating up there is a pounding on the door. Apparently the young lady's father knows they're in there, doesn't trust them and wants to get his hands on the young man who now scoops up his cape, hat and cane. He grabs an apple (""I hate to eat and run"") and goes out through her balcony window and drops safely to the ground below. He is then approached by a man claiming to be a Pinkerton Agent representing the young man's father. The young man whom we now know to be Scott Lancer is being offered $1000 plus all expenses to travel to California and speak with his father (whom he claims to have never met) for one hour. In Me
2. Blood Rock
Aired 1 October 1968
3. Chase a Wild Horse
Aired 8 October 1968
4. Foley
Aired 15 October 1968
5. The Lawman
Aired 22 October 1968
An old friend of Murdoch's comes to claim his share of the ranch Murdoch said he could have before the boys came back. He has with him a prisoner who recognizes Johnny and asks him for help. The marshal seeing he no longer has a chance to be part of the ranch decides to help the prisoner escape. Only they are caught and end up killing the guard. Johnny comes in and is knocked out only to be discovered next to the dead guard. He is held for the murder. Scott and Murdoch go after the prisoner to clear Johnny. The marshall is arrested in the end. From Janet Bell.
6. Julie
Aired 29 October 1968
7. The Prodigal
Aired 12 November 1968
8. Jelly
Aired 19 November 1968
9. Last Train for Charlie Poe
Aired 26 November 1968
10. Glory
Aired 10 December 1968
11. The Heart of Pony Alice
Aired 17 December 1968
12. The Escape
Aired 31 December 1968
13. The Wedding
Aired 7 January 1969
14. Death Bait
Aired 14 January 1969
15. The Black McGloins
Aired 21 January 1969
16. Yesterday's Vengeance
Aired 28 January 1969
17. Warburton's Edge
Aired 4 February 1969
18. The Fix-It Man
Aired 11 February 1969
19. Angel Day and Her Sunshine Girls
Aired 25 February 1969 • 60 min
A saloon entertainer (Cloris Leachman) appears at the Lancer ranch with a court order to claim Teresa, the child she once abandoned. Bolton: Mark Richman. Teresa: Elizabeth Baur. Murdoch: Andrew Duggan.
20. The Great Humbug
Aired 4 March 1969
21. Juniper's Camp
Aired 11 March 1969
22. The Knot
Aired 18 March 1969
23. The Man Without a Gun
Aired 25 March 1969 • 60 min
Guy Stockwell plays a polished gentleman outlaw who plans to rob the town. Sheriff: Warren Oates. Murdoch: Andrew Duggan. Johnny: James Stacy.
24. Child of Rock and Sunlight
Aired 1 April 1969
After being stranded in the desert, Scott is found and taken in to an abandoned mine by an inquisitive young boy. But the boy's family includes an outlaw uncle who plans to kill Scott and pass the body off as his own.
25. The Measure of a Man
Aired 8 April 1969
26. Devil's Blessing
Aired 22 April 1969