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Season 1 Episodes

1. Pilot

September 9th, 198130 min

Sam arrives in town intending to run the general store, then runs into all kinds of trouble after turning down the protection racket.

2. The Prisoner

September 17th, 198130 min

Sam must face a prisoner's outlaw brothers after the sheriff who was taking him in becomes ill on his way through town.

3. The Calico Kid Returns

October 1st, 198130 min

The Square Deal Saloon's new cook is the Calico Kid; he has sworn to never again kill anything he can't eat.

4. They're Hanging Parker Tillman (1)

October 15th, 198130 min

Sam goes out on a limb and manages to save Tillman from a lynch mob, but at the trial, his mixed-up testimony has him back at the end of a rope.

5. They're Hanging Parker Tillman (2)

October 22nd, 198130 min

Sam infiltrates an outlaw band to try to prove Tillman is innocent of cattle rustling.

6. The New Marshal

October 29th, 198130 min

Sam loses his badge in a special election to Tillman's squeaky-clean candidate.

7. Daniel's First Love

November 5th, 198130 min

Daniel is as surprised as anyone when a few innocent kisses lead to a shotgun wedding.

8. Laney in Love

November 12th, 198130 min

Laney is smitten with a smoothie who bids high for her at a social—but he turns out to be a low-down heel.

9. The Reunion

October 8th, 198130 min

Elvira's die-hard Confederate father (Andy Griffith) stays at the Square Deal Saloon while he is in town. His wife is trying to patch things up with their daughter; she married a Yankee!

10. The Railroad

November 19th, 198130 min

Sam and Tillman try hard to convince the railroad to come to Copper Creek.

11. The New Jail

November 26th, 198130 min

Sam's image as a lawman quickly loses its edge after he manages to shoot himself in the leg; the jail collapsing around him doesn't help.

12. A Man, a Woman, and a Horse

December 17th, 198130 min

Sam doesn't pay attention to signs of discontent from Elvira until the day he comes home to finds her packed to leave.

13. Frog's First Gunfight

January 7th, 198230 min

Frog meets a woman who was recently jilted by her beau, but neither realizes he wants her back.

14. The Calico Kid Goes to School

January 14th, 198230 min

The reformed Calico Kid decides he wants to be a United States Marshal. But he lacks one qualification: a third-grade education.

15. Tillman Held for Ransom

January 21st, 198230 min

Tillman has been kidnapped and the kidnappers are demanding a ransom, but the Copper Creek citizens have no intention of paying up.

16. Mail Order Bride

January 28th, 198230 min

Doc's mail-order bride has a vivid personality with a past to match it.

17. The Cave-In

February 12th, 198230 min

Elvira and her stepson explore an abandoned outlaw cave, unaware that it is booby-trapped to collapse.

18. Daniel Fights a Bully

February 19th, 198230 min

Daniel's refusal to fight a relentless bully leads to Sam having to fight the bully's father.

19. The Pretty Prisoner

February 26th, 198230 min

Sam is handcuffed to his prisoner—a flirtatious female outlaw—for an overnight journey.

20. Elvira's Old Beau

June 7th, 198230 min

Elvira's former fiance' comes to town, intent on taking her away with him.

21. Sam's Life Is Threatened

June 14th, 198230 min

Sam receives an anonymous threatening note.

22. The Funeral

June 21st, 198230 min

Sam and Tillman try to foil a holdup by holding a funeral for Frog; the coffin contains the $20,000 the thieves are after.