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Season 1 Plot

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)

Empire Season 1 aired on September 25th, 1962.

Season 1 Episodes

1. The Day the Empire Stood Still

September 25th, 19621 hr

2. Ballard Number One

October 2nd, 19621 hr

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

October 9th, 19621 hr

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

October 16th, 19621 hr

Dahlbeck's guest at a ranch party seems to wield an eerie hold over him.

5. Long Past, Long Remembered

October 23rd, 19621 hr

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

October 30th, 19621 hr

Ex-employee Barney Swanton returns to the ranch rich but is still envious of Redigo, whose job he always wanted.

7. The Fire Dancer

November 13th, 19621 hr

Story of a raging oil-well fire and the man who offers to put it out.

8. The Tall Shadow

November 20th, 19621 hr

9. The Earth Mover

November 27th, 19621 hr

Glenn Kassin wants to build a model city near Mesa, but the landowner refuses to sell.

10. Pressure Lock

December 4th, 19621 hr

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

December 11th, 19621 hr

Worries over his pretty young ward are causing a drop in efficiency for chief engineer Tabor.

12. When the Gods Laugh

December 18th, 19621 hr

A sharecropper who objects to education uses abusive tactics to keep his son home from school.

13. Green, Green Hills

December 25th, 19621 hr

14. Stopover on the Way to the Moon

January 1st, 19631 hr

After taking young Skip Wade to court for vandalism, Redigo determines to make the youth a useful citizen.

15. The Four Thumbs Story

January 8th, 19631 hr

A Native American war veteran's penchant for violence is isolating him from his friends, neighbors and family.

16. End of an Image

January 15th, 19631 hr

Janet Rainey claims she's just going shopping---but there are those who suspect she's leaving town.

17. The Loner

January 22nd, 19631 hr

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

January 29th, 19631 hr

19. No Small Wars

February 5th, 19631 hr

Adding urgency to his surgery-or-death status, Redigo's sick friend is a very uncooperative patient.

20. The Tiger Inside

February 12th, 19631 hr

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

February 19th, 19631 hr

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

February 26th, 19631 hr

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

March 5th, 19631 hr

News of her fatal illness inspires Lucia to establish a better relationship between son Tal and foreman Redigo.

24. Down There, the World

March 12th, 19631 hr

The mine shuts down when the heady enchantress running a vital processing plant decides to buy out the Garrets.

25. Burnout

March 19th, 19631 hr

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

March 26th, 19631 hr

27. Arrow in the Sky

April 9th, 19631 hr

28. Nobody Dies on Saturday

April 16th, 19631 hr

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

April 23rd, 19631 hr

A woman stands in the way of Redigo's cattle drive by asking too much to cross her property.

30. Duet for Eight Wheels

April 30th, 19631 hr

Paralysis overcomes Redigo after he is trampled by a wild stallion.

31. Between Friday and Monday

May 7th, 19631 hr

Moreno attempts to offset the fears of a young girl in a town full of hot-blooded cowboys.

32. The Convention

May 14th, 19631 hr