Episode 1
Aired Oct 1, 1962
The Contender
Stoney Burke must contend with a self-serving friend, an unscrupulous promoter, a young punk itching for a fight, a beautiful woman betrothed to a rival, and the meanest bronc on the circuit.
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Episode 2
Aired Oct 8, 1962
Fight Night
Political rivals in Kate City use the rodeo and a prizefighter as pawns in their grudge match; the boxing circuit attempts to bully the rodeo into postponing its event; Stoney sets out to fight city hall.
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Episode 3
Aired Oct 15, 1962
Child of Luxury
Stoney scorns the affections of a spoiled rich girl whose daddy is the town's power broker.
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Episode 4
Aired Oct 22, 1962
Point of Honor
Soames Hewitt, the idle son of a judge in a traditional Southern community, fancies himself a bull rider; Stoney, E.J., and Cody become the targets of Soames' vicious temper when he believes they have dishonored his family's name.
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Episode 5
Aired Oct 29, 1962
The Mob Riders
Stoney and company are hired to convert a community's racetrack into a rodeo arena over the violent objections of the local racing club.
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Episode 6
Aired Nov 5, 1962
A Matter of Pride
A bull rider is killed, which scares the town into canceling the rodeo; Stoney's attempts to have the rodeo restored and to help the dead man's prideful, but dirt poor, family put him at odds with powerful city merchant Reese Ludlow.
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Episode 7
Aired Nov 12, 1962
Sidewinder
When Stoney loses control of a horse and it goes into the stands, a woman gets killed.
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Episode 8
Aired Nov 19, 1962
The Scavenger
After Ves Painter steals the watch from the body of a man with whom he shared a few drinks and is accused of the man's murder, Stoney and the gang work to clear him of the charges.
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Episode 9
Aired Nov 26, 1962
Spin a Golden Web
When two men have a large bet, one man bets on Stoney and tries to buy his cooperation and the other one bets on a friend of Stoney's who is riding with a hurt leg.
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Episode 10
Aired Dec 3, 1962
The Wanderer
Stoney helps a pregnant friend find her husband, whom she thinks has been wandering with different rodeos for the last six months.
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Episode 11
Aired Dec 10, 1962
Five by Eight by Eight
When Stoney enters a prison benefit rodeo, his friend forces Stoney to help him escape by taking a teenage girl hostage.
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Episode 12
Aired Dec 17, 1962
Bandwagon
Stoney joins a Senate campaign and agrees to make speeches, because he remembers how much the senator helped his family.
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Episode 13
Aired Dec 24, 1962
Cousin Eunice
When EJ's cousin Eunice comes to town, Stoney helps her to clean up and look pretty so that she can take a job as a trick rider; she develops a crush on Stoney.
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Episode 14
Aired Jan 7, 1963
Gold-Plated Maverick
After E.J. is injured, rancher Byron Latimer pays his medical bills; to pay back the debt, Latimer asks Stoney to shape up his spoiled and rebellious teenage son.
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Episode 15
Aired Jan 14, 1963
Death Rides a Pale Horse
Stoney's main challenger in the championship tournament is not only battling him over the rodeo, but a woman as well.
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Episode 16
Aired Jan 21, 1963
The King of the Hill
When a rodeo champion whom Stoney idolizes still feels the need to prove himself by challenging others in wrestling and other feats, it leads to a disastrous encounter.
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Episode 17
Aired Jan 28, 1963
A Matter of Percentage
When two gamblers bet heavily on Stoney's rodeo contest, one of them is so determined to win that he goes out of his way to ensure that Stoney loses.
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Episode 18
Aired Feb 4, 1963
Image of Glory
Although a slight injury could permanently cripple Jess, he tries to keep a knee injury hidden from his father.
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Episode 19
Aired Feb 11, 1963
Cat's Eyes
A woman believes she is a jinx as it is the second time a man she cared for has died.
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Episode 20
Aired Feb 18, 1963
Web of Fear
A series of mishaps convinces Ves that someone is out to kill Stoney.
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Episode 21
Aired Mar 4, 1963
Point of Entry
Stoney gets involved in a murder in a city near the Mexican border and runs afoul of both the Mexican and American police investigating the crime.
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Episode 22
Aired Mar 11, 1963
To Catch the Kaiser
A former champion horsewoman hires Stoney to capture the stallion that went wild after an accident that put her in a wheelchair for life; she wants him to tame the horse, but her father offers Stoney double the amount if he kills it.
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Episode 23
Aired Mar 18, 1963
Joby
A stable boy helps Stoney and Ves by subduing two men who are trying to rob the rodeo office.
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Episode 24
Aired Mar 25, 1963
Forget No More
Stacy Morgan tells Stoney she has been following the rodeo circuit to find her father; Stoney learns that her father was actually killed in a riding accident four years earlier and that she witnessed it.
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Episode 25
Aired Apr 1, 1963
Color Him Lucky
After being found innocent for a murder, then pardoned, a rodeo rider wants to get back on the circuit.
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Episode 26
Aired Apr 8, 1963
The Weapons Man
A weapons expert investigates the death of an international dignitary who was killed by an arrow fired during a rodeo pregame act.
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Episode 27
Aired Apr 15, 1963
Kelly's Place
Stoney becomes close friends with Kelly, the half-owner of a bistro, upsetting her business partner, who has trouble telling her how he feels about her.
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Episode 28
Aired Apr 22, 1963
Kincaid
A police sergeant who runs a community center for city juveniles tries to get the boys to sell rodeo tickets.
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Episode 29
Aired Apr 29, 1963
A Girl Named Amy
Stoney becomes aware that a friend's 18-year-old daughter believes she is in love with him and thinks that Stoney feels the same way toward her.
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Episode 30
Aired May 6, 1963
Tigress by the Tail
Stoney feels obligated to help out the reckless daughter of his late old friend and mentor by agreeing to pay off her debts.
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Episode 31
Aired May 13, 1963
The Test
After falling from a horse in a stall due to a stuck gate, Stoney finds himself unable to move his legs.
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Episode 32
Aired May 20, 1963
The Journey
When a hand injury forces Stoney to drop out of a competition, he is offered a new job helping with the purchase of horses, then delivering them to the slaughterhouse.
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