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Season 2 – The Tall Man

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The interactions between Billy the Kid and Sheriff Pat Garrett in Lincoln, N.M.
The Tall Man — Season 2

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Episode 1 Aired Sep 9, 1961 Full Payment When Jack Barron's gang of outlaws heads to Lincoln to take revenge upon Billy, Garret deputizes the Kid to help protect the town. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 19, 1961 The Liberty Belle Pat's former girlfriend, Elena, returns to Lincoln to seek his help when she is targeted by her other ex-lover, the outlaw Joe Durango. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 23, 1961 Where Is Sylvia? A con artist pretending to be the wife of a man who lost his money to Garrett in a poker game convinces the lawman to return his winnings. Details Episode 4 Aired Sep 30, 1961 The Female Artillery After being wounded by marauding Apaches, Billy must come to the defense of a group of women and children hiding in an abandoned fort. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 7, 1961 Shadow of the Past Garrett believes the father of Billy's new girlfriend is the man who foiled his escape from a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 14, 1961 An Item for Auction A man tries to marry off his teenage daughter, Mary Susan, to whomever will pay the most money. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 21, 1961 The Judas Palm After Garrett releases one of Billy's family friends from custody, the man commits a robbery and murder and frames Billy for the crimes. Details Episode 8 Aired Oct 28, 1961 The Woman When Garrett kills a pioneer for stealing a horse, the pioneer's group leader declares that Garrett must die unless the thief's widow shows him mercy. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 4, 1961 Trial by Hanging When Billy becomes caught up in a cattle-rustling operation, his life is threatened by a lynch mob made up of frustrated ranchers. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 11, 1961 The Leopard's Spots Billy gives up his gun to impress a beautiful girl, motivating Bart Conway to take over Tundall's ranch and attempt to murder the defenseless Kid. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 18, 1961 Petticoat Crusade Suffragette Amy Dodds gets herself arrested to gain publicity by claiming that Sheriff Garrett mistreated her while she was in custody. Details Episode 12 Aired Nov 25, 1961 Time of Foreshadowing Billy repays an old debt to his friend Skip Farrell by helping him escape from a posse. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 2, 1961 Fool's Play On his first assignment as a stagecoach guard, Billy must track down a pair of outlaws who gun down the coach's driver and steal a strongbox. Details Episode 14 Aired Dec 9, 1961 The Legend of Billy Billy pretends to be a notorious criminal for a newspaper story, which prompts the New Mexican government to investigate Sheriff Garrett. Details Episode 15 Aired Dec 16, 1961 A Tombstone for Billy Garrett suspects Billy of stealing a marble tombstone from a stone cutter's shop, but can't find any evidence to confirm his theory. Details Episode 16 Aired Dec 23, 1961 Sidekick After Billy rescues a Mexican boy from an abusive wagon driver, he learns of a town stuck under the thumb of a crooked businessman. Details Episode 17 Aired Dec 30, 1961 Apache Daughter Garrett helps return a kidnapped woman to her father after nine years of living with the Apaches, but the reunion is complicated by the daughter's desire to live with her warrior husband, Talano. Details Episode 18 Aired Jan 6, 1962 Substitute Sheriff Threatened with eviction, May and June McBean trick Garrett into leaving Lincoln so their father can pose as sheriff and prevent the seizure of their ranch. Details Episode 19 Aired Jan 13, 1962 The Girl from Paradise After Billy and Anne Drake are framed for murder by Sheriff Bob Tollinger, they must escape from his posse while chained together. Details Episode 20 Aired Jan 20, 1962 St. Louis Woman An engaged widow finds Garrett to be a more desirable husband than her fiance. Details Episode 21 Aired Jan 27, 1962 The Hunt A wealthy man recruits Billy to be his guide on an expedition to hunt mountain lions, but his true target turns out to be the Kid himself. Details Episode 22 Aired Feb 3, 1962 The Impatient Brides When an Apache uprising traps a large number of people in Lincoln, Garrett opens his jail cells to shelter stagecoach passengers who turn out to be mail-order brides. Details Episode 23 Aired Feb 10, 1962 Rio Doloroso Garrett and a prisoner seek shelter in an impoverished pueblo during a storm, where the residents offer hospitality in the hopes of being well-compensated. Details Episode 24 Aired Feb 17, 1962 A Day to Kill Billy receives treatment for a concussion he sustained from falling off a horse, but his medication causes him to believe the entire town wants him dead. Details Episode 25 Aired Feb 24, 1962 Property of the Crown When a Mexican woman presents a Spanish document granting her family ownership of half the land in Lincoln County, Garrett must investigate the legitimacy of her claim. Details Episode 26 Aired Mar 3, 1962 Night of the Hawk Garrett and Billy question a martinet officer's ability to negotiate the surrender of a band of renegade Apaches. Details Episode 27 Aired Mar 10, 1962 Three for All When Garrett arrests the Killgor brothers, their mother comes to their rescue by locking the sheriff in a jail cell and taking her family on a crime spree. Details Episode 28 Aired Mar 17, 1962 Quarantine Garrett takes a wounded bank robber to the doctor, only to end up in quarantine when a man exhibiting signs of bubonic plague stumbles through the door. Details Episode 29 Aired Mar 24, 1962 The Four Queens A visiting showman presents Garrett with evidence that one of his performers plans to kill Billy. Details Episode 30 Aired Mar 31, 1962 The Long Way Home Billy becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a federal marshal who was investigating a freight train for contraband. Details Episode 31 Aired Apr 7, 1962 A Time to Run A timid man asks Garrett to take him into custody for robbing a crooked St. Louis politician. After corroborating his story, the sheriff must defend the man against a hired assassin. Details Episode 32 Aired Apr 14, 1962 Trial by Fury A vengeful judge lures Billy and two others to a remote village where he presides over a retrial of past cases in which the three had been found innocent. Details Episode 33 Aired Apr 21, 1962 The Frame A terminally ill man, jealous of his wife's past relationship with Garrett, plots to commit suicide and frame his wife for his murder. Details Episode 34 Aired Apr 28, 1962 The Runaway Groom Sally Tugwell arrives in Lincoln with her brothers and an infant, claiming that Billy is her husband, but Billy insists he doesn't know her. Details Episode 35 Aired May 5, 1962 The Black Robe Gov. Lew Wallace orders Garrett to investigate the suspected delivery of firearms to the Apaches by a French agent, leading to the possibility that a European power is conspiring to occupy Mexico. Details Episode 36 Aired May 12, 1962 The Woman in Black Don Diego insists that Garrett arrest his ex-fiancée Rosa for placing a curse on his family after his son dies in a horseback accident. Details Episode 37 Aired May 19, 1962 Doctor on Horseback A new doctor's poor bedside manner earns him an unfavorable reputation until a crisis with a suicidal pregnant woman offers him a chance at redemption. Details Episode 38 Aired May 26, 1962 Phoebe Billy must find a runaway girl when the girl's father believes that Billy murdered her. Details

Season Info

Director
Sidney Lanfield, Tay Garnett, Edward Montagne, Lesley Selander, Frank McDonald, Sydney Pollack, R. G. Springsteen, Ted Post, Richard Donner
Creator
Samuel A. Peeples
Screenwriter
Arthur Browne Jr., Richard Fielder, Paul King, David Lang, Tom Seller, Les Crutchfield, Robert E. Thompson, Daniel D Beauchamp, Thomas Thompson, Frank Price
Network
NBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Western, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 9, 1961