The Loner
The Loner: Season 1

Air Date

September 18, 1965

Episodes

26 episodes

The Loner

Season 1

Episodes

1. An Echo of Bugles

September 18, 1965
26 min

A swaggering gunfighter targets an aging Confederate veteran, and Colton steps in to deal with the bully.

2. The Vespers

September 25, 1965
26 min

Sworn to avenge his brother's death, a hoodlum comes gunning for a small town's local minister. When Colton arrives to warn his old friend and ex-soldier, he finds the man unwilling to resort to violence to protect himself and his pregnant wife.

3. The Lonely Galico Queen

October 2, 1965
26 min

A dance hall girl mistakes Colton for her mail-order bridegroom.

4. The Kingdom of McComb

October 9, 1965
26 min

Unable to perform the deed themselves, a group of religious colonists attempt to recruit Colton to kill a powerful landowner trying to evict them.

5. One of the Wounded

October 16, 1965
26 min

Colton tries to help a Union army veteran left mute and immobile by the psychological horrors of war.

6. The Flight of the Artic Tern

October 23, 1965
26 min

Colton becomes involved in a romantic triangle when he saves a friend's bride-to-be from a runaway horse.

7. Widow on the Evening Stage

October 30, 1965
26 min

Following the murder of a man during an Indian attack, Colton witnesses a town's prejudice towards the man's Indian widow.

8. The House Rules at Mrs. Wayne's

November 6, 1965
26 min

While trying to defend his wife's honor, a friend of Colton is killed... and Colton is torn between seeking justice and keeping his word to turn the other cheek.

9. The Sheriff of Fetterman's Crossing

November 13, 1965
26 min

Colton has second thoughts after accepting the position of deputy to the dubious sheriff of a sleepy Montana town.

10. The Homecoming of Lemuel Stove

November 20, 1965
26 min

Colton befriends a Union soldier who returns from war to find that his father has been lynched by bigots.

11. Westward, the Shoemaker

November 27, 1965
26 min

When a well-intentioned immigrant is stripped of his nest egg in a rigged card game, Colton takes on the con artist.

12. The Oath

December 4, 1965
26 min

When a doctor proves to be as full of whiskey as he is of self-pity, Colton must perform an emergency appendectomy on a young gunfighter.

13. Hunt the Man Down

December 11, 1965
26 min

Colton is drafted to help a posse hunt down a seemingly harmless recluse.

14. Escort for a Dead Man

December 18, 1965
26 min

A man who deserted from the Army wants Colton to escort him back to his fort.

15. The Ordeal of Bud Windom

December 25, 1965
26 min

A murder suspect's son makes life difficult for Colton when the boy tries to clear his father's name.

16. To the West of Eden

January 1, 1966
26 min

While traveling across the desert to deliver horses to their new owner, Colton reluctantly agrees to escort a young woman across the arid land.

17. Mantrap

January 8, 1966
26 min

Colton becomes the target of an assassin when he is the sole witness to a robbery and murder.

18. A Little Stroll to the End of the Line

January 15, 1966
26 min

Colton neither likes nor respects the man he has been deputized to protect: a rabble-rousing preacher who fears death from an ex-convict.

19. The Trial in Paradise

January 22, 1966
26 min

Colton provides the defense in a kangaroo court trial of a former Union Army officer.

20. A Question of Guilt

January 29, 1966
26 min

In the darkness Colton kills an intruder, and discovers the man is an Army Lieutenant.

21. The Mourners for Johnny Sharp (1)

February 5, 1966
26 min

While a young gunman lies dying in a cave, a ruthless man waits outside hoping to get his hands on the boy's loot. (Part 1 of 2)

22. The Mourners for Johnny Sharp (2)

February 12, 1966
26 min

Following the late Johnny Sharp's instructions, Colton arranges for the four people closest to the gunman to meet at the undertaker's parlor. (Part 2 of 2)

23. Incident in the Middle Of Nowhere

February 19, 1966
26 min

Colton encounters a little girl riding his horse — which was stolen from Colton during the stagecoach robbery in which he was shot and left for dead.

24. Pick Me Another Time to Die

February 26, 1966
26 min

Colton is accused of slaying a sheriff.

25. The Burden of the Badge

March 5, 1966
26 min

A group of reformed criminals deputize Colton to defend and protect them.

26. To Hang a Dead Man

March 12, 1966
26 min

Colton joins a sheriff in search of a town's destroyers.