Empire
Empire: Season 1

Air Date

September 25, 1962

Episodes

32 episodes

Empire

Season 1

Overview

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)

Episodes

1. The Day the Empire Stood Still

September 25, 1962
60 min

2. Ballard Number One

October 2, 1962
60 min

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 9, 1962
60 min

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 16, 1962
60 min

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

5. Long Past, Long Remembered

October 23, 1962
60 min

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 30, 1962
60 min

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 13, 1962
60 min

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

8. The Tall Shadow

November 20, 1962
60 min

9. The Earth Mover

November 27, 1962
60 min

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

10. Pressure Lock

December 4, 1962
60 min

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 11, 1962
60 min

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

12. When the Gods Laugh

December 18, 1962
60 min

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

13. Green, Green Hills

December 25, 1962
60 min

14. Stopover on the Way to the Moon

January 1, 1963
60 min

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

15. The Four Thumbs Story

January 8, 1963
60 min

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

16. End of an Image

January 15, 1963
60 min

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

17. The Loner

January 22, 1963
60 min

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 29, 1963
60 min

19. No Small Wars

February 5, 1963
60 min

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

20. The Tiger Inside

February 12, 1963
60 min

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 19, 1963
60 min

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

9.0
February 26, 1963
60 min

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

7.0
March 5, 1963
60 min

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

24. Down There, the World

9.0
March 12, 1963
60 min

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

25. Burnout

7.0
March 19, 1963
60 min

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 26, 1963
60 min

27. Arrow in the Sky

April 9, 1963
60 min

28. Nobody Dies on Saturday

April 16, 1963
60 min

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 23, 1963
60 min

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 30, 1963
60 min

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

31. Between Friday and Monday

May 7, 1963
60 min

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

32. The Convention

May 14, 1963
60 min