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Shane

TV·1966–1966·1 season, 17 episodes·ABC·Western·1h·Created by Gary Nelson, Herschel Daugherty

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Shane works for the Starett family, a young widow, her son, and her aging father-in-law, protecting them against the anti-sodbuster rancher Ryker and other perils plaguing the Old West.

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Episodes by season

Season0117Episodes1966AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01The Distant BellSeptember 10, 1966When Amy Sloate shows up to start a school, Rufe Ryker gives orders to burn down the barn that would house the school. Miss. Sloate doesn't
  2. S01E02The HauntSeptember 17, 1966An old man shows up and watches Shane from a distance. When Shane confronts the man, he discovers he shot and killed the old man's son four
  3. S01E03The Wild GeeseSeptember 24, 1966What starts out as a day filled with the hope of borrowing the needed money for buying pigs the Staretts will need to get through the winter
  4. S01E04An Echo of AngerOctober 1, 1966When four members of the Spicer family ride into town, Kemp immediately announces they are there to kill Shane. Shane soon discovers they pl
  5. S01E05The Bitter, The LonelyOctober 8, 1966A stranger, not happy with the changing times and unwilling to accept the fact that "sod busters" are moving into the land, resorts to takin
  6. S01E06Killer in the ValleyOctober 15, 1966While out riding one day, Shane and Marian come upon a sick couple. It's not long before they realize that the couple have contracted a dead
  7. S01E07Day of the HawkOctober 22, 1966Two of Rykers' drunken cowhands cause a fire, accidentally killing a young woman. Her husband shoots one of the cowhands, who eventually die
  8. S01E08The Other ImageOctober 29, 1966Shane feels he's lost the battle for Marian's heart when she receives a letter from back East from an old boyfriend, Warren Eliot. Then when
  9. S01E09Poor Tom's A-ColdNovember 5, 1966Tom Gary has a wife and two kids; and when his animals die from drinking poison water, he believes Ryker is behind it. Before long, Tom allo
  10. S01E10High Road in ViatorNovember 12, 1966Shane does everything he can to make sure Marion gets to a special dance. Nothing short of death will keep him from his duty. Using a deck o
  11. S01E11The Day the Wolf LaughedNovember 19, 1966A gang of outlaws ride into town and cause so much ruckus that Grafton sends for Ryker, but that's before Shane begs him to let the men have
  12. S01E12The Silent GiftNovember 26, 1966Shane agrees to work for Ryker for a month so he can buy a pony for Joey. However, things don't go as planned. The foreman isn't too fond of
  13. S01E13A Long Night of MourningDecember 3, 1966A woman arrives in town and announces to Joey that she is an old acquaintance of Tom's. Tom soon has to reveal a deep dark secret from his p
  14. S01E14The Big FiftyDecember 10, 1966After one of Ryker's hands is shot, Shane is blamed. They find him guilty in a mock jury trial where Ryker's the judge and his men are the j
  15. S01E15The Great Invasion (1)December 17, 1966An invasion is happening, and it's happening by Major Hackett and his hired guns to any rancher or homesteader who is not a member of the Ca
  16. S01E16The Great Invasion (2)December 24, 1966Frustrated by his inability to convince the homesteaders and Ryker of the need to fight the crazed, megalomaniac Major Hackett and his army,
  17. S01E17A Man'd Be ProudDecember 31, 1966There is a man interested in courting Marian and it's not Shane. Actually, the person doing the courting is quite shocking to everyone. Mari

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