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Season 1 - Episode Guide

Episodes

The Marple Brothers

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Oct 4, 1957

The Marple Brothers

Hoby tracks the four Marple brothers to Stockton, Texas, and discovers that they've taken a church full of hostages and are demanding a doctor for one of their wounded.

Law in Lampasas

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Oct 11, 1957

Law in Lampasas

Hoby ends up in a town where the people are ready to hang a man for murderer. However, the Ranger believes that the accused is innocent... but no one is interested in justice.

The San Saba Incident

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 18, 1957

The San Saba Incident

While escorting a wagon of prisoners to the state penitentiary, Hoby ends up playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a man who wants the money the prisoners stole before they were convicted.

Easton, Texas

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 25, 1957

Easton, Texas

Hoby is called in to check ouit a bank robbery in Easton, but isn't convinced that the crime is as simple as it looks.

Like Father

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Nov 1, 1957

Like Father

Hoby tries to show a young boy that the boy's father, outlaw Blaine Sand, isn't as innocent as the boy thinks.

Sweetwater, Texas

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Nov 8, 1957

Sweetwater, Texas

At the site of a stagecoach robbery that left the driver and two passengers dead, Hoby finds a baby and rides into nearby Sweetwater to find the robber and the woman the baby belongs to.

Alpine, Texas

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 15, 1957

Alpine, Texas

Hoby checks out the death of a Ranger in Alpine, and discovers that the the locals claim the dead man was a drunken, trigger-happy thug... and they consider Hoby the same.

Self-Defense

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 22, 1957

Self-Defense

Grieving widow Polly Webster tells Hoby and the town sheriff that she plans to kill the man who gunned down her husband, claiming self-defense.

End of an Outlaw

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Nov 29, 1957

End of an Outlaw

Hoby and fellow Ranger Dick Wade track down outlaw Sam Bass and his gang.

Look for the Woman

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Dec 6, 1957

Look for the Woman

Hoby ides to protect the sister of a dead bank robber, when the man's partners threaten her life.

The Town

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Dec 13, 1957

The Town

Hoby chases bank robber Ben Fraser into Ben's hometown... and discovers that Ben and Cal control everything. The Ranger is soon alone and unarmed against the Frasers and their men.

Man and Money

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Dec 27, 1957

Man and Money

To recover stolen bank money, Hoby finds the wounded robber and offers to split the money if he helps him... and if the robber takes him to the money.

The Reward

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Jan 3, 1958

The Reward

A florist who overheard five bank robbers discussing where to rendezvous to recover and split up the money disappears before Hoby can deliver the reward.

The Farrand Story

Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Jan 10, 1958

The Farrand Story

A jealous deputy sheriff kills his girlfriend's secret lover and then goes after her.

Right of Way

Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Jan 17, 1958

Right of Way

In Bowie, the sheriff and the townspeople all think Billy Burkett murdered beloved rancher Vern Fowler. Hoby thinks differently, and sets out to find the real killer.

The Witness

Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Jan 24, 1958

The Witness

A trapper, Aaron Yewcic, is the only man who can clear Hoby's friend Ned of a murder charge. But Aaron is hiding in the mountains, and Hoby has to find him.

The Toll Road

Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Jan 31, 1958

The Toll Road

The miserly ex-mayor of Garrison flats controls a toll road leading in and out of town. Someone kills him, but Hoby figures that the motive was robbery rather than revenge.

The Young Gun

Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Feb 7, 1958

The Young Gun

Hoby poses as a robber to trick a young first-offender into leading him to his fellow bank robbers and the stolen money.

The Wedding

Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Feb 14, 1958

The Wedding

Hoby investigates the death of a rich man--and the disappearance of the $8,000 he was carrying--on the day that he was riding to Barkerville to marry a spinster, Matilda Parsons.

The Trail

Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: Feb 28, 1958

The Trail

Hoby tracks a train robber to Mexico and takes the man into custody. But when Hoby is bit by a snake on the ride back, the robber abandons him and a vengeful ex-Ranger accuses Hoby of taking bribes and letting the robber go.

The Bounty Hunter

Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: Mar 7, 1958

The Bounty Hunter

Hoby teams up with bounty hunter Josh Randall, who is looking for a serial philanderer with a $500 reward on his head.

The Judge

Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: Mar 14, 1958

The Judge

Porter judge Nelson Henry faces a touch decision when his wild son is arrested for the murder of a card sharp.

The House

Episode: 1x23 | Airdate: Mar 21, 1958

The House

A bind woman comes to Porter looking for her mother, who disappeared after marrying a Porter resident several months earlier.

The Boy

Episode: 1x24 | Airdate: Mar 28, 1958

The Boy

Joel Paine escapes after eight years in prison and comes to Porter to get his stepson back.

The Pueblo Kid

Episode: 1x25 | Airdate: Apr 4, 1958

The Pueblo Kid

A former Porter resident comes back to town with a reputation as a ruthless gunfighter: the Pueblo Kid. Hoby soon learns that the Kid's reputation is a fake... but a man looking to make his reputation doesn't care.

The Winter Boys

Episode: 1x26 | Airdate: Apr 11, 1958

The Winter Boys

The Rangers ask Hoby to guard a former outlaw who set up the Winter Brothers for arrest. But one of the brothers, Thad, escapes and comes to Porter looking for the witness.

The Mistake

Episode: 1x27 | Airdate: Apr 18, 1958

The Mistake

When Bud Ehlers goes on trial for murder, Hoby helps convince the jury that Bud is innocent. Afterward, Bud privately tells Hoby that he's guilty. Now Nelson's partner Steve is in town and dogging Bud, and Bud wants protection.

The Deal

Episode: 1x28 | Airdate: Apr 25, 1958

The Deal

Gunman Dingo Noble befriends a young runaway, and then demands a ransom from the people of Porter to get him to bring the boy back.

The Jailbreak

Episode: 1x29 | Airdate: May 2, 1958

The Jailbreak

Outlaw Brock Childers is awaiting transfer to Austin for hanging... and takes Ralph and Aaron hostage.

The End of the World

Episode: 1x30 | Airdate: May 9, 1958

The End of the World

Hoby enters a town where a con man has driven the people into a frenzy claiming that the end of the world is coming... unless they buy his "magnetium repellers."

The Brothers

Episode: 1x31 | Airdate: May 16, 1958

The Brothers

Hoby goes on a special assignment to bring in a killer, Mal Cody, but gets ambushed and his ID taken. When he arrives in Jacksboro, he discovers that someone posing as him has taken Mal away... and Mal has a twin brother, Wes.

The Governor

Episode: 1x32 | Airdate: May 23, 1958

The Governor

An undercover Ranger is killed in the town of Garret while checking out a tip about the assassination of the visiting Governor, and Hoby goes in to investigate his fellow Ranger's death.

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