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Season 2
- Ep 32Kellie4/24/66
The daughter of a bank robber, 11-year-old Kellie, has sworn to kill the man responsible for her father's death: namely, Jason McCord. - Ep 31Cowards Die Many Times4/17/66
Tad Evers owns a freight line and knows that McCord is doing a survey for a railroad. He knows that the railroad will put him out of business and tries to stop McCord. - Ep 30Headed for Doomsday4/10/66
Once again, Jason McCord (Chuck Connors) has a fateful brush with history when he saves legendary journalist Horace Greeley (Burgess Meredith) from an assassination attempt. Impressed by Jason's courage, Greeley hires him as his "social secretary" (translation: bodyguard). Now it is up to Jason to find out who wants to kill the eminent newspaperman--and why. (Incidentally, if you're thinking that Horace Greeley will at some point in the story say something like "Go west, Young Man", chances are that you're right...and never mind that Greeley never actually uttered those words).moreless - Ep 29The Assassins (2)4/3/66
McCord escapes his captors after finding out that the President will be poisoned by a performer at a costume party that night. Jason runs into Ashley and knocks him out, taking his costume and invitation. McCord saves the President in front of most of Washington and his Grandfather, erasing most people's notion that he was ever a coward.moreless - Ep 28The Assassins (1)3/27/66
McCord returns to Washington once again only to find himself in the middle of a plot to assassinate the President. McCord discovers the plot only to wind up unconscious and captured by the assassins. - Ep 27The Ghost of Murietta3/20/66
McCord has been entrusted with $50,000 in gold and Juan Molinera is out to steal it. - Ep 26Call to Glory (3)3/13/66
The crisis averted and Custer's political ambitions quelled for now, McCord and Custer part ways as Custer tells his friend he is on his way to a place called Little Big Horn. - Ep 25Call to Glory (2)3/6/66
McCord prevents a clash between the cavalry and the Indians. Soon after Chief Sitting Bull shows up at a party for General Sheridan and asks for peace. - Ep 24Call to Glory (1)2/27/66
Jason McCord is sent undercover by the President to gain information on a potential Presidential bid by General George Armstrong Custer. Because McCord and Custer are old Academy buddies, President Grant hopes that Jason can uncover information on a plot to incite an Indian war that will place Custer in the Oval Office.moreless - Ep 23Yellow for Courage2/20/66
A foreign female doctor gives McCord a serum she is developing to try and cure his diphtheria and save his life. - Ep 22Barbed Wire2/13/66
McCord is hired by cattleman Roy Beckwith to put up a barbed wire fence around his land. This sparks off a war over the open range between the farmers and cattlemen. - Ep 21Nice Day for a Hanging2/6/66
McCord has come to town to witness the execution of a man who once saved his life. He meets the man's son who has sworn revenge on the town's residents. - Ep 20McCord's Way1/30/66
McCord is asked to be sheriff in a town where sheriffs don't usually live very long. Three have been shot in the last year.
- Ep 19A Destiny Which Made Us Brothers1/23/66
McCord in awakened by a messenger from President Grant, bearing a bottle of whiskey. McCord remembers a chance meeting during the Civil War with the future President when they were both captured by Confederate soldiers. - Ep 18This Stage of Fools1/16/66
McCord is hired as a bodyguard for actor Edwin Booth, whose brother, John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Lincoln. - Ep 17The Wolfers1/9/66
McCord happens across a young Indian woman and a dead companion while traveling. He tries to help the women only to run afoul of a trio of wolf trappers, one of whom has taken the Indian as his own. Classic 60's Bruce Dern psycho performance. - Ep 16The Golden Fleece1/2/66
McCord is arrested by uniformed troopers and put into a prison wagon with Randall Kirby. Randall is a former Confederate officer who is planning to establish a military empire with stolen Union gold.
- Ep 15A Proud Town12/19/65
Julius Perrin, who runs an orphan home, is being forced out of town. One of the orphans has been accuses of killing a man so the town wants to get rid of all of them. - Ep 14Romany Roundup (2)12/12/65
- Ep 13Romany Roundup (1)12/5/65
- Ep 12$10,000 for Durango11/28/65
McCord is cashing a $10,000 bank draft for his employer when Frank Ross and his gang stage a holdup. - Ep 11The Greatest Coward on Earth11/21/65
McCord's skills as a fighter cause him to turn down an offer from P.T. Barnum. Barnum uses McCord's name and the massacre at Bitter Creek as the basis for his new Wild West Show, which irritates McCord. To get Barnum to drop the Bitter Creek reenactment, McCord engineers the merger between the Barnum & Bailey circuses.moreless - Ep 10Fill No Glass for Me (2)11/14/65
Macon and McCord are forced to fight to the death. - Ep 9Fill No Glass for Me (1)11/7/65
Another flashback episode, McCord stops off at the grave of a friend and remembers the incident that brought them together. Both captured by Indians, the Chief makes the coward and the Black soldier fight to the death. - Ep 8The Richest Man in Boot Hill10/31/65
An undertaker asks for McCord's help in hauling a coffin into town. McCord doesn't know that the man in the coffin is still alive and plans on robbing the freight office. - Ep 7Salute the Soldier Briefly10/24/65
McCord saves a man who claims to have witnessed the massacre at Bitter Creek. The witness agrees to testify to the Army that McCord didn't run out on the battle but something about the story doesn't seem to ring true for Jason. - Ep 6Seward's Folly10/17/65
McCord is paid to survey the newly acquired US possession of Alaska, where he finds evidence of gold and oil in abundance. But others want to steal the report to monopolize the find for themselves. - Ep 5The Bar Sinister10/10/65
McCord gets caught up in a land use battle revolvoing around the seemingly orphaned son of an old friend. When the boy's estranged Uncle shows up to take the boy and the land rights he now owns, it's up to McCord to get the boy's Indian housekeeper, Neela, to speak up about her connection to the boy and his father.moreless - Ep 4I Killed Jason McCord10/3/65
A drifter robs McCord, stealing his horse. When he strolls into a saloon looking for trouble, the bandit winds up getting killed. After finding a letter addressed to Jason in the dead man's belongings, the town turns the young man who killed Jason McCord into a hero. That is, until the real Jason McCord shows up and wants his name back.moreless - Ep 3Mightier than the Sword9/26/65
Ann Williams, a newspaper publisher, refuses to support Paul Mandell for an important public office. Mandell decides he will do whatever he has to do to get her support and McCord tries to protect her. - Ep 2Now Join the Human Race9/19/65
McCord tries to prevent an Indian war by attempting to negotiate the surrender of Red Hand. - Ep 1Judge Not9/12/65
McCord finds himself on a stagecoach with one of the officers from his court-martial and a prisoner who is going to be hung.
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Season 1
- Ep 16Price of a Name5/23/65
Jason and his friend Roy ride into a town after working on a long cattle drive. Miss Benson hires McCord as a supervisor for her expanding ranch but when Jason begins his new job, he finds a number of men waiting to rough him up. As the abuse continues, Jason begins to suspect that this is more than just a group of people seeking revenge for Bitter Creek and all of the clues point to McCord's lovely new boss.moreless - Ep 15Taste of Poison5/2/65
McCord is escorting a woman doctor to a desert hospital. Along the way they pick up a wounded Army officer. Arriving at a stagecoach way station, they are told the well might have been poisoned by the Indians which have been raiding in the area. - Ep 14That the Brave Endure4/25/65
West Point Cadet Bain faces expulsion for making statements that support McCord's actions at Bitter Creek. Taking his outstanding record into account, the Academy gives Bain one month to re-consider his opinion. If he doesn't tender an apology to the Commandant, who happens to be the man who wrote the opinion on McCord's court martial, after a month, the cadet will face his own court martial.
''Meanwhile, Jason is working as an engineer on a silver mine that won't drain. Bain joins up with the outfit McCord is working with and tries to determine the truth about Bitter Creek.moreless - Ep 13One Way Out4/18/65
McCord is offered a job in order to lure him to a ghost town. A town inhabited by only 3 men - a half crazed religious maniac, who blames McCord for the town dying, and his two sons. - Ep 12Very Few Heroes4/11/65
A woman who despises McCord needs his testimony in order to keep from losing her land in a lawsuit. - Ep 11The First Kill4/4/65
McCord pays a call on the family of a Confederate officer he was forced to kill in battle during the war. The father hasn't taken the loss of his first son very well, taking it out on his younger son in the form of perpetual disappointment. When the younger son learns that McCord killed his brother, he decides to gain his father's favor by killing Jason.moreless - Ep 10The Mission (3)3/28/65
McCord turns on the Mexican bandits as they try to steal the gold from the Army fort. Unfortunately, the Commanding Officer recognizes McCord and decides that the coward of Bitter Creek deserves hanging as much as the others. Despite pleas to contact Washington, the C.O. plans to go through with hanging all of the men, including McCord. Only an ingenious last second stunt that tricks one of the Mexicans into confessing that McCord was a spy saves Jason.moreless - Ep 9The Mission (2)3/21/65
McCord manages to meet with and infiltrate the Mexican bandits under the command of a rogue Mexican General. Jason convinces the bandits that his knowledge of military procedure will give them an edge in their most audacious atack yet; the theft of gold from a US Army fort.
''The plan calls for McCord to lead the group into the fort disguised as an Army unit. Unfortunately, a group sent out to collect uniforms for the plan comes back with the uniform of Col. Snow, McCord's contact. With the only person who knew of McCord's mission for the President dead and a Mexican General who plans to kill him after the job is done, McCord has only one choice - he has to go ahead with the raid.moreless - Ep 8The Mission (1)3/14/65
Jason McCord is asked to return to Washington at the request of an old flame whose father happens to carry some influence. It seems that a number of people in various businesses want to have the treaty negotiated by General Reed vacated so a new treaty, more beneficial to the current business interests, can be made. The only way to do this is to declare Gen. Reed incompetent. Since the only officer who could testify against Reed is McCord, the businessmen need his help, help that Jas refuses to give.
As he storms out of the building, members of the Secret Service approach McCord. The President wants to meet with the former Captain to offer him a mission that could avert a war with Mexico.moreless - Ep 7Coward Step Aside3/7/65
With the Jefferson City menfolk away at a silver strike, the only people left in town are old men, women, and children. The bank looks to be easy pickings for a gang of outlaws. - Ep 6Leap Upon Mountains...2/28/65
A widowed Quaker woman is being pressured by her neighbor to sell her ranch. - Ep 5The Bounty2/21/65
McCord gets into a barroom brawl and a stranger helps him out. But he's got his own reasons for helping. - Ep 4The Rules of the Game (A.K.A. - Elsie Brown)2/14/65
Elsie Brown once saved McCord's life and is also trying to live down a bad reputation. - Ep 3The Test2/7/65
Jason unintentionally involves a Catholic priest in a deadly encounter with four drunken Comanches. - Ep 2The Vindicator1/31/65
A New York newpaperman tracks down the widow of Lt. John Pritchett who served under McCord. - Ep 1Survival1/24/65
Jason McCord helps a man he finds on foot and almost dead in the desert.
