Season 4

32 episodes · 1961

A bandit imprisons Lucas and Mark.

Lucas tries to find out why Mark has taken a job as a stableboy.

Mark and Milly are held prisoner in her general store when two gunmen attempt a daring robbery.

Lucas is taken hostage by two prison wagon drivers angered that he won't give them more whiskey.

Mark goes to work for Will Temple, a badly scarred and very mysterious rancher.

Corey Hazlett insists he's innocent of murder, despite Lucas's eyewitness testimony.

Lucas tries to dissuade a latter-day knight from rushing into battle.

Able Lincoln's claim that he's the Great Emancipator himself amuses everyone except Matt Yorty.

Stubborn Grandpa Fogarty is Lucas's main roadblock as he tries to get young Woody Fogarty to attend school.

Mark Twain visits Southfork, and quickly alienates the townspeople.

Lucas tries to stop embittered John Holliver from venting his wrath on the people who expelled him from town years before.

Lucas becomes the target of a vengeful mountaineer.

Mark finds himself the unwilling companion of gunman Carl Avery.

Lucas seeks an escape when he's captured by outlaws while seeking help for an injured Mark.

The Queen-to-be of France hides out in Northfork.

When an expected lawman doesn't arrive from Denver, several gunfighters arrive in North Fork and cause trouble.

Lucas's old Army pal settles in North Fork with his deaf daughter.

An Englishman arrives with a custom-made rifle—and a plan to kill Lucas.

The pangs of first love are painful for Mark: the object of his affections has eyes for another.

Banker Hamilton is closing up for the day when Rudy Gray persuades him to stay open for one more transaction - a withdrawal at gunpoint.

Sammy Davis Jr. stars as Tip Corey, son of a man allegedly murdered in North Fork.

A reliable eye-witness rides into North Fork and accuses Lucas McCain of cattle rustling and cold-blooded murder.

Mark learns that the prisoner Micah is escorting to the gallows is the man that saved his life three years previously.

Mark is shocked when he discovers that his father is a poker player.

Mark befriends singer-banjoist Lafayette Bly, a blind man with an acute sense of hearing—and a very strong grip.

No one's more surprised than Micah when newcomer Leota Carraway claims he's her long-lost husband and the father of her child.

Lucas is torn by conflicting emotions when he meets the town's new preacher—a former outlaw whom the Rifleman vowed to kill.

The town of North Fork becomes a haven for outlaws when suave Ben Judson smooth-talks his way into the marshal's job.

A veteran returns with tales of heroism and the fate of Milly's brother in the Civil War.

A head wound wipes out Lucas's memory, leaving him with only one clue: he's wearing an outlaw's gun.