Ex-cavalry scout and gunfighter Will Sonnett and his grandson, Jeff, search the West for Will's son - and Jeff's father - Jim Sonnett, a former lawman and gunslinger, who has avoided seeing his son in order to keep him away from the assortment of killers and bounty hunters who are after him.
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Ride the Long Trail (1967)
- S1E1
Jeff and Will encounter a man who lost an arm in a gunfight with Jim Sonnett.
With Will's gun arm injured, Jeff becomes the next target of a gunman who adds a Mexican bell to his holster each time he shoots someone.
Arriving in a Mexican town, the Sonnetts find Jim's grave and a curiously reticent padre, and tangle with a bandito leader who may -- or may not -- have killed James.
The Natural Way (1967)
- S1E4
Will stops by a town intending to visit his old friend Morgan. Turns out, he is the sheriff. He tells Will the town wants him and Jeff to move along as they are not wanted. But a cattle baron comes into town, intent on confronting Morgan.
Hearing Jim Sonnett is to be hanged, Will and Jeff hurry to a Western town. A man says he is Jim. Will disputes it but Jeff believes. The Sheriff fears they will try to break him out. The carnival atmosphere in the town unhinges Jeff.
Message at Noon (1967)
- S1E6
The Sonnetts talk to a sheriff who knows Jim, hoping to learn where he is. The sheriff is unsure of their intentions so he doesn't tell them Jim is expected next day. But Jim encounters a challenger before he gets there and has to reroute.
A Son for a Son (1967)
- S1E7
A farmer provides Jeff, ill with fever, a bed while his wife tends. The Sonnett's don't know the farmer offered because Jim Sonnett killed their son in a shootout in the last year. The wife, sick with grief, thinks Jeff is the dead son.
The Sonnetts are accosted by four gunmen who claim to be friends of Jim's, saying they can take them to him. They agree to ride with them but soon realize they are being used as bait to draw Jim out of hiding for an ambush at Devil's Fork.
Ride the Man Down (1967)
- S1E11
A dying bank robber names Jim Sonnett as his accomplice in a bank robbery where the clerk was shot dead. The sheriff demands a posse's help. Using aliases, Will and Jeff join the posse ponied by the bank owner with $500 reward and liquor.
The Turkey Shoot (1967)
- S1E12
Near broke, Will enters Jeff in a shooting contest where a prize bull is at stake put up by a local cattle baron who keeps local breeders dependent. Tensions escalate as the Sonnett's hear of how they treated Jim on an earlier visit.
Will and Jeff are startled to be introduced to Mrs. Jim Sonnett who is being tormented by a local ruffian. Jeff believes her story but Will has doubts. When she appeals for protection their disagreement mushrooms towards a falling out.
Jeff is being held by the sons of a man that was killed by Jim Sonnett, demanding Will bring him for Jeff's release. The local town is unwilling to help so Will enlists a broken down former gunslinger and Will begins his rehabilitation.
The Hero (1967)
- S1E17
When Will is shot in a bank robbery he and Jeff stumble into the middle of, Jeff insists on joining the local sheriff in pursuing the robbers. While Will convalesces, he learns the sheriff's wife knows a shocking truth about the robbery.
The Warriors (1968)
- S1E25
South Dakota, 1890: Will meets up with an old friend, a Sioux chief planning to join the doomed Ghost Dance uprising. When Will schemes to foil a gunrunner's sale of rifles to the tribesmen, the peddler and a crooked sheriff retaliate.
A Fool and His Money (1968)
- S1E26
An old friend of Will's is posing as a wealthy man to land a woman and asks for Will's help. However, a couple of disreputable, former business partners aim to demand their share of Charlie's apparent newfound wealth.