Lucas tries to do a good deed for the old town drunk but it backfires when the drunk's son believes he inherited Lucas' ranch.
Lucas makes a life-or-death decision when Micah is held hostage and the kidnappers demand the release of a notorious outlaw.
When renegade Apaches wound Lucas and kidnap Mark, Marshall Torrance joins with U.S. Marshall Sam Buckhart to form a rescue posse.
When Mark finds of the body of a murder victim, Lucas, his friend Artemus and Marshall Torrance begin a search for the killer.
A drought has forced local cowhands to seek work on a railroad construction project, but executives are afraid workers will desert them if they believe an old man's claim of making rain.
When his employer begins to suspect him of embezzlement, bookkeeper Asa Manning decides to hire a professional gunman to take care of the problem.
An unfounded rumor causes North Fork's outspoken feminist schoolteacher to be attacked by a mob of angry townspeople.
The McCains try to be tolerant of their embittered neighbor Abel MacDonald, but they decide he's gone too far when he won't allow his injured boy to get medical treatment.
Young Mark manages to capture a hawk but falls into danger with a rattlesnake. A stranger comes to his rescue and Mark invites the man home, unaware that he is on the run from the law.
Lucas comes to the rescue when escaped convicts hold up the general store in North Fork and take Marshall Torrance hostage.
Mark runs away from home after his father questions his story about overhearing a plot to rob the bank.
Lucas becomes involved in a battle between an aspiring writer and a cocky, bragging trail boss.
A dance hall singer asks Lucas to care for her daughter in an effort to hide the baby from her self-righteous, bigoted father.
Lucas makes a life-or-death decision when Micah is held hostage and the kidnappers demand the release of a notorious outlaw.
While trying to protect Banker Hamilton's gold, Mark is kidnapped and held hostage at the McCain ranch and will be killed within the hour unless Lucas cooperates.
When Mark finds of the body of a murder victim, Lucas, his friend Artemus and Marshall Torrance begin a search for the killer.
Lucas McCain gives blood to save a dying man and is surprised by Marshall Torrance's odd behavior towards him. Soon, men arrive from a nearby town and demand custody of the man.
When his employer begins to suspect him of embezzlement, bookkeeper Asa Manning decides to hire a professional gunman to take care of the problem.
An unfounded rumor causes North Fork's outspoken feminist schoolteacher to be attacked by a mob of angry townspeople.
The McCains try to be tolerant of their embittered neighbor Abel MacDonald, but they decide he's gone too far when he won't allow his injured boy to get medical treatment.