
Season 1 (1981)
Episodes: 22
Star Cast: Joel Higgins , Carlene Watkins , Meeno Peluce , Valri Bromfield ,
Episodes List

Ep.1 Pilot
Air Date: 1981-09-10
Sam arrives in town intending to run the general store, then runs into all kinds of trouble after turning down the protection racket.

Ep.2 The Prisoner
Air Date: 1981-09-17
Sam must face a prisoner's outlaw brothers after the sheriff who was taking him in becomes ill on his way through town.

Ep.3 The Calico Kid Returns
Air Date: 1981-10-01
The Square Deal Saloon's new cook is the Calico Kid; he has sworn to never again kill anything he can't eat.

Ep.4 They're Hanging Parker Tillman (1)
Air Date: 1981-10-15
Sam goes out on a limb and manages to save Tillman from a lynch mob, but at the trial, his mixed-up testimony has him back at the end of a rope.

Ep.5 They're Hanging Parker Tillman (2)
Air Date: 1981-10-22
Sam infiltrates an outlaw band to try to prove Tillman is innocent of cattle rustling.

Ep.6 The New Marshal
Air Date: 1981-10-29
Sam loses his badge in a special election to Tillman's squeaky-clean candidate.

Ep.7 Daniel's First Love
Air Date: 1981-11-05
Daniel is as surprised as anyone when a few innocent kisses lead to a shotgun wedding.

Ep.8 Laney in Love
Air Date: 1981-11-12
Laney is smitten with a smoothie who bids high for her at a social—but he turns out to be a low-down heel.

Ep.9 The Reunion
Air Date: 1981-10-08
Elvira's die-hard Confederate father (Andy Griffith) stays at the Square Deal Saloon while he is in town. His wife is trying to patch things up with their daughter; she married a Yankee!

Ep.10 The Railroad
Air Date: 1981-11-19
Sam and Tillman try hard to convince the railroad to come to Copper Creek.

Ep.11 The New Jail
Air Date: 1981-11-26
Sam's image as a lawman quickly loses its edge after he manages to shoot himself in the leg; the jail collapsing around him doesn't help.

Ep.12 A Man, a Woman, and a Horse
Air Date: 1981-12-17
Sam doesn't pay attention to signs of discontent from Elvira until the day he comes home to finds her packed to leave.

Ep.13 Frog's First Gunfight
Air Date: 1982-01-07
Frog meets a woman who was recently jilted by her beau, but neither realizes he wants her back.

Ep.14 The Calico Kid Goes to School
Air Date: 1982-01-14
The reformed Calico Kid decides he wants to be a United States Marshal. But he lacks one qualification: a third-grade education.

Ep.15 Tillman Held for Ransom
Air Date: 1982-01-21
Tillman has been kidnapped and the kidnappers are demanding a ransom, but the Copper Creek citizens have no intention of paying up.

Ep.16 Mail Order Bride
Air Date: 1982-01-28
Doc's mail-order bride has a vivid personality with a past to match it.

Ep.17 The Cave-In
Air Date: 1982-02-12
Elvira and her stepson explore an abandoned outlaw cave, unaware that it is booby-trapped to collapse.

Ep.18 Daniel Fights a Bully
Air Date: 1982-02-19
Daniel's refusal to fight a relentless bully leads to Sam having to fight the bully's father.

Ep.19 The Pretty Prisoner
Air Date: 1982-02-26
Sam is handcuffed to his prisoner—a flirtatious female outlaw—for an overnight journey.

Ep.20 Elvira's Old Beau
Air Date: 1982-06-07
Elvira's former fiance' comes to town, intent on taking her away with him.

Ep.21 Sam's Life Is Threatened
Air Date: 1982-06-14
Sam receives an anonymous threatening note.

Ep.22 The Funeral
Air Date: 1982-06-21
Sam and Tillman try to foil a holdup by holding a funeral for Frog; the coffin contains the $20,000 the thieves are after.