S1E1 - Pilot
Sam arrives in town intending to run the general store, then runs into all kinds of trouble after turning down the protection racket.
Sept. 10, 1981, midnight
S1E2 - The Prisoner
Sam must face a prisoner's outlaw brothers after the sheriff who was taking him in becomes ill on his way through town.
Sept. 17, 1981, midnight
S1E3 - The Calico Kid Returns
The Square Deal Saloon's new cook is the Calico Kid; he has sworn to never again kill anything he can't eat.
Oct. 1, 1981, midnight
S1E4 - They're Hanging Parker Tillman (1)
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.
Oct. 15, 1981, midnight
S1E5 - They're Hanging Parker Tillman (2)
Sam infiltrates an outlaw band to try to prove Tillman is innocent of cattle rustling.
Oct. 22, 1981, midnight
S1E6 - The New Marshal
Sam loses his badge in a special election to Tillman's squeaky-clean candidate.
Oct. 29, 1981, midnight
S1E7 - Daniel's First Love
Daniel is as surprised as anyone when a few innocent kisses lead to a shotgun wedding.
Nov. 5, 1981, midnight
S1E8 - Laney in Love
Laney is smitten with a smoothie who bids high for her at a social—but he turns out to be a low-down heel.
Nov. 12, 1981, midnight
S1E9 - The Reunion
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!
Oct. 8, 1981, midnight
S1E10 - The Railroad
Sam and Tillman try hard to convince the railroad to come to Copper Creek.
Nov. 19, 1981, midnight
S1E11 - The New Jail
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.
Nov. 26, 1981, midnight
S1E12 - A Man, a Woman, and a Horse
Sam doesn't pay attention to signs of discontent from Elvira until the day he comes home to finds her packed to leave.
Dec. 17, 1981, midnight
S1E13 - Frog's First Gunfight
Frog meets a woman who was recently jilted by her beau, but neither realizes he wants her back.
Jan. 7, 1982, midnight
S1E14 - The Calico Kid Goes to School
The reformed Calico Kid decides he wants to be a United States Marshal. But he lacks one qualification: a third-grade education.
Jan. 14, 1982, midnight
S1E15 - Tillman Held for Ransom
Tillman has been kidnapped and the kidnappers are demanding a ransom, but the Copper Creek citizens have no intention of paying up.
Jan. 21, 1982, midnight
S1E16 - Mail Order Bride
Doc's mail-order bride has a vivid personality with a past to match it.
Jan. 28, 1982, midnight
S1E17 - The Cave-In
Elvira and her stepson explore an abandoned outlaw cave, unaware that it is booby-trapped to collapse.
Feb. 12, 1982, midnight
S1E18 - Daniel Fights a Bully
Daniel's refusal to fight a relentless bully leads to Sam having to fight the bully's father.
Feb. 19, 1982, midnight
S1E19 - The Pretty Prisoner
Sam is handcuffed to his prisoner—a flirtatious female outlaw—for an overnight journey.
Feb. 26, 1982, midnight
S1E20 - Elvira's Old Beau
Elvira's former fiance' comes to town, intent on taking her away with him.
June 7, 1982, midnight
S1E21 - Sam's Life Is Threatened
Sam receives an anonymous threatening note.
June 14, 1982, midnight
S1E22 - The Funeral
Sam and Tillman try to foil a holdup by holding a funeral for Frog; the coffin contains the $20,000 the thieves are after.
June 21, 1982, midnight