A swaggering gunfighter targets an aging Confederate veteran, and Colton steps in to deal with the bully.
EP2 The VespersSep 25, 1965
Sworn to avenge his brother's death, a hoodlum comes gunning for a small town's local minister. When Colton arrives to warn his old friend and ex-soldier, he finds the man unwilling to resort to violence to protect himself and his pregnant wife.
EP3 The Lonely Galico QueenOct 02, 1965
A dance hall girl mistakes Colton for her mail-order bridegroom.
EP4 The Kingdom of McCombOct 09, 1965
Unable to perform the deed themselves, a group of religious colonists attempt to recruit Colton to kill a powerful landowner trying to evict them.
EP5 One of the WoundedOct 16, 1965
Colton tries to help a Union army veteran left mute and immobile by the psychological horrors of war.
EP6 The Flight of the Artic TernOct 23, 1965
Colton becomes involved in a romantic triangle when he saves a friend's bride-to-be from a runaway horse.
EP7 Widow on the Evening StageOct 30, 1965
Following the murder of a man during an Indian attack, Colton witnesses a town's prejudice towards the man's Indian widow.
EP8 The House Rules at Mrs. Wayne'sNov 06, 1965
While trying to defend his wife's honor, a friend of Colton is killed... and Colton is torn between seeking justice and keeping his word to turn the other cheek.
EP9 The Sheriff of Fetterman's CrossingNov 13, 1965
Colton has second thoughts after accepting the position of deputy to the dubious sheriff of a sleepy Montana town.
EP10 The Homecoming of Lemuel StoveNov 20, 1965
Colton befriends a Union soldier who returns from war to find that his father has been lynched by bigots.
EP11 Westward, the ShoemakerNov 27, 1965
When a well-intentioned immigrant is stripped of his nest egg in a rigged card game, Colton takes on the con artist.
EP12 The OathDec 04, 1965
When a doctor proves to be as full of whiskey as he is of self-pity, Colton must perform an emergency appendectomy on a young gunfighter.
EP13 Hunt the Man DownDec 11, 1965
Colton is drafted to help a posse hunt down a seemingly harmless recluse.
EP14 Escort for a Dead ManDec 18, 1965
A man who deserted from the Army wants Colton to escort him back to his fort.
EP15 The Ordeal of Bud WindomDec 25, 1965
A murder suspect's son makes life difficult for Colton when the boy tries to clear his father's name.
EP16 To the West of EdenJan 01, 1966
While traveling across the desert to deliver horses to their new owner, Colton reluctantly agrees to escort a young woman across the arid land.
EP17 MantrapJan 08, 1966
Colton becomes the target of an assassin when he is the sole witness to a robbery and murder.
EP18 A Little Stroll to the End of the LineJan 15, 1966
Colton neither likes nor respects the man he has been deputized to protect: a rabble-rousing preacher who fears death from an ex-convict.
EP19 The Trial in ParadiseJan 22, 1966
Colton provides the defense in a kangaroo court trial of a former Union Army officer.
EP20 A Question of GuiltJan 29, 1966
In the darkness Colton kills an intruder, and discovers the man is an Army Lieutenant.
EP21 The Mourners for Johnny Sharp (1)Feb 05, 1966
While a young gunman lies dying in a cave, a ruthless man waits outside hoping to get his hands on the boy's loot. (Part 1 of 2)
EP22 The Mourners for Johnny Sharp (2)Feb 12, 1966
Following the late Johnny Sharp's instructions, Colton arranges for the four people closest to the gunman to meet at the undertaker's parlor. (Part 2 of 2)
EP23 Incident in the Middle Of NowhereFeb 19, 1966
Colton encounters a little girl riding his horse — which was stolen from Colton during the stagecoach robbery in which he was shot and left for dead.
EP24 Pick Me Another Time to DieFeb 26, 1966
Colton is accused of slaying a sheriff.
EP25 The Burden of the BadgeMar 05, 1966
A group of reformed criminals deputize Colton to defend and protect them.
EP26 To Hang a Dead ManMar 12, 1966
Colton joins a sheriff in search of a town's destroyers.
The Loner is an American western series that ran for less than one season on CBS from 1965 to 1966, under the alternate sponsorship of Philip Morris and Procter & Gamble.