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The Lancer Episode List
At the bottom is a list of the episodes with production numbers as well as the order in which they were shown.
 
 

SEASON 1

1. PILOT - THE HIGH RIDERS or THE HOMECOMING 
Murdoch Lancer's two estranged sons, each from a different mother, are invited to Lancer. Once there, Johnny and Scott join in the fight for the ranch against marauding land pirates and learn about themselves as well as about each other. 

2. THE LAWMAN 
An old friend of Murdoch's, an older marshal, arrives at Lancer expecting to become a partner in the ranch. When that fails, the lawman aids his prisoner to escape and blames Johnny. 

3. BLOOD ROCK 
Murdoch tries to get an outlaw to convince his young son out of trying to follow in his footsteps. 

4. CHASE A WILD HORSE 
Johnny argues with Murdoch over a wild horse and discovers a thing or two about responsibility, his new family, and where he really belongs.

5. LAST TRAIN FOR CHARLIE POE 
When a neighboring rancher, Charlie Poe, has his ranch taken away from him, he reluctantly joins the Lancer brothers in a scheme to rob a train.

6. THE ESCAPE
Men arrive at Lancer on a mission of revenge, blaming Scott for a wartime prison break gone wrong.

7. JULIE
Julie is a young woman who misidentifies Scott as her criminal brother. With Scott in jail, it's up to Johnny to find the real Jonas and bring him to justice before bounty hunters take Scott away.

8. GLORY
Scott is attracted to a woman, Glory, who turns out to be a con artist.

9. THE PRODIGAL
Murdoch falls for a widow and wants to marry her, but her son has just escaped from an Army stockade. He arrives at Lancer, desperate, and causes trouble.

10. FOLEY
Scott helps a feisty pregnant woman avoid her dangerous in-laws. Johnny, who knows her from the past, reluctantly helps out.

11. THE HEART OF PONY ALICE
Johnny is conned by a horse trader and when he tries to get his money back, he somehow finds himself taking responsibility for the man's niece. Johnny takes her back to Lancer and isn't sure if he's being conned all over again.

12. THE WEDDING
A bride is abducted and Scott searches for her, and soon finds himself getting in some trouble of his own.

13. THE BLACK McGLOINS PARTY
Scott is taken advantage of by a family of Irish con artists. When he falls for the young lady of the family, the situation becomes even more difficult.

14. THE FIXIT MAN
The Lancers hire Old Charlie, the fix-it man to build a jail in Spanish Wells.

15. JELLY
An down-on-his-luck man, Jelly, who is looking out for a pack of orphans, steals from and cons the Lancers. Johnny is hurt and is taken in by the kids, and when he takes them back to Lancer, they cause no end of havoc.

16. DEATH BAIT
A psychopathic sheriff seeks revenge over an old issue he had with Jelly. The man and his wolfish dog arrive one night and terrorizes a hurt Murdoch and Teresa, who battle for survival on their own.

17. YESTERDAY'S VENGEANCE
Murdoch heads out on a mysterious errand. When the boys find out their father has gone to settle old debts against a dangerous man, Haney, they head out to find Murdoch before it's too late.

18. THE KNOT
Teresa is kidnapped by prison escapees and held for ransom. After a gunfight in which the bad men are supposedly all killed, Teresa finds it in her heart to bring the one survivor home to give him a second chance - only she doesn't tell the family his true identity.

19. WARBURTON'S EDGE
Johnny takes the side of a newcomer to the cattle business, Warburton, against his own folks because of a principle. Taking on the persona of Madrid the gunhawk proves to be dangerous, and Johnny falls for Warburton's daughter, Tallie.

20. ANGEL DAY AND HER SUNSHINE GALS
When Angel arrives at Lancer, Teresa meets the mother who abandoned her. After the girl leaves with her mother and her abusive husband, the Lancers decide to go after her.

21. THE GREAT HUMBUG
Scott rescues medicine quack Claude Buttermate, who then proceeds to con the community.

22. CHILD OF ROCK AND SUNLIGHT
Scott gets sunstroke while in the desert and is rescued by an boy and his relatives. The rescuers have an agenda of their own, so it's up to Murdoch and Johnny to rescue the missing Scott before it's too late.

23. CAMP JUNIPER
Scott and Johnny agree to retrieve the daughter of Murdoch's friend from a rough town, but they meet more trouble than they expect.

24. A MAN WITHOUT A GUN
When Sheriff Val Crawford is sidelined with an injury, a new sheriff with a no-guns policy takes over. Neither Johnny nor Val have an easy time accepting the new law and believe the man is up to no good.

25. THE MEASURE OF A MAN
A reluctant Johnny becomes a teacher when the real teacher goes missing. The missing man's wife helps Johnny out and they get close to each other while he struggles to teach troublesome kids.

26. THE DEVIL'S BLESSING
Murdoch gets robbed when travelling on a stage, and ends up in a tightly-controlled town. Meanwhile, Johnny and Scott set out to find their father. 

 
 

Season 2

27. BLIND MAN'S BLUFF
When Johnny is temporarily blinded by a sniper's bullet, he is helped by a mute young girl as they are hunted by three men.

28. THE LORELEI
Jelly wins a gold mine in a poker game and agrees to blasting, which causes friction over disrupted water rights.

29. ZEE
Scott is made temporary deputy in charge of a feisty young female robber, Zee, who claims to be the daughter of a dangerous outlaw.

30. LEGACY
Scott's grandfather arrives at Lancer, and uses coercion and blackmail to get Scott to return to Boston with him.

31. THE KID
When a teenager convinces Johnny to go after a pair of ranchers he believes has killed his father, Johnny seeks the truth and teaches the kid a lesson in misdirected hate.

32. RIVALS
When love is rekindled between Murdoch and a widow, Aggy, he finds a rival in a neighboring landowner.

33. BLACK ANGEL
Jelly falls in love with a woman who, it appears, is only after him in order to make good on his life insurance.

34. JELLY HOSKIN'S AMERICAN DREAM
Jelly buys a Brahma bull, thinking it has little value, but a cattleman attempts to buy the prizewinner from him.

35. CUT THE WOLF LOOSE
Johnny falls in love with a young woman who is conflicted between her love for her missionary work and her desire for Johnny.

36. THE GIFTS
Johnny, Scott and Jelly each set out to buy a gift for Murdoch, but on their way home they give their gifts to people in more in need than the owner of Lancer.

37. WELCOME TO GENESIS
Jelly is badly mauled by a cougar, but the only person in a nearby mining town with any medical knowledge is in jail and is unwilling to help.

38. LITTLE DARLING OF THE SIERRAS
A friend of Murdoch's dies and asks him to take care of his affairs as well as his little daughter.

39. PERSON UNKNOWN
When wounded, Johnny hides out in a barn and is helped by a girl who tends sick wild animals. Her mother finds out and tries to sell him to the highest bidder.

40. SPLINTER GROUP
Scott drinks poisoned water and is aided by a group of people on the run. Once recovered, Scott unknowingly takes them bad canned food. Johnny has to track them down to prevent them all from dying.

41. SCARECROW AT HACKETT'S
When a farmer dies with no will, a stranger arrives to claim the property. The Lancers believe that the farmer's son should inherit the property, and they face down the devilish man.

42. BLUE SKIES FOR WILLIE SHARPE
A boy believes his grandfather was an ace lawman, so Scott tries to rehabilitate the old man in order for him to live up to the boy's expectations.

43. THE EXPERIMENT
Murdoch takes over as a prison farm warden when a friend is ailing. He then introduces a new, radical disciplinary method at a prison farm: an honor system.

44. SHADOW OF A DEAD MAN
Johnny offers to help a woman and her son living on land owned by the Lancers. A bounty hunter who has been seeking her arrives and makes Johnny out to be the villain.

45. GOODBYE LIZZIE
Murdoch tries to help a returning neighbor, Lizzie, start a new life, but the criminal past she had hidden from her friends and daughter catches up to her.

46. CHAD
Away from home and in trouble, Johnny is aided by a hillbilly, Chad, and his sister. Once back at the ranch, the Lancers discovers that their guests have a long-standing feud against Lancers.

47. THE LION AND THE LAMB
A sheep farmer rescues Johnny from a dangerous bull. When Johnny offers refuge for the sheep on Lancer land, there is dissent amongst the neighboring cattlemen as well as within the Lancer household.

48. BUSCADEROS
Scott is mistaken for Johnny and taken hostage at Lancer by a gang with a Gatling gun and a scheme to steal from the town.

49. LAMP IN THE WILDERNESS
Murdoch lends a helping hand to a teacher who is failing in her efforts to teach Indian children.

50. THE DREAM OF FALCONS
Otto Mueller builds a flying machine and Chad, the Lancer's hillbilly cousin, defends the eccentric inventor against the intolerant townspeople.

51. LIFELINE
A fortune-teller's comments make Jelly believe his death is eminent and that there is a curse on the land. When the Lancer cattle sicken and the ranch faces ruin, Johnny, Scott and Murdoch pull together to save their home.

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PRODUCTION NUMBERS AND ORDER OF BROADCAST
 
no. 6208 Episode 1: The High Riders
no. 3102 Episode 4: Foley
no. 3103 Episode 3: Chase a Wild Horse
no. 3104 Episode 2: Blood Rock
no. 3105 Episode 5: The Lawman
no. 3106 Episode 12: The Escape
no. 3107 Episode 9: The Last Train for C Poe
no. 3108 Episode 10: Glory
no. 3109 Episode 6: Julie
no. 3110 Episode 7: The Prodigal
no. 3111 Episode 18: The Fix-It Man
no. 3112 Episode 8: Jelly
no. 3113 Episode 15: The Black McGloins
no. 3114 Episode 11: The Heart of Pony Alice
no. 3115 Episode 13: The Wedding
no. 3116 Episode 14: Death Bait
no. 3117 Episode 16: Yesterday's Vendetta
no. 3118 Episode 22: The Knot
no. 3119 Episode 17: Warburton's Edge
no. 3120 Episode 19: Angel Day
no. 3121 Episode 20: The Great Humbug
no. 3122 Episode 24: Child of Rock and Sunlight
no. 3123 Episode 21: Juniper's Camp
no. 3124 Episode 23: The Man Without a Gun
no. 3125 Episode 25: The Measure of a Man
no. 3126 Episode 26: Devil's Blessing

no. 5101 Episode 27: Blind Man's Bluff
no. 5102 Episode 42: The Lorelei
no. 5103 Episode 28: Zee
no. 5104 Episode 36: Legacy
no. 5105 Episode 29: The Kid
no. 5106 Episode 50: The Rivals
no. 5107 Episode 30: The Black Angel
no. 5108 Episode 33: Jelly Hoskin's American Dream
no. 5109 Episode 32: Cut the Wolf Loose
no. 5110 Episode 31: The Gifts
no. 5111 Episode 34: Welcome to Genesis
no. 5112 Episode 39: Little Darling of the Sierras
no. 5113 Episode 35: A Person Unknown
no. 5114 Episode 45: Splinter Group
no. 5115 Episode 37: A Scarecrow at Hacket's
no. 5116 Episode 40: Blue Skies for Willie Sharpe
no. 5117 Episode 44: The Experiment
no. 5118 Episode 39: Shadow of a Dead Man
no. 5119 Episode 49: Goodbye, Lizzie
no. 5120 Episode 41: Chad
no. 5121 Episode 43: The Lion and the Lamb
no. 5122 Episode 47: The Buscaderos
no. 5123 Episode 46: Lamp in the Wilderness
no. 5124 Episode 48: Dream of Falcons
no. 5125 Episode 51: Lifeline

 
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