The BEST episodes of The Big Valley season 2

Every episode of The Big Valley season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Big Valley season 2!

Setting is the 1870's in California's gorgeous San Joaquin Valley, The Big Valley is the story of Stockton's richest and most powerful family, the Barkleys. Lead by the family matriarch Victoria Barkley, widow of Tom Barkley, they live on the Barkley Ranch managing their cattle herd, mines, citrus groves and logging camps. Victoria's family consists of her two sons Jarrod and Nick, daughter Audra and Tom Barkley's son Heath. Jarrod, a prominent lawyer, handles legal issues for the family and manages his two law offices in Stockton and San Francisco. Nick, a rancher, physically manages the family's holdings. Nick is aggressive, out-spoken and at times hot-headed. Victoria's youngest child is her beautiful daughter Audra. Audra is protected by all of the family members. Audra is very sensitive, caring, loves horses, and is a very talented rider. Heath, Tom Barkley's son, helps Nick manage the family ranch.

Last Updated: 11/12/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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8.62
13 votes

#1 - The Iron Box

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1966

While traveling, Nick and Heath buy a bull from a man who subsequently has them arrested for stealing it.

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8.50
6 votes

#2 - Wagonload of Dreams

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/2/1967

The Barkley family helps a man trying to get his peaches to market.

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8.22
9 votes

#3 - Hide The Children

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/19/1966

Nick accompanies a gypsy and her family to her wedding.

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8.18
17 votes

#4 - The Lost Treasure

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1966

A man arrives at the Barkley Ranch and claims that he is Heath's father, causing Heath to question his parentage.

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8.17
6 votes

#5 - Pursuit

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1966

Victoria heads alone into the desert to find a sick indian before he reaches, and infects, his people.

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8.00
6 votes

#6 - The Great Safe Robbery

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1966

Bumbling thieves hold Victoria and Audra hostage as they try to open a safe at the train station.

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8.00
6 votes

#7 - Image of Yesterday

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/9/1967

An old beau of Victoria's comes to town, but he is not the man she remembers.

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8.00
7 votes

#8 - Price of Victory

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/13/1967

Nick manages an injured boxer who has been told by his doctor to quit fighting.

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7.88
8 votes

#9 - A Day of Terror

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/12/1966

Victoria and Audra are held captive in the church by an outlaw and her sons.

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7.80
10 votes

#10 - The Velvet Trap

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1966

A woman asks Nick for help, saying she is on the run from her former outlaw boyfriend.

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7.78
9 votes

#11 - Last Stage to Salt Flats

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1966

Victoria, Jarrod, Heath, and their travelling companions are left stranded in the desert without water by three stagecoach robbers.

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7.75
8 votes

#12 - The Stallion

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/30/1967

An old ranch hand tries to prove he is still useful, by capturing a wild stallion alone.

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7.75
4 votes

#13 - Plunder!

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/13/1967

Heath is sent to protect an evacuated town.

Directors: Richard Long
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7.73
11 votes

#14 - Caesar's Wife

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1966

A friend of Audra has a new, very young, stepmother who likes him as more than a son and is jealous of Audra.

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7.70
10 votes

#15 - Day of the Comet

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/26/1966

Audra takes a liking to a mysterious young man, who is a dreamer on the run due to reasons unknown.

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7.67
6 votes

#16 - Down Shadow Street

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/23/1967

Victoria witnesses a murder committed by her godson.

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7.63
8 votes

#17 - Legend of a General (2)

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1966

Nick and Jarrod head to Mexico to break out Heath, who has already broken out and been recaptured.

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7.60
5 votes

#18 - Cage of Eagles

Season 2 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/24/1967

Nick captures an eagle, and a dynamiter causes trouble at a Barkley mine.

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7.58
12 votes

#19 - Target

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/1966

Joshua Hawks, a candidate for governor, comes to Stockton with accusations against Tom Barkley.

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7.57
7 votes

#20 - The Haunted Gun

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/6/1967

Senator Judd Robeson, a former gunman, comes to Stockton, showing signs of paranoia.

Directors: Bernard McEveety
Writer: Mel Goldberg
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7.50
4 votes

#21 - Showdown in Limbo

Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/27/1967

Heath helps an old friend and lawman transport a wanted outlaw to Stockton, with the outlaw's gang in hot pursuit.

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7.40
5 votes

#22 - Turn of a Card

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/20/1967

Heath travels to bring Jarrod and Nick money for a water pump, but a gambler wants to relieve him of it.

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7.33
9 votes

#23 - Boy into Man

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/16/1967

15-year-old Lud Akeley is determined to take care of his younger siblings without any help from the Barkley family, while looking for the mother who left them.

Directors: Paul Henreid
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7.29
7 votes

#24 - Legend of a General (pt. 1)

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1966

While Heath is in Mexico visiting General Ruiz, the general escapes arrest by fleeing to the Barkley ranch.

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7.17
6 votes

#25 - The Lady from Mesa

Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/3/1967

Nick goes to find the daughter of a seriously injured ranch hand, with unexpected results.

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