The BEST episodes of The Big Valley season 4
Every episode of The Big Valley season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Big Valley season 4!
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.
#1 - The Royal Road
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/3/1969
When a prince from India comes to Stockton, Jarrod's wealthy young ward Laura falls in love with him.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - The Long Ride
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/1968
Audra witnesses the brutal murder of a close friend and her family. Victoria takes her home to Stockton by stagecoach, while the stage and its passengers are pursued by a mysterious rider.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - The Jonah
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/1968
The Barkleys meet a short, timid man, who is believed to be a jinx, as whatever he sets his hands to becomes a disaster.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Town of No Exit
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/7/1969
In a dying desert town, Heath is imprisoned by five deranged people who play bizarre and deadly games with the few people who happen onto their town.
#6 - The Battle of Mineral Springs
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/24/1969
Victoria and Jarrod stop in a town having outrageous prices for food, lodging, and services. After finding out the people are bilking travelers to survive, the Barkleys decide to open a shipping business to save the town.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - Presumed Dead
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/1968
On a stagecoach ride to Stockton, Victoria Barkley has an accident and suffers amnesia. She is rescued by a widower, a cattle rustler who convinces her that she is his wife.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - A Passage of Saints
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/10/1969
The Barkleys unknowingly rent a farm to a Mormon polygamist.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - The Other Face of Justice
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/31/1969
Nick and Heath, on the trail of a gang of murderous raiders stealing horses, enlist the help of the former sheriff of Stockton, with motives of his own.
Watch Now:Amazon#10 - A Stranger Everywhere
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/1968
As a practical joke, Nick accuses a local seamstress of being a legendary outlaw.
Watch Now:Amazon#11 - Run of the Cat
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/1968
After a panther nearly kills Nick, he wants revenge.
Watch Now:Amazon#12 - The Profit and the Lost
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/1968
Heath saves the life of a man, who turns out to be a hired killer on his way to Stockton to accept a job - killing Heath.
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - The Prize
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/1968
Heath takes in his care and protection a baby entrusted to him by an outlaw's dying wife.
#14 - In Silent Battle
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1968
Victoria and Audra Barkley unexpectedly meets a commanding officer in the US Army who rescued them from a freak accident on the road. He takes an immediate liking to Audra, but unknown to them, he is a psychologically disturbed and is obsessed with purity.
Watch Now:Amazon#15 - Lightfoot
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/17/1969
An American Indian friend returns to Stockton as a lawyer, but is met with prejudice.
Watch Now:Amazon#16 - Hell Hath No Fury
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/1968
Heath has an interesting encounter with a young woman, who is obsessed with and plans to marry him, much to the objections of her brothers.
Watch Now:Amazon#17 - Top of the Stairs
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/6/1969
Victoria is being kept from her brother-in-law, who is said to be insane.
Watch Now:Amazon#18 - Flight from San Miguel
Season 4 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/28/1969
A former girlfriend asks Heath to undertakes a dangerous trip to revolution-torn Mexico to save her rebel Mexican husband before he is killed.
#19 - Deathtown
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1968
Jarrod travels to Baker City, intending to meet three brothers from Mexico for a business deal. Upon arrival, he learns that they have all been lynched.
#20 - Point and Counterpoint
Season 4 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/19/1969
In the series' final episode, a convict enlists the help of his son to bring vengeance on the Barkley family.
#21 - Joshua Watson
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/20/1969
A cowboy is believed to be a legendary and special man with the ability to tame horses with ease.
Watch Now:Amazon#22 - The Secret
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/27/1969
A wealthy and powerful rancher moves into Stockton to ruin the Barkley enterprises. His motive: intense hatred of Jarrod, who he thinks is having an affair with his young wife.
#23 - The 25 Graves of Midas
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/3/1969
The Dutton Mining Company payroll is missing, and the residents of Midas blame Heath.
Watch Now:Amazon#24 - Hunter's Moon
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/30/1968
A jealous rancher holds Nick and two other men captive, believing one of them to be his wife's outside lover.
#25 - Danger Road
Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/21/1969
An Englishman with a large gambling debt agrees to smuggle whiskey onto an Indian reservation to pay off his losses.