Empire
Empire is an hour-long Western television series set on a 1960s 500,000-acre ranch in New Mexico, starring Richard Egan, Terry Moore, Charles Bronson, and Ryan O'Neal. It ran on NBC from September 25, 1962, to May 14, 1963. In the second abbreviated season, from September 24 to December 31, 1963, it was renamed Redigo after Egan's title character, Jim Redigo, the general manager of the fictitious Garrett ranch in Empire, and reduced to a half-hour. (Unaired Pilot: This Rugged Land)
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Jim Redigo is foreman for the enormous Garrett Ranch owned by matriarch Lucia with her children Tal and Constance. Redigo had his hands full managing people, machines, and animals, with a specific interest in attractive Connie. (The unaired pilot was titled This Rugged Land)
- Ep 1
1.The Day the Empire Stood Still
0.025-09-196260m - Ep 2
2.Ballard Number One
02-10-196260mSam Ballard's embezzling killed Redigo's father. Now Sam's back---digging for oil near the Garret ranch.
- Ep 3
3.A Place to Put a Life
09-10-196260mRedigo returns to the small ranch his father left him and finds that it's being run by a teen-ager.
- Ep 4
4.Ride to a Fall
16-10-196260mDahlbeck's guest at a ranch party seems to wield an eerie hold over him.
- Ep 5
5.Long Past, Long Remembered
23-10-196260mWealthy Tom Cole visits the spread during a severe drought and his untimely friendliness suggests he wants to buy the ranch.
- Ep 6
6.Walk Like a King
30-10-196260mEx-employee Barney Swanton returns to the ranch rich but is still envious of Redigo, whose job he always wanted.
- Ep 7
7.The Fire Dancer
13-11-196260mStory of a raging oil-well fire and the man who offers to put it out.
- Ep 8
8.The Tall Shadow
20-11-196260m - Ep 9
9.The Earth Mover
27-11-196260mGlenn Kassin wants to build a model city near Mesa, but the landowner refuses to sell.
- Ep 10
10.Pressure Lock
04-12-196260mIn the midst of negotiating for oil rights, Redigo is called out of town---leaving Tal to handle the bargaining.
- Ep 11
11.Echo of a Man
11-12-196260mWorries over his pretty young ward are causing a drop in efficiency for chief engineer Tabor.
- Ep 12
12.When the Gods Laugh
18-12-196260mA sharecropper who objects to education uses abusive tactics to keep his son home from school.
- Ep 13
13.Green, Green Hills
25-12-196260m - Ep 14
14.Stopover on the Way to the Moon
01-01-196360mAfter taking young Skip Wade to court for vandalism, Redigo determines to make the youth a useful citizen.
- Ep 15
15.The Four Thumbs Story
08-01-196360mA Native American war veteran's penchant for violence is isolating him from his friends, neighbors and family.
- Ep 16
16.End of an Image
15-01-196360mJanet Rainey claims she's just going shopping---but there are those who suspect she's leaving town.
- Ep 17
17.The Loner
22-01-196360mMike Novak wants to work on the Garret spread until he's paid for a mare of his choice, but his choice is Tal's favorite.
- Ep 18
18.Where the Hawk Is Wheeling
29-01-196360m - Ep 19
19.No Small Wars
05-02-196360mAdding urgency to his surgery-or-death status, Redigo's sick friend is a very uncooperative patient.
- Ep 20
20.The Tiger Inside
12-02-196360mAfraid that a volunteer posse may take the law into its own hands, Redigo joins the hunt for a man accused of robbery.
- Ep 21
21.Season of Growth
19-02-196360mConnie's former beau is back at the ranch---expressing a new interest in working and a renewed interest in her.
- Ep 22
22.Seven Days on Rough Street
9.026-02-196360mAfter claiming he doesn't need the security of the Garret ranch, Tal leaves for Delgado---on the bet he can't stay a week.
- Ep 23
23.A House in Order
7.005-03-196360mNews of her fatal illness inspires Lucia to establish a better relationship between son Tal and foreman Redigo.
- Ep 24
24.Down There, the World
9.012-03-196360mThe mine shuts down when the heady enchantress running a vital processing plant decides to buy out the Garrets.
- Ep 25
25.Burnout
7.019-03-196360mForest Ranger Tom Barton has problems: the Garret logging operation is violating the timber contract with the Forest Service--and logging foreman Chris Norden is a tough guy to dea...
- Ep 26
26.Hidden Asset
26-03-196360m - Ep 27
27.Arrow in the Sky
09-04-196360m - Ep 28
28.Nobody Dies on Saturday
16-04-196360mPrison escapee Quinn Serrato is out to find his old boss---Redigo, the man who turned him in.
- Ep 29
29.65 Miles Is a Long, Long Way
23-04-196360mA woman stands in the way of Redigo's cattle drive by asking too much to cross her property.
- Ep 30
30.Duet for Eight Wheels
30-04-196360mParalysis overcomes Redigo after he is trampled by a wild stallion.
- Ep 31
31.Between Friday and Monday
07-05-196360mMoreno attempts to offset the fears of a young girl in a town full of hot-blooded cowboys.
- Ep 32
32.The Convention
14-05-196360m
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