Empire
Season 1
Created by: Kathleen Hite
Network: NBC
Season aired: 1962-09-25
Overview
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)
About This Season
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)
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Episodes · 32
The Day the Empire Stood Still
Ballard Number One
Sam Ballard's embezzling killed Redigo's father. Now Sam's back---digging for oil near the Garret ranch.
A Place to Put a Life
Redigo returns to the small ranch his father left him and finds that it's being run by a teen-ager.
Ride to a Fall
Dahlbeck's guest at a ranch party seems to wield an eerie hold over him.
Long Past, Long Remembered
Wealthy Tom Cole visits the spread during a severe drought and his untimely friendliness suggests he wants to buy the ranch.
Walk Like a King
Ex-employee Barney Swanton returns to the ranch rich but is still envious of Redigo, whose job he always wanted.
The Fire Dancer
Story of a raging oil-well fire and the man who offers to put it out.
The Tall Shadow
The Earth Mover
Glenn Kassin wants to build a model city near Mesa, but the landowner refuses to sell.
Pressure Lock
In the midst of negotiating for oil rights, Redigo is called out of town---leaving Tal to handle the bargaining.
Echo of a Man
Worries over his pretty young ward are causing a drop in efficiency for chief engineer Tabor.
When the Gods Laugh
A sharecropper who objects to education uses abusive tactics to keep his son home from school.
Green, Green Hills
Stopover on the Way to the Moon
After taking young Skip Wade to court for vandalism, Redigo determines to make the youth a useful citizen.
The Four Thumbs Story
A Native American war veteran's penchant for violence is isolating him from his friends, neighbors and family.
End of an Image
Janet Rainey claims she's just going shopping---but there are those who suspect she's leaving town.
The Loner
Mike 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.
Where the Hawk Is Wheeling
No Small Wars
Adding urgency to his surgery-or-death status, Redigo's sick friend is a very uncooperative patient.
The Tiger Inside
Afraid that a volunteer posse may take the law into its own hands, Redigo joins the hunt for a man accused of robbery.
Season of Growth
Connie's former beau is back at the ranch---expressing a new interest in working and a renewed interest in her.
Seven Days on Rough Street
After claiming he doesn't need the security of the Garret ranch, Tal leaves for Delgado---on the bet he can't stay a week.
A House in Order
News of her fatal illness inspires Lucia to establish a better relationship between son Tal and foreman Redigo.
Down There, the World
The mine shuts down when the heady enchantress running a vital processing plant decides to buy out the Garrets.
Burnout
Forest 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 deal with.
Hidden Asset
Arrow in the Sky
Nobody Dies on Saturday
Prison escapee Quinn Serrato is out to find his old boss---Redigo, the man who turned him in.
65 Miles Is a Long, Long Way
A woman stands in the way of Redigo's cattle drive by asking too much to cross her property.
Duet for Eight Wheels
Paralysis overcomes Redigo after he is trampled by a wild stallion.
