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The Best Episodes of The Big Valley Season 2

Every episode of The Big Valley Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Big Valley Season 2!

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The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 1 - Lost Treasure
    7.5/10(126 votes)

    #1 - Lost Treasure

    S2:E1

    A con man comes claiming to be Heath's real father, not Tom Barkley.

    Director:Arthur H. Nadel
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 2 - Legend of a General (1)
    7.3/10(108 votes)

    #2 - Legend of a General (1)

    S2:E2

    Part 1, Heath is down in Mexico where an old friend of the family escapes arrest, fleeing to the Barkley ranch. Heath is imprisoned to be held in exchange for the general.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 3 - Legend of a General (2)
    7.2/10(105 votes)

    #3 - Legend of a General (2)

    S2:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 4 - Caesar's Wife
    7.7/10(119 votes)

    #4 - Caesar's Wife

    S2:E4

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 5 - Pursuit
    7.3/10(108 votes)

    #5 - Pursuit

    S2:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 6 - The Martyr
    7.6/10(107 votes)

    #6 - The Martyr

    S2:E6

    Jarrod defends a Basque sheepherder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 7 - Target
    7.3/10(117 votes)

    #7 - Target

    S2:E7

    A candidate for governor, Joshua Hawks, who had been traveling up and down California spreading lies and causing trouble, comes to Stockton.His target this time, The Barkleys, his story, that Tom Barkley stole every inch of land that they own. He chose the wrong family to mess with this time though, because the Barkleys don't lie down for anyone they come out fighting. Against the wishes of his campain manager, the man who fabricated the story, he decides to, foolishly, stay and fight. Jarrod decides not to bring about a libel charge against Hawks, knowing that it would only result in a long drawn out court battle. Instead he asks the senator to form a committee of four men to decide on the case. Hawks cooks up a scheme to murder the committee and blame it on the Barkleys, he even kills his campaign manager when he decides to leave him, after he has found out Hawks' plan. The plan backfires however and Hawks' ends up getting himself killed instead. In the end The Barkleys get the good

    Director:Arthur H. Nadel
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 8 - The Velvet Trap
    7.6/10(123 votes)

    #8 - The Velvet Trap

    S2:E8

    A woman asks Nick for help, pretending to be on the run from her former outlaw boyfriend. It turns out that she was with him all along, and was merely using Nick.

    Director:Arthur H. Nadel
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 9 - The Man from Nowhere
    7.7/10(128 votes)

    #9 - The Man from Nowhere

    S2:E9

    Jarrod gets amnesia while far from home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 10 - The Great Safe Robbery
    8.1/10(141 votes)

    #10 - The Great Safe Robbery

    S2:E10

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 11 - The Iron Box
    8.2/10(133 votes)

    #11 - The Iron Box

    S2:E11

    While in a strange town, Heath and Nick buy a bull from a man who turns around and has them arrested for stealing it. The sherrif catches up to them while they sit around their campfire, and a fight ensues in which Heath badly burns his leg in the fire. The crooked sheriff takes them to a road gang prison to await trail. . .in a few months!! The cruel warden refuses to allow Heath a doctor and makes him work alongside the others. They soon find out the real reason that innocent drifters are arrested and imprisoned, free work labour for the man whom the Barkley brothers had bought the bull from. Meanwhile, at home Jarrod has found out what has happened to his brothers and heads out after them. Arriving at the prison he demands to see them and when the warden refuses he threatens him with legal action if he is not allowed to see his clients. After he speaks with them he rides off to find the circuit judge. Getting scared that the truth will come out now that he realizes who he's dealing

    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 12 - Last Stage to Salt Flats
    7.8/10(120 votes)

    #12 - Last Stage to Salt Flats

    S2:E12

    Heath and companions are stranded in the desert, miles from civilization or water!!!!

    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 13 - A Day of Terror
    7.8/10(124 votes)

    #13 - A Day of Terror

    S2:E13

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 14 - Hide The Children
    8.1/10(132 votes)

    #14 - Hide The Children

    S2:E14

    Nick accompanies a gypsy to her wedding.

    Director:Arthur H. Nadel
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 15 - Day of the Comet
    7.6/10(116 votes)

    #15 - Day of the Comet

    S2:E15

    Audra falls in love with a man on the run.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 16 - Wagonload of Dreams
    7.3/10(100 votes)

    #16 - Wagonload of Dreams

    S2:E16

    A man tries to get his peaches to market.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 17 - Image of Yesterday
    7.4/10(107 votes)

    #17 - Image of Yesterday

    S2:E17

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 18 - Boy into Man
    7.7/10(120 votes)

    #18 - Boy into Man

    S2:E18

    15-year-old Lud Akely is determined to take care of his younger siblings without any help from the Barkleys, who are trying to help find the mother who abandoned them.

    Director:Paul Henreid
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 19 - Down Shadow Street
    7.9/10(110 votes)

    #19 - Down Shadow Street

    S2:E19

    Victoria witnesses a murder, committed by her godson, and is thrown in a sanitarium to prevent her testimony.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 20 - The Stallion
    7.7/10(116 votes)

    #20 - The Stallion

    S2:E20

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

    Director:Paul Henreid
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 21 - The Haunted Gun
    7.2/10(94 votes)

    #21 - The Haunted Gun

    S2:E21

    Gunman turned senator Jud Robson comes to Stockton, and soon begins to say he is being stalked. The main problem with his story, he is suspicious of EVERYONE.

    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 22 - Price of Victory
    7.4/10(90 votes)

    #22 - Price of Victory

    S2:E22

    Nick manages an injured boxer, in his last fight.

    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 23 - Brother Love
    7.5/10(106 votes)

    #23 - Brother Love

    S2:E23

    A fake faith healer comes to Stockton.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 24 - Court Martial
    8.2/10(142 votes)

    #24 - Court Martial

    S2:E24

    An old war friend of Nick's is being courtmartialed, along with Nick himself!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Big Valley Season 2 Episode 25 - Plunder!
    8.3/10(126 votes)

    #25 - Plunder!

    S2:E25

    Heath is sent to protect an evacuated town.

    Director:Richard Long
    Writer:William Blinn

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Lost Treasure" is the best rated episode of "The Big Valley" season 2. It scored 7.5/10 based on 126 votes. Directed by Arthur H. Nadel and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/12/1966. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Legend of a General (1)".