Empire
S01E19: No Small Wars
Adding urgency to his surgery-or-death status, Redigo's sick friend is a very uncooperative patient.
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)
Episodes
S01E02 Ballard Number One
Sam Ballard's embezzling killed Redigo's father. Now Sam's back---digging for oil near the Garret ranch.
S01E03 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.
S01E04 Ride to a Fall
Dahlbeck's guest at a ranch party seems to wield an eerie hold over him.
S01E05 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.
S01E06 Walk Like a King
Ex-employee Barney Swanton returns to the ranch rich but is still envious of Redigo, whose job he always wanted.
S01E07 The Fire Dancer
Story of a raging oil-well fire and the man who offers to put it out.
S01E08 The Tall Shadow
S01E09 The Earth Mover
Glenn Kassin wants to build a model city near Mesa, but the landowner refuses to sell.
S01E10 Pressure Lock
In the midst of negotiating for oil rights, Redigo is called out of town---leaving Tal to handle the bargaining.
S01E11 Echo of a Man
Worries over his pretty young ward are causing a drop in efficiency for chief engineer Tabor.
S01E12 When the Gods Laugh
A sharecropper who objects to education uses abusive tactics to keep his son home from school.
S01E13 Green, Green Hills
S01E14 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.
S01E15 The Four Thumbs Story
A Native American war veteran's penchant for violence is isolating him from his friends, neighbors and family.
S01E16 End of an Image
Janet Rainey claims she's just going shopping---but there are those who suspect she's leaving town.
S01E17 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.
S01E18 Where the Hawk Is Wheeling
S01E19 No Small Wars
Adding urgency to his surgery-or-death status, Redigo's sick friend is a very uncooperative patient.
S01E20 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.
S01E21 Season of Growth
Connie's former beau is back at the ranch---expressing a new interest in working and a renewed interest in her.
S01E22 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.
S01E23 A House in Order
News of her fatal illness inspires Lucia to establish a better relationship between son Tal and foreman Redigo.
S01E24 Down There, the World
The mine shuts down when the heady enchantress running a vital processing plant decides to buy out the Garrets.
S01E25 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.
S01E26 Hidden Asset
S01E27 Arrow in the Sky
S01E28 Nobody Dies on Saturday
Prison escapee Quinn Serrato is out to find his old boss---Redigo, the man who turned him in.
S01E29 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.
S01E30 Duet for Eight Wheels
Paralysis overcomes Redigo after he is trampled by a wild stallion.
S01E31 Between Friday and Monday
Moreno attempts to offset the fears of a young girl in a town full of hot-blooded cowboys.
S01E32 The Convention
Cast
Richard Egan
Jim Redigo
Ryan O'Neal
Tal Garrett
Anne Seymour
Lucia Garrett
Terry Moore
Connie Garrett
Charles Bronson
Paul Moreno
