The Loner Season 1, Episode 25: The Burden of the Badge

1

An Echo of Bugles

A swaggering gunfighter targets an aging Confederate veteran, and Colton steps in to deal with the bully.

26 min

2

The Vespers

Sworn to avenge his brother's death, a hoodlum comes gunning for a small town's local minister. When Colton arrives to warn his old friend and ex-soldier, he finds the man unwilling to resort to violence to protect himself and his pregnant wife.

26 min

3

The Lonely Galico Queen

A dance hall girl mistakes Colton for her mail-order bridegroom.

26 min

4

The Kingdom of McComb

Unable to perform the deed themselves, a group of religious colonists attempt to recruit Colton to kill a powerful landowner trying to evict them.

26 min

5

One of the Wounded

Colton tries to help a Union army veteran left mute and immobile by the psychological horrors of war.

26 min

6

The Flight of the Artic Tern

Colton becomes involved in a romantic triangle when he saves a friend's bride-to-be from a runaway horse.

26 min

7

Widow on the Evening Stage

Following the murder of a man during an Indian attack, Colton witnesses a town's prejudice towards the man's Indian widow.

26 min

8

The House Rules at Mrs. Wayne's

While trying to defend his wife's honor, a friend of Colton is killed... and Colton is torn between seeking justice and keeping his word to turn the other cheek.

26 min

9

The Sheriff of Fetterman's Crossing

Colton has second thoughts after accepting the position of deputy to the dubious sheriff of a sleepy Montana town.

26 min

10

The Homecoming of Lemuel Stove

Colton befriends a Union soldier who returns from war to find that his father has been lynched by bigots.

26 min

11

Westward, the Shoemaker

When a well-intentioned immigrant is stripped of his nest egg in a rigged card game, Colton takes on the con artist.

26 min

12

The Oath

When a doctor proves to be as full of whiskey as he is of self-pity, Colton must perform an emergency appendectomy on a young gunfighter.

26 min

13

Hunt the Man Down

Colton is drafted to help a posse hunt down a seemingly harmless recluse.

26 min

14

Escort for a Dead Man

A man who deserted from the Army wants Colton to escort him back to his fort.

26 min

15

The Ordeal of Bud Windom

A murder suspect's son makes life difficult for Colton when the boy tries to clear his father's name.

26 min

16

To the West of Eden

While traveling across the desert to deliver horses to their new owner, Colton reluctantly agrees to escort a young woman across the arid land.

26 min

17

Mantrap

Colton becomes the target of an assassin when he is the sole witness to a robbery and murder.

26 min

18

A Little Stroll to the End of the Line

Colton neither likes nor respects the man he has been deputized to protect: a rabble-rousing preacher who fears death from an ex-convict.

26 min

19

The Trial in Paradise

Colton provides the defense in a kangaroo court trial of a former Union Army officer.

26 min

20

A Question of Guilt

In the darkness Colton kills an intruder, and discovers the man is an Army Lieutenant.

26 min

21

The Mourners for Johnny Sharp (1)

While a young gunman lies dying in a cave, a ruthless man waits outside hoping to get his hands on the boy's loot. (Part 1 of 2)

26 min

22

The Mourners for Johnny Sharp (2)

Following the late Johnny Sharp's instructions, Colton arranges for the four people closest to the gunman to meet at the undertaker's parlor. (Part 2 of 2)

26 min

23

Incident in the Middle Of Nowhere

Colton encounters a little girl riding his horse — which was stolen from Colton during the stagecoach robbery in which he was shot and left for dead.

26 min

24

Pick Me Another Time to Die

Colton is accused of slaying a sheriff.

26 min

25

The Burden of the Badge

A group of reformed criminals deputize Colton to defend and protect them.

26 min

26

To Hang a Dead Man

Colton joins a sheriff in search of a town's destroyers.

26 min