As of July 2026, The Virginian Season 2 aired in 1963 with 30 episodes — streaming now on Philo. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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The Virginian Season 2

1963 30 Episodes Western · Drama ⭐ 7/10

The Virginian Season 2 is currently streaming on , and it rewards the patience it asks of you. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. 35 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Doug McClure anchors it with a performance that rewards close attention. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

The Virginian Season 2 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. The Virginian Season 2 takes its time building the world its characters inhabit, and the patience pays off. Season 2 of The Virginian includes 30 episodes. It aired from September 1963 to May 1964. This season stars Doug McClure, James Drury and Lee J. Doug McClure and James Drury lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1963. What elevates The Virginian Season 2 is a refusal to let any character off the hook too easily. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

The Virginian Season 2 is what you recommend to people who say they do not really watch much. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Doug McClure carries the material with a performance that rewards close attention. Worth starting sooner rather than later.

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🎬 The Virginian Season 2 — Episode Guide

E1
Ride a Dark Trail
1963-09-18
The Virginian accidentally comes upon, and is held at gunpoint by, young Lon Mortison (Buzz Martin). The boy had been searching for a gambler who he thinks is responsible for his father's suicide and had already shot and wounded a man who interfered. In order to convince the boy to give himself up, ...
E2
To Make This Place Remember
1963-09-25
Judge Garth is convinced to go to Arapaho, Wyoming, by Roseanna Dobie (Joan Blondell), an old friend. Her son is dead and although it is claimed he had died when thrown off a horse, actually, an old friend of the Judge's, rancher/lawyer Frank Sturgis (John Dehner), had led a group of 13 men who had ...
E3
No Tears for Savannah
1963-10-02
In Santa Rita the Virginian meets an old flame, Savannah (Gena Rowlands), who has been seeing a local man, a very jealous Gordie Madden (Robert Colbert). Savannah is accussed of murdering Madden and the Virginian gets Judge Garth to come and defend her. However, the cards are stacked against them as...
E4
A Killer in Town
1963-10-09
A bounty hunter named George Wolfe (Broderick Crawford) comes to Medicine Bow, having been summoned by a now dead informant who told Wolfe a fugitive is in town. Although the informant had left a letter revealing the fugitive's identity in a lock box at the bank it can not be accessed until the circ...
E5
The Evil That Men Do
1963-10-16
In cooperaton with a progressive warden, Judge Garth gets a man named Matthew Cordell (Robert Redford), who had been in orphanages or prison most of his life, paroled into his custody to work at Shiloh Ranch for a year as a blacksmith. Cordell who had been mistreated his whole life, remains aloof an...
E6
It Takes a Big Man
1963-10-23
Judge Garth is asked by an old friend, Wade Anders (Lloyd Nolan), to take his eldest son Hank (Chris Robinson) to work as a hand at Shiloh. He wants the son to eventually take over his ranch but Hank has personal problems which make him difficult to handle, especially a hatred for Indians. At Shiloh...
E7
Brother Thaddeus
1963-10-30
Former n'er do well Willie Caine (Albert Salmi) is now a monk, Brother Thaddeus. He is involved in establishing a mission and boy's school on property owned by Judge Garth and Trampas and Steve Hill are helping to build the mission. A gang, including a former crony of Thaddeus', robs the train and S...
E8
A Portrait of Marie Valonne
1963-11-06
After delivering a herd of cattle to New Orleans, the Virginian meets and falls for a mysterious woman, Marie Valonne (Madlyn Rhue). He is attacked and the woman disappears. In his attempts to relocate her he comes into conflict with Johnny Madrid (Mark Richman) who controls some corrupt politicians...
E9
Run Quiet
1963-11-13
Steve Hill befriends a dishevelled deaf mute named Judd (Clu Gulager) and convinces the Virginian to gives him a job at Shiloh ranch. Judd is accussed of murdering a gambler, runs off and is befriended by spinster farm owner Ruth Ferris (Gail Kobe). Steve Hill manages to track down Judd, tells him t...
E10
Stopover in a Western Town
1963-11-27
The well-off Caroline Witman (Joan Freeman) and her Aunt Grace (Lillian Bronson) visit Medicine Bow on their way from San Francisco to New York. Caroline falls in love with the Virginian who generally ignores her but a Shiloh hand, Jefferson Tolliver (Dick York), becomes smitten with her and she enc...
E11
The Fatal Journey
1963-12-04
After she calls for the President to bring in the army to rid the badlands of outlaws, newspaper editor Molly Wood, the Virginian's love interest, is murdered by four of those outlaws: O'Dell (Steve Ihnat), Horn (John Milford), Denver (Berkeley Harris) and their ruthless leader, Colonel Calhoun (Rob...
E12
A Time Remembered
1963-12-11
Accompanied by her secretary (Melinda Plowman), opera singer Elena (Yvonne DeCarlo) comes to Medicine Bow to perform. Judge Garth recognizes here as someone he knew years before and is clearly attracted to her. A man named Carl Elston arrives in town and is shot by Elena who claims he is a stranger ...
E13
Siege
1963-12-18
Trampas wins $1,000 at poker in Medicine Bow and heads to his old stomping grounds of Logan, New Mexico to repay several debts. There he has a run in with comancheros, led by Pedro Lopez (Joseph Campanella), who virtually run the town and have the town leaders under their thumb. Trampas discovers th...
E14
Man of Violence
1963-12-25
Trampas' Uncle Josh (Harry Shannon) is murdered during an holdup by Wismer (Leonard Nimoy) and Judson (William Bryant). On their trail, Trampas is eventually forced to illegally enter Apache territory where the two robbers had made a gold strike. He is joined on his quest by a guide who is after the...
E15
The Invaders
1964-01-01
Rancher Mike Tyrone (Ed Begley) purhases a ranch near Medicine Bow, and moves there with his daughter Margaret (Beverly Owen), and his two sons (Rees Vaughan and James McMullen). Tyrone tries to force surrounding ranchers to sell their spreads, eventually cutting off the water from a local river tha...
E16
Roar from the Mountain
1964-01-08
A cougar kills a Shiloh hand and Steve Hill, experienced in hunting these animals, tracks it into the mountains where he comes upon a homestead owned by Nancy Mayhew (Joyce Bulifant) and her husband Charles (Jack Klugman). The Mayhew's have strained relations and it is learned Charles son was killed...
E17
The Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones
1964-01-15
J. Jimerson Jones (Pat O'Brien) finds a gold vein and on the way to Chicago to enjoy his fortune, meets Judge Garth and Betsy. In Chicago the Garth's make the acquaintance of young newspaper reporter Eddie Tighe (David Macklin) while Jones meets a middle-aged hotel maid, Maggie Hyeth (Ann Doran). Jo...
E18
The Thirty Days of Gavin Heath
1964-01-22
Former British soldier Gavin Heath (Leo Genn) strikes it rich and returns to Medicine Bow where he had previously lived. Heath is attacked by an apparently rabid dog. Thinking he may only have 30 days to live, Heath is forced to confront his cowardly past.
E19
The Drifter
1964-01-29
This episode recounts in flashback how the Virginian came to Shiloh Ranch. The Virginian comes to Medicine Bow and first works for Miles Peterson (Leif Erickson) whose spread is run by ranch foreman Hugh Stager (Michael Forest). Stager tries to gain control of the ranch by romancing Peterson's daugh...
E20
First to Thine Own Self
1964-02-12
A young drifter named Randy (Randy Boone) camps with Silas (Frank Maxwell) and his young daughter Melanie (Claire Wilcox) near Medicine Bow. Silas reveals he has been mining and that he found gold nuggets. Silas is murdered, the gold stolen and Randy is accused of the crime. He hides out with Melani...

🎭 Cast of The Virginian Season 2

Doug McClure
Doug McClure
Trampas
 James Drury
James Drury
The "Virginian"
 Lee J. Cobb
Lee J. Cobb
Richter Henry Garth
 Gary Clarke
Gary Clarke
Steve Hill

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