As of July 2026, The Virginian Season 8 aired in 1969 with 24 episodes — streaming now on Philo. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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The Virginian Season 8

1969 24 Episodes Western · Drama ⭐ 7/10

If you want a drama that takes its characters as seriously as its plot, The Virginian Season 8 is available on right now. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. 35 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Doug McClure sets the tone, and the rest of the cast matches it scene for scene. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, The Virginian Season 8 is worth clearing space for. The writing in The Virginian Season 8 treats its characters as people first, plot devices second. Season 8 of The Virginian includes 24 episodes. It aired from September 1969 to March 1970. This season stars Doug McClure, James Drury and Sara Lane. Doug McClure and James Drury lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1969. The performances in The Virginian Season 8 do a lot of work in the silences between the dialogue. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Viewers drawn to character-driven storytelling will find plenty to sit with in The Virginian Season 8. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. 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 8 — Episode Guide

E1
Long Ride Home
1969-09-17
Holly finds two cowboys who are looking for work. The younger hand Jim looks up to Ben as the only father he has ever known as the two roam around looking for a place to settle. Ben isn't ready to settle down but Jim may have found a home.
E2
A Flash of Darkness
1969-09-24
During a cattle drive, a rattler startles the Virginian's horse while he is chasing a stray, and he is thrown and hits his head on a rock causing temperary blindness. As he wanders in the darkness, he stumbles upon a young lady who lives with her father (James Whitmore)and brother, whom the Virgini...
E3
Halfway Back from Hell
1969-10-01
In Arizona Trampas is forced to work as foreman on a ranch staffed by men on probation from prison. The locals want them removed and the US Marshal in charge of the area is less than enthusiastic about them being there as well.
E4
The Power Seekers
1969-10-08
After the territorial representative resigns, Clay is drafted to run against a local man. Clay soon learns the dirty side of politics, including being lied to about who drafted him. He runs an honest contest, but will the other side?
E5
The Family Man
1969-10-15
Jim becomes farmhand, midwife and friend to a pregnant teenager whose husband is on the lam from the law. Anna: Darlene Carr. Obie: Frank Webb. Jim: Tim Matheson. Rigby: John Pickard. Trampas: Doug McClure. Sheriff: Ross Elliott. Virginian: James Drury.
E6
The Runaway
1969-10-22
A runaway boy is found on Shiloh who won't talk. They wonder about his parents becoming gravely concerned when they discover he has been severely beaten. No one realizes how close his dad is as the orphanage manager wants him back.
E7
A Love to Remember
1969-10-29
The Virginian is attracted to Julie Oakes, an Eastern reporter whose mysteriously tragic past may doom their relationship. Glover: Fred Beir. Virginian: James Drury. Barton: George Murdock. Holly: Jeanette Nolan. Grainger: John McIntire.
E8
The Substitute
1969-11-05
Trampas leaves on vacation but his plans go astray when he is picked up by a bounty hunter for murdering a popular doctor. He has to contend with a hostile town, planted evidence, and a saloon girl who swears she saw him commit the murder.
E9
The Bugler
1969-11-19
A story of alienation between a veteran Army officer and his son, a deserter. Toby: Michael Burns. Hamilton: Morgan Woodward. O'Rourke: Alan Hale. Grainger: John McIntire. Virginian: James Drury. Holly: Jeanette Nolan. Elizabeth: Sara Lane.
E10
Home to Methuselah
1969-11-26
An old lawman friend of The Virginian comes to Shiloh to see him and ask him to go on a hunting trip. However, he doesn't say the prey is two outlaws. Once The Virginian learns the truth, he decides to help but is surprised by the target.
E11
A Touch of Hands
1969-12-03
A pig tailed brat returns home from finishing school for a two week vacation as a beautiful woman catching Trampas' eyes again. They fall in love as she remembers the good times but her father wants her to return to school in the east.
E12
Journey to Scathelock
1969-12-10
An emergency recalls The Virginian so he allows Jim Horn to go alone with $4000 to complete a purchase of horses. Everyone takes Jim for a wet behind the ears youngster including the woman and her partner who steal the money he carries.
E13
A Woman of Stone
1969-12-17
A white woman and her son are forced to leave the Shoshone reservation when her Shoshone husband dies. She is found sick on Shiloh. Unknown to everyone her white husband and now engaged daughter live in Medicine Bow thinking she is dead.
E14
Black Jade
1969-12-31
Trampas decides to track down where Cobey Jade obtained a silver watch that belonged to a friend. While with Jade who lives in an abandoned mining town, they are taken captive by a band of roving outlaws who believes Jade found gold there.
E15
You Can Lead a Horse to Water
1970-01-07
The accent is on comedy as a proper Southern woman, aided by Trampas and old Luther, goes after robbers who took her dowry. Luther: Strother Martin. Trampas: Doug McClure. Baxter: Noah Beery. Kendrick: Anthony Eisley.
E16
Nightmare
1970-01-21
The Virginian helps the widow of a local businessman prove her innocence when first her husband is killed in a fire followed by his right hand man who names her as he dies. She has a history of mental illness after her first husband died.
E17
The Holocaust
1970-01-28
An eastern combine wants to take over the Wyoming cattle market with Shiloh in the middle of their sights. A burned Shiloh and delayed cattle drive leads to a loss on the sale of cattle resulting in all the Shiloh hands being laid off.
E18
Train of Darkness
1970-02-04
On a train to Cheyenne, Grainger, Elizabeth and Jim become involved in a fellow traveler's efforts to escape a vengeful family. Jed: Dennis Weaver. Lotte: Charlotte Stewart. Neeley: John Larch. Grainger: John McIntire. Elizabeth: Sara Lane. Jim: Tim Matheson. Evangeline: Barbara Werle.
E19
A Time of Terror
1970-02-11
The Graingers are taken hostage by two brothers and their sister to get access to a friend of Clay who is a Judge running for the legislature. They blame him for killing their father and stealing their family farm for a railroad.
E20
No War for the Warrior
1970-02-18
The drama of a fugitive caught between his Kiowa heritage and the demands of the white world. John: Charles Robinson. Virginian: James Drury. Jim: Tim Matheson. Trampas: Doug McClure. William T. Webb: Charles Aidman. Ned Cochran: Henry Jones. Cully: David Sheiner.

🎭 Cast of The Virginian Season 8

Doug McClure
Doug McClure
Trampas
James Drury
James Drury
The "Virginian"
Sara Lane
Sara Lane
Elizabeth Grainger
John McIntire
John McIntire
Clay Grainger
Tim Matheson
Tim Matheson
Jim Horn

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