The Guns of Will SonnettSeason 21968 · 24 episodesEpisodes1ReunionA young man rides into town and claims to be Jim Sonnett's long-lost son.2The TrapWill and Jeff are arrested on trumpted up charges and forced to work on a chain gang, blasting a tunnel through a mountain for the railroad. Once there, the two find that any traveller passing through town has been bushwhacked and forced to work until they drop dead while the Sheriff and the Judge pocket the proceeds.3Chapter and VerseThe Sonnett's encounter a bounty hunter team who are pursuing Jim Sonnett and other fugitives. Will challenges their ruthless tactics and use of Bible scriptures to justify them and later discovers they have crossed the line.4PariahThe father of a little girl killed by a stray bullet during a gunfight with James Sonnett tries to exact revenge on Will and James' old friend Buck Cobb. The father goads Will into a gunfight by burning Buck's homestead to the ground.5JobyA peaceable small town begins to experience an unusual amount of fighting.6The Straw ManWill and Jeff find a straw effigy of James Sonnett hanging in a town. A young widow has accused James of killing and robbing her husband but when Will does some digging, the real facts come to light.7A Difference of OpinionWill & Jeff run into a couple of crooked lawmen who claim to have run Jim Sonnett out of town.8Home FreeWill and Jeff try to help a man recently released from prison to get a new start with his wife and child. Unfortunately, others in the town aren't as willing to give the young man another chance, including an old friend of Will's from the Army.9GuiltWill and Jeff become unwittingly entangled in a senseless blood feud.10Meeting in a Small TownIn a small Mexican border settlement, Will and Jeff encounter a bounty hunter gunning for Jim.11The Fearless ManJeff admires a seemingly fearless stranger with a dark secret.12Where There's Hope13Join the Army14Time Is the Rider15Robber's Roost16Trail's End17A Town in Terror (1)18A Town in Terror (2)19Jim Sonnett's Lady20The TrialAn accused man claims that James Sonnett's testimony can clear his name.21One Angry JurorWhile Jeff lies sick with a fever in a hotel room, Will is forced into jury duty. A Swedish farmer is accused of murdering the son of a wealthy rancher but refuses to testify in his own defense. Will suspects that the case isn't as open and shut as it seems.22The Sodbuster23The Man Who Killed James SonnettWill and Jeff disprove the premise of a play in which Jim Sonnett is killed. Will: Walter Brennan. Jeff: Dack Rambo. Morris: Jay Novello. Laurie: Joan Van Ark. Sheriff Devon: Robert F. Simon. Charlie: John Crawford.24Three Stand TogetherIntended either as a series finale or the pilot for a revamped series which never materialized (shades of "Bret Maverick"), Will and Jeff finally meet up with Jim and convince him to join them as lawmen in a small town. This episode was overlooked in compilations until the early 2000s because of its scheduling at the end of a summer of reruns.Season 1Season 3
