The Roy Rogers Show (1951)
Roy Rogers is the owner of the RR Ranch in the Mineral City area, which he runs with the help of the German shepherd dog Bullet and his horse Trigger. Roy, supported by his friend Pat Brady, is often helping the weakest usually threatened by cattle thieves, dishonest sheriffs and villains of various kinds. Pat Brady works as a cook at the Eureka Café, owned by Dale Evans.
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Episode 1 - The Lady Killer
Release Date: 1954-09-12In this violent entry, a lady banker murders all the ranchers in oil-rich Lost Valley in order to gain control of the property. She is planning to murder eight-year-old Jamie Jenkins when Roy intervenes.
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Episode 2 - The Young Defenders
Release Date: 1954-10-03Mike and Betty Tobin are frightened children left alone in a cabin while their fur-trapping father is held captive by outlaws after his valuable pelts.
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Episode 3 - Backfire
Release Date: 1954-10-10Parson Loomis, carrying a payroll from the Mineral City Bank to the Hardrock Mine, is ambushed by two thieves, one of whom later disguises himself as the visiting ""Reverend Brown,"" a supposed friend of Loomis's. Roy, Dale, Pat, and the parson's childern soon realize that their ""guest"" is no man of the cloth.
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Episode 4 - Last of the Larabee Kid
Release Date: 1954-10-17A swift, mysterious desperado called The Larabee Kid has been hijacking stolen loot from thieves who prey on stagecoaches. As it develops, he is actually the son of a slain marshal, seeking vengeance on the outlaws who murdered his father.
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Episode 5 - The Hijackers
Release Date: 1954-10-24Beaver Jones, president of the Paradise Valley Fur Traders Association, is defrauded by his grandson Tim, who is hijacking furs in order to pay off a gambling debt.
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Episode 6 - Hard Luck Story
Release Date: 1954-10-31The Hard Luck Insurance Company, for one flat premium payment, will insure any rancher for the rest of his life-or so the firm contends. Roy reveals that the entire affair is a ruthless racket.
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Episode 7 - Boys' Day in Paradise Valley
Release Date: 1954-11-07When the offices of the law are turned over to students in honor of Boy's Day, Bob Miner is named sheriff and his unscrupulous uncle takes advantage of the opportunity to acquire adjoining land from an elderly rancher.
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Episode 8 - Bad Neighbors
Release Date: 1954-11-21Roy and Dale are caught between the fight of cattlemen and homesteaders who want the same land for different reasons.
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Episode 9 - Strangers
Release Date: 1954-12-05Lanny Gaines, a teenager with artistic talent, moves with his father to Paradise Valley, but they are dismayed when no one pays them a welcome call. When three desperados posing as surveyors ask Gaines for lodging, the old man is only too glad to comply.
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Episode 10 - Hidden Treasures
Release Date: 1954-12-19When the Castle gang hears Roy and Dale say ""The Key to the greatest treasure in the world is in that book,"" they resort to violence to gain possession of it.
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Episode 11 - Outcasts of Paradise Valley
Release Date: 1955-01-09When they are unable to find work, two youths turn to crime, even endangering a kindly old couple who befriended them.
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Episode 12 - The Big Chance
Release Date: 1955-01-23Pat Brady and Nellybelle are kidnapped by a gang of outlaws, one of whom coincidentally may be inheriting a million dollars.
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Episode 13 - Uncle Steve's Finish
Release Date: 1955-02-03Roy and Dale are suspicious of a local school teacher's growing nervousness after the Paradise Valley stage is robbed.
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Episode 14 - Dead End Trail
Release Date: 1955-02-20There is a large reward for the capture of desperado Curt Carlson. A Young man sees the poster and decides to run away from his overbearing father to join the Carlson gang.
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Episode 15 - Born Fugitive
Release Date: 1955-02-27Dale befriends a little girl called ""Johnnie,"" whose outlaw father has been murdered by his confederates.
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Episode 16 - Quick Draw
Release Date: 1955-03-20Marv Hanley is a quick-tempered, trigger-happy sheep rancher whose brother-in-law, Dunc Wright, has recently held up a stage. Marv, who has never had any use for Dunc, joins the posse in order to gun him down.
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Episode 17 - The Ginger Horse
Release Date: 1955-03-27Roy, Dale, and Pat are visiting nearby Carson County. While there, they meet a little girl named Janie Howard whose beloved horse has been stolen by an outlaw who has framed Janie's father in a robbery.
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Episode 18 - The Showdown
Release Date: 1955-05-22Ellen Corbin, a waitress at the Eureka Cafe, is awaiting her father's release from prison. As soon as Corbin returns to Mineral City, his former partner begins to menace him.