Episode 1
Fire Prevention Week
Oct 12, 1957
Joey, Pee Wee, and the gang all become Junior Firemen and learn about fire safety.
Episode 2
The Racers
Oct 19, 1957
Joey and Pee Wee build a soap box derby car to enter in the local races. Joey's car has the best time in the practice runs. Bobby's dad wants him to win at any cost. So Bobby (Gregory Allen Howard) sneaks over to the Broken Wheel Ranch the night before the race to sabotage Joey's car. The next day Fury tries to stop Joey from racing in the damaged car.
Episode 3
Community Chest
Oct 26, 1957
Jim becomes chairman of the Community Chest and Joey's teacher appoints him to be the chairman of Junior Community Chest. Everyone pitches in to make the Community Chest a success.
Episode 4
Mercy Flight
Nov 9, 1957
Jim becomes the Deputy Pilot for the Sheriff's Aero Squadron and Joey is enlisted to be the Ground Crew Radio Operator. Pee Wee comes down with acute appendicitis and must be flown to a hospital up north, but problems with the plane make matters worse.
Episode 5
The Renegade
Nov 9, 1957
A neighboring chicken farmer believes his trusted dog has turned renegade after finding his chickens killed. Joey and Pee Wee try to prove the dog's innocence.
Episode 6
Pee Wee Grows Up
Nov 16, 1957
When Pee Wee is picked on by the class bully because of his small size, Joey orders a body building kit to help Pee Wee bulk up. But at the school picnic Pee Wee helps rescue the bully's sister when she falls down a narrow pipe.
Episode 7
The Fourth Estaters
Nov 23, 1957
A land developer is threatening to pull advertising revenue from the local newspaper where Joey is working. The developer is trying to run an untruthful editorial about a land deal which the towns people are soon to vote on.
Episode 8
The Tornado
Nov 30, 1957
A tornado strikes a town about 100 miles from the Broken Wheel Ranch. The Sheriff wants to set up a tornado alarm system amongst the ranchers in the valley. Jim, Pete, Joey and Fury dig a tornado shelter.
Episode 9
The Pinto Stallion
Dec 7, 1957
A pinto stallion has taken over Fury's old herd. Fury leaves the ranch to gain back control. In the meantime, Joey goes searching for Fury and is attacked by the pinto.
Episode 10
Bike Road-eo
Dec 14, 1957
Jim and the Sheriff organize a bike safety program after a near miss accident on the county roads involving Joey, Pee Wee and their friends.
Episode 11
The Wayfarer
Dec 21, 1957
On Christmas Eve, Jim and Pete are disappointed that Joey and Pee Wee seem to have lost the Christmas spirit. Suddenly an old prospector arrives at the ranch looking for directions, but 'Uncle Kris' is not who he seems to be.
Episode 12
One Thousand Dollar Reward
Dec 28, 1957
Joey and Pee Wee study the wanted posters at the Post Office hoping to earn themselves a reward. When they later recognize a real robber, they tell Jim and the Sheriff but are not taken seriously.
Episode 13
Operation CD
Jan 4, 1958
Jim becomes the area Civil Defense Warden and establishes the Broken Wheel Ranch as headquarters. He enlists all his neighbors to the program, except one rancher, who will live to regret his decision following a flash flood.
Episode 14
The Break-Up
Jan 11, 1958
When the stresses of running the ranch come to a head, Jim and Pete have an argument resulting in Pete's resignation and Jim letting him go. With the ranch being short staffed and everyone being over worked, Joey has a serious accident.
Episode 15
Joey's First Crush
Jan 18, 1958
Joey develops a crush on his school teacher's niece, Susan. An invitation to a picnic with Miss Miller and Susan sounds ideal until Miss Miller invites the Deputy and his younger brother along, who also has taken a liking to Susan..
Episode 16
Pee Wee's Problem
Jan 25, 1958
Pee Wee's father is offered his old job back and needs to travel to South America. Pee Wee is being sent away to boarding school.
Episode 17
The Lost Herd
Feb 1, 1958
Jim, Pete, Joey and Pee Wee have been searching the range for a lost herd in the heat of drought. An unscrupulous horse dealer arrives and tries to poison Jim's only horses so he can buy them cheaply.
Episode 18
The Baby Sitters
Feb 8, 1958
Joey and Pee Wee baby sit for Martha Mitchell, whose husband had deserted her and her five year old son Mark. While they are baby sitting, two mysterious tramps arrive.
Episode 19
The Horse Nobody Wanted
Feb 15, 1958
The County Fair is in town. Joey and Pee Wee want to go see Horace the Trick Horse. But Horace is getting too old to perform and his trainer Sam (Hal K. Dawson) is getting fired. The owner of the Fair wants to send Horace to **gasp** the glue factory. Joey, Fury, and Pee Wee hatch a plan that just might save the day.
Episode 20
The Bounty Hunters
Feb 22, 1958
A cougar is on the loose killing livestock. A large bounty has been placed on the cougar's head. Joey, Pee Wee, and the boys want to go out and hunt the cougar, but Warden Lane is requiring the boys to get their hunting license after taking a Rifle Safety Course taught by Jim. Andy is in too big a hurry to collect that bounty so he sets out on his own, breaking several safe hunting rules. Joey and Fury take out after him, but will they get to him before the cougar does?
Episode 21
The Meanest Man
Mar 1, 1958
Mr. Malakey (Will Wright) moves into a nearby ranch and damns up the stream to the Broken Wheel Ranch's south pasture. He's mean to everyone but with a little kindness from Jim, Pete, Joey, and Pee Wee, Mr. Malakey softens up.
Episode 22
A Fish Story
Mar 8, 1958
Joey and Pee Wee go out fishing and meet up with two other fishermen. But they are not who they seem to be. Things go bad when they find out the fishermen are really diamond thieves. The diamond thieves kidnap Pete to help them get through the police roadblock.
Episode 23
Rogues and Squires
Mar 15, 1958
Two local teenagers, Chuck and Vince, are cruising around in a hot-rod, shooting off their dad's guns, and generally getting into trouble. They steal some dynamite and things go from bad to worse
Episode 24
Robber's Roost
Mar 22, 1958
Horse thieves are in the area. Joey and Pee Wee see them and follow them, but the horse thieves seem to just disappear. So Joey and Pee Wee set out on an expedition to find them. Their search takes them to an expansive cave hideout. Only Fury knows where they are.
Episode 25
Second Chance
Mar 29, 1958
Jim hires a parolee (John Baer) to give him a second chance. Pete is unsure that this is a good idea. Things get worse when Pete's wallet comes up missing.
Episode 26
The Claim Jumpers
Apr 5, 1958
Joey and Pee Wee visit Old Mr. Carty at his gold mine to take a photo of him for a human interest story. A couple of claim jumpers try to kill Mr. Carty with a landslide. Joey and Pee Wee have a plan to help old Mr. Carty get his mine back.
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