Tate

Season

1960

7.4

The adventures of a one-armed gunfighter (he lost the use of an arm during the Civil War) in the Old West.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Home Town

Tate returns to his home town to help an old friend, the town's aging marshal, guard a prisoner from a mob that wants to free him from being hanged.

S1 • E2

Stopover

Tate rides into town with the body of a wanted outlaw he's just killed, and presents it to the sheriff to collect the bounty. The sheriff sends Tate to the saloon to wait while he fills out the paperwork--and, since he doesn't like bounty hunters, decides to take his time about it. Meanwhile, at the saloon Tate runs into a young hothead who's itching to put a notch on his gun and decides that Tate's going to be it.

S1 • E3

The Bounty Hunter

Robert Culp plays a bounty hunter who is seeking Tate for a murder that he didn't commit.

S1 • E4

The Mary Hardin Story

When Tetlow (Mort Mills) tries to take her property Mary Hardin (Julie Adams) asks Tate for help.

S1 • E5

Voices of the Town

Tate is searching for a war criminal guilty of a heinous act, but in the town he lives in now, Frank Turner is a beloved and respected citizen. The townspeople won't let Tate take him without a fight.

S1 • E6

A Lethal Pride

Clay Barton (Ronald Nicholas) is riding along, stops his horse when he sees Carmela (Marianna Hill) swishing her feet around in a large puddle in the road. He tries to flirt with her but her father Arriaga (Gregory Morton) appears and starts beating him with a large stick which Clay then gains control over and beats Arriaga into unconsciousness. Clay then grabs Carmela giving her a forceful kiss and then, it appears through innuendo later, that he raped her, but she is Mexican and not too many people are interested in justice for her. The scene shifts to Arriaga chasing Clay's father John (Ted de Corsia) out of a saloon and threatening him with a rifle. Tate appears and steps in between them. He disarms Arriaga with a kick and we find out Arriaga has hired Tate to avenge his pride. But Arriaga is irritated when he finds out that Tate won't just kill Clay. Tate wants to give Arriaga what he paid for and the next day rides into town. The town Marshall (Jack Orrison) tells him to leave and six other men threaten him to do the same. Tate is determined to bring Clay to the County Seat and justice. Clay is holed up in the saloon with father and a number of men protecting him. An oddly played preacher (Kelton Garwood) shows up in the saloon for a bit of banter. In a ruse, Tate forces a man at the saloon's entryway to call for Clay to come outside. Clay does and Tate forces him into a nearby barn while Clay's protectors wait outside. Soon, the barn door opens and a horse-drawn wagon with Clay holding the reins and Tate standing with a rifle to Clay's head comes rolling out. Not wanting to risk Clay's life the townsmen let the wagon pass. The trip to the County Seat is 2 days and the townsmen follow. Tate decides to head to Arriaga's place instead as it is closer and more manageable for him. Tate tells a happily waiting Arriaga that Tate is still going to take him to the County Seat but will do so at night with horses from Arriaga. Arriaga argues at first but then agrees. Clay now sees Carmela again and she verbally chastises him. Meanwhile the townsmen have followed and they are outside. Clay with Tate goes outside and tells his father that he is going with Tate to face his fate. Arriaga thinks that instead Tate is giving Clay back to the townsmen. Arriaga grabs a rifle and runs out on the porch yelling, "I am Manuel Arriaga, a man" firing his rifle but Arriaga is shot and killed. The show finishes with a small funeral for Arriaga. The preacher shows up again and says a few words for a bit of money but says he will give the deluxe eulogy for more money. Tate declines and says that the only thing left to say is what Arriaga said earlier, "Manuel Arriaga, a man." Tate and Clay ride off to meet Clay's fate. The End.

S1 • E7

Tigrero

While bringing in sheepherder John Chess (Martin Landau) who twelve years prior had murdered more than a dozen people and ravaged a town out of revenge for his wife's death, Tate is forced to kill two sons of cattle rancher Abel Towey, who then wants his own revenge and tracks down Tate and Chess.

S1 • E8

Comanche Scalps

Tate tags along when grudge-holding Amos returns home to kill the little brother who wooed away and wed Amos' sweetheart during his long absence. Meanwhile, a marauding band of Comanches approaches.

S1 • E9

Before Sunup

Holed up in Doc's office is a wounded store keeper and the saloon girl who loves him. Clamoring outside are the town's murderous power broker and his henchmen. Standing in the gap is Tate.

S1 • E10

The Reckoning

While bounty hunting, Tate drinks some bad water and is near death. A man and his daughter take him in and nurse him back to health, despite the fact that the man recognizes Tate as the bounty hunter who is hunting him.

S1 • E11

The Gunfighters

Tate takes on a train car full of fast guns when a simmering rancher vs. homesteader dispute escalates.

S1 • E12

Quiet After the Storm

Tate tracks down a killer who gunned down a saloon girl. On the trail back to town, the girl's two brothers arrive seeking blood vengeance. Can Tate trust the residents of the home he's holed up in while three killers lurk outside?

S1 • E13

The Return of Jessica Jackson

Shades of The Searchers as an obsessed man negotiates the release of his wife abducted eight years earlier by a Paiute raiding party. He did not anticipate her bringing home a half-Indian child, or of the Paiute father's fierce resistance.