
Branded
1965–1966 · NBC · 30 min · 2 seasons
S02E32 · Kellie
Mon, 25 Apr, 2:00 am
Jason takes in the 11-year-old daughter of a bank robber that he killed, but her father's fellow robbers will do anything to get back.
About
Branded followed the life of Jason McCord, former Captain in the U.S. Cavalry. Court martialled for cowardice under fire during the Battle of Bitter Creek from which McCord was the only survivor, McCord knows he is innocent but refuses to pin the blame where it belongs, his commanding officer, General Reed, who died in the battle.
Episodes
- E01
Judge Not
Mon, 13 Sept· 30 minJason is forced to take charge of a prisoner on a stagecoach after the men making the transfer are killed. One of the surviving passengers is an officer that served on Jason's court-martial board.
- E02
Now Join the Human Race
Mon, 20 Sept· 30 minJason's Indian friend Red Hand is forced to stand trial to prove that he's "human" under white man's law.
- E03
Mightier Than the Sword
Mon, 27 Sept· 30 minJason comes to the aid of Ann Williams, the daughter of an old friend who publishes the local newspaper and is risking her life to stand up to a corrupt politician, Paul Mandell.
- E04
I Killed Jason McCord
Mon, 4 Oct· 30 minAfter an outlaw hits him over the head, Jason wakes up and returns to town, and discovers that a drifter has managed to kill the outlaw and is taking credit for Jason's "death".
- E05
The Bar Sinister
Mon, 11 Oct· 30 minWhen Jimmy Whitlaw's father dies of fever, the young boy becomes the center of a fight for water rights that his father owned.
- E06
Seward's Folly
Mon, 18 Oct· 30 minAfter a survey of Alaska, Jason returns to Seattle with information for William Seward that will help him convince the U.S. government to buy the northern land. But some men intend for that information to stay buried.
- E07
Salute the Soldier Briefly
Mon, 25 Oct· 30 minJason comes to the aid of a man who claims that he can testify to prove Jason's innocence at Bitter Creek.
- E08
The Richest Man in Boot Hill
Mon, 1 Nov· 30 minJason's friend Rufus now works as an undertaker, and his coffins are part of a scheme by three bank robbers who are using the unwitting Rufus.
- E09
Fill No Glass for Me (1)
Mon, 8 Nov· 30 minJason visits the grave of a friend, Johnny Macon, and remembers how they met when the Indians captured them both.
- E10
Fill No Glass for Me (2)
Mon, 15 Nov· 30 minThe Indians capture Macon as he tries to free Jason, and force the two men to fight to the death.
- E11
The Greastest Coward on Earth
Mon, 22 Nov· 30 minPT. Barnum plans to use Jason's reputation as the Coward of Bitter Creek to create a new Wild West Show.
- E12
$10,000 for Durango
Mon, 29 Nov· 30 minAfter Jason cashes a check for $10,000 from a cattle drive, bank robbers steal the money and Jason rides after them.
- E13
Romany Roundup (1)
Mon, 6 Dec· 30 minJason gets involved in a fight between a rich land owner and gypsies when a gypsy courts the owner's daughter.
- E14
Romany Roundup (2)
Mon, 13 Dec· 30 minJason takes sides in the fight between the gypsies and the local land owner, Aaron.
- E15
A Proud Town
Mon, 20 Dec· 30 minLucas helps Julius Perrin, who is running a makeshift orphanage and who is opposed by a local man and his son.. who may have shot someone.
- E16
The Golden Fleece
Mon, 3 Jan· 30 min - E17
The Wolfers
Mon, 10 Jan· 30 minThree wolfer brothers interfere with McCord's attempts to return a white Indian to her people.
- E18
This Stage of Fools
Mon, 17 Jan· 30 minEdwin Booth hires Jason to protect him from the people that hold him partially responsible for his brother John's assassination of Lincoln.
- E19
A Destiny Which Made Us Brothers
Mon, 24 Jan· 30 minJason remembers the events of ten years earlier that brought him and General Grant together.
- E20
McCord's Way
Mon, 31 Jan· 30 minWhen Jason ends up the sheriff of Silverton, the townspeople soon object when Jason orders a ban on guns.
- E21
Nice Day for a Hanging
Mon, 7 Feb· 30 minWhile in town to witness a friend's hanging, Jason tries to reunite him with his son who is considering turning to a life of crime.
- E22
Barbed Wire
Mon, 14 Feb· 30 minMcCord tries to help his friend in a range war, but the man brings in barbed wire and the other rancher plans to stampede cattle to bring down the wire... no matter who gets in the way.
- E23
Yellow for Courage
Mon, 21 Feb· 30 minJason brings a sick friend to a town for treatment. The friend dies and Jason is stricken ill, and the townspeople want him out.
- E24
Call to Glory (1)
Mon, 28 Feb· 30 minPresident Grant asks Jason to secretly determine if General George Custer is preparing a Presidential bid.
- E25
Call to Glory (2)
Mon, 7 Mar· 30 minJason tries to learn who is setting his friend George Custer up to attack the Indians and set off a war.
- E26
Call to Glory (3)
Mon, 14 Mar· 30 minJason learns the truth about the supposed Indian raids from the Sioux, and tries to warn Custers... but the conspirators have other plans.
- E27
The Ghost of Murietta
Mon, 21 Mar· 30 minJason helps transport $25,000 in gold and goes up against a gang of teenagers who intend to take the gold.
- E28
The Assassins (1)
Mon, 28 Mar· 30 minJason is called back to DC by President Grant, and soon discovers that assassins are targeting Grant because of his plan to open up the Black Hills for prospecting.
- E29
The Assassins (2)
Mon, 4 Apr· 30 minJason discovers that Ashley's Cuban associates plan to assassinate Grant during a fencing demonstration.
- E30
Headed for Doomsday
Mon, 11 Apr· 30 minJason takes a job protecting newspaperman Horace Greeley from unknown assassins.
- E31
Cowards Die Many Times
Mon, 18 Apr· 30 minJason returns home and finds himself up against a freight company owner who will do anything to keep the railroad from taking away his business.
- E32
Kellie
Mon, 25 Apr· 30 minJason takes in the 11-year-old daughter of a bank robber that he killed, but her father's fellow robbers will do anything to get back.
Cast

Chuck Connors
Jason McCord






























