Empire is an hour-long Western television series set on a 1960s 500,000-acre ranch in New Mexico, starring Richard Egan, Terry Moore, Charles Bronson, and Ryan O'Neal. It ran on NBC from September 25, 1962, to May 14, 1963. In the second abbreviated season, from September 24 to December 31, 1963, it was renamed Redigo after Egan's title character, Jim Redigo, the general manager of the fictitious Garrett ranch in Empire, and reduced to a half-hour. (Unaired Pilot: This Rugged Land)
Episode 1
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Episode 2
Sam Ballard's embezzling killed Redigo's father. Now Sam's back---digging for oil near the Garret ranch.
Episode 3
Redigo returns to the small ranch his father left him and finds that it's being run by a teen-ager.
Episode 4
Dahlbeck's guest at a ranch party seems to wield an eerie hold over him.
Episode 5
Wealthy Tom Cole visits the spread during a severe drought and his untimely friendliness suggests he wants to buy the ranch.
Episode 6
Ex-employee Barney Swanton returns to the ranch rich but is still envious of Redigo, whose job he always wanted.
Episode 7
Story of a raging oil-well fire and the man who offers to put it out.
Episode 8
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Episode 9
Glenn Kassin wants to build a model city near Mesa, but the landowner refuses to sell.
Episode 10
In the midst of negotiating for oil rights, Redigo is called out of town---leaving Tal to handle the bargaining.
Episode 11
Worries over his pretty young ward are causing a drop in efficiency for chief engineer Tabor.
Episode 12
A sharecropper who objects to education uses abusive tactics to keep his son home from school.
Episode 13
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Episode 14
After taking young Skip Wade to court for vandalism, Redigo determines to make the youth a useful citizen.
Episode 15
A Native American war veteran's penchant for violence is isolating him from his friends, neighbors and family.
Episode 16
Janet Rainey claims she's just going shopping---but there are those who suspect she's leaving town.
Episode 17
Mike Novak wants to work on the Garret spread until he's paid for a mare of his choice, but his choice is Tal's favorite.
Episode 18
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Episode 19
Adding urgency to his surgery-or-death status, Redigo's sick friend is a very uncooperative patient.
Episode 20
Afraid that a volunteer posse may take the law into its own hands, Redigo joins the hunt for a man accused of robbery.
Episode 21
Connie's former beau is back at the ranch---expressing a new interest in working and a renewed interest in her.
Episode 22
After claiming he doesn't need the security of the Garret ranch, Tal leaves for Delgado---on the bet he can't stay a week.
Episode 23
News of her fatal illness inspires Lucia to establish a better relationship between son Tal and foreman Redigo.
Episode 24
The mine shuts down when the heady enchantress running a vital processing plant decides to buy out the Garrets.
Episode 25
Forest Ranger Tom Barton has problems: the Garret logging operation is violating the timber contract with the Forest Service--and logging foreman Chris Norden is a tough guy to deal with.
Episode 26
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Episode 27
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Episode 28
Prison escapee Quinn Serrato is out to find his old boss---Redigo, the man who turned him in.
Episode 29
A woman stands in the way of Redigo's cattle drive by asking too much to cross her property.
Episode 30
Paralysis overcomes Redigo after he is trampled by a wild stallion.
Episode 31
Moreno attempts to offset the fears of a young girl in a town full of hot-blooded cowboys.
Episode 32
No overview available.
