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I agree that Doug McClure's performance in "West" is great—that's the best part of the episode for me. The motivations of his friends, however, weren't always convincing to me—but that's obviously a personal opinion and preference. I think McClure's performance in "The Final Hour" is maybe even...

For the past few weeks, I've been doing a re-watch of the first season of The Virginian. Here are my ratings for the first 30 episodes from 1962 to 1963. And yes, there's some grade inflation, since this is my favorite TV Western. The Executioners: A- Woman from White Wing: A Throw A Long Rope...

A fan trailer for the very first film of the very first season of The Virginian. It's just 3 minutes or so long: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaTshHozc2Q&feature=youtu.be

I've been slowly working my way through S8 too. I have noticed that the image quality doesn't seem as good, esp. in nighttime scenes, but I haven't done any direct comparisons. I missed somehow that Timeless was bought out. Sorry to be so out of the loop, but has this changed their business...

8.05 The Family Man I liked this one too, which gives a star turn to new series regular Tim Matheson. It's a realistic near love story with a beautiful new mother, played by the lovely Darleen Carr, whose husband has abandoned her. Beautiful and slightly melancholy music score by David Shire...

8.4 The Power Seekers The show gets back on track with this episode, which is an interesting and fairly realistic drama about politics in America at the time. The star of this one really is the guest star, Barry Sullivan, who plays a jaded politician fed up with the system who resigns as the...

8.03 Halfway back from Hell I started out really looking forward to what was clearly a Trampas episode. We have some good guest stars here, including William Windom, John Dehner (the return of Morgan Starr!), Susan Howard, Anna Navarro, etc., etc. The story, however, is not just convoluted, but...

Didn't one of the gals on Little House go blind?

8.2 Flash of Darkness Somebody out there might make fun of me, but this was one of my favorite episodes of the whole show.

Virginian episode guide This has very good descriptions of most of the episodes.

8.1 The Long Ride Home The premiere episode of the final season! I liked this episode, which introduced Tom Matheson as the new character Jim Horn. He seemed a little bit like a young Trampas to me. Matheson, as you all know, has gone on to have a significant career for several decades now, and...

I'm not sure, but I don't think it was a budget issue most of the time. The Virginian was, after all, the most expensive show on television in the 1960s. My guess is that it was more than they thought of themselves as less of a shoot em up kind of Western than some. But they still wanted to keep...

Yeah, he really pulled this one together. Any other things that he directed that come to mind that you recommend? For this season, also check out Ride to Misadventure. Good stuff.

Probably one of the things holding some people back from The Virginian is the 90 minute length of each episode. You really have to have time and patience for these, and even fans would admit that sometimes the extra length is a mixed blessing, with a few episodes seeming padded and slow. But...

My top episodes of the 1968-69 season would be: Silver Image The Wind of Outrage The Heritage Ride to Misadventure The Dark Corridor Stopover Last Grave at Socorro Creek Crime Wave in Buffalo Springs The Price of Love The Girl in the Shadows Fox, Hound and the Widow McCloud Hard to pick a top...

I'm kind of surprised this show doesn't have more fans around here. I was going to write a few more capsule reviews of some of the best episodes of the 7th season to potentially encourage interest, and I still might, but then I found at amazon paulf's review that often says it better than I...

Another classic Western movie of the tougher variety for 7th season is Ride to Misadventure. Has anyone here seen this one? Good guest stars, including Joseph Campenella, Katherine Justice, Barbara Werle, Dean Stanton and others. They don't make tv shows like this any more, that's for sure.

One thing I've noticed in the 7th season is that they've started, once in a while, to get almost avant-garde in their cinematography. Here are a few examples: the black and white freeze-frames in the episode "Silver Image," the distorted dream/memory sequences in "The Dark Corridor," and the...

I've decided to skip Men from Shiloh for now for several reasons. First, I've heard that these are edited episodes that are missing about 7 minutes of their original running time. Is there any chance that for the re-release they've fixed that? Highly unlikely, I suppose. They are also supposed...

I mostly been watching this show in order, and I'm now in the 7th season. After a dip down into dark weirdness for the 4th season, the show made a comeback in the 5th season, and then got better still in the 6th season. The 7th season, in my opinion, is the best since the first three seasons...

Yes I did. That was a lot of fun. In fact, The Virginian is like an almost constant parade of the stars and guest stars who ended up on Star Trek.

There's a very good fan written episode guide for The Virginian at this link. Some favorite episodes have detailed essays and commentary: http://ctva.biz/US/Western/Virginian/V-homepage.htm And at yahoo there's a good fan discussion group for the show called Virginian Authorized.

Thanks for this report. Yes, I really enjoy the guest stars on this show. Many of them were also on Star Trek. How is the PQ for Men from Shiloh?

Hi Hollywood, Thanks for these thoughts. I would be interesting to see these shows in HD! If you get any info on the name of that new channel, please pass it on. There's a lively yahoo discussion group called The Virginian Authorized with many long time fans, some of whom have been watching...

Just curious. How many here now have a complete set of The Virginian on DVD? I have the first six seasons, and plan to get the last two in the next few months. I'm not sure if I'll get the sequel series, Men from Shiloh. For one, the prints used for the DVDs for this show are said to be not...

Here's my review for the first season.... There was drama behind the scenes in network TV-land in early 1962, and it was drama that helped create the classic show The Virginian. At that time NBC's top-rated show--and in fact the number one show for all of American TV--was Wagon Train. But it was...

Here's my review for the 4th season.... The Virginian is my favorite television Western. As many reviews have said, each 75-minute episode is more like a Western movie of the week with familiar characters as well as great guest stars. This show was a cut above other TV Westerns in terms of its...

A few of these great season sets of The Virginian do seem to be getting more expensive, but I think all are still available for $50 or less somewhere. A month ago I got the 4th season for about $35, and since then the price has jumped $10 and amazon no longer sells it directly. Not sure what...

The Timeless sets are very good. Highly recommended. It's quality show--one of the best Westerns ever on TV.

Yeah, it's a good book by a British author (I think). If you like The Virginian it makes for fascinating reading imho.