Millie Scott

Millie would have been a good wife & mother, but just based on looks there is no way I'd pass on Lou. She was gorgeous from head to toe. And that sexy, fiery accent & attitude. I gotta pick Lou.

He did and I saw her, Joan Taylor on Wagon Train (A Man Called Horse season 1 Episode 26) oh boy, she was almost naked in one scene, boy was she hot. watch it on you tube.

Wait, don't forget Nora earlier in the series. She wanted to marry Lucas wayyyy back but he didn't want to marry her because her father owned a silver mine and she was used to the finer things he couldn't provide I imagine.

Anyway when she showed up again 15 yrs later in his life broke and alone, he obviously wanted to start up with her again. Mark was even trying to get them together. When she told Lucas she was lonely, they kissed in the woods after they took a walk that Mark suggested, the camera fades to black and we know Lucas is probably hooked.

She unfortunately became a con artist who only wanted Lucas to shoot her boyfriend's creditor.

At the end of the show, Lucas is siting quietly by the fireplace and you know he is hurt and disappointed that an old love would take advantage of him like that.

Mark is disappointed also because she was pretty and he really wanted a mother. It was heartbreaking to hear him say this to his Paw because he states that all the other kids have mothers.


I guess what Nora did would make both Mark and Lucas 'gun shy' towards any other future loves in the series.

Both Lou and Millie were beeyooteefull, but, for my tastes, Lou was just super gorgeous! My first crush I remember, was on Daniel Boone, when I first saw Patricia Blair. I was about 8 years old and could watch her all day long!!

As long as we're dreaming, Lucas took both Lou and Milly to Utah, became a Morman enforcer and married them both and had forty eleven children.

Agreed! For whatever reason, probably Mark, Lucas was reticent about pushing it with Millie. Millie was just waiting for Lucas to make a move. When he finally nailed her with a deep, passionate kiss (Millie's Brother episode) it was because he was jealous of another suitor who was showing great interest in her.

Millie would have made a good wife for Lucas and a good stepmother for Mark. Later on there was obviously some physical attraction between him and Lou Mallory but it would never have worked out. They would not have been compatible.

Perhaps Lucas was waiting for Mark to grow up before marrying again. I think there was only one bedroom in that little house so it would have been awkward with Mark there. "Pa! Pa!" On the other hand, they could have had another baby and sibling for Mark. And Lucas could get his groceries at discount.

Personally I preferred Millie. Lou (Patricia Blair) was certainly beautiful and vivacious but a pain. She had been a model, after all. After the honeymoon it would have gotten old. Millie was attractive in a different way. They didn't sex her up the way they did Lou. She was without make-up and most of time her hair was in a ponytail. I'll bet with a little make-up and a hairdo she could look pretty cute. She looked good in the kissing episode. I wouldn't have minded doing a bit of pile-driving myself. She was down to earth and more the kind of woman Lucas would have been comfortable with. We didn't get to see it much but Millie had a nice build and some great legs. The studio insured her legs when she began doing westerns.

I don't agree. I think one of the great strengths of the show is that Lucas never remarried after the death of his wife (and, apparently, Chuck Connors agrees with me. He participated in walking door to door with a survey for fans of The Rifleman and one of the questions asked if Lucas should remarry and the overwhelming response was "no". Chuck later commented it cemented for him that the show was doing the right thing in not remarrying his character).

It doesn't make him "inhuman" that he never hooked up with any of the women who were introduced on the show. Lucas was most invested in his son, Mark, and theirs was the central relationship of the show. There are men who do not believe in sex outside of marriage, is it so farfetched to believe that Lucas is one of those men? You can also tell he still deeply loves his departed wife, perhaps he didn't have a problem with dating but didn't actually want to remarry and introduce another mother figure to Mark?

Also, some people who lose a spouse don't remarry until their children are fully grown. That's another possibility.

But I believe the writers knew that the Lucas/Marcus relationship was the heart and soul of the show and didn't want to dilute it by remarrying Lucas' character. I vastly prefer Lucas as single (unmarried).

I liked Milly better. The first time I saw her when she took over Hattie's store, I was in love. She had a calm, yet forceful way about her. Her hair and face was so pretty and she was just the perfect size. She handeled herself quite well in that episode. Lou was pretty as well, but Milly was more resourceful. Besides, Lucas was a rancher "sodbuster," not a banker. Milly would have been the better choice.