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The Oregon Trail Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

13 Episodes 1977 - 1978

Episode 1

Hard Ride Home

Wed, Sep 21, 1977 120 mins

Thorpe's 12-year-old son (Tony Becker) inadvertently defiles Indian burial ground. Rod Taylor. Vaughn: Hoke Howell. Charles Shrigley: John Vernon. Andrew: Andrew Stevens. Rachel: Gina Marie Smika. Effie: Carole Tru Foster.

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Episode 2

The Last Game

Sun, Aug 7, 2022 60 mins

Conclusion. Thorpe's twelve-year old son inadvertently defiles Indian burial grounds.

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Episode 3

The Waterhole

Wed, Sep 28, 1977 60 mins

A dust storm hinders the pioneers' desperate search for water. Evan: Rod Taylor. Liz Webster: Kim Hunter. Coe Webster: Lonny Chapman. Elie Webster: Jean Rasey. Hayes: William Phipps. Luther: Charles Napier. Margaret: Darleen Carr. Andrew: Andrew Stevens.

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Episode 4

Trapper's Rendezvous

Wed, Oct 12, 1977 60 mins

The Thorpes befriend the leader of a pack of trappers who are secretly plotting to kill their ex-comrade Luther (Charles Napier). Evan: Rod Taylor. Lemus Harker: Claude Akins. Rachel: Gina Marie Smika. Tobias: Ted Gehring. William: Tony Becker.

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Episode 5

The Army Deserter (aka The Deserter)

Wed, Oct 19, 1977 60 mins

The Thorpes take in an injured young man (Nicholas Hammond), unaware that he is an Army deserter. Evan: Rod Taylor. Levering: Kevin McCarthy. Andy: Andrew Stevens. Harris: Clu Gulager. Luther: Charles Napier. Margaret: Darleen Carr.

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Episode 6

Hannah's Girls

Wed, Oct 26, 1977 60 mins

Prostitutes pose as mail-order brides to join the wagon train and elude their procurer. Rod Taylor, Charles Napier. Hannah: Stella Stevens. Libby: Denise Galik. Niles Sharpe: Billy Green Bush. Kate: Suzanne Hunt. Mrs. Stewart: Maxine Olmsted. Stewart: Roy Gaintner. Andy: Andrew Stevens.

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Episode 7

The Man Who Wouldn't Die

Sat, Aug 27, 2022 60 mins

A jury trial halts the wagon train as Thorpe (Rod Taylor) plays defense attorney for the accused slayer of a relentless lady's man. Luther: Charles Napier. Ephraim: James Wainwright. Martha: Beth Brickell.

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Episode 8

The Scarlet Ribbon

Wed, Nov 30, 1977 60 mins

Evan tangles with a pair of gun-smugglers (Bill Bixby, Donna Mills). Evan: Rod Taylor. Buford Cole: William Shatner. Jess Smith: Richard Jaeckel. Shaeffer: Damon Douglas. Haynes: Harry G. Adams. Forbes: Russ Marin. Luther: Charles Napier.

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Episode 9

Gold Dust

Sat, Sep 3, 2022 60 mins

Horse rustlers raid the wagon train's remuda and Thorpe finds himself attracted to a beautiful woman.

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Episode 10

The Return of the Baby

Sun, Sep 4, 2022 60 mins

An Indian woman gives birth to a baby after her village is destroyed.

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Episode 11

Evan's Vendetta

Sat, Sep 10, 2022 60 mins

Thorpe and his son, Andy, are bush-whacked by an outlaw gang while looking for a source of water for the train.

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Episode 12

Suffer the Little Children

Sun, Sep 11, 2022 60 mins

Thorpe (Rod Taylor) has to deal with a religious zealot who refuses treatment for his daughter when she's hurt in a wagon accident. Matthew Hancock: Robert Fuller. Jenny Hancock: Elizabeth Cheshire. Luther Sprague: Charles Napier.

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Episode 13

Wagon Race

Sat, Sep 17, 2022 60 mins

Thorpe (Rod Taylor) and his convoy face starvation when a larger wagon train threatens to purchase all the available supplies in the next town. Andrew Thorpe: Andrew Stevens. William Thorpe: Tony Becker. Rachel: Gina Marie Smika. Margaret Devlin: Darlene Carr.

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