Here Come the Brides
To avoid losing their logging crew, the Bolt brothers bring 100 prospective brides from New Bedford, Massachusetts to Seattle, Washington, using money borrowed from sawmill owner Stempel. Should one of the girls decide to go home, or should they fail to meet Stempel's timber quotas, they will still lose their mountain to him.
- 1968-1970
- 2 seasons
- ABC
- Action & Adventure
- TV-G
To avoid losing their logging crew, the Bolt brothers bring 100 prospective brides from New Bedford, Massachusetts to Seattle, Washington, using money borrowed from sawmill owner Stempel. Should one of the girls decide to go home, or should they fail to meet Stempel's timber quotas, they will still lose their mountain to him.
Season 1 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1968 - 1969
Episode 1
Here Come the Brides
Wed, Sep 25, 1968 60 mins
After making a deal with Seattle's Mill owner, lumberjack brothers Jason, Joshua, and Jeremy Bolt got to New Bedford, Massachusetts to bring back 100 brides for the men in the town.
Episode 2
A Crying Need
Wed, Oct 2, 1968 60 mins
All those baby-makin' wimmenfolk are gonna need a doctor, so Jason goes in search of one... and Seattle gains yet another woman. Meanwhile, things get explosive for Jeremy.
Episode 3
And Jason Makes Five
Wed, Oct 9, 1968 60 mins
A coarse woman comes to Seattle with three ragged, dirty, ill-behaved children to trap Jason into marriage.
Episode 4
The Man of the Family
Wed, Oct 16, 1968 60 mins
The Reverend has fallen in love with Miss Polly and is planning to ask her to marry him. This is good news for Jason until Clancey brings her son to Seattle. Stempel uses this to try and convince the people of Seattle that Polly is not a 'marriageable' woman. Also working against the Bolts is the fact that the boy does not want his mother to marry.
Episode 5
A Hard Card to Play
Wed, Oct 23, 1968 60 mins
A professional gambler arrives in Seattle and the loggers are immediately seduced into the world of gambling. Aaron Stempel tries to use the town charter to stop the gambling so Jason counters by holding the games on Clancey's ship. What Jason doesn't know is that Stempel himself has invited them to Seattle in another attempt to break the Bolt Brothers. Calamity strikes when Clancey loses the ship in a poker game. The Bolts will have to bet high stakes in order to win it back.
Episode 6
Letter of the Law
Wed, Oct 30, 1968 60 mins
Claude Dupre and his trappers are down from the mountains and desperate for some female companionship. They are attempting to break into the brides' dorm when they are met by the Bolt brothers and Aaron Stempel. Soon a huge brawl erupts between the two factions only to be stopped by the appearance of Sheriff Emmett Wade. He is a no nonsense law officer hired by Seattle to restore law and order. He assumes the job and his iron hand of justice comes down so hard that it's not order he's brought to Seattle but oppression. Jason and Aaron will have to work together to keep their friends out of jail and get rid of Sheriff Wade while staying within the letter of the law.
Episode 7
Lovers and Wanderers
Wed, Nov 6, 1968 60 mins
Swede and Miss Essie have an argument and decide to stop seeing each other. She then thinks Jason is in love with her after he pays her extra attention.
Episode 8
A Jew Named Sullivan
Wed, Nov 20, 1968 60 mins
The Bolt brothers' experiment is threatened when one of the brides declares she'll leave because there are no Jewish men in Seattle for her to marry.
Episode 9
The Stand Off
Wed, Nov 27, 1968 60 mins
Taking a page from "Lysistrata," the brides declare they'll withhold "affection" from their beaus until they promise to stop fighting a landowners' hired men.
Episode 10
A Man and His Magic
Wed, Dec 4, 1968 60 mins
A huckster comes to town with promises of controlling the rain and curing problems. The rain stops coincidentally, but the town starts to believe. Jeremy asks him to cure his stutter. His stutter is cured but not without disbelief.
Episode 11
A Christmas Place
Wed, Dec 18, 1968 60 mins
Ben & Emily are expecting their baby to be born any day. When two little girls learn it is a Christmas baby, they fear the baby will have the same fate as Jesus who died at Easter. They steal the baby. The brides are homesick for family.
Episode 12
After a Dream, Comes Mourning
Wed, Jan 1, 1969 60 mins
Biddy and Clancy talk about the first days of the brides arriving in Seattle. When the brides arrived, there was no housing for them, and the men had to build it overnight.
Episode 13
The Log Jam
Wed, Jan 8, 1969 60 mins
The other men feel the pressure when news spreads of Jeremy's proposal to Candy.
Episode 14
The Firemaker
Wed, Jan 15, 1969 60 mins
The Bolts and Stemple want a log flue built in a location that would help their own interests. They decide the way to settle it is to see who wins the hand of a bride. Lulu has kept one of Stemple's men and one of Jason's men dangling.
Episode 15
Wives for Wakando
Wed, Jan 22, 1969 60 mins
Local friendly Indians want brides of their own. Since the town wont sell women, the Indians take them.
Episode 16
A Kiss Just for So
Wed, Jan 29, 1969 60 mins
Jason falls for an Amish girl in a wagon train party that has stopped over in Seattle. He must commit to the peaceful, non-violent Amish way of life if he is to pursue her, but finds it difficult when an extortionist threatens to provoke a union strike and attacks him outright.
Episode 17
Democracy Inaction
Wed, Feb 5, 1969 60 mins
The government wants to build a road through Seattle to connect towns. Aaron complicates the issue by buying land that crosses the road and dormitory. The government agent says they need a mayor to settle the issue. An election ensues.
Episode 18
One Good Lie Deserves Another
Wed, Feb 12, 1969 60 mins
A former boyfriend of Lottie's comes to town and manages to sweet-talk everyone into selling him share of their business. The people realize he swindled them, and find a way to get their property back by out-conning him.
Episode 19
One to a Customer
Wed, Feb 19, 1969 60 mins
A Mormon man comes to Seattle with the intent of marrying several brides. Since the loggers know the brides will not marry him, they laugh at the idea. The brides decide to play along with the marriage idea, but things backfire.
Episode 20
A Dream That Glitters
Wed, Feb 26, 1969 60 mins
Candy's grandfather visits Seattle to mine for gold. The mines have never proved valuable before but the grandfather says he has a dream. He is injured when the mine collapses. Candy & Jeremy salt the mine to give him hope when he recovers.
Episode 21
The Crimpers
Wed, Mar 5, 1969 60 mins
Jeremy and Joshua visit a nearby town with another logger. When Jeremy and Joshua are kidnapped, Corkie returns to camp to tell Jason. Jason, Stemple, and Clancey make plans to rescue the men. Candy and Biddie stow away on the ship to help.
Episode 22
Mr. & Mrs. J. Bolt
Wed, Mar 12, 1969 60 mins
One of the brides, Peggy, ran away from New Bedford after forging the papers. Her guardian, Uncle Jebediah, is on his way to Seattle. The only problem is, he won't let her stay there unless she is married, which is why she wrote home to him to tell him that she had married Joshua Bolt. The uncle sees this as an opportunity, and outsmarts Jason to lose the mountain!
Episode 23
A Man's Errand
Wed, Mar 19, 1969 60 mins
The Bolt brothers have a chance to bid on a job in San Francisco. An inexperienced Jeremy goes to place the bid. He & Candy part on angry words. A new man in town tries to help Candy over her sadness, and the town wonders what will happen.
Episode 24
Loggerheads
Wed, Mar 26, 1969 60 mins
Two lawyers visit Seattle with plans to stir up legal issues, assessing fees to help the residents. This happens as Joshua has an idea for changing the family operations. The lawyers pit brother against brother, with Stemple on the side.
Episode 25
Marriage, Chinese Style
Wed, Apr 9, 1969 60 mins
When Jeremy is in Tacoma picking up supplies, he saves a Chinese woman who is in town to meet her arranged spouse. Since Jeremy saves her, she says she now belongs to Jeremy instead of the intended husband.
Episode 26
The Deadly Trade
Wed, Apr 16, 1969 60 mins
A logger is accidentally killed by a log when the team is joking around. His father comes to Seattle to avenge his death.