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22 Episodes 1988 - 1988
Episode 1
Thu, Oct 27, 1988 60 mins
In the series opener, hired gun Ethan Allen Cord is saddled with the reponsibility of caring for his dying sister's four children. Amelia: Sigrid Thornton. Claire: Jenny Beck. Joseph: Matthew Newmark. Ben: Brian Lando. Lucy: Kathryn Leigh Scott.
Episode 2
Thu, Nov 3, 1988 60 mins
Ethan hangs up his guns to try ranching, which sits just fine with three new troublemakers in town. Sigrid Thornton. Tom Walker: Bert Kramer. Frank Foster: Jim Beaver. Bret Foster: John C. Cooke. Cole Foster: Don W. Lewis.
Episode 3
Thu, Nov 10, 1988 60 mins
Amelia kills a bank robber, whose family vows revenge. Lee Horsley, Sigrid Thornton. P.J. Brackenhouse: Nicolas Surovy. Quincy Bradley: William Smith. Dick Bradley: Scott Coffey. Ned Bradley: Andrew Lowery.
Episode 4
Thu, Nov 24, 1988 60 mins
Hanging fever grips Paradise after John Taylor is falsely accused of killing a cowboy who'd been harassing him. Lee Horsley, M.P. Carter. Brenner: Andrew Prine. Abner: Dennis A. Pratt.
Episode 5
Thu, Dec 1, 1988 60 mins
While Ethan is away tending his disease-threatened stock, Claire is abducted by a trapper and his son. Lee Horsley, Jenny Beck. Briggs: Mitch Carter. Willy: Ross Harris. Miner's Wife: Mimi Rose. Miner: Martin Bright.
Episode 6
Thu, Dec 8, 1988 60 mins
Amelia's life and the children's future hang in the balance after Ethan is jailed for wounding her while firing at a rampaging drunk. Lee Horsley, Sigrid Thornton. Robert Parker: Stephen Godwin. Jane Parker: Sherry Hursey.
Episode 7
Thu, Dec 15, 1988 60 mins
On their way home for Christmas, Ethan, George and Ben promise a dying woman they'll get her newborn son safely to Paradise. Lee Horsley, M.P. Carter, Brian Lando. Tiny: John F. Bloom.
Episode 8
Thu, Dec 29, 1988 60 mins
Claire befriends a girl, whose tales of a glamorous life mask a seamier existence with her mother's traveling "social club." Lee Horsley, Jenny Beck. Sarah Hamilton: Irene Miracle. Zak: Larry Hankin. Judge Landis: Matthew Faison.
Episode 9
Thu, Jan 5, 1989 60 mins
The mine manager sets out to buy up the town's businesses and recapture two young, indentured runaways. Ethan: Lee Horsley. Sweet: Stanley Kamel. Toy Lien: Kenny Lao. Min: Christopher Fong.
Episode 10
Thu, Jan 12, 1989 60 mins
A Ranger arrives to take Ethan back to Texas to stand trial for a killing Ethan claims was committed in self-defense. Lee Horsley, Sigrid Thornton. Hugh: Tuck Milligan. Nick: Dennis Hayden.
Episode 11
Thu, Jan 26, 1989 60 mins
After breaking the grocer's window, Joseph lands in jail and falls in with a gang of fugitive teenagers. Lee Horsley. Eli: Christopher Wynne. Frankie: Stacy Galina. Cole: Kris Kamm. Claire: Jenny Beck.
Episode 12
Thu, Feb 2, 1989 60 mins
Ethan and Amelia befriend a traveler who's lost his memory in a stagecoach accident---but slowly realizes that he was hired to kill Ethan (Lee Horsley). Richy: Terrence Evans. Rusty: Rhoda Gemignani.
Episode 13
Wed, Feb 8, 1989 60 mins
Ethan turns investigator after everyone gratefully assumes that he's the one who gunned down the town bully (Jeremy Roberts). Lee Horsley. Sonia: Candice J. Hincks. Charlie: James Crittenden. Scotty: Mack Dryden. Wade: Randy Crowder.
Episode 14
Thu, Feb 16, 1989 60 mins
Robbers seize the hotel, shoot one hostage and threaten to kill the rest if their own wounded man isn't saved. Lee Horsley, Sigrid Thornton. Moses: Don Stroud. Langston: Don Swayze. Mulligan: Royce D. Applegate. Zachariah: Robert Dean. Roy: Eric Lawson.
Episode 15
Thu, Feb 23, 1989 60 mins
David takes on Goliath as John Taylor attempts to stop a lumber company from building a road over land he claims is his. Lee Horsley, Sigrid Thornton. Katherine Grant: Nancy Paul. Martin Chessman: Marshall Bell. Judge Hollister: Richard Bull.
Episode 16
Thu, Mar 16, 1989 60 mins
Nothing can dissuade Ethan from seeking out a man he has wanted to kill for 20 years---not even consideration for Claire, who's in love with the man's son (Mark Ballou). Lee Horsley, Jenny Beck, Sigrid Thornton. Curtis Ivey: William Jordan.
Episode 17
Sat, Apr 8, 1989 60 mins
A rancher starts a range war when he hires a notorious gunslinger, Ethan's old pal, who's now a drunkard. Part 1 of two. Lee Horsley. Clay Jennings: Dennis Patrick. Marti Brandt: Nancy Lenehan. Jacob Brandt: Stephen Lee. Dale Burman: Michael McManus.
Episode 18
Sat, Apr 15, 1989 60 mins
Conclusion. Ethan sobers up gunslinger McKay, who turns on Ethan in the water-rights war against the small ranchers---which ends in a showdown. Lee Horsley. Clay: Dennis Patrick. Gus Drapper: Brooks Gardner. Dexter: Chris McDonald.
Episode 19
Sat, Apr 29, 1989 60 mins
After Ethan and Claire are bitten by a wolf that was foaming at the mouth, they can only wait and hope as John Taylor rides to obtain medical help. Lee Horsley, Jenny Beck, Dehl Berti. Dr. Lomax: Jonathan Perpich. Dr. Morse: James Tartan. Carl: Will Hunt.
Episode 20
Sat, May 6, 1989 60 mins
Ben and George go hunting for a treasure while following a map found on a dead man---and being followed by the pair (Ann Dusenberry, Gary Grubbs) who shot him. Ben: Brian Lando. George: M.P. Carter. Ethan: Lee Horsley. Amelia: Sigrid Thornton.
Episode 21
Sat, May 13, 1989 60 mins
Ethan rescues the Texas Ranger who once rescued him, but enrages the police chief who framed the Ranger. Lee Horsley. Matthew Grady: John Beck. Chief Emory: David Haskell. Marion: Barbara Howard. Frank: Buck Taylor.
Episode 22
Sat, May 20, 1989 60 mins
Amelia has good reason to suspect the motives of her long-lost husband, a charming scoundrel who's back in town. Sigrid Thornton. Preston MacMillan: Ted Shackelford. MacMillan's Guns: B.J. Turner, Jim Ingersoll. Henderson: Warren Munson.