The Yellow Rose
Nightime soap opera involving The Yellow Rose, a two hundred thousand acre ranch in Texas operated by the children of the founder, Wade Champion. His sons (Roy and Quisto) and his twenty-nine-year-old widow, Colleen run the ranch when they are not fighting each other.
- 1983-1984
- 1 season
- NBC
- Drama, Action & Adventure
Nightime soap opera involving The Yellow Rose, a two hundred thousand acre ranch in Texas operated by the children of the founder, Wade Champion. His sons (Roy and Quisto) and his twenty-nine-year-old widow, Colleen run the ranch when they are not fighting each other.
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1983 - 1984
Episode 1
The Yellow Rose
Sun, Oct 2, 1983 60 mins
Chance McKenzie (Sam Elliott) comes back to the The Yellow Rose ranch but tension arises when a murder occurs in a late night drug smuggle.
Episode 2
Divided We Fall
Sat, Oct 15, 1983
As John Strongheart is being questioned in connection to the murder of Duncan Kilmore, Chance and Roy tries to get some answers out of a guy named Sanchez.
Episode 3
When Honor Dies
Sat, Oct 22, 1983
When Roy gets ambushed, he sets out on his own, while Colleen finds out just how close Chance and her dead ex-husband was.
Episode 4
Walls of Fear
Sat, Oct 29, 1983
Whit finally expresses his true feelings towards Grace. Lenny Hollister and Sanchez send the Champions an unusual gift.
Episode 5
Sins of the Father
Sat, Nov 5, 1983
After spotting stashed drugs on The Yellow Rose Ranch an anticipated pursuit follows.
Episode 6
Breaking Trail
Sat, Nov 12, 1983
After Jeb Hollister undermines the Champions potential transaction for trucks to haul their cattle, they must find another way to get the job done.
Episode 7
Moving Targets
Sat, Nov 19, 1983
Quisto Champion meets with Jeb Hollister to make a peace agreement. Juliette Hollister shows up to cover the cattle drive.
Episode 8
Trail's End
Sat, Nov 26, 1983
Jeb Hollister continues to stop the cattle drive by any means necessary. Whit is told something that he can't believe.
Episode 9
A Question of Love
Sat, Dec 10, 1983
Whit Champion takes to the road to find Grace while at the same time he his being hunted by the law.
Episode 10
Only the Proud
Sat, Dec 17, 1983
As The Yellow Rose clan go to lengths to free Whit's name Juliette is having doubts about her relationship with Roy.
Episode 11
Divide and Conquer
Sat, Jan 7, 1984
After Chance finds two dead cows on the ranch, it leads to Jeb Hollister making a contractual proposal to the Champions, with one caveat.
Episode 12
Hell Hath No Fury
Sat, Jan 14, 1984
Chance plots a breakout for a friend at the prison rodeo after learning all parole hearings have been frozen due to a prison guard stabbing. While a prisoner, Lenny Hollister comes up with a plot of his own.
Episode 13
Deadline
Sat, Jan 21, 1984
After Chance helps his friend Toat Gilmore escape from prison during the prison rodeo, Warden Garrett gives Roy a 24 hour deadline to get Toat back.
Episode 14
Land of the Free
Sat, Feb 11, 1984 60 mins
Colleen comes across a pregnant woman running from gun smuggling border patrolmen. Chance and Roy chase after kids who steals L.C.'s Locket, which leads to a much bigger scheme.
Episode 15
Sport of Kings
Sat, Feb 18, 1984
After L.C. disappears at the racetrack, Chance takes to the streets to find out what people know.
Episode 16
Running Free
Sat, Feb 25, 1984
After numerous altercations with a white stallion, Roy comes to the conclusion he's got to get rid of it.
Episode 17
Sacred Ground
Sat, Mar 10, 1984
Chance finds himself in a shootout while Roy, Whit, Luther, Colleen and an immigrant family go up against a construction crew.
Episode 18
Debt of Honor
Sat, Mar 17, 1984 60 mins
Roy gets worried when his brother comes home asking for $350,000 and then Whit starts looking up to him.
Episode 19
Chains of Fear
Sat, Mar 24, 1984 60 mins
Feeling guilty, Quisto decides to join a work camp to expose the inhumane habits it does.
Episode 20
Beyond Vengeance
Sat, Apr 28, 1984 60 mins
When Luther gets shot L.C. sits bedside reading him his favorite book, while Coryell takes it personal and seeks out the one who did it.
Episode 21
Villa's Gold
Sat, May 5, 1984 60 mins
When the Champions hire a new cook, L.C. learns that's not all she is.
Episode 22
The Far Side of Fear
Sat, May 12, 1984 60 mins
An old foe of Chance McKenzie from prison shows up and starts making everybody's life hell.