Waterfront Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

The Skipper's Day

Sat, Aug 21, 195430 mins

Captain Herrick is upset that his younger son wants to become a stockbroker rather than a tugboat captain. Meanwhile, his older son is on the trail of some cobalt smugglers.

Episode 2

Sunken Treasure

Sat, Aug 28, 195430 mins

Episode 3

Lighthouse

Sun, Sep 5, 195430 mins

A fugitive gangster comes ashore one night at the lighthouse and terrorizes the old watchman.

Episode 4

A New Whistle for the Cheryl Ann

Sun, Sep 12, 195430 mins

Something damaged the whistle of the Cheryl Ann and it's distasteful sound has made the crew an object of fun. The captain decides it time for a replacement.

Episode 5

Cap'n Long John

Sun, Sep 19, 195430 mins

A stolen pearl is discovered but it only causes trouble for the people associated with the Cheryl Ann.

Episode 6

Term Paper

Sun, Sep 26, 195430 mins

The Herricks are forced to host a wealthy man's daughter who is writing her term paper on tugboat life. Her day aboard the Cheryl Ann proves to be an eventful one.

Episode 7

Cap'n John's Dilemma

Sun, Oct 3, 195430 mins

Cap'n John has an altercation with the chief of a freighter which has him relieved of his command. John must figure out a way to get his job back.

Episode 8

Family Problems

Sun, Oct 10, 195430 mins

Carl is smitten with a girl from the wealthy Van Buren family and is not focusing on his work, which could cause him to lose his job with the tugboat company.

Episode 9

Sea Bells

Thu, Jan 22, 202630 mins

An old friend of the Herrick's is anxious for them to meet her fiancée. The man claims to be a logger from Seattle, however, when he claims to know a lumber magnate that John Herrick made up, the tug boat skipper decides to investigate the man's background and doesn't like what he finds.

Episode 10

Tug O'War

Thu, Jan 22, 202630 mins

Captain John and his old rival, Dan Cord, have a tugboat race to determine the winner of a lucrative contract.

Episode 11

Tailor-Made Trouble

Thu, Jan 22, 202630 mins

While having a suit altered, Herrick hears the tailor's assistant being dragged from the store. Later, he sees the man's ugly tie in a waste basket on a ship he will be towing out to sea. Rather than wait for his son, a police detective, Herrick decides to search the vessel for the missing man.

Episode 12

Troubled Waters

Thu, Jan 22, 202630 mins

Captain John is about to take a trip up to Puget Sound along with his good friend Anthony. However, when Jim informs his father that he and the FBI are about to nab Anthony for racketeering, many plans are changed.

Episode 13

The Rift

Thu, Jan 22, 202630 mins

Captain Herrick's interference in his younger son's romantic affairs nearly results in disaster.

Episode 14

First Mate

Thu, Jan 22, 202630 mins

When a body washes ashore with a bullet in the skull, Captain John's first mate - an ex-con - is the main suspect. But Captain John has faith in him anyway.

Episode 15

Warehouse Incident

Thu, Jan 22, 202630 mins

A young sailor down on his luck due to a war wound finds a job with a spice importer through Capt. Foster. What Foster doesn't realize is that the spice merchant has gambling debts and has farmed his warehouse operations out to mobsters.

Episode 16

High Water

30 mins

Episode 17

Floating Mine

Thu, Jan 22, 202630 mins

A floating mine is reported to be in the area at the same time that a dense fog moves in -- making for extreme danger. Additionally, bad actors plan to use the mine for their own nefarious ends.

Episode 18

Fog Bound

Thu, Jan 22, 202630 mins

Herrick becomes involved in art smuggling and murder when a Japanese ship he was supposed to guide into port is delayed at sea by thick fog.

Episode 19

Live Cargo

Thu, Jan 22, 202630 mins

Episode 20

Cap'n Christopher

Thu, Jan 22, 202630 mins

John and Carl Herrick try to hide a Polish refugee who escaped from a freighter and is now pursued by his communist shipmates.

Episode 21

Tension

Thu, Jan 22, 202630 mins

A convict who Jim arrested way back in his rookie year is out of the slammer and ready to wreak vengeance upon his jailer.

Episode 22

Backwash

Thu, Jan 22, 202630 mins

Episode 23

Diamonds in the Rough

30 mins

The Herricks and Terry Van Buren rescue three travelers marooned in a dinghy. The wayfarers explain that their ship struck a rock and sank, but Captain John becomes suspicious when they can't describe the vessel they were sailing in.

Episode 24

The Long Beach Pier

Tue, Feb 1, 195530 mins

Captain Herrick becomes involved with communist agents when one steals some of his clothing.

Episode 25

Portia of the Sea

Thu, Jan 22, 202630 mins

When a freighter runs aground on a reef outside San Pedro killing the captain in the process, the skipper's law student daughter enlists Captain Herrick's assistance to prove him innocent of negligence.

Episode 26

Anchors of the Past

Thu, Jan 22, 202630 mins

When the Ocean Avenue Inn is violently robbed, Jim suspects Clem, the ex-con. But Captain John has faith in his old friend.

Episode 27

Driftwood

Thu, Jan 22, 202630 mins

An elderly pair of ex-cons who quietly run a gift shop are recognized by one of their past marks and exposed. Meanwhile, a young couple are swindling the waterfront community of thousands of dollars needed to build a gym for their community center.

Episode 28

Drawbridge Incident

Thu, Jan 22, 202626 mins

A drawbridge operator with a collection of valuable stamps becomes the target of a couple of toughs who owe money to a gangster.

Episode 29

Tuna Clipper

30 mins

A young soldier, recently released from the army, is convinced to join a wine importing business by his fiancée, over his mother's objections. Captain Herrick becomes suspicious and starts to dig into the background of the importer and young man's girlfriend.

Episode 30

The White Ducks

Thu, Jan 22, 202630 mins

Carl's duck hunting trip doesn't go well. First Terry insists that the birds are too beautiful to shoot, then a crazed old man pops up to insist that he return to the mainland. Once on shore, Carl suffers a series of accidents, which Terry believes were caused by a curse that the old man placed on her boyfriend.

Episode 31

Star Bright

Thu, Jan 22, 202630 mins

Captain Herrick is hired to serve as a movie company's technical advisor. His first job is quite enjoyable - teach a pretty starlet how to look like she's piloting his vessel. His bubble is burst when he learns the actress' business manager is wanted for espionage and his client is suspected of being part of his spy ring.

Episode 32

Harbor Piracy

Thu, Jan 22, 202626 mins

A thief murders one of Captain Herrick's friends while stealing a radio. Herrick comes to the aid of the frightened accomplice when the killer tries to run him over with his speedboat. The tugboat captain finds himself in danger when the killer decides to eliminate all possible witnesses to the crime.

Episode 33

The Sea and Captain Taggart

Thu, Jan 22, 202630 mins

A year after the tragic event, a woman still blames a tugboat captain for the death of her husband when his boat blew up, killing the crew and leaving him wheelchair bound.

Episode 34

Ghost Tug

Thu, Jan 22, 202630 mins

On a haul out to Santa Cruz Island, Carl goes missing. His tug is found abandoned and adrift, and the hawser line is neatly severed.

Episode 35

F.O.B. Vera Cruz

Thu, Jan 22, 202630 mins

Captain Herrick tries to help a young Mexican boy who he found hiding in a rail yard find his uncle and deal with U.S. Immigration Department officials.

Episode 36

Night at the Lighthouse

Thu, Jan 22, 202630 mins

Marie Turner, a waitress at a waterfront restaurant, recognizes the robber who murdered the bartender during a robbery gone bad. After refusing to identify the killer, she attempts to go into hiding working as the housekeeper at a lighthouse but the crooks

Episode 37

Live Bait

Tue, Jun 7, 195530 mins

A loan shark who has branched out into blackmail, and John finds himself involved after a series of events.

Episode 38

Oil Island

Thu, Jan 22, 202630 mins

Carl's oil shipments have been coming up short and he has been frequently mysteriously absent. Mr. Van Buren is suspicious but Terry and the Cap'n have faith in Carl.

Episode 39

Christmas in San Pedro

Wed, Dec 1, 195430 mins

Runaway boy is returned to family for Christmas