Season 1

Season 1 (1983)




Episodes List

Ep.1 Pilot

Air Date: 1983-10-02

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.

Ep.2 Divided We Fall

Air Date: 1983-10-15

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.

Ep.3 When Honor Dies

Air Date: 1983-10-22

When Roy gets ambushed, he sets out on his own, while Colleen finds out just how close Chance and her dead ex-husband was.

Ep.4 Walls of Fear

Air Date: 1983-10-29

Whit finally expresses his true feelings towards Grace. Lenny Hollister and Sanchez send the Champions an unusual gift.

Ep.5 Sins of the Father

Air Date: 1983-11-05

After spotting stashed drugs on The Yellow Rose Ranch an anticipated pursuit follows.

Ep.6 Breaking Trail

Air Date: 1983-11-12

After Jeb Hollister undermines the Champions potential transaction for trucks to haul their cattle, they must find another way to get the job done.

Ep.7 Moving Targets

Air Date: 1983-11-19

Quisto Champion meets with Jeb Hollister to make a peace agreement. Juliette Hollister shows up to cover the cattle drive.

Ep.8 Trail's End

Air Date: 1983-11-26

Jeb Hollister continues to stop the cattle drive by any means necessary. Whit is told something that he can't believe.

Ep.9 A Question of Love

Air Date: 1983-12-10

Whit Champion takes to the road to find Grace while at the same time he his being hunted by the law.

Ep.10 Only the Proud

Air Date: 1983-12-17

As The Yellow Rose clan go to lengths to free Whit's name Juliette is having doubts about her relationship with Roy.

Ep.11 Divide and Conquer

Air Date: 1984-01-07

After Chance finds two dead cows on the ranch, it leads to Jeb Hollister making a contractual proposal to the Champions, with one caveat.

Ep.12 Hell Hath No Fury

Air Date: 1984-01-14

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.

Ep.13 Deadline

Air Date: 1984-01-21

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.

Ep.14 Land of the Free

Air Date: 1984-02-11

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.

Ep.15 Sport of Kings

Air Date: 1984-02-18

After L.C. disappears at the racetrack, Chance takes to the streets to find out what people know.

Ep.16 Running Free

Air Date: 1984-02-25

After numerous altercations with a white stallion, Roy comes to the conclusion he's got to get rid of it.

Ep.17 Sacred Ground

Air Date: 1984-03-10

Chance finds himself in a shootout while Roy, Whit, Luther, Colleen and an immigrant family go up against a construction crew.

Ep.18 Debt of Honor

Air Date: 1984-03-17

Roy gets worried when his brother comes home asking for $350,000 and then Whit starts looking up to him.

Ep.19 Chains of Fear

Air Date: 1984-03-24

Feeling guilty, Quisto decides to join a work camp to expose the inhumane habits it does.

Ep.20 Beyond Vengeance

Air Date: 1984-04-28

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.

Ep.21 Villa's Gold

Air Date: 1984-05-05

When the Champions hire a new cook, L.C. learns that's not all she is.

Ep.22 The Far Side of Fear

Air Date: 1984-05-12

An old foe of Chance McKenzie from prison shows up and starts making everybody's life hell.