Season 1 poster

Season 1

(1969)

Cast

Michael Parks as Jim Bronson
Michael Parks

as Jim Bronson

Episodes

The Runner poster

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September 17, 1969

In the season opener Jim Bronson takes a temp job at Hanrahan School, a summer camp for disturbed children run by noted…

The Old Motorcycle Fiasco poster

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September 24, 1969

When Bronson's motorbike is inadvertently badly damaged by a careless gasoline attendant a grizzled oldster Alex lets B…

...A Famine Where Abundance Lies poster

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October 1, 1969

Bronson is hired by lonely widower Monica to work on her ranch. Her teen-age daughter Lori soon becomes smitten with B…

The Circle of Time poster

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October 8, 1969

Bronson ends up in a ghost town whose sole resident is the venerable Hattie Calder. She piques Bronson's interest with…

Where Will the Trumpets Be? poster

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October 15, 1969

Miguel approaches motorbike riding using the same aggressive methods that he uses to fight bulls in the bullring. Bron…

Amid Splinters of the Thunderbolt poster

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October 22, 1969

Bronson travels to Colorado to find an old friend named Bucky O'Neill--a priest with a crisis of conscience. Bucky has…

The 3:13 Arrives At Noon poster

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October 29, 1969

Clay Turner is a bank robber and former local hero who has been imprisoned for years. When paroled and he returns to h…

Old Tigers Never Die—They Just Run Away poster

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November 5, 1969

Bronson stays at the home of Oliver a retired pressman who loves and loves to talk. Russ Faber learns that Bronson pla…

Your Love is Like a Demolition Derby in My Heart poster

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November 19, 1969

When Bronson arrives in town he meets and asks Leona out on a date. She has a brother, Darryl, whose excessive protect…

Two Percent of Nothing poster

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November 26, 1969

Bronson accepts two percent of a potential oil well, that is possibly ready to blow, in lieu of cash for work done for …

All The World and God poster

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December 3, 1969

Bronson befriends an attractive nurse, Barbara Timmons, who mourns the death of a doctor she worked with. Timmons cons…

A Long Trip to Yesterday poster

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December 10, 1969

Bronson helps a reluctant biker in distress, Henry Tate, with a loan when his bike breaks down on the road. In order t…

The Spitball Kid poster

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December 17, 1969

The arrogant William Lovering is regarded as a great pitcher in a local bush league baseball team. When Bronson rides …

Against A Blank Cold Wall poster

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December 24, 1969

Native American Tony Wade has taken his family into bleak country to perform his Vision Quest in order to reclaim his s…

Sibyl poster

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December 31, 1969

Bronson is charmed by Sibyl who fancies herself a witch and is part of a band of occultists lead by cult-leader Hermes.…

A-Pickin' an' A-Singin' poster

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January 14, 1970

Bronson becomes part of a singing duo with Billy Mulavey in order to compete in a song contest and land a job at a high…

The Gleam of the Eagle Mind poster

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January 21, 1970

When eccentric painter Juan Longorio paints a mural of a naked woman on the side of a barn it places him and Bronson in…

That Undiscovered Country... poster

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January 28, 1970

When Bronson arrives in an Amish community his tales of the ""outside world"" captivate a young man and woman, Harold M…

Lucky Day poster

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February 4, 1970

Bronson travels to see his cousin Eve Bronson in Reno, Nevada. Eve is engaged to marry Len and both decide to marry wh…

Mating Dance for Tender Grass poster

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February 11, 1970

Bronson and Native American Boise Idaho both vie for the attention of beautiful Tender Grass by entering a cross-countr…

The Mountain poster

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February 18, 1970

Like Ernest Hemingway, and like the character out of his novel The Sun Also Rises, the elder Wilson Ford is a renowned …

Still Waters poster

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February 25, 1970

Harve Traine, publisher of the ""The Pacific Grove Press,"" warns the community in a series of editorials about the eco…

The Forest Primeval poster

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March 4, 1970

In this environmental narrative Broson takes a bike trip in the ""Los Padres National Forest"" and runs into trouble af…

The Ninety-Nine Mile Circle poster

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March 11, 1970

Much like the vagabond Bronson, widower Isadore Katz left his business in New York City and took to the road in a campe…

The Mary R poster

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March 25, 1970

In this family story, Bronson helps uncle Herman and cousin Carl repair and restore an old fishing boat. Carl is passi…

What's An Ark Without Centaurs? poster

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April 1, 1970

In the series final episode Gus Samos hires Bronson to work on his yacht. Samos and his daughter Vhea are not communic…