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Season 1 – Here Come the Brides

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The adventures of some loggers and the marriageable single women sent to them in post-Civil War America when they are in Seattle in the Washington Territory.
Here Come the Brides — Season 1

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Robert Brown

Jason Bolt

Bobby Sherman

Jeremy Bolt

David Soul

Joshua Bolt

Bridget Hanley

Candy Pruitt

Mark Lenard

Aaron Stempel

Joan Blondell

Lottie Hatfield

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 25, 1968 Pilot The Bolt brothers, owners of a logging camp in 1850s Seattle, head to New England to get prospective brides for their men. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 2, 1968 A Crying Need The brides threaten to leave unless Jason hires a town doctor but are angry when the only physician he can find is a woman. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 9, 1968 And Jason Makes Five A backwoods woman (Jennifer West) eyeing Jason as a potential spouse decides to say he is the father of her three children. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 16, 1968 The Man of the Family The Rev. Giddings is all set to wed Polly -- until the surprise arrival of her 10-year-old son; Essie sees Debra with Swede. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 23, 1968 A Hard Card to Play Stempel brings a gambler (Phil Bruns) and his wife (Sheree North) to town, knowing Jason can't resist the urge to gamble. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 30, 1968 Letter of the Law After signing a sheriff (John Marley) to an ironclad three-year contract, the townspeople discover he is a merciless zealot. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 6, 1968 Lovers and Wanderers Confusion reigns as Swede splits with Miss Essie and quits his job, and Miss Essie is convinced Jason is in love with her. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 20, 1968 A Jew Named Sullivan Jason turns matchmaker for a local man named Sullivan and a Jewish girl (Linda Marsh) who is threatening to leave Seattle. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 27, 1968 The Stand Off Stempel buys land between the Bolts' property and the river, and then refuses to allow the Bolts to haul their logs across. Details Episode 10 Aired Dec 4, 1968 A Man and His Magic A medicine-show man (Jack Albertson) arrives in town and proceeds to prevent an impending flood and cure Jeremy's stutter. Details Episode 11 Aired Dec 18, 1968 A Christmas Place Afraid the boy will be killed at Easter, two motherless girls try to protect a baby born on Christmas. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 1, 1969 After a Dream, Comes Mourning Jeremy stalls the New Bedford girls, as Jason and Joshua hurriedly build a dormitory with lumber they charmed from Stempel. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 8, 1969 The Log Jam Jeremy's plan to wed Candy leads the other brides to think more marriage proposals will soon follow; guest Sam Melville. Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 15, 1969 The Firemaker While an arsonist stalks the camp, the competition between two ardent suitors heats up; guests Edward Asner, Monte Markham. Details Episode 15 Aired Jan 22, 1969 Wives for Wakando Indians seeking wives abduct three brides after the Bolts turn down a request to trade skins for women; guest Susan Howard. Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 29, 1969 A Kiss for Just So Jason falls for an Amish girl but finds it difficult to live the peaceful Amish way when an extortionist mounts an attack. Details Episode 17 Aired Feb 5, 1969 Democracy Inaction Seattle's first mayoral election finds Joshua running against Aaron and the brides demanding the vote; guest Logan Ramsey. Details Episode 18 Aired Feb 12, 1969 One Good Lie Deserves Another Lottie's former suitor (Lew Ayres), a con man, arrives in Seattle and swindles the brides out of their newly awarded land. Details Episode 19 Aired Feb 19, 1969 One to a Customer Several of the brides receive proposals from one Mormon farmer and decide to use him to make their usual suitors jealous. Details Episode 20 Aired Feb 26, 1969 A Dream That Glitters Candy has Jeremy plant gold in a worthless mining claim to give its owner (Will Geer), her grandfather, the will to live. Details Episode 21 Aired Mar 5, 1969 The Crimpers Jason and Stempel join forces to rescue Jeremy and Joshua after the younger Bolt brothers are shanghaied in Port Angeles. Details Episode 22 Aired Mar 12, 1969 Mr. & Mrs. J. Bolt Joshua and a bride (Mary Jo Kennedy) must pretend to be married to save the girl from her swindling guardian (Henry Jones). Details Episode 23 Aired Mar 19, 1969 A Man's Errand Jeremy wins a big lumber contract for the Bolt brothers, only to have the purchaser offer him a job on a new clipper ship. Details Episode 24 Aired Mar 26, 1969 Loggerheads Sibling lawyers (Hal England, Alan Oppenheimer) come to Seattle and turn a quarrel between Jason and Joshua into a lawsuit. Details Episode 25 Aired Apr 9, 1969 Marriage Chinese Style Jeremy's rescue of a betrothed Chinese girl puts him in trouble with both Candy and a Chinese patriarch; guest Bruce Lee. Details Episode 26 Aired Apr 16, 1969 The Deadly Trade After Will Harmon's accidental death, his tyrannical father (R.G. Armstrong) and brothers arrive in Seattle to take revenge. Details

Season Info

Director
Richard Kinon, E.W. Swackhamer, Jerrold Bernstein, Paul Junger Witt, Bob Claver, Herb Wallerstein, Harvey Hart, R. Robert Rosenbaum
Screenwriter
William Blinn, Skip Webster, James Amesbury, Don Tait, Albert Beich, Gerry Day, John O'Dea, Jo Heims, Oliver Crawford, N. Richard Nash, Don Balluck, Jay Simms
Network
ABC
Genre
Drama, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 25, 1968