The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.

Original title : Pilot
First Aired : 27.08.1993 (USA)
Director : Bryan Spicer
Writing credits : David Simkins, Jeffrey Boam
Cast : Billy Drago (John Bly), Kelly Rutherford (Dixie Cousins), John Pyper-Ferguson (Pete Hutter) , R. Lee Ermey (Brisco County Sr.), M.C. Gainey (Big Smith), Anne Tremko (Amanda Wickwire), James Drury (Ethan Emerson), Paul Brinegar (Francis Killbridge), James Hong (Lee Pow), Kevin Lowe (Agent Brown), Rayford Barnes (Sheriff Paulson), Bill Bolender (Lightning Bill), Peter Bromilow (Butler), Rick Dean (Lookout), Terry Funk (Defendant), Al Hansen (Man on Horseback), Eric Lawson (Outlaw #1), Lego Lewis (Outlaw #2), Stuart Whitman (Granville Thorogood), Robert Fuller (Kenyon Drummond), Chi-Muoi Lo (Loo), Norman Merrill (Scientist), Charles Noland (Scratchy), Armando Ortega (Waiter), Sunshine Parker (Stagecoach Driver #2), Jerry Potter (Stagecoach Driver #1), Stuart Quan (Lucky), Bert Remsen (Judge), Tim Simmons (Wagon Driver), Mark Twogood (Vulture Neck), Frank Vlastnik (Telegraph Clerk), John Astin (Professor Wickwire), Carlton Cuse (Owen)

The Story : When marshal Brisco County Sr. is gunned down by John Bly and his gang of outlaws, his son, bounty hunter Brisco County Jr., comes back from the East to gain revenge on the killers.
Note : 2 hours pilot

Original title : The Orb Scholar
First Aired : 03.09.1993 (USA)
Director : Andy Tennant
Writing credits : Carlton Cuse
Cast : Billy Drago (John Bly) , Robert Picardo (Deputy Puel), Brandon Maggart (Professor Ogden Coles), Pat Skipper (Donovan Joe), Herman Poppe (Sheriff Worth), Tom Simmons (Dobbs), Dewey Weber (Tate), David Youse (Todd the Waiter)

The Story : Brisco tracks Bly to a distant town where his childhood friend, Donovan, is the sheriff. But it's a trap set by Bly, and the second Orb is nearby as well.

Original title : No Man's Land
First Aired : 10.09.1993 (USA)
Director : Kim Manners
Writing credits : Tom Chehak
Cast : John Astin (Professor Albert Wickwire) , Denis Forest (Will Swill), Jeremy Roberts (Bill Swill), Judson Scott (Gil Swill), Tracey Walter (Phil Swill), Denise Crosby (Sheriff Jenny Taylor), Brook Susan Parker (K.C.), Corinna Everson (Katrina Schwenke (as Cory Everson)), Cameo Kneuer (Ilsa Schwenke), Shareen J. Mitchell (Dr. Quintano), Tegan West (Ed Swill), Andrew A. Rolfes (Smith)

The Story : Brisco is ordered to chase after the Swill brothers, a gang who stole an experimental tank from the Army. When he is injured in pursuit, Brisco is taken to a town populated by only women. When the Swill brothers show up shortly after him, it's up to Brisco and his new allies to stop them.

Original title : Brisco in Jalisco
First Aired : 19.07.1993 (USA)
Director : James A. Contner
Writing credits : Jeffrey Boam
Cast : Kelly Rutherford (Dixie Cousins), John Pyper-Ferguson (Pete Hutter) , Paul Brinegar (Francis Killbridge), Robert Fuller (Kenyon Drummond), Michael DeLorenzo (Emilio Pena), Miguel Perez (Aguerro), Marco Rodriguez (General Zaca)

The Story : When a shipment of guns are stolen, Brisco is sent to Mexico to track them down and make sure they don't become involved in a fight between an evil dictator and revolutionaries. When he finds himself sympathetic with the revolutionaries, however, Brisco is torn between doing his job and helping a noble cause.

Original title : Socrates' Sister
First Aired : 24.09.1993 (USA)
Director :
Writing credits : Chris Ruppenthal
Cast : John Astin (Professor Albert Wickwire), John Pyper-Ferguson (Pete Hutter) , Judith Hoag (Iphigenia Poole), William Russ (Jack Randolph), Ashby Adams (U.S. Attorney Ginger Breakstone), Yvette Nipar (Ellie), Al Pugliese (Guard #2)

The Story : Brisco manages to capture Jack Randolph, one of Bly's gang. However, he claims to be a different Jack Randolph. Socrates' sister Iphigenia arrives to defend him, and it turns out she was also in a romantic correspondence with him. Randolph is the real Randolph, and uses Iphigenia to break out and try to recover stolen treasure in a submerged town.

Original title : Riverboat
First Aired : 01.10.1993 (USA)
Director : Fred Gerber
Writing credits : John Warren
Cast : Kelly Rutherford (Dixie Cousins) , Xander Berkeley (Brett Bones), Don Stroud (Randy Hatchett), Montae Russell (Wylie Turner), Brandon Bluhm (Telegraph Boy), Charles Hyman (2nd Sheriff), Robert Prentiss (Ringo Kid), Glenn Taranto (Referee)

The Story : Brisco heads to Louisiana to capture Brett Bones, a member of Bly's gang who runs a riverboat gambling ring. With Bones holding a letter of immunity from the governor, however, Brisco and his allies are forced to weave a complicated plot in order to trap him.

Original title : Pirates!
First Aired : 08.10.1993 (USA)
Director : Daniel Attias
Writing credits : Richard Outten
Cast : Andrew Divoff (Blackbeard LaCutte), Adam Wylie (Charlie Sims), Robert O'Reilly (Sketch), Yvette Nipar (Ellie), Michael Denney (Weaver), James Greene (Mr. Cartwright), Josh Lozoff (Dr. Spencer), Janel Moloney (Mary Sims), Joseph Pilato (Big Ed), John Walcutt (Clayton Sims)

The Story : Blackbeard LaCutte, a member of Bly's gang, fancies himself a pirate of the land, and intercepts stagecoaches and wagons and "boards" them. Brisco and Bowler team up again to track him down when LaCutte steals a town's supplies, including the medicine necessary to cure a dying boy.

Original title : Senior Spirit
First Aired : 15.10.1993 (USA)
Director : Michael Lange
Writing credits : John McNamara
Cast : John Astin (Professor Albert Wickwire), Billy Drago (John Bly) , R. Lee Ermey (Brisco County Sr.), Jason Marsden (Jason Barkley), Yvette Nipar (Ellie), Steve Rankin (Remy), James DiStefano (Loco Bob), Adrian Sparks (Jebediah Barkley), Kort Falkenberg (Old Man), Barbara Pilavin (Old Woman)

The Story : On the trail of Bly once more, Brisco is confronted by the ghost of his father, who hints at his mysterious destiny with the Orb, hints that there are other Orbs, and helps him to track down Bly. Brisco Jr. must also deal with his obsession with Bly, and decide which is more important: bringing in the outlaw or endangering innocent lives.

Original title : Brisco for the Defense
First Aired : 22.10.1993 (USA)
Director : Andy Tennant
Writing credits : John McNamara, David Simkins
Cast : Edward Blatchford (Dr. Matthew Carter), Felton Perry (Sheriff Bumper), Tony Jay (Judge Silot Gatt), Carol Huston (Cassie Crow), John Bellucci (Dwayne Melon), Mark Bramhall (Bennett McKenzie), Jensen Daggett (Charlotte Ketchum), Carmen Filpi (Titus Miller), James Harlow (Bart), Jack Orend (Rufus Wells), Duane Tucker (Bewtell Ogilvey)

The Story : Brisco is called upon by an old friend, a doctor, to serve as defense lawyer when the guy is accused of murdering a prominent citizen. Despite the hostility of the townsfolk, the sheriff, and the judge,who is disdainful of Brisco's Harvard roots, having graduated from Yale himself.

Original title : Showdown
First Aired : 29.10.1993 (USA)
Director : Kim Manners
Writing credits : David Simkins
Cast : Jessica Tuck (Annie Cavendish), John P. Ryan (Sheriff Bob Cavendish), Anthony Starke (Olaf Brackman), Richard Venture (Mack Brackman), Ashby Adams (U.S. Attorney Breakstone), Michael Bowen (Bishop Brackman), David Carpenter (Hench), Sibel Ergener (Ellen), Kirk B. R. Woller (Villian #2), Thomas Hobson (Duncan), Ken Johnson (Barney), Vincent Klyn (Utah Johnny Montana), James Staley (Mayor Dartley)

The Story : Brisco returns to his hometown to help an old friend of the family, the town sheriff, deal with a villainous cattle baron. He also renews a relationship with the sheriff's daughter and his previous girlfriend.

Original title : Deep in the Heart of Dixie
First Aired : 05.11.1993 (USA)
Director : Joe Napolitano
Writing credits : Brad Kern, John Wirth
Cast : Kelly Rutherford (Dixie Cousins) , David Warner (Winston Smiles), Andrea Parker (Rita Avnet), James Greene (Mr. Cartwright), Ashby Adams (U.S. Attorney Breakstone), Deke Anderson (Simkins), Joseph Anthony (Ricardo), Michael Lowry (Ricketts), Jose Perez (Roberto), Janet Rotblatt (Mother Superior)

The Story : A ruthless assassin, Winston Smiles, is on the trail of Dixie Cousins because of vital evidence that she has against his employer. Brisco and Bowler come to her aid, and the trail leads to a nunnery where Dixie hid the evidence.

Original title : Crystal Hawks
First Aired : 12.11.1993 (USA)
Director : Win Phelps
Writing credits : John McNamara
Cast : Billy Drago (John Bly) , Sheena Easton (Crystal Hawks), M.C. Gainey (Big Smith), Rayford Barnes (Sherman Paulson), Kevin Lowe (Agent Brown), Tom Dahlgren (Sandstedt), James Gleason (Marvin Lee), Patrick Fischler (Guard), Adrienne Hampton (Female Bank Teller), John Mueller (Officer), John Voldstad (Bruno Kell), Joseph Whipp (U.S. Marshal), Harry Woolf (Harold Smith)

The Story : When investigating a crooked bank manager, Brisco witnesses his murder at the hands of Big Smith, a member of Bly's gang thought to be dead. Accussed of this murder and given a bounty, Brisco chases after Big Smith to clear his name, all the while being pursed by a relentless female bounty hunter named Crystal Hawks.

Original title : Steel Horses
First Aired : 19.11.1993 (USA)
Director : Kim Manners
Writing credits : Tom Chehak
Cast : John Astin (Professor Albert Wickwire) , Don Michael Paul (Juno Dawkins), Corinna Everson (Katrina Schwenke (as Cory Everson)), Cameo Kneuer (Ilsa Schwenke), Geoffrey Blake (Beck), James Greene (Mr. Cartwright), Kevin Lowe (Agent Brown), Brian Cousins (Hans), Dennis Fimple (Gully Barton), Josh Richman (Angel)

The Story : Brisco is on the trail of a Bly gang member who uses prototype motorcycles to carry out robberies.

Original title : Mail Order Brides
First Aired : 10.12.1993 (USA)
Director : Michael Schultz
Writing credits : David Simkins, John Wirth, Tom Chehak
Cast : Elizabeth Barondes (Meg O'Brien), Romy Rosemont (Sally Dane), Kim Walker (Caitlin Ward), Denis Forest (Will Swill), Jeremy Roberts (Bill Swill), Tracey Walter (Phil Swill), Nan Martin (Lil Swill), Abraham Alvarez (King of Spain), Armando Ortega (Bartender), John Vargas (Mendosa)

The Story : While back on the trail of the Swill brothers, Brisco and Bowler rescue three mail-order brides making their way to Denver who had their dowries stolen by the Swills. The Swills' newest plan is to steal a bull sent from Madrid, Spain to Madrid, CA as a token of peace and hold it for ransom. After escaping from the Swills' mother Lil (who holds them responsible for the death of her son Gil, in No Man's Land), they manage to thwart the Swills in Madrid.

Original title : AKA Kansas
First Aired : 17.12.1993 (USA)
Director : Rob Bowman
Writing credits : Brad Kern, John McNamara
Cast : Kelly Rutherford (Dixie Cousins) , Christopher Rich (Doc McCoy), Andrea Parker (Rita Avnet), Ashby Adams (U.S. Attorney Breakstone), Obba Babatunde (Mongoose), Robert Keith (Kansas Wily Stafford), Peter Dennis (Reginald), Zachary Mott (Gunman), Andreas Renell (Spurzem), Vaughn Armstrong (Major)

The Story : Doc McCoy, a member of Bly's gang, plans to steal an experimental cannon and use it to steal an Orb. McCoy happens to be the ex-husband of Dixie Cousins, and with her help (and the guise of Kansas Wily Stafford) Brisco works his way into McCoy's circle to try and thwart his plot.

Original title : Bounty Hunter's Convention
First Aired : 07.01.1994 (USA)
Director : Kim Manners
Writing credits : James L. Novack
Cast : David Youse (Todd the Desk Clerk), Morgan Woodward (Sam Travis), Ian Ogilvy (Furlong), J.G. Hertzler (Edward Hayes/Myron Stempler), Johnathon Schaech (Nevada Cooper), Clare Wren (Rosalind Peters), Luis Contreras (El Gato), Rex Linn (Mountain McClain), Robert Winley (Snakeskinner), Clement von Franckenstein (Dr. Ambrose Curber)

The Story : Brisco and Bowler are invited to a gathering of bounty hunters. However, the bounty hunters start getting murdered one by one, "Ten Little Indians" style. The pair must figure out who is responsible, and how to stop them.

Original title : Fountain of Youth
First Aired : 14.01.1994 (USA)
Director : Michael Caffey
Writing credits : Kathryn Baker
Cast : Billy Drago (John Bly) , James Hong (Lee Pow), Terri Ivens (Lillian Cole), Brandon Maggart (Professor Ogden Coles), Wolf Larson (Berkey), Blake Bailey (Maxfield), Dan Blom (Lars), Gregg Thomsen (Bruno)

The Story : Brisco receives a telegram from Professor Coles, and arrives to find a trap set by Bly to force Coles to lead him to the Orb. With Coles' daughter, Lillian, seeking the orb for her own purposes as well, Brisco and Bowler must race to stop Bly and save the professor.

Original title : Hard Rock
First Aired : 04.02.1994 (USA)
Director : Joseph L. Scanlon
Writing credits : John McNamara
Cast : Jeff Phillips (Whip Morgan) , Gary Hudson (Sheriff Aaron Vila), Nicolas Surovy (Roy Hondo), William Frankfather (Sonny Red), Jonelle Kennedy (Lenore Raymond), Hawthorne James (Gage)

The Story : Brisco and Bowler arrive in Hard Rock, and foil local thug Gage and his gang from breaking up the restaurant run by Bowler's ex-girlfriend Lenore. It turns out he's working for Roy Hondo who is running a protection racket. Brisco, Bowler, and a young gunslinger named Whip work together to try and take Hondo down.

Original title : The Brooklyn Dodgers
First Aired : 11.02.1994 (USA)
Director : Kim Manners
Writing credits : Donald Marcus
Cast : Sam Anderson (Simon Wolf), Kenneth Tigar (Mr. Flint), Mercedes McNab (Shannon Trahern), Michael Cade (Tommy Trahern), Clark Heathcliffe Brolly (Billy Monahan), Melissa Berger (Harem Woman), Dennis Cockrum (Richard Grimes), Ryan Cutrona (Franklin Boggs), Scott Harlan (Callahan), Devon O'Brien (Housekeeper), Michael T. Weiss (Johnny), Clyde Kusatsu (Roy Shimamura)

The Story : Brisco and Bowler run afoul of two orphans, who are being hunted by the New York City mob because of their inheritance. The bounty hunters agree to help get the orphans to San Francisco, while Socrates looks into their origins to give them legal help.

Original title : Bye Bly
First Aired : 18.02.1994 (USA)
Director : Kim Manners
Writing credits : Carlton Cuse
Cast : Billy Drago (John Bly) , Melanie Smith (Karina), Kevin Lowe (Agent Brown), Stewart Bick (Pepe Bendrix), Dennis Cockrum (Richard Grimes), Ryan Thomas Johnson (Kid), Richard Herd (President Grover Cleveland)

The Story : Brisco and Bowler pursue the last member of John Bly's gang, but are interrupted when a strange visitor arrives to tell them of the Orb, and Bly's plans for it.

Original title : Ned Zed
First Aired : 11.03.1994 (USA)
Director : Bryan Spicer
Writing credits : Jeffrey Boam
Cast : Casey Siemaszko (Ned Zed), Brenda Bakke (Frances McCabe), James Drury (Ethan Emerson), Ray Bumatai (Frenchy Bearpaux), Frederick Coffin (Father), Phillip Van Dyke (Son), Charles Bailey-Gates (Dell), Michael Boston (Ivan), Gary Carlos Cervantes (Chava), Fernanda Gordon (Maria), Robert Louis Kempf (Citizen Steve), Tom McCleister (Morgan), Matt McColm (Lt. Rayford), Vince Melocchi (Clerk), Steve Peterson (Bank Customer)

The Story : A father reads his son a bed-time story from a dime novel, of how Brisco County and his "loyal sidekick" Lord Bowler brought in the notorious Ned Zed.

Original title : Stagecoach
First Aired : 01.04.1994 (USA)
Director : Felix Enriquez Alcalá
Writing credits : Jeff Vlaming
Cast : John Pyper-Ferguson (Pete Hutter) , Lisa Collins (Emma Steed), Timothy Leary (Dr. Milo), Debra Jo Rupp (Ms. Plowright), Robert Covarrubias (Hector), Shelley Malil (Ashok), Richard McGonagle (Ashenden), Pat Millicano (Fred Mulch), Aries Spears (Bobby Swan), Carlton Cuse (Owen)

The Story : Brisco is assigned to transport an English spy, Emma Steed, to Mexico as part of an exchange. Trouble arises when it turns out there is an assassin aboard the stagecoach, sent to make sure Steed doesn't get to her destination.

Original title : Wild Card
First Aired : 08.04.1994 (USA)
Director : Larry Shaw
Writing credits : Brad Kern, John Wirth
Cast : Kelly Rutherford (Dixie Cousins), Jeff Phillips (Whip Morgan) , Cosmo Canale (Luca), Paul Ben-Victor (Joey Tataglia), Louis Giambalvo (Enzio Tataglia), Peter Dobson (Dino Tataglia), Gathering Marbet (Darla), Ted Markland (Duster #1), Herschel Sparber (Rex), Elaine Hendrix (Dolly Cousins)

The Story : When Brisco and Bowler witness what seems to be Dixie Cousins robbing a coach while en route to Reno, they track down Dixie to investigate. Upon doing so, they end up involved in a fight between Dixie and her sister, Dolly, and a local mob attempting to monopolize the local casinos.

Original title : And Baby Makes Three
First Aired : 22.04.1994 (USA)
Director : Kevin S. Bright
Writing credits : Tracy Friedman
Cast : Jeff Phillips (Whip Morgan), Kelly Rutherford (Dixie Cousins), John Pyper-Ferguson (Pete Hutter) , David Youse (Todd the Caterer), James Hong (Lee Pow), Tzi Ma (Chan), Peter Dennis (Reginald), Gary Armagnac (Watch Sergeant), Francois Chau (Aide), Craig Ryan Ng (Warrior)

The Story : Pete Hutter returns once again, this time dropping a baby in Dixie Cousins' arms before being captured by ninja from the Black Lotus clan. While taking care of the baby and looking into the group, Brisco discovers a very personal connection to the Black Lotus, and will stop at nothing to find them.

Original title : Bad Luck Betty
First Aired : 29.04.1994 (USA)
Director : Joseph Scanlan
Writing credits : Tony Blake, Paul Jackson
Cast : Jeff Phillips (Whip Morgan) , Jane Sibbett (Diana Grayson), Annabella Price (Bad Luck Betty O'Donnell), Dana Craig (Pearson), John Doucette (Sheriff Hyde), Edith Fields (Mrs. Van Allen), Don Keith Opper (Riley), Adam Hendershott (Bog), Morgan Hunter (Mr. Cross)

The Story : When Socrates vanishes during his birthday party, Brisco & co. follow his trail to Midnightville, a town in which Socrates used to work as a lawyer. Soon people of the town start being murdered, each of them connected to an old murder trial which Socrates was involved in, and Brisco races to piece together the mystery before Socrates is the next body found.

Original title : High Treason (1/2)
First Aired : 13.05.1994 (USA)
Director : Kim Manners
Writing credits : Brad Kern, Tom Chehak, John Wirth
Cast : John Astin (Professor Albert Wickwire), John Pyper-Ferguson (Pete Hutter), Jeff Phillips (Whip Morgan) , Terry Bradshaw (Colonel March), Ely Pouget (Jennifer Hart), Gary Hudson (Sheriff Aaron Vila), Michael Fairman (General Quarry), Andrew Hill Newman (Lieutenant Walker), Raye Birk (Prosecuting Attorney), Macon McCalman (Tribunal Head), Victor Rivers (Carlos Falco), Jaime Cardriche (Tiny Lee Jones), Bruce Gray (Courtmartial Panel Member), Sean Whitesell (Squad Sergeant), Michael Jace (Sgt.-at-Arms)

The Story : The army puts Brisco and Bowler on trial for high treason following the events of a special mission to Mexico to rescue a kidnapped newspaper tycoons' daughter. Even as Brisco pleads their side of the story, however, it is apparent that someone is determined to have them found guilty...

Original title : High Treason (2)
First Aired : 20.05.1994 (USA)
Director : Joseph Scanlan
Writing credits : Tom Chehak, John Wirth, Brad Kern
Cast : John Astin (Professor Albert Wickwire), John Pyper-Ferguson (Pete Hutter), Jeff Phillips (Whip Morgan) , Terry Bradshaw (Colonel Marsh), Michael Fairman (General Quarry), Ely Pouget (Jennifer Hart), Victor Rivers (Carlos Falco), Ken Norton Jr. (Aldo Buttuci), Carl Banks (Grissle Wallens), Jim Harbaugh (Mason "Cowboy" Dixon), Richard Herd (President Cleveland)

The Story : After escaping with the help of their friends, Brisco and Bowler are pursued by Colonel March and his gang of assassins. With March and General Quarry about to enact a traitorous plot, Brisco and Bowler race to stop them.