Here Come the Brides
Season 1
To avoid losing their logging crew, the Bolt brothers bring 100 prospective brides from New Bedford, Massachusetts to Seattle, Washington, using money borrowed from sawmill owner Stempel. Should one of the girls decide to go home, or should they fail to meet Stempel's timber quotas, they will still lose their mountain to him.
Where to Watch Season 1
26 Episodes
- The Pilot
E1The PilotThe Bolt brothers (Jason, Joshua and Jeremy) bet their mountain that they can bring one hundred marriageable women back to Seattle and that those women will remain in Seattle for a year. In exchange, Aaron Stempel funds their expenses. The Bolt brothers arrive in New Bedford, Massachusetts--a town that has a shortage of men thanks to the Civil War (and probably the whaling industry). After a persuasive speech by Jason, the women enlist for the trip. Jason Bolt finds an old mule boat --er, ship-- and arranges passage on it for the women, his brothers and himself with Captain Roland Francis Clancey. They arrive back in Seattle and have a roaring celebration. - A Crying Need
E2A Crying NeedWith the pressure of a large logging contract with a late penalty, the Bolt brothers would be busy enough, but the brides, led by Candy Pruitt, have put together a petition. The town must get a doctor or they will leave. Jason heads to San Francisco in search of a doctor. The only one he can find has excellent credentials, but is a woman, which in the mid-1800s was very rare. He extends her the offer out of desperation and they sail back to Seattle. In the meantime, Joshua and Jeremy have been running the logging camp. Jeremy dynamites a log jam and is severely injured. Dr. Wright returns in time to save his life. To thank her, Jason throws her a welcome party, but attendance is mixed: the loggers go only because Jason insisted that they go, but only two of the brides show up. Jason delivers an impassioned speech to the brides about their prejudice. Dr. Wright realizes that even in unconventional Seattle, there is still a lot of uneasiness about a woman doctor and decides to leav - And Jason Makes Five
E3And Jason Makes FiveHolly Houston rides into town with three small children and a plan to find herself a husband, so the judge won't take the kids from her. Her target? Jason Bolt. She manages to convince most of the town that Jason IS the father of the three children and that he'd promised to marry her. She then leaves the children with the brides and disappears from town. With the town mostly taking Holly's side, Jason tracks her down and tells her that he will teach her how to be a lady so that the judge will not take the children from her. She accepts his offer, hoping that he will marry her once she's more ladylike. At the custody hearing, everyone finds out that Jason is not the father and that Holly is not the mother. (She's the aunt.) The children will be sent to Ohio to live with their grandparents and Holly decides to accompany them there. In the final scene, Jason receives a note from Holly telling him how things went and asking him to introduce her to the eligible Mr. Aaron Stempel when - The Man Of The Family
E4The Man Of The FamilyThe Reverend has fallen in love with Miss Polly and is planning to ask her to marry him. This is good news for Jason until Clancey brings her son to Seattle. Stempel uses this to try and convince the people of Seattle that Polly is not a 'marriageable' woman. Also working against the Bolts is the fact that the boy does not want his mother to marry. - Letter of the Law
E6Letter of the LawClaude Dupre and his trappers are down from the mountains and desperate for some female companionship. They are attempting to break into the brides' dorm when they are met by the Bolt brothers and Aaron Stempel. Soon a huge brawl erupts between the two factions only to be stopped by the appearance of Sheriff Emmett Wade. He is a no nonsense law officer hired by Seattle to restore law and order. He assumes the job and his iron hand of justice comes down so hard that it's not order he's brought to Seattle but oppression. Jason and Aaron will have to work together to keep their friends out of jail and get rid of Sheriff Wade while staying within the letter of the law. - After A Dream Comes Mourning
E12After A Dream Comes MourningCan you believe it? Jason Bolt and his two brothers have been away from Seattle for more than half a year to bring back one hundred eligible ladies and... the men that they left behind FORGOT to build housing to accommodate the women!! This episode is told as a flashback as Biddie Cloom interviews Clancey in his ship about the first days after their arrival in Seattle. After a rousing celebration by the entire town, the men are about to have a congratulatory drink when Jason discovers that Big Swede and Corky forgot to build a dormitory. Realizing that lack of accommodation would be a great reason for the women not to stay and for them to lose their mountain, they hastily make plans to build a dormitory without letting the women know what's going on. In a delay tactic, Jason persuades Captain Clancey's navigator, Dimitri, to visit a nearby Russian settlement. This leaves Clancey without anyone familiar with navigating the West coast. Another part of Jason's plan includes taking the - The Log Jam
E13The Log JamJeremy proposes to Candy and Candy accepts. Everyone is thrilled for them except another logger named Lew. Lew thinks all the girls will want to get married now that Candy and Jeremy have gotten engaged. He raises doubts in Jeremy's mind and Jeremy and Candy call off their engagement. Candy and the other brides tell Jason somebody has to get married to break the log jam they've been experiencing. Jason decides that Lew is going to break the log jam. He pretends to be in love with Lew's girl Abigail and makes Lew jealous enough to marry her. Everything ends well with Candy and Jeremy deciding that they need to get to know each other better. - A Kiss For Just So
E16A Kiss For Just SoJason falls for an Amish girl in a wagon train party that has stopped over in Seattle. He must commit to the peaceful, non-violent Amish way of life if he is to pursue her, but finds it difficult when an extortionist threatens to provoke a union strike and attacks him outright. - Mr. & Mrs. J. Bolt
E22Mr. & Mrs. J. BoltOne of the brides, Peggy, ran away from New Bedford after forging the papers. Her guardian, Uncle Jebediah, is on his way to Seattle. The only problem is, he won't let her stay there unless she is married, which is why she wrote home to him to tell him that she had married Joshua Bolt. The uncle sees this as an opportunity, and outsmarts Jason to lose the mountain!
