Lancer

Season 1

Lancer is an American Western series that aired on CBS from September 1968, to May 1970. The series stars Andrew Duggan, James Stacy, and Wayne Maunder as a father with two half-brother sons, an arrangement similar to the more successful Bonanza on NBC.

Where to Watch Season 1

26 Episodes

The High Riders
E1
The High RidersA rancher and his foreman (apparently) take out after horse thieves leaving the daughter of one of them behind. They ride into an ambush. The foreman is killed and the rancher is seriously injured. Then they cut to Boston (my neck of the woods). A young man and a young woman are seen in evening clothes in a room with the door locked. Just as things seem to be heating up there is a pounding on the door. Apparently the young lady's father knows they're in there, doesn't trust them and wants to get his hands on the young man who now scoops up his cape, hat and cane. He grabs an apple (""I hate to eat and run"") and goes out through her balcony window and drops safely to the ground below. He is then approached by a man claiming to be a Pinkerton Agent representing the young man's father. The young man whom we now know to be Scott Lancer is being offered $1000 plus all expenses to travel to California and speak with his father (whom he claims to have never met) for one hour. In Me
Blood Rock
E2
Blood RockThe Lancers help a 10-year-old orphan who wants to meet his outlaw father.
Chase a Wild Horse
E3
Chase a Wild HorseUsed to blowing in the wind, Johnny rebels against his new circumscribed lifestyle.
Foley
E4
FoleyScott is caught up in a family war when a young pregnant woman shoots her abusive husband and escapes in Scott's buckboard, sending the husband's family after both of them in revenge.
The Lawman
E5
The LawmanAn old friend of Murdoch's comes to claim his share of the ranch Murdoch said he could have before the boys came back. He has with him a prisoner who recognizes Johnny and asks him for help. The marshal seeing he no longer has a chance to be part of the ranch decides to help the prisoner escape. Only they are caught and end up killing the guard. Johnny comes in and is knocked out only to be discovered next to the dead guard. He is held for the murder. Scott and Murdoch go after the prisoner to clear Johnny. The marshall is arrested in the end. From Janet Bell.
Julie
E6
JulieAfter meeting a young woman, Scott is waylaid by two unscrupulous bounty hunters who claim he is the girl's outlaw brother whom they have been pursuing. The local sheriff gives Johnny two days to find the girl and prove Scott innocent, but the bounty hunters have no intention of waiting that long.
The Prodigal
E7
The ProdigalMurdoch meets an old flame, now widowed, and brings her to the ranch, where they rekindle their romance. But this is all threatened when her son comes to the ranch with another prisoner after their escape from an Army barracks, in which a guard was killed.
Jelly
E8
JellyThe Lancers take in supposedly injured stranger Jelly Hoskins, unaware that he is hiding money pilfered from bank robbers so that he can care for eight orphan boys.
Last Train for Charlie Poe
E9
Last Train for Charlie Poe
Glory
E10
GloryA pretty young woman and her grandfather try to con the Lancers out of $500 to pay a gambling debt.
The Heart of Pony Alice
E11
The Heart of Pony AliceJohnny gets more than he bargained for when he goes after a horse trader who cheated him and ends up taking care of the trader's feisty 10-year-old niece.
The Escape
E12
The EscapeThree men come to Morro Coyo to kill Scott, who they are convinced is responsible for the deaths of a group of fellow inmates during an escape from a Confederate prison during the Civil War.
The Wedding
E13
The WeddingScott and his friend Josh, a Lancer ranch hand, try to rescue Josh's fiancée, who was kidnapped by outlaws during the wedding ceremony.
Death Bait
E14
Death BaitA man with a vicious dog and a grudge against Jelly terrorizes Murdoch, Teresa and Jelly at Lancer while Scott and Johnny are away on a cattle drive.
The Black McGloins
E15
The Black McGloinsScott is duped by the attractive daughter of an Irish con artist whose family is robbing and intimidating the community.
Yesterday's Vengeance
E16
Yesterday's Vengeance
Warburton's Edge
E17
Warburton's EdgeTrying to avoid violence, Johnny ends up on the wrong side of a range war against Murdoch and the other ranchers of the valley.
The Fix-It Man
E18
The Fix-It ManThe Lancers' plan to build a jail in Spanish Wells unintentionally sets an old handyman against his former protégé, a saloon owner who is the puppet of the leader of a gang of toughs.
Angel Day and Her Sunshine Girls
E19
Angel Day and Her Sunshine GirlsA saloon entertainer (Cloris Leachman) appears at the Lancer ranch with a court order to claim Teresa, the child she once abandoned. Bolton: Mark Richman. Teresa: Elizabeth Baur. Murdoch: Andrew Duggan.
The Great Humbug
E20
The Great HumbugA grifter comes to town to cheat the locals in a phony land deal, straining the friendship between Murdoch and a neighbor who once saved Murdoch's life.
Juniper's Camp
E21
Juniper's CampMurdoch sends Scott and Johnny to rescue an old friend's daughter, who is about to marry a charming, manipulative and abusive man.
The Knot
E22
The KnotAfter a family of highway robbers shoots Scott and kidnaps Teresa, she begins to sympathize with one of her captors.
The Man Without a Gun
E23
The Man Without a GunWhen Sheriff Val Crawford is injured, newcomer to Green River, Clay Crisswell takes over temporarily. His civilized ways and the ability to subdue the rougher element of Green River without a gun make him popular with the businessmen, but things may not be what they seem.
Child of Rock and Sunlight
E24
Child of Rock and SunlightAfter being stranded in the desert, Scott is found and taken in to an abandoned mine by an inquisitive young boy. But the boy's family includes an outlaw uncle who plans to kill Scott and pass the body off as his own.
The Measure of a Man
E25
The Measure of a ManA schoolteacher encounters hostility and harassment when he arrives to start a school in a ranching community that has had no teacher before. When the teacher disappears after being taken out of town by night riders, his wife decides to continue in his place, and Johnny assists her despite continued resistance from children's parents.
Devil's Blessing
E26
Devil's BlessingMurdoch leaves on a stage for Yuma in hope of disproving assumptions that he's getting too old to take care of himself. But on the way, he and the stage driver are held up and left for dead. They walk to the town of Blessing, which they find is run by a crooked town boss who has the stage robbers in his employ.