The Beachcombers

season 3

This series chronicles the adventures of a professional lumber salvager and his friends in British Columbia, Canada as they try to live their lives while preventing the local pest, Relic, from ruining it.

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23 Episodes

  • Sheet of Flame
    E1
    Sheet of FlameMcloskey, the irrepressible Irishman, gets onto a scheme for fiddling the insurance company by insuring a boat he means to sink. He suckers an unwitting Nick into his fraudulent endeavors, and the two of them strive heroically (and criminally) to sink the old scow, despite the insistent intervention of well-meaning friends, who keep "saving" her.
  • Angus Calhoun
    E2
    Angus CalhounGus Calhoun, 9, city-reared, and brimming with the suspicious knowledge of the lanes, makes his introduction in, this scene, and quickly conflicts head-on with Relic. Scratch's money box disappears - Angus coincidentally took it, yet conditions point to Relic, who pretends amnesia while stalking the kid to find the whereabouts of the missing cash. An energizing vessel pursue disentangles the secret.
  • The Swell
    E3
    The SwellJesse is beguiled by the harum-scarum antics of the crew of "The Swell", and decides to sign on, abandoning Molly's Reach and Nick's Salvage for a change of pace aboard this madcap tug-cum-freighter. An incredulous Molly spearheads a series of efforts to bring Jesse to his senses before she and the family realize they must let him go his own way.
  • Benyon's Ghost
    E4
    Benyon's GhostWhile attempting to help a young ladyrestore her abandoned sawmill, Nick, Hugh and Margaret fall victims to the whimsies of a cruelly capricious 'ghost'. Eventually, the young lady's eccentric Uncle Bo, long believed dead, is discovered to be the culprit -- or is he ...?
  • The Practical Joke
    E5
    The Practical JokeOut of gas, with a damaged boat and an injured leg, Col. Spranklin fights to save his own life and Margaret's when they are caught in the middle of a war of practical jokes being waged between Nick and Relic.
  • Cargo of Gold
    E6
    Cargo of GoldRelic mistakes an elderly beekeeper's cargo of "liquid gold" for the real thing. He battles Persephone for possession of the gold, and finds himself overwhelmed by a swarming hive of honey bees. It's up to Nick and Hugh to rescue the bees from their tree-top perch.
  • Fortunes of War
    E7
    Fortunes of WarGus Calhoun's natural animosity towards Relic accelerates into furious rivalry as the two slug it out in a fierce air-sea battle between their radio-controlled giant model planes, with each determined to be 'king o' the skies'.
  • Jet-Boat Gemini
    E8
    Jet-Boat GeminiA ruthless imposter masquerades as Relic, with an identical jet-boat. Relic is blamed for a series of increasingly impudent crimes until Gus and Margaret finger the Imposter, and the two jet-boats clash head-on in a ferocious dog-fight to the death.
  • Boom Inspector
    E9
    Boom InspectorRelic betrays his brother beachcombers by going to work as the Boom Inspector - a position designed to eliminate floating logs and therefore the beachcombers' livelihood, from Howe Sound. He nearly runs them all out of business before Nick out-foxes him.
  • Winner Lose All
    E10
    Winner Lose AllHughie gets a new girl friend, but antagonism between her rich parents and the gang at Molly's Reach involves the young pair in a sailboat race that nearly wrecks their romance.
  • Pandora's Box
    E11
    Pandora's BoxGus Calhoun and Relic are at it again, this time vying for undersea treasure by fishing with magnets. Their rivalry literally blows up in their faces when what they think is a treasure chest turns out to be an explosive mine.
  • Identity Crisis
    E12
    Identity CrisisPrompted by Gus, Margaret develops the fantasy that she is adopted. Preoccupation with the imminent Beachcombers' Ball prevents Molly and Nick from realizing what she is up to, until she confronts Nick with the accusation that he is her real father. Molly persuades her it is untrue by finally revealing the real story of her parents' death in a boating accident.
  • Here Comes Santa Claus
    E13
    Here Comes Santa ClausThe Brotherhood of Unaffiliated Beachcombers sponsors the annual Christmas cruise to carry "Santa" Nick and his sleigh to the kids on the outlying islands. When an accident puts Relic in the Santa Claus suit, events get wildly out of hand.
  • Boss Log
    E14
    Boss LogIs Hughie a man? Or just the 'kid' Nick and Relic believe him to be? His struggle to salvage a monster log decides the issue.
  • Nick and the Amazons
    E15
    Nick and the AmazonsThree renegade schoolgirls in revolt against their school's old-fashioned ways involve Margaret in a madcap scheme to kidnap Nick. It is up to their games mistress to teach them that the ends do not justify the means.
  • The Shell Game
    E16
    The Shell GameGibson's has its first bank robbery In fifty years, and the loot ends up right in Nick's lap. Half the town gets into this game of "Money, money, who's got the money" before the robbery is solved.
  • The Colonel's Princess
    E17
    The Colonel's PrincessA government yacht with visiting royalty aboard triggers an adventure for Nick and the kids at Molly's Reach, which threatens to end in heartbreak for Margaret's friend, old Col. Spranklin.
  • The Glory Hole
    E18
    The Glory HoleNick and Mcloskey salt a gold mine to tempt Relic and are caught in a local gold rush when Relic turns up with the genuine article.
  • Shotguns and Lovers
    E19
    Shotguns and LoversNick goes acourting but it is Hughie who takes the rap when the young lady turns out to have two great big brothers and a father with a shotgun and oldfashioned ideas about marriage.
  • Charade
    E20
    CharadeMargaret's pen pal has tried to keep her mongoloid brother a secret. The secret explodes in her face and both girls learn something about how dangerous lies can be.
  • The Saturday Night Millionaire
    E21
    The Saturday Night MillionaireJesse is on his way through Gibson's Landing to a wild weekend in a Vancouver gambling club. But Molly gets wind of his plans and decides to teach him that money does not necessarily buy fun.
  • Too Many Cooks
    E22
    Too Many CooksNick and the kids are condemned to Ma Calhoun's cooking when Molly goes on a trip, and ends up on Vancouver's skidroad.
  • Deepfreeze
    E23
    DeepfreezeA chance exploration of a fish packer creates unexpected danger for Hughie, his girlfriend Francesca, and Margaret when the packer sails with the three kids as reluctant stowaways

 

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