The Lieutenant

Season 1

Situated at Camp Pendleton, the West Coast base of the U.S. Marine Corps, The Lieutenant focuses on the men of the Corps in peace time with a Cold War backdrop. The title character is Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice, a rifle platoon leader and one of the training instructors at Camp Pendleton. An hour-long drama, The Lieutenant explores the lives of enlisted Marines and general officers alike.

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29 Episodes

A Million Miles From Clary
E1
A Million Miles From ClaryStew Sallaway, champion goldbrick at Clary High, could always depend on his buddy Bill Rice to get him out of a jam. Now Stew is a Marine private, and his ailing father asks Rice to have the boy to his platoon.
Cool of the Evening
E2
Cool of the EveningRice goes to the aid of a young woman (Kathryn Hays) when he hears her scream in a dark alley, but then finds himself facing serious charges.
The Proud and the Angry
E3
The Proud and the AngryRice goes undercover as a private to investigate charges that Sgt. Karl Kasten (Rip Torn) is brutal in his training of new recruits.
Two-Star Giant
E4
Two-Star GiantRice is mistakenly assigned as an aide to General Stone (Neville Brand) just as the general is ordered to Washington to defend his policies at a Senate hearing.
A Very Private Affair
E5
A Very Private Affair2LT William T. Rice reports for his first assignment, and is forced to choose between winning the confidence of his new platoon by overlooking a fight or revealing the truth to MCAPT Raymond Rambridge.
To Take Up Serpents
E6
To Take Up SerpentsRice is assigned to an air base for training and comes to the realization that he has a fear of flying.
A Touching of Hands
E7
A Touching of HandsRice offers sympathy to the lonely wife of a fellow officer (Ina Balin), but soon finds himself the subject of malicious gossip.
Captain Thomson
E8
Captain ThomsonA gruff and tactless guerrilla warfare instructor (Paul Burke) makes impossible demands on his trainees.
Instant Wedding
E9
Instant WeddingRice is pressed upon by a friend to look after his girl in advance of a year-long posting in the far east without leave. She demands they marry right away, and it falls on Rice to quickly put together a formal Marine wedding ceremony.
A Troubled Image
E10
A Troubled ImageRice trains a group of Vietnamese combat officers and finds one of them is a beautiful woman.
Fall From A White Horse
E11
Fall From A White HorseRice is assigned to defend a fellow Marine officer (Andrew Prine) who is accused in a hit-and-run accident and is in danger of being court-martialed.
Alert
E12
AlertRice falls in love with a business executive's daughter (Sharon Farrell) who gives him an ultimatum of either leaving the Marine Corps or breaking off the relationship.
The Art of Discipline
E13
The Art of DisciplineRice loses control of his new platoon when he relaxes discipline to win friends.
The Alien
E14
The AlienRambridge conducts a double courtship in an effort to get married to a stewardess (Madlyn Rhue) as quickly as possible in order to adopt a Korean orphan.
O'Rourke
E15
O'RourkeA famous author (Eddie Albert) decides to prove the contemporary Marine Corps is far less effective that it was during World War II.
Gone the Sun
E16
Gone the SunRice returns to his home town to aid in the burial of a Marine killed in a training accident. He has to deal with the grieving family of the boy as well as the changes that have occurred since he has been away.
Between Music and Laughter
E17
Between Music and LaughterA party girl (Patricia Crowley) asks Rice to help her win back the affections of her ex-husband, Captain Rambridge.
Interlude
E18
InterludeRice's career in the Marine Corps is threatened when he is paralyzed in an automobile accident, but he finds love during his rehabilitation with a woman (Joanna Moore) dying of a brain tumor.
Capp's Lady
E19
Capp's LadyRice makes an effort to warn Sgt. Horace Capp (James Gregory) that the woman he plans to marry has both a notorious reputation and a police record.
Green Water Green Flag
E20
Green Water Green FlagRice meets Lt. Joe Worth, an old adversary just when he is suddenly given command of important maneuvers due to Rambridge's appendicitis.
To Set It Right
E21
To Set It RightRice tries to play peacemaker when he has to resolve a racial dispute between two young members (Dennis Hopper and Don Marshall) of his platoon. Nichelle Nichols plays the black soldier's fiancee. NOTE: The network never compensated MGM Television for this installment, forcing the company to bear the entire burden of its costs.
In the Highest Tradition
E22
In the Highest TraditionRice is assigned as a technical adviser with a film crew making a movie about a Marine lieutenant in World War II. Leonard Nimoy plays a Hollywood producer and actor. Majel Barrett plays the wife of the World War II Marine.
Tour of Duty
E23
Tour of DutyA Marine (Ricardo Montalbán) returns from overseas and learns that his wife was killed while riding with another man, then takes advantage of Rice's sympathies.
Lament for a Dead Goldbrick
E24
Lament for a Dead GoldbrickA newspaper reporter (Robert Duvall) writing an expose of Marine training methods holds Rice responsible for the accidental death of a Marine.
Man with an Edge
E25
Man with an EdgeRice loses his girlfriend to a Naval Academy football All-American (Chad Everett), who also happens to be the nephew of the colonel.
Operation: Actress
E26
Operation: ActressRice is shocked when a conniving Hollywood actress (Leslie Parrish) announces that she is going to marry him.
Mother Enemy
E27
Mother EnemyRice recommends Sgt. John Delwyn (Walter Koenig) for officer's school, but then discovers that the man's mother is a leading member of the American Communist party.
The War Called Peace
E28
The War Called Peace
To Kill a Man
E29
To Kill a ManRice is assigned to deliver top-secret military information to combat troops in Vietnam, but when his plane is shot down, he and a Vietnamese aide are forced to fight their way back.