NBC · Ended

The Yellow Rose

Drama, Family, Western · 1983

Last aired: S1 E22, The Far Side of Fear · 1984-05-12

A dramatic primetime serial that details the lives of the Champions, a family of modern-day ranchers who struggle to operate and safeguard their 200,000 acre west Texas ranch, The Yellow Rose. The series focuses on the efforts of Jeb Hollister to regain control of the Yellow Rose, which he lost in a bet with its late owner, Wade Champion.

Cast

Cybill Shepherd Colleen Champion

David Soul Roy Champion

Edward Albert Quisto Champion

Noah Beery, Jr. Luther Dillard

Ken Curtis Hoyt Coryell

Tom Schanley Whit Champion

Michelle Bennett L.C. Champion

Sam Elliott Chance McKenzie

Deborah Shelton Juliette Hollister

Will Sampson John Stronghart

Steve Sandor Lenny Hollister

Chuck Connors Jeb Hollister

Susan Anspach Grace McKenzie

Season 1

E1 Pilot 1983-10-02 · 60 min In the series pilot, Chance signs on as a hand and soon becomes the prime suspect in a drug-smuggling operation.

E2 Divided We Fall 1983-10-18 · 60 min John Strongheart is accused of killing a deputy and, while Chance, Quisto and Roy fight to save him, a sinister connection with Hollister is revealed.

E3 When Honor Dies 1983-10-22 · 60 min Roy discovers that an editorial attacking the Rose was written by Jeb's daughter Juliette; Chance gets himself thrown in jail to see Strongheart; Colleen visits Huntsville prison to plumb the mystery surrounding Chance.

E4 Walls of Fear 1983-10-29 · 60 min Lenny Hollister orders Sanchez to murder the drug dealer Onofrio; Grace lets the barriers down with Whit---but not enough to suit him.

E5 Sins of the Father 1983-11-05 · 60 min Jeb makes an enemy of Lenny; Chance and Strongheart escape from Sanchez; and the drug cache is discovered on the Rose.

E6 Breaking Trail 1983-11-12 · 60 min Hollister resorts to bribery, sabotage and a cattle stampede to prevent the Champions from marketing their herd.

E7 Moving Targets 1983-11-19 · 60 min Hollister rebuffs a peace offering from Quisto and blows up the cattle pass, unaware that Juliette has joined the drive.

E8 Trail's End 1983-11-26 · 60 min Defying the Air Force, Chance drives the herd across a base; Quisto learns about the Rose Hollister-Wade Champion affair that produced Chance.

E9 A Question of Love 1983-12-10 · 60 min Whit searches for Grace, but is sought by police when his truck is found at the scene of a shooting that left Hollister gravely wounded; Juliette resigns.

E10 Only the Proud 1983-12-17 · 60 min Juliette makes peace with Jeb, but Caryn emerges as a secret ally of his absent sister Rose; Chance sets out to clear Whit.

E11 Divide and Conquer 1984-01-07 · 60 min Hollister makes a peace offer that may split the Champions; Chance confronts Hollister over a contaminating oil spill and meets an intriguing woman at a bar.

E12 Hell Hath No Fury 1984-01-14 · 60 min Chance resolves to help in the paroling of a 50-year hard timer who was like a father to him in prison; Whit resents the lawsuit Marlene files against the Champions in his behalf.

E13 Deadline 1984-01-21 · 60 min Roy and Chance have 24 hours to get Toat Gilmore back to prison, but Toat has a mission to fulfill first; the preliminary hearing on Marlene's suit gets underway.

E14 Land of the Free 1984-02-11 · 60 min Colleen aids a pregnant Mexican woman being hounded by two border patrolmen who know she's a witness to their gun-smuggling operation.

E15 Sport of Kings 1984-02-18 · 60 min While the Champions are in Los Angeles to claim a race horse, L.C. is abducted by procurers for a child-prostitution ring.

E16 Running Free 1984-02-25 · 60 min Two challenges to the Champions: a spirited wild stallion stealing their mares and a woman determined to protect it.

E17 Sacred Ground 1984-03-10 · 60 min Rose Hollister returns to take revenge on her brother and set the record straight with her son.

E18 Debt of Honor 1984-03-17 · 60 min Roy's prodigal brother Trey returns to the Rose deeply in debt to Vegas gamblers---but as a rodeo world champion, he's also a powerful role model to Whit.

E19 Chains of Fear 1984-03-24 · 60 min Rankled by the slave-labor conditions at a work camp exploiting illegal aliens, Quisto poses as one and signs on.

E20 Beyond Vengeance 1984-04-21 · 60 min Dillard is gravely wounded and left to die by oil rustlers with a long-standing grudge against the Champions.

E21 Villa's Gold 1984-05-05 · 60 min An old drifter is murdered by two hardcases after Pancho Villa's treasure map, which the drifter had just given to L.C. for safekeeping.

E22 The Far Side of Fear 1984-05-12 · 60 min An ex-con with a grudge against Chance intends to get his revenge through Colleen.

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