The Magnificent Seven (1998)
Synopsis
The Magnificent Seven is an American western television series based on the 1960 movie, which is a remake of the Japanese film Seven Samurai. It aired between 1998 and 2000. It was filmed in Newhall, California. The pilot, scripted by Chris Black and Frank Q. Dobbs, was filmed in Mescal, Arizona and the Dragoon Mountains of Arizona, near Tombstone. Robert Vaughn, who had starred in the original 1960 movie, frequently guest-starred as a crusading judge.
First Air Date: 1998-01-03
Last Air Date: 2000-07-03
Number of Seasons: 2
Number of Episodes: 23
Created By: John Watson
Networks: CBS
Top Cast
- Michael Biehn as Chris Larabee
- Eric Close as Vin Tanner
- Andrew Kavovit as John Dunne
- Dale Midkiff as Buck Wilmington
- Ron Perlman as Josiah Sanchez
- Anthony Starke as Ezra Stendish
- Rick Worthy as Nathan Jackson
- Laurie Holden as Mary Travis
- Robert Vaughn as Judge Oren Travis
- Dana Barron as Casey Wells
Seasons
Season 1 (1998)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Pilot (1) - The Ghosts of the Confederacy
A band of marauding Confederate soldiers threatens an Indian village. The village elders travel to a nearby town to purchase protection. They approach Chris and Vin with their offer. They quickly accept and recruit the rest of the seven to help them save the village. The seven protect the village, with Ezra showing up at the last moment and Nathan falling in love.
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Ep. 2: Pilot (2) - The Ghosts of the Confederacy
A band of marauding Confederate soldiers threatens an Indian village. The village elders travel to a nearby town to purchase protection. They approach Chris and Vin with their offer. They quickly accept and recruit the rest of the seven to help them save the village. The seven protect the village, with Ezra showing up at the last moment and Nathan falling in love.
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Ep. 3: One Day Out West
J.D. volunteers to serve as sheriff when a Federal Judge, Mary's father, comes to clean up the town. Judge Travis enlists the Seven to protect the town.
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Ep. 4: Working Girls
The town takes in a group of 'working girls' escaping from their vengeful master.
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Ep. 5: Safecracker
An ex-safecracker traveling through town is forced to return to her nefarious ways by an adamant ex-partner.
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Ep. 6: Witness
Mary's young son visits, only to be haunted by his memories of a rogue townsperson. Ezra's con-artist mother comes to town.
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Ep. 7: Nemesis
Chris pursues the man he believes is responsible for the murder of his wife and sons. The rest of the seven try their best to keep Chris from doing something he might regret. A reporter follows the men around to get a story.
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Ep. 8: The Collector
The Seven get involved when a 'collector', Guy Royal, attempts to buy a string of homes; the future home of the railroad. Royal's hired gun has a bone to pick with Chris over an incident many years back. Josiah is excited when his former love, saloon singer Emma comes to town. J.D. competes with a tomboy.
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Ep. 9: Manhunt
Vin takes the lead in a manhunt to catch an escaped prisoner who took a local woman hostage. The girl's father, the local preacher, seeks vengeance.
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Ep. 10: Inmate 78
Chris is arrested and thrown into a gulag-type prison camp while intervening in the arrest of an innocent man. He's subsequently informed that the sheriff identifies drifters who look like they have money, and arrest them on trumped-up charges until their families pay the bail. Vin, Ezra and the boys search for Chris when he doesn't return.
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