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S01E02: Autumn 1844 - Spring 1848

George distracts Orry, whose brooding about Madeline wrecks his West Point performance. Bent bluffs his way out of a court-martial but its president eventually bullies him out of West Point. At a party hosted by Tillet Main, Justin scolds Madeline for disagreeing with separatism and arranges for a slave to give public offense so the overseer is allowed to punish him with branding. Bent trades on his status as the bastard son of Ohio's U.S. Senator to get commissioned as an infantry captain in the Mexican-American War. In command once again of lieutenants Orry and George, he sends them on a suicide mission. Both survive but Orry is crippled for life. Constance, the daughter of the colonel who saves Orry from dying from his wounds, becomes George's true love. When George's father dies, he resigns his commission and returns home. The branded slave runs away and even reclusive Orry joins the manhunt, reuniting him with reluctant Madeline and starting their secret affair.

Genres:

Drama, War & Politics

Air Date:

Nov 05, 1985

Runtime:

93 minutes

Production:

David L. Wolper Productions , Warner Bros. Television

Casts:

James Read, Lesley-Anne Down, Patrick Swayze, Philip Casnoff, Terri Garber, Jonathan Frakes, Kyle Chandler, Cathy Lee Crosby, Mariette Hartley, Rya Kihlstedt, Tom Noonan, Stan Shaw, Rip Torn, Robert Wagner, Billy Dee Williams, Cliff DeYoung, Gary Grubbs, Chris Burke, Gregory Zaragoza, Peter O'Toole, Sharon Washington, Ann Dowd, Darryl Theirse, Cameron Finley, Brad Leland, Julius Tennon