BIRTH OF A LEGEND

Aired - Tuesday April 18th 1995
Writers: Michael Piller and Bill Dial
Director: Charles Correll

It's 1876 and Ernest Pratt, a drunken dime-novel author with writer's block, finds himself thrust into the life of his fictional hero, Nicodemus Legend, when a warrant is issued for his arrest. Pratt is pulled into the plight of immigrant farmers battling a rich landowner. The eccentric Hungarian inventor, Bartok, pushes Pratt into making Legend a reality.

Ratings - April 18th 1995
Tuesday 8:00 (EST) - Viewers:5.9 Rating:4.2 Share:7 Rank:80

Production Notes:: Pilot episode; two hours

Cast

Guest Cast

MacGyver Notes:
John de Lancie appeared in the episode Escape as the missionary/arms dealer, Brian.

Director Charles Correll frequently worked on MacGyver Some of his work includes: Everytime She Smiles, Ugly Duckling, The Human Factor, Wish Child, Jack of Lies, Blood Brothers, On a Wing and a Prayer, Easy Target, Unfinished Business, and Halloween Knights.

BIRTH OF A LEGEND - QUIZ

  1. In the "Legend" story Pratt is writing, what bank do the James boys rob?
  2. According to Pratt of what does a Chinatown flush consist?
  3. In what book did Legend go to Colorado?
  4. For what paper is Titus Berman the Denver correspondent?
  5. What did Coe pay Skeeter to deliver a message to Legend?
  6. How many notches does Coe have on his gun?
  7. How old is Sheridan?
  8. What does Pratt claimed to have discussed with Samuel Clemens?
  9. What percentage of Vera's business was the Governor going to get, before Legend soured the deal?
  10. Who did Vera hire as Silas' defense attorney?

"He leaps wide canyons, runs like a deer, swims like a spawning salmon. Except for the spawning part, I can't do any of that." -- Ernest Pratt


MR. PRATT COMES TO SHERIDAN

Aired - Tuesday April 25th 1995
Writers: Michael Piller and Bill Dial
Director: William Gereghty

Ernest Pratt returns to Sheridan with serious resevations about impersonating his fictional creation. Reluctantly he takes up the role again to assist a bank robber who has been falsely accused of murder. In order to accomplish this Legend must rob a bank.

Ratings - April 25th 1995
Tuesday 8:00 (EST) Viewers:4.5 Rating:3.1 Share:5 Rank:86

Ratings - July 11th 1995 (Repeat)
Tuesday 8:00 (EST) Viewers:2.1 Rating:1.5 Share:3 Rank:95

Regular Cast:
Ernest Pratt - Richard Dean Anderson
Janos Bartok - John de Lancie
Ramos - Mark Adair Rios
Skeeter - Jarrad Paul

Guest Cast:

MacGyver Notes:

Robert Donner made several appearances on MacGyver>, first in Soft Touch as Vince. He also appears in Cleo Rocks as Wintergreen and in Serenity and MacGyver's Women as Milt Bowzer.

William Gereghty directed the following "MacGyver" episodes: Gold Rush, Cease Fire, Humanity, The Gun, Lesson in Evil, Harry's Will and Deadly Silents.

And more tangentially, John Chappel appeared as Buddy on "The New WKRP In Cincinnati" with Michael Des Barres (Murdoc).

MR. PRATT COMES TO SHERIDAN - QUIZ

  1. What event does Skeeter suggest the deboarding stage passengers see for the admission price of ten cents?
  2. On what street is the "Legend Memorabilia Shop" located?
  3. What saloon does Pratt frequent in Sheridan?
  4. What are Mayor Brown's other two professions?
  5. How much money did Siringo actually steal from the bank?
  6. How many books in the next year does Pratt's contract call for?
  7. Who did Legend help in the book "Double Shadows"?
  8. Whose writing does Pratt recall while in the morgue?
  9. What does Bartok use to blow up the safe?
  10. How did Gentleman Jim get his nickname?

"This could do for us what the Alamo did for San Antonio. Of course, they did have a massacre down there. But I think that adds to the tourist value of place, don't you?" -- Mayor Brown


LEGEND ON HIS PRESIDENT'S SECRET SERVICE

Aired - Tuesday May 2nd 1995
Writer: Bob Wilcox
Director: Michael Vejar

Pratt is approached by a young southern lady, Abigail, who is convinced that her father intends to assassinate President Grant. He warns the President, who is on a tour of Texas. Pratt is persuaded to offer his services to protect Grant from a plot masterminded by the President's old friend.

Ratings - May 2nd 1995
8:00 (EST)- Viewers:3.3 Rating:2.6 Share:4 Rank:82

Ratings - June 6th 1995 (Repeat)
8:00 (EST) - Viewers:3.0 Rating:2.3 Share:4 Rank: 96

Regular Cast

Guest Cast


MacGyver Notes: Michael Vejar directed the following MacGyver episodes: The Widowmaker, Murderer's Sky, The Secret of Parker House, The Outsiders, Battle of Tommy Giordano, Tough Boys, Bitter Harvest and The Eye of Osiris.

LEGEND ON HIS PRESIDENT'S SECRET SERVICE - QUIZ

  1. During the Civil War, what unit was Legend supposedly with?
  2. What was the name of the yankee Major with whom Abigail's mother had an affair?
  3. What is Henrietta's room number?
  4. What was Col. Steele's nickname for his daughter?
  5. What is the name of President Grant's brother?
  6. In what town was the crippled boy to whom Julia claims Grant gave his copy of "When Legend Comes Marching Home?
  7. What does Ramos use to disable Rubin and Lynch?
  8. What does Abigail claim to have dropped to explain the noise of Pratt dropping into her room?
  9. What is the device Pratt and Bartok use to overhear the conversation in the bunkhouse?
  10. With what does Col. Steele prefer to duel?
"Right now it's delightfully useless. And we shall follow through with this useless research wherever it may take us." -- Bartok


CUSTER'S NEXT TO LAST STAND

Aired - Tuesday May 9th 1995
Writer: Bill Dial
Director: William Gereghty

George Armstrong Custer comes to town. Mrs. Custer an old friend of Pratt's asks him to help Custer prove that the post traders, with the war departments approval, are selling off the fort food supplies and providing inferior weapons. The task is made more difficult when a mysterious man emerges from Pratt's past with a vendetta.

Ratings - May 9th 1995
Tuesday 8:00 (EST) - Viewers:2.7m Rating:2.1 Share: 4 Rank:89

Ratings - July 31st 1995 (Repeat)
Monday 9:00 (EST) - Viewers:2.2m Rating:1.7 Share: 3 Rank:94

Regular Cast

Guest Cast

MacGyver Notes:
William Gereghty directed the following MacGyver episodes: Gold Rush, Cease Fire, Humanity, The Gun, Lesson in Evil, Harry's Will and Deadly Silents.

Robert Donner made several appearances on MacGyver, first in Soft Touch as Vince. He also appears in Cleo Rocks as Wintergreen and in Serenity and MacGyver's Women as Milt Bowzer.

CUSTER'S NEXT TO LAST STAND - QUIZ

  1. What was the name of the Fort that Custer came to the area to visit?
  2. When did Hiram Bigelow pass away?
  3. In the final game of his senior year for what College did Pratt score a touchdown?
  4. To what politcal party does publisher E.C. Allen belong?
  5. At what time did Whipple enter the trading post every night?
  6. Where was the civilian firm Whipple was selling his goods to?
  7. What tribe made the arrows the fake Indians used to attack Custer?
  8. What does Pratt give Standing Beaver in exchange for his information?
  9. What paper was Pratt working for in 1869?
  10. What did Caine burglarize, incompetently, back in that same year?

"Ernest Pratt has a moral code all his own. It's about as wide as the Mississippi compared to Legend's, but if I know a woman is married..." -- Pratt

"What if you don't know?" -- Ramos

"Well, that falls on my side of the river, don't you think?" -- Pratt


THE LIFE, DEATH AND LIFE OF WILD BILL HICKOK

Aired - Tuesday May 16th 1995
Writer: Peter Allan Fields
Director - Michael Caffey

Wild Bill Hickok asks Legend to team up with him to catch a gang of robbers. Though Pratt declines the honor, everyone believes they've joined forces, including Bill's old enemy, Jack McCall. Pratt and Bartok become caught up in Bill's circle of killing and must find a way to finally put an end to it.

Ratings - May 16th 1995
Tuesday 8:00 (EST) - Viewers:3.5m Rating:2.4 Share:4 Rank:82

Ratings - August 1st 1995 (Repeat)
Tuesday 8:00 (EST) - Viewers:2.2m Rating:1.8 Share:3 Rank:92

Production Notes:
The song that played over Bill's "death" was At My Funeral from the 1991 album The Ghosts That Haunt Me by The Crash Test Dummies.

Regular Cast

Guest Cast

MacGyver Notes:
Michael Caffey directed the MacGyver episodes The Survivors, Runners, Brainwashed, Renegade, The Madonna, Twenty Questions, The Wasteland.

John Pyper-Ferguson appeared in The Wasteland as Scott Bartlett.

THE LIFE, DEATH AND LIFE OF WILD BILL HICKOK - QUIZ

  1. What does Pratt claim Bartok tried to send to the moon?
  2. Whom did Skeeter see Bill shoot in Springfield Missouri?
  3. Who hired Bill to track down the McCall gang?
  4. What year was the bottle of wine Skeeter brought to Pratt's room?
  5. What memorial did Mayor brown wish to create?
  6. How do Bartok, Pratt and Ramos track the robbers to their camp?
  7. Where are the Federal Marshals waiting whom Pratt and Bartok planned to have arrest the McCall gang?
  8. What paper does Bartok ask Ramos to write to, to inform them of the first air piracy?
  9. In the code Bartok came up with to help Bill "see" what does two dashes mean?
  10. In what saloon was Bill shot?
"What's a man to do when he can't do what he does anymore?" -- Wild Bill Hickok


KNEE-HIGH NOON

Aired - Tuesday May 23rd 1995
Teleplay by Steve Stoller & Frederick Rappaport
Story by Steve Stoller
Director: James L. Conway

Pratt and Bartok are trying to catch some cattle rustlers for a local rancher. Matters are complicated by an opportunistic actress who tries to pass off her young son as "Nicodemus Legend, Jr." When one of the rustlers is captured, his brother kidnaps Legend's "son". Features the "Bartok Trojan Cow", the future of rustler survelliance.

Ratings - May 23rd 1995
Tuesday 8:00 (EST) - Viewers: 3.3m Rating:2.3 Share:4 Rank:85

Ratings - August 7th 1995 (Repeat)
Monday 9:00 (EST) - Viewers:2.1m Rating:1.7 Share:3 Rank:89

Regular Cast

Guest Cast

MacGyver Notes
James L. Conway directed Silent World, Birth Day, For Love or Money, and Hell Week.

KNEE-HIGH NOON - QUIZ

  1. On what street is Mrs. Yi's Mineral Baths located?
  2. How long ago does the old man remember Jessie Chisolm riding through with a herd?
  3. What does Pratt autograph for Muriel?
  4. Who did Laura have testify that Nicodemus Jr. had stopped some rustlers?
  5. What is the effect of the Automated Spanish Riata on the test dummy?
  6. How many sons does E.C. Allen have?
  7. What is the subject of Bartok's papers that Laura claims to have read?
  8. What kind of epidemic is Doc Larkin treating in Leadville?
  9. What event are the townsfolk attending rather than being in Legend's posse?
  10. Where did Laura meet her former husband?

"No one wants to know from cows!" -- Ernest Pratt


THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LEGEND

Aired - Monday June 12th 1995
Writer: John Considine
Director: Michael Vejar

A preacher comes to town and holds a tent meeting. Things quickly turn ugly when the evangelist speaks out against science in general and Janos Bartok in particular. Pratt knows that the bible-thumper is a swindler and he and Bartok have to figure out what the con is. When they do they must contend with the violent mob that the preacher incites.

Ratings - June 12th 1995
Monday 9:00 (EST) - Viewers:3.4m Rating:2.5 Share:4 Rank:92

Ratings - August 14th 1995 (Repeat)
Monday 9:00 (EST) - Viewers:1.9m Rating:1.3 Share:2 Rank:96

Regular Cast

Guest Cast

MacGyver Notes:
Robert Englund appeared in Flames End as Tim Wexler.

John Considine wrote Blind Faith, There But For The Grace of God and the 1994 movie, Trail To Doomsday.

John Considine appeared in Log Jam as Mr. Foxworth and In There But For The Grace of God as Aaron Sandler.

Michael Vejar directed the following MacGyver episodes: The Widowmaker, Murderer's Sky, The Secret of Parker House, The Outsiders, Battle of Tommy Giordano, Tough Boys, Bitter Harvest and The Eye of Osiris.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LEGEND - QUIZ

  1. How long did Willy Miles serve in Alcatraz for embezzlement, extortion, stock fraud and other such mischief? [He must have been in the army at the time because Alcatraz was a military prison until 1933.]
  2. Where, according to Skeeter, did a man preach using snakes?
  3. What corporation was considering giving Bartok a fifty thousand dollar grant for rainmaking?
  4. With whom did Pratt suggest they celebrate if the grant was forthcoming?
  5. What charges does the "Public Safety Committee" summon Bartok to answer?
  6. What foundation is sponsoring Mordechai?
  7. What hymn is being sung when Pratt and Bartok arrive at the second tent meeting?
  8. What chapter and verse of the Bible does Pratt quote in his argument with Mordechai?
  9. At what University has Bartok been invited to speak about alternating current?
  10. How old is Daniel Kilkelly's sister?

"I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affection and the truth of imagination." -- Pratt, quoting Keats.


BONE OF CONTENTION

Aired - Tuesday June 20th 1995
Writer: George Geiger
Director: Charles Correll

A paleontologist is murdered and leaves a vital clue with Professor Bartok; a dinosaur bone. Their initial investigation leads to the bone being stolen and Pratt being knocked unconscious. When he awakes the victim's beautiful sister has come to town and so has an old friend of Bartok's, another paleontologist. The dinosaur bone changes hands a few more times as they try to solve the mystery.

Ratings - June 20th 1995
Tuesday 8:00 (EST) - Viewers:3.1m Rating:2.0 Share:4 Rank:94

Ratings - August 15th 1995
Tuesday 8:00 (EST) - Viewers:2.3m Rating:1.6 Share:3 Rank:95

Regular Cast

Guest Cast

  • Beth McMillan - Beth Toussaint
  • Rudolph Kendall - Bruce Gray
  • Dave Larson - Patrick Kilpatrick
  • Sheriff Motes - Douglas Rowe (also appeared in Birth of a Legend as Sheriff Motes)
  • Henrietta - Anna Auther (also appeared as Henrietta in Legend On His President's Secret Service)
  • Miles McMillan - Robert Toeves

    MacGyver Notes:
    Beth Toussaint appeared as Mrs. Rigel in the The Visitor (She also appeared in ST:TNG Legacy as Ishara Yar)

    Director Charles Correll frequently worked on MacGyver Some of his work includes: Everytime She Smiles, Ugly Duckling, The Human Factor, Wish Child, Jack of Lies, Blood Brothers, On a Wing and a Prayer, Easy Target, Unfinished Business, and Halloween Knights.

    BONE OF CONTENTION - QUIZ

    1. What is the name of Legend's horse?
    2. What had caused the first two security breaches at Bartok's lab?
    3. How old does Bartok estimate that the bone is?
    4. According to Pratt what is the first rule of Dinosaur exploration?
    5. Of what did Dr. Larkin give Pratt a double dose/
    6. What did Pratt tell Beth he dreamt of while he was unconscious?
    7. Where is Langsdale petroleum based?
    8. Where does Skeeter take Larson's coat to be laundered?
    9. What was the number of the room that Pratt and Bartok broke into at Langsdale Petroleum?
    10. In what Canyon are the ancient Indian caves located?

    "I promise I will not rest until I make it impossible for people like us to break into places like this." -- Prof. Janos Bartok


    REVENGE OF THE HERD

    Aired - Tuesday July 4th 1995
    Writer: Tim Burns
    Director: Bob Balaban

    Pratt's overseas publisher, an overbearing German, comes to town. He wants Legend to guide him on a Buffalo hunt. Pratt and Bartok guide the German party onto Arapaho lands and must prevent the Indians from killing the Germans and the Germans from killing the bison. To this end they bring to life the Arapaho legend of Thunderhooves.

    Ratings - July 4th 1995
    Tuesday 9:00 (EST) - Viewers:1.7m Rating:1.4 Share:3 Rank:98

    Ratings - August 22nd 1995 (Repeat)
    Tuesday - 8:00 (EST) - Viewers:2.0m Rating:1.6 Share:3 Rank:92

    Regular Cast

    Guest Cast

    MacGyver Notes:
    Robert Donner made several appearances on MacGyver, first in Soft Touch as Vince. He also appears in Cleo Rocks as Wintergreen and in Serenity and MacGyver's Women as Milt Bowzer.

    REVENGE OF THE HERD - QUIZ

    1. What is the name of the buffalo head at the saloon?
    2. Who, at E.C. Allen publishing, is in charge of cheating Pratt out of his royalties?
    3. What criminal is Harry Parver on his way to see in a Tucson jail?
    4. From whom does Chamberlain Brown intend to obtain the necessary brown eye for the buffalo head?
    5. How much were Pratt's foreign royalties in the previous year? (Hint, they must be adjusting for twentieth century inflation)
    6. For what public appearance event did Pratt learn to shoot a rifle?
    7. How much did Pratt offer Towashi to pay for the rights to Thunderhooves?
    8. How many inches of rain do they get around Arapho land?
    9. How many weeks does it take Baron Hauptman to return after he is frightened off by the first appearance of Thunderhooves?
    10. To what other animal spirits does Towashie suggest that Pratt buy the rights?

    "The Germans and the Hungarians are like the cowboys and the farmers... only with heavy artillery." -- Bartok


    FALL OF A LEGEND

    Aired - Tuesday July 18th 1995
    Teleplay: Ron Friedman Story: Bob Shayne
    Director: Michael Vejar

    Pratt is caught in the hayloft with a farmer's daughter. When the farmer is found murdered, Pratt is accused of the crime. He escapes from the town jail after being convicted by a kangaroo court and sets out to find the bald man who can clear him of the murder. He and Bartok pose as Gypsies and then as a priest and a doctor.

    Ratings - July 18th 1995
    Tuesday 8:00 (EST) - Viewers:2.7m Rating:1.8 Share:4 Rank:90

    Regular Cast

    Guest Cast

    MacGyver Notes:
    Robert Donner made several appearances on MacGyver>, first in Soft Touch as Vince. He also appears in Cleo Rocks as Wintergreen and in Serenity and MacGyver's Women as Milt Bowzer.

    Michael Vejar directed the following MacGyver episodes: The Widowmaker, Murderer's Sky, The Secret of Parker House, The Outsiders, Battle of Tommy Giordano, Tough Boys, Bitter Harvest and The Eye of Osiris.

    FALL OF A LEGEND - QUIZ

    1. To what state was Luis Halewa traveling?
    2. Doc Larkin was unavailable to perform the autopsy because he was in what city treating what epidemic?
    3. By what grammatical error was Pratt able to tell that the so-called confession was not his?
    4. What does Pratt want engraved on his headstone?
    5. What Gypsy name does Bartok come up with for Pratt?
    6. How much of reward had the sheriff put up for Pratt's capture?
    7. Bartok claims that his sonic device irritates horses, dogs and what other animal?
    8. Who is the Administrator at the Denver Hospital?
    9. At the Denver hospital what is the number of the recovery room?
    10. Before he is lynched what does Pratt wish to recite?

    "A man without his pants leaves little room for misunderstanding." -- Ramos


    CLUELESS IN SAN FRANCISCO

    Aired - Tuesday July 25th 1995
    Writers: Carol Caldwell & Marianne Clarkson
    Director: Charles Correll

    A young woman, Paytents, comes to Legend for assistance in finding her family. She was separated from them as an infant and raised by Indians. Pratt and Bartok accompany her to San Francisco where she believes her family was going. Pratt takes them to his mother's house, where we learn his maternal parent is as eccentric as he has hinted. Pratt runs into some hostile intimidation tactics as he delves into the young lady's origins.

    Ratings - July 25th 1995
    Tuesday 8:00 (EST) - Viewers: 2.6m Rating:2.0 Share:4 Rank:88

    Regular Cast:

    Guest Cast

  • Delilah Pratt - Janis Paige
  • Paytents - Molly Hagan
  • Chai - James Hong
  • Andre Quelle Heure - Charles Burkley
  • Zorelda - Patty Maloney
  • Tatoo Man - Charles Young
  • Melissa Walsh - Debbie Bartlett
  • Mrs. O'Hara - Catherine Gilman
  • Grandmother Walsh - Grace Etchen
  • Reporter #1 - Gary Clarke
  • Reporter #2 - Bazzel Baz
  • Rain Pony - (?)

    MacGyver Notes:
    Marianne Clarkson wrote the MacGyver episodes The Battle Of Tommy Giordano and Unfinished Business.

    Director Charles Correll frequently worked on MacGyver Some of his work includes: Everytime She Smiles, Ugly Duckling, The Human Factor, Wish Child, Jack of Lies, Blood Brothers, On a Wing and a Prayer, Easy Target, Unfinished Business, and Halloween Knights.

    CLUELESS IN SAN FRANCISCO - QUIZ

    1. By what tribe was Paytents raised?
    2. Where was Pratt intending to go on his vacation?
    3. What is Mother Pratt's adress?
    4. Who tutored Mrs. Pratt in her two sentences of Paytents'language?
    5. When Mrs. Pratt had an eskimo Shaman hold a seance, whose shade did he conjure up?
    6. What is Mrs. Pratt's maiden name?
    7. What social event do Pratt and company use as a cover to enter the Walsh home?
    8. What kind of sandwich did Bartok request along with his seance paraphernalia?
    9. Who has Mrs. Pratt hired to take care of Paytents'legal matters?
    10. Who is Bartok thinking of bringing along the next time they visit?

    "My Mother's half the reason I'm in Colorado." -- Ernest Pratt


    SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET

    Aired - Tuesday August 8th 1995
    Writer: David Rich
    Director: Steven Shaw

    Bartok creates a primitive moving picture machine. While they are trying to photograph a promotional movie for the Legend books they discover a skeleton. The dead man's hand has an Aztec ring on one finger. Feeling a kinship to the deceased, Ramos investigates the murder himself. Pratt and Bartok come to his assistance to prove that a local collector of artifacts murdered the man.

    Ratings - August 8th 1995
    Tuesday 8:00 (EST) - Viewers:2.0m Rating:1.6 Share:3 Rank:90

    Regular Cast

    Guest Cast

  • Seamus Calhoun - John Vernon
  • Maria - Marisol Padilla Sanchez
  • Mashburn - Kevin Fry
  • Sheriff - Robert Keith
  • Theresa Dunleavy - Lara Flynn Boyle
  • Father Jaime - Ramon Chavez
  • Mrs. Ruiz - Gina Carrzoza
  • Large Man - Joseph H. Redondo

    MacGyver Notes:
    John Vernon (Calhoun) appeared in The Gauntlet as Dave Ryerson.

    SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET - QUIZ

    1. What school teacher did Bartok star in his first "movie"?
    2. When did Ramos recieve his United States Citizenship?
    3. Near what Colorado town was the murder committed?
    4. What is Pratt going to do at the Buffalo Head saloon after the first day's shooting?
    5. What is the first name of the murdred man?
    6. Where does Ramos tell Maria he's from?
    7. Who does she ask him if he knows from that area?
    8. How often does Calhoun like his artifacts dusted?
    9. From where were the artifacts stolen?
    10. What did Bartok have a recurring dream of Thomas Edison doing?

    "I'll blow a hole in you big enough to pass a cat through." -- Skeeter as Rampaging Red.


















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