Episode Listing
| Title | Original air-date | # | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Outlaws" (pilot episode) | December 28, 1986 | 1 | ||
| Sheriff Jonathan Grail corners the villainous Pike Gang in an Indian graveyard; as all five men braced for a showdown, a bolt of lightning struck the graveyard - and all five men - hurtling them 100 years into the future. Several of the Outlaws run afoul of a drug lord, and it's up to the rest of the Outlaws, working together in an unfamiliar era, to stop the drug lord. Shannen Doherty, in an early role, appears in this episode. | ||||
| "Tintype" | January 3, 1987 | 2 | ||
| While working security for a wealthy client, Harland Pike discovers that the client's wife is a mirror image of his long-lost love from the 19th century. When the woman shows signs of physical abuse, the Outlaws rescue her and her son, only to discover her husband has an evil streak in him and wants to take it out on the Outlaws. | ||||
| "Primer" | January 10, 1987 | 3 | ||
| While trying to stop a protection racket that preys on shopkeepers, Billy Pike joins an adult education class (he never learned to read in the 19th century), where he comes face to face with the leader of the protection racket, whose followers are also terrorizing the adult education class. | ||||
| "Orleans" | January 17, 1987 | 4 | ||
| Running short on cash, Ice McAdams leads the Outlaws to a treasure of buried gold coins he once stole from his slave overseer; it leads him to participate in a duel with his master's great-grandson. | ||||
| "Hymn" | January 31, 1987 | 5 | ||
| The Outlaws travel to New York City to protect a female televangelist from a murderous stalker. During the episode, Wolfson Lucas and the televangelist battle over each other's view of faith and worship. | ||||
| "Madrid" | February 7, 1987 | 6 | ||
| Jonathan Grail and the Outlaws are hired to watch over the ghost town of Madril, which has been purchased by a man to build a new shopping center. Unbeknownst to the Outlaws, the owner's wife is plotting to steal the town for her own uses - and compounding matters is the town's oldest living resident, who remembers the day Jonathan Grail (in the 19th century, and as a villain) shot down his father. | ||||
| "Potboiler" | February 28, 1987 | 7 | ||
| A Western historian has discovered that the Double Eagle Detection Agency's members look remarkably like his archival photograph of the Pike Gang from 1885. Meanwhile, the Outlaws have to stop a crime lord - and keep the inquisitive historian at bay. | ||||
| "Pursued" | March 7, 1987 | 8 | ||
| The Outlaws must find the estranged daughter of a dying mob leader - only to discover that not only does the daughter not want to see her father, but that there are several members of the mob who want to find her father - even if it means kidnapping the daughter. | ||||
| "Independents" | March 21, 1987 | 9 | ||
| The Outlaws work as taxi drivers to protect an independent cab fleet from the vicious competition. | ||||
| "Hardcase" | March 28, 1987 | 10 | ||
| After the Outlaws take in a troubled youth who is on the run from a murderous crime lord, Billy Pike realizes the teen's rebellious attitude was the same attitude that turned Pike to a life of crime - and now must be diverted to a path of good. | ||||
| "Jackpot" | April 4, 1987 | 11 | ||
| After another successful job completed, the Outlaws are rewarded with a trip to Las Vegas - where they must protect an accountant who has valuable information that could put a mob family away for good. | ||||
| "Birthday" | May 2, 1987 | 12 | ||
| After the Outlaws take some time to prepare a birthday party for Detective Maggie Randall, the Double Eagle Detection Agency ranch comes under siege from sharpshooters. During the episode, thinking it might be their last moments together, Grail confides a story about how he and Wolfson Lucas first met - featuring film footage from a television series, The Oregon Trail, in which both actors starred. | ||||
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