Custer
In 1868, after the Civil War, Custer takes charge of a mix of ex-Confederates and criminals, the 7th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hays, Kansas. His boss General Terry doesn't like his methods or his long blond hair, but he manages to keep fighting the Sioux (the series ends the year before the Little Big Horn).
- 1967-1967
- 1 season
- 20th Television
- Drama, Action & Adventure
In 1868, after the Civil War, Custer takes charge of a mix of ex-Confederates and criminals, the 7th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hays, Kansas. His boss General Terry doesn't like his methods or his long blond hair, but he manages to keep fighting the Sioux (the series ends the year before the Little Big Horn).
Season 1 Episode Guide
17 Episodes 1967
Episode 1
Sabers in the Sun
Wed, Sep 6, 1967 60 mins
Custer arrives at his new command, the 7th cavalry, to find the men dispirited and under-prepared. He clashes with his commanders over both his status and his unit, then begins the process of turning the troop into an effective fighting force.
Episode 2
Accused
Wed, Sep 13, 1967 60 mins
After a series of skirmishes with Indians, Custer returns to Fort Hays to answer claims of poor leadership and cowardice, from one of the dead soldier's father. Custer looks for a way to redeem himself and prove to the soldier's father not all was at it seems.
Episode 3
Glory Rider
Wed, Sep 20, 1967 60 mins
Custer and the 7th Cavalry are tasked with helping a cattle drive reach a fort west of Fort Hays. Both groups of men distrust the other but in the face of potential Indian attack they must learn somehow to work together.
Episode 4
To the Death
Wed, Sep 27, 1967 60 mins
Chief Yellow Hawk is captured by the 7th. Later he manages to escape and begins a campaign to draw Custer into a personal battle to the death.
Episode 5
Massacre
Wed, Oct 4, 1967 60 mins
Custer and the 7th are tasked with taking a mysterious shipment through very difficult Indian country. Failure to complete the mission could lead to serious ramifications for the whole United States
Episode 6
War Lance and Saber
Wed, Oct 11, 1967 51 mins
Custer and California are out hunting with a party when Custer is presumed killed in an avalanche. As he makes his way home, he must contend with Black Foot and Sioux war parties, and possibly have to find an ally in Crazy Horse.
Episode 7
Suspicion
Wed, Oct 18, 1967 60 mins
Custer's team is ambushed by a small group of Indians. Custer is furious the Indians knew the nature of his mission, and decides he needs to get to the bottom of how the Indians found out and who is the traitor in his unit. When the troops learn that one of their lieutenants is a Kiowa, suspicion falls on him.
Episode 8
Breakout
Wed, Nov 1, 1967 60 mins
Custer, having been ambushed by Indians, finds himself in a desperate standoff with a combustible mix of people at a stagecoach relay station. Custer is unsure if the Sioux or the people at the station will be the ones to kill him.
Episode 9
Desperate Mission
Wed, Nov 8, 1967 60 mins
Custer tries to rally a special mission to stop Chief Red Wolf from reaching his main camp after his hunting party accidentally came into contact with small pox infected blankets.
Episode 10
Under Fire
Wed, Nov 15, 1967 60 mins
A gold prospector is approached by an Indian tribe with a deal. Bring the tribe Custer so they can do with him what they will and he can have all the gold he wants from their sacred mountain.
Episode 11
Death Hunt
Wed, Nov 22, 1967 60 mins
While Custer leads a troop watching a Cheyenne hunting party, an accident inadvertently leads to a fight in which several braves are killed, including the brother of Chief Tall Knife. War is threatened, though Custer hopes to avoid it, and two visiting women--General Terry's sister and a crusading feminist journalist--are caught up in it as well.
Episode 12
Blazing Arrows
Wed, Nov 29, 1967 60 mins
While escorting a railroad crew through Crow territory, Custer and his men encounter resistance from a town of ex-Confederates who plan to carve out their own independent state. The former rebels have made an agreement with the Crow so they can stay on the land, but that agreement is shattered when one of the men kills the son of the Crow chief, and the chief demands that the man responsible be surrendered to him. The rebel town, Custer's troop, and the railroad crew with its intransigent leader all find themselves at odds with each other, but Custer is under orders to protect all of them.
Episode 13
Dangerous Prey
Wed, Dec 6, 1967 60 mins
Custer is escorting a disgraced colonel to Fort Hays to be court-martialed when they are attacked by War Cloud's band. Custer decides to let their horses free and walk to Fort Hays on foot, forcing him and the disgraced colonel to depend on each other. But the colonel, who is being tried for atrocities committed against Indians, is more interested in battling Custer over who is more worthy of glory.
Episode 14
Spirit Woman
Wed, Dec 13, 1967 60 mins
Watoma is a Sioux mystic who tries to use her visions to calm the tensions between her tribe and the white settlers. In doing so she has made enemies on both sides and needs Custer's protection.
Episode 15
The Gauntlet
Wed, Dec 20, 1967 60 mins
A British colonel arrives at the fort and announces that he needs to use some of the cavalrymen for a secret mission that has been approved by the U.S. government---to root out an Irish revolutionary who is planning to sell weapons to the Sioux as part of a scheme to blackmail the U.S. into supporting his cause. Custer and the redcoat form an instant dislike for each other, but still Custer volunteers for the mission.
Episode 16
The Raiders
Wed, Dec 27, 1967 60 mins
Five small wagon parties have been attacked and massacred in the past month, and Custer's Seventh Cavalry is assigned to investigate. The Kiowa are being blamed for the attacks, but Custer believes they are not responsible. Complicating his efforts to find the real culprits are a bitter woman survivor of one of the attacks who thinks he's just a glory seeker, and a major sent from Washington who was a witness for the prosecution in his earlier court-martial.
Episode 17
Pursued
Sun, Oct 8, 1967 60 mins
Army scout Dan Samuels, being escorted to prison for delivering Army food to the Indians, escapes while seeing his pregnant wife one more time, killing one of Custer's troopers in the process. Custer, feeling responsible as he allowed the man his last visit, is determined to track him down and bring him back for trial even though he considers Dan a friend and sympathizes with him in many ways.