The Quest
Morgan and Quentin Beaudine are two brothers in the West, who were separated as children, when Morgan and their sister were stolen by some Indians. Morgan would spend several years with them, answering to the name Two Persons, until the army liberates and reunites him with Quentin, now a doctor. Together they search for their sister who is still with the Indians.
- 1976-1976
- 1 season
- NBC
- Drama, Action & Adventure
- TV-PG
Morgan and Quentin Beaudine are two brothers in the West, who were separated as children, when Morgan and their sister were stolen by some Indians. Morgan would spend several years with them, answering to the name Two Persons, until the army liberates and reunites him with Quentin, now a doctor. Together they search for their sister who is still with the Indians.
Season 1 Episode Guide
15 Episodes 1976
Episode 1
The Captive
Wed, Sep 22, 1976 60 mins
While seeking their sister, Quentin and Morgan Beaudine come across Charlotte Ross, a white woman living with the Indians. Against her will, they take her back into town where she and her half-breed son are shunned. When she learns that her relatives are no longer living the Beaudine brothers and a kind-hearted soldier try to help her.
Episode 2
The Buffalo Hunters
Wed, Sep 29, 1976 60 mins
The Beaudine brothers run afoul of a surly group of unscrupulous buffalo hunters, who take them prisoner and force them to work with the buffalo hides. They meet an Indian woman in the camp who is being used as slave labor. Turns out the camp is being stalked by the woman's young brave. She is shot while she and the brothers escape. Quentin is also wounded until Morgan comes to his rescue.
Episode 3
Shanklin
Wed, Oct 13, 1976 60 mins
The Beaudine brothers are hired as scouts for a powerful Texas Ranger to track a Mexican bandit and his gang.
Episode 4
Day of Outrage
Wed, Oct 27, 1976 60 mins
To escape the vicious windstorm outside, Quentin and Morgan enter another kind of storm when they seek shelter in a bawdy ranch house owned by an aggressive woman.
Episode 5
Seventy-Two Hours
Wed, Nov 3, 1976 60 mins
The Beaudines arrive in a rough and tumble cattle town that likes a good time but also is a dangerous place from the constant fighting and drunken cow drovers. They decide to do a little celebrating of their own when tragedy strikes and their friend is shot dead by a drunken man, with the town sheriff not very concerned about it.
Episode 6
Prairie Woman
Wed, Nov 10, 1976 60 mins
The Beaudine brothers pursue an outlaw who claims to know the whereabouts of their missing sister. But they separate when Quentin stays to help an isolated prairie woman with a sick baby.
Episode 7
Welcome to America, Jade Snow
Wed, Nov 24, 1976 60 mins
The Beaudine brother's travel to Rock Springs. They encounter a miner's strike and the company brings in "scabs" to continue the company's work. The company's aim is to replace the white miner's with Chinese laborers. In a secondary storyline, Quentin works alongside a Chinese doctor while Morgan runs into an old flame.
Episode 8
The Longest Drive: Part 1
Wed, Dec 1, 1976 60 mins
The Baudine brothers sign in for a cattle drive with an assortment of characters and a wounded trail boss
Episode 9
The Longest Drive: Part 2
Wed, Dec 8, 1976 60 mins
As the cattle drive continues on toward their goal, death awaits one cowboy, Indians intimidate, and a final challenge of no water could have devastating consequences for all, including the cattle.
Episode 10
Portrait of a Gunfighter
Wed, Dec 22, 1976 60 mins
After his parents are murdered a teen is obsessed with becoming a gunslinger and tracking down the killers.
Episode 11
The Freight Train Rescue
Wed, Dec 29, 1976 60 mins
An expedition is stranded 40 days in the wilderness without supplies.
Episode 12
The Last of the Mountain Men
Fri, Oct 8, 1976
The brothers join up with an aging trapper to make money for their quest to find their sister. A vicious mountaineer ambushes the group, injuring Quentin and leaving him for dead, taking captive Morgan and the trapper with plans to sell them to the Indians.
Episode 13
Dynasty of Evil
Fri, Oct 8, 1976
A family of homesteaders wage a bitter war against a cattle baron.
Episode 14
The Seminole Negro Indian Scouts
Fri, Oct 8, 1976
The Beaudines meet a group of black Seminole Indian scouts that work for the US Army with unfulfilled promises of pay and recognition.
Episode 15
Incident at Drucker's Tavern
Fri, Oct 8, 1976
A gambler fleeing a gunman out for revenge, takes refuge in Drucker's Tavern with his pregnant wife.