Hawkeye (The First Frontier)

⭐6.8(7 votes)

•1994

If a source does not work please use another!

Episodes

1. Pilot (1)

Hawkeye saves Virginia merchant William Shields and his wife when they're ambushed by hostile Indians on their way to open a trading post at Fort Bennington, but then Shields is captured by the French through the machinations of his treacherous brother, an officer at the fort.

2. Pilot (2)

Elizabeth talks Hawkeye into guiding her to the French fort so she can negotiate for the release of her husband, but they step right into the middle of the war.

3. The Bear

After Elizabeth's encounter with a bear, she decides to take lessons from Hawkeye in wilderness-survival skills, in exchange for teaching Hawkeye how to read, but ammunition thieves bent on selling their stolen goods to the French interrupt them.

4. The Furlough

Hawkeye saves a settler from the French trader who kidnapped her, but killing him prompts revenge from the trader's Huron allies.

5. The Siege

The French have laid siege to the British fort, and rumor has it that they are bringing up an enormous cannon.

6. The Child

Hurons kidnap an infant from the fort, and any attempt to get the child back could spark a war.

7. The Vision

Chingachgook has a vision that hostile Indians will kill Hawkeye.

8. Out of the Past

Hawkeye's old mentor arrives at the fort -- not for a reunion but for revenge.

9. The Warrior

Elizabeth's visiting nephew realizes his dream of becoming a soldier, but when his courage fails in battle, Hawkeye and Chingachgook step in to help.

10. The Quest

When a stranger offers, for a hefty fee, to lead Elizabeth to where her husband is being held, the suspicious Taylor and Hawkeye insist on going along.

11. The Escape

The brother of a man Taylor had executed seeks revenge by luring the captain and Elizabeth on a business expedition that will lead to their capture by the French.

12. Fly with Me

Hawkeye and Chingachgook conspire to help two runaway slaves being returned to their owner by a ""gentleman"" from Virginia.

13. The Ally

A provoked attack on Taylor prompts the captain to ban the entire Delaware tribe from the fort, including Chingachgook.

14. The Boxer

An enigmatic French prisoner intrigues Hawkeye, who begins to believe that the soldier may not be what he seems.

15. The Traitor

Taylor has Hawkeye tried for treason when the captain is shot soon after a heated argument between the two men, but Hawkeye's sense of honor hinders Elizabeth's efforts to prove his innocence.

16. Amnesty

Hawkeye fumes when Taylor grants a pardon to a recalcitrant soldier in exchange for crucial information about the French.

17. The Visit

Elizabeth resists her father's efforts to bring her back to Virginia, even after Taylor produces new evidence that her missing husband is dead.

18. Vengeance Is Mine

The capture of a Huron chief's wife leads Hawkeye to his parents' killer, and even Elizabeth may not be able to stop him from taking revenge.

19. The Plague

An Indian chief blames Elizabeth for a smallpox epidemic that ravages his tribe shortly after her inadvertent violation of sacred ground.

20. Hester

A Massachusetts woman reputed to have mysterious healing powers struggles to save the fort from the epidemic, only to be branded a witch.

21. The Bounty

An old friend appeals to Hawkeye to help free her brother-in-law from his captors, but the French have put a bounty on Hawkeye's head and everyone is trying to kill him.

22. The Return

Elizabeth's husband returns from captivity, but while she struggles to make a decision about her future, Chingachgook questions William's association with a shaman who practices ""black arts.""

Overview

Hawkeye is a television series, airing in syndication for one season during 1994-1995, and produced by Stephen J. Cannell. The series was filmed in North Vancouver and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Based on characters from the Leatherstocking Tales, a set of novels written by James Fenimore Cooper, the series takes place in 1755 Hudson Valley, New York during the French and Indian War. It follows the main character, Natty Bumppo, his Native American companion Chingachgook, trading post owner Elizabeth Shields and other people stationed at or living in the vicinity of Fort Bennington.