Then Came Bronson: Season 1
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
The Runner
Sep 17, 1969
Bronson takes a temp job at Hanrahan School, a summer camp for disturbed children run by noted therapist Edward Hanrahan and his daughter Doris, who is by chance an old girlfriend
The Old Motorcycle Fiasco
Sep 24, 1969
Bronson's bike is damaged when an old woman who offers to sell him some gasoline mistakenly fills the tank with weed killer. Old-timer Alex invites Bronson to use his ranch to work
...A Famine Where Abundance Lies
Oct 1, 1969
Knowing that Bronson is short on cash, lonely widow Monica offers him a job on her guest ranch. During his stay, Monica's teenage daughter Lori becomes quite enamored with Bronson,
The Circle of Time
Oct 8, 1969
Bronson ends up in a ghost town whose sole resident is the venerable Hattie Calter, who piques his interest with her tales of surviving the Titanic disaster and her vitality. Hatti
Where Will the Trumpets Be?
Oct 15, 1969
Miguel approaches motorbike riding using the same aggressive methods that he uses to fight bulls in the bullring. Bronson is reluctant when Miguel tries to imbue Bronson with his v
Amid Splinters of the Thunderbolt
Oct 22, 1969
Bronson travels to Colorado to find an old friend named Bucky O'Neill, a priest with a crisis of conscience. Bucky has fallen for Mary Draper but leaving the priesthood torments hi
The 3:13 Arrives at Noon
Oct 29, 1969
Former local hero turned bank robber Clay Turner has been imprisoned for years. When paroled and he returns to his hometown, it seems Turner had made revenge threats to Ed Hemmings
Old Tigers Never Die—They Just Run Away
Nov 5, 1969
While staying at the home of retired pressman Oliver, Bronson enters a local motorbike race. But when town champ Russ Faber learns this, he becomes obsessed with defeating Bronson.
Your Love Is Like a Demolition Derby in My Heart
Nov 19, 1969
Bronson arrives in a new town, where he meets and asks Leona Czandowski on a date. However, her brother Darryl's overprotectiveness causes her much dismay. Bronson helps Leona ente
Two Percent of Nothing
Nov 26, 1969
Bronson accepts two percent of a potential oil well that is possibly ready to blow, in lieu of cash for work done for Royce MacLeod. Unfortunately, MacLeod faces foreclosure if he
All the World and God
Dec 3, 1969
Bronson befriends an attractive nurse, Barbara Timmons, who mourns the death of a doctor she worked with. She considers quitting her job because it overtaxes her but is uncertain b
A Long Trip to Yesterday
Dec 10, 1969
Bronson helps Henry Tate, a reluctant biker in distress, with a loan when his bike breaks down. In order to repay him, Tate brings Bronson to his family's home where he has not vis
The Spitball Kid
Dec 17, 1969
The arrogant William Lovering is regarded as a great pitcher in a local bush league baseball team. When Bronson takes a job as a ball player, he soon finds he's able to hit the bal
Against a Blank Cold Wall
Dec 24, 1969
Native American Tony Wade has taken his family into bleak country to perform his Vision Quest in order to reclaim his spirit. Bronson, an old friend of Tony's, locates him and the
Sibyl
Dec 31, 1969
Bronson is charmed by Sibyl, who fancies herself a witch and is part of a band of occultists led by Hermes. Bronson at first is entertained by her beliefs but later recoils at her
A-Pickin' an' a-Singin'
Jan 14, 1970
Bronson partners with Billy Mulavey in order to compete in a song contest and land a job at a highway honky-tonk. Greedy local DJbJohnny Dell signs songwriter Billy to a restricti
The Gleam of the Eagle Mind
Jan 21, 1970
When eccentric artist Juan Longorio paints a naked woman on the side of a barn, it places him and Bronson in trouble with the owner, Sid Casper, and the city locals. Still, more p
That Undiscovered Country...
Jan 28, 1970
When Bronson arrives in an Amish community, his tales of the 'outside world' captivate Harold and Dorothy, a young betrothed couple. Seeing how Dorothy looks at Bronson, Harold hea
Lucky Day
Feb 4, 1970
In Reno, Bronson visits his cousin Eve, who is engaged to marry Len. He gives Eve money for a wedding dress but she impetuously chooses to gamble instead and catches 'the fever'. E
Mating Dance for Tender Grass
Feb 11, 1970
Bronson and Native American Boise Idaho vie for the attention of beautiful Tender Grass by entering a cross-country race. Bronson is initially against the idea, but after goading f
The Mountain
Feb 18, 1970
Like Hemingway, and like the character out of his novel The Sun Also Rises, Wilson Ford is a renowned novelist with a 'secret' that motivates him to act with abandon. In order to h
Still Waters
Feb 25, 1970
Harve Traine, publisher of the 'The Pacific Grove Press', warns the community in a series of editorials about the ecological havoc industrial pollution is causing the local bay and
The Forest Primeval
Mar 4, 1970
Bronson takes a trip in the Los Padres National Forest and runs into trouble after his bike falls down an embankment. Deciding to ride out of the forest by following the contour of
The Ninety-Nine Mile Circle
Mar 11, 1970
Much like the vagabond Bronson, widower Isadore Katz left his business in New York City and took to the road in a camper to experience new realities and meet new people. Bronson he
The Mary R
Mar 25, 1970
Bronson helps uncle Herman and cousin Carl repair and restore an old fishing boat. Carl is passionate about restoring the boat because it reminds him of his late mother. On the oth
What's an Ark Without Centaurs?
Apr 1, 1970
Gus Samos hires Bronson to work on his yacht. Samos and his daughter Vhea don't communicate well due to their conflicting lifestyles and values. When Vhea leaves to see friends in