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The Best Episodes of Captains and the Kings Season 1

Every episode of Captains and the Kings Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Captains and the Kings Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Captains and the Kings Season 1

Rags-to-riches tale of an Irish immigrant in late 1800s based on the novel by Taylor Caldwell.

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  1. 8.1/10(16 votes)

    #1 - Chapter I

    S1:E1

    Joseph Francis Xavier Armagh and his two younger siblings Sean and Mary escape a ship on the harbor of New York. The situation ashore is problematic, jobs are scarce and food equally scarce. Aboard the ship their mother has died from disease, but they have a hope; their father is in Philadelphia awaiting them. The siblings run away, and discovers their father to be dead to, and young teenager Joseph places his siblings in an Orphanage while he himself goes to make money, become rich and get them out of poverty. The first episode follows Joseph for a few years through a series of struggles, and how he starts earning his first dollars and setting off into speculation in oil, together with his new-won friend, the Lebanese Haroun Al-Zieff (later: Harry Seff). The beginnings of a true rags-to-riches-story.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.1/10(12 votes)

    #2 - Chapter II

    S1:E2

    A few years of successful gun running and Joseph Armagh becomes a partner in the oil company of Ed Healey.

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    Director:N/A
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  3. 8.1/10(11 votes)

    #3 - Chapter III

    S1:E3

    Joseph Armagh rejects the love of Elizabeth Healey, learns of the dying Katherine Hennessey's unrequited love, promising to wed her daughter Bernadette before Katherine's jealous husband goes too far in a salacious attack on Joseph.

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  4. 8.0/10(10 votes)

    #4 - Chapter IV

    S1:E4

    Tensions escalate between the labor unions and the railroad, as Joseph Armagh fathers four children with Bernadette even as he seeks to avenge himself on her father for depriving him of the two great loves of his life.

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    Director:N/A
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  5. 7.9/10(10 votes)

    #5 - Chapter VII

    S1:E7

    While his son Rory searches for brother Kevin with Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the jungles of Cuba, Joseph Armagh quietly orchestrates the annulment of Rory's marriage to Marjorie Chisholm.

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    Director:Douglas Heyes
    Writer:N/A
  6. 7.8/10(11 votes)

    #6 - Chapter VIII

    S1:E8

    Rory Armagh seeks the Democratic nomination for President over Woodrow Wilson, while his father ponders a lifetime without love.

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    Director:Douglas Heyes
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 7.7/10(10 votes)

    #7 - Chapter VI

    S1:E6

    Rory Armagh romances Marjorie Chisholm while his sister Anne-Marie's relationship with Courtney Wickersham crashes and burns through no fault of their own.

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    Director:N/A
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  9. 7.6/10(11 votes)

    #8 - Chapter V

    S1:E5

    Joseph Armagh's attempted blackmail of an upstanding senator results in suicide and a lasting curse.

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    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:N/A

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Chapter I" is the best rated episode of "Captains and the Kings" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/30/1976. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Chapter II".