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The economic and cultural growth of town of Centennial, Colorado, through the intertwining lives of the brave men and women inhabiting it. Spanning two centuries from the settling of the area in the 1700s, to

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Centennial Season 1 Episode 12 - The Scream of Eagles
    6.9/10(155 votes)

    #1 - The Scream of Eagles

    S1:E12

    1978: Historian Professor Lew Vernor and writer Sidney Enderman arrive to do a article on Centennial. Paul Garrett, the current owner of the Venneford Ranch and a direct descendant of Pasquinel, tells them the history of the town. Morgan Wendell, son of Philip is running for the newly formed office of Commissioner of Resources and Priorities for the State of Colorado. When it is realized that Wendell is running only for the money and power, Garrett is persuaded to run against him.

    Director:Virgil W. Vogel
    Writer:John Wilder

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  2. Centennial Season 1 Episode 8 - The Storm
    7.6/10(147 votes)

    #2 - The Storm

    S1:E8

    Mervin Wendell, his wife Maude and son Philip, a theatrical / professional con man comes to Centennial. Jim Lloyd is in love with Levi Zendt's beautiful, but wild daughter Clemma and pursues her. Meanwhile, the British investors have sent Scottish accountant Finlay Perkin to the Venneford Ranch to do an audit. Not able to understand Seccombe's accounting or spendage of running a cattle ranch, he accuses him of thief.

    Director:Harry Falk
    Writers:Charles Larson, John Wilder

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  3. Centennial Season 1 Episode 11 - The Winds of Death
    7.7/10(139 votes)

    #3 - The Winds of Death

    S1:E11

    Early 1900's, Mervin Wendell has become a real estate tycoon by selling promises on land that barely produces any growth to young naive families from the East. While Charlotte Lloyd takes up the Mexican residents' cause at defending their rights.

    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writers:John Wilder, Jerry Ziegman

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  4. Centennial Season 1 Episode 10 - The Winds of Fortune
    7.9/10(144 votes)

    #4 - The Winds of Fortune

    S1:E10

    Charlotte Seccombe and Jim Lloyd fall in love, while Zendt's troubled daughter Clemma returns. The notorious Pettis gang arrive for a showdown with Sheriff Dumire. Hans Brumbaugh's Japanese laborers quit him to follow after their own dreams of owning their own farms.

    Director:Harry Falk
    Writers:Charles Larson, John Wilder

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  5. Centennial Season 1 Episode 2 - The Yellow Apron
    8.0/10(186 votes)

    #5 - The Yellow Apron

    S1:E2

    In spite of mounting tensions between the races, Pasquinel, McKeag and the Indians continue a profitable releationship in trading. Clay Basket bears Pasquinel two sons, Jacques and Marcel, while back in St. Louis, Lise gives birth to Pasquinel's daughter, Lisette. Pasquinel continues his obsessive search for Lame Beaver's gold, while McKeag and Clay Basket are secretly in love with each other, but her honor in marriage to Pasquinel won't allow her to reveal it to McKeag.

    Director:Virgil W. Vogel
    Writer:John Wilder

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  6. Centennial Season 1 Episode 4 - For as Long as the Water Flows
    8.0/10(167 votes)

    #6 - For as Long as the Water Flows

    S1:E4

    Driven by the grief over his wife's death, Levi boards himself up in the desolate cabin once used by McKeag and Pasquinel in their early trapping days. Clay Basket and McKeag soon send their daughter Lucinda to bring him to their home. Eventually, Levi and Lucinda fall in love and marry. Meanwhile, Hans Brumbaugh arrives from Germany to seek gold.

    Director:Paul Krasny
    Writers:John Wilder, Jerry Ziegman

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  7. Centennial Season 1 Episode 7 - The Shepherds
    8.0/10(148 votes)

    #7 - The Shepherds

    S1:E7

    The late 1800's, Hans Brumbaugh leads the farmers in the war against the wealthy ranchers and cattlemen led by Oliver Seccombe. Messmore Garrett settles in Centennial with thousands of sheep and more competition against the cattlemen. The new sheriff, Dumire can't stop the fight from both sides. Charlotte Buckland, the daughter of one of the Venneford Ranch's British owners, arrives in America and falls in love with Seccombe.

    Director:Virgil W. Vogel
    Writers:Charles Larson, John Wilder

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  8. Centennial Season 1 Episode 9 - The Crime
    8.0/10(148 votes)

    #8 - The Crime

    S1:E9

    The Wendells easily con the people of Centennial, while blackmailing Reverend Holly. The Wendell son, Philip idolizes Sheriff Dumire, who is investegating the disappearance and possible murder of a traveling businessman, carrying a briefcase full of money. Newly widowed Charlotte Seccombe, returns to England briefly, but returns to run the Venneford Ranch. Meanwhile, Hans Brumbaugh, with the help of Japanese laborers has built his farm into a successful potatoe farm.

    Director:Harry Falk
    Writers:Charles Larson, John Wilder

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  9. Centennial Season 1 Episode 3 - The Wagon and the Elephant
    8.1/10(188 votes)

    #9 - The Wagon and the Elephant

    S1:E3

    1845: In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, young Mennonite Levi Zendt heads out west with his bride-to-be Elly Zamm. On the wagon train and in St. Louis they meet young English writer Oliver Seccombe and Army Captain Maxwell Mercy - who is married to Lisette, Pasquinel's daughter. McKeag weds Clay Basket and adopts her half-breed daughter Lucinda. While on the wagon train, guide Samuel Purchase tries to rape Elly, causing Levi and Elly to leave it, meeting McKeag and later establish the settlement of the town Centennial.

    Director:Paul Krasny
    Writers:John Wilder, Jerry Ziegman

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  10. Centennial Season 1 Episode 1 - Only the Rocks Live Forever
    8.2/10(249 votes)

    #10 - Only the Rocks Live Forever

    S1:E1

    A feisty Quebec trapper meets Arapaho Chief Lame Beaver in his travels throughout the American West. Thus beginning a series of relationships that create a timeline of adventures from the late 1700's to the 20th century. On a trip to St. Louis to sell his wares, he encounters the wealthy silversmith Herman Bockweiss (Raymond Burr) and enters a partnership with him to bring guns and silver to the Indians. He agrees to marry Bockweiss' daughter Lise (Sally Kellerman) and leaves shortly thereafter to return to his trapping trade. He encounters and saves the life of his future partner, Alexander McKeag (Richard Chamberlain), a Scotsman attempting to escape his past. They make their way to an Arapaho camp where McKeag, who has been injured, is tended by Chief Lame Beaver's daughter, Clay Basket (Barbara Carrera). They fall in love, but she instead marries Pasquinel at her father's request. Accompanied by Clay Basket, the partners set out in search of Pasquinel's true desire - gold.

    Director:Virgil W. Vogel
    Writer:John Wilder

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  11. Centennial Season 1 Episode 5 - The Massacre
    8.2/10(168 votes)

    #11 - The Massacre

    S1:E5

    1861: War sweeps the country, the Civil War in the North and South, in the West the Pasquinel brothers, Jacques and Marcel are raiding and murdering soldiers and homesteaders. Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn, an officer in the Wyoming militia arrives in Centennial with intent on killing all Indians.

    Director:Paul Krasny
    Writers:Charles Larson, John Wilder

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  12. Centennial Season 1 Episode 6 - The Longhorns
    8.2/10(167 votes)

    #12 - The Longhorns

    S1:E6

    Representing a group of British investors, Oliver Seccombe arrives in Centennial with money to start a cattle ranch. He hires John Skimmerhorn to get some men and launch a large cattle drive to the West's largest cattle ranch, the Venneford. Skimmerhorn hires R.J. Poteet, an experienced trail boss, who picks a handful of seasoned drovers and young trail hands.

    Director:Virgil W. Vogel
    Writer:John Wilder

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Scream of Eagles" is the worst rated episode of "Centennial". It scored 6.9/10 based on 155 votes. Directed by Virgil W. Vogel and written by John Wilder, it aired on 2/4/1979. This episode scored 0.7 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Storm".