8.2/1049 votes#1 - Pilot (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1994
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.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: Kim LeMasters
8.2/1039 votes#2 - Pilot (2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1994
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.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Kim LeMasters
7.7/1038 votes#3 - The Bear
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1994
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.
Director: Richard Compton
Writer: M.M. Shelly Moore
7.7/1032 votes#4 - The Furlough
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1994
Hawkeye saves a settler from the French trader who kidnapped her, but killing him prompts revenge from the trader's Huron allies.
Director: Christopher Leitch
Writer: Steve Feke
7.5/1030 votes#5 - The Siege
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1994
The French have laid siege to the British fort, and rumor has it that they are bringing up an enormous cannon.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: Steve Feke, David Levinson
8.3/1032 votes#6 - The Child
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/1994
Hurons kidnap an infant from the fort, and any attempt to get the child back could spark a war.
Director: Richard Compton
Writer: Jon Boorstin
8.0/1028 votes#7 - The Vision
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1994
Chingachgook has a vision that hostile Indians will kill Hawkeye.
Director: Ken Girotti
Writer: Vivienne Radkoff
7.8/1027 votes#8 - Out of the Past
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1994
Hawkeye's old mentor arrives at the fort -- not for a reunion but for revenge.
Director: Neill Fearnley
Writer: William Bentley
7.8/1028 votes#9 - The Warrior
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/1994
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.
Director: Ken Girotti
Writer: David Levinson
8.1/1024 votes#10 - The Quest
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/1994
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.
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Writer: Linda Elstad
8.0/1022 votes#11 - The Escape
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/1995
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.
Director: Michael Caffey
Writer: Steve Feke, David Levinson
7.7/1028 votes#12 - Fly with Me
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/1995
Hawkeye and Chingachgook conspire to help two runaway slaves being returned to their owner by a ""gentleman"" from Virginia.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: Kenneth Biller
8.3/1023 votes#13 - The Ally
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/22/1995
A provoked attack on Taylor prompts the captain to ban the entire Delaware tribe from the fort, including Chingachgook.
Director: George Bloomfield
Writer: Jon Boorstin
8.4/1023 votes#14 - The Boxer
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/29/1995
An enigmatic French prisoner intrigues Hawkeye, who begins to believe that the soldier may not be what he seems.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: Steve Feke, David Levinson
8.4/1025 votes#15 - The Traitor
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/5/1995
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.
Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño
Writer: Jon Boorstin
7.9/1025 votes#16 - Amnesty
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/12/1995
Hawkeye fumes when Taylor grants a pardon to a recalcitrant soldier in exchange for crucial information about the French.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: Kathryn Baker
6.5/1026 votes#17 - The Visit
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/19/1995
Elizabeth resists her father's efforts to bring her back to Virginia, even after Taylor produces new evidence that her missing husband is dead.
Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño
Writer: Leon Tokatyan
8.6/1025 votes#18 - Vengeance Is Mine
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/26/1995
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.
Director: Brenton Spencer
Writer: M.M. Shelly Moore
8.4/1024 votes#19 - The Plague
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/5/1995
An Indian chief blames Elizabeth for a smallpox epidemic that ravages his tribe shortly after her inadvertent violation of sacred ground.
Director: Michael Caffey
Writer: Vivienne Radkoff
8.0/1027 votes#20 - Hester
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/30/1995
A Massachusetts woman reputed to have mysterious healing powers struggles to save the fort from the epidemic, only to be branded a witch.
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Writer: Sarah Bird
8.3/1022 votes#21 - The Bounty
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/7/1995
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.
Director: Brenton Spencer
Writer: M.M. Shelly Moore
8.3/1022 votes#22 - The Return
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/14/1995
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.""
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: David Levinson
The Best Episodes of Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot (1)" is the best rated episode of "Hawkeye (The First Frontier)" season 1. It scored 8.2/10 based on 49 votes. Directed by Brad Turner and written by Kim LeMasters, it aired on 9/18/1994. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Pilot (2)".