The Best Episodes of The Bold Ones: The Senator Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.3/10(20 votes)

   #1 - To Taste of Death But Once

   S1:E19/13/1970

   Despite a threat on his life, Senator Stowe accepts an invitation from Garbury College to speak about the practical uses of political dissent.

   Director:Daryl Duke

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Daryl Duke

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.3/10(17 votes)

   #2 - The Day the Lion Died

   S1:E210/4/1970

   Senator Hays Stowe accepts an invitation to speak at Garbury College despite a threat on his life. Topic of his speech: ""The Practical Uses of Dissent in the 1970's""

   Director:Daryl Duke

   Writer:Leon Tokatyan

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   Director:Daryl Duke

   Writer:Leon Tokatyan
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   7.4/10(13 votes)

   #3 - Power Play

   S1:E311/1/1970

   When Stowe throws his support behind a reform candidate as party nominee for a special election, he suddenly finds himself short of votes to secure passage of his signature education subsidy legislation. He risks alienating his grassroots supporters by considering a deal offered by State Party Chairman Mallon, who is desperate to nominate a wealthy but unqualified candidate.

   Directors:Daryl Duke, Jerrold Freedman

   Writer:Ernest Kinoy

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   Directors:Daryl Duke, Jerrold Freedman

   Writer:Ernest Kinoy
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   8.5/10(19 votes)

   #4 - A Continual Roar of Musketry (1)

   S1:E411/22/1970

   The Senator wants to secure the passage of important welfare-type bills, but must also cater to the desires of those who hold the key to his re-election.

   Director:Robert Day

   Writer:Jerrold Freedman

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   Director:Robert Day

   Writer:Jerrold Freedman
5. 

   8.3/10(15 votes)

   #5 - A Continual Roar of Musketry (2)

   S1:E511/29/1970

   Fictional drama based on the National Guard shootings at Kent State University.

   Director:Robert Day

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Robert Day

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.1/10(18 votes)

   #6 - Someday They'll Elect a President

   S1:E61/17/1971

   As part of an effort to bring a new power plant to his state, Senator Stowe's aide Jordan Boyle makes a major error in judgment by drafting and signing an introduction letter to a businessman who was later revealed to be a high-ranking member of the mob.

   Director:John Badham

   Writer:Leon Tokatyan

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   Director:John Badham

   Writer:Leon Tokatyan
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   6.4/10(11 votes)

   #7 - George Washington Told a Lie

   S1:E72/7/1971

   Senator Stowe proudly announces final approval for the construction of a long awaited hydroelectric dam in his home state. However, protesters bring to his attention a previously overlooked detail that the project will forcefully displace a tribe of 76 Native Americans from their reservation because of a technicality in their treaty, which was written in 1792 by George Washington.

   Director:Daryl Duke

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Daryl Duke

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   7.0/10(13 votes)

   #8 - A Single Blow of the Sword

   S1:E82/28/1971

   An opponent of the welfare system who works for the Office of Enforcement Operations attempts to derail Senator Stowe's Inner City Self Help Act legislation by publishing a report containing evidence of misappropriation of funds by an administrator Stowe personally selected for a similar anti-poverty agency.

   Director:John Badham

   Writer:Jerrold Freedman

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   Director:John Badham

   Writer:Jerrold Freedman