Season 1

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  8.2/10101 votes

  Pilot (1)

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/3/1998

  A band of marauding Confederate soldiers threatens an Indian village. The village elders travel to a nearby town to purchase protection. They approach Chris and Vin with their offer. They quickly accept and recruit the rest of the seven to help them save the village. The seven protect the village, with Ezra showing up at the last moment and Nathan falling in love.

  Director: Geoff Murphy

  Writer: John Watson

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  7.9/1093 votes

  Pilot (2)

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/3/1998

  A band of marauding Confederate soldiers threatens an Indian village. The village elders travel to a nearby town to purchase protection. They approach Chris and Vin with their offer. They quickly accept and recruit the rest of the seven to help them save the village. The seven protect the village, with Ezra showing up at the last moment and Nathan falling in love.

  Director: Geoff Murphy

  Writer: John Watson, Pen Densham

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  8.2/1083 votes

  One Day Out West

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/10/1998

  J.D. volunteers to serve as sheriff when a Federal Judge, Mary's father, comes to clean up the town. Judge Travis enlists the Seven to protect the town.

  Director: Peter Markle

  Writer: Josef Anderson, John Watson, Pen Densham

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  8.2/1078 votes

  Working Girls

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/17/1998

  The town takes in a group of 'working girls' escaping from their vengeful master.

  Director: Christopher Cain

  Writer: Melissa Rosenberg

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  8.6/1080 votes

  Safecracker

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/24/1998

  An ex-safecracker traveling through town is forced to return to her nefarious ways by an adamant ex-partner.

  Director: T.J. Scott

  Writer: Rick Husky

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  8.0/1075 votes

  Witness

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/31/1998

  Mary's young son visits, only to be haunted by his memories of a rogue townsperson. Ezra's con-artist mother comes to town.

  Director: William Wages

  Writer: Melissa Rosenberg

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  8.3/1074 votes

  Nemesis

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/28/1998

  Chris pursues the man he believes is responsible for the murder of his wife and sons. The rest of the seven try their best to keep Chris from doing something he might regret. A reporter follows the men around to get a story.

  Director: Jerry Jameson

  Writer: Stephen Hattman

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  8.8/1095 votes

  The Collector

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/7/1998

  The Seven get involved when a 'collector', Guy Royal, attempts to buy a string of homes; the future home of the railroad. Royal's hired gun has a bone to pick with Chris over an incident many years back. Josiah is excited when his former love, saloon singer Emma comes to town. J.D. competes with a tomboy.

  Director: Gregg Champion

  Writer: Michael Norell

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  N/A/100 votes

  Manhunt

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/14/1998

  Vin takes the lead in a manhunt to catch an escaped prisoner who took a local woman hostage. The girl's father, the local preacher, seeks vengeance.

  Director: Steve Beers

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  Inmate 78

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/21/1998

  Chris is arrested and thrown into a gulag-type prison camp while intervening in the arrest of an innocent man. He's subsequently informed that the sheriff identifies drifters who look like they have money, and arrest them on trumped-up charges until their families pay the bail. Vin, Ezra and the boys search for Chris when he doesn't return.

  Director: Gregg Champion, Robert Franke

  Writer: Unknown