8.3/1094 votes#1 - 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: N/A
Writer: Chris Black
- 7.9/1087 votes
#2 - 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: N/A
Writer: Chris Black
- 8.2/1078 votes
#3 - 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
- 8.2/1073 votes
#4 - 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
- 8.6/1075 votes
#5 - 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: N/A
- 8.0/1070 votes
#6 - 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: N/A
Writer: Melissa Rosenberg
- 8.3/1069 votes
#7 - 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: N/A
- 8.8/1090 votes
#8 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#9 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#10 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Magnificent Seven Season 1
Every episode of The Magnificent Seven Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Magnificent Seven Season 1!
The Magnificent Seven is an American western television series based on the 1960 movie, which is a remake of the Japanese film Seven Samurai. It...
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Network:CBS
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot (1)" is the best rated episode of "The Magnificent Seven" season 1. It scored 8.3/10 based on 94 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Chris Black, it aired on 1/3/1998. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Pilot (2)".