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Situated at Camp Pendleton, the West Coast base of the U.S. Marine Corps, The Lieutenant focuses on the men of the Corps in peace time with a Cold War backdrop. The title character is Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice, a rifle platoon leader and one of the training instructors at Camp Pendleton. An hour-long drama, The Lieutenant explores the lives of enlisted Marines and general officers alike.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01A Million Miles From ClarySeptember 14, 1963—Stew Sallaway, champion goldbrick at Clary High, could always depend on his buddy Bill Rice to get him out of a jam. Now Stew is a Marine pr
- S01E02Cool of the EveningSeptember 21, 1963—
- S01E03The Proud and the AngrySeptember 28, 1963—
- S01E04Two-Star GiantOctober 5, 1963—
- S01E05A Very Private AffairOctober 12, 1963—
- S01E06To Take Up SerpentsOctober 19, 1963—
- S01E07A Touching of HandsOctober 26, 1963—
- S01E08Captain ThomsonNovember 2, 1963—
- S01E09Instant WeddingNovember 9, 1963—Rice is pressed upon by a friend to look after his girl in advance of a year-long posting in the far east without leave. She demands they ma
- S01E10A Troubled ImageNovember 16, 1963—
- S01E11Fall From A White HorseNovember 30, 1963—
- S01E12AlertDecember 14, 1963—
- S01E13The Art of DisciplineDecember 21, 1963—
- S01E14The AlienDecember 28, 1963—
- S01E15O'RourkeJanuary 4, 1964—An ex Marine who is also a journalist is assigned to Rice's unit to do an article on the modern Marine core. Rice quickly discovers not is a
- S01E16Gone the SunJanuary 18, 1964—Rice returns to his home town to aid in the burial of a Marine killed in a training accident. He has to deal with the grieving family of the
- S01E17Between Music and LaughterJanuary 25, 1964—
- S01E18InterludeFebruary 1, 1964—
- S01E19Capp's LadyFebruary 8, 1964—
- S01E20Green Water Green FlagFebruary 15, 1964—
- S01E21To Set It RightFebruary 22, 1964—
- S01E22In the Highest TraditionFebruary 29, 1964—
- S01E23Tour of DutyMarch 7, 1964—
- S01E24Lament for a Dead GoldbrickMarch 14, 1964—
- S01E25Man with an EdgeMarch 21, 1964—
- S01E26Operation: ActressMarch 28, 1964—
- S01E27Mother EnemyApril 4, 1964—A young sergeant is being evaluated for officer training, but unexpectedly it's revealed that his mother is a communist agent and she's in t
- S01E28The War Called PeaceApril 11, 1964—
- S01E29To Kill a ManApril 18, 1964—
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