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Then Came Bronson is an American adventure/drama television series produced by MGM Television and broadcast on NBC from 1969 to 1970. Created by Denne Bart Petitclerc, the series began with a feature-length pilot on March 24, 1969. It was greenlit for one year and began first run on September 17, 1969.
Disillusioned reporter Jim Bronson quits his job and starts wandering the road on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle as a form of soul-searching. He meets various characters; some he helps, others he educates.
Cast
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01The RunnerSeptember 17, 1969—Bronson takes a temp job at Hanrahan School, a summer camp for disturbed children run by noted therapist Edward Hanrahan and his daughter Do
- S01E02The Old Motorcycle FiascoSeptember 24, 1969—Bronson's bike is damaged when an old woman who offers to sell him some gasoline mistakenly fills the tank with weed killer. Old-timer Alex
- S01E03...A Famine Where Abundance LiesOctober 1, 1969—Knowing that Bronson is short on cash, lonely widow Monica offers him a job on her guest ranch. During his stay, Monica's teenage daughter L
- S01E04The Circle of TimeOctober 8, 1969—Bronson ends up in a ghost town whose sole resident is the venerable Hattie Calter, who piques his interest with her tales of surviving the
- S01E05Where Will the Trumpets Be?October 15, 1969—Miguel approaches motorbike riding using the same aggressive methods that he uses to fight bulls in the bullring. Bronson is reluctant when
- S01E06Amid Splinters of the ThunderboltOctober 22, 1969—Bronson travels to Colorado to find an old friend named Bucky O'Neill, a priest with a crisis of conscience. Bucky has fallen for Mary Drape
- S01E07The 3:13 Arrives at NoonOctober 29, 1969—Former local hero turned bank robber Clay Turner has been imprisoned for years. When paroled and he returns to his hometown, it seems Turner
- S01E08Old Tigers Never Die—They Just Run AwayNovember 5, 1969—While staying at the home of retired pressman Oliver, Bronson enters a local motorbike race. But when town champ Russ Faber learns this, he
- S01E09Your Love Is Like a Demolition Derby in My HeartNovember 19, 1969—Bronson arrives in a new town, where he meets and asks Leona Czandowski on a date. However, her brother Darryl's overprotectiveness causes h
- S01E10Two Percent of NothingNovember 26, 1969—Bronson accepts two percent of a potential oil well that is possibly ready to blow, in lieu of cash for work done for Royce MacLeod. Unfortu
- S01E11All the World and GodDecember 3, 1969—Bronson befriends an attractive nurse, Barbara Timmons, who mourns the death of a doctor she worked with. She considers quitting her job bec
- S01E12A Long Trip to YesterdayDecember 10, 1969—Bronson helps Henry Tate, a reluctant biker in distress, with a loan when his bike breaks down. In order to repay him, Tate brings Bronson t
- S01E13The Spitball KidDecember 17, 1969—The arrogant William Lovering is regarded as a great pitcher in a local bush league baseball team. When Bronson takes a job as a ball player
- S01E14Against a Blank Cold WallDecember 24, 1969—Native American Tony Wade has taken his family into bleak country to perform his Vision Quest in order to reclaim his spirit. Bronson, an ol
- S01E15SibylDecember 31, 1969—Bronson is charmed by Sibyl, who fancies herself a witch and is part of a band of occultists led by Hermes. Bronson at first is entertained
- S01E16A-Pickin' an' a-Singin'January 14, 1970—Bronson partners with Billy Mulavey in order to compete in a song contest and land a job at a highway honky-tonk. Greedy local DJbJohnny De
- S01E17The Gleam of the Eagle MindJanuary 21, 1970—When eccentric artist Juan Longorio paints a naked woman on the side of a barn, it places him and Bronson in trouble with the owner, Sid Cas
- S01E18That Undiscovered Country...January 28, 1970—When Bronson arrives in an Amish community, his tales of the 'outside world' captivate Harold and Dorothy, a young betrothed couple. Seeing
- S01E19Lucky DayFebruary 4, 1970—In Reno, Bronson visits his cousin Eve, who is engaged to marry Len. He gives Eve money for a wedding dress but she impetuously chooses to g
- S01E20Mating Dance for Tender GrassFebruary 11, 1970—Bronson and Native American Boise Idaho vie for the attention of beautiful Tender Grass by entering a cross-country race. Bronson is initial
- S01E21The MountainFebruary 18, 1970—Like Hemingway, and like the character out of his novel The Sun Also Rises, Wilson Ford is a renowned novelist with a 'secret' that motivate
- S01E22Still WatersFebruary 25, 1970—Harve Traine, publisher of the 'The Pacific Grove Press', warns the community in a series of editorials about the ecological havoc industria
- S01E23The Forest PrimevalMarch 4, 1970—Bronson takes a trip in the Los Padres National Forest and runs into trouble after his bike falls down an embankment. Deciding to ride out o
- S01E24The Ninety-Nine Mile CircleMarch 11, 1970—Much like the vagabond Bronson, widower Isadore Katz left his business in New York City and took to the road in a camper to experience new r
- S01E25The Mary RMarch 25, 1970—Bronson helps uncle Herman and cousin Carl repair and restore an old fishing boat. Carl is passionate about restoring the boat because it re
- S01E26What's an Ark Without Centaurs?April 1, 1970—Gus Samos hires Bronson to work on his yacht. Samos and his daughter Vhea don't communicate well due to their conflicting lifestyles and val
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