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Guns of Paradise

All Episodes 1988 - 1991

  • Ended
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  • 1988-10-27T04:00:00Z
  • 45m
  • 1d 18h 45m (57 episodes)
  • Robert Porter + 1 more, David Jacobs
  • United States
  • English
  • Drama, Western
Paradise starred Lee Horsley as Cord, a professional gunfighter who was forced to take custody of the four children of his sister, a St. Louis singer who was dying and unable to make any other arrangements for their care. Cord realized that his profession was unsuitable to child rearing and decided to change, renting a farm from Amelia Lawson, who also owned the local bank in the small town of Paradise, California. Ethan tried to live a peaceful life, but was constantly haunted by his violent past and frequently called upon by the townspeople to defend them from lawlessness. Cord was close friends with John Taylor, a Native American medicine man, who often provided him with wise counsel and insights into human nature.

57 episodes

Series Premiere

1988-10-27T04:00:00Z

1x01 The News From St. Louis

Series Premiere

1x01 The News From St. Louis

  • 1988-10-27T04:00:00Z45m

Unexpectedly, Ethan ends up being the custodian to his sister’s orphan children.

1988-11-03T05:00:00Z

1x02 The Holstered Gun

1x02 The Holstered Gun

  • 1988-11-03T05:00:00Z45m

Ethan prepares to leave his years of gun fighting to dedicate his life to the new family and the ranch. Sadly, he has to fight once again against some outlaws

1988-11-10T05:00:00Z

1x03 Founder's Day

1x03 Founder's Day

  • 1988-11-10T05:00:00Z45m

Amelia shoots a bank robber and his family decides to make her pay.

1988-11-24T05:00:00Z

1x04 The Ghost Dance

1x04 The Ghost Dance

  • 1988-11-24T05:00:00Z45m

Ethan saves an Indian from an angry lynching mob.

1988-12-01T05:00:00Z

1x05 Devil's Canyon

1x05 Devil's Canyon

  • 1988-12-01T05:00:00Z45m

While Ethan is attending his deceased herd, a trapper and his son seize Claire.

1988-12-08T05:00:00Z

1x06 Stray Bullet

1x06 Stray Bullet

  • 1988-12-08T05:00:00Z45m

Accidentally, during a gun fight Ethan injures Amelia.

1988-12-15T05:00:00Z

1x07 The Promise

1x07 The Promise

  • 1988-12-15T05:00:00Z45m

On their way back home, a recently broken bridge makes Ethan, George, and Ben to take a new route.

1988-12-29T05:00:00Z

1x08 Childhood's End

1x08 Childhood's End

  • 1988-12-29T05:00:00Z45m

A traveling bordello pays a visit to Ethan’s town.

1989-01-05T05:00:00Z

1x09 A Private War

1x09 A Private War

  • 1989-01-05T05:00:00Z45m

The mine manager sets out to buy up the town's businesses.

1989-01-12T05:00:00Z

1x10 Hard Choices

1x10 Hard Choices

  • 1989-01-12T05:00:00Z45m

Wanted for murder in Texas, Ethan must decide whether to take the children and run or turn himself in.

1989-01-26T05:00:00Z

1x11 Crossroads

1x11 Crossroads

  • 1989-01-26T05:00:00Z45m

Joseph joins a gang, but he is anxious about joining in a bank robbery.

1989-02-02T05:00:00Z

1x12 The Traveler

1x12 The Traveler

  • 1989-02-02T05:00:00Z45m

A stranger with amnesia is helped by Ehan and Amelia.

1989-02-08T05:00:00Z

1x13 The Secret

1x13 The Secret

  • 1989-02-08T05:00:00Z45m

With no cooperation from the townspeople, Ethan tries to uncover the truth behind a murder.

1989-02-16T05:00:00Z

1x14 A House Divided

1x14 A House Divided

  • 1989-02-16T05:00:00Z45m

A band of outlaws seize the hotel and threaten to kill the people.

1989-02-23T05:00:00Z

1x15 The Last Warrior

1x15 The Last Warrior

  • 1989-02-23T05:00:00Z45m

John Taylor attempts to stop a lumber company from building a road over land he claims is his.

1989-03-16T05:00:00Z

1x16 Vengeance

1x16 Vengeance

  • 1989-03-16T05:00:00Z45m

Claire is involved with the son of one of Ethan’s adversaries.

1989-04-08T04:00:00Z

1x17 A Matter of Honor (1)

1x17 A Matter of Honor (1)

  • 1989-04-08T04:00:00Z45m

A rancher starts a range war when he hires a notorious gunslinger (Chuck Connors as Gideon McKay).

1989-04-15T04:00:00Z

1x18 A Matter of Honor (2)

1x18 A Matter of Honor (2)

  • 1989-04-15T04:00:00Z45m

As the water rights battle escalates, Ethan and Gideon prepare to fight.

1989-04-29T04:00:00Z

1x19 Hour of the Wolf

1x19 Hour of the Wolf

  • 1989-04-29T04:00:00Z45m

A rabid wolf bites Ethan and Claire.

1989-05-06T04:00:00Z

1x20 Treasure

1x20 Treasure

  • 1989-05-06T04:00:00Z45m

While Ben and George are looking for a treasure, two criminals pursue them.

1989-05-13T04:00:00Z

1x21 Squaring Off

1x21 Squaring Off

  • 1989-05-13T04:00:00Z45m

Ethan defies a corrupt lawman to save the life of a Texas ranger.

1989-05-20T04:00:00Z

1x22 Long Lost Lawson

1x22 Long Lost Lawson

  • 1989-05-20T04:00:00Z45m

Amelia's husband returns and stirs up trouble.

Season Premiere

1989-09-10T04:00:00Z

2x01 A Gathering of Guns Pt.1

Season Premiere

2x01 A Gathering of Guns Pt.1

  • 1989-09-10T04:00:00Z45m

When a man thinks Ethan knows the location of a fortune, he kidnaps him and takes him to a prison where no man has ever escaped from. Amelia turns to her estranged husband, Pierce for help. He takes her to see Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and Pat Garrett who agree to help.

1989-09-10T04:00:00Z

2x02 A Gathering of Guns Pt. 2

2x02 A Gathering of Guns Pt. 2

  • 1989-09-10T04:00:00Z45m

When a man thinks Ethan knows the location of a fortune, he kidnaps him and takes him to a prison where no man has ever escaped from. Amelia turns to her estranged husband, Pierce for help. He takes her to see Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and Pat Garrett who agree to help.

1989-09-16T04:00:00Z

2x03 Home Again

2x03 Home Again

  • 1989-09-16T04:00:00Z45m

Wyatt Earp follows Ethan back home after the big escape. Without noticing it, a reporter also follows them looking for answers.

1989-09-23T04:00:00Z

2x04 The Common Good

2x04 The Common Good

  • 1989-09-23T04:00:00Z45m

The town needs a new marshal and Ethan is an obvious candidate, however, he does not want to do it; not even, if it costs him his ranch.

1989-10-07T04:00:00Z

2x05 Dead Run

2x05 Dead Run

  • 1989-10-07T04:00:00Z45m

Laid off miners decide to ambush Ethan and Amelia when they are heading to Virginia City to deposit $50.000.

2x06 All The Pretty Little Horses

  • 1989-10-14T04:00:00Z45m

A woman fights an implacable battle against the railroad she blames for the loss of her husband, son, and farm, not considering the cost to her and her surviving daughter.

1989-10-28T04:00:00Z

2x07 Orphan Train

2x07 Orphan Train

  • 1989-10-28T04:00:00Z45m

Ethan confronts the law to rescue a fugitive orphan who was taken away from his sister.

1989-11-04T05:00:00Z

2x08 The Burial Ground

2x08 The Burial Ground

  • 1989-11-04T05:00:00Z45m

An old Indian warrior wants to bring peace between an old foe in the warpath and a member of the cavalry.

1989-11-11T05:00:00Z

2x09 A Proper Stranger

2x09 A Proper Stranger

  • 1989-11-11T05:00:00Z45m

Ethan has to find out who is robbing the graves in the local cemetery; while Amelia takes care of the children whom a beautiful girl she does not know is tutoring. The law also wants her.

1989-11-18T05:00:00Z

2x10 Boomtown

2x10 Boomtown

  • 1989-11-18T05:00:00Z45m

The gold rush hits town and Ethan’s land is no exception. Paradise turns into a materialistic town.

1989-12-02T05:00:00Z

2x11 The Return of Johnny Ryan

2x11 The Return of Johnny Ryan

  • 1989-12-02T05:00:00Z45m

Johnny Ryan fulfills his promise of returning to paradise and taking revenge on the person who humiliated him: Ethan Cord.

1990-12-09T05:00:00Z

2x12 The Plague

2x12 The Plague

  • 1990-12-09T05:00:00Z45m

Paradise is hit by an outbreak of smallpox and Ethan has to deal with George being infected by it.

1990-01-06T05:00:00Z

2x13 The Gates of Paradise

2x13 The Gates of Paradise

  • 1990-01-06T05:00:00Z45m

A symbolic drama centering on two strangers in Paradise: a black-clad equestrian with two grim appointments to keep before the New Year, and a simple youth left in the forest to fend for himself.

1990-01-13T05:00:00Z

2x14 The Devil's Escort

2x14 The Devil's Escort

  • 1990-01-13T05:00:00Z45m

A killer who is being escorted by Ethan back to Paradise for trial might never make it because other outlaws want him dead.

1990-01-20T05:00:00Z

2x15 Dangerous Cargo

2x15 Dangerous Cargo

  • 1990-01-20T05:00:00Z45m

Ethan is offered a very well paying job but at the same time very dangerous. To deliver the opium that miners use to keep some Chinese workers more or less enslaved.

1990-02-03T05:00:00Z

2x16 Till Death Do Us Part

2x16 Till Death Do Us Part

  • 1990-02-03T05:00:00Z45m

Joseph's tomboy friend, Frankie, returns to Paradise, now sophisticatedly attired and married to a controlling, offensive judge who has the control to transfer Ethan to Texas on a murder warrant.

1990-02-10T05:00:00Z

2x17 Avenging Angel

2x17 Avenging Angel

  • 1990-02-10T05:00:00Z45m

Years ago, Ethan testified against a person. Now that person is the new town’s preacher who is a paroled murderer, claiming to have seen the light. Everyone in town is giving him a second chance, except for Ethan.

1990-02-17T05:00:00Z

2x18 Crossfire

2x18 Crossfire

  • 1990-02-17T05:00:00Z45m

The sons of Ethan’s old pal, Gideon, volunteer them as guns in a range war.

1990-03-03T05:00:00Z

2x19 Shadow of a Doubt

2x19 Shadow of a Doubt

  • 1990-03-03T05:00:00Z45m

Jerome, an obtuse and gentle man, faces a jury for the strangling of a girl who rejected him.

1990-04-07T04:00:00Z

2x20 The Coward

2x20 The Coward

  • 1990-04-07T04:00:00Z45m

Ethan protects a young deserter wanted by the Army. He also protects him from an armed mother who accuses him of the death of her son.

1990-04-14T04:00:00Z

2x21 The Chase

2x21 The Chase

  • 1990-04-14T04:00:00Z45m

A con woman visits Paradise and sells the town a trolley. She takes the townsfolk on a ride and while they are partying, she loots the place.

1990-04-28T04:00:00Z

2x22 Dust on the Wind

2x22 Dust on the Wind

  • 1990-04-28T04:00:00Z45m

A mass exodus occurs in Paradise when Ethan and Amelia decide to close the mine.

Season Premiere

1991-01-04T05:00:00Z

3x01 Out of Ashes

Season Premiere

3x01 Out of Ashes

  • 1991-01-04T05:00:00Z45m

Ethan and the children return to Paradise where Ethan is convinced to take on the role of town marshal. Ethan builds a new home for his family and he and Amelia become engaged. A new character, Dakota, arrives in town and decides to stay. He rubs Ethan the wrong way, but hits it off with Claire, much to her uncle's disdain.

1991-01-11T05:00:00Z

3x02 The Bounty

3x02 The Bounty

  • 1991-01-11T05:00:00Z45m

1991-01-25T05:00:00Z

3x03 The Women

3x03 The Women

  • 1991-01-25T05:00:00Z45m

1991-02-01T05:00:00Z

3x04 Bad Blood

3x04 Bad Blood

  • 1991-02-01T05:00:00Z45m

1991-02-08T05:00:00Z

3x05 The Valley of Death

3x05 The Valley of Death

  • 1991-02-08T05:00:00Z45m

3x06 A Bullet Through the Heart

  • 1991-02-15T05:00:00Z45m

1991-02-22T05:00:00Z

3x07 See No Evil

3x07 See No Evil

  • 1991-02-22T05:00:00Z45m

1991-03-08T05:00:00Z

3x08 Birthright

3x08 Birthright

  • 1991-03-08T05:00:00Z45m

The Carroll children's father Robert returns and tells Ethan he wants custody of the kids. At first resistant, Ethan begins to feel the children might be safer living with their father, however neglectful he has been in the past, than with him. But it turns out Robert may have brought danger of his own into the children's lives.

1991-03-29T05:00:00Z

3x09 A Study in Fear

3x09 A Study in Fear

  • 1991-03-29T05:00:00Z45m

Paradise is thrown into a state of terror when a serial killer begins targeting the town's woman. Ethan must identify and catch the killer, who has set his sites on Claire.

3x10 The Search for K.C. Cavanaugh

  • 1991-04-05T05:00:00Z45m

1991-04-12T04:00:00Z

3x11 Shield of Gold

3x11 Shield of Gold

  • 1991-04-12T04:00:00Z45m

1991-05-03T04:00:00Z

3x12 Twenty-Four Hours

3x12 Twenty-Four Hours

  • 1991-05-03T04:00:00Z45m

This episode follows a day in the life of Marshal Ethan Allan Cord, who is considering giving up his badge and leaving Paradise. Over a period of ""twenty-four hours,"" Ethan must contend with a series of disputes between townspeople as well as at home. Spoiler: In the end, he decides to stick it out and remain in Paradise.

1991-05-10T04:00:00Z

3x13 Unfinished Business

3x13 Unfinished Business

  • 1991-05-10T04:00:00Z45m

Ethan learns that an old enemy of his is headed for Paradise looking to shoot it out. To protect the children, he sends them away on a trip, but they realize that something is wrong at home. As the gunfight nears, both Ethan (in Paradise) and the children (waiting at the train station) both reflect back to how they've become a family (via flashbacks to previous episodes). Spoiler: In the end, the children don't take the train and rush back to their uncle in Paradise. He has defeated the other gunfighter and he and the children are reunited.

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