Lonesome Dove

Season 1

Lonesome Dove was nominated for 18 Emmy Awards, and won seven. It won two Golden Globes including Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV. Based upon the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Larry McMurtry and set in the late nineteenth century, this sprawling epic of the Old West is the story of the last defiant frontier, a daring cattle drive, and an undying love.

19894 episodesX-RayTV-14

Drama•Western•Adventure

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S1 E1 - Part I - Leaving
February 4, 1989
1 h 34 min
TV-14
Texas Rangers and long-time ranching partners Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call meet their old friend Jake, and decide to strike out from their south Texas base and drive a cattle herd to Montana.
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S1 E2 - Part II: On The Trail
February 6, 1989
1 h 30 min
TV-14
McCrae and Wood's cattle drive faces deadly situations. Sheriff July Johnson heads to Texas, and former prostitute Lorena is abandoned by Jake and kidnapped by the psychotic Blue Duck.
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S1 E3 - Part III: The Plains
February 7, 1989
1 h 34 min
TV-14
Gus and July save Lorena from Blue Duck, but at a deadly cost. Jake runs with a bad crowd and pays the price. July accepts that his wife has left him and stays on at Clara's with his newborn son.
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S1 E4 - Part IV: Return
February 8, 1989
1 h 34 min
TV-14
The cattle drive reaches Nebraska, where Gus and Clara reunite. Drought and Indian attacks take their toll as the drive reaches Montana, and Gus is wounded. Call honors his best friend's request.
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