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The Best Episodes of Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1

Every episode of Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1!

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Hawkeye is a television series, airing in syndication for one season during 1994-1995, and produced by Stephen J. Cannell. The series was filmed in North Vancouver and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Based on characters from the

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot (1)
    8.1/10(59 votes)

    #1 - Pilot (1)

    S1:E1

    Hawkeye saves Virginia merchant William Shields and his wife when they're ambushed by hostile Indians on their way to open a trading post at Fort Bennington, but then Shields is captured by the French through the machinations of his treacherous brother, an officer at the fort.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writer:Kim LeMasters

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  2. Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1 Episode 2 - Pilot (2)
    8.1/10(50 votes)

    #2 - Pilot (2)

    S1:E2

    Elizabeth talks Hawkeye into guiding her to the French fort so she can negotiate for the release of her husband, but they step right into the middle of the war.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writer:Kim LeMasters

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  3. Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1 Episode 3 - The Bear
    7.7/10(48 votes)

    #3 - The Bear

    S1:E3

    After Elizabeth's encounter with a bear, she decides to take lessons from Hawkeye in wilderness-survival skills, in exchange for teaching Hawkeye how to read, but ammunition thieves bent on selling their stolen goods to the French interrupt them.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:M.M. Shelly Moore

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  4. Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1 Episode 4 - The Furlough
    7.7/10(42 votes)

    #4 - The Furlough

    S1:E4

    Hawkeye saves a settler from the French trader who kidnapped her, but killing him prompts revenge from the trader's Huron allies.

    Director:Christopher Leitch
    Writer:Steve Feke

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  5. Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1 Episode 5 - The Siege
    7.6/10(38 votes)

    #5 - The Siege

    S1:E5

    The French have laid siege to the British fort, and rumor has it that they are bringing up an enormous cannon.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writers:Steve Feke, David Levinson

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  6. Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1 Episode 6 - The Child
    8.0/10(41 votes)

    #6 - The Child

    S1:E6

    Hurons kidnap an infant from the fort, and any attempt to get the child back could spark a war.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Jon Boorstin

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  7. Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1 Episode 7 - The Vision
    7.9/10(36 votes)

    #7 - The Vision

    S1:E7

    Chingachgook has a vision that hostile Indians will kill Hawkeye.

    Director:Ken Girotti
    Writer:Vivienne Radkoff

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  8. Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1 Episode 8 - Out of the Past
    7.7/10(35 votes)

    #8 - Out of the Past

    S1:E8

    Hawkeye's old mentor arrives at the fort -- not for a reunion but for revenge.

    Director:Neill Fearnley
    Writer:William Bentley

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  9. Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1 Episode 9 - The Warrior
    7.7/10(36 votes)

    #9 - The Warrior

    S1:E9

    Elizabeth's visiting nephew realizes his dream of becoming a soldier, but when his courage fails in battle, Hawkeye and Chingachgook step in to help.

    Director:Ken Girotti
    Writer:David Levinson

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  10. Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1 Episode 10 - The Quest
    8.0/10(32 votes)

    #10 - The Quest

    S1:E10

    When a stranger offers, for a hefty fee, to lead Elizabeth to where her husband is being held, the suspicious Taylor and Hawkeye insist on going along.

    Director:Jeff Woolnough
    Writer:Linda Elstad

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  11. Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1 Episode 11 - The Escape
    7.8/10(30 votes)

    #11 - The Escape

    S1:E11

    The brother of a man Taylor had executed seeks revenge by luring the captain and Elizabeth on a business expedition that will lead to their capture by the French.

    Director:Michael Caffey
    Writers:Steve Feke, David Levinson

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  12. Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1 Episode 12 - Fly with Me
    7.6/10(36 votes)

    #12 - Fly with Me

    S1:E12

    Hawkeye and Chingachgook conspire to help two runaway slaves being returned to their owner by a ""gentleman"" from Virginia.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writer:Kenneth Biller

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  13. Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1 Episode 13 - The Ally
    8.2/10(31 votes)

    #13 - The Ally

    S1:E13

    A provoked attack on Taylor prompts the captain to ban the entire Delaware tribe from the fort, including Chingachgook.

    Director:George Bloomfield
    Writer:Jon Boorstin

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  14. Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1 Episode 14 - The Boxer
    8.3/10(32 votes)

    #14 - The Boxer

    S1:E14

    An enigmatic French prisoner intrigues Hawkeye, who begins to believe that the soldier may not be what he seems.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writers:Steve Feke, David Levinson

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  15. Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1 Episode 15 - The Traitor
    8.3/10(33 votes)

    #15 - The Traitor

    S1:E15

    Taylor has Hawkeye tried for treason when the captain is shot soon after a heated argument between the two men, but Hawkeye's sense of honor hinders Elizabeth's efforts to prove his innocence.

    Director:Jesús Salvador Treviño
    Writer:Jon Boorstin

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  16. Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1 Episode 16 - Amnesty
    7.9/10(33 votes)

    #16 - Amnesty

    S1:E16

    Hawkeye fumes when Taylor grants a pardon to a recalcitrant soldier in exchange for crucial information about the French.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writer:Kathryn Baker

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  17. Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1 Episode 17 - The Visit
    6.7/10(35 votes)

    #17 - The Visit

    S1:E17

    Elizabeth resists her father's efforts to bring her back to Virginia, even after Taylor produces new evidence that her missing husband is dead.

    Director:Jesús Salvador Treviño
    Writer:Leon Tokatyan

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  18. Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1 Episode 18 - Vengeance Is Mine
    8.4/10(33 votes)

    #18 - Vengeance Is Mine

    S1:E18

    The capture of a Huron chief's wife leads Hawkeye to his parents' killer, and even Elizabeth may not be able to stop him from taking revenge.

    Director:Brenton Spencer
    Writer:M.M. Shelly Moore

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  19. Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1 Episode 19 - The Plague
    8.4/10(31 votes)

    #19 - The Plague

    S1:E19

    An Indian chief blames Elizabeth for a smallpox epidemic that ravages his tribe shortly after her inadvertent violation of sacred ground.

    Director:Michael Caffey
    Writer:Vivienne Radkoff

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  20. Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1 Episode 20 - Hester
    7.8/10(35 votes)

    #20 - Hester

    S1:E20

    A Massachusetts woman reputed to have mysterious healing powers struggles to save the fort from the epidemic, only to be branded a witch.

    Director:Jeff Woolnough
    Writer:Sarah Bird

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  21. Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1 Episode 21 - The Bounty
    8.2/10(30 votes)

    #21 - The Bounty

    S1:E21

    An old friend appeals to Hawkeye to help free her brother-in-law from his captors, but the French have put a bounty on Hawkeye's head and everyone is trying to kill him.

    Director:Brenton Spencer
    Writer:M.M. Shelly Moore

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  22. Hawkeye (The First Frontier) Season 1 Episode 22 - The Return
    8.1/10(30 votes)

    #22 - The Return

    S1:E22

    Elizabeth's husband returns from captivity, but while she struggles to make a decision about her future, Chingachgook questions William's association with a shaman who practices ""black arts.""

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writer:David Levinson

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Pilot (1)" is the best rated episode of "Hawkeye (The First Frontier)" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 59 votes. Directed by Brad Turner and written by Kim LeMasters, it aired on 9/18/1994. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Pilot (2)".