Series

The Magnificent Seven

1998 · 2 seasons · 23 episodes · Drama, Western

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The Magnificent Seven is an American western television series based on the 1960 movie, which is a remake of the Japanese film Seven Samurai. It aired between 1998 and 2000. It was filmed in Newhall, California. The pilot, scripted by Chris Black and Frank Q. Dobbs, was filmed in Mescal, Arizona and the Dragoon Mountains of Arizona, near Tombstone.

Robert Vaughn, who had starred in the original 1960 movie, frequently guest-starred as a crusading judge.

Seasons

2 seasons · 23 episodes

1
Pilot (1) - The Ghosts of the Confederacy

3 Jan 1998 1h

A band of marauding Confederate soldiers threatens an Indian village. The village elders travel to a nearby town to purchase protection. They approach Chris and Vin with their offer. They quickly accept and recruit the rest of the seven to help them save the village. The seven protect the village, with Ezra showing up at the last moment and Nathan falling in love.
2
Pilot (2) - The Ghosts of the Confederacy

3 Jan 1998 1h

A band of marauding Confederate soldiers threatens an Indian village. The village elders travel to a nearby town to purchase protection. They approach Chris and Vin with their offer. They quickly accept and recruit the rest of the seven to help them save the village. The seven protect the village, with Ezra showing up at the last moment and Nathan falling in love.
3
One Day Out West

10 Jan 1998 1h

J.D. volunteers to serve as sheriff when a Federal Judge, Mary's father, comes to clean up the town. Judge Travis enlists the Seven to protect the town.
4
Working Girls

17 Jan 1998 1h

The town takes in a group of 'working girls' escaping from their vengeful master.
5
Safecracker

24 Jan 1998 1h

An ex-safecracker traveling through town is forced to return to her nefarious ways by an adamant ex-partner.
6
Witness

31 Jan 1998 1h

Mary's young son visits, only to be haunted by his memories of a rogue townsperson. Ezra's con-artist mother comes to town.
7
Nemesis

28 Feb 1998 1h

Chris pursues the man he believes is responsible for the murder of his wife and sons. The rest of the seven try their best to keep Chris from doing something he might regret. A reporter follows the men around to get a story.
8
The Collector

7 Mar 1998 1h

The Seven get involved when a 'collector', Guy Royal, attempts to buy a string of homes; the future home of the railroad. Royal's hired gun has a bone to pick with Chris over an incident many years back. Josiah is excited when his former love, saloon singer Emma comes to town. J.D. competes with a tomboy.
9
Manhunt

14 Mar 1998 1h

Vin takes the lead in a manhunt to catch an escaped prisoner who took a local woman hostage. The girl's father, the local preacher, seeks vengeance.
10
Inmate 78

21 Mar 1998 1h

Chris is arrested and thrown into a gulag-type prison camp while intervening in the arrest of an innocent man. He's subsequently informed that the sheriff identifies drifters who look like they have money, and arrest them on trumped-up charges until their families pay the bail. Vin, Ezra and the boys search for Chris when he doesn't return.