The Lieutenant Season 1
S01 E01
Sep 14, 1963
A Million Miles From Clary Sep 14, 1963 Platoon morale is threatened when an enlisted man (Bill Bixby) uses his friendship with Rice to gain favors.
S01 E02
Sep 21, 1963Cool of the Evening Sep 21, 1963 Rice goes to the aid of a young woman (Kathryn Hays) when he hears her scream in a dark alley, but then finds himself facing serious charges.
S01 E03
Sep 28, 1963The Proud and the Angry Sep 28, 1963 Rice goes undercover as a private to investigate charges that Sgt. Karl Kasten (Rip Torn) is brutal in his training of new recruits.
S01 E04
Oct 5, 1963Two-Star Giant Oct 5, 1963 Rice is mistakenly assigned as an aide to General Stone (Neville Brand) just as the general is ordered to Washington to defend his policies at a Senate hearing.
S01 E05
Oct 12, 1963A Very Private Affair Oct 12, 1963 2LT William T. Rice reports for his first assignment, and is forced to choose between winning the confidence of his new platoon by overlooking a fight or revealing the truth to MCAPT Raymond Rambridge.
S01 E06
Oct 19, 1963To Take Up Serpents Oct 19, 1963 Rice is assigned to an air base for training and comes to the realization that he has a fear of flying.
S01 E07
Oct 26, 1963A Touching of Hands Oct 26, 1963 Rice offers sympathy to the lonely wife of a fellow officer (Ina Balin), but soon finds himself the subject of malicious gossip.
S01 E08
Nov 2, 1963Captain Thomson Nov 2, 1963 A gruff and tactless guerrilla warfare instructor (Paul Burke) makes impossible demands on his trainees.
S01 E09
Nov 9, 1963Instant Wedding Nov 9, 1963 Rice tries to protect a fellow officer's girlfriend from the romantic attentions of a Navy officer.
S01 E10
Nov 16, 1963A Troubled Image Nov 16, 1963 Rice trains a group of Vietnamese combat officers and finds one of them is a beautiful woman.
S01 E11
Nov 30, 1963Fall From A White Horse Nov 30, 1963 Rice is assigned to defend a fellow Marine officer (Andrew Prine) who is accused in a hit-and-run accident and is in danger of being court-martialed.
S01 E12
Dec 14, 1963Alert Dec 14, 1963 Rice falls in love with a business executive's daughter (Sharon Farrell) who gives him an ultimatum of either leaving the Marine Corps or breaking off the relationship.
S01 E13
Dec 21, 1963The Art of Discipline Dec 21, 1963 Rice loses control of his new platoon when he relaxes discipline to win friends.
S01 E14
Dec 28, 1963The Alien Dec 28, 1963 Rambridge conducts a double courtship in an effort to get married to a stewardess (Madlyn Rhue) as quickly as possible in order to adopt a Korean orphan.
S01 E15
Jan 4, 1964O'Rourke Jan 4, 1964 A famous author (Eddie Albert) decides to prove the contemporary Marine Corps is far less effective that it was during World War II.
S01 E16
Jan 18, 1964Gone the Sun Jan 18, 1964 Returning to his hometown while escorting a dead soldier, Rice is blamed for the death of a Marine during maneuvers by the parents of the deceased man, and connects with the beautiful sister (Sherry Jackson) of a friend. Strother Martin plays a taxi driver.
S01 E17
Jan 25, 1964Between Music and Laughter Jan 25, 1964 A party girl (Patricia Crowley) asks Rice to help her win back the affections of her ex-husband, Captain Rambridge.
S01 E18
Feb 1, 1964Interlude Feb 1, 1964 Rice's career in the Marine Corps is threatened when he is paralyzed in an automobile accident, but he finds love during his rehabilitation with a woman (Joanna Moore) dying of a brain tumor.
S01 E19
Feb 8, 1964Capp's Lady Feb 8, 1964 Rice makes an effort to warn Sgt. Horace Capp (James Gregory) that the woman he plans to marry has both a notorious reputation and a police record.
S01 E20
Feb 15, 1964Green Water Green Flag Feb 15, 1964 Rice meets Lt. Joe Worth, an old adversary just when he is suddenly given command of important maneuvers due to Rambridge's appendicitis.
S01 E21
Feb 22, 1964To Set It Right Feb 22, 1964 Rice tries to play peacemaker when he has to resolve a racial dispute between two young members (Dennis Hopper and Don Marshall) of his platoon. Nichelle Nichols plays the black soldier's fiancee. NOTE: The network never compensated MGM Television for this installment, forcing the company to bear the entire burden of its costs.
S01 E22
Feb 29, 1964In the Highest Tradition Feb 29, 1964 Rice is assigned as a technical adviser with a film crew making a movie about a Marine lieutenant in World War II. Leonard Nimoy plays a Hollywood producer and actor. Majel Barrett plays the wife of the World War II Marine.
S01 E23
Mar 7, 1964Tour of Duty Mar 7, 1964 A Marine (Ricardo Montalbán) returns from overseas and learns that his wife was killed while riding with another man, then takes advantage of Rice's sympathies.
S01 E24
Mar 14, 1964Lament for a Dead Goldbrick Mar 14, 1964 A newspaper reporter (Robert Duvall) writing an expose of Marine training methods holds Rice responsible for the accidental death of a Marine.
S01 E25
Mar 21, 1964Man with an Edge Mar 21, 1964 Rice loses his girlfriend to a Naval Academy football All-American (Chad Everett), who also happens to be the nephew of the colonel.
S01 E26
Mar 28, 1964Operation: Actress Mar 28, 1964 Rice is shocked when a conniving Hollywood actress (Leslie Parrish) announces that she is going to marry him.
S01 E27
Apr 4, 1964Mother Enemy Apr 4, 1964 Rice recommends Sgt. John Delwyn (Walter Koenig) for officer's school, but then discovers that the man's mother is a leading member of the American Communist party.
S01 E28
Apr 11, 1964The War Called Peace Apr 11, 1964 Rice is assigned to run a surreptitious check on carelessness in security measures that has developed on a top-secret scientific project called "The War Called Peace."
S01 E29
Apr 18, 1964To Kill a Man Apr 18, 1964 Rice is assigned to deliver top-secret military information to combat troops in Vietnam, but when his plane is shot down, he and a Vietnamese aide are forced to fight their way back.