The Virginian - Season 4 Episode 5 The Awakening
A destitute former Minister, David Henderson (Glenn Corbett), who has had a crisis of faith, comes to Medicine Bow just as a dispute breaks out at a local mine over safety issues. Emmett Ryker entreaties Judge Garth to try and find a solution to the problem. When an accident occurs at the mine David's assists in a rescue attempt but hurts his leg. He is taken to Shiloh where Betsy Garth nurses him and they become romantically involved. David's actions gain him the respect of the miners, he becomes their leader, and he calls a strike over the working conditions. Despite an attempt to intimidate the miners by importing scab labour, with Judge Garth's help the owners and miners manage to reach an agreement. David rediscovers his calling and asks Betsy to marry him. They are married at Shiloh Ranch and head off to start a new life at a parish David has been assigned in Pennsylvania.
Year: 1971
Country: United States of America
Studio: NBC
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Cast: Doug McClure, James Drury, Lee Majors, Sara Lane
Crew: Herbert Hirschman (Producer), Leslie Stevens (Producer), Norman Macdonnell (Producer), Roy Huggins (Producer), Glen A. Larson (Producer)
First Air Date: Sep 19, 1962
Last Air date: Mar 24, 1971
Season: 9 Season
Episode: 249 Episode
Runtime: 90 minutes
IMDb: 6.43/10 by 28.00 users
Popularity: 106.344
Language: English
Keyword : ranch, 19th century
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The Brothers
Day of the Scorpion
A Little Learning
The Claim
The Awakening
Ring of Silence
Jennifer
Nobility of Kings
Show Me a Hero
Beyond the Border
The Dream of Stavros Karas
The Laramie Road
The Horse Fighter
Letter of the Law
Blaze of Glory
Nobody Said Hello
Men with Guns
Long Ride to Wind River
Chaff in the Wind
The Inchworm's Got No Wings at All
Morgan Starr
Harvest of Strangers
Ride a Cock-Horse to Laramie Cross
One Spring Like Long Ago
The Return of Golden Tom
The Wolves Up Front, the Jackals Behind
That Saunders Woman
No Drums, No Trumpets
A Bald-Faced Boy
The Mark of a Man