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North and South

  • TV-PG
  • 1985–1994
  • 3 seasons
  • Drama, War & Politics
  • 7.5

…And now it begins

The story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania, who become best friends while attending the United States Military Academy at West Point but later find themselves and their families on opposite sides of the American Civil War.

Episodes

The Civil War has just ended, but things in the country aren't much better, especially in the south.

3 episodes
  1. 1Summer 1865 - Autumn 1865

    91 minFeb 27, 1994

    With the war having come to an end, Orry and Madeline are living in Richmond until Mont Royal can be rebuilt, where Bent and Ashton pay them a visit. Ashton thinks it's to get money out of Orry, but Bent has revenge in mind. Ashton pushes Bent into the river and when he awakens, he can't remember who he is. Madeline relocates to South Carolina, intent on rebuilding their former home. With the help of Prudence, she also wants to build a school. George Hazard visits Madeline with a business proposition. After his visit, Madeline gets a night time visit by the Ku Klux Klan. Just as he arrives home in Lehigh Station, Pennsylvania George finds that Bent has already been there.

  2. 2Autumn 1865 - Spring 1866

    90 minFeb 28, 1994

    With Madeline's school burned to the ground by the Klan, they decide to rebuild. Cooper Main has discovered phosphates on Mont Royal land and with Isabelle Hazard as an investor, begins a mining operation. The conditions of work are poor, however, and the former slaves who work there are forced into another kind of servitude when they are forced to use the company store to buy their supplies, kept in perpetual debt. In Pennsylvania, George Hazard is bereft over the loss of Constance and has become obsessed with finding Bent and exacting his revenge. He has Pinkerton's men tracking him, but they always seem to be one step behind. It takes a visit from Madeline to save him from himself. Ashton has given up prostitution and is now focusing on her new husband's piano business, obsessed with raising enough money to buy Mont Royal. Charlie Main meanwhile refuses to settle down with Willa and continues to roam the West, now as an army scout searching for Scar, who killed his friends.

  3. 3Spring 1866 - Summer 1866

    91 minMar 2, 1994

    When George Hazard learns that it's his sister-in-law who owns the majority shares in the mining operation at Mont Royal, he turns to his brother Stanley, who again does the right thing. George returns to Mont Royal with Madeline and as the new owner of the mine, makes his first act shuttering the company store. He and Madeline soon fall in love. When George learns that Bent has kidnapped Charlie's young son, he sets off to find him. He and Charlie track Bent down for a final confrontation. Back in South Carolina, George and Madeline prepare for an attack from the Klan. Ashton returns to find what remains of her beloved Mont Royal.

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Series cast

James ReadGeorge Hazard15 episodes
Lesley-Anne DownMadeline Fabray LaMotte15 episodes
Patrick SwayzeOrry Main15 episodes
Jonathan FrakesStanley Hazard13 episodes
Terri GarberAshton Main Huntoon12 episodes
Philip CasnoffElkanah Bent11 episodes
Jean SimmonsClarissa Main11 episodes
Inga SwensonMaude Hazard11 episodes
Lewis SmithCharles Main10 episodes
Erica GimpelSemiramis9 episodes
Wendy KilbourneConstance Flynn Hazard9 episodes
Genie FrancisBrett Main Hazard9 episodes
David CarradineJustin LaMotte8 episodes
Jim MetzlerJames Huntoon8 episodes
Forest WhitakerCuffey8 episodes
Kirstie AlleyVirgilia Hazard Grady8 episodes
Hal HolbrookAbraham Lincoln7 episodes
David Ogden StiersRep. Sam Greene7 episodes

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