S01E01 Summer 1842 - Summer 1844
1842: Orry Main leaves the cotton plantation near Charleston that he's heir to on his way to West Point for two years of officer's training. On the way, he meets and falls in love with...
North and South
…And now it begins
S01E04: Summer 1854 - Autumn 1856
When the Hazards visit Mont Royal, Billy loses interest in Ashton when he sees her with another man, turning his interests to Brett. Virgilia meets James Hontoon's coachman Grady and forms an instant attraction to him. After spending the night together, she helps him run away to the North, which leads to a confrontation with Huntoon. Orry feels he has little choice but to ask the Hazards to leave. Virgilia and Grady are soon living together as husband and wife but that makes even some of the most ardent supporters of abolition uncomfortable. Billy and Charles graduate from West Point with Billy assigned to go to Washington, D.C. and Charles sent to Texas under the command of Robert E. Lee. Billy proposes to Brett, but Orry will not allow him to court her. Ashton continues to scheme her way through society and turns to Madeline when she gets into trouble. Meanwhile, Madeline's father is on his deathbed and shocks her by revealing a hidden family secret.
Overview
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
S01E02 Autumn 1844 - Spring 1848
George distracts Orry, whose brooding about Madeline wrecks his West Point performance. Bent bluffs his way out of a court-martial but its president eventually bullies him out of West Point. At a party hosted by...
S01E03 Spring 1848 - Summer 1854
George and Orry's friendship is severely tested when one of the Mains' slaves escapes. Orry still travels to Pennsylvania for George and Constance's wedding, but when he hears a speech given by Virgilia Hazard at...
S01E04 Summer 1854 - Autumn 1856
When the Hazards visit Mont Royal, Billy loses interest in Ashton when he sees her with another man, turning his interests to Brett. Virgilia meets James Hontoon's coachman Grady and forms an instant attraction to...
S01E05 Spring 1857 - November 1860
With Madeline locked in her room and nearly starving to death, Justin convinces the doctor to prescribes a daily dose of laudanum despite its addictive qualities. Madeline is soon a very different woman: submissive and...
S01E06 November 6, 1860 - April 12, 1861
Lincoln is elected President, and George pays a surprise visit to Orry to apologize for what his fanatical sister said on their last visit and they resolve their differences, with Orry finally consenting to Brett...
Cast
James Read
George Hazard
Lesley-Anne Down
Madeline Fabray LaMotte
Patrick Swayze
Orry Main
Philip Casnoff
Elkanah Bent
Terri Garber
Ashton Main Fenway
Jonathan Frakes
Stanley Hazard
Kyle Chandler
Charles Main
Cathy Lee Crosby
Judith Main
Mariette Hartley
Prudence
Rya Kihlstedt
Willa
Tom Noonan
Will Fenway
Stan Shaw
Isaac
