Centennial

S01E04: For as Long as the Water Flows

Driven by the grief over his wife's death, Levi boards himself up in the desolate cabin once used by McKeag and Pasquinel in their early trapping days. Clay Basket and McKeag soon send their daughter Lucinda to bring him to their home. Eventually, Levi and Lucinda fall in love and marry. Meanwhile, Hans Brumbaugh arrives from Germany to seek gold.

Overview

The economic and cultural growth of town of Centennial, Colorado, through the intertwining lives of the brave men and women inhabiting it. Spanning two centuries from the settling of the area in the 1700s, to the late 1970s.

Episodes

Only the Rocks Live Forever

S01E01 Only the Rocks Live Forever

October 1, 1978 138 min
A feisty Quebec trapper meets Arapaho Chief Lame Beaver in his travels throughout the American West. Thus beginning a series of relationships that create a timeline of adventures from the late 1700's to the 20th...
The Yellow Apron

S01E02 The Yellow Apron

October 8, 1978 90 min
In spite of mounting tensions between the races, Pasquinel, McKeag and the Indians continue a profitable releationship in trading. Clay Basket bears Pasquinel two sons, Jacques and Marcel, while back in St. Louis, Lise gives...
The Wagon and the Elephant

S01E03 The Wagon and the Elephant

October 28, 1978 92 min
1845: In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, young Mennonite Levi Zendt heads out west with his bride-to-be Elly Zamm. On the wagon train and in St. Louis they meet young English writer Oliver Seccombe and Army Captain Maxwell...
For as Long as the Water Flows

S01E04 For as Long as the Water Flows

November 4, 1978 92 min
Driven by the grief over his wife's death, Levi boards himself up in the desolate cabin once used by McKeag and Pasquinel in their early trapping days. Clay Basket and McKeag soon send their daughter...
The Massacre

S01E05 The Massacre

November 11, 1978 92 min
1861: War sweeps the country, the Civil War in the North and South, in the West the Pasquinel brothers, Jacques and Marcel are raiding and murdering soldiers and homesteaders. Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn, an officer in...
The Longhorns

S01E06 The Longhorns

December 3, 1978 94 min
Representing a group of British investors, Oliver Seccombe arrives in Centennial with money to start a cattle ranch. He hires John Skimmerhorn to get some men and launch a large cattle drive to the West's...
The Shepherds

S01E07 The Shepherds

December 10, 1978 88 min
The late 1800's, Hans Brumbaugh leads the farmers in the war against the wealthy ranchers and cattlemen led by Oliver Seccombe. Messmore Garrett settles in Centennial with thousands of sheep and more competition against the...
The Storm

S01E08 The Storm

January 14, 1979 90 min
Mervin Wendell, his wife Maude and son Philip, a theatrical / professional con man comes to Centennial. Jim Lloyd is in love with Levi Zendt's beautiful, but wild daughter Clemma and pursues her. Meanwhile, the...
The Crime

S01E09 The Crime

January 21, 1979 92 min
The Wendells easily con the people of Centennial, while blackmailing Reverend Holly. The Wendell son, Philip idolizes Sheriff Dumire, who is investegating the disappearance and possible murder of a traveling businessman, carrying a briefcase full...
The Winds of Fortune

S01E10 The Winds of Fortune

January 28, 1979 91 min
Charlotte Seccombe and Jim Lloyd fall in love, while Zendt's troubled daughter Clemma returns. The notorious Pettis gang arrive for a showdown with Sheriff Dumire. Hans Brumbaugh's Japanese laborers quit him to follow after their...
The Winds of Death

S01E11 The Winds of Death

February 3, 1979 94 min
Early 1900's, Mervin Wendell has become a real estate tycoon by selling promises on land that barely produces any growth to young naive families from the East. While Charlotte Lloyd takes up the Mexican residents'...
The Scream of Eagles

S01E12 The Scream of Eagles

February 4, 1979 142 min
1978: Historian Professor Lew Vernor and writer Sidney Enderman arrive to do a article on Centennial. Paul Garrett, the current owner of the Venneford Ranch and a direct descendant of Pasquinel, tells them the history...

Cast

Robert Conrad
Robert Conrad
Pasquinel
Richard Chamberlain
Richard Chamberlain
Alexander McKeag
Raymond Burr
Raymond Burr
James Clark
Sally Kellerman
Sally Kellerman
Lise Bockweiss
Barbara Carrera
Barbara Carrera
Clay Basket
Richard Crenna
Richard Crenna
Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn
Donald Pleasence
Donald Pleasence
Sam Purchas
Alex Karras
Alex Karras
Hans Brumbaugh
Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Redgrave
Charlotte Buckland Seccombe
Chad Everett
Chad Everett
Major Maxwell Mercy
Stephanie Zimbalist
Stephanie Zimbalist
Elly Zendt
Brian Keith
Brian Keith
Sheriff Axel Dumire

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