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Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy

Drama
1999
2 Seasons
27 Episodes
EN
Ended

About

Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy was a CBC Television television show based upon the adventures of author and rancher Richmond P. Hobson, Jr. in Northern British Columbia. It is based upon the eponymous book and also The Rancher Takes a Wife.

#canada#ranch#cattle ranch#1940s#british columbia

Cast

Yannick Bisson

Yannick Bisson

as Richmond Hobson

Ted Atherton

Ted Atherton

as Panhandle Phillips

Kristian Ayre

Kristian Ayre

as Tommy Aitkens

Sarah Chalke

Sarah Chalke

as Gloria Hobson

Jewel Staite

Jewel Staite

as Sally Prentiss

Will Sanderson

Will Sanderson

as Ed Kroger

Episodes

Season 1

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E1

Home Alone

Jan 8, 19991h 0m
E2

Home Alone

Jan 8, 19991h 0m

After a winter cooped up in the cabin with Rich and Pan, Gloria can't wait to be alone. But when the men ride off on a treacherous hunt for missing cattle, she discovers springtime in the wilderness brings out more than the flowers.

E3

Charades

Jan 15, 19991h 0m

The discovery of Kit's secret identity prompts a trip to town. There Pan rekindles his torrid affair with the widow Franklin. Rich manages to locate Kit's father, but when the man shows his true colors, Gloria unites her partners to assure Kit's place on the ranch.

E4

The Stud

Jan 22, 19991h 0m

Money woes and male competition are front and center when Gloria's best friend Muriel arrives at the ranch with Connor, an ex-beau of Gloria's. Rich is worried that city life may reclaim his bride, but Pan's running bid to obtain a prize stallion will prove once and for all who's ""the stud.""

E5

Sex, Lies and Narrow Escapes

Feb 5, 19991h 0m

Inept ranch hands, calving cows and nosy neighbors keep interrupting Rich and Gloria's private life. It's going to take the RCMP, a copy of ""Lady Chatterley's Lover,"" and a moose testicle to get them back together.

E6

Harrow of Babel

Feb 12, 19991h 0m

Rich's obsession with clearing more land for hay leads to a risky plan to build a giant harrow. When her prize new horse is pressed into service to pull it, Gloria discovers that building the world's biggest cattle ranch is a costly dream.

E7

House Guests and Fish

Feb 19, 19991h 0m

Rich didn't know the widow Franklin would be the house guest from hell. Distraught over her son, who's missing in action, she's browbeating Gloria into domesticity and attracting the dubious attention of a pig farmer - a situation which could force Pan to take drastic measures.

E8

The Shape of Things to Come

Feb 27, 19991h 0m

When a big-city mining promoter shows up prospecting, Rich and Pan figure it'll be easy money guiding him in circles. But their mark proves to have big-city savvy, boundless energy, and a grand vision of the future that threatens to ""civilize"" the north.

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