Paradise Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Paradise: Season 2 (1989 - 1990)

• Season 2 Episode 22: Dust on the Wind

  A mine's closing results in a mass exodus from Paradise, forcing Ethan to choose between a new job and Amelia.

• Season 2 Episode 21: The Chase

  Amelia trusts a newcomer whose plans for the town's future turn out to be a swindle.

• Season 2 Episode 20: The Coward

  Ethan takes in a young Army deserter who saved George's life, unaware a woman wants to hill him.

• Season 2 Episode 19: Shadow of a Doubt

  Ethan is the only juror who thinks Jerome is innocent of strangling a young woman.

• Season 2 Episode 18: Crossfire

  Ethan and a gunfighter wind up in the middle of a range war because of the man's son.

• Season 2 Episode 17: Avenging Angel

  The town's popular new preacher is actually a murderer wanting revenge on Ethan.

• Season 2 Episode 16: Till Death Do Us Part

  Joseph tries to save an old friend who married an abusive judge.

• Season 2 Episode 15: Dangerous Cargo

  An old friend uses the children's well-being to convince Ethan to transport opium to Chinese miners.

• Season 2 Episode 14: Devil's Escort

  Ethan brings John Bishop to justice, followed by townspeople wanting revenge for murder.

• Season 2 Episode 13: The Gates of Paradise

  An accident caused by a mysterious horseman leaves Ethan stranded in the woods, where he encounters a simple boy.

• Season 2 Episode 12: The Plague

  A smallpox epidemic hits Paradise, and George is one of the victims.

• Season 2 Episode 11: The Return of Johnny Ryan

  A vengeful killer escapes from prison and goes looking for Ethan.

• Season 2 Episode 10: Boom Town

  Elation over the discovery of gold on the Cord ranch diminishes when word gets out.

• Season 2 Episode 9: A Proper Stranger

  Ethan hires a teacher for the children, unaware she is a fugitive.

• Season 2 Episode 8: The Burial Ground

  Ethan must prevent a war between a hated Indian chief and a bitter Army colonel.

• Season 2 Episode 7: Orphan Train

  Ethan tries to help a runaway orphan boy who has been separated from his sister.

• Season 2 Episode 6: All the Pretty Little Horses

  Hired to stop attacks on railroad workers, Ethan discovers a woman who blames the railroad for her husband's death.

• Season 2 Episode 5: Dead Run

  Thugs attack travelers Ethan and Amelia headed for Virginia City.

• Season 2 Episode 4: The Common Good

  Ethan fills in when the deputy backs down during a confrontation with a notorious outlaw.

• Season 2 Episode 3: Home Again

  A man whose family and friends were killed at the O.K. Corral holds Wyatt Earp responsible.

• Season 2 Episode 2: A Gathering of Guns

  Ethan is rescued from prison with the aid of a hot-air balloon.

• Season 2 Episode 1: A Gathering of Guns

  Ethan is arrested on false charges and taken to a notorious prison in New Mexico.

Paradise: Season 1 (1988 - 1989)

• Season 1 Episode 22: Long Lost Lawson

  Ethan learns Amelia's long-lost husband has sold the bank, and she may be leaving Paradise.

• Season 1 Episode 21: Squaring Off

  Ethan defies a corrupt lawman to save the life of a Texas ranger who once saved his.

• Season 1 Episode 20: Treasure

  Bandits pursue Ben and George as they follow a treasure map Ben found in a dead man's hand.

• Season 1 Episode 19: Hour of the Wolf

  John Taylor heads to Reno to get a vaccine for Ethan and Claire, bitten by a rabid wolf.

• Season 1 Episode 18: Honor Bound

  Ethan and Gideon square off as the water-rights battle escalates.

• Season 1 Episode 17: A Matter of Honor

  A ruthless businessman hires a gunman to keep Ethan from interfering in his plans to exploit Paradise Valley.

• Season 1 Episode 16: Vengeance

  Ethan hunts for a hated adversary, unaware Claire is involved with the man's son.

• Season 1 Episode 15: Wisdom

  A lumber company plans to harvest trees; John Taylor intends to protect his land.

• Season 1 Episode 14: A House Divided

  Demanding medical attention for a wounded comrade, desperados take Amelia and the children hostage.

• Season 1 Episode 13: Justice

  Ethan gets unearned credit for the shooting death of the town troublemaker.

• Season 1 Episode 12: The Traveler

  Ethan and Amelia aid an amnesiac stranger, who gradually remembers he has been hired to kill Cord.

• Season 1 Episode 11: Crossroads

  Joseph joins a gang, but his misgivings on joining in a bank robbery could cause his death.

• Season 1 Episode 10: Hard Choices

  A Texas lawman and a slew of bounty hunters pursue Ethan for a murder he did not commit.

• Season 1 Episode 9: A Private War

  A ruthless man wants to eliminate Ethan, the obstacle to his buying up the town's businesses.

• Season 1 Episode 8: Childhood's End

  When a traveling bordello comes through town, Ethan must prevent a girl from joining its rank.

• Season 1 Episode 7: The Promise

  A collapsed bridge reroutes Ethan, George and Ben on their way home from Carson City, jeopardizing the family's Christmas together.

• Season 1 Episode 6: Stray Bullet

  Ethan doubts his suitability as a parent after accidentally wounding Amelia during a gunfight.

• Season 1 Episode 5: Devil's Canyon

  A trapper and his son kidnap Claire while Ethan is away tending his diseased herd.

• Season 1 Episode 4: The Ghost Dance

  Ethan tries to save an Indian friend from a lynch mob which believes he murdered a white man.

• Season 1 Episode 3: Founders' Day

  Amelia shoots a man robbing her bank and incurs the wrath of his family.

• Season 1 Episode 2: The Holstered Gun

  Ethan plans to forsake gunfighting for ranching, then a gang of desperados invades the town.

• Season 1 Episode 1: News From St. Louis

  An 1890s California gunfighter unexpectedly finds himself guardian of the orphans of his dead sister.