Hondo — Season 1, Episode 3: Hondo And The Singing Wire

Episode synopsis

The Calvary and Redell of the telegraph company are trying to convince Vittoro and the Apaches that the telegraph is beneficial to everyone. Half breed renegade Delgado and his small band disrupt the demonstration by cutting the wire further down the line and killing two telegraph company employees. Hondo comes across the two dead employees and is jumped by Delgado's band. He is chased and wounded but Delgado spares his life when he finds out Hondo was married to Vittoro's daughter. Hondo manages to get to an isolated cabin where he is healed by Doc Stanton, a wanted but innocent man. Hondo promises not to reveal Doc's presence. Upon returning to the fort he recommends they take a small force of select men and go up into the hills after Delgado's band, putting them on the defensive. Hondo, Buffalo Baker, the Captain, Redell and three cavalrymen encounter Delgado's band. The Captain is seriously wounded and Hondo has to break his word to Doc Stanton in order to save the Captain'

About Hondo

Hondo is a 17-episode Western television series starring Ralph Taeger that aired in the United States on ABC during the 1967 fall season. The series was produced by Batjac Productions, Inc., Fenady Associates, Inc., and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Hondo And The Eagle Claw
• E2Hondo And The War Cry
• E4Hondo And The Superstition Massacre
• E5Hondo And The Savage
• E6Hondo And The Apache Kid
• E7Hondo And The War Hawks
• E8Hondo And The Mad Dog
• E9Hondo And The Judas
• E10Hondo And The Comancheros
• E11Hondo And The Sudden Town
• E12Hondo And The Ghost Of Ed Dow
• E13Hondo And The Death Drive