About this season
Situated at Camp Pendleton, the West Coast base of the U.S. Marine Corps, The Lieutenant focuses on the men of the Corps in peace time with a Cold War backdrop. The title character is Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice, a rifle platoon leader and one of the training instructors at Camp Pendleton. An hour-long drama, The Lieutenant explores the lives of enlisted Marines and general officers alike.
Episodes (29)
1. A Million Miles From Clary
Aired 14 September 1963 • 60 min
Stew Sallaway, champion goldbrick at Clary High, could always depend on his buddy Bill Rice to get him out of a jam. Now Stew is a Marine private, and his ailing father asks Rice to have the boy to his platoon.
2. Cool of the Evening
Aired 21 September 1963 • 60 min
3. The Proud and the Angry
Aired 28 September 1963 • 60 min
4. Two-Star Giant
Aired 5 October 1963 • 60 min
5. A Very Private Affair
Aired 12 October 1963 • 60 min
6. To Take Up Serpents
Aired 19 October 1963 • 60 min
7. A Touching of Hands
Aired 26 October 1963 • 60 min
8. Captain Thomson
Aired 2 November 1963 • 60 min
9. Instant Wedding
Aired 9 November 1963 • 60 min
Rice is pressed upon by a friend to look after his girl in advance of a year-long posting in the far east without leave. She demands they marry right away, and it falls on Rice to quickly put together a formal Marine wedding ceremony.
10. A Troubled Image
Aired 16 November 1963 • 60 min
11. Fall From A White Horse
Aired 30 November 1963 • 60 min
12. Alert
Aired 14 December 1963 • 60 min
13. The Art of Discipline
Aired 21 December 1963 • 60 min
14. The Alien
Aired 28 December 1963 • 60 min
15. O'Rourke
Aired 4 January 1964 • 60 min
An ex Marine who is also a journalist is assigned to Rice's unit to do an article on the modern Marine core. Rice quickly discovers not is all as it should be in the situation.
16. Gone the Sun
Aired 18 January 1964 • 60 min
Rice returns to his home town to aid in the burial of a Marine killed in a training accident. He has to deal with the grieving family of the boy as well as the changes that have occurred since he has been away.
17. Between Music and Laughter
Aired 25 January 1964 • 60 min
18. Interlude
Aired 1 February 1964 • 60 min
19. Capp's Lady
Aired 8 February 1964 • 60 min
20. Green Water Green Flag
Aired 15 February 1964 • 60 min
21. To Set It Right
Aired 22 February 1964 • 60 min
22. In the Highest Tradition
Aired 29 February 1964 • 60 min
23. Tour of Duty
Aired 7 March 1964 • 60 min
24. Lament for a Dead Goldbrick
Aired 14 March 1964 • 60 min
25. Man with an Edge
Aired 21 March 1964 • 60 min
26. Operation: Actress
Aired 28 March 1964 • 60 min
27. Mother Enemy
Aired 4 April 1964 • 60 min
A young sergeant is being evaluated for officer training, but unexpectedly it's revealed that his mother is a communist agent and she's in town to pitch a rabble-rousing speech at a rally where she will denounce the Marine Corps for not immediately elevating his rank, against his wishes. It falls on Rice to determine what will be done with the sergeant.
28. The War Called Peace
Aired 11 April 1964 • 60 min
29. To Kill a Man
Aired 18 April 1964 • 60 min