The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters — Season 1, Episode 12: The Day of the Homeless

Episode synopsis

When Jaimie encounters a runaway boy, they are both captured and taken to a run-down orphanage where all the boys are shackled together, beaten, and forced to work the fields. Only the female indentured servant of the ruthless headmaster is able to get to Doc and Linc and try to let them know what is going on. Linc Murdock becomes the new wagon train guide beginning with this episode.

About The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters is an American western television series based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Robert Lewis Taylor. The show aired on ABC in the 1963-1964 television season and was produced by MGM Television. The series introduces Dan O'Herlihy as a charming Scotsman of the frontier, Dr. Sardius McPheeters. As with many such charmers, Doc is missing something commonsense-wise. Fortunately his 12-year-old son, Jaimie (Kurt Russell), makes up for it by being as sharp as Daddy is gullible. The production is slick, authentic and brisk.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Day of Leaving
• E2The Day of the First Trail
• E3The Day of the First Suitor
• E4The Day of the Golden Fleece
• E5The Day of the Last Bugle
• E6The Day of the Skinners
• E7The Day of the Taboo Man
• E8The Day of the Giants
• E9The Day of the Long Night
• E10The Day of the Killer
• E11The Day of the Flying Dutchman
• E13The Day of the Misfits