Richard Dean Anderson
Ernest Pratt / Nicodemus Legend
Series
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6.45 votes19951hEndedWesternAction & Adventure
Synopsis
“He’s using gadgets & gizmos to tame the Wild West... once crazy adventure at a time.”
The irresistible and charming Ernest Pratt is a dime-store novelist who is living out the adventures of his fictional character Nicodemus Legend in the Old West. Alongside Janos Bartok, a brilliant scientist, the duo teams up to fight for justice using Legend's celebrity and Bartok's outlandish inventions to make a real legend.
Episodes
Season 1
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1. Birth of a LegendNow viewing1995-04-181h 32mPratt is enlisted by a helpless group of town folk to once again help them, against a powerful landowner and the town’s sheriff in her pocket.- 2. Mr. Pratt Goes to Sheridan1995-04-2545mA well known bank robber seeks Pratt's help in clearing his name of false murder charges.
3. Legend on His President's Secret Service1995-05-0245mLegend helps a woman stop her father from killing his old rival and one-time friend...President Ulysses S. Grant!
4. Custer's Next to Last Stand1995-05-0945mWhen Ernest Pratt's longtime friend, Libbie Custer—the wife of Major General George Armstrong Custer—seeks the one-time journalist's influence in restoring her husband's command. Pratt instead discovers it's more crucial to use Nicodemus Legend's persona to thwart Custer's assassination.- 5. The Life, Death and Life of Wild Bill Hickok1995-05-1645mAs a favor to the aging Wild Bill Hickok, who has lost his nerve, most of his sight and his reputation, Pratt and Bartok manage to capture a band of dangerous train robbers and then give all the credit to the onetime hero.
- 6. Knee-High Noon1995-05-2345mOn behalf of a seemingly desperate mother, Pratt assumes the role of Nicodemus Legend to persuade her truant son to return to school. The novelist soon learns the woman is really a determined ""stage mother"" who wants to exploi her obnoxious son's association with the hero.
- 7. The Gospel According to Legend1995-06-1245mMordechai, a charlatan evangelist, arrives in Sheridan and bilks credulous farmers of their money and land by predicting the end of the world. So Pratt, impersonating his rakish character Nicodemus Legend, infiltrates the preacher's camp and with Bartok's help, stages an end of the world, bringing the preacher to true religion.
8. Bone of Contention1995-06-2045mLegend winds up in the middle of a feud between competing paleontologists who think they've made the find of the century in Sheridan—the only problem is the dinosaur bones may be buried directly under Pratt's favorite watering hole, the Silver King. So Legend faces not only the frenzy of the fossil diggers, but the conflict between Creationists and Darwinians.- 9. Revenge of the Herd1995-07-0445mTo promote his newest book, Pratt is asked to serve as a buffalo hunting guide for a group of German publishers who believe he actually is the heroic character, Nicodemus Legend. Repelled by the notion of hunting, he and Bartok, along with some Arapaho Indians, devise a mythical, mechanical buffalo ""monster"" to ward off the hunters—but only attract more to the area.
- 10. Fall of a Legend1995-07-1845mWhen Pratt is wrongly accused of murder and lands on the Sheriff's Most Wanted List, he learns that with his famous face, there's nowhere to hide.
- 11. Clueless in San Francisco1995-07-2445mPratt is prevailed upon to travel to San Francisco (in the Nicodemus Legend persona) to help a young Caucasian woman, who has spent her entire life among the Arapaho Indians, find her birth parents. In tracking them, he inadvertently stirs up a controversy and must protect the woman and her child from ravenous media and rabid racists.
- 12. Skeletons in the Closet1995-08-0845mWhile making a promotional ""film"" of Nicodemus Legend for the newly invented Zoetrope, Pratt and Bartok find a clue that leads them into the convoluted folds of the oldest mystery in Arapaho County.
- 13. Episode 13
Cast
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John de Lancie
Janos Bartok
Mark Adair-Rios
Huitzilopochtli Ramos
Jarrad Paul
Skeeter
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Legend available to watch online?
Yes - see the "Where to watch legally" section on this page for streaming, rental and purchase options.
How many seasons does Legend have?
Legend has 1 season and 13 episodes.
When did Legend first air?
Legend first aired in 1995.
Is Legend still running?
Legend's status on TMDB is: Ended.
What genre is Legend?
Legend is classified as Western, Action & Adventure.