Wildside

- Season 1

(1985)

A outlaw gang consisting of former Confederate soldiers are rampaging through remote towns in California, looking for a hidden stash of gold said to be buried in flower gardens. The only men who can stop them are the Chamber of Commerce of Wildside, each with his own set of martial skills.

The Wildside Chamber of Commerce connects the murder of an old friend and Zeke's disappearance with a coal mine that promises high wages but forces its employees to work long hours in dangerous conditions for low pay and kills anyone who tries to quit.

A squadron of British cavalry are menacing the countryside around Wildside, but California's governor orders its Chamber of Commerce to take no offensive action against the intruders fearing an international incident. When Cally Oaks stumbles upon their next target, a farm with a tar pit the squadron's leader covets for its petroleum potential, the civic leaders hit upon a plan to do away with the menace while not inflicting any casualties.

Lyle Rainwood, an outlaw thought to have been chased in Canada, returns to Wildside with a formidable gang who terrorize the countryside with their protection racket. The governor asks the Chamber of Commerce to round them up, but Brodie and his friends efforts are hampered when Bannister's girlfriend suddenly dies and he insists on investigating her death on his own as a possible homicide.

Buffalo Bill and his Wild West show appear in Wildside at the same time that an arrogant Spanish ambassador arrives to negotiate with an American representative concerning issues that might result in war. Father Crool and Cally are abducted when they discover that Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley are impostors who plan to assassinate the visiting dignitary.

The Wildside Chamber of Commerce captures an outlaw gang who were terrorizing a ballet troupe. Much to their chagrin, the gang leader is released into the custody of an inexperienced Oregon state police officer for extradition. The outlaw quickly escapes and serves as bait to lure the Chamber into a trap created by a gunslinger whose gun hand Brodie crippled years earlier and who has built a machine pistol to compensate for his missing digit.