Synopsis
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
Season 11E1A Million Miles From ClaryStew 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.60m2E2Cool of the Evening60m3E3The Proud and the Angry60m4E4Two-Star Giant60m5E5A Very Private Affair60m6E6To Take Up Serpents60m7E7A Touching of Hands60m8E8Captain Thomson60m9E9Instant WeddingRice 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.60m10E10A Troubled Image60m11E11Fall From A White Horse60m12E12Alert60m13E13The Art of Discipline60m14E14The Alien60m15E15O'RourkeAn 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.60m16E16Gone the SunRice 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.60m17E17Between Music and Laughter60m18E18Interlude60m19E19Capp's Lady60m20E20Green Water Green Flag60m21E21To Set It Right60m22E22In the Highest Tradition60m23E23Tour of Duty60m24E24Lament for a Dead Goldbrick60m25E25Man with an EdgeRice loses his girlfriend to a Naval Academy football All-American, who also happens to be the nephew of the colonel.60m26E26Operation: Actress60m27E27Mother EnemyA 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.60m28E28The War Called Peace60m29E29To Kill a Man60m
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