The Yellow Rose

In the series pilot, Chance signs on as a hand and soon becomes the prime suspect in a drug-smuggling operation.

John Strongheart is accused of killing a deputy and, while Chance, Quisto and Roy fight to save him, a sinister connection with Hollister is revealed.

Roy discovers that an editorial attacking the Rose was written by Jeb's daughter Juliette; Chance gets himself thrown in jail to see Strongheart; Colleen visits Huntsville prison to plumb the mystery surrounding Chance.

Lenny Hollister orders Sanchez to murder the drug dealer Onofrio; Grace lets the barriers down with Whit---but not enough to suit him.

Jeb makes an enemy of Lenny; Chance and Strongheart escape from Sanchez; and the drug cache is discovered on the Rose.

Hollister resorts to bribery, sabotage and a cattle stampede to prevent the Champions from marketing their herd.

Hollister rebuffs a peace offering from Quisto and blows up the cattle pass, unaware that Juliette has joined the drive.

Defying the Air Force, Chance drives the herd across a base; Quisto learns about the Rose Hollister-Wade Champion affair that produced Chance.

Whit searches for Grace, but is sought by police when his truck is found at the scene of a shooting that left Hollister gravely wounded; Juliette resigns.

Juliette makes peace with Jeb, but Caryn emerges as a secret ally of his absent sister Rose; Chance sets out to clear Whit.

Hollister makes a peace offer that may split the Champions; Chance confronts Hollister over a contaminating oil spill and meets an intriguing woman at a bar.

Chance resolves to help in the paroling of a 50-year hard timer who was like a father to him in prison; Whit resents the lawsuit Marlene files against the Champions in his behalf.

Roy and Chance have 24 hours to get Toat Gilmore back to prison, but Toat has a mission to fulfill first; the preliminary hearing on Marlene's suit gets underway.

Colleen aids a pregnant Mexican woman being hounded by two border patrolmen who know she's a witness to their gun-smuggling operation.

While the Champions are in Los Angeles to claim a race horse, L.C. is abducted by procurers for a child-prostitution ring.

Two challenges to the Champions: a spirited wild stallion stealing their mares and a woman determined to protect it.

Rose Hollister returns to take revenge on her brother and set the record straight with her son.

Roy's prodigal brother Trey returns to the Rose deeply in debt to Vegas gamblers---but as a rodeo world champion, he's also a powerful role model to Whit.

Rankled by the slave-labor conditions at a work camp exploiting illegal aliens, Quisto poses as one and signs on.

Dillard is gravely wounded and left to die by oil rustlers with a long-standing grudge against the Champions.

An old drifter is murdered by two hardcases after Pancho Villa's treasure map, which the drifter had just given to L.C. for safekeeping.

An ex-con with a grudge against Chance intends to get his revenge through Colleen.