1:E:5) The Life, Death And Life Of Wild Bill Hickok

First Broadcast: Tuesday May 16th 1995
Writer: Peter Allan Fields
Director: Michael Caffey

What's a man to do when he can't do what he does anymore? -- Wild Bill Hickok
Indian wars; the entire Sioux nation. I'd just get in the way. -- Pratt

Wild Bill Hickok asks Legend to team up with him to catch a gang of robbers. Though Pratt declines the honor, everyone believes they've joined forces, including Bill's old enemy, Jack McCall. Pratt and Bartok become caught up in Bill's circle of killing and must find a way to finally put an end to it.

Ratings

8:00 (EST) viewers rating share rank last week
3.5m 2.4 4 82 89

Regular Cast

  • Ernest Pratt: Richard Dean Anderson
  • Janos Bartok: John de Lancie
  • Ramos: Mark Adair Rios
  • Skeeter: Jarrad Paul

    Guest Cast

  • Wild Bill Hickock: William Russ
  • Jack McCall: John Pyper-Ferguson
  • Marjorie: Debbie James
  • Chamberlain Brown: Robert Donner
  • Grady: Robert Shelton
  • Henry: Clark Ray
  • Henchman: Ed Adams
  • Tommy Squirrel: Mike Faherty
  • Boy: Adam Beech

    MacGyver Notes

    Michael Caffey directed the MacGyver episodes "The Survivors", "Runners", "Brainwashed", "Renegade", "The Madonna", "Twenty Questions", "The Wasteland".

    John Pyper-Ferguson appeared in "The Wasteland"

    The Life, Death And Life Of Wild Bill Hickok - Quiz

    1. What does Pratt claim Bartok tried to send to the moon?
    2. Whom did Skeeter see Bill shoot in Springfield Missouri?
    3. Who hired Bill to track down the McCall gang?
    4. What year was the bottle of wine Skeeter brought to Pratt's room?
    5. What memorial did Mayor brown wish to create?
    6. How do Bartok, Pratt and Ramos track the robbers to their camp?
    7. Where are the Federal Marshals waiting whom Pratt and Bartok planned to have arrest the McCall gang?
    8. What paper does Bartok ask Ramos to write to, to inform them of the first air piracy?
    9. In the code Bartok came up with to help Bill "see" what does two dashes mean?
    10. In what saloon was Bill shot?

    Custer's Next To Last Stand - Quiz Answers

    1. What was the name of the Fort that Custer came to the area to visit? A. Fort Hansen
    2. When did Hiram Bigelow pass away? A. Last year during Lent
    3. In the final game of his senior year for what College did Pratt score a touchdown? A. Princeton (though he was playing for Rutgers)
    4. To what politcal party does publisher E.C. Allen belong? A. Democrats
    5. At what time did Whipple enter the trading post every night? A. Nine o'clock
    6. Where was the civilian firm Whipple was selling his goods to? A. Kansas
    7. What tribe made the arrows the fake indians used to attack Custer? A. Cheyenne
    8. What does Pratt give Standing Beaver in exchange for his information? A. A promise that he'll get the Legend souvenir store to allow Standing Beaver to do three shows plus an Apache fire dance with authentic masks per week
    9. What paper was Pratt working for in 1869? A. The Examiner
    10. What did Caine burglarize, incompetently, back in that same year? A. A Senator's office
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