Series Description:

The Father Murphy TV show was a 60 minute family western drama series on NBC about a drifter in the old west who chanced upon an unwanted group of orphaned children. He wanted to help them but figured no one would allow a drifter to take on a bunch of kids so he posed as a priest. Together with a former pal and the local schoolteacher, he makes a home for the children. As the series continues, "Father" Murphy plays the part of a priest to near perfection by protecting the kids and townspeople from the bad folk who would prey on them! Of course ... a bit of the big, tough drifter thrown in often came in handy dealing with those bad guys!

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Episodes List With Original Air Dates

The First Season

1. Pilot - Part 1 (11/3/1981)
2. Pilot - Part 2 (11/3/1981)
3. Eggs, Milk and a Dry Bed (11/10/1981)
4. Establish Thou the Work of Our Hands (11/17/1981)
5. A Horse from Heaven (11/24/1981)
6. By the Bear That Bit Me - Part 1 (12/1/1981)
7. By the Bear That Bit Me - Part 2 (12/8/1981)
8. False Blessings (12/15/1981)
9. The Ghost of Gold Hill (12/22/1981)
10. Graduation (1/5/1982)
11. Will's Surprise (1/12/1982)
12. Eighty-Eight Keys to Happiness (1/19/1982)
13. Knights of the White Camelia (2/2/1982)
14. The Parable of Amanda (2/9/1982)
15. The Spy (2/16/1982)
16. The Heir Apparent (2/23/1982)
17. In God's Arms (3/2/1982)
18. The Dream Day (3/14/1982)
19. Laddie (3/21/1982)
20. Matthew & Elizabeth (3/28/1982)
21. The First Miracle - Part 1 (4/4/1982)
22. The First Miracle - Part 2 (3/11/1982)

The Second Season

23. Happiness Is..... (9/28/1982)
24. The Father Figure (10/5/1982)
25. Stopover in a One-Horse Town (10/26/1982)
26. Outrageous Fortune (11/9/1982)
27. The Reluctant Runaway - Part 1 (11/16/1982)
28. The Reluctant Runaway - Part 2 (11/23/1982)
29. Buttons and Beaux (11/30/1982)
30. John Michael Murphy - R.I.P. (12/7/1982)
31. The Witness (12/14/1982)
32. Blood Right (12/21/1982)
33. Sweet Sixteen (12/28/1982)
34. The Rockets' Red Glare (6/1/1983)
35. The Matchmakers (9/18/1983)