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Series · 1995 · Western

Legend

He’s using gadgets & gizmos to tame the Wild West... once crazy adventure at a time.

★6.4 1995 1 Season Michael Piller TV-MA

The irresistible and charming Ernest Pratt is a dime-store novelist who is living out the adventures of his fictional character Nicodemus Legend in the Old West. Alongside Janos Bartok, a brilliant scientist, the duo teams up to fight for justice using Legend's celebrity and Bartok's outlandish inventions to make a real legend.

Seasons & episodes

1 season · 13 episodes

Birth of a Legend

Episode 01

Birth of a Legend

Apr 18, 1995 · 92 min

Pratt is enlisted by a helpless group of town folk to once again help them, against a powerful landowner and the town’s sheriff in her pocket.

Mr. Pratt Goes to Sheridan

Episode 02

Mr. Pratt Goes to Sheridan

Apr 25, 1995 · 45 min

A well known bank robber seeks Pratt's help in clearing his name of false murder charges.

Legend on His President's Secret Service

Episode 03

Legend on His President's Secret Service

May 2, 1995 · 45 min

Legend helps a woman stop her father from killing his old rival and one-time friend...President Ulysses S. Grant!

Custer's Next to Last Stand

Episode 04

Custer's Next to Last Stand

May 9, 1995 · 45 min

When Ernest Pratt's longtime friend, Libbie Custer—the wife of Major General George Armstrong Custer—seeks the one-time journalist's influence in restoring her husband's command. Pratt instead discovers it's more crucial to use Nicodemus Legend's persona to thwart Custer's assassination.

The Life, Death, and Life of Wild Bill Hickok

Episode 05

The Life, Death, and Life of Wild Bill Hickok

May 16, 1995 · 45 min

As a favor to the aging Wild Bill Hickok, who has lost his nerve, most of his sight and his reputation, Pratt and Bartok manage to capture a band of dangerous train robbers and then give all the credit to the onetime hero.

Knee-High Noon

Episode 06

Knee-High Noon

May 23, 1995 · 45 min

On behalf of a seemingly desperate mother, Pratt assumes the role of Nicodemus Legend to persuade her truant son to return to school. The novelist soon learns the woman is really a determined ""stage mother"" who wants to exploi her obnoxious son's association with the hero.

The Gospel According to Legend

Episode 07

The Gospel According to Legend

Jun 12, 1995 · 45 min

Mordechai, a charlatan evangelist, arrives in Sheridan and bilks credulous farmers of their money and land by predicting the end of the world. So Pratt, impersonating his rakish character Nicodemus Legend, infiltrates the preacher's camp and with Bartok's help, stages an end of the world, bringing the preacher to true religion.

Bone of Contention

Episode 08

Bone of Contention

Jun 20, 1995 · 45 min

Legend winds up in the middle of a feud between competing paleontologists who think they've made the find of the century in Sheridan—the only problem is the dinosaur bones may be buried directly under Pratt's favorite watering hole, the Silver King. So Legend faces not only the frenzy of the fossil diggers, but the conflict between Creationists and Darwinians.

Revenge of the Herd

Episode 09

Revenge of the Herd

Jul 4, 1995 · 45 min

To promote his newest book, Pratt is asked to serve as a buffalo hunting guide for a group of German publishers who believe he actually is the heroic character, Nicodemus Legend. Repelled by the notion of hunting, he and Bartok, along with some Arapaho Indians, devise a mythical, mechanical buffalo ""monster"" to ward off the hunters—but only attract more to the area.

Fall of a Legend

Episode 10

Fall of a Legend

Jul 18, 1995 · 45 min

When Pratt is wrongly accused of murder and lands on the Sheriff's Most Wanted List, he learns that with his famous face, there's nowhere to hide.

Clueless in San Francisco

Episode 11

Clueless in San Francisco

Jul 24, 1995 · 45 min

Pratt is prevailed upon to travel to San Francisco (in the Nicodemus Legend persona) to help a young Caucasian woman, who has spent her entire life among the Arapaho Indians, find her birth parents. In tracking them, he inadvertently stirs up a controversy and must protect the woman and her child from ravenous media and rabid racists.

Skeletons in the Closet

Episode 12

Skeletons in the Closet

Aug 8, 1995 · 45 min

While making a promotional ""film"" of Nicodemus Legend for the newly invented Zoetrope, Pratt and Bartok find a clue that leads them into the convoluted folds of the oldest mystery in Arapaho County.

Episode 13

Episode 13

Episode 13

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About the series

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Audience score
★ 6.4 /10

based on 5 votes

Synopsis

The irresistible and charming Ernest Pratt is a dime-store novelist who is living out the adventures of his fictional character Nicodemus Legend in the Old West. Alongside Janos Bartok, a brilliant scientist, the duo teams up to fight for justice using Legend's celebrity and Bartok's outlandish inventions to make a real legend.

WesternAction & Adventure

Cast

4 principal cast

Richard Dean Anderson

Richard Dean Anderson

Ernest Pratt / Nicodemus Legend

John de Lancie

John de Lancie

Janos Bartok

Mark Adair-Rios

Mark Adair-Rios

Huitzilopochtli Ramos

Jarrad Paul

Jarrad Paul

Skeeter

Where to watch Legend

Legend is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The western from Michael Piller, Bill Dial has 1 season and 13 total episodes, rated 6.4/10 by 5 viewers.

Frequently asked

How many seasons does Legend have?

Legend has 1 season with 13 episodes in total.

Is Legend still on the air?

Legend has ended and is no longer in production.

What network airs Legend?

Legend airs on UPN.

When did Legend first air?

Legend first aired on April 18, 1995.

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