Boone (1983)
Boone Sawyer, who aspires to a career in rock and roll music, despite the advice of his stern father, Merit Sawyer, who wants Boone to join him in the automobile repair business. The setting of the series is Tennessee in the early 1950s, when great changes began to occur in popular music, with the rise of Elvis Presley.
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Episode 1 - The Monument
Release Date: 1983-09-26Boone gets into trouble with the law and almost misses his chance to perform at a war monument dedication.
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Episode 2 - The Last Dance (a.k.a. A Trip Down to Memphis)
Release Date: 1983-10-03Boone and Rome miss the senior prom to accompany Mr. Johnson to a nightclub.
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Episode 3 - Banjo
Release Date: 1983-10-10Boone and Rome discover an orphaned girl living in a burned-out cabin. Boone and Rome meet Banjo, a wild orphan with a talent for the instrument she's named after, and bring her to the Sawyer's home to stay, but Boone is not prepared for the jealousy his sister, Squirt, exhibits toward the newcomer. |
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Episode 4 - The Trial
Release Date: 1983-10-17Boone is injured in an explosion at the airport, but his music takes on a new dimension when he develops a friendship with singer Lucky Parsons.
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Episode 5 - Second Fiddle
Release Date: 1983-10-24Boone and Rome's friendship is tested when they meet a beautiful 17-year-old bonde girl.
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Episode 6 - The Decision
Release Date: 1983-10-31Boone confronts his parents with his decision to make music his career, with or without their support. Mr. Johnson dies and leaves his guitar to Boone. At the funeral Boone's parents announce they will support him in any career he chooses.
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Episode 7 - The Graduation
Release Date: 1983-11-14 -
Episode 8 - Chance of a Lifetime
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Episode 9 - The Auction
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Episode 10 - Words and Music
Release Date: 1983-12-12Boone and Rome help thwart a crooked record producer.
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Episode 11 - Hard to Get
Release Date: 1984-07-28Boone gets involved with a woman who has a five-year-old son and runs moonshine for her ex. Boone's parents are arrested and he puts himself in danger to protect the woman and her son.
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Episode 12 - The Front Line
Release Date: 1984-08-04Rome gets drafted and Boone enlists so they can be together. Boone fails the physical and is rejected. As Rome prepares to leave he hears the Korean War is over. While he is celebrating his motorcycle falls, crushing his knee and preventing him from going into the army.
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Episode 13 - The Runaway
Release Date: 1984-08-11Cousin Geneva leaves her husband and comes to Nashville to get Boone to help her launch a music career. Her first appearance does not go very well, but Boone discovers she has a talent for sewing. Geneva's husband joins her as she begins her new career as a seamstress.