Barrett Fears lived at Paradise Ranch and was the owner of an empire that made him one of the richest men in all of Hawaii. His 29 year old son Mitch decided to return to help his father run the ranch. The conflicts of different generations and collision of traditional and contemporary values take place on the sprawling Paradise Ranch, the biggest spread on the island of Hawaii, owned by Barrett Fears, who is frequently at odds with his son, Mitch.
Episode Info
Acohi, a headstrong Hawaiian youth, is arrested for driving at high speed. Upon learning this, Acohi's boss fires him and the lad threatens his boss. The next day the boss is found murdered and Acohi is charged with homicide.
Recaps
1x1: Gandy recap: In this first episode, the ranch is beset by a sugar cane blight, but that doesn't blight Keke's 18th birthday party. Keke is Karen Fears, old Barrett's niece, who he has raised since the death of her parents. Keke has been planning to buy herself her biggest present -a prize horse- with $2,500 she inherits on becoming 18. Along comes irresponsible but charming crop duster Gandy (Don Johnson), an old buddy of Mitch when the latter worked the Texas -Oklahoma oil fields. Gandy owed the bank $2,500 and a bank official (Peter Marshall) is threatening to foreclose his helicopter. Mitch and the crop duster have a little dust-up of their own when Mitch learns Gandy has wheedled the $2,500 from Keke. An oyster-eating contest will be a challenge to settle differences between these two guys...
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