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Carter Country Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Hail to the Chief

First aired: Sep/15/1977
Writer: Phil Doran, Douglas Arango
Director: Peter Baldwin

Good ole boy Roy Mobey heads the police department of a small town just down the road from Plains, Georgia. In the series opener, Plains' First Citizen is scheduled to pass through, and everyone wants to make an impression--including the Klan.



2 :01x02 - Beating the Pounds

First aired: Sep/22/1977
Writer: Al Gordon, Jack Mendelsohn
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Susan Pratt (Beth), Harry Basch (Harris), Barney McFadden (Crowley)

Dieting has caused Chief Roy to become grumpy, and manages to lose more friends than he does weight.



3 :01x03 - Out of the Closet

First aired: Sep/29/1977
Writer: Douglas Arango, Phil Doran
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Richard Jaeckel (Peterson), George Gaynes (Murdock)

While on a fishing trip, Chief Roy discovers that his buddy is a homosexual.



4 :01x04 - The Fireside Burnside Budget Chat

First aired: Oct/06/1977
Writer: George Bloom
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Jonathan Banks (Bob Phillips)

Mayor Burnside makes his announcement about the town's budget cuts over the radio.



5 :01x05 - Baker Buys a House (1)

First aired: Oct/20/1977
Director: Peter Baldwin

Baker buys himself a new home, right next door to Jasper.



6 :01x06 - Baker Buys a House (2)

First aired: Oct/27/1977
Writer: Al Gordon, Jack Mendelsohn
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Shane Nickerson (Jasper Jr.)

When Baker's door to his new home has a slur painted across it, Chief Roy does some investigating.



7 :01x07 - Bye, Bye Baker

First aired: Nov/03/1977
Writer: David Garber, Kevin Hartigan
Director: Peter Baldwin

Baker is up for the job of police chief in another town, unfortunately his opponent is Chief Roy.



8 :01x08 - Senior CItizen Siege

First aired: Nov/17/1977
Writer: David Garber, Kevin Hartigan
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Fred Stuthman (Byron), Elizabeth Kerr (Fanny)

A pair of senior citizens make their grievance heard to Mayor Burnside...at gunpoint.



9 :01x09 - Chicks and Turkeys

First aired: Nov/24/1977
Writer: Elias Davis, David Pollock
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Ryan MacDonald (Goodman)

This year's Thanksgiving is a battle of the sexes.



10 :01x10 - Chief to Chief

First aired: Dec/01/1977
Writer: George Bloom
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Kenneth Mars (Chief Thorpe)

Roy believes that the sheriff's department can beat the firemen in a game of basketball over rumors of Baker's court skills.



11 :01x11 - Union vs. the Confederacy

First aired: Dec/08/1977
Writer: Sheldon Bull
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Will Mackenzie (Jedd)

Mayor Burnside gets coached for the upcoming negotiations concerning the police budget.



12 :01x12 - A-Hunting We Will Go

First aired: Dec/15/1977
Writer: Guy Thomas
Director: Peter Baldwin

Roy takes the reigns leading a hunting trip in search for the famed "Big Buck."



13 :01x13 - By the Light of the Moonlight

First aired: Dec/22/1977
Writer: Jack Mendelsohn, Al Gordon
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Vernon Weddle (Guard), Med Flory (Lester), Macon McCalman (Drunk), Arlene Golonka (Eloise), John C. Moskoff (Mickey)

To earn some extra cash, Roy moonlights in another county as a bartender.



14 :01x14 - The Physical

First aired: Jan/05/1978
Director: Peter Baldwin

When the mayor demands that all the sheriff's department must have a physical, Roy fears he will fail.



15 :01x15 - Roy's Separation

First aired: Jan/12/1978
Writer: David Pollock, Elias Davis
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Barrie Youngfellow (Bambi)

Roy and his wife feel it's time to get as divorce.



16 :01x16 - Red Armstrong, Goodbye

First aired: Jan/19/1978
Writer: Phil Doran, Douglas Arango
Director: Peter Baldwin

Baker refuses to participate in the telethon dedicated to a former police chief after finding out that he is a segregationist.



17 :01x17 - Ballots for Burnside

First aired: Jan/26/1978
Writer: Jeremy Stevens, Tom Moore
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: J. A. Preston (Jesse Haskell)

Roy and Baker don't believe in Burnside's claim to office.



18 :01x18 - The Chief's Dressing Down

First aired: Feb/02/1978
Writer: Mort Scharfman, Harvey Weitzman
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Bob Holt (Minister)

Chief Roy is hesitant to participate in a benefit after finding out he'll be dancing in drag.



19 :01x19 - All About Floyd

First aired: Feb/09/1978
Writer: Joel Kimmel, Ann Gibbs
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Bobby F. Ellerbee (Floyd)

Chief Roy feels Mayor Burnside is pressuring him to hire a unqualified black applicant.



20 :01x20 - Roy Pays His Taxes

First aired: Feb/23/1978
Writer: Phil Doran, Douglas Arango
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Jack Dodson (Ludlow), Diana Muldaur (Ms. Barrington)

Chief Roy is worried when the IRS wants to audit his tax return.



21 :01x21 - Roy's Encounter

First aired: May/09/1978
Writer: Alan Eisenstock, Larry Mintz
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Byron Morrow (Col. Holloway), Patrick Cronin (Dr. Grant)

Everyone in town feels Chief Roy is off his rocker when he reports seeing a UFO.



22 :01x22 - Baker Saves a Life

First aired: May/16/1978
Writer: Harvey Weitzman, Mort Scharfman
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: John Craig (Maynard)

An auto accident causes Jasper to lose his bigoted way of thinking.



23 :02x01 - One of Our Chiefs is Missing

First aired: Sep/23/1978
Writer: Austin Kalish, Irma Kalish
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Rod McCary (Keeter), Victoria Carroll (Jo Ellen)

Everyone worries when the Chief is late returning from escorting a prisoner.



24 :02x02 - The Tracy Report

First aired: Sep/30/1978
Writer: Mort Scharfman, Harvey Weitzman
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Gerald Hiken (Woodcock), Melanie Griffith (Tracy)

A young cub reporter becomes overanxious and hampers a jewel thief's interrogation.



25 :02x03 - The Selling of the Mayor (1)

First aired: Oct/21/1978
Writer: Douglas Arango, Phil Doran
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Richard Venture (Chet), Doyle Baker (Judd)

Roy decides to run for mayor against Burnside.



26 :02x04 - The Selling of the Mayor (2)

First aired: Oct/28/1978
Writer: Douglas Arango, Phil Doran
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Richard Venture (Chet)

Roy goes all out to in campaigning for Burnside's job as mayor.



27 :02x05 - Poor Butterfly

First aired: Nov/11/1978
Writer: Marty Brill, Barry Meadow
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: William Lanteau (Busby), Amzie Strickland (Julia Mobey), Nedra Volz (Mrs. Forsythe)

Someone is sending threatening phone calls to Burnside.



28 :02x06 - Gamblers Unanimous

First aired: Nov/25/1978
Writer: Mark Fink
Director: Peter Baldwin



29 :02x07 - Roy Makes the Grade

First aired: Dec/02/1978
Writer: Haskell Barkin
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: David Hooks (Tompkins)



30 :02x08 - Hurricane Jasper

First aired: Dec/16/1978
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Steffen Zacharias (Fanatic), Fernando Escandon (Luis)



31 :02x09 - The Firing of a Harley

First aired: Dec/23/1978
Writer: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Mary Angela Shea (Jeannine)



32 :02x10 - Owed to Billy Joe

First aired: Jan/06/1979
Writer: Kim Weiskopf, Michael S. Baser
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Kathryn Reynolds (Denise Traynod)



33 :02x11 - The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming

First aired: Jan/13/1979
Writer: Nick Thiel, David Braff
Director: Gary Shimokawa
Guest star: Brenda Benet (Natalya), Ari Barak (Dimitri), Richard Libertini (Vladimir)



34 :02x12 - Teddy's Folly

First aired: Mar/22/1979
Writer: Phil Doran, Douglas Arango
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Marla Adams (Florabelle)



35 :02x13 - Happy Anniversary Roy

First aired: Mar/29/1979
Writer: Bruce Kalish, Philip John Taylor
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Jay Gerber (Dr. Short), Amzie Strickland (Julia Mobey)



36 :02x14 - Teddy the Tiger

First aired: Apr/05/1979
Writer: Phil Doran, Douglas Arango
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Joe Taggart (Sam), Jerrold Ziman (Clayton)



37 :02x15 - New Kid in Town

First aired: Apr/12/1979
Writer: Irma Kalish, Austin Kalish
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Kyle Richards (Gerry), Don Fenwick (Curry), Amzie Strickland (Julia Mobey)



38 :02x16 - Baker's First Day

First aired: Apr/19/1979
Writer: Mort Scharfman, Harvey Weitzman
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Regi Plummer (Willy), Jack Carter (Captain), John Brandon (Sergeant)



39 :02x17 - The Last Dinosaur

First aired: Apr/26/1979
Writer: Michael S. Baser, Kim Weiskopf
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Hugh Gillin (Chief Greenway), Richard McKenzie (Dr. Fenway)



40 :02x18 - The Big Move (1)

First aired: May/10/1979
Writer: Mark Fink
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Justin Lord (Tyrone)



41 :02x19 - The Big Move (2)

First aired: May/17/1979
Writer: Kim Weiskopf, Michael S. Baser
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Amzie Strickland (Julia Mobey), June Christopher (Wanda), Ronalda Douglas (Connie), Kyle Richards (Gerry), Fran Ryan (Martha)



42 :02x20 - The Big Move (3)

First aired: May/24/1979
Writer: Richard M. Powell
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Owen Bush (Elmer), DeForest Covan (Minister)



43 :02x21 - The Prisoner of Clinton Corners

First aired: Jun/07/1979
Writer: Harvey Weitzman, Mort Scharfman
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Danny Wells (Slippery Sam), Kyle Richards (Gerry), Amzie Strickland (Julia Mobey)



44 :02x22 - The Abominable Showman

First aired: Jun/21/1979
Writer: Mort Scharfman, Harvey Weitzman
Director: Peter Baldwin