There's something about a man out of uniform.
Original title
The Marshal
Released
1/31/1995
Origin country
US
Genre
Action & Adventure, Drama
Production companies
Paramount Television, Western Sandblast
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
2
Number of episodes
25
The Marshal is an American action-drama television series that aired on ABC for two brief seasons in 1995. The show starred Jeff Fahey as the title character, a United States Marshal charged with pursuing fugitives across the nation. In 1995, the episode "Hitwoman" was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Editing for a Series.
Jeff Fahey stars as Winston McBride, a fugitive-chasing Deputy U.S. Marshal who has never let one get away. His quarry in the opener: a one-time radical activist (wanted for a 1970 draft board killing. She has been very good at the art of not existing for 25 years, but McBride catches her easily. Perhaps too easily... (TV Guide)
It doesn't add up for MacBride when the couple he's pursuing for failure to file an income tax return determinedly elude him. The only charge against them won't land them in jail—but fleeing from a Federal marshal will.
When a stripping thief picks up an eccentric crack shot, McBride gives chase. The pair lead him on a merry chase due to the fact that they can't agree where they're going.
A hideously disfigured serial bank robber is a dead ringer for a prison escapee named Lucas Burke. The only trouble is, Burke's supposed to be dead.
MacBride is kidnapped by a chamelionlike hitwoman who says she was framed for the latest killings by a 'Mr. Rorschach' who hired her for other jobs. And, she tells the Marshal, 'I think Rorschach is one of yours.' (TV Guide)
MacBride and fellow Marshal Lester Villa –Lobos serve as part of the protection detail for a judge whose life has been threatened.
"The Beast" escapes prison and McBride is on the case. But each time he gets close, someone else gets there first and scares the murderer away.
Four bodies unearthed in a swampy Idaho park are determined to have been dead for at least five years - but one is identified as a man thought to have been in jail for most of that time.
Tit for tat: MacBride gets his man, a Russian mob boss - but the gangster's sons kidnap the Marshal's partner and demand a trade.
The escape of Leander Booth, a biochemist convicted of espionage, leads MacBride on a twisted trail involving commandos, spies, laser guns, nuclear radiation, orchids, snow globes - and a pie-baking grandmother.
Winston tracks a radical conservationist wanted for the murder of a forest ranger.
McBride has to get "Sonny Boy" Gabianno to testify at a Mafia Don's trial. The mob wants "Sonny Boy" dead and someone is tipping them off.
When a Major's daughter runs away to her estranged father, McBride is called in to find them.
A trio of inept robbers try and rob a supermarket where McBride is shopping. When the police show up it turns into a hostage situation. McBride has 45 minutes to resolve the crisis before he has to pick up his kids.
A senior citizen goes on an anti-government rampage and shoots a federal Judge. McBride has to catch him and brings his father along for the ride.
A teenage girl goes searching for the father she always dreamed of. Unfortunately, he's the armed car robber that McBride is currently pursuing.
McBride and a buddy go fishing in the wilderness and bump into survivalists. With his friend wounded, McBride must get him to safety and avoid more bloodshed.
When a terrorist turned witness won't testify because his girlfriend has been kidnapped, McBride has to save the girl and the day.
A computer hacker is threatening a major bank with blackmail and McBride feels left behind by technology.
A minor league pitcher is trying to get back to the bigs after problems with drugs. When is girlfriend is caught with drugs in his bag at the airport, McBride is assigned to babysit the pitcher to ensure he makes his court appearance.
Parolee Ward is in love with Thelma. Unfortunately, Thelma doesn't exist and the man impersonating her has to put Ward on ice until he can figure out what to do. When McBride goes looking for Ward, he realizes he might have to find Thelma first.
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