8.7 /10 2 Votes
7.2/10 TV Original language(s) English Final episode date 9 April 1988 | 7.6/10 IMDb Genre Action Country of origin USA First episode date 2 January 1988 Number of seasons 1 Number of episodes 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Created by Robert ConradDavid J. Kinghorn Directed by Joan ConradRobert Conrad Cast Robert Conrad, Shane Conrad, Russell Todd, Med Flory Similar Jesse Hawkes, High Sierra Search and Rescue, A Man Called Sloane, Assignment Vienna, The DA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Mountain Rangers was a weekly television series about a group of highly trained wilderness search and rescue/law enforcement officers in Tahoe, Nevada.
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It starred Robert Conrad as Jesse Hawkes and also starred his two sons, Christian Conrad and Shane Conrad. Robert's daughter Joan was the executive producer. 12 episodes were broadcast, from January 2, 1988 until April 9, 1988 on CBS, before the show was cancelled. The series also had a spin-off titled Jesse Hawkes.
The series was centered on Jesse Hawkes, an ex-Marine who started the High Mountain Rangers 35 years before the pilot. He retired after hauling his long-time nemesis, murderous criminal mastermind T.J. Cousins, to justice. Spared the death penalty on a legal technicality, Cousins instead was given life imprisonment without eligibility for parole. Meanwhile, Jesse's eldest son Matt tries out for the HMRs and eventually becomes the team's #2 Ranger...after Merlin, who has succeeded Jesse as director. Then Cousins gets broken out of jail by his hoods, and fatally ambushes Merlin. Now, as the team's third director, Matt urges his father out of retirement to help the Rangers recapture Cousins.
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