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TV series

North and South

1985NR3 seasons7.5 / 10

…And now it begins

The story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania, who become best friends while attending the United States Military Academy at West Point but later find themselves and their families on opposite sides of the American Civil War.

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Synopsis

The story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania, who become best friends while attending the United States Military Academy at West Point but later find themselves and their families on opposite sides of the American Civil War.

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Episode 1

Summer 1865 - Autumn 1865

1h 31m

With the war having come to an end, Orry and Madeline are living in Richmond until Mont Royal can be rebuilt, where Bent and Ashton pay them a visit. Ashton thinks it's to get money out of Orry, but Bent has revenge in mind. Ashton pushes Bent into the river and when he awakens, he can't remember who he is. Madeline relocates to South Carolina, intent on rebuilding their former home. With the help of Prudence, she also wants to build a school. George Hazard visits Madeline with a business proposition. After his visit, Madeline gets a night time visit by the Ku Klux Klan. Just as he arrives home in Lehigh Station, Pennsylvania George finds that Bent has already been there.

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Episode 2

Autumn 1865 - Spring 1866

1h 30m9.0 / 10

With Madeline's school burned to the ground by the Klan, they decide to rebuild. Cooper Main has discovered phosphates on Mont Royal land and with Isabelle Hazard as an investor, begins a mining operation. The conditions of work are poor, however, and the former slaves who work there are forced into another kind of servitude when they are forced to use the company store to buy their supplies, kept in perpetual debt. In Pennsylvania, George Hazard is bereft over the loss of Constance and has become obsessed with finding Bent and exacting his revenge. He has Pinkerton's men tracking him, but they always seem to be one step behind. It takes a visit from Madeline to save him from himself. Ashton has given up prostitution and is now focusing on her new husband's piano business, obsessed with raising enough money to buy Mont Royal. Charlie Main meanwhile refuses to settle down with Willa and continues to roam the West, now as an army scout searching for Scar, who killed his friends.

Episode credits

Guest stars Genie Francis

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Episode 3

Spring 1866 - Summer 1866

1h 31mfinale

When George Hazard learns that it's his sister-in-law who owns the majority shares in the mining operation at Mont Royal, he turns to his brother Stanley, who again does the right thing. George returns to Mont Royal with Madeline and as the new owner of the mine, makes his first act shuttering the company store. He and Madeline soon fall in love. When George learns that Bent has kidnapped Charlie's young son, he sets off to find him. He and Charlie track Bent down for a final confrontation. Back in South Carolina, George and Madeline prepare for an attack from the Klan. Ashton returns to find what remains of her beloved Mont Royal.

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Episode information updated Jul 25, 2026

More about North and South

Cast

James ReadGeorge Hazard
Lesley-Anne DownMadeline Fabray LaMotte
Patrick SwayzeOrry Main
Philip CasnoffElkanah Bent
Jonathan FrakesStanley Hazard
David CarradineJustin LaMotte
Lewis SmithCharles Main
Terri GarberAshton Main Huntoon

Credits

Created by
Richard T. Heffron
Written by
Douglas Heyes, Paul F. Edwards, Kathleen A. Shelley, Richard Fielder, Suzanne Clauser, Douglas Heyes

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
15
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • ABCUnited States
  • David L. Wolper ProductionsUnited States
  • Warner Bros. TelevisionUnited States
  • ABC Television

Themes

abolitionistamerican civil warmale friendshipslaverywest point