As of July 2026, Bordertown Season 1 aired in 1989 with 26 episodes — streaming now on Amazon Prime Video. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Bordertown Season 1

1989 26 Episodes Western · Drama ⭐ 7/10

Bordertown Season 1 has built a devoted audience on and among viewers who want their drama to earn its emotional beats. The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. 9 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Sophie Barjac's performance alone is worth the time investment. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, Bordertown Season 1 is worth clearing space for. Bordertown Season 1 takes its time building the world its characters inhabit, and the patience pays off. Season 1 of Bordertown includes 26 episodes. It aired from January 1989 to July 1989. This season stars Sophie Barjac, John H. Sophie Barjac and John H. Brennan lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1989. The performances in Bordertown Season 1 do a lot of work in the silences between the dialogue. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Viewers drawn to character-driven storytelling will find plenty to sit with in Bordertown Season 1. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Sophie Barjac's work here is the kind that gets referenced in career retrospectives. It makes everything else feel thin by comparison.

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🎬 Bordertown Season 1 — Episode Guide

E1
Civilization
1989-01-07
A barroom fight between an American rancher's son and a Canadian farm boy result in the shooting death of the American. Jack and Clive attempt to take the prisoner to Ft McCloud, but the dead boy's father wants revenge.
E2
Runners
1989-01-14
A Mountie mail wagon is ambushed and robbed, and the crime is made to look like an Indian attack. Jack and Clive are suspicious, and soon determine that the thieves were Mountie deserters. Meanwhile, Marie's nephew comes to town to visit.
E3
Medicine Woman
1989-01-21
Howling Dog, a young Blackfood, accidentally causes a fire in Marie's store while attempting to steal food. After the Indian is released when Marie refuses to press charges, he is murdered by Erskine, the Canadian Indian Agent. Marie discovers that Erskine has been selling Indian rations to the to...
E4
Blindside
1989-01-28
Two friends from Jack's Texas Rangers days come to Bordertown on their way to Canada to sell their merchandise. Marie disappears when her patient is murdered, and the evidence points to Jack's friends.
E5
The Man They Couldn't Hang
1989-02-04
Jack reluctantly hangs a prisoner, but the prisoner survives the hanging. When Jack refuses to hang him again, the judge sends in a government appointed hangman. Barry Joe's only chance for clemency is if he names his accomplices. The problem is, his throat is so badly damaged that he can't speak...
E6
A Model Citizen
1989-02-11
A Chinese immigrant overhears a plot to rob a gold shipment. Determined to be a good citizen, he informs the law the plot, but is fearful for the life of his fiancee, who is arriving on the stagecoach.
E7
Over the Line
1989-02-18
While investigating the presence of a band of Cree Indians camped near the town, Jack and Clive discover that a white boy is living among them. The boy's uncle is determined to get him back, even if it means endangering the town by starting a war with the Indians.
E8
Blood Fury
1989-02-25
Charles Ashley intends to bring a railroad to Bordertown, but Jack is incensed when the railroader turns out to be a former Confederate Captain from the Civil War who abandoned his wounded men -- including Jack -- to the enemy. When the two men exchange shots, Ashley gets rid of his gun, and claims...
E9
The Reaper
1989-03-04
The lawmen are troubled when an aging gunfighter comes to Bordertown, followed by glory-seekers who are out to kill him, and a novelist, who wants to write a story about him.
E10
The Killing
1989-03-11
Liam becomes infatuated with a blind gypsy fortune teller who is being forced by her employer to convince men that their future includes earning a fortune in a new business venture, so he can sell them stock in a non-existent silver mine.
E11
The Gunfighter
1989-03-18
A young easterner challenges his employer to a gunfight after he is cheated out of part of his wages. Jack attempts to teach the young man to shoot.
E12
Trapped
1989-03-25
Two outlaw brothers, believed to be dead, come to Bordertown to rob the bank. Before they can carry out their plan, they are recognized by Hiram. When he speaks up, he is fatally struck by one of them. The brothers leave an accomplice behind so that they can escape, and when he tries to rejoin the...
E13
Slave
1989-04-01
Severely traumatized when her former ""master"" comes to Bordertown, Diane Denny tries to shoot him to avenge the beating death of her father, killed years earlier while attempting to escape.
E14
One of the Boys
1989-04-08
A young woman, posing as a male ranchhand in an effort to find her husband's murderer, is shot on the streets of Bordertown.
E15
When Dreams Die
1989-04-15
Two escaped convicts come to Bordertown looking for the only man who can identify them. Claiming to be friends of Sally Duffield's imprisoned husband, they swindle her out of her jewelry by insisting that he can be paroled if she pays them a thousand dollars.
E16
The Lady and the Corpse
1989-04-22
When Dom's friend dies, he leaves instructions that half his gold goes to Dom, but it is stolen before it can be recovered. Jack believes Clive's new lady friend is involved, but the mountie refuses to believe it.
E17
The Fur Trader
1989-04-29
A local trapper is found murdered and his furs stolen. The only clue left at the scene is a sliver of bone from the handle of a knife, and the only suspect is a French entrepeneur, a friend of Marie's, who is found holding the murder weapon after a dispute with an employee. Jack and Clive formulat...
E18
Ties That Bind
1989-05-06
Willie's father comes to Bordertown with the intention of taking the boy back to France with him. Meanwhile, an escaped criminal is seeking revenge on Clive.
E19
The Bounty Hunter
1989-05-13
When a Mexican bounty hunter shows up in Bordertown, Jack is instantly suspicious, suspecting that the Mexican has actually come for him. When he and Marie are jailed by the bounty hunter, Jack confesses his secret past to Marie, revealing that his wife and daughter had been murdered by Don Carlos...
E20
Pretty Shadows [aka Legacy]
1989-05-20
A band of teenaged outlaws ride into Bordertown intending to rob the bank. Marie reports to Clive when she sees the young outlaws go into the bank with their guns drawn. Clive is shot attempting to prevent the hold-up, and is dragged into the store by the robbers. Jack, in the marshal's office, a...

🎭 Cast of Bordertown Season 1

Sophie Barjac
Sophie Barjac
Doctor Marie Dumont
JH
John H. Brennan
Corporal Clive Bennett
RC
Richard Comar
Marshal Jack Craddock

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