The Lieutenant is an American television series, the first created by Gene Roddenberry. It aired on NBC on Saturday evenings in the 1963–1964 television schedule. It was produced by Arena Productions, one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's most successful in-house production companies of the 1960s. Situated at Camp Pendleton, the West Coast base of the U.S. Marine Corps, The Lieutenant focuses on the men of the Corps in peace time with a Cold War backdrop. The title character is Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice, a rifle platoon leader and one of the training instructors at Camp Pendleton. An hour-long drama, The Lieutenant explores the lives of enlisted Marines and general officers alike. The series was released on DVD in two half-season sets by the Warner Archive Collection on August 14, 2012.
The Lieutenant (Season 1)
A Million Miles From Clary (Episode 1)
Air date: 1963-09-14
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Stew Sallaway, champion goldbrick at Clary High, could always depend on his buddy Bill Rice to get him out of a jam. Now Stew is a Marine private, and his ailing father asks Rice to have the boy to his platoon.
Cool of the Evening (Episode 2)
Air date: 1963-09-21
Runtime: 60 min
The Proud and the Angry (Episode 3)
Air date: 1963-09-28
Runtime: 60 min
Two-Star Giant (Episode 4)
Air date: 1963-10-05
Runtime: 60 min
A Very Private Affair (Episode 5)
Writer: Gene Roddenberry
Air date: 1963-10-12
Runtime: 60 min
To Take Up Serpents (Episode 6)
Air date: 1963-10-19
Runtime: 60 min
A Touching of Hands (Episode 7)
Air date: 1963-10-26
Runtime: 60 min
Captain Thomson (Episode 8)
Air date: 1963-11-02
Runtime: 60 min
Instant Wedding (Episode 9)
Writer: Gene Roddenberry
Air date: 1963-11-09
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Rice is pressed upon by a friend to look after his girl in advance of a year-long posting in the far east without leave. She demands they marry right away, and it falls on Rice to quickly put together a formal Marine wedding ceremony.
A Troubled Image (Episode 10)
Air date: 1963-11-16
Runtime: 60 min
Fall From A White Horse (Episode 11)
Air date: 1963-11-30
Runtime: 60 min
Alert (Episode 12)
Air date: 1963-12-14
Runtime: 60 min
The Art of Discipline (Episode 13)
Air date: 1963-12-21
Runtime: 60 min
The Alien (Episode 14)
Air date: 1963-12-28
Runtime: 60 min
O'Rourke (Episode 15)
Air date: 1964-01-04
Runtime: 60 min
Gone the Sun (Episode 16)
Air date: 1964-01-18
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Rice returns to his home town to aid in the burial of a Marine killed in a training accident. He has to deal with the grieving family of the boy as well as the changes that have occurred since he has been away.
Between Music and Laughter (Episode 17)
Air date: 1964-01-25
Runtime: 60 min
Interlude (Episode 18)
Air date: 1964-02-01
Runtime: 60 min
Capp's Lady (Episode 19)
Air date: 1964-02-08
Runtime: 60 min
Green Water Green Flag (Episode 20)
Air date: 1964-02-15
Runtime: 60 min
To Set It Right (Episode 21)
Writer: Gene Roddenberry
Air date: 1964-02-22
Runtime: 60 min
In the Highest Tradition (Episode 22)
Air date: 1964-02-29
Runtime: 60 min
Tour of Duty (Episode 23)
Air date: 1964-03-07
Runtime: 60 min
Lament for a Dead Goldbrick (Episode 24)
Air date: 1964-03-14
Runtime: 60 min
Man with an Edge (Episode 25)
Air date: 1964-03-21
Runtime: 60 min
Operation: Actress (Episode 26)
Air date: 1964-03-28
Runtime: 60 min
Mother Enemy (Episode 27)
Air date: 1964-04-04
Runtime: 60 min
The War Called Peace (Episode 28)
Air date: 1964-04-11
Runtime: 60 min
To Kill a Man (Episode 29)
Air date: 1964-04-18
Runtime: 60 min
Seasons
Episodes 29