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Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy was a CBC Television television show based upon the adventures of author and rancher Richmond P. Hobson, Jr. in Northern British Columbia. It is based upon the eponymous book and also The Rancher Takes a Wife.

First Aired

1999-01-08
Last Aired

2000-02-11
Creator
Genre

Drama
Seasons

2
Episodes

27
Status

Ended
Language

English
Network

CBC Television

Keywords:

canada ranch cattle ranch 1940s british columbia

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Season 1

Season 2

1. Home Alone

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60mins 1999-01-08

2. Home Alone

After a winter cooped up in the cabin with Rich and Pan, Gloria can't wait to be alone. But when the m...More

After a winter cooped up in the cabin with Rich and Pan, Gloria can't wait to be alone. But when the men ride off on a treacherous hunt for missing cattle, she discovers springtime in the wilderness brings out more than the flowers.Less

60mins 1999-01-08

3. Charades

The discovery of Kit's secret identity prompts a trip to town. There Pan rekindles his torrid affair w...More

The discovery of Kit's secret identity prompts a trip to town. There Pan rekindles his torrid affair with the widow Franklin. Rich manages to locate Kit's father, but when the man shows his true colors, Gloria unites her partners to assure Kit's place on the ranch.Less

60mins 1999-01-15

4. The Stud

Money woes and male competition are front and center when Gloria's best friend Muriel arrives at the r...More

Money woes and male competition are front and center when Gloria's best friend Muriel arrives at the ranch with Connor, an ex-beau of Gloria's. Rich is worried that city life may reclaim his bride, but Pan's running bid to obtain a prize stallion will prove once and for all who's ""the stud.""Less

60mins 1999-01-22

5. Sex, Lies and Narrow Escapes

Inept ranch hands, calving cows and nosy neighbors keep interrupting Rich and Gloria's private life. I...More

Inept ranch hands, calving cows and nosy neighbors keep interrupting Rich and Gloria's private life. It's going to take the RCMP, a copy of ""Lady Chatterley's Lover,"" and a moose testicle to get them back together.Less

60mins 1999-02-05

6. Harrow of Babel

Rich's obsession with clearing more land for hay leads to a risky plan to build a giant harrow. When h...More

Rich's obsession with clearing more land for hay leads to a risky plan to build a giant harrow. When her prize new horse is pressed into service to pull it, Gloria discovers that building the world's biggest cattle ranch is a costly dream.Less

60mins 1999-02-12

7. House Guests and Fish

Rich didn't know the widow Franklin would be the house guest from hell. Distraught over her son, who's...More

Rich didn't know the widow Franklin would be the house guest from hell. Distraught over her son, who's missing in action, she's browbeating Gloria into domesticity and attracting the dubious attention of a pig farmer - a situation which could force Pan to take drastic measures.Less

60mins 1999-02-19

8. The Shape of Things to Come

When a big-city mining promoter shows up prospecting, Rich and Pan figure it'll be easy money guiding ...More

When a big-city mining promoter shows up prospecting, Rich and Pan figure it'll be easy money guiding him in circles. But their mark proves to have big-city savvy, boundless energy, and a grand vision of the future that threatens to ""civilize"" the north.Less

60mins 1999-02-27

9. Wild Horses

Rich has double booked himself--Gloria's thinks they're celebrating their first anniversary, and Pan t...More

Rich has double booked himself--Gloria's thinks they're celebrating their first anniversary, and Pan thinks they're going wild horse hunting. The solution? Rich takes the wife wild horse hunting, and Gloria learns some hard lessons in frontier living.Less

60mins 1999-03-04

10. A Year and a Day

Gloria takes advantage of Pan's absence to have a romantic evening with Rich, but champagne leads to T...More

Gloria takes advantage of Pan's absence to have a romantic evening with Rich, but champagne leads to Truth or Consequences and the going gets tough. The going is tough out on the trail, too, where Pan faces a crisis of his own.Less