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Lucan Episode Guide and Reviews

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MGM Studios has had its paws in the wolf genre since the Tex Avery Little Red Riding Hood cartoons of the 1940s. They produced the highly successful film, Dances with Wolves (1990).

MGM specifically loved the young werewolf franchise. Teen Wolf (1985), starring Michael J. Fox, was a fun hit, and even Teen Wolf Too (1987), starring Jason Bateman, had mild success. These movies also spun off a Teen Wolf (1986) cartoon.

MGM's Wolf Fever continued in the popular series also called Teen Wolf (2011), starring Tyler Posey and Tyler Hoechlin, which was inspired by the eighties film.

But beneath all that fur and teen "fangst," before the werewolf dancing and basketball, was a lost TV show called LUCAN (1977)

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LUCAN (1977) is now on DVD and available to purchase through Amazon and other retailers.

Until 2018, LUCAN (1977) was hard to find. Original TV recordings were sold on homemade, creative DVDs, but the quality was less than stellar.

According to some sources, there were 16 episodes, and the last four were unaired, which made me believe the recordings I had were incomplete. But more research proved me wrong.

It's more likely that four additional scripts were prepared. Since the official DVD release, it has been confirmed that only 12 episodes were filmed.

Why Was the Lucan TV Show Cancelled?

It's hard to know the ins and outs. Usually, the go-to reason is low ratings. One mistake was that the ABC Network put LUCAN (1977) on hiatus for months at a time.

I didn't see any writers' strikes mentioned during its run. Were they using LUCAN (1977) to fill slots when they yanked other shows off the air?

When you tinker with an audience's viewing habits, they forget and lose interest fast. It's unfair that LUCAN (1977) was tossed around. The show would've had a fighting chance with a regular weekly schedule. 

My other guess is that cancellation was due to the constant plot retooling until they nearly copied The Incredible Hulk (1977) and The Fugitive (1963). Because I enjoy fugitive plots, I didn't let it detract from my enjoyment of the rest of the series. 

Lucan Episode List and Critical Reviews

I don't have full summaries or verdicts for every episode yet, but I'll add them eventually when I find time to rewatch and take notes. I do get more descriptive about the episodes I loved most, though I'm still working on that.

You can find short episode summaries at the groovy website, Ultimate '70s.

1. Pilot: Lucan (Airdate: May 22nd 1977)

A 10-year-old child raised by wolves in Northern Minnesota is brought to a California University and taught the ways of civilization by a kind scientist. He is given the name Lucan.

At twenty years old, he ventures out into the world to find his parents. Lucan has remarkable agility and wolf-like characteristics, but he is also wise, kind, and gentle.

On his first job at a construction company, Lucan is immediately bothered by the foreman and his cronies. Lucan befriends the shady company owner's daughter and helps her find the courage to make her own life decisions.

Lucan's College Experience

While in college, after an impressive feat on the gym ropes, Lucan is sought out by coaches to play on their sports teams, but he politely declines.

Meanwhile, the University administration still treats Lucan like an animal and doesn’t trust that Lucan has been fully “domesticated.”

Despite evidence to the contrary, they fear he’ll revert to his wolf-like behavior and harm residents or cause trouble outside campus walls.

Lucan’s Mentor, Don Hoagland, puts up a fierce defense, but he’s voted out of the school and suspiciously struck down by a car.

At the hospital, Lucan shares a tearful goodbye with his mentor and father figure.

My Verdict

The Pilot movie is straightforward,  yet I don’t think it’s the best entry in the series. I enjoyed the first half, as it establishes Lucan's backstory through amusing and touching clips that show little Lucan’s behavioral and learning development.

 The latter half of the Pilot focuses too much on side characters we won’t meet again, nor would we care to.

The lead performances and chemistry between Stockard Channing and Ned Beatty make up for the meandering scenes. In anthology shows, we rarely meet the supporting characters a second time because the protagonist is always on the move.

I appreciate how we’re gradually introduced to Lucan’s abilities. The university gym sequence is fun, and a scene where Lucan is chased down by hired thugs on motorcycles offers some tension, as well as Mickey’s dramatic rescue from the construction elevator.

The show went through numerous plot shifts, so don’t be surprised to see Dr. Hoagland again. I’m glad he returned. His death was futile, and Lucan would eventually need all the outside help he could get on his journeys.

I appreciated the simplicity of Lucan’s journey at the start, but I still believe the pilot episode needed more “oomph” overall to engage an audience.

2. Listen to the Heartbeat (Airdate: September 12th, 1977)

Lucan falls in love with a Bulgarian gymnast and must protect her from a sinister plot to keep her away from a critical gymnastics competition.

Lucan’s out jogging and sees a pretty girl riding a bike. She’s ambushed and chased by a man who tries to drag her into his car. Lucan rushes to help. Her name’s Tashi, and she’s unsure why she was attacked, but she needs a place to hide.

Lucan takes her to the Zoo, where he temporarily works tending to baby animals. At first, Tashi doesn’t trust him and is curious why he doesn’t have a last name.

They develop a bond, and Tashi asks Lucan to help her deliver a letter to her best friend, Elena, who is the only one who can receive it. Lucan genuinely wants to help, and he’s also attracted to Tashi.

At a hotel, Elena gets into a car with a mustached man. Using his senses, Lucan runs the entire length of the car ride. They stop at an arena where a pre-Olympic Gymnastics tournament will be held. Lucan gives Elena the letter.

Elena's anxious, but she’s also aiding the mustache man, her husband, Miklos. While in the control room, they trap Lucan in the Arena and automatically lock the exits. But then Miklos lets him go.

Lucan attempts to run all the way back to the Zoo. (Kevin Brophy was surely a track star with all that running he did!) The baddies stop Lucan, posing as cops.

Who better than Brian Dennehy to play the more evil of the two? They threaten him with imprisonment, and by now, we know that Lucan hates cages. Lucan jumps out of the moving car.

Tashi tells Lucan the truth. Her real name is Natasha Travolinka, and she’s a world-class gymnast from Bulgaria. She’s afraid because someone’s trying to kill her.

Within three days, they’d tripped her in the dark, cut her practice ropes, and left her dangling in mid-air. Finally, the men grabbed her in broad daylight off the bicycle path.

At the International Gymnast Festival, there’s a lot of money gambled and invested in the winner. In the park, Natasha shows off her athletic skills, and Lucan stuns her with his self-taught acrobatics. She can’t believe he’d never trained professionally.

A recurring theme on the show is when everyone tries to guess Lucan’s ethnicity. Natasha asks if he’s Indonesian because of his darker features and the fact that he doesn’t have a surname. 

Lucan responds that he’s unsure and opens up about not having a family. Although Lucan doesn’t keep his identity a secret, he doesn’t tell her he was raised by wolves.

Lucan senses they are being followed. He takes Tashi’s camera and chases after the stalker. He shows Tashi the photo, and it turns out to be Miklos’ cousin, a journalist.

Tashi doesn’t want the Police involved because she can’t betray Elena, her colleague. She’s convinced that Elena is unwillingly going along with her husband’s plan.

Miklos begged Tashi to lose on purpose, so Elena could win. Tashi’s still very young, but this would be Elena’s last chance to fulfill her dream. Tashi refuses to do that even though she loves Elena.

Back in Lucan’s bunk, Tashi asks Lucan to be her bodyguard until the competition. He obliges, and they share a kiss. Tashi and Lucan are kidnapped by Miklos’ men.

Lucan and Tashi find an escape, but she sprains her ankle. She’s determined not to lose, and Lucan teaches her to control the pain.

Miklos attempts to sabotage Tashi while she’s competing, but Lucan thwarts him. Tashi flubs the landing on her first attempt because of her twisted ankle, but her final routine is flawless.

Miklos is arrested and deported. Tashi cries that she never wants to leave Lucan. He cries too, but it’s impossible to care for her. He has no home, and he needs to find his family. Lucan tells her to make the best of her life for him.

My Verdict

“Listen to the Heartbeat” is the sweetest episode because it introduces Lucan to romantic first love. Lucan proves he’s loyal and trustworthy. He discerns Tashi's need for help and gets involved.

Lucan puts his life on the line for others, even if they don’t ask. We know their relationship won’t last, but we still hope that Lucan eventually finds the answers he seeks so his heart can be settled enough for true love and the possibility of a stable life.

Quotes

“Listen to your heartbeat. Listen so hard it becomes as loud as thunder.”

“I don’t see what I could get by winning a game that would be important to me. Or how losing a game could hurt me. But doing your best… that’s different. You have to do your best…to be the best that’s in your nature to be.”

“I know what winning is now. It’s just status, and status is almost nothing. People shouldn’t worry so much about so little.”

3. The Search (Airdate: December 26th, 1977)

Lucan returns to his old countryside in Minnesota. He finds a job at a small diner run by Penny, a kind young woman who takes a liking to him but is curious about his mysterious comings and goings in the forest.

Lucan soon runs into trouble as the farmers hunt down the wolves he grew up with, and a local Sheriff with a dark secret develops a grudge against Lucan.

My Verdict

This is a solid episode, with an exciting mystery sub-plot in addition to the hunters going after wolves. It has strong performances from Leslie Nielsen as the shady Sheriff and Katherine Cannon as the diner owner.

I considered that if Lucan wants to hold down a job, he needs to be less flaky about his schedule in the future. Not every boss is as sweet and forgiving as Penny. (It was clear she had a crush on him.) Lucan can be forgiven, considering the strange circumstances he had to deal with. 

4. The Lost Boy (Airdate: January 2nd, 1978)

Lucan reads a news article about a young man who’d found his family after being separated from them for many years. His hope for his own family search is strengthened.

When he arrives in town, the bullies don’t take kindly to strangers and have a deep hatred of Mexicans, and they believe Lucan to be one. They do everything they can to harass him.

When Lucan discovers that an unscrupulous Lawyer has reunited the lonely couple with an imposter, his life is jeopardized.

5. How Do You Run Forever (Airdate: January 9th, 1978)

In an emotionally charged episode, Lucan is at first skeptical of a couple claiming to be his parents. But after spending some family time with them and being nearly convinced, they’re chased away by gunmen from their past.

Lucan faces massive betrayals by everyone he’d grown to love. This episode introduces Prentiss, a Bounty Hunter hired by the University to hunt Lucan down and bring him back to be institutionalized.

My Verdict

I thought this was the best episode of the series. Lucan runs the gamut of emotions, and they’re fierce and believable (Thanks to Kevin Brophy's fine acting). It’s a tearjerker that makes you feel angry and sad along with Lucan.

At first, I didn’t like the character I call “Relentless Prentiss.” However, bounty hunter characters tend to surprise us down the road.

Prentiss is given a layered, empathetic personality by the excellent veteran TV actor Don Gordon.

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6. One Punch Wolfson (Air date: January 16th 1978)

The episode begins with Lucan at a Jeweler in the Detroit area. He believes that a watch engraved with the name 'Sam Williamson, 1960' may have belonged to his father or to someone who knew him.

Unfortunately, Williamson is in the Australian Outback. But that doesn't deter Lucan. Before he leaves, a group of guys comes in. They smash, steal, and even take Lucan's watch from the Jeweler. Lucan  is warned not to “be a hero.”

    

Lucan is not one to sit back lightly when there's trouble. He chases them to a long alley. The Jeweler calls a Detective named Lansing, and he's soon on everyone's tail. Lucan goes into wolf mode, yelling and roaring at the thieves. They all fight, but Lucan gets them down without causing much damage.

As in the previous episode, when Lucan growls and yells, there is no voice manipulation to make him sound like a real wolf. It drives home the point that he is still human, displaying wolf traits. 

The Jeweler clears Lucan of wrongdoing with Detective Lansing. Lansing tries to convince Lucan to earn real money boxing. Lucan plainly tells him, “I don't like to fight.”

Lansing persists, promising to set Lucan up with a private investigator to search for Williamson. Lucan is desperate, so he agrees, even though the P.I. charges an exorbitant $1000 retainer and $100 a day in expenses.

Lucan calls Don Hoagland and asks to borrow $1500. Don readily agrees, but Lucan doesn't tell him how he'll repay him.

Many anthology shows of the late seventies and early eighties consistently turned to the best source of boxing inspiration  – The original Rocky film.

Lucan meets a crotchety old gym manager named Drummond, who yells insults like Burgess Meredith. The background music offers shades of the Rocky theme.

Drummond turns out to be working with Lansing and Murdoch; they place bets and trump up criminal charges to blackmail boxers into rigged fights.

One such boxer was a black ex-champ named Spider Caldwell. He's a hero to the local kids, but ashamed of his actions. He knows he sold his soul for money.

“I hunted for the green instead of the glory.”

Spider becomes fast friends with Lucan and trains him. Lucan quickly develops a unique style in the ring. Rather than punching right away, he swiftly blocks, ducks, and lets the other fighters expend all their energy. But when it comes time for a knockout, he does just that, in one punch. 

Lucan tells the manager his name is Lucan 'Wolfson.' So they play on the gimmick by billing him, “Kid, 'One Punch' Wolfson.”

    

While in a practice bout, Lucan remembers his childhood at the University, when the other kids taunted and pushed him around on the floor. He was later disciplined by Dr. Don Hoagland.

“Fighting is wrong,” Hoagland says firmly. “I was trapped.” Lucan insists. And the camera makes quick, surreal cuts as Lucan's human and feral instincts battle each other – “Wrong.” “Trapped.” “Wrong.” “Trapped.” “Wrong.” “Trapped.”

    

In a fast montage, Lucan rises to fame as every boxer goes down for the count. The current champion, Joe 'Tiger' Pardee, demands to fight Lucan in a sensational match. By this time, Hoagland learns that Lucan is boxing to earn money, and he goes to Detroit.

Hoagland is furious at the P.I. for stringing Lucan along when he already knows the watch's owner is not Lucan's father, and it's another dead end in Lucan's quest to find his parents.

Lucan agrees to fight Pardee, but there's a catch. He must take a dive in the 10th round. Spider is threatened with a false drug charge if he fails to convince him, but Lucan stands his ground.

“I don't like to fight, but I'm not losing on purpose!”  Spider's wife agrees with Lucan and derides Spider for his past actions and letting these crooked men get the better of him. They nearly ruined his life.

Meanwhile, Prentiss watches a sports clip that features 'Wolfson' and his rise to fame. He immediately continues his 'wolf' hunt. Don talks Lucan out of fighting Tiger, but is later followed from the arena and kidnapped. Lucan has no choice but to fight.

Prentiss is given the runaround by Detective Lansing, and when he becomes suspicious, he is thrown in jail on a false drug charge.

Lucan visits his cell, and Prentiss tells him to call his attorney friend to get him out. But once they find Hoagland, Lucan belongs to him. Before Lucan can make the call, Detective Lansing gives him a final warning about Dr. Hoagland.

The fight is on, and Lucan allows himself to get pummeled in the dramatic ten bout fight. Spider wants to help him, so he runs to get Hoagland. When Lucan sees that he's not hurt, he summons up strength and knocks out the tiger.

After hours at the arena, Detective Lansing and Drummond corner Lucan, Spider, and Dr. Hoagland with a gun, but the police arrive to make an arrest. 

Spider feels triumphant again, and he air-boxes in the empty ring to an imaginary cheering crowd. Lucan makes the call to Prentiss' attorney. Prentiss can't be released until morning, which buys Lucan time to escape.

My Verdict

“One Punch Wolfson” offers more insights into Lucan's character. We learn his attitude toward fighting and his feelings about race. He's not color-blind, but skin color doesn't matter. (See quotes.)

The only slight distractions are the cutaway inserts of his red eyes; you can tell they're stock footage from a different episode. I don't blame them; those contacts in the seventies hurt like crazy.

I'm not big on following sports, and I feel that a lot of the "Boxing" episodes on Television shows recycle the same plots. Most of the action was relegated to the boxing matches, so those who like the sport would find this a solid entry in the series.

Quotes:

Lucan: "I was raised by wolves."

Spider: "I can dig it. Down in the jungle, the Ghetto is full of animals. Wolves, sharks, wild dogs, you need to learn to become one or else you get eaten alive."

Spider: (Offering Lucan a handshake and an extra room at his apartment.) "You ain't gotta worry, man, it doesn't rub off on the sheets."

Lucan: "What doesn't rub off?"

Spider: "The color, baby."

Lucan: (Looks at his own hand) "Neither does mine."

Spider: You're really color blind, man."

Lucan: (Grabs Spider's hand in a gesture of friendship.) "I don't think so."

Don tells Lucan to forget about the $1500 loan: "Forget the whole thing. It's against everything you ever learned. Everything I ever tried to teach you."
Lucan: "You also taught me that a man has to pay his own way in this world, and that's important to me too."

Lucan (Consoling Spider): "Just because you threw a fight once, that doesn't mean you can't believe in yourself anymore."

7. You can't have my baby (Air date: March 13th 1978): Review N/A

Lucan's search for his parents leads him to a custody battle between a young widow and her mother-in-law.


8. The Pariah (Air date: March 27th 1978)




Lucan rescues a lonely boy from falling to his death off a bridge, and the heroic spectacle is televised.

The boy grows attached to him, and Lucan begins work for the family's kennel. He is curious about the overprotective father and all the precautions he takes to keep his family isolated.

The television broadcast of Lucan's rescue puts the boy's family in danger.





My Verdict




The Pariah was another favorite episode. I enjoyed Lucan's interactions with the young boy, as he helped him fit in and avoid bullies. I liked Lucan's daring rescue at the outset. There was always excellent stunt climbing on the series. The plot twist involving the family was intriguing.

9. Nightmare (Air date: November 13th 1978)




While out in the woods heading to a hospital to locate a Doctor, Lucan develops severe pneumonia. At the local hospital, he incoherently reveals a crime he'd witnessed at his former University and how he was suspected of being the culprit.

The real danger is his guilty doctor – The same man Lucan was trying to find to help clear his name. Lucan must clearly remember the events of that night and prove his innocence. He finds help from a compassionate nurse.


My Verdict




I liked the intensity of this episode and the use of Lucan's fever dreams to create flashbacks. But this is where the show gets wibbly wobbly.

The writers attempted to add more weight to the series. Making Lucan a fugitive conflicts with the details of the Pilot episode. I'll assume the tragic event occurred when Lucan visited the University and Professor Hoagland at a later date. It's not a bad idea, but it seems like a ratings booster, a gimmicky plot device rather than a natural addition to Lucan's story.

10. Brother Wolf (Air date: November 20th 1978): Review N/A

A forest fire looms over the area, and Lucan rescues a domesticated wolf from captivity while on his way to meet his friend Dr. Hoagland.

Lucan teaches the wolf how to survive using his latent instincts. Meanwhile, Lt. Prentiss finds this the perfect opportunity to trap Lucan (Who's now wanted for murder) in the forest and catch him for good.

11. Creature from beyond the door (Air date: November 27th 1978)

The episode opens up at a circus. We see Lucan having a great time on a merry-go-round. It's a simple pleasure that he probably never experienced as a child, even after being brought to civilization.

Dr. Hoagland meets Lucan with yet another lead to his parents, but he should proceed with caution because he gets many crank callers. Unbeknownst to them, Lieutenant Prentiss is watching and waiting in the distance. He knew Hoagland would lead him to Lucan at some point.

A man named Sawyer shows up out of nowhere. He warns Lucan about the police and demands that Lucan go with him, but a chase ensues, and he is blocked on every side.

A convertible pulls up, and Lucan jumps in to escape. They drive him to a giant mansion owned by an eccentric millionaire named Amos Colefax. He claims to be Lucan's father, but Lucan doesn't believe him. 




Howard Stockwood, Colefax's assistant, wants Lucan to take blood and bone marrow tests to compare them to those of Colefax's deceased wife. Lucan reluctantly agrees to the test and is allowed to talk to Hoagland, but he cannot reveal his whereabouts or Colefax's name.

As the days pass, Lucan hears strange moans and yells echoing through the mansion, but nobody will tell him who is making them or where they're coming from. Hetty Colefax soon takes a liking to Lucan and believes her father is wrong for keeping him.

Sawyer visits Dr. Hoagland and tells him that Colefax demands to have his antidote for Hallucinogenics. Hoagland refuses because it's still in an experimental phase and has never been tested on humans.

However, Lucan's life is at stake if he doesn't cooperate. Despite being warned not to, Hoagland calls Prentiss and asks for his help. Prentiss is willing to find Lucan, but once he does, he's to be arrested. 




Hetty feels sorry for Lucan, but she says that he's not a prisoner; the world is being kept out because her father is a target for all sorts of terrorists and criminals. She has lived a very sheltered life and can only go out with a guard.

At dinner, Lucan tells Colefax that he could never get used to their way of life or even the fine French cuisine. He can't live without freedom. Colefax argues that freedom is often counterproductive.

That night, Lucan sneaks around the mansion in hopes of escaping, but he hears the moans again. In a suspenseful scene, he follows the sounds to a certain door in a long corridor. When he opens it, a berserk man in pajamas rushes out and knocks him down.

Lucan tells a worried Colefax that he can find the man more easily than the guards can. When the man jumps at him again, Lucan subdues him without force and keeps him calm. He holds his face.

"You don't want to hurt anyone, do you?"




Colefax reveals to Lucan that the crazed man is his only son, Steven, but still doesn't tell Lucan that he's being held for ransom – the Hallucinogenic antidote. Hetty is still upset with her father and demands Lucan's freedom. Colefax tells Lucan that he doesn't intend to do him harm. Steve abused drugs at one time, and his mind was altered by all the LSD.

Only Doctor Hoagland can help him. Colefax gives Lucan freedom of the grounds, but he can't leave. Meanwhile, Prentiss sets up a transmitter with Hoagland so he knows the mansion's location. Hetty and Lucan talk, and she tells him her brother and father fought often.

Steve left the protection of the mansion and later abused drugs for a few months. Howard Stockwood found him, cleaned him up, and helped repair his relationship with his dad. Lucan senses something wrong. If Steve is locked up and so protected, he shouldn't still act as if he's on the Hallucinogenic drugs.

Lucan has a flashback to when a wolf protected him from touching and eating a certain plant. Certain wolves in his pack that ate the plant would act crazed. With his wolf senses in full power, Lucan visits Steve again and tests his reflexes. He realizes that Steve is under the influence of the same drug. 




Hetty helps Lucan escape through a secret elevator that leads out through the wine cellar. He goes into the woods to search for the drug-inducing plant. It's not quite clear what kind of plant it is. Though it could be poppies. Salvia or Datura.

Lucan eludes Prentiss. Meanwhile, Sawyer brings Hoagland to Colefax. Hoagland demands to see Lucan alive and well before administering the antidote. But Colefax swallows his pride and begs him to treat Steve.

Lucan finds the plant patch, but Prentiss is on him with a gun. Lucan will go peacefully only if they can return to the mansion to stop Hoagland from using the antidote.

Prentiss appears touched by Lucan's determination to help this stranger, but he won't budge. His one goal is to bring Lucan in for a trial. Howard Stockwell follows Lucan and shoots at him in the woods, but Lucan escapes both him and Prentiss. 




Lucan bursts into the room and tells everyone that Steve is being slowly poisoned by his food. Stockwell runs in and admits the truth. He was always there for Steve, not Colefax. Steve ran away from his father. Stockwell did all the work in cleaning Steve up, and then, when Steve went back to work for his father, they both turned on him.

Lucan explains that the plant will wear off on its own, and no antidote is needed. Colefax is grateful and tells Lucan he will try to clear his name with the authorities. He also apologizes to Dr. Hoagland and offers him a new Research grant.

Prentiss is foiled again when Hetty helps Lucan off the grounds undetected. She tells him that if he doesn't find his parents, there's always a place for him at the mansion.

It's obvious Hetty developed a crush, but who wouldn't? 




My Verdict




Another solid episode, but it lulled in parts when the scenes shifted from Lucan to Hoagland and Prentiss. They could've amped up the creep factor by hiding the sobbing and moaning man in the back rooms. 

I expected a romantic relationship to blossom between Lucan and Hetty because he was in the mansion for weeks. But they were more like kindred spirits – knowing what it means to be trapped.

Lucan didn't display much wolf action, but using childhood flashbacks from the wilderness to help him in his modern life was an effective storytelling device.





Quotes:




Amos Colefax arguing with Lucan about Freedom: "Free? Free to do what? Live a useless, unproductive life? Run around with bums and tramps? Talk like them, dress like them, take drugs like them!…no one is free. No one can ever be free."




Hattie Colefax pleading with Amos: "We've used Lucan, tricked him, lied to him! Steve's our problem, not Lucan's. Please father, there has to be another way."

12. Thunder God Gold (Air date: December 4th 1978): Review N/A




Lucan follows a lead to a man who may know his father. He meets two hustlers trying to locate a hidden gold mine. While trekking in the mountains, they are nearly shot down by a tough woman who lives there.

She eventually helps Lucan find the man. Lucan's superb tracking skills are put to the test with Prentiss right on his tail through the dangerous cliffs.