document_title: List of Henry Danger episodes

question_text: what was the last episode of henry danger

text: List of Henry Danger episodes

text: Series overview

text:
Season
Episodes
Originally aired

First aired
Last aired

1
25
July 26, 2014 (2014-07-26)
May 16, 2015 (2015-05-16)

2
18
September 12, 2015 (2015-09-12)
July 17, 2016 (2016-07-17)

3
19
September 17, 2016 (2016-09-17)
October 7, 2017 (2017-10-07)

4
22[1]
October 21, 2017 (2017-10-21)
TBA

text: Episodes

text: Season 1 (2014–15)

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No.
overall
No. in
season
Title [2][3]
Directed by
Written by
Original air date [2][3]
Prod.
code [2]
U.S. viewers
(millions)

1
1
"The Danger Begins"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Dana Olsen
July 26, 2014 (2014-07-26)
101–102
1.94[4]

After finding an after-school job at Junk 'n' Stuff, Henry Hart lands a job as a sidekick to his town's superhero, Captain Man. Now he must keep his identity a secret at the time when The Toddler is planning to turn all the babies in Swellview into monsters. Meanwhile, Jasper hosts his birthday party, which is very boring until Captain Man and Kid Danger, Henry's sidekick persona, arrive.

2
2
"Mo' Danger, Mo' Problems"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Dana Olsen
September 13, 2014 (2014-09-13)
103
1.57[5]

3
3
"The Secret Gets Out"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Jake Farrow
September 20, 2014 (2014-09-20)
104
1.74[6]

Charlotte figures out that Henry is Kid Danger and he confirms it, getting fired afterwards. At the same time, the villain Phone Shark is at large and Henry must catch him so that Captain Man rehires him. Meanwhile, Jasper must serve Piper so that she doesn't upload the footage of him trying to sing The Cup Song.

4
4
"Tears of the Jolly Beetle"
Russ Reinsel
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
September 27, 2014 (2014-09-27)
105
1.53[7]

During an event held by Vice Mayor Willard, Captain Man becomes vulnerable to harm when someone sprays him with perfume containing tears of the jolly beetle. Henry traces the source of the jolly beetles to Dr. Minyak so that he and Captain Man can capture them and use the euphoric acid they release when they laugh to restore Captain Man's powers.

5
5
"Substitute Teacher"
Russ Reinsel
Dan Schneider & Dave Malkoff
October 4, 2014 (2014-10-04)
106
1.79[8]

6
6
"Jasper Danger"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Dana Olsen
October 18, 2014 (2014-10-18)
107
1.62[9]

Jasper dresses up as Kid Danger for Halloween to impress a girl named Monica since he had convinced her at school he was the real Kid Danger. After they finish trick-or-treating, Monica and Jasper spot someone breaking into a car. Jasper goes over to confront the criminal Jeff to stop him from stealing the car. Instead, Jeff takes him and Monica back to his house and refuses to let them go unless Captain Man brings him what he wants.

7
7
"The Space Rock"
Russ Reinsel
Dan Schneider & Jake Farrow
November 1, 2014 (2014-11-01)
108
2.19[10]

8
8
"Birthday Girl Down"
Adam Weissman
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
November 8, 2014 (2014-11-08)
109
1.67[11]

Special guest star: Nathan Kress as himself

9
9
"Too Much Game"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Dave Malkoff
November 15, 2014 (2014-11-15)
110
2.38[12]

When Coach Bix says his team is a team of losers, Henry believes that he was replaced on the Swellview Honey Badgers basketball team by a 14 year old boy named Shawn Corbit, who has been recruited by Coach Bix. After losing a one-on-one match that determines who will be point guard, Shawn reveals to Henry that he's really 26 years old & Coach Bix is forcing Shawn to pretend he's 14 years old because Coach Bix kidnaped Shawn's Cockapoo hostage in order to get the team to win. Meanwhile, Ray is reluctant to call his former worker Schwoz when the Man Cave is on the fritz. Later, Henry tells Ray the bad news. So, Ray turns into Captain Man & goes to Coach Bix's apartment with Shawn & gives his puppy back to him and the Man Cave becomes fixed by Schwoz & Ray befriends Schwoz again.
Special guest star: Russell Westbrook as Shawn Corbit

10
10
"Henry the Man-Beast"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Dana Olsen
November 22, 2014 (2014-11-22)
111
2.03[13]

This episode needs an improved plot summary. (June 2016)

A device in the Man Cave meant to make men stronger, more powerful, and "manlier" strikes Henry when he accidentally pushes a button on the machine. The effect makes him grow facial hair and increases his adrenaline, making him angry and eventually turning him "beastly". Captain Man, Schwoz, and Charlotte rush to find Henry before his crazy behavior ruins his date with Chloe Hartman.
Guest star: Jade Pettyjohn as Chloe

11
11
"Invisible Brad"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Dave Malkoff
January 10, 2015 (2015-01-10)
112
1.82[14]

Guest star: Jake Farrow as the voice of Brad

12
12
"Spoiler Alert"
Russ Reinsel
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
January 24, 2015 (2015-01-24)
113
1.63[15]

This episode needs an improved plot summary. (June 2016)

Henry and Ray must deal with The Spoiler, an annoying new teenage super-villain that finds out the endings of TV shows and movies and tells people about it before they see it. Meanwhile, Piper tries to get into the Man Fans, a Captain Man fan club led by Paula Marikto, and goes through the initiation process with the latest one involving getting a selfie with Captain Man.
Guest star: Noland Ammon as Spoiler

13
13
"Let's Make a Steal"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Dave Malkoff
January 31, 2015 (2015-01-31)
114
1.62[16]

14
14
"Super Volcano"
Russ Reinsel
Dan Schneider & Dana Olsen
February 7, 2015 (2015-02-07)
115
1.62[17]

15
15
"My Phony Valentine"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Jake Farrow
February 14, 2015 (2015-02-14)
116
1.84[18]

When Henry asks his crush Bianca to be his valentine and go out with him to Club Soda, she rejects his offer since Mitch Bilsky already asked her out. In order to impress Bianca, Schwoz provides Henry an android which can be turned into any human form as a date. Meanwhile, Captain Man reluctantly has a date with Henry's teacher Miss Shapen so that she will change Henry's grade on a test that he failed.

16
16
"Caved In"
Nathan Kress
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
February 28, 2015 (2015-02-28)
117
2.17[19]

This episode needs an improved plot summary. (June 2016)

Henry and Charlotte plan to take Ray to Six Poles Amusement Park to give Ray the childhood that he never had. When Jasper accidentally triggers the emergency lockdown mode for the Man Cave and Junk 'n' Stuff, Henry, Charlotte and Ray are trapped in the Man Cave, spoiling the plans. At the same time, Jasper and Piper are trapped upstairs alone.

17
17
"Elevator Kiss"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Dave Malkoff
March 7, 2015 (2015-03-07)
118
1.65[20]

18
18
"Man of the House"
Russ Reinsel
Dan Schneider & Dana Olsen
March 14, 2015 (2015-03-14)
119
1.76[21]

19
19
"Dream Busters"
Adam Weissman
Dan Schneider & Jake Farrow
March 21, 2015 (2015-03-21)
120
1.38[22]

Guest star: Baron Jay as Kanye West

20
20
"Kid Grounded"
Russ Reinsel
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
April 4, 2015 (2015-04-04)
121
1.58[23]

After getting caught sneaking out by Piper late at night, his parents ground him alongside Piper, who watched a rated R movie. While Henry is indisposed, he gets upset when Charlotte fills in as Kid Danger, causing a rift between them. A deal is made by Henry's parents in which if he and Piper can go 24 hours without arguing, then their grounding will be lifted. However, they will be grounded for a month if they fail. Meanwhile, Jasper tries to make life hack videos.

21
21
"Captain Jerk"
Mike Caron
Dan Schneider & Dave Malkoff & Andrew Thomas
April 11, 2015 (2015-04-11)
122
1.92[24]

When a video of Captain Man smashing up two children's lemonade stand goes viral, people start bad-mouthing him; however, what people fail to realize is that he was actually trying to kill a deadly spider. In an effort to boost his image, Captain Man holds a competition, where the first three people to guess the right number win a tour of the Man Cave; however, when Jasper and Piper are among the winners, Henry worries that they will recognize him. Schwoz helps Henry by attaching a device to his neck that makes his voice sound deeper. Later, as a cover-up to explain his deep voice, Henry tells the winners that he went through puberty.
Guest stars: Dave Fennoy as Kid Danger's deep voice, Shayne Topp as Dennis

22
22
"The Bucket Trap"
Nathan Kress
Dan Schneider & Dana Olsen
April 18, 2015 (2015-04-18)
123
1.42[25]

23
23
"Henry & the Bad Girl, Part 1"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Jake Farrow
May 2, 2015 (2015-05-02)
124
1.44[26]

This episode needs an improved plot summary. (June 2016)

While Captain Man and Kid Danger pursue the Van Del, the leader of a graffiti group known as the Wall Dogs, Kid Danger falls for Wall Dogs member Veronika. Meanwhile, Jasper, Sydney, Oliver, and Oliver's cousin Krish work with Piper in order to get $10,000 rewarded to whoever finds the Wall Dogs so that Jasper can pay for foot-reduction surgery.
Guest stars: Josh Fingerhut as Van Del, Madison Iseman as Veronika, Baron Jay as Kanye West

24
24
"Henry & the Bad Girl, Part 2"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Dave Malkoff
May 9, 2015 (2015-05-09)
125
1.87[27]

This episode needs an improved plot summary. (June 2016)

Following the fight against Captain Man near the Swellview sign, Veronika brings Kid Danger to her fellow Wall Dogs members Beyonspray, Spray-Z, Two Canz, and T Paint so that Van Del will welcome Henry into the Wall Dogs. At the same time, Captain Man searches for Kid Danger, while Piper, Jasper, Sydney, Oliver, and Krish continue looking for the Wall Dogs.
Guest stars: Josh Fingerhut as Van Del, Madison Iseman as Veronika

25
25
"Jasper's Real Girlfriend"
David Kendall
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
May 16, 2015 (2015-05-16)
126
1.55[28]

This episode needs an improved plot summary. (June 2016)

Courtney Sham, Jasper's girlfriend from summer camp, arrives from Fibberton and becomes jealous of Charlotte when she thinks she is dating Jasper. Meanwhile, Henry and Ray make a bet revolving around the loser of a ping-pong game having to clean the tube in ducky pajamas after Mexican food splattered over it following a visit from Schwoz' sister.
Guest star: Jada Facer as Courtney Sham

text: Season 2 (2015–16)

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No.
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season
Title [2][3]
Directed by
Written by
Original air date [2][3]
Prod.
code [2]
U.S. viewers
(millions)

26
1
"The Beat Goes On"
Adam Weissman
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
September 12, 2015 (2015-09-12)
201
2.13[29]

Special guest star: Benjamin Flores, Jr. as Li'l Biggie
Guest stars: Jeffrey Nicholas Brown as Mr. Hart, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Amber Bela Muse as Nurse Cohort, Mike Ostroski as Dr. Minyak

27
2
"One Henry, Three Girls: Part 1"
Adam Weissman
Dan Schneider & Jay Kogen
September 19, 2015 (2015-09-19)
202
1.78[30]

28
3
"One Henry, Three Girls: Part 2"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Dave Malkoff
September 26, 2015 (2015-09-26)
203
1.78[31]

29
4
"Henry & the Woodpeckers"
Mike Caron
Dan Schneider & Avin Das
October 3, 2015 (2015-10-03)
204
1.57[32]

Guest stars: Jeffrey Nicholas Brown as Mr. Hart, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Wendy Braun as Ms. Sherwood, Layla Crawford as Sophie, Rodney J. Hobbs as Mr. Berman, Mandy June Turpin as Ms. Weiner

30
5
"Captain Man Goes on Vacation"
"Captain Man: On Vacation"
Nathan Kress
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
October 10, 2015 (2015-10-10)
205
1.61[33]

Guest stars: Jeffrey Nicholas Brown as Mr. Hart, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Joe Kaprielian as Sidney, Matthew Zhang as Oliver, Ryan Grassmeyer as Jeff

31
6
"The Time Jerker"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Jay Kogen
November 7, 2015 (2015-11-07)
206
1.85[34]

Guest stars: Kelly Sullivan as Mrs. Hart, Jeffrey Nichols Brown as Mr. Hart, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Andrew Caldwell as Mitch Bilsky, Joe Kaprielian as Sidney, Joey Richter as The Time Jerker

32
7
"Secret Beef"
Adam Weissman
Dan Schneider & Dave Malkoff
November 14, 2015 (2015-11-14)
207
1.35[35]

Two weeks after Captain Man and Kid Danger captured the Time Jerker, Henry receives a gift basket. Henry finds a gift card to Swellview's most exclusive steakhouse, Montego's, inside. When his friends, family, neighbors, and Herb from Sam & Cat, who came to Swellview from Venice, Los Angeles as part of his vacation, want Henry to invite them as his guest, Henry decides to bring Ray, who has not yet been invited to Montego's as Captain Man. Henry soon finds himself conflicted when he also invites Bianca as part of their one year "Lockerversary". Ray and Schwoz try to pose as Henry and Bianca, but Henry and Bianca appear and catch them in the act. A dispute then ensures on who's who, but it eventually ends with Bianca leaving since she is not into beef, but chicken instead. After having their steak, Henry and Ray notice petty criminals Ert and Bernie leaving the restaurant and end up fighting them, causing damage to the dining area. Following Ert and Bernie's arrest, Captain Man and Kid Danger are told by the manager that they aren't on the reservation list and have the food confiscated. Upon returning to the Man Cave, Captain Man finds out that some of the steak fell into Kid Danger's outfit and the two of them split it. Afterward, they head to Back Out Steakhouse.
Guest stars: Jeffrey Nichols Brown as Mr. Hart, Kelly Sullivan as Mrs. Hart, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Carrie Barrett as Mary Gaperman, Jill Benjamin as Miss Shapen, Rob Locke as Turk, Joey Richter as The Time Jerker, Winston Story as Trent Overunder, Maeve Tomalty as Bianca
Absent: Ella Anderson as Piper Hart

33
8
"Henry's Jelly"
Adam Weissman
Dan Schneider & Avin Das
November 21, 2015 (2015-11-21)
208
1.52[36]

When Jasper stops a thief and becomes a big news hit, Henry becomes jealous because nobody gives him any credit as Henry. In an attempt to prove himself, he tries to stop an angry customer who's taken hostages at an animal store as himself; however, Captain Man shows up, causing Henry to become distracted and taken hostage. When the angry customer threatens to drop a poisonous spider on Henry's face, Captain Man is forced to lock himself in a cage. Meanwhile, Jasper shows up at Henry's house looking for Henry, where Mr. and Mrs. Hart are getting massages. When he discovers Henry is in danger, he runs off to rescue him. Jasper then shows up at the animal store and lets Captain Man out of his cage. The angry customer becomes aware and comes back out demanding answers, but Captain Man punches him and puts a stop to him. When Henry and the rest of the hostages are freed, Jasper mentions how Henry doesn't need to thank him because they are best friends, causing Henry to feel bad for being jealous. To make up for it, Henry purchases the same poisonous spider that the angry customer threatened to drop onto Henry as an apology because Jasper saw it at the store and really wanted, but he could not afford it as it cost $150.
Guest stars: Jeffrey Nichols Brown as Mr. Hart, Kelly Sullivan as Mrs. Hart, Carrie Barrett as Mary Gaperman, Jill Benjamin as Miss Shapen, Zach Callison as Chet, Joe Kaprielian as Sidney, Matthew Zhang as Oliver, Winston Story as Trent Overunder, Toby Wilson as Dirk
Absent: Ella Anderson as Piper Hart

34
9
"Christmas Danger"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
November 28, 2015 (2015-11-28)
209
1.62[37]

Guest stars: Jeffrey Nichols Brown as Mr. Hart, Kelly Sullivan as Mrs. Hart

35
10
"Indestructible Henry, Part 1"
Nathan Kress
Dan Schneider & Jay Kogen
March 19, 2016 (2016-03-19)
210
2.02[38]

After Kid Danger is nearly injured trying to help Captain Man stop a clock store from exploding, he decides to go through Dr. Carl Manchester's trans-molecular densitizer that made Ray indestructable, located in the Man Cave's storage room. Meanwhile, Piper wants to be on the TV show "Junior Chefs" much to the dismay of Mr. Hart after the last two times Piper had cooked for the family. Ray is hesitant to use the trans-molecular densitizer on Henry after some incidents that Dr. Manchester and his fellow scientists did on Dave McCallen who gained a face on his stomach, John Walker whose hands became feet, and Glenn Levit who gained arms that emerge from his ears. Schwoz theorizes that it worked well with Ray when he was a young boy and uses it on Henry. The experiment appears to work, but the next morning, Henry discovers that the densitizer gave him a side effect.
Guest stars: Jeffrey Nichols Brown as Mr. Hart, Kelly Sullivan as Mrs. Hart, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz

36
11
"Indestructible Henry, Part 2"
Russ Reinsel
Dan Schneider & Dave Malkoff
March 26, 2016 (2016-03-26)
211
2.12[39]

As a side effect of going through the trans-molecular densitizer, Henry breathes fire whenever he laughs. Upon examining Henry, Schwoz tells Ray and Charlotte that the machine mutated his throat muscles. Meanwhile, Piper has another attempt at making her parents dinner after the dogs that Jasper walked ate it. Jasper brings his comedian cousin Dex Dunlop to dinner as Henry tries not to laugh at his jokes. Piper eventually catches on to the family's plan to avoid saying that her cooking is awful. Thanks to Piper declaring that dinner is over, Henry returns to the Man Cave, where Ray is used to conduct the two components of the trans-molecular densitizer in order to reverse the mutation to Henry's throat muscles.
Guest stars: Kelly Sullivan as Mrs. Hart, Jeffrey Nichols Brown as Mr. Hart, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Joshua Carlon as Dex

37
12
"Text, Lies & Video"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Avin Das
April 9, 2016 (2016-04-09)
212
1.65[40]

Henry and Ray want a video made to see what they would look like when they blow their bubbles and transform into their superhero personas. However, Henry accidentally sends the video to Piper. Henry must now get Piper's phone and delete the video before Piper can see it. When Jasper brings the phone to Henry with Piper on his tail, it turns out that Jasper accidentally grabbed Mrs. Hart's phone by mistake, and Henry then races home to get to Piper's phone before Piper does. After much difficulty, Henry deletes the video from the phone and brings it to Junk 'n' Stuff. Henry stalls Piper as Charlotte deletes the video from the Cloud. Piper then reclaims her phone and storms off. At the end, Henry and Ray discover that Charlotte videoed herself instead of them.
Guest star: Jeffrey Nichols Brown as Mr. Hart

38
13
"Opposite Universe"
Adam Weissman
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
April 16, 2016 (2016-04-16)
213
1.75[41]

Henry and Charlotte get caught in an electrical disturbance in the transport tubes during a thunderstorm and end up in an alternate dimension where Ray/Captain Man and Schwoz are evil and are planning to force the tickets for The Halkings' concert from that reality's version of Piper. To keep the alternate Piper from being eliminated, Henry and Charlotte must prevent the alternate Captain Man from succeeding. Meanwhile, Ray and Schowz deal with the alternate Henry and Charlotte that ended up in their universe. After Henry tells the alternate Captain Man the truth, a truce is held to get both versions of Henry and Charlotte back to their respectful dimensions.
Guest stars: Jeffrey Nichols Brown as Mr. Hart, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Andrew Caldwell as Mitch Bilsky, Joe Kaprielian as Sidney, Matthew Zhang as Oliver

39
14
"Grave Danger"
David Kendall
Dan Schneider & Andrew Reese Thomas & Joe Sullivan
April 23, 2016 (2016-04-23)
217
1.67[42]

When strange things have been happening to Ray, Charlotte and Schwoz find out that Ray's old friend, Invisible Brad, survived being hit by a bus. While investigating his grave at the Swellview cemetery, Kid Danger and Captain Man exam Invisible Brad's casket. However, they end up being ambushed by Invisible Brad, who traps them in the casket and buries them alive. Meanwhile, Jasper gets a pair of petite walkie-talkies and tries using different code names for Henry. At the same time, Piper gets a driver's license from Swellview's DMV. Invisible Brad then proceeds to enter the Man Cave and uses Ray's power gum to become Captain Brad. With help from Piper, Jasper rescues Captain Man and Kid Danger from the casket. Back at the Man Cave, Invisible Brad reveals that he faked his death so that he could take over as Swellview's hero, but when Henry and Ray return, they find him, and Henry uses bear spray to defeat him.
Guest star: Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz

40
15
"Ox Pox"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Samantha Martin
April 30, 2016 (2016-04-30)
218
1.83[43]

Piper comes down with an illness called Ox Pox after unknowingly consuming one of the cookies that Schwoz made with comodium acetate due to him mistaking it for sugar. In order to get the feathers of the extinct Chica-Willow, Captain Man uses the Time Jerker's confiscated time machine to go back to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in 1709 in order to obtain the Chica-Willow feathers so that he can make a cure for Piper. Meanwhile, Jasper wants Henry to play ultimate hide and seek with him by giving him clues. When Captain Man obtains the Chica-Willow, Scwhoz accidentally brings an elderly Ray from 50 years in the future by mistake. Henry, Charlotte, and Schwoz then work together to bring Captain Man back to the present and send the elderly Ray back to his own time, before Henry makes the cure for Piper.
Guest stars: Jeffrey Nichols Brown as Mr. Hart, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz

41
16
"Twin Henrys"
Russ Reinsel
Dan Schneider & Avin Das
May 7, 2016 (2016-05-07)
216
1.37[44]

Guest stars: Jeffrey Nichols Brown as Mr. Hart, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Steve Lewis as Mark

42
17
"Danger & Thunder"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Jay Kogen & Dave Malkoff
June 18, 2016 (2016-06-18)
214–215
2.24[45]

A crime wave has hit Swellview and Dr. Minyak has escaped from prison. In Hiddenville, Phoebe Thunderman sees the news and plans to help Captain Man and Kid Danger. After an unsuccessful robbery by the Three Muchachos, they learn from the Three Muchachos that Dr. Minyak has called a meeting with Swellview's villains to discuss how to destroy Captain Man and Kid Danger. Meanwhile, Piper's neck gets stiff, causing Jasper and Mr. Hart to work to unstiffen her neck. As Captain Man and Kid Danger work to pose as two of the Three Muchachos, Phoebe mistakes them for the real Three Muchachos and goes on the attack until Captain Man and Kid Danger clear things up. Meanwhile, Piper's doctor diagnoses her condition as "Text Neck" and she must wear a cone until her neck recuperates. Phoebe joins Captain Man and Kid Danger and goes undercover where Dr. Minyak, Nurse Cohort, Drill Finger, Jeff, Van Del, and Time Jerker are assembled at the bottom of an underwater base beneath Lake Swellview by Toddler, who has Phoebe's brother Max Thunderman working for them.
Toddler explains to the assembled villains that he survived the bottomless ball pit by being blasted 100 feet beneath the Earth and had to dig himself out where he ended up emerging from the public sandbox. Toddler proposes to the assembled villains that if they combine their powers, they can destroy Captain Man and Kid Danger. When Phoebe makes herself known to Max, she learns that Max came to steal Dr. Minyak's Heliometer. Meanwhile, Jasper helps Piper and ends up accidentally texting the wrong guy to sushi party causing Piper's friends to get angry at her. As the villains work to come up with a plan to destroy Captain Man and Kid Danger, Max ends up giving Captain Man and Kid Danger away, causing Phoebe to come to their defense. Captain Man has Kid Danger get Phoebe away from the villains as he works to buy them some time until Toddler uses the Heliometer on Captain Man. With Captain Man trapped in a cement block on the train, Toddler and his henchmen state that the train will go over the Jandy Bridge and be thrown into the Jandy River as Max attempts to take the Heliometer. With help from Charlotte and Schwoz, Kid Danger and Phoebe locate Captain Man. Meanwhile, Piper's friends show up at her house to express their anger toward Piper as her admits to the mistake, and the group takes their anger out on Jasper. Kid Danger and Phoebe catch up and face off against Toddler, Dr. Minyak, Van Del, and their henchmen as Charlotte unleashes the man-grenades to free Captain Man. With Captain Man free, the heroes fight the villains who are thrown off the train. Max is forgiven by Captain Man and Kid Danger, but is given a ride home dangling from Schwoz's helicopter.
Also starring: Jack Griffo, Kira Kosarin
Guest stars: Jeffrey Nichols Brown as Mr. Hart, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Josh Fingerhut as Van Del, Ben Giroux as The Toddler, Ryan Grassmeyer as Jeff, Joey Richter as The Time Jerker, Amber Bela Muse as Nurse Cohort, Mike Ostroski as Dr. Minyak
Note: This episode features crossover appearances from Phoebe and Max Thunderman of The Thundermans.

43
18
"I Know Your Secret"
Russ Reinsel
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
July 17, 2016 (2016-07-17)
219
2.60[46]

Henry receives a note in his locker from an unknown person that they are aware of what he did on Wednesday and know his secret, and Henry immediately assumes that the person who sent the note knows he's Kid Danger. He takes the note back to the Man Cave, where Schwoz tries to identify any DNA that could find the creator of the note; however, nothing is found. Meanwhile, Piper tries to send back a spray tan gun when she believes she was sent the wrong item and later decides to operate a tanning salon from home. When Henry and Charlotte arrive home, Henry heads to his room where he finds Jasper waiting for him. Shocked, Henry tries to explain, but is unable to speak, assuming that Jasper knows he's Kid Danger. Downstairs, Piper tells Charlotte that Jasper told her his secret. Charlotte asks what he told her and Piper says that Henry had promised to see Galaxy Wars 10 on Saturday with Jasper, but his mom wanted to see it on opening night, which was Wednesday, so Henry had gone with her. Meanwhile, Henry's father is arrested on the misunderstanding that he was running an illegal tanning operation. Frazzled by the misunderstanding, Charlotte rushes to Henry's room to tell him that Jasper doesn't know his secret identity; however, it's too late as Henry has revealed to Jasper that he's Kid Danger. Jasper faints in excitement, and Henry contacts Captain Man and asks him to come to his house. When Captain Man gets there, they get into an argument about Henry's oath to never tell anyone he's Kid Danger. Afterward, Captain Man decides they have to erase Jasper's memory—including memories of his best friend—to prevent any more exposure. Henry contemplates and asks if he can spend a few minutes with Jasper before his memory is wiped. He and Jasper relapse on their past, with Jasper saying he is proud of Henry. Emotional by this and not willing to lose his best friend, Henry eventually resists wiping Jasper's memory and begs Captain Man not to. He relents, but finally agrees and takes Jasper under his wing.
Guest stars: Kelly Sullivan as Mrs. Hart, Jeffrey Nichols Brown as Mr. Hart, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Jill Benjamin as Miss Shapen, Joe Kaprielian as Sidney, Matthew Zhang as Oliver

text: Season 3 (2016–17)

text:
No.
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code [2]
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(millions)

44
1
"A Fiñata Full of Death Bugs"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
September 17, 2016 (2016-09-17)
301
1.82[47]

When Jasper accidentally gives away a piñata full of killer bees to Piper for her friend's birthday party, Henry and Ray must find a way to sneak in and remove it before harm can be done. They eventually dress up as clowns to infiltrate the house, but things don't exactly go as planned, and the fiñata eventually breaks when Henry finally manages to get it down from the tree.
Guest stars: Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Carrie Barrett as Mary Gaperman, Saylor Bell as Marla, Winston Story as Trent Overunder

45
2
"Love Muffin"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Hayes Jackson
September 24, 2016 (2016-09-24)
302
1.90[48]

A female criminal named Gwen uses special muffins to make Captain Man fall in love with her so that she can access the Man Cave. When Henry, Charlotte, and Schowz catch onto the plan, they must work to keep Captain Man from marrying her.
Guest stars: Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Courtney Henggeler as Gwen

46
3
"Scream Machine"
Nathan Kress
Dan Schneider & Dave Malkoff
October 1, 2016 (2016-10-01)
303
1.60[49]

Guest stars: Jeffrey Nicholas Brown as Mr. Hart, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Tristen MacDonald as Ms. Tanner, Kayla Madison as Jana

47
4
"Mouth Candy"
Adam Weissman
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
October 8, 2016 (2016-10-08)
305
1.78[50]

Guest stars: Jill Benjamin as Miss Shapen, Andrew Caldwell as Mitch Bilsky, Henry Dittman as Mr. Sugarman, Matthew Zhang as Oliver
Absent: Ella Anderson as Piper Hart

48
5
"The Trouble with Frittles"
Adam Weissman
Dan Schneider & Samantha Martin
November 5, 2016 (2016-11-05)
304
1.60[51]

Guest stars: Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Carrie Barrett as Mary Gaperman, Saylor Bell as Marla, Jill Benjamin as Miss Shapen, Joe Kaprielian as Sidney, Alec Mapa as Jack, Winston Story as Trent Overunder, Matthew Zhang as Oliver

49
6
"Hour of Power"
Steve Hoefer
Russ Reinsel
Dan Schneider & Dave Malkoff
Andrew Thomas
November 11, 2016 (2016-11-11)
307–308
3.16[52]

Drex, a former sidekick of Captain Man-turned-supervillain, has escaped from prison when the daughter of the parole board's chairman tampers with the prison computers during "Take Your Daughter to Work Day" which allowed Drex to get paroled. As part of his revenge, Drex traps Captain Man in an unbreakable box. After failing to free Captain Man, and subsequently being embarrassed by Drex, Henry turns to Schowz for help where he gains superspeed as a new superpower.
Guest stars: Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Carrie Barrett as Mary Gaperman, Danielle Morrow as Kooschtello, Jeremy Rowley as Schwahbbit, Winston Story as Trent Overunder, Tommy Walker as Drex
Absent: Ella Anderson as Piper Hart

50
7
"Dodging Danger"
Adam Weissman
Dan Schneider & Hayes Jackson
December 3, 2016 (2016-12-03)
311
2.50[53]

Guest stars: Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Andrew Caldwell as Mitch Bilsky, Matthew Zhang as Oliver

51
8
"Double Date Danger"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Hayes Jackson
February 11, 2017 (2017-02-11)
314
2.06[54]

Miss Shapen persuades Henry to let her niece Noelle stay at his house since she is allergic to the cats at her house. When wanting to date someone, Noelle chooses Jasper over Henry where they end up on a double date with Piper and Kale. Henry doesn't know it yet, but Noelle is secretly working for Drill Finger in his plot to target people's teeth where Jasper, Piper, and Kale end up being one of Drill Finger's captives.
Guest stars: Kelly Sullivan as Mrs. Hart. Jeffrey Nicholas Brown as Mr. Hart, Jill Benjamin as Miss Shapen, Annalisa Cochrane as Noelle

52
9
"Space Invaders, Part 1"
Mike Caron
Dan Schneider & Joe Sullivan
March 11, 2017 (2017-03-11)
312
2.56[55]

When two astronauts are held hostage aboard a space station, Kid Danger and Captain Man must travel to space in order to rescue them. Upon reaching the space station, they shockingly discover who the person holding the astronauts captive is. Meanwhile, Piper is eager to see her own commercial premiere on television.
Guest stars: Jeffrey Nicholas Brown as Mr. Hart, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Michael C. Alexander as Neil, Carrie Barrett as Mary Gaperman, Emma Shannon as Kelsey, Winston Story as Trent Overunder, Jeff Witzke as Jim

53
10
"Space Invaders, Part 2"
Mike Caron
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
March 18, 2017 (2017-03-18)
313
1.65[56]

On the space station, Captain Man and Kid Danger discover the reason why the two astronauts were taken hostage by the little girl, who is revealed to be Jim's daughter Kelsey. She reveals that the astronauts are taking bunnies to the Moon for experiments. In the process of transporting the bunnies back, however, problems soon arise. Eventually, they all travel back to Earth on the Love Shuttle, with Captain Man having to cling onto the side of the shuttle, much to his dismay. Meanwhile, Piper is getting impatient from the multiple interruptions to her commercial, much to the dismay of her friends and father.
Guest stars: Jeffrey Nicholas Brown as Mr. Hart, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Michael C. Alexander as Neil, Carrie Barrett as Mary Gaperman, Emma Shannon as Kelsey, Winston Story as Trent Overunder, Jeff Witzke as Jim

54
11
"Gas or Fail"
David Kendall
Dan Schneider & Hayes Jackson
March 25, 2017 (2017-03-25)
306
1.79[57]

When a gas pipe bursts below Swellview's nuclear plant, Henry and Ray must go fix it before the gas reaches the surface. However, Henry is stuck in school because of Achievement Test Day and is not allowed to leave. Eventually, Captain Man and Schwoz are able to devise a plan to sneak Henry out of school and into the shaft where they both successfully seal the pipe and eliminate the threat to Swellview.
Guest stars: Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Carrie Barrett as Mary Gaperman, Jill Benjamin as Miss Shapen, Winston Story as Trent Overunder, Matthew Zhang as Oliver
Absent: Ella Anderson as Piper Hart

55
12
"JAM Session"
Adam Weissman
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
April 8, 2017 (2017-04-08)
309
1.65[58]

When Henry mentions that Piper was at a JAM Session to control her anger issue, Ray says it won't help her, he makes a bet that if he goes over to dinner at Henry's house that one night, He would be able to get Piper to lose her temper, Charlotte is on Henry's team, while Jasper is on Ray's team, the agreement is that whichever team loses must eat a whole bucket of pumpkin guts. At dinner, Ray shows up at Henry's house and joins him for dinner, later, the doorbell rings, and a man is at the door with a pony, Piper loved ponies and the man says that Piper can have the pony, But the man asks for her age and she says she is eleven, the man says that she has to be thirteen to have the pony and takes the pony away from her. Piper begins to get mad, but Henry squeezes her bulb, and she starts to calm. Meanwhile, Schwoz sees a note that Ray had left for him, he wanted Schwoz to go to the grocery store and get more pumpkins, However, a tornado had hit Swellview, Schwoz leaves to go to the grocery store, but he is quickly blown into the air, Later, Ray goes on the porch and transforms into Captain Man, and then comes back into the house and tells Piper that she can't be president of the Man Fans because she is 4'10", Later Schwoz is blown into the house and falls on Piper, and he then starts to eat their dinner. Piper is upset over what happened and loses her temper, Henry and Charlotte lose the bet and end up having to eat the pumpkin guts.
Guest stars: Kelly Sullivan as Mrs. Hart, Jeffrey Nicholas Brown as Mr. Hart, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Carrie Barrett as Mary Gaperman, Winston Story as Trent Overunder

56
13
"License to Fly"
David Kendall
Dan Schneider & Dave Malkoff
April 15, 2017 (2017-04-15)
315
1.72[59]

57
14
"Green Fingers"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Dave Malkoff
April 22, 2017 (2017-04-22)
310
1.83[60]

Guest stars: Kelly Sullivan as Mrs. Hart, Jeffrey Nicholas Brown as Mr. Hart, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz

58
15
"Stuck in Two Holes"
Harry Matheu
Dan Schneider & Hayes Jackson
April 29, 2017 (2017-04-29)
317
1.72[61]

Guest stars: Jeffrey Nicholas Brown as Mr. Hart, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Ryan Grassmeyer as Jeff

59
16
"Live & Dangerous: Part 1"
Adam Weissman
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
September 16, 2017 (2017-09-16)
319
1.57[62]

After Kid Danger and Captain Man are invited to a party that will be hosted by a huge webstar named Frankini, it is revealed that Frankini is using Kid Danger and Captain Man to break the world record for the most people watching a live stream. Meanwhile, Charlotte babysits Piper and both end up watching pimple popping videos.
Guest stars: Frankie Grande as Frankini, Jeffrey Nicholas Brown as Mr. Hart, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Zoran Korach as Goomer

60
17
"Live & Dangerous: Part 2"
Russ Reinsel
Dan Schneider & Hayes Jackson
September 23, 2017 (2017-09-23)
320
2.22[63]

Charlotte, Jasper, Piper, and Schwoz must stop Kid Danger and Captain Man before they reveal their true identities to the world. With the help of Sydney and Oliver, Piper tries to take away viewers from Frankini's live stream so that people can watch Piper popping Jasper's big pimple. Meanwhile, Charlotte and Schwoz are back at the Man Cave and Schwoz comes up with the idea of turning off the power in all of Swellview. As Kid Danger and Captain Man are about to take off their masks, the power goes out and they return to their old selves. Later, Piper pops Jasper's pimple which gets all over Frankini.
Guest stars: Frankie Grande as Frankini, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Zoran Korach as Goomer, Joe Kaprielian as Sidney, Matthew Zhang as Oliver

61
18
"Balloons of Doom"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Dave Malkoff
September 30, 2017 (2017-09-30)
318
1.61[64]

Piper is about to start a man fan meeting when Dr. Minyak and Nurse Cohort take her and the man fans hostage; Henry and Ray must now find a way to rescue them. Schwoz comes up with the idea of using a background board so it looks like Henry and Ray are in the Man Cave so they can sneak out without Dr. Minyak being aware of their plan. If they are detected, Dr. Minyak will launch Piper into space. Later, Henry and Ray are able to rescue Piper and the man fans and send Dr. Minyak into space instead.
Guest stars: Jeffrey Nicholas Brown as Mr. Hart, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Izabella Alvarez as Sharon, Amber Bela Muse as Nurse Cohort, Mike Ostroski as Dr. Minyak, Samuel Sadovnik as Benny

62
19
"Swellview's Got Talent"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
October 7, 2017 (2017-10-07)
316
1.65[65]

Kid Danger and Captain Man are judges on the show "Swellview's Got Talent", which Piper and her friend, Carl (William Simmons), are performing in. After the first performance goes awry due to Harry Hoagie (Jay Tapaoan) acting strangely and then passing out, it is Piper and Carl's turn to perform their dance. Unfortunately, they too start to act strangely before passing out. Later in the backstage area, Jasper notices that champion Steven Sharp is making a big deal about having performers pet his ferret for good luck. Jasper searches on his phone and discovers that it is a Norwegian ferret and that it is dangerous and contact should be avoided because it secretes powerful oils that are capable of causing strange reactions, tongue-chewing, and loss of consciousness. Steven Sharp was having performers do this so he could win.
Guest stars: Jeffrey Nicholas Brown as Mr. Hart, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Charlie Burg as Steven Sharp, Kevin Railsback as Danny Chest

text: Season 4 (2017–18)

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title [2][3]
Directed by
Written by
Original air date [2][3]
Prod.
code [2]
U.S. viewers
(millions)

63
1
"Sick & Wired"
Adam Weissman
Dan Schneider & Hayes Jackson
October 21, 2017 (2017-10-21)
404
1.41[66]

Guest stars: Jeffrey Nicholas Brown as Jake, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz

64
2
"Brawl in the Hall"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Dave Malkoff
November 4, 2017 (2017-11-04)
405
1.68[67]

Guest stars: Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Marisa Baram as Bysh, Carrie Barrett as Mary, Jill Benjamin as Miss Shapen, Winston Story as Trent

65
3
"The Rock Box Dump"
Russ Reinsel
Dan Schneider & Samantha Martin
November 11, 2017 (2017-11-11)
406
1.52[68]

When news reporters and social media start to report about how Kid Danger's hyper-motility superpower is an severe illness, and people on social media begin to believe that he is in grave danger, Henry decides to make a livestream as Kid Danger, so he can tell the public that he is not ill, but he slips on a grape and falls, thus hurting his ankle, then his tongue gets stung by a bee, the livestream begins, and Kid Danger appears, but he is limping and can hardly speak because of the bee sting, This makes everyone believe more that he is sick, and later it is announced that Piper would be dumping 1,524 rocks on her head, Kid Danger and Captain Man go to stop her, She and her friends load rocks in a forklift, preparing, they later show up, Kid Danger demonstrates his power by ripping a man's wig off his head, and tells them that it wasn't a disease, and to never drop rocks on their head.
Guest stars: Carrie Barrett as Mary, Jill Benjamin as Miss Shapen, David Pressman as Dr. Skurvy, Winston Story as Trent, Matthew Zhang as Oliver

66
4
"Danger Games"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak & Jake Farrow
November 25, 2017 (2017-11-25)
401–403
1.91[69][a]

Starring: Cree Cicchino, Madisyn Shipman, Benjamin "Lil' P-Nut" Flores, Jr., Thomas Kuc, Kel Mitchell
Special guest star: Snoop Dogg
Guest stars: Jeffrey Nicholas Brown as Jake, Kelly Sullivan as Kris, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Shel Bailey as Ruthless, Bubba Ganter as Bunny, Mike Ostroski as Dr. Minyak, Amber Bela Muse as Nurse Cohort, Carrie Barrett as Mary, Kayla Madison as Jana, Victoria Oscar as Bubs Dixon, Winston Story as Trent

67
5
"Toon in for Danger"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Samantha Martin
January 15, 2018 (2018-01-15)
411
1.41[71]

Special guest star: Shaun White
Guest stars: Jeffrey Nicholas Brown as Jake, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Carrie Barrett as Mary, Jonathan Chase as Brian Bender, Matthew Downs as Nate, Matthew Zhang as Oliver
Note: A sneak peek of the first two segments of the animated series The Adventures of Kid Danger aired immediately after this episode.[70]

68
6
"Meet Cute Crush"
Russ Reinsel
Dan Schneider & Joe Sullivan
February 10, 2018 (2018-02-10)
418
1.47[72]

Guest star: Luca Alexander as Jackson Kregger

69
7
"Back to the Danger, Part 1"
David Kendall
Dan Schneider & Andrew Thomas
March 24, 2018 (2018-03-24)
407
1.72[73]

Guest stars: Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Carrie Barrett as Mary, Winston Story as Trent, Tommy Walker as Drex

70
8
"Back to the Danger, Part 2"
David Kendall
Dan Schneider & Joe Sullivan
March 31, 2018 (2018-03-31)
408
1.24[74]

Guest stars: Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Kale Culley as Young Ray, Tommy Walker as Drex

71
9
"Budget Cuts"
Nathan Kress
Dan Schneider & Dave Malkoff
April 7, 2018 (2018-04-07)
410
1.25[75]

Guest stars: Jeffrey Nicholas Brown as Jake, Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Timothy Brennen as Vice Mayor Willard, Abbie Cobb as Cassie

72
10
"Diamonds Are for Heather"
Nathan Kress
Dan Schneider & Andrew Thomas
April 14, 2018 (2018-04-14)
417
1.06[76]

Guest stars: Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz, Lizze Broadway as Heather, Martin Garcia as Jerome

73
11
"Car Trek"
TBA
TBA
April 28, 2018 (2018-04-28)
412
TBD

74
12
"Toddler Invasion"
TBA
TBA
May 5, 2018 (2018-05-05)
TBA
TBD


document_title: North and South (miniseries)

question_text: who did elizabeth taylor play in north and south

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text: North and South (miniseries)

text: Cast[edit]

text: The initial 1985 miniseries cast Patrick Swayze as Orry Main and James Read as George Hazard with Lesley-Anne Down as Orry's love interest Madeline and Wendy Kilbourne as George's future wife Constance.[8] Kirstie Alley played George's outspoken abolitionist sister Virgilia, with Genie Francis as Orry's "good" sister Brett and Terri Garber as his selfish and wicked sister Ashton, as well as Philip Casnoff as Elkanah Bent, George and Orry's nemesis.[8] All of these actors returned for the 1986 sequel, joined by Parker Stevenson as Billy Hazard, George's brother and Brett's husband.[9]

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text: North and South (1985) also featured many well-known actors as guest stars, including Elizabeth Taylor as bordello proprietor Madam Conti, David Carradine as the sadistic Justin LaMotte, Hal Holbrook as Abraham Lincoln, Gene Kelly as Bent's father Senator Charles Edwards, Robert Mitchum as Colonel Patrick Flynn, M.D., Johnny Cash as abolitionist John Brown, Jean Simmons as Orry's mother Clarissa Main, Mitchell Ryan as Orry's father Tillet Main, John Anderson as George's father William Hazard, Jonathan Frakes as George's older brother Stanley Hazard, Inga Swenson as George's mother Maude Hazard, Robert Guillaume as abolitionist Frederick Douglass, Morgan Fairchild as Burdetta Halloran, David Ogden Stiers as Congressman Sam Greene, and Olivia Cole as Madeline's devoted but doomed servant Maum Sally.[8] John Jakes' wife Rachel also made an appearance in Episode 6 as Lincoln's wife Mary. North and South: Book II (1986) saw the return of Carradine as LaMotte, Holbrook as Lincoln, and Stiers as Congressman Greene, as well as new guests Lloyd Bridges as Jefferson Davis, Anthony Zerbe as Ulysses S. Grant, Nancy Marchand as Dorothea Dix, James Stewart as Miles Colbert, Wayne Newton as Captain Thomas Turner, and William Schallert as Robert E. Lee,[9] with Linda Evans as Rose Sinclair and Olivia de Havilland as Mrs. Neal. 1994's Heaven and Hell featured Peter O'Toole as "louche actor" Sam Trump[10] and Billy Dee Williams as Francis Cardozo.

text: Filming of the miniseries resulted in four marriages among the cast and crew. Read and Kilbourne, who played opposite each other, married in 1988 and now have two children. Frakes and Francis, who had previously played opposite each other on the failed NBC soap Bare Essence, also married in 1988. Lesley-Anne Down married assistant cameraman Don E. FauntLeRoy in 1986. They met during filming of Book I when both were married to other people, and eventually obtained divorces.[11] Garber married screenwriter Chris Hager, whom she met in 1985 when he worked as a grip on the set of North and South: Book II. They had a daughter, Molly, in 1986, and later divorced.[12]

text:
Character
North and South
1985
North and South: Book II
1986
Heaven and Hell:
North and South Book III
1994

Orry Main
Patrick Swayze
Patrick Swayze (archive/uncredited)

George Hazard
James Read

Madeline Fabray
Lesley-Anne Down

Constance Flynn
Wendy Kilbourne

Virgilia Hazard
Kirstie Alley
–

Ashton Main
   Young Ashton
   Young Ashton
Terri Garber
Temi Epstein (Ep. 1)
Stephanie Jolluck (Ep. 2)
Terri Garber
Terri Garber

Brett Main
   Young Brett
   Young Brett
Genie Francis
Nikki Creswell (Ep. 1)
Melissa Manley (Ep. 2)
Genie Francis
Genie Francis

Elkanah Bent
Philip Casnoff

Charles Main
Lewis Smith
Kyle Chandler

Billy Hazard
   Young Billy
John Stockwell
Cary Guffey (Ep. 1)
Parker Stevenson

Stanley Hazard
Jonathan Frakes

Isabel Truscott Hazard
Wendy Fulton
Mary Crosby
Deborah Rush

Justin LaMotte
David Carradine
–

Clarissa Gault Main
Jean Simmons
–

Maude Hazard
Inga Swenson
–

Burdetta Halloran
Morgan Fairchild
–

Congressman Sam Greene
David Ogden Stiers
–

James Huntoon
Jim Metzler
–

Salem Jones
Tony Frank
–

Priam
David Harris
–

Semiramis
Erica Gimpel
–

Cuffey
Forest Whitaker
–

Ned Fisk
Andrew Stahl
–

Maum Sally
Olivia Cole

Madam Conti
Elizabeth Taylor

Garrison Grady
Georg Stanford Brown

Tillet Main
Mitchell Ryan

William Hazard
John Anderson

Ironworker
Ray Spruell

Barman
Ronnie Stutes

Augusta Barclay

Kate McNeil

Rafe Baudeen

Lee Horsley

Miles Colbert

James Stewart

Mrs. Neal

Olivia de Havilland

Rose Sinclair

Linda Evans

Captain Thomas Turner

Wayne Newton

Ezra

Beau Billingslea

Lt. Rudy Bodford

Michael Dudikoff

Lt. Stephen Kent

Whip Hubley

Hope Hazard
uncredited
Jennifer and Michele Steffin
Mary Elizabeth McCae

Sam Trump

Peter O'Toole

Willa Parker

Rya Kihlstedt

Prudence Chaffee

Mariette Hartley

Adolphus

Rip Torn

Cooper Main

Robert Wagner

Judith Stafford Main

Cathy Lee Crosby

Will Fenway

Tom Noonan

Gus Main

uncredited
Cameron Finley

Scar

Gregory Zaragoza

Running Wolf

Ted Thin Elk

Gettys LaMotte

Cliff De Young

Jack Quinlan

Woody Watson

Isaac

Stan Shaw

Jane

Sharon Washington

Historical figures

Person
Book I
1985
Book II
1986
Book III
1994

Abraham Lincoln
Hal Holbrook

Mary Todd Lincoln
Rachel Jakes (uncredited)

Ulysses S. Grant
Mark Moses
Anthony Zerbe
Rutherford Cravens

Frederick Douglass
Robert Guillaume

John Brown
Johnny Cash

George B. McClellan
Chris Douridas

George Pickett
Cody W. Hampton

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
William Preston Daly

Hiram Berdan

Kurtwood Smith

Jefferson Davis

Lloyd Bridges

Robert E. Lee

William Schallert

Dorothea Dix

Nancy Marchand

Francis Cardozo

Billy Dee Williams

Major Anderson
James Rebhorn

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text: Crew[edit]

text: North and South (1985) was directed by Richard T. Heffron, from a script adaptation by Patricia Green, Douglas Heyes, Paul F. Edwards, and Kathleen A. Shelley. It was produced by David L. Wolper, Paul Freeman, Rob Harland, and Chuck McLain, with music by Bill Conti and Stevan Larner as cinematographer. Wolper also produced 1986's North and South: Book II with his son Mark Wolper, as well as Stephanie Austin and Robert Papazian. Conti returned as composer, with Kevin Connor directing, Jacques R. Marquette as cinematographer, and a script by Heyes and Richard Fielder. Heaven and Hell: North and South Book III (1994) was directed by Larry Peerce from a script by Suzanne Clauser. Hal Galli produced the miniseries, with music by David Bell and Don E. FauntLeRoy as cinematographer.

text: Plot[edit]

text: Book I: North and South[edit]

text:
Episode 1 (summer 1842 - summer 1844) - Young Southerner Orry Main, the firstborn son of a wealthy South Carolina plantation owner, decides to go to West Point. On his way to the train station, he rescues and falls in love with the beautiful French-Creole southern belle from New Orleans, Madeline Fabray. In New York City, Orry meets Northerner George Hazard, the second son of a wealthy Pennsylvania steel-factory owner, who is also on his way to West Point. They quickly become close friends. At the Academy, they meet classmates George Pickett, George McClellan, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson and a senior student named Ulysses Grant. They also meet the amoral egomaniac Elkanah Bent, a fellow cadet from Georgia. Bent is a handsome, smooth-talking man who hides his evil, twisted nature beneath his charm and good looks. He takes an instant dislike to Orry and George and uses his status as their drillmaster to constantly harass them. Orry constantly writes letters to Madeline, although it seems that she has not been responding to him. After two years of training, the men return home for a summer leave. George's sister, Virgilia, is a passionate abolitionist and immediately takes a dislike to Orry when she finds out that his family keeps slaves. While at home, Orry is devastated to learn that Madeline is getting married to his cruel neighbor, plantation owner Justin LaMotte. Orry has an argument with his father over the hiring of the brutal and sadistic Salem Jones as the plantation's overseer. Orry stops Jones from using a bullwhip to "punish" one of the slaves, sparking a tense relationship between the two. After Orry witnesses Madeline's marriage, they privately speak to each other afterwards and find out that Madeline's father has been hiding Orry's letters to ensure that she would marry Justin. That night, Justin hits and rapes Madeline, leaving her broken.
Episode 2 (autumn 1844 - spring 1848) - Bent continues his cruelty towards George, Orry, and their friends. The men, with some help from other cadets, arrange for Bent to be caught with a prostitute and he is forced to leave the Academy. When Bent learns that Orry and George were involved, he vows revenge. George and Orry graduate from West Point. They leave to fight in the Mexican War. During the Battle of Churubusco, Bent, who has blackmailed his father in order to obtain a superior rank, orders George and Orry to lead a suicidal charge against the Mexican forces. Both men survive, but Orry is shot in his left leg and permanently crippled. Meanwhile, George meets Constance Flynn, the Irish Catholic daughter of an Army surgeon, and falls in love. They plan to marry. Orry drowns his sorrows in alcoholism. With the Mexican War over, George quits the army, finds Bent, and beats him, threatening to kill him if he ever tries to harm him or Orry again. Traumatized by his injuries, Orry temporarily becomes a recluse. When Madeline helps Priam, one of Orry's slaves, escape, one of the other slaves gets whipped for helping Priam.
Episode 3 (spring 1848 - summer 1854) George gets married to Constance and Orry is his best man. Orry and Madeline become secret lovers. A terrible fire erupts at Hazard Iron and kills many of the workers due to George's older brother, Stanley, making a greedy decision. All authority over Hazard Iron is handed to George, greatly displeasing Stanley and his wife, Isabel. Orry's father dies, leaving Orry to inherit the family plantation. His first act is to fire the brutal Salem Jones as overseer. Jones vows revenge. Orry's cousin Charles, who does not have good relations with the Main family, is challenged to a pistol duel in a dispute over an engaged woman. Orry, as Charles' second, begrudgingly helps Charles to survive the duel and they become close. The Mains visit the Hazards in Pennsylvania. Billy and Charles plan to attend West Point together, just as Orry and George did. Orry's sister Ashton purposely courts George's younger brother Billy, whom Brett has come to fancy. Orry and George begin a partnership cotton mill at Orry's plantation in South Carolina; they do so on George's condition that Orry not use slave labor in the mill. Virgilia is furious that her family has allowed slave owners into their house and tries to humiliate them, angering the rest of her family.
Episode 4 (summer 1854 - autumn 1856) - The Hazards visit the Mains in South Carolina. Billy discovers how selfish and seductive Ashton can be and falls in love with Ashton's younger and kinder sister, Brett, much to Ashton's jealousy. George's sister Virgilia enters a passionate relationship with Grady, the proud and aggressive coachman of James Huntoon, an ambitious but easily manipulated South Carolina politician, who is also a strong suitor of Ashton, and helps Grady escape from slavery. Ashton, however, becomes aware of Virgilia's involvement and informs James, as well as announcing it in the Hazard family's presence. On his deathbed, Madeline's father tells her that her maternal great-grandmother was black. Billy and Charles graduate from West Point, and both families attend the graduation. Ashton sleeps with many of Billy's friends, still bitter over his rejection and attraction to Brett, which Charles is furious to discover, but keeps secret for the family's sake. Ashton gets pregnant and begs Madeline for help, who takes her to a local midwife to perform a secret abortion. When Madeline lies to Justin about where she was when she was away helping Ashton, he beats Madeline, locks her in a spare bedroom to starve, and kills Maum Sally for trying to help Madeline escape.
Episode 5 (spring 1857 - November 1860) - Madeline is drugged by Justin into becoming robotic and submissive and disappears from society, even forgetting her love for Orry. Ashton marries James Huntoon, though she doesn't plan on being a committed wife. Elkanah Bent befriends James Huntoon, and subtly interrogates him at a brothel about the people in his wedding picture, including Orry, Ashton, and Madeline. Bent recognizes the resemblance between Madeline and the painting of a former popular prostitute that worked there. Orry visits George, but Virgilia's views cause a serious argument to ensue over the issue of slavery. Orry does not want Brett to marry Billy because of the growing tensions between the North and South. Virgilia and Grady both join abolitionist leader John Brown. In 1859, Brown makes his famous raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia, to arm and free the slaves there. The U.S. Army stops the raid, Virgilia's husband Grady and Priam are killed, and Brown is captured. Virgilia escapes, but is more bitter than ever towards Southerners. Abraham Lincoln is elected President; several Southern states make plans to secede from the U.S. and establish themselves as a separate nation.
Episode 6 (November 6, 1860 - April 1861) - Having argued with Orry, now a bitter drunk, Brett has fled to Ashton's house in Charleston and runs into Billy, who is stationed at Fort Sumter. Ashton, however, still holds a grudge against Billy and conspires with Justin's nephew and her lover, Forbes LaMotte, to harm them both. George visits Orry and the two apologize to each other after years of estrangement. Orry gives Brett his blessing to marry Billy. South Carolina secedes from the Union, infuriating Orry. Ashton schemes to have Billy killed, partly out of jealousy, and partly because Billy is now a "Yankee" enemy in the eyes of the South. She fails, however, due to a drugged Madeline, who overhears Justin and Forbes discussing it. Her memories come back and she runs to inform Orry after fending off Justin. After stopping Billy and Brett on their way to the train station, Forbes provokes Billy into a rigged pistol duel, which turns into a full-fledged fight after Charles and Orry arrive, resulting in Forbes' death. Orry is enraged at Ashton and disowns her, with her vowing revenge. Justin comes looking for Madeline, as she has taken refuge with Orry at Mont Royal, but is forced to leave with a warning. Now off the drugs and with her memories returned, Madeline plans to divorce Justin and marry Orry. Orry visits the Hazard mansion near Philadelphia to give George his part of their cotton mill money. When he arrives, Orry discovers that George and Constance now have a baby girl named Hope. Virgilia finds out that Orry is present and tries to have him killed by forming a lynch mob which threatens the Hazard estate; the mob's leaders demand that George hand Orry over to them, leaving little doubt that their intentions are to kill him. George and Orry face off against the mob with shotguns and Orry boards a train to return to South Carolina. The two friends part, unsure if they will ever see each other again. The Civil War begins.

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text: Book II: Love and War[edit]

text:
Episode 1 (June 1861 - July 21, 1861) - Orry and Charles, now officers in the Confederate Army, leave the Main family plantation for the war in Virginia. Orry, despite having been against secession, becomes a general and military aide to Confederate President Jefferson Davis in the Confederate capital of Richmond. Meanwhile, George and Billy are in Washington, D.C., where they are officers in the U.S. Army. Billy joins the U.S. Sharpshooters regiment, while George becomes a military aide to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Charles, a Confederate cavalry officer, meets Augusta Barclay, a Virginia belle who smuggles medicine for the southern soldiers. Virgilia wants to work as a nurse at a Washington, D.C. military hospital and asks Congressman Sam Greene, a fellow abolitionist, for help. Orry's cruel and manipulative sister Ashton meets her match in Elkanah Bent, who sees the Civil War as a great way to get rich by smuggling forbidden luxury goods through the U.S. Navy blockade of the South. Bent and Ashton quickly become lovers, while Ashton's politician husband, James Huntoon, is unaware of his wife's adultery. With Orry and Charles gone to war, Justin kidnaps Madeline from the Main family plantation and burns the cotton barn; Orry's mother is injured trying to stop the fire. The First Battle of Bull Run takes place with George and Constance getting caught up in the panicked aftermath as they reluctantly watch from a distance. The South is the winner.
Episode 2 (July 1861 - summer 1862) - Hearing about her mother's injury, Brett and one of the Main household servants, Semiramis, make the dangerous trip from Washington, D.C. to the Main plantation in South Carolina. Along the way, Semiramis is captured by Union soldiers, but rescued by Brett. Orry leaves Richmond and returns to South Carolina as well; he finds Madeline at Justin's plantation and kills Justin in a fight. Orry and Madeline finally get married. Orry discovers Bent's illegal smuggling enterprise and stops it by capturing Bent's blockade runners, arresting his men, and destroying most of his merchandise. Bent and Ashton vow revenge. Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, George's older brother Stanley takes over the family's steel factories. His greedy wife Isabel talks him into profiteering from the war by using cheap, low-grade iron to make cannons for the U.S. Army; the cannons often explode and kill Northern soldiers. They forge George's name on the documents, in case the cannons are traced back to Hazard Iron.
Episode 3 (September 17, 1862 - spring 1864) - At the bloody battle of Antietam, Charles and Billy nearly kill each other, but each allows the other to escape. Charles's friend Ambrose is killed in the battle by one of the poor-quality cannons made by Hazard Iron. Afterwards, President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation frees the slaves in the rebel Southern states. Most of the slaves leave the Main plantation in South Carolina, but a few remain. Ashton visits her family's plantation, supposedly to see her recovering mother and sister Brett, but in reality to carry out Bent's revenge against Orry. Ashton tells Madeline that she knows that Madeline's mother was a high-priced, part-black prostitute in New Orleans, and that, unless Madeline leaves Orry with no explanation, she will reveal this secret and ruin Orry's public reputation. Madeline flees to Charleston where she is befriended by a suave gambler Rafe Baudeen and begins working for the city's poor and orphans who are suffering from the war. Meanwhile, Bent — who has become increasingly psychotic and unstable — begins planning to assassinate Confederate President Jefferson Davis and become the dictator of the South. Following the Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg, Billy, sick of not having seen his wife Brett for nearly two years, goes AWOL from the U.S. Army and makes his way to South Carolina, where he and Brett spend some time together. Ashton discovers Billy's presence and goes to tell the local authorities, but Billy is saved when Brett threatens her sister with a pitchfork long enough for Billy to escape.
Episode 4 (May 1864 - late autumn 1864) - When Billy returns to his regiment, his commanding officer threatens to court-martial and execute him if he ever leaves again. Billy is also placed in harm's way by being put in charge of the regiment's skirmishers. George is captured in a raid by Southern forces and taken to the dreaded Libby Prison in Richmond, where he is tortured by Captain Turner, the prison's psychotic commandant. Orry is shot and taken to the hospital where Virgilia works; despite her hatred of Southerners, she helps him recover and looks the other way allowing him to escape. Later, Virgilia is accused of allowing a wounded Southern soldier to die and is fired from the hospital. In a fit of rage, Virgilia pushes the elderly chief nurse Mrs. Neal causing her to lose her balance and tumble to the floor. Believing Mrs. Neal to be dead, Virgilia panics and flees the hospital. Desperate for money and a hiding place, she goes to Congressman Greene for help. He gives her money and protection in exchange for sex. Charles saves Augusta from being raped by Northern soldiers at her farm in Virginia, and the two become lovers.
Episode 5 (December 1864 - February 1865) - The war has turned against the South. Orry and Charles save George from Libby Prison, kill Turner in a fight, and allow George to return to the North. Madeline helps starving people in Charleston. Returning home, George learns of his brother and sister-in-law's illegal business schemes to use cheap iron to build cannon. He forces Stanley and Isabel to admit guilt. Bent tries to kill Madeline in Charleston, but she is rescued by her gambler friend Rafe, who saves Madeline but is fatally shot by Bent. Bent enlists James Huntoon for help in his plot to overthrow the Confederate government. Although he is still oblivious to Bent's and Ashton's affair, Huntoon acts as a double agent gathering intelligence on the planned coup d'état and reporting the activities to Jefferson Davis. The Confederate President orders Orry to squash the planned revolution. In a final fight, Orry and Huntoon attack Bent's hideout near Richmond. Bent is (apparently) killed when the ammunition he was hiding in a barn explodes. Ashton confesses her affair to James, conspiring to have Billy killed, her past abortion, and tells Orry that she helped Bent drive Madeline away. Orry disowns Ashton and tells Huntoon that he never wants to see his sister again. Ashton begs Huntoon's forgiveness, but he tells her that it is too late.
Episode 6 (March 1865 - April 1865) - The fighting ends with a Northern victory. Orry and George lead troops against each other in the last major battle at Petersburg; Orry is wounded. Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his army to U.S. Army General Ulysses Grant. With the war over, Charles goes to Augusta's farm and finds that she has died giving birth to his child, a son. He goes to Charleston and gets his child from Augusta's uncle's wife. Billy also quits the army and reunites with Brett at her family's plantation. Congressman Greene ends his affair with Virgilia, which he thinks detrimental to his political career. Virgilia learns that Greene had been lying to her about the seriousness of the charges and using Virgilia's dependence for his own gratification. She murders the congressman and is sentenced to death by hanging. She and George have a tearful farewell before her execution. George learns that Orry is wounded and searches for him, finally finding him in a Union hospital. Their reunion is spoiled when both learn that President Lincoln has been shot. George helps Orry find Madeline, who reveals that Orry is now the father of their son. Orry, Madeline, their baby, and George all set out for the Main plantation. Salem Jones, the cruel former overseer of the Main plantation, joins with one of the Main's former slaves, Cuffey, in an attack on the Main plantation; they burn the mansion before being killed or driven off by Charles, Billy, and Ezra, a former slave who is engaged to marry Semiramis. Orry, George, and Madeline arrive, with the former two helping to fend off the last of the attackers. Οrry's mother is killed in the attack by Cuffey while trying to prevent Semiramis' rape, but Cuffey is shot dead by Charles, while Salem Jones is shot dead by Brett when he is about to shoot Billy. Orry and George pledge to renew their family's friendship, and George agrees to help Orry rebuild his plantation home by reopening the cotton mill and letting Orry take the profits.

text: Book III: Heaven and Hell[edit]

text:
Episode 1 (summer 1865 - autumn 1865) - Elkanah Bent, having survived the explosion of his hidden ammunition depot near Richmond, becomes obsessed with getting his "final revenge" on Orry and George, whom he blames for his failures in life. He begins his revenge by going to Richmond and murdering Orry Main with a single stab wound. Furious, Ashton tries unsuccessfully to kill Bent; she then moves to the West to start a new life. Heartbroken at Orry's death, Madeline tries to rebuild the Main family mansion at Mont Royal and helps local freed slaves, to the disapproval of most of her white neighbors. After learning of Orry's death, George goes to Mont Royal and helps Madeline. Charles Main, now a corporal in the U.S. Cavalry in the Old West, meets and romances Willa Parker. Ashton begins working as a prostitute in Santa Fe; her goal is to earn enough money to buy Mont Royal. Carrying out the next part of his plan of revenge, Bent goes to the Hazard mansion near Philadelphia and murders George's wife Constance.
Episode 2 (autumn 1865 - spring 1866) - Devastated by news of his wife's murder, George begins searching for Bent to exact justice. Cooper Main, Orry's older brother, becomes a member of the Ku Klux Klan and begins working to undermine his sister-in-law Madeline's efforts to help local blacks. Isabel, George's greedy sister-in-law, wants to buy Mont Royal and evict the Main family. Charles continues to work as a cavalryman in the Old West, and continues to romance Willa. Realizing that she cannot stand against Cooper and Isabel alone, Madeline asks George for help. Charles helps to form a unit of buffalo soldiers. Cavalrymen massacre a Cheyenne village.
Episode 3 (spring 1866 - spring/summer 1866) - George arrives at Mont Royal to help Madeline, and they fall in love. Carrying out the final part of his revenge, Bent kidnaps Charles and Augusta's son Gus. When George learns of this, he goes West and finds Charles. Together the two men rescue Gus, hunt down Bent, and hang him. The hanging ends the personal war between Bent and the Main and Hazard families avenging the deaths of Orry and Constance. When Ashton finally gets home, she weeps when she sees that Mont Royal has been burned. George and Charles return to Mont Royal to help Madeline and the freed slaves defeat the Ku Klux Klan. Cooper takes Madeline during the fight, and George rides after to save her. When Cooper is told by Gettys LaMotte to kill both Madeline and George, he refuses. Gettys LaMotte shoots Cooper and George kills Gettys. Charles says his goodbyes before returning to Willa and Gus, while George and Madeline plan for their future together.

text: Awards and nominations[edit]

text: The North and South miniseries were nominated and/or awarded with many different awards around the world, among which the most significant are :

text:
Year
Award
Result
Category/People

1986
Golden Globe Awards
Nominated
David Carradine for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV (N&S1)

Nominated
Lesley-Anne Down for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV (N&S1)

Primetime Emmy Awards
Won
Costuming team for Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for a Miniseries or a Special (N&S1, ep.4)

Nominated
Virginia Darcy for Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Special (N&S1, ep.1)

Nominated
Makeup team for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for a Miniseries or a Special (N&S1, ep.6)

Nominated
Bill Conti for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) (N&S1, ep.1)

Nominated
Stevan Larner for Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or a Special (N&S1, ep.6)

Nominated
Editing team for Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries or a Special - Single Camera Production (N&S1, ep.4)

Nominated
Sound editing team for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries or a Special (N&S1, ep.2)

Nominated
Hairstyling team for Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Special (N&S2, ep.1)

Nominated
Robert Fletcher for Outstanding Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special (N&S2, ep.1)

Nominated
Sound editing team for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries or a Special (N&S2, ep.6)

1995
ASC Award
Nominated
Don E. FauntLeRoy for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Mini-Series (N&S3, ep.3)

text: Media[edit]

text: VHS and DVD releases[edit]

text: North and South Books I and II were released on NTSC VHS in the United States. Book III was never released on VHS in the United States. Books I, II and III were released on PAL VHS in Europe.

text: All three Books were released on Region 1 DVD in October 2004. This release also included a bonus featurette with John Jakes and David Wolper talking about the books and the miniseries; James Read, Lesley-Anne Down, and Patrick Swayze discussing their characters; general thoughts of other cast and crew members; plus information about the historical background and trials of its reconstruction for the miniseries.

text: The Region 2 DVD release contained only Books I and II at first, but eventually Book III also became available, with the bonus featurette included. All volumes were sold as separate boxes, but later on they were also available in one box.

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text: A soundtrack CD published by Varèse Sarabande in 1985 (VCD47250) contains tracks from the music scores of two Bill Conti films, North and South and The Right Stuff. It includes the following tracks from North and South:[13]

text:
Main Title 3:45
Southern Life 1:38
Love In The Chapel 4:04
A Close Call 2:00
Returning Home 2:13
Last Embrace 2:57
Final Meeting 2:28

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text: The Varèse Sarabande Soundtrack Club released the entire score to North and South (1985) in a four-CD box set on February 25, 2008.[14] The tracks in this set are the original recordings used in the production of the series, with three discs devoted to Conti's score and a fourth to the source music from the series. The entire score to North and South: Book II (1986) was released on October 3, 2008 and includes three CDs.[15] On December 4, 2015, North and South: Highlights, a 76-minute disc featuring selections from the first miniseries score, was released.[16]


document_title: The House of the Rising Sun

question_text: who wrote house of the rising sun bob dylan

text: The House of the Rising Sun

text: Origin and early versions[edit]

text: Origin[edit]

text: Like many classic folk ballads, "The House of the Rising Sun" is of uncertain authorship. Musicologists say that it is based on the tradition of broadside ballads, and thematically it has some resemblance to the 16th-century ballad The Unfortunate Rake.[4] According to Alan Lomax, "Rising Sun" was used as the name of a bawdy house in two traditional English songs, and it was also a name for English pubs.[5] He further suggested that the melody might be related to a 17th-century folk song, "Lord Barnard and Little Musgrave", also known as "Matty Groves",[6][7] but a survey by Bertrand Bronson showed no clear relationship between the two songs.[8] Lomax proposed that the location of the house was then relocated from England to New Orleans by white southern performers.[5] However, Vance Randolph proposed an alternative French origin, the "rising sun" referring to the decorative use of the sunburst insignia dating to the time of Louis XIV, which was brought to North America by French immigrants.[8]

text: "House of Rising Sun" was said to have been known by miners in 1905.[6] The oldest published version of the lyrics is that printed by Robert Winslow Gordon in 1925, in a column "Old Songs That Men Have Sung" in Adventure Magazine.[9] The lyrics of that version begin:[9][10]

text: There is a house in New Orleans, it's called the Rising Sun

text: It's been the ruin of many a poor girl

text: The oldest known recording of the song, under the title "Rising Sun Blues", is by Appalachian artists Clarence "Tom" Ashley and Gwen Foster, who recorded it for Vocalion Records on September 6, 1933.[6][11] Ashley said he had learned it from his grandfather, Enoch Ashley. Roy Acuff, an "early-day friend and apprentice" of Ashley's, learned it from him and recorded it as "Rising Sun" on November 3, 1938.[6][11] Several older blues recordings of songs with similar titles are unrelated, for example, "Rising Sun Blues" by Ivy Smith (1927) and "The Risin' Sun" by Texas Alexander (1928).[5]

text: The song was among those collected by folklorist Alan Lomax, who, along with his father, was a curator of the Archive of American Folk Song for the Library of Congress. On an expedition with his wife to eastern Kentucky, Lomax set up his recording equipment in Middlesboro, Kentucky, in the house of singer and activist Tilman Cadle. In 1937 he recorded a performance by Georgia Turner, the 16-year-old daughter of a local miner. He called it The Rising Sun Blues.[11] Lomax later recorded a different version sung by Bert Martin and a third sung by Daw Henson, both eastern Kentucky singers. In his 1941 songbook Our Singing Country, Lomax credits the lyrics to Turner,[11] with reference to Martin's version.

text: Early folk and blues releases[edit]

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text: In 1941, Woody Guthrie recorded a version. A recording made in 1947 by Libby Holman and Josh White (who is also credited with having written new words and music that have subsequently been popularized in the versions made by many other later artists) was released by Mercury Records in 1950. White learned the song from a "white hillbilly singer", who might have been Ashley, in North Carolina in 1923–1924.[6] Lead Belly recorded two versions of the song, in February 1944 and in October 1948, called "In New Orleans" and "The House of the Rising Sun", respectively; the latter was recorded in sessions that were later used on the album Lead Belly's Last Sessions (1994, Smithsonian Folkways).

text: In 1957 Glenn Yarbrough recorded the song for Elektra Records. The song is also credited to Ronnie Gilbert on an album by The Weavers released in the late 1940s or early 1950s. Pete Seeger released a version on Folkways Records in 1958, which was re-released by Smithsonian Folkways in 2009.[11] Andy Griffith recorded the song on his 1959 album Andy Griffith Shouts the Blues and Old Timey Songs. In 1960 Miriam Makeba recorded the song on her eponymous RCA album.

text: Joan Baez recorded it in 1960 on her self-titled debut album; she frequently performed the song in concert throughout her career. Nina Simone recorded her first version for the album Nina at the Village Gate in 1962. Tim Hardin sang it on This is Tim Hardin, recorded in 1964 but not released until 1967.[12] The Chambers Brothers recorded a version on Feelin' the Blues, released on Vault records (1970).

text: Van Ronk arrangement[edit]

text: In late 1961, Bob Dylan recorded the song for his debut album, released in March 1962. That release had no songwriting credit, but the liner notes indicate that Dylan learned this version of the song from Dave Van Ronk. In an interview for the documentary No Direction Home, Van Ronk said that he was intending to record the song and that Dylan copied his version. Van Ronk recorded it soon thereafter for the album Just Dave Van Ronk.

text: I had learned it sometime in the 1950s, from a recording by Hally Wood, the Texas singer and collector, who had got it from an Alan Lomax field recording by a Kentucky woman named Georgia Turner. I put a different spin on it by altering the chords and using a bass line that descended in half steps—a common enough progression in jazz, but unusual among folksingers. By the early 1960s, the song had become one of my signature pieces, and I could hardly get off the stage without doing it.[13]

text: The Animals' version[edit]

text:
"The House of the Rising Sun"

Single by The Animals

from the album The Animals

B-side
"Talkin' 'bout You"

Released

June 19, 1964 (1964-06-19) (UK)
August 1964 (USA)

Format
7-inch single

Recorded
May 18, 1964

Genre
Rock

Length
2:59, 4:29

Label
Columbia Graphophone

Songwriter(s)
Traditional, arranged by Alan Price

Producer(s)
Mickie Most

The Animals singles chronology

"Baby Let Me Take You Home"
(1964)
"The House of the Rising Sun"
(1964)
"I'm Crying"
(1964)

"Baby Let Me Take You Home"
(1964)
"House of the Rising Sun"
(1964)
"I'm Crying"
(1964)

text: An interview with Eric Burdon revealed that he first heard the song in a club in Newcastle, England, where it was sung by the Northumbrian folk singer Johnny Handle. The Animals were on tour with Chuck Berry and chose it because they wanted something distinctive to sing.[14]

text: The Animals' version transposes the narrative of the song from the point of view of a woman led into a life of degradation to that of a man whose father was now a gambler and drunkard, rather than the sweetheart in earlier versions.

text: The Animals had begun featuring their arrangement of "House of the Rising Sun" during a joint concert tour with Chuck Berry, using it as their closing number to differentiate themselves from acts that always closed with straight rockers.[15] It got a tremendous reaction from the audience, convincing initially reluctant producer Mickie Most that it had hit potential,[15] and between tour stops the group went to a small recording studio on Kingsway in London[15] to capture it.

text: Recording and releases[edit]

text: The song was recorded in just one take on May 18, 1964,[16] and it starts with a now-famous electric guitar A minor chord arpeggio by Hilton Valentine.[1][3] According to Valentine, he simply took Dylan's chord sequence and played it as an arpeggio.[17] The performance takes off with Burdon's lead vocal, which has been variously described as "howling,"[2] "soulful,"[18] and as "...deep and gravelly as the north-east English coal town of Newcastle that spawned him."[1] Finally, Alan Price's pulsating organ part (played on a Vox Continental) completes the sound. Burdon later said, "We were looking for a song that would grab people's attention."[19]

text: As recorded, "House of the Rising Sun" ran four and a half minutes, regarded as far too long for a pop single at the time.[16] Producer Most, who initially did not really want to record the song at all,[17] said that on this occasion: "Everything was in the right place ... It only took 15 minutes to make so I can't take much credit for the production"[20]. He was nonetheless now a believer and declared it a single at its full length, saying "We're in a microgroove world now, we will release it."[20]

text: In the United States however, the original single (MGM 13264) was a 2:58 version. The MGM Golden Circle reissue (KGC 179) featured the unedited 4:29 version, although the record label gives the edited playing time of 2:58. The edited version was included on the group's 1964 U.S. debut album The Animals, while the full version was later included on their best-selling 1966 U.S. greatest hits album, The Best of the Animals. However, the very first American release of the full-length version was on a 1965 album of various groups entitled Mickie Most Presents British Go-Go (MGM SE-4306), the cover of which, under the listing of "House of the Rising Sun", described it as the "Original uncut version." Americans could also hear the complete version in the movie Go Go Mania in the spring of 1965.

text: "House of the Rising Sun" was not included on any of the group's British albums, but it was reissued as a single twice in subsequent decades, charting both times, reaching number 25 in 1972 and number 11 in 1982, using the famous Wittlesbach organ.

text: The Animals version was played in 6/8 meter, unlike the 4/4 of most earlier versions. Arranging credit went only to Alan Price. According to Burdon, this was simply because there was insufficient room to name all five band members on the record label, and Alan Price's first name was first alphabetically. However, this meant that only Price received songwriter's royalties for the hit, a fact that has caused bitterness ever since, especially with Valentine.[3][21]

text: Reception[edit]

text: "House of the Rising Sun" was a trans-Atlantic hit: after reaching the top of the UK pop singles chart in July 1964, it topped the U.S. pop singles chart two months later, on September 5, 1964, where it stayed for three weeks,[22] and became the first British Invasion number one unconnected with the Beatles.[23] It was the group's breakthrough hit in both countries and became their signature song.[24] The song was also a hit in a number of other countries, including Ireland, where it reached No. 10 and dropped off the charts one week later.

text: Bob Dylan said he first heard The Animals' version on his car radio and "jumped out of his car seat" because he liked it so much; but he stopped playing the song after the Animals' recording became a hit because fans accused him of plagiarism.[citation needed] Dave Van Ronk said that The Animals' version—like Dylan's version before it—was based on his arrangement of the song.[25]

text: Dave Marsh described the Animals' take on "The House of the Rising Sun" as "...the first folk-rock hit," sounding "...as if they'd connected the ancient tune to a live wire."[2] Writer Ralph McLean of the BBC agreed that "It was arguably the first folk rock tune," calling it "a revolutionary single", after which "the face of modern music was changed forever."[3]

text: The Animals' rendition of the song is recognized as one of the classics of British pop music. Writer Lester Bangs labeled it "a brilliant rearrangement" and "a new standard rendition of an old standard composition."[26] It ranked number 122 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". It is also one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll". The RIAA ranked it number 240 on their list of "Songs of the Century". In 1999 it received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. It has long since become a staple of oldies and classic rock radio formats. A 2005 Channel Five poll ranked it as Britain's fourth-favourite number one song.[16]

text: Charts[edit]

text:
Chart (1964)
Peak
position

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[27]
5

Canada Top Singles (RPM)[28]
1

Germany (Official German Charts)[29]
9

Ireland (IRMA)[30]
10

Netherlands (Single Top 100)[31]
5

New Zealand (Listener)[32]
2

UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[33]
1

US Billboard Hot 100[34]
1

Chart (1972)
Peak
position

Ireland (IRMA)[30]
5

UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[33]
25

Chart (1982)
Peak
position

UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[33]
11

text:
Preceded by
"Where Did Our Love Go" by The Supremes
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
September 5, 1964 – September 19, 1964
Succeeded by
"Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison

Preceded by
"It's Over" by Roy Orbison
UK Singles Chart number-one single
July 9, 1964 – July 15, 1964
Succeeded by
"It's All Over Now" by The Rolling Stones

text: Frijid Pink version[edit]

text:
"House of the Rising Sun"

Single by Frijid Pink

from the album Frijid Pink

B-side
"Drivin' Blues"

Released
March 1970 (1970-03)

Format
7-inch single

Genre
Psychedelic rock

Length
4:44 (album)
3:23 (single)

Label
Parrot Records

Songwriter(s)
Traditional, arranged by Alan Price

Producer(s)
Michael Valvano

Frijid Pink singles chronology

"House of the Rising Sun"
(1970)
"Sing a Song for Freedom"
(1970)

"House of the Rising Sun"
(1970)
"Sing a Song for Freedom"
(1970)

text: In 1969, the Detroit band Frijid Pink recorded a psychedelic version of "House of the Rising Sun", which became an international hit in 1970. Their version is in 4/4 time (like Van Ronk's and most earlier versions, rather than the 6/8 used by the Animals) and was driven by Gary Ray Thompson's distorted guitar with fuzz and wah-wah effects, set against the frenetic drumming of Richard Stevers.[35]

text: According to Stevers, the Frijid Pink recording of "House of the Rising Sun" was done impromptu when there was time left over at a recording session booked for the group at the Tera Shirma Recording Studios. Stevers later played snippets from that session's tracks for Paul Cannon, the music director of Detroit's premier rock radio station, WKNR; the two knew each other, as Cannon was the father of Stevers's girlfriend. Stevers recalled, "we went through the whole thing and [and Cannon] didn't say much. Then 'House [of the Rising Sun]' started up and I immediately turned it off because it wasn't anything I really wanted him to hear." However, Cannon was intrigued and had Stevers play the complete track for him, then advising Stevers, "Tell Parrot [Frijid Pink's label] to drop God Gave Me You [the group's current single] and go with this one."[36]

text: Frijid Pink's "House of the Rising Sun" debuted at #29 on the WKNR hit parade dated January 6, 1970 and broke nationally after some seven weeks—during which the track was re-serviced to radio three times—with a number 73 debut on the Hot 100 in Billboard dated February 27, 1970 (number 97 Canada 1970/01/31) with a subsequent three-week ascent to the Top 30 en route to a Hot 100 peak of number 7 on April 4, 1970. The certification of the Frijid Pink single "House of the Rising Sun" as a gold record for domestic sales of one million units was reported in the issue of Billboard dated May 30, 1970.

text: The Frijid Pink single of "House of the Rising Sun" would give the song its most widespread international success, with Top Ten status reached in Austria (number 3), Belgium (Flemish region, number 6), Canada (number 3), Denmark (number 3), Germany (two weeks at number 1), Greece, Ireland (number 7), Israel (number 4), the Netherlands (number 3), Norway (seven weeks at number 1), Poland (number 2), Sweden (number 6), Switzerland (number 2), and the UK (number 4). The single also charted in Australia (number 14), France (number 36), and Italy (number 54).

text: Sales and certifications[edit]

text:
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales

United States (RIAA)[37]
Gold
1,000,000^

text: Billboard Country Chart[edit]

text:
"The House of the Rising Sun"

Single by Dolly Parton

from the album 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs

B-side
"Workin' Girl"

Released
September 1981 (1981-09)

Format
7-inch single

Recorded
November 1980

Genre
Country pop

Length
4:02

Label
RCA

Songwriter(s)
Traditional

Producer(s)
Mike Post

Dolly Parton singles chronology

"But You Know I Love You"
(1981)
"The House of the Rising Sun"
(1981)
"Single Women"
(1982)

"But You Know I Love You"
(1981)
"House of the Rising Sun"
(1981)
"Single Women"
(1982)

text: The song has twice been a hit record on Billboard's country chart.

text: Jody Miller version[edit]

text: In 1973, Jody Miller's version reached number 29 on the country charts and number 41 on the adult contemporary chart.

text: Dolly Parton version[edit]

text: In September 1981, Dolly Parton released a cover of the song as the third single from her album 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs. Like Miller's earlier country hit, Parton's remake returns the song to its original lyric of being about a fallen woman. The Parton version makes it quite blunt, with a few new lyric lines that were written by Parton. Parton's remake reached number 14 on the U.S. country singles chart and crossed over to the pop charts, where it reached number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100; it also reached number 30 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart. Parton has occasionally performed the song live, perhaps most notably on her 1987–88 television show, in an episode taped live in New Orleans.

text: Five Finger Death Punch version[edit]

text:
"House of the Rising Sun"

Single by Five Finger Death Punch

from the album The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 2

Released
February 3, 2014 (2014-02-03)

Recorded
November 2013

Genre
Hard rock

Length
4:07

Label
Prospect Park

Songwriter(s)
Traditional

Five Finger Death Punch singles chronology

"Battle Born"
(2013)
"House of the Rising Sun"
(2014)
"Mama Said Knock You Out"
(2014)

"Battle Born"
(2013)
"House of the Rising Sun"
(2014)
"Mama Said Knock You Out"
(2014)

text: The American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch released a cover of "House of the Rising Sun" on their fifth studio album, The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 2, which was later released as the album's second single and the band's third single of the Wrong Side era. The references to New Orleans have been changed to Sin City, a reference to the negative effects of gambling in Las Vegas. The song was a top ten hit on mainstream rock radio in the United States.

text: IRIS version[edit]

text:
"Oh Mãe!!"

Single by IRIS (pt)

from the album Vão Dar Banhó Cão

Released
1995 (1995)

Recorded
1995

Genre
Rock

Length
2:57

Label
Vidisco

Songwriter(s)
Traditional

text: The Portuguese band IRIS released a cover of "House of the Rising Sun" named "Oh Mãe!!" on their first studio album, Vão Dar Banhó Cão, which was later released as the band's first single. The lyrics where completely changed with the accent from Algarve (which is on the south of Portugal) and the sound is much heavier. This song became a huge national success.

text: French version[edit]

text: In French, Johnny Hallyday's version Le pénitencier, released in October 1964, made it to the French Billboard Top 10, and he performed the song in his 2014 USA tour.[38]

text: Possible real locations[edit]

text: Various places in New Orleans have been proposed as the inspiration for the song, with varying plausibility. The phrase "House of the Rising Sun" is often understood as a euphemism for a brothel, but it is not known whether or not the house described in the lyrics was an actual or a fictitious place. One theory is that the song is about a woman who killed her father, an alcoholic gambler who had beaten his wife. Therefore, the House of the Rising Sun may be a jailhouse, from which one would be the first person to see the sun rise (an idea supported by the lyric mentioning "a ball and chain," though that phrase has been slang for marital relationships for at least as long as the song has been in print). Because women often sang the song, another theory is that the House of the Rising Sun was where prostitutes were detained while treated for syphilis. Since cures with mercury were ineffective, going back was very unlikely.[7][14]

text: Only three candidates that use the name Rising Sun have historical evidence—from old city directories and newspapers. The first was a small, short-lived hotel on Conti Street in the French Quarter in the 1820s. It burned down in 1822. An excavation and document search in early 2005 found evidence that supported this claim, including an advertisement with language that may have euphemistically indicated prostitution. Archaeologists found an unusually large number of pots of rouge and cosmetics at the site.[39][40]

text: The second possibility was a "Rising Sun Hall" listed in late 19th-century city directories on what is now Cherokee Street, at the riverfront in the uptown Carrollton neighborhood, which seems to have been a building owned and used for meetings of a Social Aid and Pleasure Club, commonly rented out for dances and functions. It also is no longer extant. Definite links to gambling or prostitution (if any) are undocumented for either of these buildings.

text: A third was "The Rising Sun", which advertised in several local newspapers in the 1860s, located on what is now the lake side of the 100 block of Decatur Street.[41] In various advertisements it is described as a "Restaurant," a "Lager Beer Salon," and a "Coffee House." At the time, New Orleans businesses listed as coffee houses often also sold alcoholic beverages.

text: Dave Van Ronk claimed in his biography "The Mayor of MacDougal Street" that at one time when he was in New Orleans someone approached him with a number of old photos of the city from the turn of the century. Among them "was a picture of a forbidding stone doorway with a carving on the lintel of a stylized rising sun... It was the Orleans Parish women's prison."[42]

text: Bizarre New Orleans, a guidebook on New Orleans, asserts that the real house was at 1614 Esplanade Avenue between 1862 and 1874 and was said to have been named after its madam, Marianne LeSoleil Levant, whose surname means "the rising sun" in French.[14]

text: Another guidebook, Offbeat New Orleans, asserts that the real House of the Rising Sun was at 826–830 St. Louis St. between 1862 and 1874, also purportedly named for Marianne LeSoleil Levant. The building still stands, and Eric Burdon, after visiting at the behest of the owner, said, "The house was talking to me." [43]

text: There is a contemporary B&B called the House of the Rising Sun, decorated in brothel style. The owners are fans of the song, but there is no connection with the original place.[43][44]

text: Not everyone believes that the house actually existed. Pamela D. Arceneaux, a research librarian at the Williams Research Center in New Orleans, is quoted as saying:

text: I have made a study of the history of prostitution in New Orleans and have often confronted the perennial question, "Where is the House of the Rising Sun?" without finding a satisfactory answer. Although it is generally assumed that the singer is referring to a brothel, there is actually nothing in the lyrics that indicate that the "house" is a brothel. Many knowledgeable persons have conjectured that a better case can be made for either a gambling hall or a prison; however, to paraphrase Freud: sometimes lyrics are just lyrics.[7]