Situated at Camp Pendleton, the West Coast base of the U.S. Marine Corps, The Lieutenant focuses on the men of the Corps in peace time with a Cold War backdrop. The title character is Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice, a rifle platoon leader and one of the training instructors at Camp Pendleton. An hour-long drama, The Lieutenant explores the lives of enlisted Marines and general officers alike.
Stew Sallaway, champion goldbrick at Clary High, could always depend on his buddy Bill Rice to get him out of a jam. Now Stew is a Marine private, and his ailing father asks Rice to have the boy to his platoon.
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Cool of the Evening
1963-09-21
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The Proud and the Angry
1963-09-28
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Two-Star Giant
1963-10-05
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A Very Private Affair
1963-10-12
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To Take Up Serpents
1963-10-19
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A Touching of Hands
1963-10-26
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Captain Thomson
1963-11-02
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Instant Wedding
1963-11-09
Rice is pressed upon by a friend to look after his girl in advance of a year-long posting in the far east without leave. She demands they marry right away, and it falls on Rice to quickly put together a formal Marine wedding ceremony.
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A Troubled Image
1963-11-16
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Fall From A White Horse
1963-11-30
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Alert
1963-12-14
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The Art of Discipline
1963-12-21
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The Alien
1963-12-28
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O'Rourke
1964-01-04
An ex Marine who is also a journalist is assigned to Rice's unit to do an article on the modern Marine core. Rice quickly discovers not is all as it should be in the situation.
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Gone the Sun
1964-01-18
Rice returns to his home town to aid in the burial of a Marine killed in a training accident. He has to deal with the grieving family of the boy as well as the changes that have occurred since he has been away.
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Between Music and Laughter
1964-01-25
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Interlude
1964-02-01
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Capp's Lady
1964-02-08
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Green Water Green Flag
1964-02-15
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To Set It Right
1964-02-22
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In the Highest Tradition
1964-02-29
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Tour of Duty
1964-03-07
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Lament for a Dead Goldbrick
1964-03-14
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Man with an Edge
1964-03-21
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Operation: Actress
1964-03-28
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Mother Enemy
1964-04-04
A young sergeant is being evaluated for officer training, but unexpectedly it's revealed that his mother is a communist agent and she's in town to pitch a rabble-rousing speech at a rally where she will denounce the Marine Corps for not immediately elevating his rank, against his wishes. It falls on Rice to determine what will be done with the sergeant.