Boone
1983 · 1 season · 13 episodes · Ended · NBC
Drama
TMDB 8.0 · 3 votes
Boone Sawyer, who aspires to a career in rock and roll music, despite the advice of his stern father, Merit Sawyer, who wants Boone to join him in the automobile repair business. The setting of the series is Tennessee in the early 1950s, when great changes began to occur in popular music, with the rise of Elvis Presley.
Episodes
- S01E01The Monument1983-09-2660m
Boone gets into trouble with the law and almost misses his chance to perform at a war monument dedication.
- S01E02The Last Dance (a.k.a. A Trip Down to Memphis)1983-10-0360m
Boone and Rome miss the senior prom to accompany Mr. Johnson to a nightclub.
- S01E03Banjo1983-10-1060m
Boone and Rome discover an orphaned girl living in a burned-out cabin. Boone and Rome meet Banjo, a wild orphan with a talent for the instrument she's named after, and bring her to the Sawyer's home to stay, but Boone is not prepared for the jealousy his sister, Squirt, exhibits toward the newcomer. |
- S01E04The Trial1983-10-1760m
Boone is injured in an explosion at the airport, but his music takes on a new dimension when he develops a friendship with singer Lucky Parsons.
- S01E05Second Fiddle1983-10-2460m
Boone and Rome's friendship is tested when they meet a beautiful 17-year-old bonde girl.
- S01E06The Decision1983-10-3160m
Boone confronts his parents with his decision to make music his career, with or without their support. Mr. Johnson dies and leaves his guitar to Boone. At the funeral Boone's parents announce they will support him in any career he chooses.
- S01E07The Graduation1983-11-1460m
- S01E08Chance of a Lifetime1983-11-2160m
- S01E09The Auction1983-12-0560m
- S01E10Words and Music1983-12-1260m
Boone and Rome help thwart a crooked record producer.
- S01E11Hard to Get1984-07-2860m
Boone gets involved with a woman who has a five-year-old son and runs moonshine for her ex. Boone's parents are arrested and he puts himself in danger to protect the woman and her son.
- S01E12The Front Line1984-08-0460m
Rome gets drafted and Boone enlists so they can be together. Boone fails the physical and is rejected. As Rome prepares to leave he hears the Korean War is over. While he is celebrating his motorcycle falls, crushing his knee and preventing him from going into the army.
- S01E13The Runaway1984-08-1160m
Cousin Geneva leaves her husband and comes to Nashville to get Boone to help her launch a music career. Her first appearance does not go very well, but Boone discovers she has a talent for sewing. Geneva's husband joins her as she begins her new career as a seamstress.
