Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Inspired by Walter Farley's Best-Selling Novels. First time ever on
DVD and presented in a Limited Edition Embossed 4-Disc Package.
Experience all of the excitement and adventure that Alec and the
Black share, both on and off the track, in this complete first
season containing all twenty-six episodes.
Season
1: 1990-1991
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Title
Director
Writer
Airdate
Production code
1-01
"Where There's a Will"
September 15, 1990
101
Henry has an attack of
angina and plans to quit training.
1-02
"Vigil"
October 20, 1990
102
Napoleon gets kicked by
another horse and suffers from
colic, a potentially lethal condition.
The Black won't allow any into the barn,
except Alec, as he keeps vigil over his
friend.
1-03
"First Among Equals"
September 22, 1990
103
Catherine has to cover come
sexism as she tries to realize her dream of
becoming a jockey.
1-04
"Long Way Home"
September 29, 1990
104
When Belle is blinded by a
chemical substance, Alec leaves the road to
be with her. This leaves Henry to bring the
horses back by trailer, only to have The
Black escape from him.
1-05
"Stowaway"
October 27, 1990
105
A teenage track star stows
away in The Black's trailer after running
away from his demanding father. Henry and
Alec find themselves helping the two
reconcile.
1-06
"A Friend in Need"
December 23, 1990
106
Alec befriends a young man
with
Down Syndrome and fights to overcome a
small town's prejudice.
1-07
"Pony Express Ride"
November 10, 1990
107
Alec and The Black re-create
the last
Pony Express Ride, which turns into a
fight for survival when someone sabotages
the trail and attacks Alec.
1-08
"The Big Fix"
October 13, 1990
108
A competing trainer and his
sister try to fix a race by using a
ultrasonic device to send The Black into
uncontrollable rages.
1-09
"Star Quality"
October 6, 1990
Alec is star-struck when he
and The Black are hired to be in a movie,
not realizing the director's plans will put
their lives at risk. Guest star:
Yvonne De Carlo.
1-10
"King of the Cowboys"
November 3, 1990
110
When Alec and The Black stop
at a
rodeo before a race, a former rodeo
champion wanting to make a comeback is
determined to ride The Black.
1-11
"Killer"
December 30, 1990
111
A
paparazzi
photographer attacked and injured by The
Black gets a
judge to order The Black be destroyed as
a dangerous animal, causing Alec to run away
with him.
1-12
"Sweet Tooth"
December 9, 1990
112
The Black fails his drug test
after a
match race, getting him disqualified
from the race and Henry's license suspended.
Henry and Alec must prove someone else did
it.
1-13
"Last Race"
November 17, 1990
113
Henry's
illiteracy is used against him to get
The Black in a claims race where he must
carry a dangerous amount of extra weight and
the losing horse will be forfeit to the
winner. Guest star:
Abe Vigoda
1-14
"Double Cross"
December 2, 1990
114
A gambler from Henry's past
attempts to blackmail him into fixing one of
The Black's races.
1-15
"Trapped"
December 16, 1990
115
While stopped at an old
friend of Henry's, Alec and a bratty
asthmatic boy get trapped in a grain
silo.
1-16
"Fireworks"
November 25, 1990
116
Henry and Alec spend a
holiday weekend with an old friend of
Henry's and his 15-year-old
alcoholic granddaughter.
1-17
"The Black Pearl"
January 6, 1991
117
A man claiming to be an old
friend of Alec's father kidnaps Alec and The
Black.
1-18
"The Long Run"
January 13, 1991
118
Alec, worried that he might
be getting to big to be a jockey, goes on a
dangerous
crash diet and exercise regimen.
1-19
"Kidnapped"
January 20, 1991
119
Alec, Henry and Catherine
give chase when The Black is stolen and
taken to
France.
1-20
"The Comeback"
January 27, 1991
120
The Black loses his spirit
after he must endure a two week
quarantine in France. (Note: At this
point the show moves to Europe, primarily
France, in part because the group must raise
enough money to pay for The Black's flight
home)
1-21
"The Choice"
March 10, 1991
121
When a friendly race ends in
the painful death of another horse, Alec
wants to stop racing The Black and considers
accepting a scholarship to a French riding
academy.
1-22
"Black at Heart"
February 3, 1991
122
Tabari, the Arabian princess
whose father originally bred The Black,
tries to borrow him for one year in exchange
for proof of his blood lines.
1-23
"Heart of Gold"
February 10, 1991
123
Catherine is swept off her
feet by a charming Frenchman, while the team
prepares for a charity event that culminates
in an
auction for a million dollars worth of
diamonds.
1-24
"The Judge"
February 17, 1991
124
When a friend's horse comes
up lame, Alec and the Black risk their lives
by taking his place in a
steeplechase to save the boy's farm from
bankruptcy.
1-25
"Found Money"
February 24, 1991
125
After Alec finds a cache of
money that was stolen from a bank years ago
by robbers who are still on the loose.
1-26
"The Neuchatel Stallion"
March 3, 1991
126
While visiting a French
château for a match race, Henry encounters a
glowing white stallion. Guest Star:
Bruce Meyer
