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Season: 1
Year: 1995  |  1996  |  unknown

Season 1

"American Gothic" (1995): Season 1: Episode 1 -- The rural community of Trinity, South Carolina, a postcard-pretty enclave of antebellum houses and manicured lawns, is a town tormented and seduced by the ominous presence of one man, Sheriff Lucas Black, in the season premiere of "American Gothic."

Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot

Original Air Date—22 September 1995
In the series opening, we get to know Caleb Temple losing his sister in an unexpected way, and then his father dying in prison being the prime suspect of his daughter's death. Lucas Buck, the all-around town sheriff steps up for Caleb's adoption, while Caleb runs away from his wannabe adopter. A long lost cousin returns to Trinity to help her kin, and the new town doctor starts to discover that the whole town is in a web with the sheriff in the center.
"American Gothic" (1995): Season 1: Episode 2 -- Hiding deep in the woods, Caleb discovers one of Sheriff Buck's enemies dying from Selena's torturous treatment.

Season 1, Episode 2: A Tree Grows in Trinity

Original Air Date—29 September 1995
The local coroner records an autopsy report as ordered. Caleb keeps fleeing from Lucas Buck, and finds out that his father is dead by seeing his grave next to his sister's. His sister's apparitions guide him to an abandoned house with someone tied down. Merlyn guides Caleb into helping that person.
"American Gothic" (1995): Season 1: Episode 3 -- Sheriff Buck will stop at nothing to win custody of Caleb, even if it means destroying Dr. Crower in the process.

Season 1, Episode 3: Eye of the Beholder

Original Air Date—6 October 1995
Lucas Buck pulls strings in order to make sure he adopts Caleb. Caleb meets Loris Holt, a lady who seems to have a knowledge of the occult. The local judge gets to decide who will adopt Caleb.
"American Gothic" (1995): Season 1: Episode 4 -- Carter Bowen pays a heavy price when he refuses to return a favor requested by Sheriff Buck.

Season 1, Episode 4: Damned If You Don't

Original Air Date—10 October 1995
Carter got away with molesting a girl, via Sheriff Buck's influence, but 17 years later, stalls about providing his own 15 year-old daughter as the Sheriff's go-fer. When junkyard owner Carter doesn't meet Buck's midnight deadline, immediately Carter's wife is maimed in a household accident. Buck offers to buy the orphaned Caleb an elaborate science project, while Caleb's dead sister & Dr. Crower counsel him to focus on learning, not cheating to win.
"American Gothic" (1995): Season 1: Episode 5 -- When Gail discovers that Sheriff Buck was involved with her childhood friend just before the woman's death, she comes very close to reliving the tragedy herself.

Season 1, Episode 5: Dead to the World

Original Air Date—13 October 1995
"American Gothic" (1995): Season 1: Episode 6 -- Lucas gets upset when Selena reaches out to Caleb.

Season 1, Episode 6: Potato Boy

Original Air Date—6 February 1996
"American Gothic" (1995): Season 1: Episode 7 -- Sheriff Buck is implicated when the skeletons of two Trinity citizens are found at the old Temple farmhouse which is now his property.

Season 1, Episode 7: Meet the Beetles

Original Air Date—20 October 1995
"American Gothic" (1995): Season 1: Episode 8 -- Sheriff Buck is involved in a murderous shakedown with four killers who terrorize Trinity's business community.

Season 1, Episode 8: Strong Arm of the Law

Original Air Date—3 November 1995
"American Gothic" (1995): Season 1: Episode 9 -- When Dr. Matt treats victims of a drunk driving accident, he is troubled by strange memories of his wife and daughter.

Season 1, Episode 9: To Hell and Back

Original Air Date—3 July 1996
"American Gothic" (1995): Season 1: Episode 10 -- Caleb's dreams become a living nightmare when the strange man in his dreams turns out to be Ben's brother.

Season 1, Episode 10: The Beast Within

Original Air Date—3 July 1996
"American Gothic" (1995): Season 1: Episode 11 -- Merlyn experiences her first date and kiss.

Season 1, Episode 11: Rebirth

Original Air Date—3 January 1996
"American Gothic" (1995): Season 1: Episode 12 -- Gail is determined to learn more about her past and reluctantly enlists the help of Lucas.

Season 1, Episode 12: Ring of Fire

Original Air Date—????
"American Gothic" (1995): Season 1: Episode 13 -- A radio show host vows to bring Lucas down.

Season 1, Episode 13: Resurrector

Original Air Date—10 January 1996
"American Gothic" (1995): Season 1: Episode 14 -- A series of inexplicable phenomena set the stage for a climactic showdown between Lucas and Merlyn, with the soul of Lucas' son, Caleb, at stake.

Season 1, Episode 14: Inhumanitas

Original Air Date—17 January 1996
"American Gothic" (1995): Season 1: Episode 15 -- A plague of blood descends upon Trinity.

Season 1, Episode 15: The Plague Sower

Original Air Date—24 January 1996
"American Gothic" (1995): Season 1: Episode 16 -- Lucas' mother is admitted to the hospital and tries to convince Dr. Matt to kill Lucas.

Season 1, Episode 16: Dr. Death Takes a Holiday

Original Air Date—31 January 1996
"American Gothic" (1995): Season 1: Episode 17 -- Lucas empowers Caleb when the boy's life is endangered.

Season 1, Episode 17: Learning to Crawl

Original Air Date—4 July 1996
"American Gothic" (1995): Season 1: Episode 18 -- Ben is on a date with a woman who he assumes is Cindy. His date turns out to be an incarnation of Merlyn who has now decided to haunt Ben.

Season 1, Episode 18: Echo of Your Last Goodbye

Original Air Date—????
"American Gothic" (1995): Season 1: Episode 19 -- Gail decides that she has had enough of Lucas and Trinity, and announces that she will be leaving, taking Caleb with her.

Season 1, Episode 19: Triangle

Original Air Date—10 July 1996
"American Gothic" (1995): Season 1: Episode 20 -- Lucas Buck decides that he must fight a ghost (Merlyn) with a ghost.

Season 1, Episode 20: Strangler

Original Air Date—????
"American Gothic" (1995): Season 1: Episode 21 -- Lucas has promised Yancy, the hospital pharmacist, that he will help his wife who has been in a coma for two years in exchange for some hospital files.

Season 1, Episode 21: The Buck Stops Here

Original Air Date—10 July 1996
"American Gothic" (1995): Season 1: Episode 22 -- Lucas is buried while Caleb, Gail, Ben, and Selena are at the gravesite.

Season 1, Episode 22: Requiem

Original Air Date—11 July 1996

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