| The Lazarus Man | |
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| Format | Western |
| Created by | Dick Beebe |
| Starring | Robert Urich |
| Theme music composer | John Debney |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 22 (20 aired, 2 unaired) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 42 minutes approx. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS, TNT |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original run | January 20, 1996 – November 9, 1996 |
The Lazarus Man was a Western television series produced by Castle Rock Entertainment which first aired on January 20, 1996, and ended on November 9, 1996.
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Starring Robert Urich as the title character, The Lazarus Man debuted on Turner Network Television and ran for 22 episodes before being cancelled due to Urich's being diagnosed with synovial cell sarcoma.
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Something has happened to me which I do not understand. |
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The setting for the series is Texas following the American Civil War. An amnesiac claws his way out of a shallow grave wearing a Confederate uniform and carrying a U.S. Army revolver. He is haunted by the memory of being attacked by a man wearing a derby. Calling himself Lazarus after the man resurrected by Jesus (John 11:41-44), he sets out to discover his true identity and the reason why he was buried alive.
Near the end of the series, Lazarus is revealed to be James Cathcart, a captain in the US Army and a member of President Abraham Lincoln's personal bodyguard detail. The memory that plagues him is from the night of April 14, 1865, when Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theatre. Cathcart, realizing that the President was in danger, ran to stop the assassin, but was attacked by his superior, the treasonous Major Talley, who wanted to see Lincoln dead.
| Year | Episode Title | Aired | Plot |
| 1996 | 1. "Awakening" (Part 1) | January 20, 1996 | After awaking in a grave with no memory, Lazarus tries to piece his life together. |
| 1996 | 2. "Awakening" (Part 2) | January 27, 1996 | After awaking in a grave with no memory, Lazarus tries to piece his life together. |
| 1996 | 3. "The Palace of Dreams" | February 3, 1996 | Lazarus meets an eccentric card shark (Carl Lumbly) with a mysterious grudge. |
| 1996 | 4. "Purgatory" | February 10, 1996 | Lazarus recognizes a Confederate veteran (Stephen McHattie) once under his command. |
| 1996 | 5. "The Conspirator" | February 17, 1996 | A Federal agent (Tom Mason) with a vendetta against Lazarus has him arrested and sentenced to death. |
| 1996 | 6. "The Boy General" | February 24, 1996 | Custer (Maxwell Caulfield) hires Lazarus to sniff out threats against him from his troops. |
| 1996 | 7. "The Cattle Drive" | March 2, 1996 | Lazarus must fend off enemies who emerge from the hazy past. |
| 1996 | 8. "Panorama" | March 9, 1996 | Gunslingers line up to challenge "the man who can't be killed". |
| 1996 | 9. "The Wallpaper Prison" | March 16, 1996 | Lazarus finds a kindred spirit in a forlorn prostitute (Kate Hodge). |
| 1996 | 10. "The Catamount" | March 30, 1996 | A malicious cavalry officer (Nicolas Surovy) plans to mete out "justice". |
| 1996 | 11. "Among The Dead" | April 20, 1996 | Lazarus takes refuge in an eerily quiet town with a troubled woman (Jennifer Nash). |
| 1996 | 12. "The Journal" | April 27, 1996 | A prospector is murdered after striking it rich, and Lazarus runs into a coverup. |
| 1996 | 13. "Jehovah and Son, Inc." | May 4, 1996 | An unbalanced man (Armin Shimerman) shoots a senator with Lazarus's gun. |
| 1996 | 14. "The Rescue" | May 11, 1996 | A Comanche battles the militia over a white woman (Kellie Overbey), raised by his tribe. |
| 1996 | 15. "Killer" | May 18, 1996 | Lazarus takes a liking to a fellow Civil War vet-turned-bounty hunter, and becomes his partner. |
| 1996 | 16. "The Hold-Up" | October 12, 1996 | When the mining-company payroll is taken during a stagecoach robbery, Lazarus is blamed. |
| 1996 | 17. "The Penance" | October 19, 1996 | Lazarus tries to protect a pacifist sect of farmers from the wrath of cattlemen. |
| 1996 | 18. "The Sheriff" | October 26, 1996 | A young gunslinger returns to punish his hometown. |
| 1996 | 19. "Shadow" | November 2, 1996 | Lazarus reunites with his long-lost wife. |
| 1996 | 20. "Quality of the Enemy" | November 9, 1996 | A cynical bounty hunter, contemptuous of the human race befriends Lazarus. |
| 1996 | 21. Unentitled Episode | Unaired | After undergoing hypnosis, Lazarus remembers that he used to be Army Intelligence officer. |
| 1996 | 22. Unentitled Episode | Unaired | The Major sets a trap using Lazarus' wife as bait. |