North and South Newlywed Ambush

[@BatmanFanGirl]

Patrick Swayze certainly learned how to hop around on one leg! LOL

[@johngoodson680]

Charles was an amazing character and the relationship between him and Billy was great. Just wish they reunited after Book 2.

[@caras2004]

One became The Heavenly Kid and the other one had a science project

[@sundarpichai940]

No one even mentioned the Swayze's great move at 1:32! I wonder how much practice that took to master the one-legged stair hop.

[@haroldrupert4957]

Wonderful duel . Thanks for sharing the video tribute ❤.

[@ClearYourMindTravel]

Apparently they forgot Charles is a Main.

[@galoon]

"And you sir, you must be the groom." What a brilliant deduction on Forbes's part! You may remember him as Buddy Repperton in the Stephen King movie "Christine." The guy playing Billy was in that movie, too.

[@ClearYourMindTravel]

I thought they looked familiar.

[@coryferguson8234]

Yep I noticed that too

[@janellirving4625]

Good aim, Homer!

[@mistofoles]

The guy playing Billy also played "Cougar" in TOP GUN.

[@antoniaadderly9160]

That's why he couldn't reprise his roll, in the rest of the episodes. He was filming Top Gun.

[@mistofoles]

@@antoniaadderly9160 Yeah, but he was only in TG for 10 minutes !

[@karolinakunz9899]

@@mistofoles Yeah, and he had to be saved again ! 😄

[@johnkennethwiseman5460]

Billy played Dennis, and Forbes played Buddy in Christine

[@karolinakunz9899]

The "duel" and the subsequent battle between Billy and La Motte is my favorite sequence throughout the film, and the most I enjoy is when Billy, unaware of anything, helps her humiliate Homer, and then, after the fight, Charles and Brett help get up tired Billy in front of Homer. This is a very strong scene

[@johnkennethwiseman5460]

Dennis and Buddy battling once again

[@karolinakunz9899]

Yes. It's a pity, that he didn't play Billy in books two and three. I liked John Stockwell in that role. He was able to show emotions well, such as fear and anger, which are clearly visible in this scene. And that was missing from Parker Stevenson at times.

[@coryferguson8234]

Buddy Repperton had a score to settle with Dennis Guilder after he dared to stick up for Arnold and getting burned to a crisp by Arnies car

[@FightingRimbaud]

Billy no! It’s what they came fawh!

[@gawainethefirst]

That wasn’t a duel. In a true duel, both parties act with honor, and there is neutral party present to ensure fairness.

[@kchishol1970]

True, this was an attempted murder disguised as a duel with serious cheating.

[@jason60chev]

Per my 1858 copy of Code Duello, should a principal cheat, the second can kill him, on the spot.

[@jasonraczkowski6001]

charles main saves the day. and billy was a tough fighter.

[@karolinakunz9899]

7:47 Pooring me :'(

[@PODSMPSG1]

Billy is trained.

[@jasonraczkowski6001]

@@PODSMPSG1 yup west point trained

[@malcolml309]

As well he should've been; Billy, did graduate from West Point.

[@karolinakunz9899]

I always wondered if anyone's attention was drawn to such a sweaty and dusty traveler with a bloody saber at his side?

[@mskatonic1]

Gawd, William Ostrander was a damn stud. So hot!

[@bprest1]

I like Ashon. :) I think you have to have the villains to keep things interesting. Had Ashton been just like Brett, it would've been super boring.

[@michaelharrington75]

Ashton was no villain. She just hated Yankees! Just as Virgilia hated southerners.

[@johnjacobs7928]

@@michaelharrington75 Virgilia believed that ALL human beings were equal and deserved to be free!!! Evil Ashton DIDN'T believe that BLACK PEOPLE deserved to be free, AND she did some DESPICABLE, WICKED things to several people!!!!! SO YES, Ashton WAS INDEED A VILLIAN!!!!!!!!!!!😒 😑 🙄

[@michaelharrington75]

@@johnjacobs7928 I'm not sure why I even said that? Ashton didn't even care about her own family! She was selfish, and only cared about money and power. By the end of book two I had grown to like Virgilia. But, Ashton did hate Yankees, and Virgilia hated the southern way of life.

[@Bernie8330]

@@michaelharrington75 They were both vile.

[@BatmanFanGirl]

@prettynyrican I SOOOO agree with this. I can't tell you how many times when the woman are like "OMG!" that I'm thinking "DO SOMETHING!!"

[@blpalv15]

Well, she does get tougher. She kills Salem Jones

[@davevelez4283]

Like how Charles was involved in 2 knife fights & won both. This one with Preston and in Book II against Wayne Newton's Character. Libby Prison Captain Turner. John Stockwell had a small role in "Top Gun" he portrayed Cougar the pilot who froze and Maverick replaced. An earlier comment didn't realize Forbes portrayed Buddy in Christine.

[@outdoorlife5396]

If I was Billy, I would pulled my pistol when they were riding up. If kept running his mouth, it would the last time.

[@Takwakin40]

LOL this show was crazy as hell. Made for amusing T.V. back in the day.

[@robertsilva8097]

God bless South Carolina God bless the Confederate States of America God bless California Republic God bless the plantation Mont Royal

[@ravbindra917]

Shut up loser

[@SaraMKay]

EPIC

[@BoraBoraSharkBoy]

Homer wasn't Forbes' slave. He had no business to command and assault him.

[@kchishol1970]

He's an arrogant thug who figured he could have killed Homer as he pleased in isolation.

[@agerard6297]

In the novel, Preston kills Homer for interference.

[@damianthorne6968]

I guess he was the only one Justin had feelings for.

[@robertisham5279]

Aside from his brother Francis who's Forbes's father

[@malcolml309]

The ONLY people whom Justin would've had any kind of feelings for, would've been LaMottes. You have to remember, that the first LaMotte, had settled in what became South Carolina, a year before the first Main had done so. And that as a result, Justin (like all LaMottes), felt that this had given him a patent of nobility; it made him quite an arrogant ass.

[@missytanner3501]

​@@malcolml309 Was it covered in the books only?

[@jason60chev]

It's been 30 years since I read the books. Where the hell did Forbes come from? He just pops up, from no where, to be the "son" that Justin wanted. Kinda how Charles just showed up. We know a little about him, but not the full circumstances as to why he's there.

[@chrishodge9437]

Forbes got killed over ashlyns "drawls"and pride! A lesson many men learn the hard way! Well I guess he won't be telling anyone else to get some cornbread!

[@robertsilva8097]

They've had so many actors playing William Hazzard AKA Billy and then for the Sisters of Ori Main in book 1 the sisters change total of 5 times the last time was when they were in there late teens early twenties but each ranging from 7 to 13 they changed four times the great miniseries

[@astinbudakov7867]

Never knew revolvers shot musket balls🤔

[@jason60chev]

Not musket balls. Percussion revolvers (in this case, a Navy sized .375 diameter, could fire a Round ball or a conical bullet. The bullet molds than usually came with the cased sets, were cut to cast both types of projectiles.

[@88_garnet8]

Forbes dolling out those insults like a robot, he even said it with no emotion; making obvious to Billy, that he just wants them to have a legal duel; and if the pistols are messed with, no one can determine that after the fact, so the conspirators don't have to worry about that then.

[@galoon]

Yes, no one carried duelling pistols around with them normally! Plus, duels strictly adhered to specific customs. They were arranged beforehand, with the challenger selecting the time and place and the person being challenged (Billy, in this case) having the choice of weapons. There was no such thing as a "spur of the moment" duel like you see here!

[@PODSMPSG1]

if the person being challenged refused, that's cowardice.

[@malcolml309]

Well, to be fair, this "duel," was ginned up by Forbes and Ashton, as a convenient means of murdering Billy.

[@galoon]

@@malcolml309 Right! And Billy, like any other male in the mid-19th century, would immediately have suspected foul play for three reasons: 1)Forbes just happens to have a pair of dueling pistols with him. 2)As the party being challenged to the duel, Billy is NOT being given the choice of weapons (usually either pistols or sabers). Major breach of protocol here. 3)Billy has not been challenged by Forbes days in advance--another major breach of the Code Duello--the rules for dueling. Billy therefore has had no time to choose the man who will serve as his second. The film's screenwriters and producers didn't take the time to research this...

[@kchishol1970]

@@PODSMPSG1 There were American people who disagreed: George Washington encouraged his officers under his command to refuse duel challenges.

[@kchishol1970]

@@galoon Or the villains were simply dumb and/or arrogant enough to think they could endure any suspicion about dueling a Yankee just before the American Civil War.

[@rossdawgsbrokenspirit9038]

We have degraded from this to the sitcom 'Friends' daring to having an all white cast!!!

[@naturalmystic33]

@prettynyrican hahahahaha... a sleeper hold. you must be a Diva ;)

[@simonesmith2049]

Like💍💎💨

[@thedukeofswellington1827]

You can duel with swords too.dummy...can sabotage your own sword

[@robertsilva8097]

They've had so many actors playing William Hazzard AKA Billy and then for the Sisters of Ori Main in book 1 the sisters change total of 5 times the last time was when they were in there late teens early twenties but each ranging from 7 to 13 they changed four times the great miniseries