List of episodes of the series «Blackfly»

  • Seasons count: 2
  • Episodes count: 26
  • Total viewing time: 13 h.
Beaver Fever
Release date: 1/4/2001

Beaver Fever

  • Episode number: 1
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    Beaver is the most sought-after animal in the land, and Blackfly plans to start a beaver farm with Corporal Entwhistle. All seems well when they manage to capture two beaver belonging to the Ojibway nations. When the natives find them missing, they threaten to burn down the fort, but Blackfly and Entwhistle save the day with some quick animal impressions.
The Big Smoke
Release date: 1/11/2001

The Big Smoke

  • Episode number: 2
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    A shortage of tobacco at the fort causes panic. When the voyageurs show up empty-handed, Blackfly and Entwhistle promise to find tobacco for Lady Hammond, who has become seriously addicted. The two men are desperately competing for her attention and travel to the dark side of the American Dream to get it!
Fool's Gold
Release date: 1/18/2001

Fool's Gold

  • Episode number: 3
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    There is a new dilemma at the fort… there is only one outhouse for all the inhabitants! As Blackfly and Entwhistle dig up more holes for the latrines, they find something that sends them both into a greedy frenzy!
The Seven-Year-Itch
Release date: 1/25/2001

The Seven-Year-Itch

  • Episode number: 4
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    The fort is infested by mosquitoes and the residents are willing to try anything to avoid the pests – even MacTavish's "special" repellant. Luckily for the fort, Misty Moon has a recipe for relief, which sends Blackfly on a mission for the main ingredient – albino beaver juice!
In The Rough
Release date: 1/30/2001

In The Rough

  • Episode number: 5
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    Lady Hammond is the self-assigned New World correspondent for the London Social Gazette. Blackfly, MacTavish, Colonel Boyle and even Misty Moon are falling over themselves trying to get their name in ink. MacTavish's bid for fame and fortune is the staging of the First Annual MacTavish Open Golf Classic – extreme golf played in the deep woods. And the winner is the surprise last minute entry – Chief Smack-Your-Face-In.
Short Temperance
Release date: 2/6/2001

Short Temperance

  • Episode number: 6
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    There are two things to do at the fort at night – sleep and drink. Lady Hammond seizes on the notion of exercise and temperance after a night of one-too-many. She uses her charms to cajole the men to take the sobriety pledge and Misty Moon's bar falls empty. But the men have to drink something, so MacTavish and Blackfly turn the trading post into a coffee house. Only Lady Hammond doesn't seem to be suffering through this dry spell. Could it be the ingredients in the special blend of "coffee" that she's been drinking?
Poetry In Motion
Release date: 2/13/2001

Poetry In Motion

  • Episode number: 7
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    When the chips are down, who would you turn to, a pretentious poet with the gift for gab, or The Lord Of The Laundry? A wilderness poet arrives at the fort and Lady Hammond swoons and faints into his arms upon his recitations, only to have her heart wrung out like a dishrag when he takes off. Now that Blackfly realizes the power of words, he gives poetry a go. Lady Hammond faints at his literary efforts, but this time it's because her gown is too tight. Blackfly shrunk it when he was doing her laundry.
Lady and the Tramps
Release date: 2/20/2001

Lady and the Tramps

  • Episode number: 8
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    Blackfly and Corporal Entwhistle venture into the woods to rescue Lady Hammond, the high-society daughter of Colonel Boyle. She was "misplaced" during her voyage to the new colony by French voyageur Ti-Jean. When she is finally found and brought to the fort, the men of the post are smitten and compete for her attention.
Kettles From The Land Of Cool Stuff
Release date: 2/27/2001

Kettles From The Land Of Cool Stuff

  • Episode number: 9
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    A smooth talking huckster from the land of opportunity sets up shop at the fort. How can MacTavish compete with that all-American know-how? Lady Hammond shops until she drops and Blackfly has to bend his gender to save her virtue. Colonel Boyle develops a strange fondness for lilac scented foot powder.
The Wealth of Nations
Release date: 3/6/2001

The Wealth of Nations

  • Episode number: 10
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    Another typical day at Fort Simpson-Eaton...the residents eagerly await for their goods to be brought by the French voyageurs, Entwhistle craves the action of a good battle, and Blackfly decides that he is due for a raise after all his time and hard work. As with most entrepreneurs, MacTavish experiences the pressures of supply and demand and turns Blackfly down – but our hero has his own idea of supply and demand!
Little Drummer Man
Release date: 3/13/2001

Little Drummer Man

  • Episode number: 11
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    Colonel Boyle is still traumatized over his humiliating defeat at The Battle Of The Big Green Hill by The Little Green Hill. The only solution is to rewrite history by re-enacting the critical moment. Blackfly is in a panic. Will Colonel Boyle finally recognize him as the Little Drummer Man who was responsible for the Colonel's darkest hour?
Bad Betty
Release date: 3/20/2001

Bad Betty

  • Episode number: 12
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    As the men of the fort grow desperate for female companionship, a woman arrives to answer their prayers. Her name is Bettina, Sister Bettina, aka Bad Betty. A card shark, she takes her thieving ways through the wilderness dressed up as a nun. Blackfly is tempted by forbidden love. In the end, Bad Betty takes off with MacTavish's strong box, but not without a fond farewell for Blackfly.
The Second Son
Release date: 3/27/2001

The Second Son

  • Episode number: 13
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    Corporal Entwhistle's twin brother, Lord Entwhistle, is coming to the fort. In a mad scramble to impress him, Entwhistle proposes marriage to both Misty Moon and Lady Hammond, only to have his heart broken twice. Blackfly is also out to win Lady Hammond's favour, but even his temporary position as the acting Chief Factor is not enough to turn her head. Lord Entwhistle arrives in a pine box and Corporal Entwhistle is suddenly landed gentry.