'How the Tess Was Won' Story Code '65004' by Deborah Arakelian

5th August 1956: Sam leaps into ‘Doc’ Daniel Young, a mild-mannered veterinarian working on a ranch in rural Texas. Sam’s task appears to be nursing a sick piglet back to health, but it could also be to win the love of Tess, the headstrong daughter of rancher Chance McGill, or be connected with his young guitar-playing friend, Buddy. Chance wants Tess to marry so that his ranch will be passed on through the family; however, Tess objects to matrimony, and states that she will only wed the man who can beat her in a cowboy contest. When Tess chooses Doc to be her challenger, Sam must prove himself the better cowboy – even if it means clashing with rival suitors and an unridable horse…

Scott Bakula (Doctor Samuel ‘Sam’ Beckett), Dean Stockwell (Rear Admiral Albert ‘Al’ Calavicci), Kari Lizer (Tess McGill), Lance LeGault (Chance McGill), Marshall R. Teague (Wayne), Scott Fults (Teenage Boy [Buddy]), Tommy Bush (Orly), Sloan Fischer (Doc Young / Mirror)

Directed by Ivan Dixon
Producer Harker Wade
Co-Producer Deborah Pratt
Executive Producer Donald P. Bellisario

TX (US): 14th April 1989

Notes:
*Featuring Doctor Samuel ‘Sam’ Beckett and Rear Admiral Albert ‘Al’ Calavicci