2 Season
35 Episode
Father Murphy - Season 1 Episode 16 The Heir Apparent
A wealthy widow with a railroad fortune comes to Gold Hill hoping to adopt a son to take over the family business. She's very taken with Will, who would rather stay with Murphy, but Murphy is torn between his love for the boy and the advantages of his adoption. The widow finally sees that the bond between Murphy and the boy is something she doesn't want to destroy and she withdraws her adoption bid in a complicated and interesting way.
- Year: 1983
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Western, Drama
- Studio: NBC
- Keyword: orphan, period drama, 19th century
- Director: Michael Landon
- Cast: Merlin Olsen, Moses Gunn, Kellie Martin, Amanda Peterson, Timothy Gibbs, Lisa Trusel