History Series / HereComeTheBrides

''Here Come the Brides'' is an American {{Western}} that aired for two seasons on Creator/{{ABC}} from 1968 to 1970.

In the small frontier town of UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}, lonely lumberjacks threaten to leave the area due to the lack of women. To save his business, logging company boss Jason Bolt (Robert Brown) promises to bring 100 marriageable women to the town and get them to stay for a year. Sawmill owner Aaron Stempel (Mark Lenard) pays for the women's journey as a wager - if the women leave Seattle within the year, Stempel wins Bridal Veil Mountain, home of the Bolt logging company. Jason and his brothers Joshua (Creator/DavidSoul) and Jeremy (Creator/BobbySherman) recruit the women from Massachusetts and work to keep them in Seattle, despite Stempel's efforts to sabotage the deal.

[[caption-width-right:284:Clockwise from top [[note]]David Soul as Joshua Bolt, Robert Brown as Jason Bolt, Bobby Sherman as Jeremy Bolt, and Bridget Hanley as Candy Pruitt.[[/note]]]]

* CuffsOffRubWrists:
** In "The Crimpers," Jason rubs his wrists after the kidnappers untie him.
** Jeremy does it in "Hosanna's Way" after he spends a short time in jail.

* YouGotSpunk: In "Candy and the Kid," Candy is kidnapped by an outlaw who wants to [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe marry her]]. When Candy tells him, "Richard, we're not married. And we never will be. So you just stop talking nonsense," he says, "You know, you're feisty. I like that in a woman. To a point."

* CourtroomAntic: In "Loggerheads," Jason, [[AFoolForAClient representing himself]] against Aaron Stempel, stalls for time by reading from a book of poetry. Judge Weems allows it as long as he sticks to American poetry, but finally tells him to stop when he tries to read from ''Theatre/RichardII''.

* ThemeTuneCameo: A band plays the theme song, "Seattle," in the pilot and later in "The Stand-Off."

In the small frontier town of UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}, lonely lumberjacks threaten to leave the area due to the lack of women. To save his business, logging company boss Jason Bolt (Robert Brown) promises to bring 100 marriageable women to the town and get them to stay for a year. Sawmill owner Aaron Stempel (Mark Lenard) pays for the women's journey as a wager - if the women leave Seattle within the year, Stempel wins Bridal Veil Mountain, home of the Bolt logging company. Jason and his brothers Joshua (David Soul) and Jeremy (Creator/BobbySherman) recruit the women from Massachusetts and work to keep them in Seattle, despite Stempel's efforts to sabotage the deal.

* WeddingDay:
** Ethan and Betty try to get married in "Letter of the Law," but their marriage is interrupted by the overly-strict new sheriff, who arrests Ethan for theft committed years ago.
** Big Swede and Essie get married in "Lovers and Wanderers."
** Sully and Rachel have a Jewish wedding in "A Jew Named Sullivan." Clancey can't pronounce Hebrew, so he just gives a summary of what he's supposed to say in English.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: In "A Man's Errand," Candy is crying over Jason's controlling behavior. Ward, a new man in town, leans to wipe the tears from her face. Jeremy wanders into the area, and from his angle, it looks like they're kissing.

* CuffsOffRubWrists: In "The Crimpers," Jason rubs his wrists after the kidnappers untie him.

* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: In "The Soldier," Jeremy tracks down Sergeant Todd to try to make amends for the death of the bear that used to be the regimental mascot. Todd holds him at gunpoint, shackles his ankles, gives him a five-minute head start, and then tracks him down, planning to shoot him the same way Jeremy shot his bear.

* ReplacementGoldfish: In "The Soldier," Jeremy buys a baby bear for Sergeant Todd to replace the bear he killed.

* DramaticSlip: In "A Crying Need," Jeremy clears a log jam with dynamite, but trips as he's running away. He makes it far enough that he only gets a concussion.

* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: In "The Soldier," Jeremy tracks down Sergeant Todd to try to make amends for the death of the regimental bear. Todd holds him at gunpoint, shackles his ankles, gives him a five-minute head start, and then tracks him down, planning to shoot him the same way Jeremy shot his bear.