Plot Synopsis

THE TALL TALES OF JIM BRIDGER is a half-hour series that's set in the American West in 1822 and follows Jim Bridger, who embarked on history-making escapades as a mountain man, explorer, trapper, and Cavalry Scout. Join Bridger on his later travels as a Bozeman Trail guide to settlers, soldiers, speculators, and other colorful characters, many who had no idea of the dangerous challenges they would face. Bridger shares his wisdom through heart-racing tales of his death-defying adventures on the Western Frontier. Every week brings a new group of travelers and another of Bridger's heroic stories of justice, pivotal life-changing choices, daring escapes, fights waged against all odds, and much more. Episodes include:

"The Prizefighter" (One-hour; Premiere Date: January 11, 2024): When Jim Bridger's second-in-command begins enforcing camp discipline with brutal violence, one trapper pushes back, and a showdown seems inevitable. Can Bridger intervene before the situation turns from mutual hostility into cold-blooded murder?

"They Killed Me" (Premiere Date: January 18, 2024): Frontiersman Jim Bridger spins an incredible tale to a group of settlers, claiming he was once killed by Blackfeet warriors yet somehow lived to tell the tale. They think he's joking, but Bridger soon proves that he really did rise from the dead.

"Fool's Gold" (Premiere Date: January 25, 2024) After discovering a river filled with gold, Jim Bridger and his fellow trappers believe they are near El Dorado, the mythical Spanish city of gold. But their insatiable greed turns friends into enemies and puts Bridger at risk of a gruesome fate.

"A Prince on the Prairie" (Premiere Date: February 1, 2024): While guiding a hunting expedition, Jim Bridger must deal with an arrogant foreign prince who is abusing his servant boy. But the tables soon turn, when it's the prince who needs rescuing, and his only hope is the long-suffering servant boy.

"Brothers in Arms" (Premiere Date: February 8, 2024): When they are ambushed by a Blackfeet war party, Jim Bridger and a lone Shoshone brave must work together to find a way to defeat their common enemy. If they can't overcome their suspicions and learn to trust each other, they may not survive the day.

"The Spirit of Truth" (Premiere Date: February 15, 2024): After his fur trapping expedition is surprised by a Crow war party, legendary mountain man Jim Bridger suddenly finds himself in a desperate struggle to rescue his fellow trappers when one of them goes missing, and another is on the brink of madness.

"Molly's Choice" (Premiere Date: February 22, 2024) A young Jim Bridger helps a Shoshone woman escape the clutches of her abusive husband. As Bridger squares off against the frontier ruffian and his henchmen, he soon realizes that the woman he is helping is none other than the legendary Sacajawea.

"The Snakeroot Cure" (Premiere Date: February 29, 2024): When a young girl is bitten by a rattlesnake, mountain man Jim Bridger finds himself in a race against time to save her arm and keep her alive as he desperately searches the wilderness for a medicinal plant that once saved the life of his friend.

"The Fossil Feud" (Premiere Date: March 7, 2024) When bloodthirsty Canadian trappers try to kill him, mountain man Jim Bridger takes cover in an unexplored valley. There, he runs headlong into a family of escaped slaves who show him the huge footprints and fossilized bones of long-dead monsters.

"A Shard of Glass" (Premiere Date: March 14, 2024) Haunted by the memory of leaving a man to die, mountain man Jim Bridger is determined not to repeat the mistake. When his trapping party runs out of water while crossing a barren desert, Bridger struggles desperately to keep his companions alive.