North And South (S2, Ep 2) (1986)

S2, Ep 2: After hearing that her mother has been injured during the kidnapping of Madeline (she is unlucky, isn't she?), Brett and her servant Semiramis attempt to make it back home from the North, only for Semiramis to be captured by Union soldiers. Orry also learns of Madeline's capture and sets out to rescue her. Meanwhile he has also learnt that old adversary Bent has been operating an illegal smuggling enterprise and decides to stop his activities, unaware that his sister Ashton is now Bent's lover. And as George is away in the war, brother Stanley and his wife Isabel uses the moment to take control of Hazard Iron industry... S2, Ep 1: America is plunged into civil war, leaving Orry and George on opposite sides in the conflict. Orry becomes a military general to Southern leader Jefferson Davis, while George becomes a military aide to President Abraham Lincoln. Charles Main and Billy Hazard are also called up to fight in the conflict, which leaves Brett very much concerned for her young husband. Virgilia also wants to do her bit to aid the North to win and end slavery in the South, but upon encountering opposition to her working as a nurse she seeks congressman Sam Greene for help. However, some use the war to plot against others. There is a fateful meeting between Ashton Main - now Hooten, due to her marriage to ambitious politician James - and Elkanah Bent, another man with political ambitions and who is determined to get revenge on Orry in any which way he can. And Justin LaMotte is another who sees Orry's departure as an opportunity to reclaim his wife... Starring Patrick Swayze, James Read, Wendy Kilbourne, Philip Casnoff, Kirstie Alley, David Ogden Stires, Terri Garber, Genie Francis, Jean Simmons, David Carradine, Mary Crosby, Parker Stevenson, Hal Holbrook, Lloyd Bridges, Jim Metzler and Kate McNeil among many in a cast too large to mention. Another head transplant that I failed to mention in this 2nd series was that of Mary Crosby (daughter of Bing), who replaces Wendy Fulton as the scheming Isabel Hazard. However, ironically I failed to notice this at first, so it's safe to say that Mary Crosby does a pretty decent job in the role.