Nearing the end of its brief run, "The Assassins" was a two part storyline credited to Chuck Connors himself, and scripted by Jameson Brewer, who would also write "Terror in the Wax Museum" and "Arnold," a pair of 1973 features made by BRANDED producer Andrew J. Fenady. John Carradine makes his third appearance as General Joshua McCord, Jason's stalwart grandfather (previously seen in the first two chapters of "The Mission"), while William Bryant returns one last time in his recurring role as President Ulysses S. Grant, a role he first played on the Nick Adams series THE REBEL. Jason is summoned to Washington by an urgent message reporting his grandfather's illness, but it's a ruse set up by the worried Grant, who fears that an assassination attempt will soon be made against him. It might be James Swaney (Jim Davis), leading a survey party searching for gold in the Black Hills, whom Jason meets at a gathering of the President's enemies (one of whom is Tennessee Senator Andrew Johnson, the former President). Jason's first stop is at the home of his old flame Laurette (Kamala Devi, also seen previously in "The Mission"), now married to Senator Keith Ashley (Peter Graves), welcoming two siblings from Cuba, awaiting President Grant's promised support in its battle for freedom from Spain. Part 1 concludes with a surprise attack that leaves the President's driver dead, and a vital clue left behind.
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