Appalachian Outlaws S01E01-E04 (2013)

Deep in Appalachia, there’s a war brewing over an ancient crop valued at $600 a pound. Supply can’t keep up with demand and it’s causing fierce competition inside and outside the law. This mountain gold is ginseng, and there’s a frenzied race to harvest it during its short two-month season.

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Season 01, Episode 01 – “Dirty Money”
It’s the start of ginseng season in the Appalachian Mountains and every ‘senger from West Virginia to Georgia is looking to get rich off the golden root, but it won’t come easy. If they aren’t running from game wardens or pot farmers, they’re haggling for the better prices from local ginseng kingpin Tony Coffman, who’s controlled the ginseng market for years… until now. Corby “The General” Patton just rolled into town and he wants a piece of the action.

Season 01, Episode 02 – “Ginseng Fever”
Ginseng prices are skyrocketing, and outsiders like Greg Shook are flooding into to West Virginia to cash in, but he quickly learns that locals don’t take kindly to strangers. Meanwhile veteran sengers Ron and Obie have to pull their knives to keep a ruthless senger from pulling immature roots, and landowner Mike Ross resorts to guerilla tactics to keep poachers away from his honey hole. And as Tony Coffman’s new nemesis Corby “The General” Patton continues to poach his clients, Tony finds himself on the verge of failing to fill the first order of his career.

Season 01, Episode 03 – “You Have Been Warned”
After failing to deliver the first order of his career, Tony Coffman doubles down on the biggest order of his career–an unthinkable 500 pounds in only one week, or else. He’s going to need all the help he can get, but his plan goes to hell when Greg Shook gets trapped in one of Mike Ross’s booby traps. And when Corby “The General” Patton poaches Ron and Obie to his team, Tony confronts him with a warning–stay out of his territory, or he’ll bury him. Father-and-son team Joe and Mitch Simpson have something way more lethal than words in store for out-of-state diggers. And with his back against his wall, Tony sends his shop worker Wayne Dancy to buy ginseng off some shady sellers in the most dangerous county in America–”Bloody” Mingo County. He’ll be lucky to get out with the `seng, and his life.

Season 01, Episode 04 – “Tit For Tat”
Tensions in the Appalachian Mountains are about to explode. Greg Shook and his truck get a reminder from the Simpsons, and their guns–outsiders best get out. A deal goes sour for ‘senging buddies Ron and Obie, and they come to blows. Tony’s only hope of filling an order comes from an unlikely ally, and after Mike Ross uses his tomahawk to send a message to the poachers raiding his family’s land–they return with an explosive reply.