Twenty-six participants leave the 21st century to start a 17th century colony in coastal Maine. Set in the year 1628, they will live by the laws of the time while trying to build a prosperous community in Colonial America.
EPISODE 1
Colonial House
Three families and seven individuals attempt to build an authentic working colony in New England, using only 17th-century tools.
EPISODE 2
The cooperative venture gets underway, but the colonists lack motivation; the governor's family receives tragic news.
EPISODE 3
Gov. Wyers returns to take charge of his colony; the colonists struggle to shake their modern sensibilities and adhere to restrictive 17th-century laws.
EPISODE 4
Food rations are cut in half; colonists must work together to build a new house.
EPISODE 5
Lay preacher Don Heinz becomes the new governor of the colony.
EPISODE 6
A cape merchant arrives to check up on the new venture on behalf of the sponsoring company; clamming, fishing and spar production get underway.
