The Onedin Line · SEASON 6
Collision Course
Episode 2 · 1978-07-23

- Drama
Episode overview
William takes a Frazer ship out in fog and gets it in a collision with one of the Onedin ships. It is arranged that the elderly, weak Captain Oliphant should be held responsible. Oliphant later kills himself and William is filled with remorse. Elizabeth is relieved to see that he possesses some humanity. However he is seeing Charlotte, supposedly the fiancée of a dissatisfied Samuel, who wants a more active life than working in the family shop. At dinner Samuel's father Robert chokes on a bone and dies.
50 minutes
Season 6 episodes
1. No Smoke Without Fire1978-07-16
2. Collision Course1978-07-23
3. Double Dealers1978-07-30
4. Stand by to Go About1978-08-06
5. The Upright Man1978-08-13
6. The Reverend’s Daughter1978-08-20
7. Highly Explosive1978-08-27
8. A Sea of Troubles1978-09-03
9. Men of Honour1978-09-10
10. The Fortune Hunters1978-09-17