The Hobo interrupts a pair of cattle thieves, but the crime is revealed to run much deeper: insurance fraud.

The Hobo interrupts a pair of cattle thieves, but the crime is revealed to run much deeper: insurance fraud.

A teen runs away from a detention centre and into the purview of a police officer and the Hobo.

A teen runs away from a detention centre and into the purview of a police officer and the Hobo.

The Hobo guides a very pregnant woman through the wilderness, seeking medical attention.

The Hobo guides a very pregnant woman through the wilderness, seeking medical attention.

Hobo participates in a wealthy widow's ruse designed to straighten out her greedy heirs.

Hobo participates in a wealthy widow's ruse designed to straighten out her greedy heirs.

Hobo comes across a summer camp where he reunites with two boys whose lives he'd saved in previous episodes. An antagonistic and divisive counsellor uses their jealousy over the dog to set them against each other.

Hobo comes across a summer camp where he reunites with two boys whose lives he'd saved in previous episodes. An antagonistic and divisive counsellor uses their jealousy over the dog to set them against each other.

Two brothers enter a bicycle race to win prize money to buy their mother a birthday present. One boy is willing to do anything to win and the Hobo moves to level the playing field.

Two brothers enter a bicycle race to win prize money to buy their mother a birthday present. One boy is willing to do anything to win and the Hobo moves to level the playing field.

A seismologist takes his family along on a field assignment, where they are threatened by impending earthquakes of which only the Hobo appears to be fully aware.

A seismologist takes his family along on a field assignment, where they are threatened by impending earthquakes of which only the Hobo appears to be fully aware.

The quakes continue to imperil the now separated members of the family and an armed poacher who prefers his privacy only adds to the danger.

The quakes continue to imperil the now separated members of the family and an armed poacher who prefers his privacy only adds to the danger.

The biggest quake of them all strikes and causes a cave-in, trapping Marti with the poacher.

The biggest quake of them all strikes and causes a cave-in, trapping Marti with the poacher.

A rabid raccoon is on the loose and the Hobo tries to keep track of it while attracting the attention of nearby humans.

A rabid raccoon is on the loose and the Hobo tries to keep track of it while attracting the attention of nearby humans.

The Hobo discovers two stagehands using a movie production set to cover their smuggling operation and helps an undercover policeman posing as an actor solve the crime.

The Hobo discovers two stagehands using a movie production set to cover their smuggling operation and helps an undercover policeman posing as an actor solve the crime.

Following a chemical spill a nearby town is evacuated. A baby boy is left behind so the Hobo evacuates him.

Following a chemical spill a nearby town is evacuated. A baby boy is left behind so the Hobo evacuates him.

The Hobo discovers that a supposedly rich widow is really broke and matches her with a love-interest who thinks she is unattainable.

The Hobo discovers that a supposedly rich widow is really broke and matches her with a love-interest who thinks she is unattainable.

The twin of a corrupt mayor wanders into town and is frequently mistaken for his brother by the media and an equally unscrupulous mayoral candidate.

The twin of a corrupt mayor wanders into town and is frequently mistaken for his brother by the media and an equally unscrupulous mayoral candidate.

An immigrant the Hobo previously met, now works as a retail clerk and wins the lottery, which attracts the attention of two lowlifes who are willing to resort to kidnapping to get it.

An immigrant the Hobo previously met, now works as a retail clerk and wins the lottery, which attracts the attention of two lowlifes who are willing to resort to kidnapping to get it.

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A boy with a leg injury has his heart set on buying a pure-bred dog, but needs to raise the money fast, so the Hobo helps him with a dog-sitting service.

A boy with a leg injury has his heart set on buying a pure-bred dog, but needs to raise the money fast, so the Hobo helps him with a dog-sitting service.

London is an extremely intelligent, wandering German shepherd who walks into a different place in each episode of this long-running television series, and comes upon people down on their luck or in trouble. London always befriends and helps the struggling person or persons. Then, when his job is done at episode's end, London declines to be the pet of the people he has helped and departs to continue his cross-country drifting. Written by Kevin McCorry mmccorry@nb.sympatico.ca