Chain jQuery promises but also be able to catch errors at any point in chain

Question

I have multiple ajax calls that can fail. I would like to chain them all using something like below, but catch and react to any possible failure. If possible can you include a jsbin. Thanks.

first()
.then(function(){
    return second();
})
.then(function(){
    return third();
})
.fail(function(){
    // this should catch any failures above
    alert(failed)
})

Answer 1

first()
 .then(second)
 .then(function(data)
 {
   third
 })
 .catch(function(error_data){
     //code..
 });