Bonanza (1959)
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
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5x01 She Walks in Beauty
22 September, 1963 8:00 am
Hoss wants to marry mysterious Regan Miller, a woman with less than a pristine past. When he thinks Adam is trying to steal her away, he loses control and beats Adam up.
5x02 A Passion for Justice
29 September, 1963 8:00 am
Renowned English novelist Charles Dickens comes to Virginia City. In short order, he is accused of a crime he didn't commit. The problem then becomes how to convince the stubborn author to defend himself.
5x03 Rain from Heaven
06 October, 1963 8:00 am
A destitute rainmaker and his family arrive in drought-stricken Virginia City. While Ben tries to help him make rain, Hoss tends to the man's seriously ill little girl.
5x04 Twilight Town
13 October, 1963 8:00 am
Joe is bushwhacked in the desert and awakens to find himself in Martinville, a town that may or may not be populated by ghosts. An errie, surrealistic and well-produced episode.
5x05 The Toy Soldier
20 October, 1963 8:00 am
Adam encounters drunken artist James Callan, branded a "squaw man" because he is married to an Indian, and whose talent is going to waste in the town of Sheep Head.
5x06 A Question of Strength
27 October, 1963 7:00 am
Hoss and a pair of nuns, the younger one having a difficult time training for the order, are robbed and stranded at a way station.
5x07 Calamity Over the Comstock
03 November, 1963 8:00 am
Joe has a run-in with Calamity Jane, and takes her home with him after promising her dying father to take care of her. At first the Cartwrights (besides Joe) think "Cal" is a boy, but they soon find out differently. Cal begins to fall in love with Joe, but Joe finds her attentions unwanted...especially when Cal's boyfriend, Doc Holliday, has it in for Joe.
5x08 Journey Remembered
10 November, 1963 8:00 am
Ben finds an old journal that he kept while in a wagon train travelling from St. Joseph, Missouri to Ash Hollow. As he is reading it Ben remembers the journey he undertook with his wife Inger and a young Adam. During the trip Hoss is born and they have trouble with some Indians.
5x09 The Quality of Mercy
17 November, 1963 8:00 am
Joe struggles to understand whether his friend was right in killing a dying man who pleaded to put out of his misery.
5x10 The Waiting Game
08 December, 1963 8:00 am
Adam becomes involved with the recently widowed Laura Dayton and her little girl, Peggy.
5x11 The Legacy
15 December, 1963 8:00 am
Adam, Hoss and Joe mistakenly believe their father was murdered. They split into 3 different directions to confront the supposed killers. In his heart, Ben knows his sons will not act outside the law; but he is not 100% sure that Joe will behave correctly.
5x12 Hoss and the Leprechauns
22 December, 1963 8:00 am
In what is arguably the best comedy of the series, Hoss swears he has seen green elves running around the Ponderosa and a smooth-talking Irishman complicates matters even worse.
5x13 The Prime of Life
29 December, 1963 8:00 am
Ben becomes irritable and reckless when the completion of an important timber contract is hindered by an old rival.
5x14 The Lila Conrad Story
05 January, 1964 8:00 am
Joe and Adam protect a saloon girl, who has killed in self-defense, from an angry lynch mob. The accompanying Judge, along with his wife, takes a liking to Lila, and before it is all over, he and Lila discover much more about themselves.
5x15 Ponderosa Matador
12 January, 1964 8:00 am
Adam, Hoss, and Joe vie for the attention of a pretty young lady named Dolores. Hoss talks Joe into entering a bull fight, but it doesn't work out quite as planned.
5x16 My Son, My Son
19 January, 1964 8:00 am
Ben's plans to marry Katherine Saunders are upset when her son Eden is accused of killing his former girlfriend.
5x17 Alias Joe Cartwright
26 January, 1964 8:00 am
A man who looks similar to Joe uses Joe's name and gets Joe in the position of facing the firing squad.
5x18 The Gentleman from New Orleans
02 February, 1964 8:00 am
The new stranger in town claims to be the famous pirate Jean Lafitte, and Hoss believes him.
5x19 The Cheating Game
09 February, 1964 8:00 am
In this sequel to "The Waiting Game", Laura resents Adam's advice on how she ought to be running her ranch. A newcomer, Ward Bannister, comes to her aid, but is actually part of a scheme to steal her ranch.
5x20 Bullet for a Bride
16 February, 1964 8:00 am
While out hunting for a mountain lion, Joe accidently shots Tessa Caldwell causing her to go blind. As a result of his guilt, Joe ends up proposing to the girl. However, other circumstances arise that cause Tessa to make a rash decision - one that both her and Joe may regret in the future.
5x21 King of the Mountain
23 February, 1964 8:00 am
When mountain man Jim Leyton decides to marry, he chooses Hoss as his best man. Julie's father, Grizzly, does not agree and Hoss must come to the rescue.
5x22 Love Me Not
01 March, 1964 8:00 am
While talking with an Indian, Ben is given an unexpected present...a woman. She is a young white woman named Joan who has lived with the Indians since she was a little girl. Through a humorous learning experience, Ben tries to teach Joan how to behave like a white woman. In the process, Ben finds himself in an awkward situation.
5x23 The Pure Truth
08 March, 1964 8:00 am
Hoss is suffering from spring fever, goes to the wrong town and is accused of bank robbery.
5x24 No Less a Man
15 March, 1964 8:00 am
The town council feels Roy Coffee can no longer do his job, and with the notorious Wagner gang on their way to rob the bank, everyone is in a panic. Ben and Adam disagree with the town council and do what they can to help Roy out.
5x25 Return to Honor
22 March, 1964 9:00 am
Ben must travel to pay his respects after he learns of the death of his nephew Will. When he visits the grave, he finds his nephew barely alive with a bullet wound. He takes him to a doctor and Will insists that he leave, but Ben refuses. Will explains that the men after him must believe that he is dead. Ben decides his best bet is to take Will home. He and Will are followed by the same men who are interested in some valuables Will is carrying.
5x26 The Saga of Muley Jones
29 March, 1964 9:00 am
The Cartwrights are visited by their second cousin, Muley Jones of Weedville, Missouri who sings with a window-shattering voice and stirs up trouble with Indian negotiations that Ben is trying to ensure.
5x27 The Roper
05 April, 1964 9:00 am
Will is having second thoughts about staying on at the Ponderosa, and outlaws hit the ranch and take him with them. The leader, Lee Hewitt, is a young killer and plans on robbing the Ponderosa, so Will must take action to save himself, Hewitt's wife, the doctor, and his newfound relatives, the Cartwrights.
5x28 A Pink Cloud Comes from Old Cathay
12 April, 1964 9:00 am
A headstrong Chinese girl (Marlo Thomas) visiting the Cartwrights incites labor unrest among local workers.
5x29 The Companeros
19 April, 1964 9:00 am
Mateo Ibara and his wife Carla visit the Ponderosa. Ibara asks Will to return to Mexico with him. Ibara and Will fought together for Juarez's cause and Ibara saved Will's life. For this reason, Will feels obligated to Ibara, but Ben is suspicious of the man's motives.
5x30 Enter Thomas Bowers
26 April, 1964 9:00 am
After a triumphant tour in Europe, a famous Negro singer encounters racial prejudice in Virginia City when he arrives for a concert.
5x31 The Dark Past
03 May, 1964 8:00 am
Moody bounty hunter, Dev Farnum, shows up on the Ponderosa, where the Cartwrights are harboring the wife of the man he is after.
5x32 The Pressure Game
10 May, 1964 8:00 am
Laura Dayton's Aunt Lil comes to visit and quickly decides it's time she help the hesitant Adam propose to her favorite niece. Her plan is to make Adam jealous by using his cousin Will but it doesn't go exactly as planned.
5x33 Triangle
17 May, 1964 8:00 am
Adam and Laura are finally engaged. Adam is secretly building a house and planning for the future. Laura realizes that it's Will she is in love with. Adam is then confined to a wheelchair after falling from a ladder and out of guilt, Laura and Will deny their feelings.
5x34 Walter and the Outlaws
24 May, 1964 8:00 am
Hilarious sequel to "Any Friend Of Walter's" in which Obie leaves Walter in Hoss' care. The three outlaws, Macy, Teague, and Willard, kidnap Walter and hold him for ransom, leaving Hoss and the returning Obie to rescue him, but matters turn out the other way.
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