Bonanza

▶S1 E1 A Rose for LottaSep 12, 1959 · 49 minLotta Crabtree is hired by mining tycoon Alpheus Troy to lure one of the Cartwrights into town and hold him for ransom in exchange…Episode details → ▶S1 E2 Death on Sun MountainSep 19, 1959 · 49 minGreedy opportunist Mark Burdette and his accomplice Early Thorne stir up trouble between the Paiute tribe and the citizens of Virginia City. Ben discovers…Episode details → ▶S1 E3 The NewcomersSep 26, 1959 · 49 minJohn Pennington and his crew want to mine the Ponderosa land by hydraulic means. Ben is totally against this method and evicts them in…Episode details → ▶S1 E4 The Paiute WarOct 3, 1959 · 49 minTrader Mike Wilson attempts to escape punishment by the Paiute Indians after mistreating two of their women, by placing the blame on Adam. A…Episode details → ▶S1 E5 Enter Mark TwainOct 10, 1959 · 49 minSamuel Clemens arrives in Virginia City to write for the Territorial Enterprise at the same time a crooked politician tries to lay claim on…Episode details → ▶S1 E6 The Julia Bulette StoryOct 17, 1959 · 49 minLittle Joe is infatuated wih saloon owner Julia Bulette, whom he imagines is like his late mother. First episode to reveal backround details concerning…Episode details → ▶S1 E7 The Saga of Annie O'TooleOct 24, 1959 · 49 minAdam defends the mining claim of Annie O' Toole in a court presided over by Judge Ben Cartwright. Annie comes to the Washoe Diggings…Episode details → ▶S1 E8 The Phillip Diedesheimer StoryOct 31, 1959 · 49 minAdam and Hoss assist a German engineer in developing the concept of "square set timbering" in the mines. Based on fact, and the first…Episode details → ▶S1 E9 Mr. Henry ComstockNov 7, 1959 · 49 minIn a flashback, the legendary prospector arrives on the Ponderosa and participates in the founding of Virginia City. Coincidentally, guest star Jack Carson played…Episode details → ▶S1 E10 The Magnificent AdahNov 14, 1959 · 49 minVirginia City is visited by actress Adah Issacs Menken, who happens to be an old acquaintance of Ben's. Joe is badly beaten by Adah's…Episode details → ▶S1 E11 The Truckee StripNov 21, 1959 · 49 minLuther Bishop and Ben Cartwright have had an ongoing land dispute for a number of years, over a small tract called the Truckee Strip.…Episode details → ▶S1 E12 The Hanging PosseNov 28, 1959 · 49 minAdam and Joe reluctantly join a group of vengeful townsmen, who are out to lynch the three men who supposedly killed Vannie Johnson. The…Episode details → ▶S1 E13 VendettaDec 5, 1959 · 49 minIn a variation of "High Noon", Ben and Hoss must face a gang of outlaws practically all alone when most of Virginia City's citizens…Episode details → ▶S1 E14 The SistersDec 12, 1959 · 49 minThis episode begins with Adam defending the honor of Sue Ellen Terry in a duel. No one gets shot because the other man misses…Episode details → ▶S1 E15 The Last HuntDec 19, 1959 · 49 minHoss and Joe come across a pregnant Indian woman while hunting bighorn sheep and must deliver her baby. Despite touches of humor, including a…Episode details → ▶S1 E16 El Toro GrandeJan 2, 1960 · 49 minBen sends Hoss and Joe to Monterey to purchase an expensive seed bull. The first of Blocker and Landon's many comic misadventures, although the…Episode details → ▶S1 E17 The OutcastJan 9, 1960 · 49 minBecause she is related to criminals, a young woman is ostracized by everyone but the the Cartwrights. She unwisely seeks solace with an ex-con…Episode details → ▶S1 E18 A House DividedJan 16, 1960 · 49 minAs the Civil War approaches, Adam and Joe clash over which side to support. The situation is complicated by the arrival of Frederick Kyle,…Episode details → ▶S1 E19 The GunmenJan 23, 1960 · 49 minIn the first all-out comic episode of the series, Hoss and Joe travel to Kiowa Flats, Texas, where they are mistaken for the notorious…Episode details → ▶S1 E20 The Fear MerchantsJan 30, 1960 · 49 minThe Cartwrights encounter racial bigotry in Virginia City and end up protecting a Chinese boy from mob violence. Victor Sen Yung, in his largest…Episode details → ▶S1 E21 The Spanish GrantFeb 6, 1960 · 49 minIn "The Spanish Grant", a young bargirl, Rosita Morales is pretending to be a Spanish noblewoman named Isabella Marie Inez de la Cuesta and…Episode details → ▶S1 E22 Blood on the LandFeb 13, 1960 · 49 minA shiftless sheepherder, Jeb Drummond, encroaches his herd of sheep on the Ponderosa and refuses to budge. He resists all of Ben's attempts to…Episode details → ▶S1 E23 Desert JusticeFeb 20, 1960 · 49 minWhen a tough U.S. Marshal from California arrests a Ponderosa hand, Dave Walker, for murder, Adam and Hoss go along to make sure their…Episode details → ▶S1 E24 The StrangerFeb 27, 1960 · 49 minNevada Territory is awaiting statehood, and Ben considers running for governor until he learns he is wanted for murder in New Orleans. Inspector Charles…Episode details → ▶S1 E25 Escape to PonderosaMar 5, 1960 · 49 minAfter Adam is bushwhacked by three army deserters, Ben tracks them down, and tackles the brutal Captain Bolton who is pursuing them.Episode details → ▶S1 E26 The AvengerMar 19, 1960 · 49 minA restaurant owner whom Ben and Adam have confronted over stolen Ponderosa beef ends up dead one night. His daughter, Sally Byrnes runs the…Episode details → ▶S1 E27 The Last TrophyMar 26, 1960 · 49 minAdam takes Ben's friends, Lord Marion Dunsworth and Lady Beatrice, on a hunting expedition, and they are captured by a gang of crude thieves…Episode details → ▶S1 E28 San FranciscoApr 2, 1960 · 49 minIn this comic episode, the first to take place far from the ranch, Ben, Hoss, and Joe deliver a herd to San Francisco. Although…Episode details → ▶S1 E29 Bitter WaterApr 9, 1960 · 49 minLen Keith, a miner, wants to purchase some land adjacent to the Ponderosa from rancher Andy McKaren. Andy's son, Tod, is anxious to sell.…Episode details → ▶S1 E30 Feet of ClayApr 16, 1960 · 49 minHoss takes Billy Allen, the young son of a convicted felon under his wing, then is forced to kill his father and Billy will…Episode details → ▶S1 E31 Dark StarApr 23, 1960 · 49 minJoe falls in love with Tirza, an undeniably strange gypsy girl who says she is cursed and never does seem to "snap out of…Episode details → ▶S1 E32 Death at DawnApr 30, 1960 · 49 minVirginia City is plagued by organized crime, Sam Bryant and his gang. One of his men, Farmer Perkins, kills a storekeeper, and at his…Episode details →