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Season 1
1
A Rose For Lotta

Lotta Crabtree is hired by mining tycoon Alpheus Troy to lure one of the Cartwrights into town, to be held for ransom in exchange for Ponderosa Timber rights.
2
Death On Sun Mountain

Ben discovers Mark Burdette and Early Thorne selling antelope meat to the miners and finds the price too high.
3
The Newcomers

Ben discovers hydraulic miners camped on the ranch and has Hoss escort them off.
4
The Paiute War

The Pauites are falsely accused of attacks and the militia is summoned.
5
Enter Mark Twain

Virginia City is visited by Samuel Clemens who writes editorials for the Territorial Enterprise.
6
The Julia Bulette Story

Little Joe falls in love with Julia Bulette, a saloon owner with a reputation.
7
The Saga Of Annie O'Toole

Annie O'Toole comes to Washoe Diggings with a claim to a mine filed by her beau Swede Lundberg.
8
The Philip Deideshiemer Story

Philip Diedeshiemer works with Adam to create a timbering system called square set. It prevents mine cave-ins.
9
Mr. Henry Comstock

Mr Comstock claims ownership in a major goldstrike.
10
The Magnificent Adah

Actress Adah Isaacs Mencken visits Virginia City and is followed by an old boyfriend John Regan.
11
The Truckee Strip

The Cartwrights are embroiled in a feud with their neighbours, the Bishops.
12
The Hangin Posse

Joe and Adam join a posse to help a friend whose wife has been murdered but soon discover their friend has no intention of bringing in the men alive.
13
Vendetta

Virginia City residents leave Ben and Hoss to deal with an outlaw gang. Their only the help is the town drunk and a Doctor who has no experience with this kind of conflict.
14
The Sisters

Adam is courting Sue Ellen Terry, a woman well known by the menfolk in Virginia City.
15
The Last Hunt

An Indian woman is brought home by Joe and Hoss after they discover her alone and about to have a baby.
16
El Tore Grande

Hoss and Joe travel to Monterey carrying a large amount of cash for the purchase of a prize bull.
17
The Outcast

After her father and brother are hanged for murder, Leta Malvet finds herself an outcast among the townspeople.
18
House Divided

When Frederick Kyle comes to town seeking support for his cause, the Confederacy, his friendship with Little Joe creates problems in the Cartwright home, and in Virginia City.
19
The Gunmen

Mistaken for the Slade brothers, Joe and Hoss are arrested in Texas.
20
The Fear Merchants

Andrew Fulmer, a man who hates the Chinese people, is running for mayor.
21
The Spanish Grant

Rosita Morales poses as heiress Isabella Marie Inez de la Cuesta, to try to get her hands on a land grant which includes part of the Ponderosa.
22
Blood On The Land

Sheepherder Jeb Drummond is passing through the Ponderosa, when he decides to stay where he is.
23
Desert Justice

One of Ben's ranch hands, Dave Walker is accused of murdering the wife of Marshall Dowd.
24
The Stranger

Ben is running for Governor of Nevada, when Charles Leduque shows up in Virginia City to take Ben to New Orleans to face charges of murder that he ran from some twenty years before.
25
Escape To The Ponderosa

Adam is bushwhacked by escaped convicts and Ben joins Army Captain Bolton who is searching for the convicts.
26
The Avenger

Adam and Ben are about to be hanged for murder, and Hoss and Joe are desperately to get someone to help prove their innocence.
27
The Last Trophy

Some friends of Ben's come to the Ponderosa, Lord Marion Dunsford and Lady Beatrice Dunsford.
28
San Francisco

Ben, Hoss and Joe are in San Francisco on vacation with some of their hands when the hands turn up missing.
29
Bitter Water

When miner Lem Keith wants to buy land next to the Ponderosa, he approaches the owners son, knowing the owner Andy McKaren will never sell to him.
30
Feet Of Clay

When a boy named Billy Allen loses his mother, the Cartwrights take him home until relatives can be reached.
31
Dark Star

A gypsy girl named Tirza comes to stay at the Ponderosa after she is disowned by her people because they believe her to be a witch.
32
Death At Dawn

A store owner is murdered and his wife is a witness, but she won't testify because the killer is member of a gang that has been terrorising citizens and taking over the town.
Season 2
1
Showdown

After a gang robs a bank, one of them gets himself hired on at the Ponderosa to keep his eyes out for the posse, and warn his friends if necessary. The family takes a liking to him, except Joe.
2
The Mission

Captain Pender is looking for a scout so Hoss suggests Charlie Trent, a former scout, who now spends most of his time in the bottle because of guilt about massacre he feels responsible for.
3
Badge Without Honour

A man named Gerald Eskith comes to town claiming to be a Deputy Marshall. He wants the Cartwright's friend Jason Blaine to testify against the Murdock gang, but Adam has his suspicions.
4
The Mill

Tom Edwards is in a wheelchair and believes Ben Cartwright is responsible. Tom feels sorry for himself and finds solace in the bottle. The Cartwright's decide to help him find purpose again and build a mill on his place.
5
The Hopefuls

Jacob Darien is leading his family of Quakers through Virginia City. When he is accosted by town toughs Adam Cartwright steps in with the help of his new traveling companion Sam Bord.
6
Denver McKee

While celebrating the return of his daughter Connie former lawman McKee is asked to assist in the capture of an outlaw gang. While Joe is courting Connie, no one realises that McKee is involved with the outlaws.
7
Day of Reckoning

Bens life is saved by Matsou, an outcast Indian, and his wife. In gratitude Ben gives Matsou some land and a new start in life, much to the horror of neighbour Ike Dagget who hates Indians.
8
The Abduction

Joe and Hoss visit the carnival with their lady friends. Joes companion disappears and he must find her in atmosphere that is mysterious and protective of its own.
9
Breed Of Violence

Joes friend Dolly Kincaid, daughter of the sheriff, is always falling in with the wrong kind. When she becomes involved with Vince Dagen, Joe becomes worried and tries to intervene.
10
The Last Viking

Gunnar Borgstrom stops to visit his relatives, the Cartwrights, on his way to Canada. Ben has no idea that Gunnar is traveling with an outlaw gang. They kidnap Joe and his girlfriend.
11
The Trail Gang

An outlaw seeking revenge on the sheriff hires on at the Ponderosa under the name Sam Jackson, knowing their cattle drive will pass through the town where he will find that sheriff, who also happens to be his father.
12
The Savage

On his way to Nevada City, Adam comes across a woman being threatened by Shoshone who've just discovered she isn't the spirit woman they thought she was.
13
Silent Thunder

On his travels Joe meets a girl named Ann, a deaf mute and decides he can teach her sign language. Her father is skeptical and suspects Joe has other motives. Things become complicated when she falls in love with Joe.
14
The Ape

Hoss becomes friends with a man he has size in common with but Arnie is very slow and doesn't realise his own strength and has never learned to control his temper.
15
The Blood Line

Ben is forced to kill Luke Grayson and now must face his son Todd who returns from the East to seek revenge. To driven to learn the facts.
16
The Courtship

Joe and Hoss travel to Sacremento to visit the widow of Bens friend Josh Layton. Hoss falls in love with Helen Layton and brings her home intending to marry her.
17
The Spitfire

Joe finds a stranger burning Ponderosa land and must shoot him in self defense. He finds himself left with the responsibility of the mans daughter and brings her home to the Ponderosa.
18
The Bride

Ben is confronted by a woman who claims to be his wife, and a sheriff who pins a murder charge on him.
19
Bank Run

Joe and Hoss rob the bank in an effort to prevent the owner from foreclosing on a depositor.
20
The Fugitive

Investigating the death of a friend in Mexico, Adam is confronted by hostile townspeople and the dead mans wife.
21
Vengeance

Hoss refuses to defend himself against the vengeful brother of a man he accidentally killed.
22
Tax Collector

The townspeople unite in rebellion against the new tax collector Jock Henry.
23
The Rescue

The Cartwrights tangle with cattle rustlers.
24
The Dark Gate

James Coburn appears as a rancher who accuses Adam of having an affair with his wife.
25
The Duke

An English boxer who has a weakness for women, is pitted against Hoss in a prizefight.
26
Cuttthroat Junction

The Cartwrights join forces with trouble shooter Ted Trask in order to break up a mob.
27
The Gift

Horse thieves stalk Joe and his friend, who travel across the desert with a valuable Arab stallion.
28
The Rival

Hoss struggles with his conscience after he spots his rival for Cameo Johnson's affections leaving a lynching.
29
The Infernal Machine

A con man encourages the townspeople to invest in Daniel Pettibones horseless carriage.
30
The Thunderhead Swindle

The Cartwrights try to dishonour reports of a silver strike. They become marked for death by miners.
31
The Secret

As a result of his best friends false testimony, Joe is arrested for murder.
32
The Dream Riders

Major Cayley, a balloonist distracts the town while his associates map plans to rob the bank.
33
Elizabeth, My Love

During flashbacks, Ben recalls his life with Elizabeth, Adams mother.
34
Sam Hill

The Cartwrights try to help Sam Hill the blacksmith regain title to the land where his mother is buried.
Season 3
1
The Smiler

Hoss comes to the defence of Widow McClue who is being harassed by Arthur Bolling. In the scuffle, Bolling is killed when his gun goes off. Bolling's brother shows up and appears to hold no animosity, but looks are deceiving.
2
Springtime

It's spring and the boys are irritable after a long, rough, hard winter. Another dispute lands them in trouble when they injure Mr Milbank. Ben offers for the boys to help her out to make it up.
3
The Honour Of Cochise

The Cartwrights come to the rescue of Army Captain Moss Johnson who is running from an apache attack. They must find out what sinister game Captain Johnson is playing before the stand off goes too far.
4
The Lonely House

A wounded bank robber holes up in a widow's house, keeping an eye on both her and Little Joe.
5
The Burma Rarity

Two con artists believe that they can fool Widow Hawkins but she is much smarter than the community thinks.
6
The Broken Ballad

Gunfighter Ed Payson returns to town after his father dies but is not given a warm reception. Will Cass uses everything in his power to drive him out of town because Payson killed his son in a gun fight.
7
The Many Faces Of Gideon Flinch

A con artist checks into the local hotel with his niece Jennifer. She is determined to trick him into leaving town and getting out of her life but will need the cooperation of both Hoss and Joe to pull it off.
8
The Friendship

Joe befriends and takes responsibility for an ex-convict named Danny. Danny loves horses and is not used to people's ways outside of jail. Will his rough jailhouse upbringing mar any hopes of friendship?
9
The Countess

The Ponderosa is visited by an old friend, who is now Lady Linda Chadwick. Twenty years ago Ben and Linda were in love, and now she will stop at nothing to rekindle the flame.
10
The Horse Breaker

Johnny Lightly, the resident horse rangler, is paralysed after a fall and now is being looked after by his old flame Doctor Ann Davis. Meanwhile, Ben leaves on a cattle drive and is confronted by a man with a grudge.
11
Day Of The Dragon

Joe wins a card game and an unexpected prize - a young lady. She goes to the Ponderosa and serves them, not wanting to be set free. Meanwhile, an army is looking for her and the Cartwrights.
12
The Frenchman

Francoise Villon, a visiting Frenchman, believes he is the re-incarnation of a medieval poet with the same name. Joe is immediately attracted to Francoise's sister, Eloise, and invites them both to stay at the Ponderosa.
13
The Tin Badge

Joe is offered the job of sheriff in Rubicon. He accepts it, determined to prove his family wrong after being teased by his brothers, who both think he is too young to handle the job.
14
Gabrielle

Joe and Hoss come upon an accident and find a dead couple and one survivor, the couple's 11-year-old daughter, Gabrielle, who is blind.
15
Land Grab

Ben plays host to an old friend and ex army officer Bragg. What Ben doesn't know is that Bragg has posed as John Polk, and sold Ponderosa land to settlers who show up to claim their land.
16
The Tall Stranger

Hoss is in love with Magie Owens, and is about to propose when Magie falls in love with Mark Connors. They are married but some time later Hoss is summoned to Carson City where Magie is about to give birth and is alone.
17
The Lady From Baltimore

Deborah Banning, the wife of an old friend of Ben's, comes to the Ponderosa on a visit with her daughter, Melinda, who she plans to marry off to one of Ben's sons.
18
The Ride

Adam witnesses the murder of a station manager while waiting for a stagecoach. The men who commit the crime are wearing hessian bags over their heads, but Adam is sure that he recognises one of them.
19
The Storm

Joe's the object of Laura White's affections when she and her father visit the Ponderosa.
20
The Auld Sod

The Cartwrights change places with hand Danny Lynch, whose mother is coming to see "his" ranch.
21
Gift Of Water

The Cartwrights use their wits to keep drought-ridden farmers from invading the Ponderosa.
22
The Jackknife

A boy enlists Adam's help in saving his parents' marriage.
23
The Guilty

Ben becomes a target for revenge when he witnesses the shooting of a friend's son.
24
The Wooing Of Abigail Jones

The Cartwrights play Cupid for shy ranch hand Hank Meyers, who is in love with the local schoolmarm.
25
The Lawmaker

Acting Sheriff Asa Moran endangers the townspeople when he misuses his sudden authority.
26
Look To The Stars

Adam assists a young genius with the boy's experiments. Only needing his school teacher's approval to be granted a scholarship, his only obstacle is that he was expelled from school.
27
The Gamble

Joe races against time to halt the execution of his father and brothers, who have been framed for murder.
28
The Crucible

Stranded in the mountains, Adam is forced to rely on a deranged miner who leads a hermit's existence.
29
Inger, My Love

Ben recalls his courtship with Hoss's mother.
30
Blessed Are They

Ben steps in when a feud between two families threatens to split the townspeople into warring factions.
31
The Dowry

The Cartwrights shelter a wounded man and his daughter, who may have been robbed of $10,000.
32
The Long Night

Framed for murder, Adam is caught between a crooked deputy and a lynch mob.
33
The Mountain Girl

Joe tackles the task of turning mountain girl Trudy Harker into a refined young lady.
34
The Miracle Maker

Guilt disables a woman who was at the reins in a wagon crash that killed her father.
Season 4
1
The First Born

When a man comes to town claiming to be Marie's son, Joe is not sure what to think. Could this be his brother, or is it all just a big lie?
2
The Quest

Wanting to prove his independence and (at the same time) break out of the shadows of his Pa and older brothers, Little Joe sets out to win a lucrative timber contract for the Ponderosa.
3
The Artist

Ben helps Matthew Raine, a famous painter who has gone blind and now wallows in self-pity, discover a new purpose in life. However, Raine's employee Gavin has other ideas.
4
A Hot Day For A Hanging

Hoss is jailed for robbing the bank in Dutchman Flats, a town on the brink of economic collapse, even the sheriff knows he is innocent, but a lynch mob gathers and Hoss' fate is not good.
5
The Deserter

An Indian-hating officer, Colonel Edward J Dunwoody, comes to the Ponderosa looking for army deserter Bill Winters, who is a good friend of the Cartwrights.
6
The Way Station

Adam finds shelter overnight at a stagecoach way station. There he meets others ranging from a beautiful girl to a dangerous outlaw on the run.
7
The War Comes To Washoe

Joe and Adam's differences in politics lead to unrest in the house.
8
Knight Errant

Hoss picks up a mail order bride for a friend, but problems arise when the bride decides she has fallen in love with Hoss and has no interest in her husband to be.
9
The Beginning

Joe befriends a young man, Billy Horne, a white man captured and raised by the Shoshones. Meanwhile, Milton Tanner goes after a third of the Ponderosa. Seeing that his new friends are in trouble, Billy takes matters into his own hands.
10
The Deadly Ones

Mexican freedom fighters loyal to Benito Juarez take over the Ponderosa, gravely wound Little Joe, and force Ben to guide them to a wagon train loaded with gold being smuggled to California by Emperor Maximilian.
11
Gallagher's Sons

Hoss helps out two young girls, whose father has just died, by taking them on a journey to their Aunt's place. Unbeknownst to Hoss, one of the girls carries a stolen bag of money and he soon finds out that there are others who are interested in both the money and the girls.
12
The Decison

Hoss is seriously injured on a cattle drive and Ben takes him to a nearby town in search of a doctor. To his dismay, Ben finds out that the only doctor available is in jail, waiting to be hung for murder.
13
The Good Samaritan

Hoss introduces Wade Tyree to Abigail and her daughter, Bonnie, in the hopes that it will stop Wade's constant drinking.
14
The Jury

Hoss faces scorn and accusations of bribery when he refuses to vote with his fellow jurors to convict a man for murder based solely on the testimony of the victim's brother who witnessed the act on a dark night.
15
The Colonel

One of Ben Cartwright's old war buddies who claims to be a business tycoon developing a new territory, woos a wealthy Virginia City widow and jeopardises a Ponderosa land deal.
16
Song Tn The Dark

Incriminating scratches on cowhand Danny Morgan's arm and his penchant for riding alone through the night strumming his guitar makes him the prime suspect when a woman is found strangled.
17
Elegy Ffor A Hangman

Adam helps an angry young man to confront the "hanging judge" who sentenced his father to death in a high-stakes miscarriage of justice.
18
Half A Rogue

Hoss harbors kindred spirit Big Jim Layton on the Ponderosa while trying to clear the wounded mountain man's name from charges of theft and murder.
19
The Last Haircut

Little Joe finds himself at the scene of a murder, and befriends the victim's vengeance-minded son.
20
Marie, My Love

When Joe sustains a life-threatening injury much like the one that killed his mother, Ben reminisces about meeting his third wife, Marie.
21
The Hayburner

When Hoss and Adam purchase a thoroughbred horse, they didn't bargain that Hoss would put the horse up as security during a poker game... and lose.
22
The Actress

Little Joe falls in love with a beautiful woman who aspires to be an actress.
23
A Stranger Passed This Way

Bushwacked and suffering from amnesia, Hoss is found wandering down the road by the Vandervorts, an older couple who are happy to take the gentle giant into their family to replace the son they lost.
24
The Way of Aaron

Adam helps a beautiful woman, and her father, a peddler of devout Jewish faith.
25
A Woman Lost

An alcoholic saloon girl changes her life with the help of Ben and an ex-prizefighter who falls in love with her.
26
Any Friend of Walter's

Attacked by outlaws, Hoss takes cover in a prospector's shack with the old prospector and with Walter, the old man's surprisingly communicative dog.
27
Mirror Of A Man

One of Ben's ranch hands on the Ponderosa finds his past catching up with him when his twin brother murders a man.
28
My Brother's Keeper

Adam and Joe are hunting for a wolf that has been killing Ponderosa calves.
29
Five Into The Wind

A stagecoach accident in a windstorm leaves five stranded, after which Little Joe is accused when a man is found murdered with Joe's knife.
30
Saga Of Whizzer McGee

Hoss tries to help Whizzer McGee, a man with a short height, short fuse, thin skin, and big ideas.
31
Thunder Man

Little Joe's 19-year-old girlfriend is killed by a good samaritan, an explosives expert who had stopped to render aid to the woman's uncle after he suffers a stroke.
32
Rich Man, Poor Man

Claude Miller, the laughingstock of Virginia City, gets even with everyone who made fun of him when he strikes it rich.
33
The Boss

Ben confronts a former friend who has become a local strongman after monopolising the freight business.
34
Little Man...Ten Feet Tall

An Italian immigrant and his son come to the Ponderosa. After spending some time with Hoss, the son decides he wants to give up the classical guitar to become a cowboy much to his father's chagrin.
Season 5
1
She Walks In Beauty

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.
2
A Passion For Justice

The 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.
3
Rain From Heaven

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.
4
Twilight Town

Joe gets bushwhacked while on a trip near a strange town. The people seem nice enough, but what do they really want?
5
The Toy Soldier

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.
6
A Question Of Strength

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.
7
Calamity Over The Comstock

Joe has a run-in with Calamity Jane, and takes her home with him after promising her dying father to take care of her.
8
Journey Remembered

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.
9
The Quality Of Mercy

Joe struggles to understand whether his friend was right in killing a dying man who pleaded to put out of his misery.
10
The Waiting Game

Adam becomes involved with the recently widowed Laura Dayton and her little girl, Peggy.
11
The Legacy

Adam, Hoss and Joe mistakenly believe their father was murdered. They split into three 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.
12
Ross And The Leprechauns

Hoss goes leprechaun hunting, hoping to find gold.
13
The Prime Of Life

Ben becomes irritable and reckless when the completion of an important timber contract is hindered by an old rival.
14
The Lila Conrad Story

Joe finds a saloon girl named Lila Conrad in the back of a wagon. Trouble is, she seems to be wanted... for murder.
15
Ponderosa Matador

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.
16
My Son, My Son

Ben's plans to marry Katherine Saunders are upset when her son Eden is accused of killing his former girlfriend.
17
Alias Joe Cartwright

A man who looks similar to Joe uses Joe's name and gets Joe in the position of facing the firing squad.
18
The Gentlemen From New Orleans

The new stranger in town claims to be the famous pirate Jean Lafitte, and Hoss believes him.
19
The Cheating 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.
20
Bullet For A Bride

The Cartwrights play hosts to the Caldwell family, after the daughter, Tessa is blinded in a shooting accident. Joe feels that the only way to make amends (as he was the one who was responsible) is to propose to Tessa. She accepts but Ben soon finds out that the girl is hiding a secret.
21
King Of The Mountain

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.
22
Love Me Not

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.
23
The Pure Truth

Hoss is suffering from spring fever, goes to the wrong town and is accused of bank robbery.
24
No Less A Man

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.
25
Return To Honour

Ben must travel to pay his respects after he learns of the death of his nephew Will.
26
The Saga Of Muley Jones

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.
27
The Roper

Will Cartwright is home alone when Army soldiers arrive at the Ponderosa with a prisoner named Hewitt. Not long after, Hewitt's men arrive and ambush the soldiers.
28
A Pink Cloud Comes From Old Cathay

A headstrong Chinese girl (Marlo Thomas) visiting the Cartwrights incites labour unrest among local workers.
29
The Companeros

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.
30
Enter Thomas Bowers

After a triumphant tour in Europe, a famous African-American singer encounters racial prejudice in Virginia City when he arrives for a concert.
31
The Dark Past

Moody bounty hunter, Dev Farnum, shows up on the Ponderosa, where the Cartwrights are harbouring the wife of the man he is after.
32
The Pressure Game

Laura Dayton's Aunt Lil comes to visit and quickly decides it's time she help the hesitant Adam propose to her favourite niece.
33
Triangle

Adam and Laura are finally engaged. Adam is secretly building a house and planning for the future. Laura realises 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.
34
Walter And The Outlaws

Hoss agrees to dog-sit Obie's dog, Walter, while he is away. What Hoss doesn't anticipate is a confrontation with outlaws that turns a simple task into a comic chain of events.
Season 6
1
Invention Of A Gunfighter

Joe eventually regrets teaching Johnny Chapman how to handle a gun, as Chapman soon begins abusing his powers.
2
The Hostage

Ben is held for ransom by outlaws holed up in an abandoned mine.
3
The Wild One

Hoss tangles with ornery, opinionated horse wrangler Lafe Jessup, who is reluctantly married and about to become a father.
4
Thanks For Everything, Friend

Adam has to track down Tom Wilson, a smooth-talking rogue who saved Adam's life, from drowning in a river rescuing a baby calf.
5
Logan's Treasure

A man Ben helped send to prison twenty years before insists he does not know where the gold he and his partner stole is buried. Others, including a bounty hunter and his partner's son disagree.
6
The Scapegoat

Hoss prevents bumbling Waldo Watson, a fighter running from Eastern gamblers, from committing suicide and takes him in at the Ponderosa.
7
A Dime's Worth Of Glory

An opportunistic journalist causes trouble for Ben, Adam, and an aging lawman whose best days are behind him.
8
Square Deal Sam

Sam is a charming old conman that winds up taking all the Cartwrights and Hop Sing when they buy into a phony land deal. With Hoss' help, Sam and his wife eventually wind up running the Virginia City orphanage.
9
Between Heaven And Earth

Little Joe becomes obsessed with his fear of heights when he can't retrieve his rifle from near the top of a mountain.
10
Old Sheba

Hoss and Joe take an elephant as payment for their performance in a circus, after Hoss injures the wrestler, Bearcat.
11
A Man To Admire

Hoss relies on clever attorney Whitney Parker, who has a drinking problem, to clear him of a murder charge.
12
The Underdog

The Cartwrights put their trust in a half-breed, who is in reality, leader of the horse thieves no one has been able to catch.
13
A Knight To Remember

Mexican bandits, who rob the stage Adam is riding, are frightened off by an armour plated rider who claims to be King Arthur, who is ridding the countryside of robbers and dragons.
14
The Saga Of Squaw Charlie

A peaceful Indian is framed for the kidnapping of a young girl, a stunt which ends of tragedy.
15
The Flapjack Contest

Joe puts Hoss on a strict diet so he will be ravenous enough to win the $500 prize offered in Virginia City's annual flapjack eating contest, during which a bank robbery takes place.
16
The Far, Far Better Thing

On their way to prevent a young woman from encountering the renegade Indians, Joe and Tuck are captured, and in order to save them all, Joe must fight Sharp Tongue, who went to school with Joe as a youth.
17
Woman Of Fire

Ben's friend, Don Miguel, visits the Ponderosa with his two daughters, Margarita and Elena, and Elena's two very anxious suitors.
18
The Ballerina

Kellie Conrad dances and her father plays the fiddle to earn a living.
19
The Flannel-Mouth Gun

Adam becomes involved with a quick-triggered range detective hired by the Virginia City Cattleman's Association to find out who is responsible for all the rustling going on in the area.
20
The Ponderosa Birdman

Ever the sucker for the underdog, Hoss helps Professor Klump and his granddaughter at inventing a contraption that will make man successful at flying.
21
The Search

Adam sets out to track down the man who has been impersonating him to clear his reputation.
22
The Deadliest Game

The Cartwrights play host to Guido Borelli, a world renowed aerial acrobat who once saved Ben's life in Italy. Borelli's troup is beset by internal strife, and is performing in Virginia City.
23
Once A Doctor

Hoss's latest acquaintance, an Englishman named Professor Poppy, is actually Percival Alexander Mundy, MD, who has given up the practice of medicine. However, when Hoss is shot in the back, only Mundy's skill can save him.
24
Right Is The Fourth R

While working as a substitute teacher, Adam uncovers an ugly secret about the territory's past that others prefer remain hidden.
25
Hound Dog

Cousin Muley Jones returns to the Ponderosa, along with a pack of noisy hound dogs, in this funny sequel to "The Saga Of Muley Jones".
26
The Trap

One of Joe's old girlfriends thinks he killed her husband so they could come together. Unfortunately, that is what her husband's twin brother also believes.
27
Dead And Gone

Adam tries to find the good in Howard Mead, a talented troubadour who refuses to stay on the right side of the law.
28
A Good Night's Rest

Unable to get any peace and quiet under his own roof, Ben checks into the Virginia City Hotel, but fares even worse.
29
To Own The World

One of the wealthiest men in the world, Charles Augustus Hackett, offers to buy the Ponderosa, price no object. Ben says the ranch is not for sale and Hackett refuses to give up.
30
Lothario Larkin

Ladies' man Lothario Larkin creates havoc whenever he hits Virginia City, so Roy Coffee orders him out of town. Naturally, Hoss takes him in.
31
The Return

No one in Virginia City is happy to see ex-con Trace Cordell, especially the man he crippled in a gunfight, now married to Cordell's former girlfriend.
32
Jonah

The Ponderosa hands are upset when new hand George Whitman is hired on, it is rumored he is a jinx. Hoss tells George to ignore such foolishness, but a gypsy fortune teller says otherwise.
33
The Spotlight

Ben invites opera singer Angela Bergstrom to perform at Virginia City's anniversary celebration. She accepts, but does not tell him that her famous singing voice is long gone.
34
Patchwork Man

Hoss befriends a self-demeaning recluse named Patch, who makes the best apple pie Hoss has ever tasted. Hoss is so impressed with him, especially his pie, that he hires him to work on the Ponderosa.
Season 7
1
The Debt

Wanting to restore their family's once-respected name, a young man and his sister offer to work on the Ponderosa for free.
2
The Dilemma

Ben is made a temporary judge at the same time as a man who received a parole admits to robbing the bank. He tells Ben he will reveal where the money is if allowed to go free.
3
The Brass Box

Jose Ortega claims to have papers which state most of the territory belongs to him including all but a small corner of the Ponderosa. And Ben's attorney says the document could be legal.
4
The Other Son

Ben hires mule packer and explosives expert Clint Watson and his two sons to help him transport nitroglycerin across the treacherous mountaintops above Lake Tahoe to reach a mine disaster in Virginia City.
5
The Lonely Runner

The Cartwrights' friend, Jim Acton, is in danger of losing his prized mare. He has sold a herd of wild horses to horse trader Sam Whipple, and Whipple takes him to court claiming the mare was part of that herd.
6
Devil On Her Shoulder

Ben is attracted to Sarah Reynolds, a member of a religious order led by her fanatical uncle. When she is accused of being a witch, the Cartwrights step in.
7
Found Child

Hoss comes upon an overturned stagecoach and discovers a little girl suffering from shock.
8
The Meredith Smith

Ben must determine who is the rightful heir to a fortune that includes water rights vital to the Ponderosa.
9
Mighty Is The Word

Virginia City's newest preacher is an ex-gunfighter who wants only to build a new church, but the brother of one of his victims has other ideas.
10
The Strange One

When Joe and Hoss find Marie, they have no idea where she has come from. Her constant visions make Ben question the authenticity of her claims that she is the reason that children died on her wagon train west.
11
The Relunctant Rebel

Hoss tries to bring a young man and his father closer together.
12
Five Sundowns To Sunup

The mother of a young outlaw condemned to hang threatens to have her gang's hostages killed if her son is not set free.
13
A Natural Wizard

Hoss finds a kindred spirit in Skeeter Dexter, a lonesome young man who feels closer to animals than most people.
14
All Ye His Saints

Little Michael Thorpe heads to the high country to ask God to spare his critically wounded father, believing he has found him in the form of longtime fugitive Tom Cain.
15
A Dublin Lad

After sitting on a jury that has convicted Terrence O' Tool of murder, Joe has second thoughts about the verdict and decides to do some investigating of his own.
16
To Kill A Buffalo

Hoss finds a wounded young Indian on the prairie who is torn between accepting the ways of the white man or returning to his old life.
17
Ride The Wind - Part 1

Charles Ludlow realises his lifelong dream when he starts the Pony Express in Virginia City (with Ben's generous financial help).
18
Ride The Wind - Part 2

The Cartwrights provide needed assistance to the Pony Express.
19
Destiny's Child

After his only friend is killed, the Cartwrights take in a slow-witted man who, Roy Coffee informs them, is wanted for murder by Arizona authorities.
20
Peace Officer

While Sheriff Coffee is in Saint Louis, the Morrisey bunch decides to work off excess energy by wrecking the saloon in a violent spree.
21
The Code

Joe is goaded into facing gunman Dan Taggert, unaware there is more to be prearranged than he realises.
22
Three Brides For Hoss

Not one, but three mail-order brides show up unexpectedly at the Ponderosa, all of them believing they are to marry Hoss.
23
The Emperor Norton

Joshua Norton, an eccentric and formerly wealthy San Francisco merchant who considers himself Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, comes to the Ponderosa.
24
Her Brother's Keeper

Ben and Claire Armory fall in love, but their future is jeopardised by her disabled brother.
25
The Trouble With Jamie

The Cartwrights attempt to straighten out the snobbish young son of Ben's cousin.
26
Shining In Spain

Young, adoring Wendy Daniels has come to Virginia City to meet up with her father, Taylor Daniels, who has been travelling on business for the last five years.
27
The Genius

Hoss chooses a difficult path when he decides to rehabilitate a famous poet.
28
The Unwritten Commandment

Everyone feels Andy Walker is an outstanding singer except his father, who feels the boy should concentrate on ranch work instead.
29
Big Shadows On The Land

Italian immigrants are determined to establish their own vineyard on Ponderosa property.
30
The Fighters

Feeling guilty for unintentionally ending the career of a professional boxer, Hoss vows never to fight again. But things change when Joe is nearly beaten to death.
31
Home From The Sea

A sailor claiming to be one of Adam's closest friends is given a warm welcome by the Cartwrights, who have no way of knowing the man and his accomplice plan on robbing them.
32
The Last Mission

Ben and Hoss unwittingly aid a vengeful army colonel who plans to wipe out every Indian he can with a Gatling gun.
33
A Dollar's Worth Of Trouble

Hoss finds himself in another mess, this one involving a beautiful blonde, a moonshiner, and a nearsighted outlaw who is allergic to chocolate and flowers.
Season 8
1
Something Hurt, Something Wild

The Cartwrights' friendship with a neighbouring rancher is threatened by his mentally unstable daughter.
2
Horse Of A Different Hue

So the Cartwrights will not be killed, one of Ben's oldest friends must make sure Joe does not win a horse race.
3
A Time To Step Down

After the Cartwrights put wrangler Dan Tolliver out to pasture, the embittered old man plans to take part in robbing the Ponderosa.
4
The Pursued - Part 1

The Cartwrights travel to Beehive, Nevada to purchase horses from Heber Clauson, a Mormon rancher with two wives.
5
The Pursued - Part 2

The Cartwrights get involved with a Mormon and his two wives, whom have been persecuted by the town's corrupt Reverend and the town's people.
6
To Bloom For Thee

Hoss is engaged to Carol Attley, a troubled woman with a past darker than he imagines.
7
Credit For A Kill

Though his friend is badly in need of the reward money, Joe insists it belongs to him, to protect his friend from the dead outlaws' brothers.
8
Four Sisters From Boston

The Cartwrights come to the rescue of four inexperienced homesteaders, when devious cattle ranchers try to run them off their property.
9
Old Charlie

A young cowpoke is killed during a fight with Hoss, but the old blowhard who runs the Virginia City stables, takes the credit, placing him in danger from the dead man's brothers.
10
Ballad Of The Ponderosa

A young troubadour, who blames Ben for the death of his father, returns to Virginia City.
11
The Oath

While in another town, on business, Ben runs into a saloon employee who is a big figure, and after he kills an old miner, who has burned down his house, Ben takes him into the sheriff.
12
A Real Nice, Friendly Little Town

During his quest to discover who shot Joe in the rear, Hoss tangles with two rascals and their long-suffering mother.
13
The Bridegroom

Joe plays matchmaker in this story of a rancher attempting to marry off his supposedly unremarkable daughter.
14
Tommy

The Cartwrights protect a woman and her deaf-mute little son from the boy's outlaw stepfather.
15
A Christmas Story

Warbling Andy Walker returns to Virginia City a big success, along with his shifty Uncle Thaddeus.
16
Ponderosa Explosion

Two Virginia City old-timers fool Hoss and Joe into raising rabbits, and the Ponderosa is overrun with paws and whiskers.
17
Justice

When the woman he was planning to marry is strangled, Joe forces the only suspect to come forward.
18
A Bride For Buford

Hoss is sure a beautiful singer is only after a prospector's money when she shows interest in him.
19
Black Friday

In the town of Chiso, Joe encounters a former Ponderosa cowhand who is now a gunfighter and expecting to be killed on Friday the 13th.
20
The Unseen Wound

Ben discovers that his friend, Sheriff Paul Rowan, is suffering from stress brought on by his wartime experiences.
21
Journey To Terror

Joe visits his married friends in Arizona Territory, only to discover the husband has become a criminal and is secretly part of a notorious gang.
22
Amigo

A wounded comanchero sides with the Cartwrights when the rest of the gang, led by Captain Fenner, shows up to burn and rob the Ponderosa.
23
A Woman In The House

Mary Wharton, an old friend of the family, comes to live on the Ponderosa with her shiftless husband. When Ben learns Mary is the victim of domestic abuse, he sends Russ packing.
24
Judgment At Red Creek

Hoss and Joe have their doubts as to who really robbed a way station, suspecting the two men they captured are innocent.
25
Joe Cartwright, Detective

Joe becomes fascinated by detective literature and drags Hoss into the picture when he suspects the bank is going to be robbed.
26
Dark Enough To See The Stars

Young Billy Wilcox wanders onto the Ponderosa, sick, hungry, and alone. Ben finds him, and after he regains his strength, offers Billy a job.
27
The Deed And The Dilemma

Ben assists Georgio Rossi in his battle for water on adjoining property.
28
The Prince

The Cartwrights play host to Russian royals, who are the target of jewel thieves.
29
A Man Without Land

The foreman of a neighbouring ranch frames Joe for murder as part of a scheme to get his employer's property.
30
Napoleon's Children

A gang of juvenile delinquents, led by an intelligent runt, who calls himself Napoleon, terrorises Virginia City and the Ponderosa as well.
31
The Wormwood Cup

After Joe is not found guilty of killing Zach Crenshaw deliberately, a woman arrives in Virginia City and tacks up posters offering $1000 reward to the man who kills Joe in a fair fight.
32
Clarissa

The Cartwrights' well-meaning, but irritating eastern cousin causes trouble for them wherever she turns.
33
Maestro Boss

Hoss is conned into buying a violin from a gypsy fortune teller, and everyone on the Ponderosa except for Hop Sing suffers the consequences.
34
The Greedy Ones

The Ponderosa is in danger of being overrun by gold hunters.
Season 9
1
Second Chance

Renegade Indians have been on the rampage attacking settlers and raising havoc in the West.
2
Sense Of Duty

Ben, Hoss, and Joe come to the aid of a militia escort.
3
The Conquistadores

Mexican prospectors take Joe hostage and demand 25,000 dollars in gold for his return.
4
Judgment At Olympus

Candy stands accused of murder in the town of Olympus. The victim's father is determined to give Candy a fair trial, but then Joe is locked up on suspicion of murder as well.
5
Night Of Reckoning

A sadistic outlaw named Dibbs along with his gang, take siege of the Ponderosa, holding Joe, Hoss, and Candy prisoners.
6
False Witness

While at the bank in Sand Dust, Joe and the bank's secretary - Valerie Townsend, witness an armed robbery.
7
The Gentle Ones

Most people consider Mark Cole a coward, but he does not hesitate to step forward when his brother attempts to break a horse by torturing it.
8
Desperate Passage

Driving horses to Utah, the Cartwrights and Candy discover only two people left in a town wiped out by rampaging Paiute Indians.
9
The Sure Thing

A young girl's ownership of a beloved stallion is jeopardised by the "big plans" of her scheming father.
10
Showdown At Tahoe

Jamison Fillmore and his cunning gang plan to rob a million dollars from Ben's timber operation, then use his paddle wheel steamboat to escape across Lake Tahoe.
11
Six Black Horses

Ben's old friend has stolen money from corrupt politicians in New York and plans to invest in Nevada.
12
Check Rein

The Cartwrights help to prevent a young man's devious uncle from wrongfully acquiring a remarkable stallion and his nephew's ranch.
13
Justice Deferred

Hoss cannot convince Andy Buchanan they convicted the wrong man of murder, and when Andy refuses to testify against the real killer, the results are grim.
14
The Gold Detector

Hoss wants to buy a mine thought to be worthless and orders a fancy invention to prove it isn't and becomes the local laughingstock in town.
15
The Trackers

Ben helps hunt down an ex-con he helped convict of bank robbery five years before, when the bank is robbed again.
16
A Girl Named George

Can a photograph lie? The Cartwrights and Candy have to determine this when lawyer Cato Troxell uses a photograph as an alibi to prove that he didn't kill a Virginia City judge.
17
The Thirteenth Man

The ranchers are once again losing stock to rustlers and not everyone agrees with range detective Marcus Alley's preventive methods.
18
The Burning Sky

A pair of bigots make life rough for a new Ponderosa cowhand and his Indian wife.
19
The Price Of Salt

To his dismay, Ben finds that his friend's fiancee intends to exploit the ranchers' desperate needs of obtaining salt for their dying herds.
20
Blood Tie

Joe is tricked into hiring a charming thief who plans on taking part in robbing the Ponderosa.
21
The Crime Of Johnny Mule

Hoss is the only one who believes that simple-minded Johnny Mule when he swears he had nothing to do with killing a local rancher.
22
The Late Ben Cartwright

In order to ruin the plans of a corrupt politician, Ben allows everyone to think that an attempt on his life was successful.
23
Star Crossed

Candy falls in love with a woman being blackmailed by a Marshal from another town.
24
Trouble Town

The Ponderosa ranch hands are at Riverbend during a cattle drive. While there, Candy meets an old friend, Lilah Holden, working in a saloon.
25
Commitment At Angelus

When a horse steps on Candy's hand out on the trail, he and Joe go to Angelus to find a doctor.
26
A Dream To Dream

Hoss brings happiness to the family of a bitter alcoholic rancher.
27
In Defense Of Honour

Davey was abandoned by a Ute tribe during a battle in which his father and mother were killed at, the battle of Red Fork.
28
To Die In Darkness

After Ben and Candy have been missing for over a month, everyone assumes they must be dead.
29
The Bottle Fighter

Hoss is accused of stabbing a man to death, and his only hope of acquittal is a once great trial lawyer who is now a hopeless drunk.
30
The Arrival Of Eddie

Eddie McKay, the son of a robber and murderer who Hoss killed several years ago in a shootout, returns to Virginia City to make a good start.
31
The Stronghold

Joe and Candy sell a herd to the Farrell Brothers in Arizona, but are paid a worthless bank draft.
32
Pride Of A Man

Joe reluctantly takes a job as a substitute teacher and must contend with two older students who have no use for an education.
33
A Severe Case Of Matrimony

An untalented gypsy girl tries to get the Cartwrights to finance her career as an opera singer.
34
Stage Door Johnnies

Hoss and Joe rival for the affections of visiting entertainer Mademoiselle Denise, though she is more concerned for her little dog, Andre, than anything else.
Season 10
1
Different Pines, Same Wind

Joe helps a reclusive, widowed mountain woman who's never filed claim on the land she calls home. A greedy timber baron is about to file, and when he does, he'll throw the stubborn old gal off her property.
2
Child

Hoss unknowingly buys a horse that belonged to a murdered millionaire. A lynch mob greedy for the dead man's money has him falsely arrested and charged with murder.
3
Salute to Yesterday

Candy's past comes into play as he and the Cartwrights assist an Army unit being attacked by bandits.
4
The Real People of Muddy Creek

When the sheriff of Muddy Creek is murdered, Ben and Joe take charge of prisoner Luke Harper.
5
The Passing of a King

Jeremy Roman takes advantage of his father's illness and works to have him declared mentally incompetent. As he takes over the ranch, he steps on many toes, including breaking a business contract with the Cartwrights.
6
The Last Vote

Hoss and Joe's bickering lead them into taking opposite sides in the Virginia City mayoral race. Their zealous actions cause Virginia City's citizens to divide into two factions.
7
Catch as Catch Can

The residents of Tin Bucket claim the Cartwrights and Candy are dealing in stolen cattle hides.
8
Little Girl Lost

A young brat, who is a distant relative of the Cartwrights, disrupts everyone when she comes for a visit to the Ponderosa.
9
The Survivors

A woman who was kidnapped by the Paiutes years earlier is returned and finds her life in shambles.
10
The Sound of Drums

Refusing to acknowledge a government treaty, hard-headed patriarch Giorgio, allows a group of Indians to stay on his land.
11
Queen High

Despite knowing nothing about the business, Joe and Candy go into partnership with Kate Kelly to start an ore-stamping mill. It's not all work though, as the two men take turns courting Miss Kelly.
12
Yonder Man

One of Ben's old friends from his Army days comes to town, wanting to settle down in Virginia City. Unfortunately, Beaudry's idea of rowdy fun involves stealing Hoss' horse, starting fights with the locals, and injuring Candy.
13
Mark of Guilt

Hop Sing is humiliated by Virginia City bully Emo Younger who cuts off his pigtail. Joe storms into town to do something about it and finds himself charged with murder when Younger turns up dead.
14
A World Full of Cannibals

Candy accidentally reveals that a witness whose life has been twice endangered is hiding on the Ponderosa.
15
Sweet Annie Laurie

Hoss offers to help Annie Laurie, a beautiful young woman who is running away from her abusive husband.
16
My Friend, My Enemy

Candy stands accused of a murder he didn't commit. The only witness who can prove his innocence is an Indian horse thief named Jacova who's currently on the lam from the law.
17
Mrs. Wharton and the Lesser Br

A snobbish English woman, Mrs Wharton, loses her valuables to robbers when they hold up the stage she's taking.
18
Erin

The Cartwrights allow a Paiute group to stay on Ponderosa land while they work out a food-for-cattle exchange. Hoss falls for a young woman, Erin, who was raised by Indians since childhood, and he soon proposes.
19
Company of Forgotten Men

A retired Army sergeant, bitter that the government didn't give him a pension for his 30 years of service, kidnaps one-time friend Candy.
20
The Clarion

Ben comes to the assistance of an old friend, widow Ruth Manning, who publishes a newspaper in a nearby town. She faces problems from the town boss, Judge Seth Tabor, who wants to put her out of business.
21
The Lady and the Mountain Lion

Magician Malcolm the Magnificent comes to town with his twin daughters, who he uses in his act. This results in Hoss and Joe becoming confused romantic rivals.
22
Five Candles

A mine collapse underneath the courthouse traps Ben with the accused murderer, the key witness, the witness' fiancee and the court clerk.
23
The Wish

Hoss gets a taste of racism when he spends a two-month vacation helping a black family get their farm in working condition.
25
Emily

Joe is caught in a love triangle when he meets up with an old girlfriend, Emily, who he had planned on marrying. Emily plans a romantic meeting with Joe without informing him that she is already married.
26
The Running Man

Candy receives an urgent letter from an old flame requesting his help in Butlerville. He and Joe ride out and discover that Ben's old friend Calvin Butler is the source of the problems.
27
The Unwanted

Strict lawman Luke Mansfield is not pleased with his daughter's choice in men. To rebel against her father, Lorrie begins consorting with an ex-convict, Rick Miller, who may be the cousin of a man who once shot her father.
28
Speak No Evil

When Coley Clayborn's mother who abandoned him as a child returns to Virginia City, he believes she has come back to claim his father's gold mine.
29
The Fence

Former inmates of a Confederate prison camp want their revenge against Sam Masters, one time guard of the site and current travel companions of Ben and Hoss.
30
A Ride in the Sun

A pair of sibling, con artists, pretends they want to buy the Cartwright's cattle. In reality, they use Ben to rob the bank and shoot him for his troubles.
Season 11
1
Another Windmill to Go

The wording of an old law may cause Ben to lose the Ponderosa to an odd man who crossed it in a horse-drawn rowboat.
2
The Witness

The Cartwrights offer protection to a woman claiming she can identify a band of stagecoach robbers.
3
The Silence at Stillwater

Candy plots an escape after being jailed as a suspect in the murders of a rancher and his family.
4
A Lawman's Lot is Not a Happy

Hoss begins to feel that he has taken on more than he can handle after agreeing to fill in as temporary sheriff.
5
Anatomy of a Lynching

After being acquitted of a murder, a man finds himself the target of a lynch mob.
6
To Stop a War

A former lawman, now a friend and employee of the Cartwrights, is suspected of accepting payoffs in his investigation of cattle rustling.
7
The Medal

Tensions mount when the Cartwrights take in a penniless Civil War hero from the North.
8
The Stalker

Candy runs into major trouble when he tries to help out the widow of a man he was forced to kill in self-defense.
9
Meena

A woman helps Little Joe evade a trio of ransom-seeking kidnappers, and then mistakes his gratitude for a marriage proposal.
10
A Darker Shadow

Little Joe tracks a friend who abruptly left town and is suspected of taking funds from the bank where he worked.
11
Dead Wrong

In the town of Sunville, Hoss and Candy are mistaken for a pair of notorious outlaws. Whilst the duo tries to prove their true identities, the real outlaws slip into town in order to rob the bank amidst all the confusion.
12
Old Friends

Two old friends, a sheriff turned bounty hunter and an escaped criminal, pull at Ben's loyalties.
13
Abner Willoughby's Return

A merchant seaman is astonished to discover a town has sprung up on the site where he buried a fortune 10 years earlier.
14
It's a Small World

A dwarf, forced to leave his job with the circus, encounters discrimination when he tries to find work in Virginia City.
15
Danger Road

Ben offers a treacherous construction job to Gunny, owner of a small freight-hauling business.
16
The Big Jackpot

Candy gets rich when he's left money by an old friend. Soon, he's an executive working with a seemingly successful land promoter.
17
The Trouble with Amy

A stubborn widow's refusal to obey local laws becomes more than a nuisance when she is charged with attempted murder.
18
The Lady and the Mark

When Chris Keller hits it big in the goldmines, every con man and salesman in the country wants a piece of him.
19
Is There Any Man Here...?

A damsel walks out of her wedding with the intention of marrying another man - Ben Cartwright.
20
The Law and Billy Burgess

A community leader intervenes when a rebellious teen is accused of murdering a teacher.
21
Long Way to Ogden

Ben faces a dilemma when he discovers an unscrupulous meat-packer has taken over all the cattle cars bound for Chicago.
22
Return Engagement

Hoss' open adoration of an actress makes him the prime suspect when her leading man is murdered.
23
The Gold Mine

Joe becomes friends with Ramon, a young Mexican who is mixed up with a pair of drifters intent on robbing the Cartwrights.
24
Decision at Los Robles

Passing through Los Robles with Joe, Ben is shot by the cold-blooded town boss. Ben fires back in self-defense, killing the man and making himself the target of revenge by the boss' son, Jed.
25
Caution, Easter Bunny Crossing

A Quaker woman talks a reluctant Hoss into dressing as the Easter Bunny for the orphanage's children. While waiting for his big performance, Hoss, in his furry costume, contends with a group of inept outlaws.
26
The Horse Traders

Meena Calhoun has gotten engaged to bumbling outlaw Virgil Potts, who is now trying to make an honest living in the livery business.
27
What Are Pardners For?

A pair of Easterners have read tall tales about the Wild West and come to Virginia City to live out their dream and be bank robbers in the tradition of their heroes.
28
A Matter of Circumstance

Alone on the Ponderosa, Little Joe is badly injured by a horse's kick and prepares to take drastic measures to save his own life.
Season 12
1
The Night Virginia City Died

A suspected arsonist is jailed until another fire strikes Virginia City.
2
A Matter of Faith

Dusty Rhodes arrives with a young teen orphan, Jamie Hunter, in tow. The son of a recently-deceased rainmaker, Jamie announces his intention to carry on his father's work and bring rain to drought-stricken Virginia City.
3
The Weary Willies

The Weary Willies are hippie-like Civil War veterans who are now drifters living off the land. Despite protests from fellow ranchers and the people of Virginia City, Ben allows the traveling band to stay at the Ponderosa.
4
The Wagon

The sadistic wagon-boss of a group of prisoners replaces an escapee with Hoss. Facing years of hard labor, Hoss teams up with another prisoner to hatch an escape plan.
5
The Power of Life and Death

Joe and an injured Ben are trapped at a desert watering hole with the killer they were searching for.
6
Gideon, the Good

Joe turns to one of the state's most respected lawmen, Sheriff Gideon Yates, to report a murder that he witnessed. Yates is mortified when he realizes the identity of the killer is his wife, Lydia.
7
The Trouble With Trouble

Hoss finds himself named temporary sheriff of Trouble, California, one of the most lawless towns in the state.
8
Thornton’s Account

Joe frantically searches for help when Ben injures his back, after his new horse throws him down a steep hill.
8
Thornton's Account

Joe frantically searches for help when Ben injures his back, after his new horse throws him down a steep hill.
9
The Love Child

When a mother realizes she is dying, she comes back to her parents, hoping they will take care of her child after she is gone.
10
El Jefe

Charged with murder, Ben's friend turns himself in to authorities, who conspire to frame him.
11
The Luck of Pepper Shannon

Ben gives a job at the Ponderosa to Pepper Shannon, a one-time hero and outlaw made famous in dime novels, on the condition he stays away from Jamie, an admirer of his.
12
The Imposters

Hoss and Joe pretend to be part of a gang that robbed a stage coach, but are in danger of being outed when a wife of one of the thieves shows up in town.
13
Honest John

A truth-stretching vagabond who goes by the deceptive name of Honest John lands on the Ponderosa.
14
For a Young Lady

The Cartwrights are charged with kidnapping after a young girl accepts their hospitality.
15
A Single Pilgrim

When Hoss is accidentally shot, the two settlers from Virginia argue over what to do with him.
16
The Gold-Plated Rifle

Ben searches for Jamie after he breaks a very special rifle he was told to never touch.
17
Top Hand

Ben chooses veteran cowboy Kelly James to lead a huge local cattle drive, but rancher Weatherby is against the choice, having once fired James for drinking.
18
A Deck of Aces

A con man resembling Ben Cartwright poses as the rancher to negotiate with railroad representatives.
19
The Desperado

A black couple seek refuge in the mountains after having been accused of killing two white men.
20
The Reluctant American

When the property of an English holding group shows little profit, the owners come from England to Nevada to see exactly why.
21
Shadow of a Hero

Ben's friend, a war hero bidding for the governorship, is discredited due to his hatred of the Indians.
22
The Silent Killer

When the flu strikes the ranch hard, a doctor's wife's new techniques to combat the flu has everyone on edge.
23
Terror at 2:00

Three men, posing as newspaper reporters, plan on shooting down the whole town with a Gatling gun that they apprehended after killing the Army soldiers who were guarding it.
24
The Stillness Within

After suffering serious injury in an explosion, Little Joe faces blindness.
25
A Time to Die

Ben helps an old friend, April Christopher and her daughter come to terms when April is bitten by a rabid wolf while visiting the Ponderosa.
26
Winter Kill

Ben tries to help a group of ranchers from the Sierra Nevada who lost most of their herd during the brutal winter.
27
Kingdom of Fear

Falsely charged with trespassing, the Cartwrights are imprisoned and forced to slave labour by a cruel landowner.
28
An Earthquake Called Callahan

Dusty Rhodes, a Ponderosa ranch hand is jailed, and the one person who can prove him innocent is nowhere to be found.
Season 13
1
The Grand Swing

Jamie accompanies Ben on a pack trip to inspect the far regions of the Ponderosa.
2
Fallen Woman

An alcoholic woman lashes out at Hoss after his testimony sends her husband to prison.
3
Bushwhacked!

Joe is shot and wounded while he is on a cattle drive in the Nevada desert. Two ranchers find him delirious from thirst and the heat, and take Joe to their home to recover.
4
Rock-A-Bye Hoss

Hoss is reluctantly made a judge of a contest for the most beautiful baby in Virginia City.
5
The Prisoners

With the sheriff away, Joe is asked to escort a prisoner, Hank Simmons, through some treacherous terrain. The prisoner knows the route much better than Joe does, leading to danger for the Cartwright.
6
Cassie

The Cartwrights assist Jamie's friend, Cassie O'Casey, and her mother in dealing with their father and husband, Kevin, who is running a race horse scam.
7
Don't Cry, My Son

Guilt-ridden Dr. Sloan kidnaps a child after the death of his own son.
8
Face of Fear

Jamie's friend Neta, a teenage girl, witnesses the robbery and murder of a man about to inherit a windfall, but is too afraid to speak of it.
9
Blind Hunch

A blinded veteran of the Civil War returns to Virginia City to find the killer of his brother.
10
The Iron Butterfly

Hgh-strung actress, Lola Fairmont, on tour in Virginia City, is forced to kills her abusive boyfriend in self-defense. To protect her career and reputation, Hoss steps forward and takes the blame.
11
The Rattlesnake Brigade

A prison wagon full of murderous criminals stops in Virginia City. Led by Doyle, they escape and take Jamin and three other teenagers' hostage.
12
Easy Come, Easy Go

Seedy and uncouth prospector Luke Calhoun returns to town with his still-single daughter Meena. Luke has lost his newly-found fortune in short order and Meena is still desperate to corner a husband.
13
A Home for Jamie

Ben is ready to legally adopt Jamie as his son. His plans appear to be dashed with the arrival of Ferris Callahan, Jamie's grandfather from Boston, who wants to bring the young man back with him.
14
Warbonnet

Indian chief Red Cloud wishes to reclaim his warbonnet so he may die with respect. It now hangs on the wall of saloon keeper and ex-Indian fighter Frank Ryan.
15
The Lonely Man

While on a vacation prospecting for gold, Hop Sing meets a shy, sheltered woman who's run away from her parents. The two fall in love and want to marry, but learn the law prohibits interracial marriage.
16
Second Sight

When Jamie becomes lost in the Sierras, Hoss calls on Judith Corman, who is reputed to have special powers.
17
The Saddle Stiff

Ben fires a hired hand for improperly saddling a horse, but learns he may have assumed too quickly.
18
Frenzy

Ben's friend, Anna Kosovo, fears for her life when her hot-tempered immigrant husband barricades their home.
19
Customs of the Country

After landing in a Mexican bordertown jail, Joe and Hoss throw a party and try to escape.
20
Shanklin

A gang of ex-Confederate soldiers take over the Ponderosa to force Ben to give them a fortune in cash.
21
Search in Limbo

Ben is linked to a murder after suffering memory loss while on a business trip.
22
He Was Only Seven

Jamie and Joe help a man in a wheelchair who sets out on the trail of his grandson's killers.
23
The Yonger Brothers' Younger B

Ben and Joe are jailed as part of the Younger clan after arriving in town to free Hoss, who was captured earlier and also mistaken as a Younger Brother.
24
A Place to Hide

The Cartwrights are asked to act as intermediaries when fugitive Confederate Col. Cody Ransom wants to turn himself in.
25
A Visit to Upright

The Cartwright's have purchased a broken down saloon in Upright, Nevada believing it contains a fortune in hidden gold.
26
One Ace Too Many

Ben's evil twin, Bradley Meredith begins to liquidate the Ponderosa assets while Ben is away on a vacation.
Season 14
1
Forever Pt 1

Joe marries Alice Harper, but all is not bliss when a couple of men come to retrieve some money that Alice's brother owes.
2
Forever Pt 2

When the men arrive to retrieve the money owed to them, Alice is shot in the ruckus.
3
Heritage of Anger

Ex-con John Dundee is being released from prison and Ben tries to help his old friend readjust to society. John's only interest, however, is revenge on those who sent him to prison.
4
The Initiation

A boy is accidentally killed while performing an initiation in a secret club, and one of Jamie's friends is blamed for his death.
5
Riot

Ben is taken as a hostage while inspecting conditions at a Nevada State Prison.
6
New Man

After saving Ben's life in a prison riot, Griff King is released into Ben's custody and is hired as a Ponderosa ranch hand.
7
Ambush at Rio Lobo

Ben encounters a very pregnant woman, Teresa Burnside, whose husband is being forced to participate in a stagecoach robbery. They end up being held hostage by the outlaws, who plan to use the pair in their scheme.
8
The Twenty-Sixth Grave

Editor Samuel Clemens asks the Cartwrights to help him prove a government assayer is a killer.
9
Stallion

Joe instantly falls in love with the magnificent black stallion that Ben gives him for his birthday.
10
The Hidden Enemy

A new doctor in Virginia City is secretly fighting the demons of drug addiction which leads to tragedy.
11
The Sound of Sadness

An elderly widower brings a couple of orphaned boys into his home. When he attempts to legally adopt them, he runs into bureaucratic obstacles that threaten his effort to keep the pair together.
12
The Bucket Dog

To keep his Irish setter, Jamie must enter her in a field trial against a champion.
13
First Love

Jamie falls in love with the abused wife of a highly unpopular schoolmaster of Virginia City.
15
The Marriage of Theodora Duffy

Griff and government agent Theodora Duffy pose as husband and wife to capture a Civil War renegade named Stanton. Complicating matters are the men of the Ponderosa who aren't clued in on the secret mission.
16
The Hunter

Unhinged by the war, Bill Tanner escapes from a military asylum and encounters Joe Cartwright. After taking Joe's horse and supplies, he declares Joe his prey and gives him a four hour head start in a game of cat and mouse.

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Season 1

A Rose For Lotta

Death On Sun Mountain

The Newcomers

The Paiute War

Enter Mark Twain

The Julia Bulette Story

The Saga Of Annie O'Toole

The Philip Deideshiemer Story

Mr. Henry Comstock

The Magnificent Adah

The Truckee Strip

The Hangin Posse

Vendetta

The Sisters

The Last Hunt

El Tore Grande

The Outcast

House Divided

The Gunmen

The Fear Merchants

The Spanish Grant

Blood On The Land

Desert Justice

The Stranger

Escape To The Ponderosa

The Avenger

The Last Trophy

San Francisco

Bitter Water

Feet Of Clay

Dark Star

Death At Dawn

Season 2

Showdown

The Mission

Badge Without Honour

The Mill

The Hopefuls

Denver McKee

Day of Reckoning

The Abduction

Breed Of Violence

The Last Viking

The Trail Gang

The Savage

Silent Thunder

The Ape

The Blood Line

The Courtship

The Spitfire

The Bride

Bank Run

The Fugitive

Vengeance

Tax Collector

The Rescue

The Dark Gate

The Duke

Cuttthroat Junction

The Gift

The Rival

The Infernal Machine

The Thunderhead Swindle

The Secret

The Dream Riders

Elizabeth, My Love

Sam Hill

Season 3

The Smiler

Springtime

The Honour Of Cochise

The Lonely House

The Burma Rarity

The Broken Ballad

The Many Faces Of Gideon Flinch

The Friendship

The Countess

The Horse Breaker

Day Of The Dragon