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{{DISPLAYTITLE:List of ''Bonanza'' episodes}}<br />
[[File:Bonanza main cast 1959.JPG|thumb|right|Cast of ''[[Bonanza]]'' in 1959]]<br />
''[[Bonanza]]'' is an American western television series developed and produced by [[David Dortort]] and broadcast in the United States for 14 seasons on the [[NBC]] network. The entire run of the series' 431 hour-long episodes was<!--the run ... was produced in color--> produced in [[Color television|color]].{{sfn|Shapiro|1997|pp=5, 65–157}} The premiere was on September 12, 1959, and the final episode broadcast on January 16, 1973.{{sfn|Shapiro|1997|pp=65, 157}} In its initial season, ''Bonanza'' aired on Saturday evenings and placed at number 45 in the [[Nielsen ratings]]. During its second season, the series moved up to number 17.<ref name="ratings">{{cite web |url=http://bonanzaworld.net/quickfacts.php?s=#ratings |title=Ratings |work=Bonanza World |publisher=Bonanza Ventures, Inc., and NBC, Inc |date=2002–2010|access-date=September 28, 2010}}</ref> ''Bonanza'' was moved to Sundays at 9:00&nbsp;PM Eastern Time at the start of its third season. In that time slot, the ratings soared and the series become second only to ''[[Wagon Train]]'' as the most popular program on American [[prime time]] television.<ref name=ratings/> It remained in the top ten of the ratings until its twelfth season and ranked at number one in its sixth, seventh, and eighth seasons.<ref name=ratings/> ''Bonanza'' also became a worldwide success as it was broadcast in nearly 50 countries, including Canada, Brazil, Yugoslavia, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Australia, and Japan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bonanzaworld.net/article4.php |title=The Worldwide Lure of "Bonanza" |first=John |last=Poppy |publisher=Look magazine |date=December 1, 1964 |access-date=October 12, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101013601/http://bonanzaworld.net/article4.php }}</ref><br />
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''Bonanza'' is set around the [[Ponderosa Ranch#TV origins of the fictional Ponderosa Ranch|Ponderosa Ranch]] near [[Virginia City, Nevada]] and chronicles the weekly adventures of the Cartwright family, consisting of [[Ben Cartwright (character)|Ben Cartwright]] ([[Lorne Greene]]) and his three sons (each by a different wife), [[Adam Cartwright|Adam]] ([[Pernell Roberts]]), Eric [[Hoss Cartwright|"Hoss"]] ([[Dan Blocker]]), and [[Little Joe Cartwright|Joseph]] ([[Michael Landon]]). Veteran actor [[Victor Sen Yung]] played the ranch cook, Hop Sing. In 1964, Pernell Roberts began expressing a desire to leave the series, and so prospective replacements were introduced via Barry Coe as Little Joe's wayward maternal half-brother Clay, and [[Guy Williams (actor)|Guy Williams]] as Ben's nephew Will Cartwright. However, Roberts was persuaded to complete his contract, and remained through season six. The characters of Clay and Will were discontinued. In the ninth season, [[David Canary]] was added to the cast as ranch hand/foreman [[Bonanza#David Canary – "Candy" Canaday|Candy Canady]]. After four years with the series, Canary left due to a contract dispute. In the twelfth season, [[Mitch Vogel]] joined the cast as [[Bonanza#Mitch Vogel – Jamie Hunter/Cartwright|Jamie Hunter]], a teenage orphan who is adopted by Ben Cartwright.<ref name="Home">{{cite web |url=http://bonanzaworld.net/index.php?s= |title=Bonanza World Home |work=Bonanza World |publisher=Bonanza Ventures, Inc., and NBC, Inc|date=2002–2010 |access-date=September 28, 2010}}</ref><ref name="All">{{cite web |url=http://allmovie.com/work/bonanza-tv-series-132988 |title=Bonanza |first=Hal |last=Erickson |work=AllMovie |date=2010 |publisher=Rovi Corporation |access-date=September 28, 2010}}</ref> Following Dan Blocker's death in May 1972 after season thirteen ended, Greene, Landon, and Vogel continued the series into a fourteenth season, with Canary returning as Candy (reportedly approached by Landon) and [[Tim Matheson]] was introduced as ex-prisoner and newly hired ranch-hand Griff King.<ref name=Home/><ref name=All/> The program was moved to Tuesday nights where it slipped badly in the ratings to number 52 and was subsequently cancelled.<ref name=Home/><ref name=All/> ''Bonanza'' has, however, continued to be popular in syndication. From 1964–1967, " Bonanza " became the most watched show in the U.S.<br />
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The first eleven seasons have been released on DVD in Region 1.<br />
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==Series overview==<br />
<onlyinclude>{{Series overview<br />
|caption = Overview of ''Bonanza'' seasons<br />
| infoA = Rank<br />
| infoB = Rating<br />
<br />
| color1 = #7e2304<br />
| link1 = #Season 1 (1959–60)<br />
| episodes1 = 32<br />
| start1 = {{Start date|1959|9|12}}<br />
| end1 = {{End date|1960|4|30}}<br />
| infoA1 = {{n/a}}<br />
| infoB1 = {{n/a}}<br />
<br />
| color2 = #264766<br />
| link2 = #Season 2 (1960–61)<br />
| episodes2 = 34<br />
| start2 = {{Start date|1960|9|10}}<br />
| end2 = {{End date|1961|6|3}}<br />
| infoA2 = 17<br />
| infoB2 = 24.8<br />
<br />
| color3 = #360731<br />
| link3 = #Season 3 (1961–62)<br />
| episodes3 = 34<br />
| start3 = {{Start date|1961|9|24}}<br />
| end3 = {{End date|1962|5|20}}<br />
| infoA3 = 2<br />
| infoB3 = 30.0<br />
<br />
| color4 = #6fcbe0<br />
| link4 = #Season 4 (1962–63)<br />
| episodes4 = 34<br />
| start4 = {{Start date|1962|9|23}}<br />
| end4 = {{End date|1963|5|26}}<br />
| infoA4 = 4<br />
| infoB4 = 29.8{{refn|Tied with ''[[The Lucy Show]]''|group=lower-alpha}}<br />
<br />
| color5 = #4C5F2D<br />
| link5 = #Season 5 (1963–64)<br />
| episodes5 = 34<br />
| start5 = {{Start date|1963|9|22}}<br />
| end5 = {{End date|1964|5|24}}<br />
| infoA5 = 2<br />
| infoB5 = 36.9<br />
<br />
| color6 = #DA853B<br />
| link6 = #Season 6 (1964–65)<br />
| episodes6 = 34<br />
| start6 = {{Start date|1964|9|20}}<br />
| end6 = {{End date|1965|5|23}}<br />
| infoA6 = 1<br />
| infoB6 = 36.3<br />
<br />
| color7 = #710900<br />
| link7 = #Season 7 (1965–66)<br />
| episodes7 = 33<br />
| start7 = {{Start date|1965|9|12}}<br />
| end7 = {{End date|1966|5|15}}<br />
| infoA7 = 1<br />
| infoB7 = 31.8<br />
<br />
| color8 = #02152a<br />
| link8 = #Season 8 (1966–67)<br />
| episodes8 = 34<br />
| start8 = {{Start date|1966|9|11}}<br />
| end8 = {{End date|1967|5|14}}<br />
| infoA8 = 1<br />
| infoB8 = 29.1<br />
<br />
| color9 = #4C5761<br />
| link9 = #Season 9 (1967–68)<br />
| episodes9 = 34<br />
| start9 = {{Start date|1967|9|17}}<br />
| end9 = {{End date|1968|7|28}}<br />
| infoA9 = 4<br />
| infoB9 = 25.5{{refn|''[[Gunsmoke#Television series (1955–1975) and TV movies|Gunsmoke]]'' and ''[[Family Affair]]''|group=lower-alpha}}<br />
<br />
| color10 = #000<br />
| link10 = #Season 10 (1968–69)<br />
| episodes10 = 30<br />
| start10 = {{Start date|1968|9|15}}<br />
| end10 = {{End date|1969|5|11}}<br />
| infoA10 = 3<br />
| infoB10 = 26.6<br />
<br />
| color11 = #40e0d0<br />
| link11 = #Season 11 (1969–70)<br />
| episodes11 = 28<br />
| start11 = {{Start date|1969|9|14}}<br />
| end11 = {{End date|1970|4|19}}<br />
| infoA11 = 3<br />
| infoB11 = 24.8<br />
<br />
| color12 = #0BDA51<br />
| link12 = #Season 12 (1970–71)<br />
| episodes12 = 28<br />
| start12 = {{Start date|1970|9|13}}<br />
| end12 = {{End date|1971|4|11}}<br />
| infoA12 = 9<br />
| infoB12 = 23.9<br />
<br />
| color13 = #C0C0C0<br />
| link13 = #Season 13 (1971–72)<br />
| episodes13 = 26<br />
| start13 = {{Start date|1971|9|19}}<br />
| end13 = {{End date|1972|4|2}}<br />
| infoA13 = 20<br />
| infoB13 = 21.9<br />
<br />
| color14 = #c5b358<br />
| link14 = #Season 14 (1972–73)<br />
| episodes14 = 16<br />
| start14 = {{Start date|1972|9|12}}<br />
| end14 = {{End date|1973|1|16}}<br />
| infoA14 = 50<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thetvratingsguide.com/2020/02/1972-73-ratings-history.html|title=The TV Ratings Guide: 1972-73 Ratings History}}</ref><br />
| infoB14 = 17.0<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thetvratingsguide.com/2020/02/1972-73-ratings-history.html|title=The TV Ratings Guide: 1972-73 Ratings History}}</ref><br />
}}</onlyinclude><br />
{{notelist}}<br />
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==Episodes==<br />
<br />
===Season 1 (1959–60)===<br />
{{Episode table |caption=''Bonanza'', season 1 episodes |background=#7e2304|overall=4|season=4|title= 20|director=15 |writer=19|airdate= 14|episodes=<br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=1<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=1<br />
| Title=A Rose for Lotta<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Edward Ludwig]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[David Dortort]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|9|12}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Mining tycoon Alpheus Troy uses an actress called [[Lotta Crabtree]] ([[Yvonne De Carlo]]) in a plot to hold Joe Cartwright hostage in exchange for timber wood. [[George Macready]] guest stars.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=2<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=2<br />
| Title=Death on Sun Mountain<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Paul Landres]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Gene L. Coon]] and David Dortort<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|9|19}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A pair of greedy opportunists kill antelope on Indian grounds and sell them to Virginia's city silver miners for a large profit. [[Barry Sullivan (actor)|Barry Sullivan]] and [[Karl Swenson]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=3<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=3<br />
| Title=The Newcomers<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Christian Nyby]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Thomas Thompson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|9|26}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights discover an old enemy killing steers on the Ponderosa. Hoss falls for the fiancée of a treacherous prospector who suspects the Cartwrights of hiding gold. [[John Larch]] and [[Inger Stevens]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=4<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=4<br />
| Title=The Paiute War<br />
| DirectedBy=Paul Landres<br />
| WrittenBy=Gene L. Coon<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|10|3}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A sinister trader starts a war between the tribe and a local militia when he frames Adam for the assault of two Paiute women. [[Anthony Caruso (actor)|Anthony Caruso]], [[Walter Coy]], and [[Jack Warden]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=5<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=5<br />
| Title=Enter Mark Twain<br />
| DirectedBy=Paul Landres<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Harold Shumate]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|10|10}}<br />
| ShortSummary= The Cartwrights help Virginia City reporter Samuel Clemens/[[Mark Twain]] ([[Howard Duff]]) in his investigation against a corrupt judge ([[John Litel]]).<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=6<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=6<br />
| Title=The Julia Bulette Story<br />
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby<br />
| WrittenBy=Al C. Ward<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|10|17}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ignoring the admonitions of his father and brothers, Joe falls for a much older woman, the owner of the town's saloon, a madam named [[Julia Bulette]] ([[Jane Greer]]).<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=7<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=7<br />
| Title=The Saga of Annie O'Toole<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Joseph Kane]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Thomas Thompson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|10|24}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Annie O'Toole ([[Ida Lupino]]) arrives to Virginia with her old Da and sets a canteen in a silver mine with Adam's help. [[Alan Hale Jr.]] guest stars.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=8<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=8<br />
| Title=The Philip Deidesheimer Story<br />
| DirectedBy=Joseph Kane<br />
| WrittenBy=Thomas Thompson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|10|31}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Pied Piper [[Philip Deidesheimer]] ([[John Beal (actor)|John Beal]]), with the help of Adam and Hoss, tries to create a method for saving the silver mines of Virginia City from a cave-in.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=9<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=9<br />
| Title=Mr. Henry Comstock<br />
| DirectedBy=[[John Brahm]]<br />
| WrittenBy=David Dortort<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|11|7}}<br />
| ShortSummary=When they are threatened by a man who fraudulently sold a part of the Ponderosa, the Cartwrights remember the day they met claim-jumper [[Henry Comstock]] ([[Jack Carson]]), whose discovery of the Comstock Lode laid the foundation for Virginia City.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=10<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=10<br />
| Title=The Magnificent Adah<br />
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Donald S. Sanford]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|11|14}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwright boys suspect actress [[Adah Isaacs Menken|Adah Menkin]] ([[Ruth Roman]]) of having an ulterior motive for marrying their father. Adah's old lover John C. Regan ([[Don Megowan]]) comes along seeking his former glory.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=11<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=11<br />
| Title=The Truckee Strip<br />
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby<br />
| WrittenBy=Herman Groves<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|11|21}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A silver baron schemes to promote a fight between Ben and his neighbor just to get his hands on timber. Joe Cartwright falls in love with Amy Bishop ([[Adrienne Hayes]]) and the two lovers try to stop the family feud between the Cartwrights and the Bishops. [[James Coburn]] guest stars.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=12<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=12<br />
| Title=The Hanging Posse<br />
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Carey Wilber]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|11|28}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Adam and Joe attempt to stop a posse bent on catching the murderers of Vannie Johnson from changing into a lynch mob. [[Arthur Hunnicutt]], [[Onslow Stevens]], and [[Adam Williams (actor)|Adam Williams]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=13<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=13<br />
| Title=Vendetta<br />
| DirectedBy=Joseph Kane<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Robert E. Thompson (screenwriter)|Robert E. Thompson]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|12|5}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben is seriously wounded as he and Hoss seek help in fighting the vengeful Morgan brothers, only to be confronted with cowardice when all the friends they thought he had in town decide to hide away. [[Whitney Blake]], [[Harry Carey Jr.]], [[John Milford]], [[Mort Mills]] and [[Steve Rowland (record producer)|Steve Rowland]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=14<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=14<br />
| Title=The Sisters<br />
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby<br />
| WrittenBy=Carey Wilber<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|12|12}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Adam is falsely accused of killing a dance-hall girl ([[Fay Spain]]) after she's shot in his arms and the real killer he shot at gets away. [[Buddy Ebsen]] and [[Jean Willes]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=15<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=15<br />
| Title=The Last Hunt<br />
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby<br />
| WrittenBy=Donald S. Sanford<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|12|19}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe and Hoss protect a pregnant Indian woman who tried to rob their hunting camp from a blizzard as well as a group of Shoshones given orders to find her. [[Raymond Bailey]] and [[Chana Eden]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=16<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=16<br />
| Title=El Toro Grande<br />
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby<br />
| WrittenBy=John Tucker Battle<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|1|2}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe and Hoss go south lands to buy a unique bull for the Ponderosa, but they discover that the bull has been spirited away by a little boy. [[Alma Beltran]] and [[Ricardo Cortez]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=17<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=17<br />
| Title=The Outcast<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Lewis Allen (director)|Lewis Allen]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Thomas Thompson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|1|9}}<br />
| ShortSummary=An outcast woman named Leta Malvet is helped by the Cartwrights after her father and brother are hanged for murder. Clay Renton, Leta's beau, arrives in town. [[Jack Lord]] and [[Susan Oliver]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=18<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=18<br />
| Title=A House Divided<br />
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy=Al C. Ward<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|1|16}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Confederate sympathizer Frederick Kyle schemes to tear apart Virginia City and the Cartwrights. Ben tries to uncover his agenda after he befriends Little Joe. [[John Anderson (actor)|John Anderson]], [[Stacy Harris]] and [[Cameron Mitchell (actor)|Cameron Mitchell]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=19<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=19<br />
| Title=The Gunmen<br />
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby<br />
| WrittenBy=Carey Wilber<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|1|23}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss and Joe get themselves involved in a family feud in a small Texas town when they are mistaken for bloodthirsty hired killers. [[Ellen Corby]], [[Henry Hull]], and [[George Mitchell (actor)|George Mitchell]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=20<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=20<br />
| Title=The Fear Merchants<br />
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Frank Unger|t= Frank Unger and Thomas Thompson}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|1|30}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Chinese citizens of Virginia City are targeted by a manipulative mayoral candidate's campaign to "hate outsiders". [[Philip Ahn]] and [[Helen Westcott]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=21<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=21<br />
| Title=The Spanish Grant<br />
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Morris Lee Green|t= Leonard Heideman and David Dortort}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|2|6}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A pair of swindlers team with a dance-hall girl ([[Patricia Medina]]) to get their hands on Nevada land, including the Ponderosa. The Cartwrights try to stop them by disproving the validity of a Spanish land grant. [[Sebastian Cabot (actor)|Sebastian Cabot]] and [[Paul Picerni]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=22<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=22<br />
| Title=Blood on the Land<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Felix E. Feist|Felix Feist]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Robert E. Thompson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|2|13}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Jeb Drummond ([[Everett Sloane]]) is a greedy sheepherder determined to fatten his animals on the Ponderosa grasslands: he takes Adam hostage to force Ben to sign over part of the Ponderosa.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=23<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=23<br />
| Title=Desert Justice<br />
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy=Donald S. Sanford<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|2|20}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Adam and Hoss try to help a ranch hand ([[Wesley Lau]]) who's being taken to California for trial by a brutal U.S. marshal ([[Claude Akins]]), but things are not as they first seem.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=24<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=24<br />
| Title=The Stranger<br />
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= [[Oliver Crawford]]|t= Leonard Heideman}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|2|27}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The vengeful police inspector LeDuque ([[Lloyd Nolan]]) from New Orleans jeopardizes Ben's bid for the governorship over a twenty year murder.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=25<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=25<br />
| Title=Escape to Ponderosa<br />
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Bill Barrett and [[Malcolm Stuart Boylan]]|t= Robert E. Thompson}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|3|5}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben starts to have second thoughts about helping a brutal stockade commander track down three prisoners on the lam when he realizes what they had to deal with. [[Joe Maross]], [[Gloria Talbott]], and [[Grant Williams (actor)|Grant Williams]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=26<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=26<br />
| Title=The Avenger<br />
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Clair Huffaker]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|3|19}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A mysterious stranger called Lassiter ([[Vic Morrow]]) helps Hoss and Joe to save Ben and Adam before they're hanged like his father. The drifter is searching for the men who committeed a lynching in Kansas years ago. [[Ian Wolfe]] guest stars.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=27<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=27<br />
| Title=The Last Trophy<br />
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Bill S. Ballinger]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|3|26}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A British couple visits the Cartwrights - and the woman ([[Hazel Court]]) thinks her own husband is a coward. Everything changes when the couple is kidnapped for ransom along with Adam Cartwright. [[Edward Ashley]] and [[Bert Freed]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=28<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=28<br />
| Title=San Francisco<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Arthur Lubin]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Thomas Thompson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|4|2}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights finish a cattle drive in San Francisco with Hop Sing. Ben is shanghaied at the Barbary Coast while searching for a pair of ranch hands. [[Kathleen Crowley]], [[Richard Deacon (actor)|Richard Deacon]], [[James Hong]], and [[David White (actor)|David White]].<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=29<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=29<br />
| Title=Bitter Water<br />
| DirectedBy=[[George Blair (director)|George Blair]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Harold Jack Bloom]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|4|9}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights are worried their water will be polluted when their neighbor Andy ([[Rhys Williams (Welsh-American actor)|Rhys Williams]])'s son, Todd ([[Don Dubbins]]), threatens to sell his land to a miner.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=30<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=30<br />
| Title=Feet of Clay<br />
| DirectedBy=Arthur Lubin<br />
| WrittenBy=[[John Furia Jr.]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|4|16}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss attempts to comfort a boy ([[David Ladd]]) whose mother has just died and whose father is in jail, but not for long.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=31<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=31<br />
| Title=Dark Star<br />
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy=Anthony Lawrence<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|4|23}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe romances a Gypsy named Tirza ([[Susan Harrison]]) who thinks she's a witch. Her people also believe she's bewitched and she's banished from the community.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=32<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=32<br />
| Title=Death at Dawn<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Charles F. Haas|Charles Haas]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Laurence E. Mascott<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|4|30}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A criminal gang that has taken over Virginia City in the form of a protection racket kidnaps Ben. [[Paul Carr (actor)|Paul Carr]], [[Robert Middleton]], and [[Morgan Woodward]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=7e2304<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
===Season 2 (1960–61)===<br />
{{Episode table |caption=''Bonanza'', season 2 episodes |background=#264766|overall=4|season=4|title= 20|director=15 |writer=19|airdate= 14|episodes=<br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=33<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=1<br />
| Title=Showdown<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Lewis Allen (director)|Lewis Allen]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Dean Riesner]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|9|10}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The youngest member ([[Ben Cooper]]) of a gang that has just robbed Virginia City's bank takes a job with the Cartwrights so the sheriff doesn't find his accomplices.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=34<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=2<br />
| Title=The Mission<br />
| DirectedBy=[[James Neilson (director)|James Neilson]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Robert E. Thompson (screenwriter)|Robert E. Thompson]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|9|17}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss befriends Charlie Trent ([[Henry Hull]]), the town drunk who was once a top scout in the Army before he led his troops into a massacre. Hoss helps him regain his self-esteem. [[John Dehner]] guest stars.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=35<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=3<br />
| Title=Badge Without Honor<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Arthur Lubin]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[John Twist]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|9|24}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights grow suspicious of U.S. Deputy Marshall Gerald Eskith ([[Dan Duryea]]), assigned to escort a reluctant witness, who is also a close friend of theirs, to a racketeering trial in San Francisco.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=36<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=4<br />
| Title=The Mill<br />
| DirectedBy=[[John Rich (director)|John Rich]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Halsted Welles<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|10|1}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights offer to build a mill for their paraplegic neighbor Tom Edwards ([[Harry Townes]]) and his wife Joyce ([[Dianne Foster]]), who is a longtime friend of Ben. Tom's hired hand, Ezekiel ([[Claude Akins]]), is suspicious of Ben.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=37<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=5<br />
| Title=The Hopefuls<br />
| DirectedBy=James Neilson<br />
| WrittenBy=[[E. Jack Neuman]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|10|8}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A Quaker woman convinces Adam to take her wagon train on a perilous journey west. He doesn't know that the woman's father has eyes on the gold that they are carrying to the promised land. [[Larry Gates]], [[Patricia Donahue]] and [[Dennis Patrick]] guest star.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=38<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=6<br />
| Title=Denver McKee<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Jacques Tourneur]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Fred Freiberger]] and Steve McNeil<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|10|15}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Retired U.S. Deputy Marshall Denver McKee ([[Franchot Tone]]) is willing to do anything to make his daughter ([[Natalie Trundy]]) happy. [[Bob Barker]] guest stars.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=39<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=7<br />
| Title=Day of Reckoning<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Richard Bartlett|Richard H. Bartlett]]<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Leonard Heideman|t= Leonard Heideman and R. Harner Norris}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|10|22}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A bigoted and racist farmer ([[Karl Swenson]]) takes action when Ben gives an Indian a piece of land as a reward for saving his life. [[Ricardo Montalban]] and [[Madlyn Rhue]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=40<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=8<br />
| Title=The Abduction<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Charles F. Haas|Charles Haas]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Herman Groves<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|10|29}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe's carnival date Jennifer Beale ([[Jackie Russell]]) is abducted in a deadly ransom plot orchestrated to extort money from her rich father Joshua. The plan unravels when Hercules ([[Robert Maffei]]) finds out who killed the woman he loved, Delia ([[Barbara Lawrence]]). [[Gerald Mohr]] and [[Stafford Repp]] guest star.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=41<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=9<br />
| Title=Breed of Violence<br />
| DirectedBy=Johnny Florea<br />
| WrittenBy=David Lang<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|11|5}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Dolly Kincaid ([[Myrna Fahey]]) defies her lawman father ([[Val Avery]]) and runs off with a handsome stranger ([[John Ericson]]) who is actually a bank robber.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=42<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=10<br />
| Title=The Last Viking<br />
| DirectedBy=Johnny Florea<br />
| WrittenBy=Anthony Lawrence<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|11|12}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss's uncle Gunnar ([[Neville Brand]]) turns out to be the leader of a vicious band of outlaws called the Commancheros that kidnaps Little Joe and his girlfriend.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=43<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=11<br />
| Title=The Trail Gang<br />
| DirectedBy=John Rich<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Carey Wilber]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|11|26}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Outlaw Johnny Logan ([[Richard Davalos]]) plots his revenge against his sheriff-father ([[James Westerfield]]) for sending him to prison years ago. To succeed, he disguises as Sam Jackson, a young drifter hired by Ben, who isn't aware of Johnny's real identity. [[Edgar Buchanan]] guest stars.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=44<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=12<br />
| Title=The Savage<br />
| DirectedBy=James Neilson<br />
| WrittenBy=Joseph Stone and [[Paul King (screenwriter)|Paul King]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|12|3}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Adam falls for a girl ([[Anna-Lisa]]) believed by Indians to be the white buffalo woman. The tribe wants to harm her and is looking for her.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=45<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=13<br />
| Title=Silent Thunder<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Robert Altman]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[John Furia Jr.]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|12|10}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A deaf girl ([[Stella Stevens]]) is treated badly by her father and Joe decides to help her by teaching her sign language. The girl misunderstands Joe's actions as gestures of love.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=46<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=14<br />
| Title=The Ape<br />
| DirectedBy=James P. Yarbrough<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Gene L. Coon]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|12|17}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss tries to help a mentally-challenged man with immense physical strength to control his temper. His efforts are undermined by a saloon girl. [[Karen Sharpe]] and [[Leonard Nimoy]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=47<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=15<br />
| Title=The Blood Line<br />
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy=William Raynor and [[Myles Wilder]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|12|31}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Todd Grayson (David Macklin) seeks revenge on Ben for the death of his father Luke. [[Jan Sterling]] and [[Lee Van Cleef]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=48<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=16<br />
| Title=The Courtship<br />
| DirectedBy=James P. Yarbrough<br />
| WrittenBy=Richard Morgan<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|1|7}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss falls in love and proposes to a beautiful woman ([[Julie Adams]]) Adam knows is a compulsive gambler and only interested in Hoss' money.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=49<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=17<br />
| Title=The Spitfire<br />
| DirectedBy=William D. Faralla<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Ward Hawkins]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|1|14}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A family seeks revenge against Joe for shooting the treacherous patriarch in self-defense after the man tried to set fire to the Ponderosa. [[Jack Elam]] and [[Katherine Warren]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=50<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=18<br />
| Title=The Bride<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Alvin Ganzer]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Richard Newman<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|1|21}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A beautiful young woman ([[Suzanne Lloyd]]) claims to be Ben's wife and a sheriff ([[John McIntire]]) falsely charges him with murder - all in a complex scheme to take over the Ponderosa. [[Adam West]] guest stars.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=51<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=19<br />
| Title=Bank Run<br />
| DirectedBy=Robert Altman<br />
| WrittenBy=N.B. Stone Jr.<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|1|28}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe and Hoss rob the bank in an attempt to stop the owner from foreclosing on a depositor, but they end up being pursued by the law. [[Dan Tobin]] and [[Ian Wolfe]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=52<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=20<br />
| Title=The Fugitive<br />
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy=Richard H. Landau<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|2|4}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Adam investigates a friend's death in Mexico, only to be faced with hostile townspeople and the dead man's wife. [[Ziva Rodann]], [[James Best]], [[Frank Silvera]] and [[Arthur Batanides]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=53<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=21<br />
| Title=Vengeance<br />
| DirectedBy=Dick Moder<br />
| WrittenBy=Marion Parsonnet<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|2|11}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss is shot by the vengeful brother ([[Adam Williams (actor)|Adam Williams]]) of the man he accidentally killed, Willie the town drunk (Keith Richards). [[Beverly Tyler]] guest stars.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=54<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=22<br />
| Title=Tax Collector<br />
| DirectedBy=[[William Witney]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Arnold Belgard<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|2|18}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The citizens of Virginia City unite to rebel against the new tax collector Jock Henry ([[Eddie Firestone]]), who uses peculiar methods to figure out how much people owe.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=55<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=23<br />
| Title=The Rescue<br />
| DirectedBy=William D. Faralla<br />
| WrittenBy=Steve McNeil<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|2|25}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben must rescue his sons from cattle rustlers. [[Leif Erickson (actor)| Leif Erickson]] and [[Richard Coogan]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=56<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=24<br />
| Title=The Dark Gate<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Robert Gordon (director)|Robert Gordon]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Ward Hawkins<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|3|4}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Rancher Ross Marquette ([[James Coburn]]) is behaving strangely and he accuses his friend Adam of having an affair with his wife.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=57<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=25<br />
| Title=The Duke<br />
| DirectedBy=Robert Altman<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Theodore & Mathilde Ferro|t= William R. Cox}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|3|11}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A British boxer called the Duke ([[Maxwell Reed]]) with a weakness for the ladies faces Hoss in a prizefight. JD ([[Jason Evers]]), the Cartwrights' meek friend, is pulverized by the Duke who also assaults Marge ([[Randy Stuart]]), a saloon girl who adores JD. The Duke's manager ([[J. Pat O'Malley]]), who is his brother, comes to her rescue.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=58<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=26<br />
| Title=Cutthroat Junction<br />
| DirectedBy=Dick Moder<br />
| WrittenBy=Nat Tanchuck<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|3|18}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Jed Trask ([[Robert Lansing (actor) |Robert Lansing]]) joins the outlaws he was supposed to stop when he is abruptly fired during his mission. He is helped by some people of the Virginia City council.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=59<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=27<br />
| Title=The Gift<br />
| DirectedBy=William Witney<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Denne Bart Petitclerc]] and Thomas Thompson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|4|1}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe and a friend ([[Martin Landau]]) trek across the desert with a valuable Arab stallion to get a birthday present for Joe's father, unaware that they're being stalked by horse thieves.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=60<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=28<br />
| Title=The Rival<br />
| DirectedBy=Robert Altman<br />
| WrittenBy=Anthony Lawrence<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|4|15}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss has a crisis of conscience when he sees Jim Applegate ([[Charles Aidman]]), a rival for his sweetheart Cameo ([[Peggy Ann Garner]])'s affections, leaving the scene of a lynching.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=61<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=29<br />
| Title=The Infernal Machine<br />
| DirectedBy=William Witney<br />
| WrittenBy=Ward Hawkins<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|4|22}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A con man persuades the citizens of Virginia City to invest in a horseless carriage. A promoter sells shares into the invention, but all of a sudden he skips town. [[Eddie Ryder]], [[June Kenney]], [[Nora Hayden]] and [[George Kennedy]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=62<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=30<br />
| Title=The Thunderhead Swindle<br />
| DirectedBy=Dick Moder<br />
| WrittenBy=Gene L. Coon<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|4|29}}<br />
| ShortSummary=There's a sharp rise in unemployment and Ben tries to disprove reports of a silver strike which he believes is fraudulent. [[Parley Baer]], [[Judson Pratt]], [[Vito Scotti]] and [[Ross Elliott]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=63<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=31<br />
| Title=The Secret<br />
| DirectedBy=Robert Altman<br />
| WrittenBy=John Hawkins<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|5|6}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe is falsely accused of murdering a girl following a family friend's testimony. The Cartwrights race to prove his innocence. [[Crahan Denton]] guest stars.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=64<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=32<br />
| Title=The Dream Riders<br />
| DirectedBy=Robert Altman<br />
| WrittenBy=James Van Wagoner and Jack McClain<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|5|20}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A balloonist distracts the citizens of Virginia City while his associates make plans to rob the bank. [[Sidney Blackmer]] and [[Stuart Nisbet]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=65<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=33<br />
| Title=Elizabeth, My Love<br />
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy=Anthony Lawrence<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|5|27}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben remembers his time with Elizabeth Stoddard ([[Geraldine Brooks (actress)|Geraldine Brooks]]), Adam's mother, while his son is seriously ill.<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=66<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=34<br />
| Title=Sam Hill<br />
| DirectedBy=Robert Altman<br />
| WrittenBy=[[David Dortort]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|6|3}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights help blacksmith Sam Hill ([[Claude Akins]]) keep the land where his mother is buried after his drunk father ([[Edgar Buchanan]]) signed it away to an old enemy ([[Ford Rainey]]). Directed by [[Robert Altman]].<br />
| LineColor=264766<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
===Season 3 (1961–62)===<br />
{{Episode table |caption=''Bonanza'', season 3 episodes |background=#360731|overall=4|season=4|title= 20|director=15 |writer=19|airdate= 14|episodes=<br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=67<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=1<br />
| Title=The Smiler<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Thomas Carr (director)|Thomas Carr]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Lewis Reed<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|9|24}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The brother ([[Herschel Bernardi]]) of the drunk Hoss accidentally killed in self-defense secretly plots his revenge.<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=68<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=2<br />
| Title=Springtime<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Christian Nyby]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[John Furia Jr.]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|10|1}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe accidentally hurts old businessman Jedediah Milbank ([[John Carradine]]) while he and his brothers are enjoying the spring.<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=69<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=3<br />
| Title=The Honor of Cochise<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Don McDougall (director)|Don McDougall]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Elliott Arnold]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|10|8}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Indian war chief Cochise ([[Jeff Morrow]]) and his warriors pursue an Army captain ([[DeForest Kelley]]) responsible for poisoning Indian women and children. Adam is seriously wounded after he's hit by an Apache bullet.<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=70<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=4<br />
| Title=The Lonely House<br />
| DirectedBy=[[William Witney]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Frank Chase (actor)|Frank Chase]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|10|15}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A lonely widow tends to a wounded bank robber whose gang takes her and Joe hostage. [[Paul Richards (actor)|Paul Richards]] and [[Faith Domergue]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=71<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=5<br />
| Title=The Burma Rarity<br />
| DirectedBy=William Witney<br />
| WrittenBy=N.B. Stone Jr.<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|10|21}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Con men try to sell a worthless gem to a former showgirl, but she's too smart for them. People in town would like Ben to get married with widow Hawkins ([[Beatrice Kay]]).<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=72<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=6<br />
| Title=Broken Ballad<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Robert Butler (director)|Robert Butler]]<br />
| WrittenBy=John T. Kelly<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|10|29}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Former gunfighter Ed Payson ([[Robert Culp]]) returns to Virginia City and tries to put his past behind him. Adam decides to help him.<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=73<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=7<br />
| Title=The Many Faces of Gideon Flinch<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Robert Altman]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Robert Vincent Wright<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|11|5}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe is mistaken for con man Gideon Flinch ([[Ian Wolfe]]), who along with his niece Jennifer ([[Sue Ane Langdon]]), has spent all the money of an investment made by Bullet Head Burke ([[Harry Swoger]]).<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=74<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=8<br />
| Title=The Friendship<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=Frank Chase<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|11|12}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe tries to help former chain-gang prisoner Danny Kid ([[Dean Jones (actor)|Dean Jones]]), locked up since he was only thirteen, to adjust to his freedom.<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=75<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=9<br />
| Title=The Countess<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Robert Sparr]]<br />
| WrittenBy=William R. Cox and William D. Powell<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|11|19}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A countess ([[Margaret Hayes]]) returns to Virginia City to resume her romance with Ben, the man she spurned twenty years before in New Orleans.<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=76<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=10<br />
| Title=The Horse Breaker<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=Frank Chase<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|11|26}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben tries to help bronco-buster Johnny Lightly ([[Ben Cooper]]) who's feeling depressed over losing the use of his legs.<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=77<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=11<br />
| Title=Day of the Dragon<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=[[John T. Dugan]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|12|3}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe wins Su Ling ([[Lisa Lu]]), a Chinese slave girl, in a poker game, but she refuses to allow him to free her. Meanwhile, her groom-to-be General Tsung ([[Richard Loo]]) is looking for her.<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=78<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=12<br />
| Title=The Frenchman<br />
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Norman Lessing]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|12|10}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights deal with a Frenchman who claims to be the reincarnation of medieval and outlaw poet [[François Villon]] ([[Andre Philippe]]).<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=79<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=13<br />
| Title=The Tin Badge<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Lewis Allen (director)|Lewis Allen]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Don Ingalls]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|12|17}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Two citizens of a nearby small town appoint Joe their sheriff as part of their plot to commit a murder. After he takes the job, Joe becomes suspicious. [[Vic Morrow]], [[Karen Steele]] and [[John Litel]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=80<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=14<br />
| Title=Gabrielle<br />
| DirectedBy=Thomas Carr<br />
| WrittenBy=Anthony Lawrence<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|12|24}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights help blind girl Gabrielle Wickman ([[Diane Mountford]]) find her reclusive grandfather, who spent 21 years in jail for a crime he didn't commit.<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=81<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=15<br />
| Title=Land Grab<br />
| DirectedBy=David Orrick McDearmon<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Ward Hawkins]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|12|31}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A range war is on the horizon when settlers use deeds to claim ownership of the Ponderosa sold by an unscrupulous friend of Ben's ([[John McGiver]]) that the Cartwrights are currently hosting.<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=82<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=16<br />
| Title=The Tall Stranger<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=Ward Hawkins<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|1|7}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss courts Margie Owens ([[Kathie Browne]]), a wealthy woman who's equally captivated by a fortune hunter's extravagant promises.<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=83<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=17<br />
| Title=The Lady from Baltimore<br />
| DirectedBy=John Peyser<br />
| WrittenBy=Elliott Arnold<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|1|14}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Status-seeking mother Deborah Banning ([[Mercedes McCambridge]]) is disappointed in her husband's financial failures and forces her daughter to marry Joe.<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=84<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=18<br />
| Title=The Ride<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=Ward Hawkins<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|1|21}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Adam sets out to prove one of his business partners Bill Enders ([[Jan Merlin]]) is guilty of robbery and murder, but his family and the sheriff are not convinced by his testimony.<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=85<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=19<br />
| Title=The Storm<br />
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Denne Petitclerc]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|1|28}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Laura White ([[Brooke Hayward]]) displays her affections for Joe when she and her father, sea Captain Matthew White ([[Frank Overton]]), visit the Ponderosa.<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=86<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=20<br />
| Title=The Auld Sod<br />
| DirectedBy=William Witney<br />
| WrittenBy=Charles Lang<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|2|4}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ranch hand Danny Lynch ([[James Dunn (actor)|James Dunn]]) convinces the Cartwrights to go along with his charade of their ranch being his ranch for his visiting Irish mother, who thinks her son owns the Ponderosa.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=87<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=21<br />
| Title=Gift of Water<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Jesse Hibbs]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Borden Chase]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|2|11}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Tensions rise during a drought and the Cartwrights dig a well in order to bring water to drought-ridden farmers. [[Royal Dano]], [[Majel Barrett]] and [[James Doohan]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=88<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=22<br />
| Title=The Jackknife<br />
| DirectedBy=William Witney<br />
| WrittenBy=Frank Chase<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|2|18}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Adam tries to save the marriage of a couple whose son he befriends. Adam doesn't know that the father, rancher Matt Grant ([[John Archer (actor)|John Archer]]), is the member of a gang of rustlers.<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=89<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=23<br />
| Title=The Guilty<br />
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy=Clifford Irving<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|2|25}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Retired sheriff Lem Partridge ([[Lyle Bettger]]) blames his friend Ben for his son Jimmy's ([[Jack Easton Jr]]) death when the boy is shot and killed by vengeful gunman Jack Groat ([[Charles Maxwell (actor)|Charles Maxwell]]).<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=90<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=24<br />
| Title=The Wooing of Abigail Jones<br />
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby<br />
| WrittenBy=Norman Lessing<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|3|4}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights boys help shy ranch hand Hank Meyers ([[Vaughn Monroe]]) court schoolteacher Abigail Jones ([[Eileen Ryan]]).<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=91<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=25<br />
| Title=The Lawmaker<br />
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John A. Johns|t= Dick Nelson}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|3|11}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The acting sheriff, rancher Asa Moran ([[Arthur Franz]]), of Virginia City abuses his authority while Roy Coffee is out due to injury.<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=92<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=26<br />
| Title=Look to the Stars<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Robert M. Fresco]] and Paul Rink<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|3|18}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben discovers that young genius [[Albert Michelson]] (Douglas Lambert) was expelled from school because of a bigoted schoolmaster ([[William Schallert]]).<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=93<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=27<br />
| Title=The Gamble<br />
| DirectedBy=William Witney<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Michael Landon|t= Frank Cleaver and [[Michael Landon]]}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|4|1}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe hurries to rescue his father and brothers from being executed on a false murder charge. [[Charles McGraw]] and [[Ben Johnson (actor)| Ben Johnson]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=94<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=28<br />
| Title=The Crucible<br />
| DirectedBy=Paul Nickell<br />
| WrittenBy=John T. Dugan<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|4|8}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Adam ends up stranded in the desert where he is forced to depend on insane miner Peter Kane ([[Lee Marvin]]), who forces the Cartwright into slavery to drive Adam to murder.<br />
Note: This episode was one of Pernell Roberts' personal favorites, as it gave him the best opportunity to showcase his acting abilities.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=95<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=29<br />
| Title=Inger, My Love<br />
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Anthony Lawrence|t= Frank Cleaver and [[David Dortort]]}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|4|15}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben remembers his courtship with his second wife and Hoss's mother, Inger ([[Inga Swenson]]). <br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=96<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=30<br />
| Title=Blessed Are They<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Borden Chase|t= Borden Chase and Frank Cleaver}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|4|22}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben must settle a bitter feud between the Mahan and Clarke families that threatens to divide the citizens of Virginia City. [[Robert Brown (American actor)| Robert Brown]], [[Ford Rainey]] and [[Irene Tedrow]].<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=97<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=31<br />
| Title=The Dowry<br />
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby<br />
| WrittenBy=Robert Vincent Wright<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|4|29}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights take in wounded man Alexander Dubois ([[Steven Geray]]), his daughter Michele ([[Luciana Paluzzi]]) and her fiancé Don Ricardo Fernandez ([[Lee Bergere]]). Michele might have been robbed of her dowry.<br />
Note: while filming this episode on location, Pernell Roberts’ horse, Sport, slipped and fell while going downhill on a muddy path. After Sport fell, Blocker's horse, Chub, who was following closely, stumbled over him. Roberts and Blocker jumped off their mounts as they had been trained to do, but both actors were injured. Roberts sprained his neck, while Blocker broke his collarbone and shoulder and would miss one episode then wear a sling for the remainder of the season.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=98<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=32<br />
| Title=The Long Night<br />
| DirectedBy=William Witney<br />
| WrittenBy=George Stackalee and E. M. Parsons<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|5|6}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Adam is mistaken for an escaped convict and finds himself caught between the real convict ([[James Coburn]]) and a lynch mob. Adam needs to prove his real identity.<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=99<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=33<br />
| Title=The Mountain Girl<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=John Furia<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|5|13}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe is given the task of changing a mountain girl ([[Nina Shipman]]) into a refined young lady, as wished by the girl's late grandfather Seth Coombs ([[Will Wright (actor)|Will Wright]]).<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=100<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=34<br />
| Title=The Miracle Maker<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Lewis Reed|t= Frank Cleaver and Preston Wood}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|5|20}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A so-called faith healer ([[Ed Nelson]]) offers to help Susan ([[Patricia Breslin]]) with her guilt over her father dying in a wagon crash.<br />
| LineColor=360731<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
===Season 4 (1962–63)===<br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=101<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=1<br />
| Title=The First Born<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Don McDougall (director)|Don McDougall]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Judy and George W. George<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|9|23}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe must decide what to do when he learns that new ranch hand Clay Stafford ([[Barry Coe]]) is his mother's first-born son.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=102<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=2<br />
| Title=The Quest<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Christian Nyby]]<br />
| WrittenBy=John Furia{{ref|1|[A]}} and Thomas Thompson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|9|30}}<br />
| ShortSummary=In order to prove himself a man, Joe sets out to win a big timber contract for the Ponderosa. [[Grant Richards (actor)|Grant Richards]], [[Frank Gerstle]] and [[Dan Riss]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=103<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=3<br />
| Title=The Artist<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Frank Chase (actor)|Frank Chase]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|10|7}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben tries to help Matthew Raine ([[Dan O'Herlihy]]), an artist who's lost his sight. He's also supported by his friend Ann ([[Virginia Grey]]).<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=104<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=4<br />
| Title=A Hot Day for a Hanging<br />
| DirectedBy=[[William F. Claxton]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Preston Wood and [[Elliott Arnold]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|10|14}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A sheriff ([[Denver Pyle]]) hopes to save his town from going bankrupt by framing Hoss for bank robbery and murder while he's making a payment delivery.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=105<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=5<br />
| Title=The Deserter<br />
| DirectedBy=[[William Witney]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Norman Lessing]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|10|21}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights face a dilemma when their neighbor Bill Winters (Robert Sampson) is wanted for deserting the Army ten years ago.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=106<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=6<br />
| Title=The Way Station<br />
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy=Frank Cleaver<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|10|28}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A desperate fugitive ([[Robert Vaughn]]) holds Adam and others captive at a remote way station.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=107<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=7<br />
| Title=The War Comes to Washoe<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=Alvin Sapinsley<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|11|4}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Statehood convention delegates debate over which side Nevada will take in the Civil War. Little Joe's romance with the daughter of a Confederate sympathizer brings tensions between him and Adam. [[Harry Townes]], [[Joyce Taylor]], [[Barry Kelley]] and [[Alan Caillou]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=108<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=8<br />
| Title=Knight Errant<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Joseph Hoffman]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|11|18}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss inadvertently starts a romantic triangle when he meets his friend's mail-order bride, who falls in love with him. [[Judi Meredith]] and [[John Doucette]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=109<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=9<br />
| Title=The Beginning<br />
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby<br />
| WrittenBy=Preston Wood<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|11|25}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe tries to help Billy Horn ([[Carl Reindel]]), who was captured by Indians as a boy, adjust to life at the Ponderosa. A threat emerges when Milton Tanner ([[Ken Lynch]]) claims one-third of the Ponderosa and Billy wants to confront him the Indian way.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=110<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=10<br />
| Title=The Deadly Ones<br />
| DirectedBy=William Witney<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= N. B. Stone Jr.|t= [[Denne Petitclerc]]}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|12|2}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Mexican patriots loyal to Benito Juárez come to the Ponderosa in order to rob a gold wagon needed for the Mexican revolution and smuggled by Emperor Maximilian. [[Will Kuluva]], [[Leo Gordon]], [[Lee Farr]] and [[Jena Engstrom]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=111<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=11<br />
| Title=Gallagher's Sons<br />
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby<br />
| WrittenBy=Dick Nelson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|12|9}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss helps out Will ([[Eileen Chesis]]) and Charlie ([[Larrian Gillespie]]), two orphaned girls who have been raised as boys. He doesn't know a posse is trailing them, looking for a bag of stolen money carried by one of the girls.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=112<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=12<br />
| Title=The Decision<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Norman Jacob|t= Frank Chase}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|12|16}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A doctor ([[DeForest Kelley]]) convicted of murder is the only one who can perform surgery on Hoss, whose life hangs in the balance.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=113<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=13<br />
| Title=The Good Samaritan<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=Robert Bloomfield<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|12|23}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss tries to play matchmaker for a ranch hand ([[Don Collier]]) and a widow ([[Jeanne Cooper]]). His friend seems determined to sabotage the possible affair.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=114<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=14<br />
| Title=The Jury<br />
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby<br />
| WrittenBy=Robert Vincent Wright<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|12|30}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss is the only one on a jury who believes a ne'er-do-well is innocent of murder. Since he doesn't agree with the other judges, he's accused of bribery. [[Jack Betts]], [[Don Haggerty]], [[James Bell (actor)|James Bell]] and [[Bobs Watson]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=115<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=15<br />
| Title=The Colonel<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Lewis Allen (director)|Lewis Allen]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Preston Wood<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|1|6}}<br />
| ShortSummary=An old Army buddy of Ben's jeopardizes the Cartwrights and a Ponderosa land deal with his lies. [[John Larkin (actor born 1912)|John Larkin]], [[Helen Westcott]] and [[Edward Platt]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=116<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=16<br />
| Title=Song in the Dark<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=Judy and George W. George<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|1|13}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Mysterious singer Danny Morgan ([[Gregory Walcott]]) has been charged with murder and Adam sets out to clear him.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=117<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=17<br />
| Title=Elegy for a Hangman<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Hollingsworth Morse]]<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= E. M. Parsons|t= E. M. Parsons and Shirl Hendryx}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|1|20}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A man ([[Keir Dullea]]) forces the reopening of a murder case, believing his father was wrongfully executed. Adam helps him.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=118<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=18<br />
| Title=Half a Rogue<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=Arnold Belgard<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|1|27}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss takes in ornery hillbilly Big Jim Leyton ([[Slim Pickens]]), who has been framed for murder.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=119<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=19<br />
| Title=The Last Haircut<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=Charles Lang<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|2|3}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe pursues a cold-blooded killer who used a tricky legal maneuver to escape justice. [[Perry Lopez]] and [[Chubby Johnson]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=120<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=20<br />
| Title=Marie, My Love<br />
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= [[Anne Howard Bailey]] and Anthony Lawrence|t= Anthony Lawrence}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|2|10}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben remembers his courtship in New Orleans of Joe's mother and third wife, Marie ([[Felicia Farr]]).<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=121<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=21<br />
| Title=The Hayburner<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Alex Sharp (actor)|Alex Sharp]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|2|17}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss loses his Kentucky racehorse in a poker game and he wants it back. The Cartwright brothers try to come out ahead in the Virginia City Sweepstakes.<br />
Note: This was Pernell Robert's favourite comedy episode. [[William Demarest]] and [[Ellen Corby]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=122<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=22<br />
| Title=The Actress<br />
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby<br />
| WrittenBy=Norman Lessing<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|2|24}}<br />
| ShortSummary=An actress ([[Patricia Crowley]]) is torn between her love for little Joe and her desire for show business.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=123<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=23<br />
| Title=A Stranger Passed This Way<br />
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy=William L. Stuart<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|3|3}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss develops amnesia following a bushwhacking and is taken in by a Dutch couple mourning their son's death. They plan to take him to Michigan with them. [[Signe Hasso]], [[Robert Emhardt]] and [[Addison Richards]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=124<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=24<br />
| Title=The Way of Aaron<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Murray Golden]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Raphael Blau|Raphael David Blau]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|3|10}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Adam falls for a Jewish woman ([[Aneta Corsaut]]) after helping her and her father.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=125<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=25<br />
| Title=A Woman Lost<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=Frank Chase<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|3|17}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben and an ex-prizefighter try to cure a woman ([[Ruta Lee]]) of her alcoholism.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=126<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=26<br />
| Title=Any Friend of Walter's<br />
| DirectedBy=John Florea<br />
| WrittenBy=Lois Hire<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|3|24}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss befriends an old prospector ([[Arthur Hunnicutt]]) and his communicative dog as he helps them fend off gold thieves.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=127<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=27<br />
| Title=Mirror of a Man<br />
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy=[[A. I. Bezzerides]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|3|31}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A reformed convict is forced to switch identities with his evil twin, who is wanted for murdering a rancher and stealing a horse. [[Ron Hayes]] and [[Ford Rainey]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=128<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=28<br />
| Title=My Brother's Keeper<br />
| DirectedBy=Murray Golden<br />
| WrittenBy=Seeleg Lester<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|4|7}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Adam considers rejecting the violent way of life in the West after shooting Joe by accident. [[Ken Lynch]] guest stars.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=129<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=29<br />
| Title=Five into the Wind<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Meyer Dolinsky]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|4|21}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe and five people are stranded after a stagecoach wreck. Joe is accused of murder when a man is found killed by Joe's knife. [[Kathleen Crowley]] and [[Betsy Jones-Moreland]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=130<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=30<br />
| Title=The Saga of Whizzer McGee<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=Robert L. Welch<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|4|28}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss befriends Whizzer McGee ([[George Brenlin]]), a little man with big ideas.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=131<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=31<br />
| Title=Thunder Man<br />
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy=Lewis Reed<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|5|5}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe's girlfriend Ann Wilson (Toby Michaels) and her uncle Fred ([[Harvey Stephens]]) are going to Joe's birthday party, but the girl is molested and killed by explosives expert William Poole ([[Simon Oakland]]) who then works to keep his guilt secret by getting a job on the Ponderosa and staying with widowed neighbor Mrs. Gibson ([[Evelyn Scott (actress)|Evelyn Scott]]).<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=132<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=32<br />
| Title=Rich Man, Poor Man<br />
| DirectedBy=John Florea<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Arnold Belgard and Robert Fresco|t= Richard P. McDonagh, Barbara and Milton Merlin}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|5|12}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Bumbling man Claude Miller ([[John Fiedler]]) loses his job and then tries to buy respect with his new-found wealth.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=133<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=33<br />
| Title=The Boss<br />
| DirectedBy=Arthur H. Nadel<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Leo Gordon]] and Paul Leslie Peil<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|5|19}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights attempt to start a rally against the tyrannical owner ([[Carroll O'Connor]]) of a freight-line. The local strongman is also a former friend of Ben.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=134<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=34<br />
| Title=Little Man... Ten Feet Tall<br />
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Eric Norden and Frank Arno|t= Eric Norden}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|5|26}}<br />
| ShortSummary=An Italian immigrant loses respect for his father ([[Ross Martin]]) when he meets Hoss.<br />
| LineColor=6fcbe0<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
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===Season 5 (1963–64)===<br />
{{Episode table |caption=''Bonanza'', season 5 episodes |background=#4C5F2D|overall=4|season=4|title= 20|director=15 |writer=19|airdate= 14|episodes=<br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=135<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=1<br />
| Title=She Walks in Beauty<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Don McDougall (director)|Don McDougall]]<br />
| WrittenBy=William L. Stuart<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|9|22}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss takes a liking to a woman ([[Gena Rowlands]]) whose good looks have only led to unhappiness and a questionable choice of professions. Hoss asks her to be his wife and believes she can change even after she tries to seduce his brother Adam.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=136<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=2<br />
| Title=A Passion for Justice<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Murray Golden]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Peter Packer<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|9|29}}<br />
| ShortSummary=[[Charles Dickens]] ([[Jonathan Harris]]) founds himself embroiled in controversy and antagonizes the citizens of Virginia City with his arrogance.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=137<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=3<br />
| Title=Rain from Heaven<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Lewis Allen (director)|Lewis Allen]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Robert Vincent Wright<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|10|6}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A rainmaker ([[John Anderson (actor)|John Anderson]]) offers his services to Virginia City during a drought. He brings with him his very sick daughter.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=138<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=4<br />
| Title=Twilight Town<br />
| DirectedBy=John Florea<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Cy Chermak]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|10|13}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Bushwhacked, Joe wanders into a seemingly deserted town and collapses. He awakens and Louise ([[Davey Davison]]) tends to his wound, telling him he is in Martinville. Louise's father ([[Stacy Harris]]) and others enlist Joe's help to combat a terrorizing outlaw gang, but the town's sheriff's widow (Dorris Dowling) warns Joe to leave while he can. At the conclusion of a mighty battle, Joe's family finds him alone in a deserted town with no signs of life. Did Joe rally the town's citizens, or did he have a supernatural encounter?<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=139<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=5<br />
| Title=The Toy Soldier<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Tay Garnett]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Warren Douglas]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|10|20}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Adam helps an alcoholic artist ([[Philip Abbott]]) deal with bigots opposed to his marriage to a Paiute woman.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=140<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=6<br />
| Title=A Question of Strength<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=Frank Cleaver<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|10|27}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss journeys through the wilderness with two nuns after bandits wreck their stagecoach. [[Judy Carne]] and [[John Kellogg (actor)|John Kellogg]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=141<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=7<br />
| Title=Calamity Over the Comstock<br />
| DirectedBy=Charles R. Rondeau<br />
| WrittenBy=Warren Douglas<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|11|3}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Little Joe befriends and brings home to the Ponderosa Calamity Jane ([[Stefanie Powers]]), only to face the wrath of her boyfriend ([[Christopher Dark]]).<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=142<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=8<br />
| Title=Journey Remembered<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Irving J. Moore]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Anthony Lawrence<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|11|10}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben remembers his journey west with his second wife, Hoss's mother, Inger ([[Inga Swenson]]), after seeing Hoss in the barn waiting for a mare to be born.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=143<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=9<br />
| Title=The Quality of Mercy<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Joseph H. Lewis]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Peter Packer<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|11|17}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe struggles with his conscience after witnessing a mercy-killing committed by his friend Seth Pruitt ([[Richard Rust]]).<br />
Note: This was one of Michael Landon's favorite episodes.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=144<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=10<br />
| Title=The Waiting Game<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Richard Sarafian]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Ed Adamson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|12|8}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Adam becomes attracted to Laura ([[Kathie Browne]]), a widow who's unwilling to tell her daughter Peggy (Katie Sweet) the bad news about her father, Frank Dayton ([[Wayde Preston]]), being dead.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=145<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=11<br />
| Title=The Legacy<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Bernard McEveety]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Anthony Wilson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|12|15}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Believing their father to be dead after he goes missing during a hunt, the Cartwright boys set out to find the men who did it. [[Robert H. Harris]], [[Phillip Pine]] and [[James Best]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=146<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=12<br />
| Title=Hoss and the Leprechauns<br />
| DirectedBy=John Florea<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Robert V. Barron|Robert Barron]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|12|22}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss brings home a strongbox filled with gold, claiming it belongs to leprechauns. A newly arrived Irish professor confirms the mythical creatures' presence and the whole town goes searching for them. [[Sean McClory]], [[Robert Sorrells]] and [[Clegg Hoyt]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=147<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=13<br />
| Title=The Prime of Life<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Christian Nyby]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Peter Packer<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|12|29}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben competes with an old rival to win the railroad's lumber contract, but he soon questions his fitness to run the Ponderosa after an accident wounds him and kills a ranch hand. [[Jay C. Flippen]] guest stars.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=148<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=14<br />
| Title=The Lila Conrad Story<br />
| DirectedBy=Tay Garnett<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= [[George Waggner]]|t= Preston Wood}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|1|5}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights protect dance-hall girl Lila Conrad ([[Patricia Blair]]) from the friends of the man she killed in self-defense and from self-righteous Judge David Knowlton ([[Andrew Duggan]]) intent on saving her soul.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=149<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=15<br />
| Title=Ponderosa Matador<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Alex Sharp (actor)|Alex Sharp]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|1|12}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwright boys compete for the attention of a visiting señorita ([[Marianna Hill]]): Adam relies on his charm and guitar, Hoss and Little Joe opt for a bull fight.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=150<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=16<br />
| Title=My Son, My Son<br />
| DirectedBy=[[William F. Claxton]] <br />
| WrittenBy=[[Denne Petitclerc]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|1|19}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben's marriage to widow Katherine Saunders ([[Teresa Wright]]) is jeopardized by the widow's son being accused of murder.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=151<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=17<br />
| Title=Alias Joe Cartwright<br />
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy=Robert Vincent Wright<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|1|26}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe is mistaken for an Army deserter who looks similar to him and has only a stubborn career army sergeant ([[Keenan Wynn]]) to help him avoid being executed.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=152<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=18<br />
| Title=The Gentleman from New Orleans<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=William Bruckner<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|2|2}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss befriends a flamboyant, sword-brandishing newcomer from New Orleans ([[John Dehner]]) who claims to be [[Jean LaFitte]].<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=153<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=19<br />
| Title=The Cheating Game<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Joseph Sargent]]<br />
| WrittenBy=William L. Stuart<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|2|9}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Laura Dayton ([[Kathie Browne]]) is told by a handsome grifter that she'll receive a large sum from her deceased husband's insurance, but it's actually part of a ruse to cheat her out of her money.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=154<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=20<br />
| Title=Bullet for a Bride<br />
| DirectedBy=Tay Garnett<br />
| WrittenBy=Tom Seller<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|2|16}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Taken by feelings of guilt, Joe proposes to Tessa Caldwell ([[Marlyn Mason]]) he blinded by accident on a hunting trip.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=155<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=21<br />
| Title=King of the Mountain<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=Robert Sabaroff<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|2|23}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss tries to stop Big Jim Leyton ([[Slim Pickens]]) and his fiancée's father from killing each other.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=156<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=22<br />
| Title=Love Me Not<br />
| DirectedBy=Tay Garnett<br />
| WrittenBy=Frank Cleaver<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|3|1}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A girl ([[Anjanette Comer]]) who's been held captive by the Paiutes for many years falls in love with Ben when he takes her to the Ponderosa.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=157<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=23<br />
| Title=The Pure Truth<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=Lois Hire<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|3|8}}<br />
| ShortSummary=As acting deputy, Hoss is sent to bring in a prisoner, but he ends up in the wrong town and accused of robbing the bank. [[Glenda Farrell]], [[Stanley Adams (actor)|Stanley Adams]] and [[Lloyd Corrigan]] guest star.<br />
Note: This was the highest-rated episode of the series (source: Nielsen Media Research and quoted in numerous books). <br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=158<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=24<br />
| Title=No Less a Man<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=Jerry Adelman<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|3|15}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The citizens of Virginia City believe Sheriff Roy Coffee ([[Ray Teal]]) is too old to stop a raid from the Wagner gang and they demand his resignation.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=159<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=25<br />
| Title=Return to Honor<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Jack Turley]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|3|22}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben hears his nephew Will ([[Guy Williams (actor)|Guy Williams]]) has been murdered in Pine City, only to learn Will is alive and on the lam from counterfeiters whose engraving plates he swiped (First episode of Will Cartwright).<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=160<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=26<br />
| Title=The Saga of Muley Jones<br />
| DirectedBy=John Florea<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= [[Alex Sharp (actor)|Alex Sharp]] and Robert V. Barron|t= Robert V. Barron}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|3|29}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Muley Jones ([[Bruce Yarnell]]), a distant cousin of the Cartwrights with a voice that can shatter glass, visits the Ponderosa. Meanwhile, the sheriff is looking for two moonshiners: Eskey ([[Jesse White (actor)|Jesse White]]) and Yuri ([[Strother Martin]]).<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=161<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=27<br />
| Title=The Roper<br />
| DirectedBy=John Florea<br />
| WrittenBy=Peter Packer<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|4|5}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Will ([[Guy Williams (actor)|Guy Williams]]) is taken hostage by outlaws who robbed Ben and killed three Army soldiers. He tries to save Ben and his sons, the doctor ([[John_Hubbard_(actor)|John Hubbard]]), and the wife of one of the outlaws ([[Julie Sommars]]).<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=162<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=28<br />
| Title=A Pink Cloud Comes from Old Cathay<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=Lewis Clay<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|4|12}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss receives a Chinese mail-order bride ([[Marlo Thomas]]) by mistake. Her militant ideas ignite a workers' rebellion and threaten the completion of a Virginia City railroad project.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=163<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=29<br />
| Title=The Companeros<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=Ken Pettus<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|4|19}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Will Cartwright ([[Guy Williams (actor)|Guy Williams]]) is asked by his old friend Mateo Ybarra ([[Frank Silvera]]) to return to Mexico with him to defend [[Benito Juárez|President Juarez]].<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=164<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=30<br />
| Title=Enter Thomas Bowers<br />
| DirectedBy=Murray Golden<br />
| WrittenBy=Jessica Benson and Murray Golden<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|4|26}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Black opera singer [[Thomas Bowers (singer)|Thomas Bowers]] ([[William Marshall (actor)|William Marshall]]) comes to Virginia City for a concert, but is suspected of being a runaway slave; some people want him arrested or worse.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1964/01/18/106933504.html?pageNumber=47 Adams, Val. "2 Shows on Negroes", ''The New York Times'', January 18, 1964, p.47]</ref><br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=165<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=31<br />
| Title=The Dark Past<br />
| DirectedBy=Murray Golden<br />
| WrittenBy=William Bruckner<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|5|3}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Bounty hunter Dev ([[Dennis Hopper]]) appears to be haunted by a mysterious incident from his past.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=166<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=32<br />
| Title=The Pressure Game<br />
| DirectedBy=Tay Garnett<br />
| WrittenBy=Don Tait<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|5|10}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Adam is pressured by Laura Dayton ([[Kathie Browne]])'s aunt Lillian ([[Joan Blondell]]) into proposing, but he's unwilling to marry her.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=167<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=33<br />
| Title=Triangle<br />
| DirectedBy=Tay Garnett<br />
| WrittenBy=Frank Cleaver<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|5|17}}<br />
| ShortSummary=As Adam secretly builds a home for his bride-to-be Laura ([[Kathie Browne]]), a love triangle ensues when Will ([[Guy Williams (actor)|Guy Williams]]) falls for Laura Dayton.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=168<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=34<br />
| Title=Walter and the Outlaws<br />
| DirectedBy=Ralph E. Black<br />
| WrittenBy=Lois Hire<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|5|24}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Old prospector Obie ([[Arthur Hunnicutt]]) asks Hoss to help him rescue his dog from gold thieves.<br />
| LineColor=4C5F2D<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
===Season 6 (1964–65)===<br />
{{Episode table |caption=''Bonanza'', season 6 episodes |background=#DA853B|overall=4|season=4|title= 20|director=15 |writer=19|airdate= 14|episodes=<br />
<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=169<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=1<br />
| Title=Invention of a Gunfighter<br />
| DirectedBy=John Florea<br />
| WrittenBy=Daniel B. Ullman<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|9|20}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe teaches to his friend Johnny Chapman ([[Guy Stockwell]]) how to use a six-shooter, only for the man to embark on a career as a ruthless bounty hunter.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=170<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=2<br />
| Title=The Hostage<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=Don Mullally<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|9|27}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben is taken hostage by a band of outlaws demanding a ransom of $100,000. The Cartwrights formulate a plan to rescue their father. [[Harold J. Stone]] and [[Jacqueline Scott]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=171<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=3<br />
| Title=The Wild One<br />
| DirectedBy=[[William Witney]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Jo Pagano<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|10|4}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss is looking for a wild stallion for breeding and he chooses a gruff mountaineer ([[Aldo Ray]]), who is later confronted by the wife ([[Kathryn Hays]]) he left long ago.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=172<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=4<br />
| Title=Thanks for Everything, Friend<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Christian Nyby]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Jerry Adelman<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|10|11}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Tom Wilson ([[Rory Calhoun]]), who's an expert in cards and women, saves Adam from drowning. This event begins a friendship that Adam will later regret.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=173<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=5<br />
| Title=Logan's Treasure<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Don McDougall (director)|Don McDougall]]<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Robert Sabaroff|t= Ken Pettus}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|10|18}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Sam Logan ([[Dan Duryea]]) gets out of prison and tries to avoid those who are certain he's hidden a cache of stolen gold somewhere. Ben believes him and invites him to stay at the Ponderosa.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=174<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=6<br />
| Title=The Scapegoat<br />
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby<br />
| WrittenBy=Rod Peterson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|10|25}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss befriends suicidal man Waldo Watson ([[George Kennedy]]), who turns out to be a scapegoat for three men who intend to do him harm.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=175<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=7<br />
| Title=A Dime's Worth of Glory<br />
| DirectedBy=[[William F. Claxton]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Richard and Esther Shapiro|Richard Shapiro and Esther Mayesh]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|11|1}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben and Adam capture a known outlaw that tried to hold up the stage they were passengers on. After this episode, Ben turns down a dime novelist's offer to make the Cartwrights famous, so the novelist gives it to aging Sheriff Laramore ([[Bruce Cabot]]).<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=176<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=8<br />
| Title=Square Deal Sam<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Murray Golden]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Jessica Benson and Murray Golden<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|11|8}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights fall for the schemes of con artist Samuel T. Washburn, nicknamed Square Deal Sam ([[Ernest Truex]]).<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=177<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=9<br />
| Title=Between Heaven and Earth<br />
| DirectedBy=William Witney<br />
| WrittenBy=Ed Adamson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|11|15}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe and his friend Mitch Devlin ([[Richard Jaeckel]]) are chasing a sheep-killing puma and Joe has to climb a steep slope, but something goes wrong.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=178<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=10<br />
| Title=Old Sheba<br />
| DirectedBy=John Florea<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Alex Sharp (actor)|Alex Sharp]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|11|22}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss injured traveling circus wrestler Bearcat Samspon ([[Henry Kulky]]). When the owner of the traveling circus squanders Hoss's winnings in a wrestling match, Joe and Hoss receive an elephant as payment. <br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=179<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=11<br />
| Title=A Man to Admire<br />
| DirectedBy=John Florea<br />
| WrittenBy=Mort R. Lewis<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|12|6}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss is accused of murdering a scheming businessman, and then has to rely on his new friend, an alcoholic lawyer ([[James Gregory (actor)|James Gregory]]), to clear him.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=180<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=12<br />
| Title=The Underdog<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=Don Mullally<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|12|13}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe tries to help half Native American Harry Starr ([[Charles Bronson]]), who is accused of being a chronic horse thief.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=181<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=13<br />
| Title=A Knight to Remember<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Vincent McEveety]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Robert V. Barron]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|12|20}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A knight in shining armor who calls himself King Arthur ([[Henry Jones (actor)|Henry Jones]]) scares away bandits trying to rob a stagecoach carrying Adam.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=182<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=14<br />
| Title=The Saga of Squaw Charlie<br />
| DirectedBy=William Witney<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Warren Douglas]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|12|27}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Old Indian Squaw Charlie ([[Anthony Caruso (actor)|Anthony Caruso]]) befriends a little girl in spite of the townspeople ridiculing him. After she goes missing, the whole town wants his blood.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=183<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=15<br />
| Title=The Flapjack Contest<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Tom Davison|t= Frank Cleaver}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|1|3}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss has to stay on a strict diet before a flapjack-eating contest: he has to win against champion Big Ed Simpson ([[Mel Berger]]).<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=184<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=16<br />
| Title=The Far, Far Better Thing<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Bernard McEveety]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Mort R. Lewis<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|1|10}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe competes with ranch hand Tuck ([[Warren Vanders]]) for the affections of Lucy Melviney ([[Brenda Scott]]), an Eastern girl with a thirst for adventure.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=185<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=17<br />
| Title=Woman of Fire<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Suzanne Clauser]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|1|17}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Shakespeare-inspired Adam takes care of a temperamental señorita ([[Joan Hackett]]) while her father finds her a husband.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=186<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=18<br />
| Title=The Ballerina<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Frank Chase (actor)|Frank Chase]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|1|24}}<br />
| ShortSummary=An aspirant ballerina ([[Barrie Chase]]) falls for her teacher and faces resistance from her father, who is a traveling violinist.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=187<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=19<br />
| Title=The Flannel-Mouth Gun<br />
| DirectedBy=Don McDougall<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Leo Gordon]] and Paul Leslie Peil<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|1|31}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Desperate ranchers hire a gunman to take care of rustlers; tragedy follows and Sherman Clegg ([[Earl Holliman]]) is accused of murder.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=188<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=20<br />
| Title=The Ponderosa Birdman<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Herbert L. Strock]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Blair Robertson and Hazel Swanson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|2|7}}<br />
| ShortSummary=An eccentric inventor ([[Ed Wynn]]) plans to take flight with his meticulously crafted wings. Hoss tries to help him and his overly-protective granddaughter.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=189<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=21<br />
| Title=The Search<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=Frank Cleaver<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|2|14}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Adam searches for his troublesome lookalike Tom Burns. His search lands him in the Placerville jail. [[Lola Albright]] and [[Elaine Devry]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=190<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=22<br />
| Title=The Deadliest Game<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Gerd Oswald]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Jo Pagano<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|2|21}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Aging circus aerialist Guido Borelli ([[Cesar Romero]]) grows jealous of his partner Petina ([[Ilze Taurins]])'s attraction to Joe, but he's quick to comfort her after a fistfight with her boyfriend Carlo ([[Fabrizio Mioni]]) lands Joe in prison.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=191<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=23<br />
| Title=Once a Doctor<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Tay Garnett]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Martha Wilkerson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|2|28}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A vengeful Englishman comes after Doctor P.A. Mundy ([[Michael Rennie]]), nicknamed Professor Poppy, that he blames for the death of his wife.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=192<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=24<br />
| Title=Right Is the Fourth R<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Virgil W. Vogel|Virgil Vogel]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Jerry Adelman<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|3|7}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Adam tries to teach a course in frontier history and learns some unsettling facts about the territory's founders. [[Everett Sloane]], [[Mariette Hartley]] and [[Barry Kelley]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=193<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=25<br />
| Title=Hound Dog<br />
| DirectedBy=Ralph E. Black<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Alex Sharp (actor)|Alex Sharp]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|3|21}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Cousin Muley Jones ([[Bruce Yarnell]]) returns along with hound dogs, but Tracy Ledbetter ([[Sue Ane Langdon]]) claims he stole them from her.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=194<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=26<br />
| Title=The Trap<br />
| DirectedBy=William Witney<br />
| WrittenBy=Ken Pettus<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|3|28}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Married man Burk ([[Steve Cochran]]) sets a trap to keep Joe away from his wife ([[Joan Freeman (actress)|Joan Freeman]]), but when his plan backfires and he ends up dead, his twin brother decides to finish the job.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=195<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=27<br />
| Title=Dead and Gone<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Robert Totten]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Paul Schneider (writer)|Paul Schneider]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|4|4}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Adam tries to help wandering troubadour Howard Mead ([[Hoyt Axton]]) overcome his habit of stealing after he tried to rob Johann Brunner ([[Steve Ihnat]]) and his sister Hilda ([[Susanne Cramer]]).<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=196<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=28<br />
| Title=A Good Night's Rest<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Jeffrey Fleece|t= Frank Cleaver}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|4|11}}<br />
| ShortSummary=After dealing with Hoss' snoring, Adam's guitar playing and Little Joe's courting shenanigans, Ben checks into a hotel to try to get a good night's sleep. [[Eddie Firestone]] and [[Jean Willes]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=197<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=29<br />
| Title=To Own the World<br />
| DirectedBy=Virgil Vogel<br />
| WrittenBy=Ed Adamson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|4|18}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Wealthy tycoon Charles Augustus Hackett ([[Telly Savalas]]) is out to get the Ponderosa. <br />
Note: This episode features the final appearance of Pernell Roberts as Adam Cartwright.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=198<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=30<br />
| Title=Lothario Larkin<br />
| DirectedBy=William Witney<br />
| WrittenBy=Warren Douglas<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|4|25}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Infamous womanizer Lothario Larkin ([[Noah Beery, Jr.]]) returns to Virginia City, to the displeasure of the fathers and the sheriff.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=199<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=31<br />
| Title=The Return<br />
| DirectedBy=Virgil Vogel<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Frank Chase & Ken Pettus|t= Ken Pettus}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|5|2}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ex-convict Trace Cordell ([[Tony Young (actor)|Tony Young]]) returns to town, but no one is glad to see him, especially Paul Dorn ([[John Conte (actor)|John Conte]]), the banker he crippled in a bank robbery.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=200<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=32<br />
| Title=Jonah<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=Preston Wood<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|5|9}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ranch hand George Whitman ([[Andrew Prine]]) is offered a job on the Ponderosa when he saves Hoss's life, but rumors state that he's a jinx.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=201<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=33<br />
| Title=The Spotlight<br />
| DirectedBy=Gerd Oswald<br />
| WrittenBy=Richard Carr<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|5|16}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben tries to talk retired opera star Angela Bergstrom ([[Viveca Lindfors]]) into resuming her career on the stage.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=202<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=34<br />
| Title=Patchwork Man<br />
| DirectedBy=Ralph E. Black<br />
| WrittenBy=Don Tait and William Koenig<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|5|23}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss hires recluse Albert 'Patch' Saunders ([[Grant Williams (actor)|Grant Williams]]) to work on the Ponderosa. After learning about Patch's past, Hoss decides to help him.<br />
| LineColor=DA853B<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
===Season 7 (1965–66)===<br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=203<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=1<br />
| Title=The Debt<br />
| DirectedBy=[[William F. Claxton]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[William Blinn]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|9|12}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Wiley Kane ([[Tommy Sands (entertainer)|Tommy Sands]]) and his sister Annie ([[Brooke Bundy]]) come to the Ponderosa to work off a debt from when their father Sam ([[Ford Rainey]]) swindled Ben.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=204<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=2<br />
| Title=The Dilemma<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=John Hawkins and [[Ward Hawkins]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|9|19}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben is appointed as a temporary circuit judge, but he faces a dilemma when a man he helped to parole is suspected of robbing the bank. [[Tom Tully]] guest stars.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=205<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=3<br />
| Title=The Brass Box<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Paul Schneider (writer)|Paul Schneider]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|9|26}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Old teller of tall tales Don Jose Ortega ([[Ramon Novarro]]) claims to have a brass box of land grants that gives him ownership over most of the area around Virginia City, including the Ponderosa.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=206<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=4<br />
| Title=The Other Son<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=Thomas Thompson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|10|3}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben hires mule skinner Clint Watson ([[Ed Begley]]) and his sons to take nitroglycerin to California.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=207<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=5<br />
| Title=The Lonely Runner<br />
| DirectedBy=[[William Witney]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Thomas Thompson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|10|10}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A judge awards horse breeder Jim Acton ([[Gilbert Roland]])'s beloved prize mare to rancher Sam Whipple ([[Ken Lynch]]).<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=208<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=6<br />
| Title=Devil on Her Shoulder<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Virgil W. Vogel]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Suzanne Clauser<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|10|17}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights try to help a woman who is the member of a religious group: she is being accused of being possessed and being a witch. [[Ina Balin]], [[John Doucette]] and [[Victoria Vetri]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=209<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=7<br />
| Title=Found Child<br />
| DirectedBy=Ralph E. Black<br />
| WrittenBy=Frank Cleaver<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|10|24}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss protects and becomes attached to a little girl called Lisa ([[Eileen Baral]]), whose parents were killed in a stagecoach robbery.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=210<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=8<br />
| Title=The Meredith Smith<br />
| DirectedBy=John Florea<br />
| WrittenBy=Lois Hire<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|10|31}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben must figure which person, all claiming to be Meredith Smith, is the true heir to the estate of Jake Smith, a friend of his who asked him to make sure his estate would be given to a relative. [[Robert Colbert]], [[Anne Helm]], [[Strother Martin]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=211<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=9<br />
| Title=Mighty is the Word<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Robert Goodwin|t= Thomas Thompson}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|11|7}}<br />
| ShortSummary=One of the Ponderosa's ranch hands plots revenge against the gunfighter-turned-preacher who killed his brother. [[Glenn Corbett]], [[Michael Witney]] and [[Sue Randall]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=212<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=10<br />
| Title=The Strange One<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Gerd Oswald]]<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Stephen Lord|t= Jo Pagano and Stephen Lord}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|11|14}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A woman suspected of being a witch takes refuge on the Ponderosa -- where she amazes the Cartwrights with her ability to see the future. While recuperating, she predicts a future misfortune for Little Joe. [[Louise Sorel]], [[Robert McQueeney]] and [[Jean Engstrom]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=213<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=11<br />
| Title=The Reluctant Rebel<br />
| DirectedBy=[[R. G. Springsteen]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Wally George]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|11|21}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Young rebel Billy Penn ([[Tim Considine]]) has second thoughts about life as an outlaw when the Cartwrights catch him stealing cattle.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=214<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=12<br />
| Title=Five Sundowns to Sunup<br />
| DirectedBy=Gerd Oswald<br />
| WrittenBy=William L. Stuart<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|12|5}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A family of outlaws, guided by the mother, Elizabeth Lassiter ([[Marie Windsor]]), embarks on a kidnapping spree in order to prevent one of their own from being executed.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=215<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=13<br />
| Title=A Natural Wizard<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Robert Totten]]<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Suzanne Clauser|t= William Blinn}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|12|12}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Skeeter Dexter ([[Eddie Hodges]]) is a boy who loves animals and he helps Hoss take care of a pregnant cow. Skeeter had a brutal stepfather and he is now being blamed by his mother for his father abandonment.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=216<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=14<br />
| Title=All Ye His Saints<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=William Blinn<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|12|19}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Little Michael Thorpe ([[Clint Howard]]) sets out to find God in the hope that he can heal his gravely wounded father.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=217<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=15<br />
| Title=A Dublin Lad<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=Mort Thaw<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|1|2}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe serves on a jury intent on convicting Terrence O'Toole ([[Liam Sullivan]]) of murder.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=218<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=16<br />
| Title=To Kill a Buffalo<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=Michael Fisher<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|1|9}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A badly injured Indian, affected by prejudice, reacts violently to Hoss's helping hand. Hoss tries to teach him to overcome his hostility to the white man. [[Steve Gravers]] guest stars.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=219<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=17<br />
| Title=Ride the Wind: Part 1<br />
| DirectedBy=William Witney<br />
| WrittenBy=Paul Schneider<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|1|16}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben is not pleased with Joe's decision to join the Pony Express. [[Victor Jory]], [[Rod Cameron (actor)|Rod Cameron]] and [[DeForest Kelley]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=220<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=18<br />
| Title=Ride the Wind: Part 2<br />
| DirectedBy=William Witney<br />
| WrittenBy=Paul Schneider<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|1|23}}<br />
| ShortSummary=In spite of increasing Indian attacks, Curtis Wade ([[Rod Cameron (actor)|Rod Cameron]]) is determined to keep the Pony Express going.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=221<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=19<br />
| Title=Destiny's Child<br />
| DirectedBy=Gerd Oswald<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Robert V. Barron]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|1|30}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben tries to find jobs for a pair of strangers who helped him pull his wagon out of the mud. [[Robert V. Barron]], [[Dick Peabody]] and [[Walter Burke]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=222<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=20<br />
| Title=Peace Officer<br />
| DirectedBy=William Witney<br />
| WrittenBy=Don Mullally<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|2|6}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ruthless lawman Wes Dunn ([[Eric Fleming]]) is hired to halt the violence in Virginia City while Sheriff Coffee is out of town.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=223<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=21<br />
| Title=The Code<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=Sidney Ellis<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|2|13}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe must decide whether to obey the code of the west and answer a gunfighter's challenge. [[George Montgomery (actor)|George Montgomery]], [[Jan Shepard]] and [[Robert Ellenstein]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=224<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=22<br />
| Title=Three Brides for Hoss<br />
| DirectedBy=Ralph E. Black<br />
| WrittenBy=Jo Pagano<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|2|20}}<br />
| ShortSummary=And ordinary day becomes everything but ordinary when Hoss receives three mail-order brides. [[Stuart Erwin]], [[Majel Barrett]] and [[Mitzi Hoag]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=225<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=23<br />
| Title=The Emperor Norton<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Gerry Prince Young and Robert Sabaroff|t= Robert Sabaroff}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|2|27}}<br />
| ShortSummary=[[Joshua A. Norton]] ([[Sam Jaffe]]), a friend of Ben's who fancies himself an emperor, is about to be committed to an insane asylum.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=226<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=24<br />
| Title=Her Brother's Keeper<br />
| DirectedBy=Virgil W. Vogel<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Lee Pickett|t= Mort Thaw}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|3|6}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Claire Armory ([[Nancy Gates]]) falls in love with Ben, but her invalid brother Carl ([[Wesley Lau]]) complicates her courtship with him.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=227<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=25<br />
| Title=The Trouble with Jamie<br />
| DirectedBy=R. G. Springsteen<br />
| WrittenBy=Helen B. Hicks<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|3|20}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben's cousin Matthew ([[Ross Elliott]]) from the East brings his wife Elizabeth ([[Tracy Olsen]]) and his spoiled son Jamie ([[Michael Burns (actor and historian)|Michael Burns]]) for a visit to the Ponderosa, requesting that Ben keeps an eye on Jamie for the next 2 months while on a business trip.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=228<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=26<br />
| Title=Shining in Spain<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Maurice Geraghty]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Elliott Gilbert<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|3|27}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe falls for Wendy Daniels ([[Judi Rolin]]), a beautiful girl who's anticipating the arrival of her father Taylor ([[Gene Lyons (actor)|Gene Lyons]]).<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=229<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=27<br />
| Title=The Genius<br />
| DirectedBy=R. G. Springsteen<br />
| WrittenBy=Don Mullally<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|4|3}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss tries to help poet William Warlock Evans ([[Lonny Chapman]]) beat his alcoholism by hiring him as a ranch hand for the Ponderosa.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=230<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=28<br />
| Title=The Unwritten Commandment<br />
| DirectedBy=Gerd Oswald<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Dan Ullman|t= Jo Pagano and William Blinn}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|4|10}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Young singer Andy Walker ([[Wayne Newton]]) wants to develop his talents against his stern father's wishes.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=231<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=29<br />
| Title=Big Shadows on the Land<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=William F. Leicester and [[Richard Bartlett|Richard H. Bartlett]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|4|17}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights deal with an immigrant winemaker family setting up business on Ponderosa land. [[Jack Kruschen]] and [[Brioni Farrell]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=232<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=30<br />
| Title=The Fighters<br />
| DirectedBy=R. G. Springsteen<br />
| WrittenBy=Robert Goodwin<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|4|24}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss badly injures an over-the-hill boxer in a fight and refuses all other offers to box professionally. [[Michael Conrad]], [[Phillip Pine]] and [[Mari Aldon]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=233<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=31<br />
| Title=Home from the Sea<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Jean Yarbrough]]<br />
| WrittenBy=George F. Slavin and [[Stanley Adams (actor)|Stanley Adams]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|5|1}}<br />
| ShortSummary=An old shipmate of Adam's plans to steal a shipment of gold from the Cartwrights. [[Ivor Barry]] and [[Wayne Heffley]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=234<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=32<br />
| Title=The Last Mission<br />
| DirectedBy=R. G. Springsteen<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= S. S. Schweitzer|t= [[William Douglas Lansford]] and S. S. Schweitzer}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|5|8}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben accompanies old Army buddy Colonel Keith Jarrell ([[R. G. Armstrong]]) on a mission to make peace with the Paiutes, but Hoss becomes suspicious about the Colonel's real intentions.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=235<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=33<br />
| Title=A Dollar's Worth of Trouble<br />
| DirectedBy=Donald R. Daves<br />
| WrittenBy=Robert Goodwin<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|5|15}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss has his palm read and is told that two people -- a blonde and a gunman -- will affect his life. [[Sally Kellerman]], [[Mabel Albertson]] and [[Hampton Fancher]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=710900<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
===Season 8 (1966–67)===<br />
{{Episode table |caption=''Bonanza'', season 8 episodes |background=#02152a|overall=4|season=4|title= 20|director=15 |writer=19|airdate= 14|episodes=<br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=236<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=1<br />
| Title=Something Hurt, Something Wild<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Lewis Allen (director)|Lewis Allen]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Jerry Alderman and William Driskill<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|9|11}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Laurie Ferguson ([[Lynn Loring]]) accuses Joe of assaulting her, setting off a feud between her family and the Cartwrights.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=237<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=2<br />
| Title=Horse of a Different Hue<br />
| DirectedBy=William Witney<br />
| WrittenBy=William R. Cox<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|9|18}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben has no idea that the outcome of a horse race he arranged has been fixed by an old friend of his, Colonel Robert Fairchild ([[Charles Ruggles]]).<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=238<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=3<br />
| Title=A Time to Step Down<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Paul Henreid]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Frank Chase (actor)|Frank Chase]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|9|25}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Aging wrangler Dan Tolliver ([[Ed Begley]]) turns against the Cartwrights after his longtime friend Ben suggests that he should retire.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=239<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=4<br />
| Title=The Pursued: Episode 1<br />
| DirectedBy=William Witney<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Thomas Thompson and Marc Michaels|t= Thomas Thompson}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|10|2}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights try to help a Mormon rancher overcome persecution against his beliefs. [[Eric Fleming]], [[Dina Merrill]], [[Lois Nettleton]] and [[Vincent Beck]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=240<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=5<br />
| Title=The Pursued: Episode 2<br />
| DirectedBy=William Witney<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Thomas Thompson and Marc Michaels|t= Thomas Thompson}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|10|9}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Bigots force Mormon rancher Heber Clawson ([[Eric Fleming]]) to flee with his two wives, one of whom needs medical attention.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=241<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=6<br />
| Title=To Bloom for Thee<br />
| DirectedBy=Sutton Roley<br />
| WrittenBy=June Randolph<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|10|16}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss proposes marriage to Carol Attley ([[Geraldine Brooks (actress)|Geraldine Brooks]]), a woman with a hidden past which includes having killed her abusive first husband and fleeing from the associated murder charge.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=242<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=7<br />
| Title=Credit for a Kill<br />
| DirectedBy=[[William F. Claxton]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Frederick Louis Fox<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|10|23}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe lets his friend Morgan Tanner ([[Dean Harens]]) take credit for killing a horse thief, but when the outlaw's brothers come after him to get their revenge he has to make a difficult decision to save his friend's life.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=243<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=8<br />
| Title=Four Sisters from Boston<br />
| DirectedBy=Alan Crosland Jr.<br />
| WrittenBy=John M. Chester<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|10|30}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben tries to stop a con artist from stealing an inheritance from four Boston sisters that are trying to prevent the auctioning of a property left to them by their uncle. [[Vera Miles]] guest stars.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=244<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=9<br />
| Title=Old Charlie<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=Bob and Wanda Duncan<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|11|6}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Teller of tales Old Charlie Conners ([[John McIntire]]) brags about killing an outlaw, so the dead man's brothers seek their revenge.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=245<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=10<br />
| Title=Ballad of the Ponderosa<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= [[Hendrik Vollaerts]]|t= Rik Vollaerts and [[Michael Landon]]}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|11|13}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A balladeer blames Ben for his father's hanging. [[Randy Boone]], [[Ann Doran]], [[Roger Davis (television actor)|Roger Davis]] and [[John Archer (actor)|John Archer]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=246<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=11<br />
| Title=The Oath<br />
| DirectedBy=Gerd Oswald<br />
| WrittenBy=Martha Wilkerson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|11|20}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Before his execution for murder, convicted man Big Charlie Monahan ([[Douglas Kennedy (actor)|Douglas Kennedy]]) has his son take an oath to kill the Cartwrights for revenge.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=247<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=12<br />
| Title=A Real Nice, Friendly Little Town<br />
| DirectedBy=Herman Hoffman<br />
| WrittenBy=Herman Hoffman<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|11|27}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss confronts a woman and her gun-toting sons after Joe is hit by a ricocheting bullet, but the mother seems to be more interested in protecting her kids than seeing justice done. [[Louise Latham]], [[Mark Slade]] and [[Vaughn Taylor (actor)|Vaughn Taylor]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=248<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=13<br />
| Title=The Bridegroom<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=Walter Black<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|12|4}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe romances Maggie Dowling ([[Joanne Linville]]) so widower Jared Wilson ([[Ron Hayes]]) will be jealous enough to ask for her hand in marriage.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=249<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=14<br />
| Title=Tommy<br />
| DirectedBy=William Witney<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Mary Terri Taylor and Thomas Thompson|t= Mort Thaw and Mary Terri Taylor}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|12|18}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights protect deaf-mute Tommy Miller ([[Ted Quinn|Teddy Quinn]]) and his mother from his stepfather, a vicious outlaw determined to take back his wife.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=250<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=15<br />
| Title=A Christmas Story<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Gerd Oswald]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Thomas Thompson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1966|12|25}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Singer Andy Walker ([[Wayne Newton]]) returns to Virginia City for Christmas with his scheming uncle, who plans to make a profit on the orphans' benefit.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=251<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=16<br />
| Title=Ponderosa Explosion<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Alex Sharp (actor)|Alex Sharp]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|1|1}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe and Hoss literally get more than they bargained for when a pair of con men lead them to invest in a pair of rabbits that subsequently multiply. [[Dub Taylor]], [[Chubby Johnson]], [[Chick Chandler]] and [[Phil Chambers]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=252<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=17<br />
| Title=Justice<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Lewis Allen (director)|Lewis Allen]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Richard Wendley<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|1|8}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe seeks revenge on the bank clerk who killed his fiancée. [[Beau Bridges]], [[Lurene Tuttle]] and [[Shirley Bonne]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=253<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=18<br />
| Title=A Bride for Buford<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Robert V. Barron]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|1|15}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss is certain that a saloon girl is only interested in a miner for his wealth. [[Lola Albright]], [[Jack Elam]], [[Paul Brinegar]] and [[Richard Devon]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=254<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=19<br />
| Title=Black Friday<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=Herbert Kastle and John Hawkins<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|1|22}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe tries to save his friend Steven Friday ([[John Saxon]]) from dying in a gunfight to avenge one of his victims and planned for Friday the 13th.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=255<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=20<br />
| Title=The Unseen Wound<br />
| DirectedBy=Gerd Oswald<br />
| WrittenBy=Frank Chase<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|1|29}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben tries to help his friend Sheriff Paul Rowan ([[Leslie Nielsen]]) after his wife Katherine ([[Nancy Malone]]) shows concerns about his health: the Sheriff has been driven to the breaking point by years of violence. <br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=256<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=21<br />
| Title=Journey to Terror<br />
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy=Joel Murcott<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|2|5}}<br />
| ShortSummary=After being suspected of being a member of Wade Hollister ([[John Ericson]])'s gang, outlaws imprison Little Joe, Tom ([[Jason Evers]]) and Ellie Blackwell ([[Elizabeth Rogers]]) at the Blackwell farm.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=257<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=22<br />
| Title=Amigo<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|t= John Hawkins and Jack Turley|s= Jack Turley}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|2|12}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben helps a wounded comanchero who is being pursued by a lynch mob, a band of terrorists and an angry Little Joe who has just lost a friend. [[Henry Darrow]] and [[Gregory Walcott]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=258<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=23<br />
| Title=A Woman in the House<br />
| DirectedBy=Gerd Oswald<br />
| WrittenBy=Joel Murcott<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|2|19}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben protects a girl from her alcoholic husband, but she's unable to tell gratitude from love. [[Diane Baker]] and [[Paul Richards (actor)|Paul Richards]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=259<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=24<br />
| Title=Judgement at Red Creek<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=Robert Sabaroff<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|2|26}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe comes to suspect that a pair of murder suspects is lying because the leader of a posse does not intend to bring them alive. [[John Ireland (actor)|John Ireland]], [[Martin West (actor)|Martin West]] and [[Harry Carey Jr.]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=260<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=25<br />
| Title=Joe Cartwright, Detective<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= [[Oliver Crawford]]|t= Michael Landon}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|3|5}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe gets hooked on detective novels and tries to use Scotland Yard techniques to prevent a bank robbery. [[Mort Mills]], [[Ken Lynch]] and [[Ed Prentiss]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=261<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=26<br />
| Title=Dark Enough to See the Stars<br />
| DirectedBy=Donald R. Daves<br />
| WrittenBy=Kelly Colvin<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|3|12}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A young ranch hand who is running from the law falls in love with a girl. [[Richard Evans (actor)|Richard Evans]] and [[Richard Eastham]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=262<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=27<br />
| Title=The Deed and the Dilemma<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=William F. Leicester<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|3|26}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben tries to help the family of immigrant winemaker Giorgio Rossi (first introduced in episode 29 of season 7), but a racist neighbor complicates things. [[Jack Kruschen]] (as giorgio) and [[Brioni Farrell]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=263<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=28<br />
| Title=The Prince<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Melvin Levy|t= John Hawkins}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|4|2}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights welcome Count Alexis ([[Warren Stevens]]) and Countess Elena ([[Claire Griswold]]), who are being targeted by thieves.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=264<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=29<br />
| Title=A Man Without Land<br />
| DirectedBy=Donald R. Daves<br />
| WrittenBy=Steve McNeil<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|4|9}}<br />
| ShortSummary=To get Matt Jeffers ([[Royal Dano]])'s land, a foreman murders his son and frames Little Joe.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=265<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=30<br />
| Title=Napoleon's Children<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Christian Nyby]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Judith and Robert Guy Barrows<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|4|16}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ted Arseneaux ([[Robert Biheller]]) believes that he is Napoleon and leads an army of young men in terrorizing Virginia City.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=266<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=31<br />
| Title=The Wormwood Cup<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Joy Dexter|t= Joy Dexter and Michael Landon}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|4|23}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A woman blames Joe for killing her brother and offers a thousand dollars to the man who will kill him in a fair fight. Little Joe tries to convince her that she's wrong, but it might be too late. [[Frank Overton]], [[Judi Meredith]] and [[Clay Tanner]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=267<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=32<br />
| Title=Clarissa<br />
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy=Chester Krumholz<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|4|30}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights' Eastern cousin Clarissa Cartwright ([[Nina Foch]]) brings trouble when she visits to the Ponderosa.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=268<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=33<br />
| Title=Maestro Hoss<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=U.S. Anderson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|5|7}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Phony fortune-teller Madame Marova ([[Zsa Zsa Gabor]]) causes earaches when she convinces Hoss he's a master violinist.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=269<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=34<br />
| Title=The Greedy Ones<br />
| DirectedBy=Donald R. Daves<br />
| WrittenBy=James Amesbury<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|5|14}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Greedy gold hunters threaten to destroy the Ponderosa after a prospector claims to have found a sample there. [[Robert Middleton]], [[George Chandler]] and [[William Bakewell]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=02152a<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
===Season 9 (1967–68)===<br />
{{Episode table |caption=''Bonanza'', season 9 episodes |background=#4C5761|overall=4|season=4|title= 20|director=15 |writer=19|airdate= 14|episodes=<br />
<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=270<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=1 <br />
| Title=Second Chance<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= [[Paul Schneider (writer)|Paul Schneider]]|t= John Hawkins and Paul Schneider}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|9|17}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben joins an Army patrol to try and save Hoss and Joe from Indians. When Joe is wounded, they meet a dying doctor who is willing to help them. [[James Gregory (actor)|James Gregory]] guest stars.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=271<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=2<br />
| Title=Sense of Duty<br />
| DirectedBy=[[William Witney]]<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Gil Lasky and Abe Polsky|t= John Hawkins}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|9|24}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben leads a militia troop unit that takes Paiute Indian Wabuska ([[Michael Forest]]), a man who is seen as a God by the Indians, to prison. (The first episode to feature [[David Canary]] as Candy Canady). <br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=272<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=3<br />
| Title=The Conquistadores<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy=Walter Black<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|10|1}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe is kidnapped by a band of Mexicans miners searching for gold and held for ransom, but thieves are out to take the gold for themselves. [[John Saxon]], [[John Kellogg (actor)|John Kellogg]] and [[Carlos Rivas (actor)|Carlos Rivera]] guest star.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=273<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=4<br />
| Title=Judgement at Olympus<br />
| DirectedBy=[[John Rich (director)|John Rich]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Walter Black<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|10|8}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Candy is framed for the murder of A.Z. Wheelock ([[Arch Johnson]])'s son in the town of Olympus, so Joe and Hoss try to clear him.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=274<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=5<br />
| Title=Night Of Reckoning<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy=Walter Black<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|10|15}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A band of outlaws, previously involved in wounding Donnie Buckler ([[Ron Hayes]]), take Joe, Hoss, and Candy hostage as they search the Ponderosa for holdup money taken by one of their own.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=275<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=6<br />
| Title=False Witness<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Mickey Moore|Michael Moore]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Eric Norden<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|10|22}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Billy Slater ([[Michael Blodgett]]) and Doug Slater (Bill Fletcher)'s gang stalk Joe, Hoss, Candy and a woman since they witnessed one of their crimes.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=276<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=7<br />
| Title=The Gentle Ones<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Harry Harris (director)|Harry Harris]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Frank Chase (actor)|Frank Chase]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|10|29}}<br />
| ShortSummary=An animal-loving cowboy ([[Robert Walker (actor, born 1940)|Robert Walker Jr.]]) must stand up to his brutish older brother in order to prove to a widow that he's not a coward.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=277<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=8<br />
| Title=Desperate Passage<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy=John Hawkins<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|11|5}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights encounter two survivors of an Indian raid -- a suspected murderer and a woman who knows he's innocent.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=278<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=9<br />
| Title=The Sure Thing<br />
| DirectedBy=William Witney<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Robert Vincent Wright|t= Robert Vincent Wright and Sidney Ellis}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|11|12}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A young woman, Trudy Loughlin ([[Kim Darby]]), has a dream of riding her stallion in a big-stakes race, but this is jeopardized when her father, Burt Laughlin ([[Tom Tully]]), associates himself with a gambler.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=279<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=10<br />
| Title=Showdown At Tahoe<br />
| DirectedBy=Gerald Mayer<br />
| WrittenBy=Thomas Thompson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|11|19}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Candy sets a trap for a band of outlaws bent on robbing Ben's timber operation.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=280<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=11<br />
| Title=Six Black Horses<br />
| DirectedBy=Donald R. Daves<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= William Jerome|t= William Jerome and [[Michael Landon]]}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|11|26}}<br />
| ShortSummary=An Irishman uses luck to outwit greedy businessmen.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=281<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=12<br />
| Title=Check Rein<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Robert I. Holt|t= Olney Sherwood and Robert I. Holt}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|12|3}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights get involved in a man's fight to save his inheritance and himself from his greedy uncle.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=282<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=13<br />
| Title=Justice Deferred<br />
| DirectedBy=Gerald Mayer<br />
| WrittenBy=Jack Miller<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|12|17}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss realizes that his testimony has led to the hanging of an innocent man, so he sets out to convict the real killer.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=283<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=14<br />
| Title=The Gold Detector<br />
| DirectedBy=Donald R. Daves<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Ward Hawkins]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|12|24}}<br />
| ShortSummary=After buying a gold detector, Hoss tries to prove its worth and protect it from thieves. Guest starring [[Wally Cox]], and Caroline Richter.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=284<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=15<br />
| Title=The Trackers<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Marc Daniels]]<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Frederick Louis Fox|t= Reuben Bercovitch}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|1|7}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben, Candy and Hoss try to protect a recently-released prisoner suspected of robbery and murder.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=285<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=16<br />
| Title=A Girl Named George<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy=William H. Wright<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|1|14}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights investigate a mystery involving an altered photograph.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=286<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=17<br />
| Title=The Thirteenth Man<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy=Walter Black<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|1|21}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights clash with a range detective ([[Albert Salmi]]) who pressures his suspects into drawing first so he can kill them.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=287<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=18<br />
| Title=The Burning Sky<br />
| DirectedBy=John Rich<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Carol Saraceno|t= William H. Wright}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|1|28}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A ranch hand ([[Michael Murphy (actor)|Michael Murphy]]) causes trouble when he arrives with his Indian bride ([[Dawn Wells]]).<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=288<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=19<br />
| Title=The Price of Salt<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy=B. W. Sandefur<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|2|4}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A woman ([[Kim Hunter]]) who has a monopoly on the salt needed for cattle sets off the buyers when she raises the price. [[James Best]] guest stars.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=289<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=20<br />
| Title=Blood Tie<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Seymour Robbie]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Arthur Dales{{ref|2|[B]}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|2|18}}<br />
| ShortSummary=One of three men tricks the Cartwrights into hiring him so he and his cohorts can rob them.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=290<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=21<br />
| Title=The Crime of Johnny Mule<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy=Joel Murcott<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|2|25}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Johnny Mule ([[Noah Beery, Jr.]]), the man Hoss refused to convict for murder, breaks out of prison.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=291<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=22<br />
| Title=The Late Ben Cartwright<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy=Walter Black<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|3|3}}<br />
| ShortSummary=An assassin complicates Ben's fight to prevent a corrupt tycoon's lackey from being elected governor.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=292<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=23<br />
| Title=Star Crossed<br />
| DirectedBy=[[William F. Claxton]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Thomas Thompson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|3|10}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Candy falls for a girl ([[Tisha Sterling]]) being harassed by a former lawman-turned-blackmailer ([[William Windom (actor)|William Windom]]).<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=293<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=24<br />
| Title=Trouble Town<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy=David Lang<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|3|17}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights must find out why Candy is being held in River Bend on a minor charge without bail.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=294<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=25<br />
| Title=Commitment at Angelus<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Peter B. Germano|Peter Germano]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|4|7}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe gets involved in a miners' strike after the death of a friend leaves the miners without a leader.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=295<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=26<br />
| Title=A Dream to Dream<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Michael Landon]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|4|14}}<br />
| ShortSummary=When a man's guilt over his son's death lead him to drinking, his wife and other children pay more attention to Hoss.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=296<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=27 <br />
| Title=In Defense of Honor<br />
| DirectedBy=Marc Daniels<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Richard Wendley and [[William Douglas Lansford]]|t= William Douglas Lansford}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|4|28}}<br />
| ShortSummary=An outcast jeopardizes negotiations with the Indians when he decides to rejoin the tribe he rejected his whole life.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=297<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=28<br />
| Title=To Die in Darkness<br />
| DirectedBy=Michael Landon<br />
| WrittenBy=Michael Landon<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|5|5}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben and Candy are trapped in a mine shaft by a vengeful ex-prisoner ([[James Whitmore]]), who wrongly served time based on the testimony of the pair.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=298<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=29<br />
| Title=The Bottle Fighter<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Colin MacKenzie and S. H. Barnett|t= John Hawkins}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|5|12}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The only lawyer ([[Albert Dekker]]) who can defend Hoss in the case of a murdered cattle buyer is an alcoholic.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=299<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=30<br />
| Title=The Arrival of Eddie<br />
| DirectedBy=Marc Daniels<br />
| WrittenBy=John M. Chester and Ward Hawkins<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|5|19}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss seeks forgiveness from Eddie MaKay ([[Jan-Michael Vincent]]) for killing his father.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=300<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=31<br />
| Title=The Stronghold<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy=John Hawkins and [[W.R. Burnett|William Riley Burnett]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|5|26}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe and Candy are swindled out of a herd of cattle by the Farrell brothers ([[Paul Mantee]], [[Michael Witney]]), so they follow the sparring brothers back to their Arizona hideout.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=301<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=32<br />
| Title=Pride of a Man<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=Ward Hawkins and Helen B. Hicks<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|6|2}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe takes a job as a substitute teacher and must deal with two incorrigible boys and their father, who doesn't think his boys need an education.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=302<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=33<br />
| Title=A Severe Case of Matrimony<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Lewis Allen (director)|Lewis Allen]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Michael Fessier<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|7|7}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A band of Gypsies arrives on the Ponderosa and one of them wishes to marry a Cartwright. Guest stars: [[J. Carrol Naish]] as Anselmo, [[Susan Strasberg]] as Rosalita, and [[Andre Philippe]] as Paco<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=303<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=34<br />
| Title=Stage Door Johnnies<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Alex Sharp (actor)|Alex Sharp]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|7|28}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss and Joe allow their rivalry for the affections of an attractive singer ([[Kathleen Crowley]]) to get them into damage suits.<br />
| LineColor=4C5761<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
===Season 10 (1968–69)===<br />
{{Episode table |caption=''Bonanza'', season 10 episodes |background=#000|overall=4|season=4|title= 20|director=15 |writer=19|airdate= 14|episodes=<br />
<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=304 <br />
| EpisodeNumber2=1<br />
| Title=Different Pines, Same Wind<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson <br />
| WrittenBy=Suzanne Clauser<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|9|15}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Little Joe tries to convince an ailing recluse that she needs to file a legal claim to her remote property to prevent a timber tycoon from logging on her land.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=305<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=2 <br />
| Title= Child <br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson <br />
| WrittenBy=[[Jack B. Sowards]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|9|22}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Hoss, charged with robbery and murder, has to break out of jail in order to escape a lynch mob.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=306 <br />
| EpisodeNumber2=3 <br />
| Title=Salute to Yesterday<br />
| WrittenBy=John Hawkins <br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson <br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|9|29}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Possession of an Army payroll brings danger to the Cartwrights, Candy and a small Army unit, with some of Candy's past coming to light in the process.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=307<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=4 <br />
| Title=The Real People of Muddy Creek <br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson <br />
| WrittenBy=Alf Harris <br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|10|6}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Ben is left alone with his prisoner ([[Joe Don Baker]]) to face a murderous and notorious gang after frightened citizens bail out.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=308 <br />
| EpisodeNumber2=5 <br />
| Title=The Passing of a King<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy=B. W. Sandefur<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|10|13}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Ben is cheated out of a valuable bull by the son ([[Jeremy Slate]]) of one of his old friends ([[Denver Pyle]]), a cattle baron who has been declared legally incompetent.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=309 <br />
| EpisodeNumber2=6 <br />
| Title=The Last Vote <br />
| DirectedBy=[[Joseph Pevney]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Robert Vincent Wright <br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|10|20}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Hoss and Little Joe act as campaign managers for opposing mayoral candidates ([[Tom Bosley]] and [[Wally Cox]]) who are devoted friends.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=310 <br />
| EpisodeNumber2=7 <br />
| Title=Catch as Catch Can<br />
| DirectedBy=Robert L. Friend <br />
| WrittenBy=David Lang <br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|10|27}}<br />
| ShortSummary= The Cartwrights are accused of being deadbeats in an effort to discredit their good name.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=311 <br />
| EpisodeNumber2=8 <br />
| Title=Little Girl Lost <br />
| DirectedBy=[[Don Richardson (director)|Don Richardson]] <br />
| WrittenBy=Michael Fessier <br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|11|3}}<br />
| ShortSummary= The serenity of the Ponderosa is disrupted by a small relative of the Cartwrights, an unruly tomboy (Linda Sue Risk) who's the subject of a custody battle. [[Antoinette Bower]] guest stars.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=312 <br />
| EpisodeNumber2=9 <br />
| Title=The Survivors<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy=John Hawkins, Colin MacKenzie, S. H. Barnett<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|11|10}}<br />
| ShortSummary= A young woman endures scorn when she returns to Virginia City with a child fathered by a Native American after four years of captivity by renegade Indians.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=313 <br />
| EpisodeNumber2=10 <br />
| Title=The Sound of Drums <br />
| DirectedBy=Robert L. Friend <br />
| WrittenBy=William F. Leicester <br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|11|17}}<br />
| ShortSummary= A stubborn landowner defies his family and neighbors by allowing Native Americans to live on his land.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=314 <br />
| EpisodeNumber2=11 <br />
| Title=Queen High<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy=Michael Fessier <br />
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1968|12|1}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Little Joe and Candy win a damaged ore processing mill in a poker game and encounter opposition from their competitor.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=315 <br />
| EpisodeNumber2=12 <br />
| Title=Yonder Man <br />
| DirectedBy= [[Leo Penn]] ||<br />
| WrittenBy= Milton S. Gelman<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1968|12|8}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Ben's reunion with an old friend is marred when he learns that the man is wanted for stealing cattle and political crimes.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=316 <br />
| EpisodeNumber2=13 <br />
| Title=Mark of Guilt <br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson ||<br />
| WrittenBy= [[Ward Hawkins]], Frank Telford<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1968|12|15}}<br />
| ShortSummary= When a rancher that Little Joe fought with is found dead, he's arrested for murder.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=317 <br />
| EpisodeNumber2=14 <br />
| Title=A World Full of Cannibals <br />
| DirectedBy=[[Gunnar Hellström]] <br />
| WrittenBy= Preston Wood<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1968|12|22}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Gunmen kidnap Little Joe and offer him in exchange for a grand jury witness.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=318 <br />
| EpisodeNumber2=15 <br />
| Title=Sweet Annie Laurie<br />
| DirectedBy=Don Richardson <br />
| WrittenBy=[[Jackson Gillis]], John Hawkins, Jess Carneol, Kay Lenard <br />
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|1|5}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Hoss takes a frightened young wife ([[Joan Van Ark]]) to the Ponderosa to protect her from her estranged outlaw husband ([[James Olson (actor)|James Olson]]).<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=319 <br />
| EpisodeNumber2=16 <br />
| Title=My Friend, My Enemy <br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson <br />
| WrittenBy=[[Stanley Roberts (screenwriter)|Stanley Roberts]], Jack B. Sowards<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|1|12}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Candy has to rely on the testimony of a Native American horse thief to prove his innocence on a murder charge.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=320 <br />
| EpisodeNumber2=17 <br />
| Title=Mrs. Wharton and the Lesser Breeds <br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson <br />
| WrittenBy=Preston Wood <br />
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|1|19}}<br />
| ShortSummary= A British widow ([[Mildred Natwick]]) involves Candy in her plan to recover valuables she lost in a holdup.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=321 <br />
| EpisodeNumber2=18 <br />
| Title=Erin <br />
| DirectedBy=Don Richardson<br />
| WrittenBy= Sandy Summerhayes <br />
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|1|26}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Hoss announces his intention to marry a girl ([[Mary Fickett]]) who was raised by Native Americans.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=322 <br />
| EpisodeNumber2=19 <br />
| Title=Company of Forgotten Men<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson <br />
| WrittenBy=Jess Carneol, Kay Lenard<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|2|2}} <br />
| ShortSummary= A group of retired Army veterans plan to rob a mint with the help of Candy. [[James Gregory (actor)|James Gregory]] guest stars.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=323 <br />
| EpisodeNumber2=20 <br />
| Title=The Clarion<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Lewis Allen (director)|Lewis Allen]]<br />
| WrittenBy=John Hawkins, [[Frank Chase (actor)|Frank Chase]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|2|9}} <br />
| ShortSummary=Ben buys a newspaper from a widow and proceeds to launch an exposé of an unscrupulous town boss.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=324<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=21<br />
| Title=The Lady and the Mountain Lion<br />
| DirectedBy=Joseph Pevney<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Larry Markes]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|2|23}} <br />
| ShortSummary=A magician ([[Richard Haydn]]) plots to involve the Cartwright boys with his identical twin daughters in a swindling plot.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=325<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=22<br />
| Title=Five Candles<br />
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy=Ken Trevey<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|3|2}} <br />
| ShortSummary=Ben and four companions are trapped in a collapsing courthouse and are forced to rely on an accused murderer for help.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=326<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=23<br />
| Title=The Wish<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Michael Landon]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Michael Landon<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|3|9}} <br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss tries to help a freed slave ([[Ossie Davis]]) cope with bigots of a white community.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=327<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=24<br />
| Title=The Deserter<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy=B. W. Sandefur, John Dunkel<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|3|16}} <br />
| ShortSummary=Candy tries to help an army sergeant locate a hidden arms plant.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=328<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=25<br />
| Title=Emily<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy=Elliot Gilbert, Preston Wood<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|3|23}} <br />
| ShortSummary=Hoping to save her broken marriage, a woman accuses Little Joe of theft and trying to run off with her.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=329<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=26<br />
| Title=The Running Man<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy=Ward Hawkins<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|3|30}} <br />
| ShortSummary=Little Joe and Candy try to protect a murder witness. [[Will Geer]] guest stars.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=330<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=27<br />
| Title=The Unwanted<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Herschel Daugherty]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Thomas Thompson, Suzanne Clauser<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|4|6}} <br />
| ShortSummary=A marshal's daughter steals her father's money and runs off with an ex-convict.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=331<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=28<br />
| Title=Speak No Evil<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy=Norman Katkov, B. W. Sandefur<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|4|20}} <br />
| ShortSummary=Ben and Hoss mediate a custody battle among relatives of a teenager who inherited a gold mine.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=332<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=29<br />
| Title=The Fence<br />
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy=Ward Hawkins, Milton S. Gelman<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|4|27}} <br />
| ShortSummary=Ben and Hoss aid an ex-Confederate prison commandant who's being threatened by his former captives. [[Larry Linville]] guest stars. <br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=333<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=30<br />
| Title=A Ride in the Sun<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy=John Hawkins, [[Peter B. Germano|Peter Germano]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|5|11}} <br />
| ShortSummary=Bank robbers use the Cartwrights as dupes in a plot to loot the Virginia City bank.<br />
| LineColor=000<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
===Season 11 (1969–70)===<br />
{{Episode table |caption=''Bonanza'', season 11 episodes |background=#40e0d0|overall=4|season=4|title= 20|director=15 |writer=19|airdate= 14|episodes=<br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=334<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=1 <br />
| Title= Another Windmill to Go<br />
| DirectedBy=[[James B. Clark (director)|James B. Clark]]<br />
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Palmer Thompson|t=Palmer Thompson}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1969|9|14}}<br />
| ShortSummary=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.<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=335 <br />
| EpisodeNumber2=2<br />
| Title=The Witness<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Don Richardson (director)|Don Richardson]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Joel Murcott<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1969|9|21}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A young woman named Jenny Winters claims to have witnessed a stagecoach robbery.<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=336<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=3<br />
| Title=The Silence at Stillwater<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Józef Lejtes|Joseph Lejtes]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Preston Wood<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1969|9|28}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Candy is accused of a string of serious crimes, including murder, robbery and arson in Stillwater.<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=337<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=4<br />
| Title=A Lawman's Lot is Not a Happy One<br />
| DirectedBy=Don Richardson<br />
| WrittenBy=Vincent Wright<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1969|10|5}}<br />
| ShortSummary=When Sheriff Roy Coffee and Ben are subpoenaed to testify in a land sharking trial in San Francisco, Hoss is appointed the acting sheriff of Virginia City. Hoss soon finds plenty of trouble on his hands, namely dealing with reluctant bridegroom Hiram Peabody ([[Tom Bosley]]), who wants to get arrested so as to avoid an impending marriage to an undesirable woman (who has been his pen pal and whom he has never met in person). He also must deal with a smooth-talking salesman who plans to sell shares in a planned resort in Virginia City.<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=338<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=5<br />
| Title=Anatomy of a Lynching<br />
| DirectedBy=William Wiard<br />
| WrittenBy=Preston Wood<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1969|10|12}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Will Griner is acquitted of a murder after two key witnesses disappeared before the trial. When a bloodthirsty lynch mob comes after him, thinking him to have silenced the witnesses, Griner goes to the Cartwrights for help.<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=339<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=6<br />
| Title=To Stop a War<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Carey Wilber]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1969|10|19}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Joe's old friend, Dan Logan ([[Steve Forrest (actor)|Steve Forrest]]), is hired as a range detective to stop a cattle rustling outbreak. [[Richard Bull (actor)|Richard Bull]] guest stars.<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=340<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=7<br />
| Title=The Medal<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Lewis Allen (director)|Lewis Allen]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Frank Chase (actor)|Frank Chase]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1969|10|26}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Ben offers moral support to Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Matthew Rush ([[Dean Stockwell]]).<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=341<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=8<br />
| Title=The Stalker<br />
| DirectedBy=Robert L. Friend<br />
| WrittenBy= [[D. C. Fontana]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1969|11|2}}<br />
| ShortSummary= After Candy shoots and kills armed robber James Campbell in self defense, he learns that he left behind his widow, Lisa, and young son.<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=342<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=9<br />
| Title=Meena<br />
| DirectedBy= [[Herschel Daugherty]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Jack B. Sowards]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1969|11|16}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Joe and Candy compete for the attention of pretty Miss Meena Calhoun ([[Ann Prentiss]]).<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=342<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=10<br />
| Title=A Darker Shadow<br />
| DirectedBy=Don Richardson<br />
| WrittenBy=John Hawkins, Jonathon Knopf<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1969|11|23}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Joe's friend Wade Turner ([[Gregory Walcott]]), a storekeeper who is engaged and has been offered a promotion at work, tries to deal with a devastating brain tumor that leaves him with a paralyzing sensitivity to bright light and will soon render him blind.<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=343<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=11<br />
| Title=Dead Wrong<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Michael Landon]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Michael Landon<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1969|12|7}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Hoss and Candy stop at the Sunville saloon where they meet Salty Hubbard ([[Arthur Hunnicutt]]).<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=345<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=12<br />
| Title=Old Friends<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy=Barney Slater<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1969|12|14}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Two men whom Ben once worked with during a gold claim arrive in Virginia City ... on opposite sides of the law.<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=346<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=13<br />
| Title= Abner Willoughby's Return<br />
| DirectedBy=Herschel Daugherty<br />
| WrittenBy=Jack B. Sowards<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1969|12|21}}<br />
| ShortSummary= While returning home from a horse-buying trip, Joe is met by old seafaring friend Abner Willoughby ([[John Astin]]), who has returned to Nevada to find a stash of gold he hid 17 years earlier in Glory Hole.<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=347<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=14<br />
| Title= It's a Small World<br />
| DirectedBy=Michael Landon<br />
| WrittenBy=Michael Landon <br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|1|1}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Circus midget and new widower George Marshall ([[Michael Dunn (actor)|Michael Dunn]]) struggles to deal with the prejudice of Mr. Flynt, the town's banker, when he refuses to hire him despite Ben's recommendation all while trying to support his baby (Lynn Guzman).<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=348<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=15<br />
| Title= Danger Road<br />
| DirectedBy=[[William F. Claxton]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Milton S. Gelman<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|1|11}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Ben needs to transport three large timber beams but the local freight company won't do it. When a new independent freight hauler is approached for the job, Ben recognizes "Gunny" Riley ([[Robert Lansing (actor)|Robert Lansing]]), a former soldier in the Mexican war, but on the opposite side. <br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=349<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=16<br />
| Title= The Big Jackpot<br />
| DirectedBy=Herschel Daugherty<br />
| WrittenBy=John Hawkins<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|1|18}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Candy quits his job at the Ponderosa after inheriting a fortune from an old Indian friend. He takes a job as vice president of a land promotion firm, unaware that the president is defrauding customers.<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=350<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=17<br />
| Title= The Trouble with Amy<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy=Jack Miller, John Hawkins<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|1|25}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Ben comes to the aid of Amy Wilder ([[Jo Van Fleet]]), an eccentric old woman and animal hoarder, when a scheming neighbor wants her declared incompetent so he can purchase her home and property.<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=351<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=18<br />
| Title= The Lady and the Mark<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy=Preston Wood<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|2|1}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Former Ponderosa ranch hand Chris Keller ([[Christopher Connelly (actor)|Christopher Connelly]]) seeks refuge at his old workplace after con artists stalk him for his $67,000 fortune. [[Ralph Waite]] guest stars.<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=352<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=19<br />
| Title= Is There Any Man Here<br />
| DirectedBy=Don Richardson<br />
| WrittenBy=B. W. Sandefur<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|2|8}}<br />
| ShortSummary= The daughter of Ben's friend Harry Carlisle, Jennifer ([[Mariette Hartley]]), develops a huge crush for the Cartwright patriarch. Ben notes that Jennifer is the same age as oldest son Adam, but that doesn't matter. It soon does matter when Jennifer's ex-fiancé, a wealthy banker from San Francisco, shows up demanding to take her back ... or else it will be the end of the Ponderosa.<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=353<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=20<br />
| Title= The Law and Billy Burgess<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy= [[Stanley Roberts (screenwriter)|Stanley Roberts]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|2|15}}<br />
| ShortSummary= A new school is opened in Virginia City, and one of the students is an angry teen-aged boy named Billy Burgess ([[David Cassidy]]). After a difficult day at school, Billy angrily wishes that his teacher would die. Sure enough, the teacher is found murdered and Billy is fingered as the suspect.<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=354<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=21<br />
| Title= Long Way to Ogden<br />
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy= Joel Murcott<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|2|22}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A ruthless meat packer named Emit Whitney schemes to monopolize the local cattle industry by buying the rail line that is used to transport the cattle to market.<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=355<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=22<br />
| Title= Return Engagement<br />
| DirectedBy=Don Richardson<br />
| WrittenBy= Stanley Roberts<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|3|1}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Eleven years after her last stop in Virginia City caused trouble for a young Joe Cartwright, actress Lotta Crabtree ([[Sally Kellerman]]) returns for another engagement in the Nevada town. This time, it's Hoss who finds himself in the thick of a murder case.<br />
''Note'': A new actress plays Miss Crabtree. The events of the show's pilot episode, "A Rose For Lotta", are disregarded.<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=356<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=23<br />
| Title= The Gold Mine<br />
| DirectedBy=Leon Benson<br />
| WrittenBy= Preston Wood, Robert Bruckner<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|3|8}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe helps a young Mexican boy who has suffered from years of abuse by two sadistic slave owners who now want the lad's gold claim and will do anything to get it.<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=357<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=24<br />
| Title= Decision at Los Robles<br />
| DirectedBy=Michael Landon<br />
| WrittenBy= Michael Landon<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|3|22}}<br />
| ShortSummary=While in Los Robles, Mexico, Ben is critically wounded by the town's cruel boss, John Walker. Ben manages to shoot and kill Walker, but now his son - the spitting image of his father - is hellbent on revenge. <br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=358<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=25<br />
| Title= Caution, Easter Bunny Crossing<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Bruce Bilson]]<br />
| WrittenBy= [[Larry Markes]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|3|29}}<br />
| ShortSummary=In the series' only Easter-themed episode, a Quaker woman convinces Hoss to pose as the Easter bunny for the orphanage. While wearing a rabbit costume, Hoss must try to foil the efforts of a bumbling gang that is plotting to loot the Wells Fargo coach.<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=359<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=26<br />
| Title= The Horse Traders <br />
| DirectedBy=Herschel Daugherty<br />
| WrittenBy= Jack B. Sowards<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|4|5}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Meena Calhoun has gotten engaged to bumbling outlaw Virgil Potts, who is now trying to make an honest living in the livery business. Virgil soon finds himself in a heated rivalry with Joe, Hoss, and new friend Dusty, who have opened up a stable of their own. <br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=360<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=27<br />
| Title= What are Pardners For?<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy= Jack B. Sowards<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|4|12}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A pair of Easterners have read tall tales about the Wild West and come to Virginia City to live out their dream - be bank robbers in the tradition of their heroes. Hoss somehow becomes involved with their adventures.<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=361<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=28<br />
| Title= A Matter of Circumstance<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy= B. W. Sandefur<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|4|19}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Alone at the Ponderosa while everyone else is away on a cattle drive, Joe suffers a compound fracture in his left arm when kicked by a horse spooked by a severe thunderstorm. Joe fights to stay conscious and treat his wounds.<br />
| LineColor=40e0d0<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
===Season 12 (1970–71)===<br />
{{Episode table |caption=''Bonanza'', season 12 episodes |background=#0BDA51 |overall=4|season=4|title= 20|director=15 |writer=19|airdate= 14|episodes=<br />
<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=362<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=1 <br />
| Title=The Night Virginia City Died<br />
| DirectedBy=William Wiard<br />
| WrittenBy=John Hawkins<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|9|13}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A series of destructive fires has Virginia City residents on edge and anxious to catch the arsonist.<br />
| LineColor=0BDA51 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=363<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=2<br />
| Title=A Matter of Faith<br />
| DirectedBy=William Wiard<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Jack B. Sowards]], John Hawkins<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|9|20}}<br />
| ShortSummary=An orphaned rainmaker named Jamie Hunter comes to Virginia City, hoping to help relieve the drought-stricken area. When Jamie's efforts aren't immediately successful, Ben helps the lad fend off the frustrated ranchers.<br />
''Note'': First episode of Jamie Hunter and Dusty Rhodes (as a regular)<br />
| LineColor=0BDA51 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=364<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=3<br />
| Title=The Weary Willies<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Leo Penn]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Robert Pirosh]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|9|27}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights lend their support to The Weary Willies, a group of Civil War veterans who are struggling to re-enter society. [[Richard Thomas (actor)|Richard Thomas]] guest stars.<br />
| LineColor=0BDA51 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=365<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=4<br />
| Title=The Wagon<br />
| DirectedBy=[[James Neilson (director)|James Neilson]] <br />
| WrittenBy=Ken Pettus<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|10|4}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss is falsely accused of murder by a corrupt sheriff named Price Buchanan ([[Denver Pyle]]). While en route to prison, Hoss manages to escape the prison wagon with a woman named Madge Tucker ([[Salome Jens]]).<br />
| LineColor=0BDA51 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=366<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=5<br />
| Title=The Power of Life and Death<br />
| DirectedBy=Leo Penn<br />
| WrittenBy=Joel Murcott <br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|10|11}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights are part of a posse that is after Davis, who shot and killed an Army colonel, when they are attacked by a rogue Indian tribe.<br />
| LineColor=0BDA51 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=367<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=6<br />
| Title=Gideon, the Good<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Herschel Daugherty]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Ken Pettus<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|10|18}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Gideon Yates ([[Richard Kiley]]), a corrupt lawman whose wife ([[Terry Moore (actress)|Terry Moore]]) had shot her soon-to-be ex-husband, tries to silence the murder's only witness - Little Joe Cartwright.<br />
| LineColor=0BDA51 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=368<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=7<br />
| Title=The Trouble with Trouble<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Herschel Daugherty]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Jack B. Sowards<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|10|25}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss unwittingly volunteers to be named sheriff of an aptly named town named Trouble. <br />
| LineColor=0BDA51 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=369<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=8<br />
| Title=Thornton's Account<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=Preston Wood<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|11|1}}<br />
| ShortSummary=After Ben is seriously injured in a horse-riding accident far from home, Joe seeks help from valley settlers who are terrified of a corrupt rancher and his foremen.<br />
| LineColor=0BDA51 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=370<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=9<br />
| Title=The Love Child<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Michael Landon]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Michael Landon<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|11|8}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Old-school Zach Randolph ([[Will Geer]]) refuses to make amends with his gravely ill daughter, Etta ([[Carol Locatell]]), because her son had been born out of wedlock. Ben risks his family's friendship with the Randolphs to set the stubborn old man straight.<br />
| LineColor=0BDA51 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=371<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=10<br />
| Title=El Jefe<br />
| DirectedBy=William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=Ken Pettus<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|11|15}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights come to the aid of Mexican farmers in the Prince River vicinity, after they were run off the land by a corrupt tycoon wanting to strip mine the area.<br />
| LineColor=0BDA51 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=372<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=11<br />
| Title=The Luck of Pepper Shannon <br />
| DirectedBy= [[Nicholas Webster]]<br />
| WrittenBy=John Hawkins <br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|11|22}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A reformed outlaw named Pepper Shannon comes to the Ponderosa seeking a job. Ben agrees to hire him, but has to keep both Pepper and an impressionable Jamie away from each other.<br />
| LineColor=0BDA51 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=373<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=12<br />
| Title=The Impostors<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Lewis Allen (director)|Lewis Allen]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Robert Vincent Wright<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|12|13}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe and Hoss pose as stagecoach robbers in an effort to track down their stolen money. However, their plans are forced to change after the wife of one of the robbers shows up.<br />
| LineColor=0BDA51 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=374<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=13<br />
| Title=Honest John<br />
| DirectedBy= Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy=Arthur Heinemann<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|12|20}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Honest John, a drifter, is looking for a nest and hopes to settle on the Ponderosa through his rapport with the newly adopted Jamie. But John's breakthrough with the boy must be weighed against the seamier side of his character.<br />
| LineColor=0BDA51 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=375<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=14<br />
| Title=For a Young Lady<br />
| DirectedBy=Don Richardson<br />
| WrittenBy=B. W. Sandefur<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1970|12|27}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Jamie's new friend Carrie Sturgis, herself an orphan, is the subject of a heated custody battle between her scheming aunt and uncle. Joe takes it upon himself to see that the girl is protected.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=376<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=15<br />
| Title=A Single Pilgrim<br />
| DirectedBy=William Wiard<br />
| WrittenBy=Arthur Weingarten, Suzanne Clauser <br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|1|3}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Hoss is seriously wounded while accompanying the Brennan clan, Virginia natives who are settling out West, across Nevada Territory. <br />
| LineColor=0BDA51 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=377<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=16<br />
| Title=The Gold-Plated Rifle<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Joseph Pevney]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Preston Wood<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|1|10}}<br />
| ShortSummary=In this adaptation of the Prodigal Son, Jamie - who is struggling to adjust to life on the Ponderosa and at his new school - damages Ben's valuable rifle. Refusing to take responsibility, he runs away.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=378<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=17<br />
| Title=Top Hand<br />
| DirectedBy= William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy=Arthur Heinemann, John Hawkins<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|1|17}}<br />
| ShortSummary=During a cattle drive, Ben finds himself involved in a power struggle between the trail boss the Cartwrights appointed ([[Ben Johnson (actor)|Ben Johnson]]) and a fellow rancher's foreman ([[Roger Davis (television actor)|Roger Davis]]), who schemes to take over the job.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=379<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=18<br />
| Title=A Deck of Aces<br />
| DirectedBy= Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Stanley Roberts (screenwriter)|Stanley Roberts]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|1|31}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben's dead-on lookalike, the scheming Bradley Meredith, causes serious problems when he poses as the Cartwright patriarch and sells area ranchers' land to the railroad. <br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=380<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=19<br />
| Title=The Desperado<br />
| DirectedBy= [[Philip Leacock]] <br />
| WrittenBy=George Lovell Hayes<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|2|7}}<br />
| ShortSummary=It's a case of reverse racism, as a white-hating black outlaw couple ([[Louis Gossett Jr.]], [[Marlene Clark]]) kidnap Hoss and scheme to kill him.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=381<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=20<br />
| Title=The Reluctant American<br />
| DirectedBy= Philip Leacock<br />
| WrittenBy= Stanley Roberts<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|2|14}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Leslie and Gillian Harwood ([[Jill Haworth]], [[Daniel Massey (actor)|Daniel Massey]]) come to Nevada from England to take over the operation of a failing ranch near the Ponderosa.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=382<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=21<br />
| Title=Shadow of a Hero<br />
| DirectedBy= Leo Penn<br />
| WrittenBy=John Hawkins, Mel Goldberg<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|2|21}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Gen. Ira Cloninger ([[Dean Jagger]]), an old friend of the Cartwrights, is toasted at a ceremony as a hero and asked to run for governor. <br />
| LineColor=0BDA51 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=383<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=22<br />
| Title=The Silent Killer<br />
| DirectedBy= Leo Penn<br />
| WrittenBy=John Hawkins<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|2|28}}<br />
| ShortSummary=When an influenza outbreak strikes the Ponderosa, the treatment methods and philosophy of two women from different generations clash. <br />
| LineColor=0BDA51 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=384<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=23<br />
| Title=Terror at 2:00<br />
| DirectedBy= Michael Landon<br />
| WrittenBy=Michael Landon<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|3|7}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A white supremacist named Mr. Ganns plans to disrupt a peace-treaty signing between the people of Virginia City and the Paiutes by massacring the entire town, then pin the blame on the Indian tribe.<br />
| LineColor=0BDA51 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=385<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=24<br />
| Title=The Stillness Within<br />
| DirectedBy= Michael Landon <br />
| WrittenBy=Suzanne Clauser<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|3|14}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe is blinded by an explosion and wallows in self-pity as he struggles to come to grips with his condition. Ben hires a teacher ([[Jo Van Fleet]]) from the Institute for the Blind to help Joe deal with his predicament.<br />
| LineColor=0BDA51 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=386<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=25<br />
| Title=A Time to Die<br />
| DirectedBy= Philip Leacock<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Don Ingalls]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|3|21}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben's friend, April Christopher ([[Vera Miles]]), is bitten by a rabid wolf during her visit. With no treatment available, the Cartwrights and April's family struggle to watch her condition deteriorate.<br />
| LineColor=0BDA51 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=387<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=26<br />
| Title=Winter Kill<br />
| DirectedBy= William Wiard<br />
| WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Jack Rummler | t= John Hawkins and Robert Pirosh}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|3|28}}<br />
| ShortSummary=During a harsh winter that kills off the stock of many ranchers, Ben offers to test a new breed's endurance by herding a cow from the stock on Sawtooth Mountain.<br />
| LineColor=0BDA51 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=388<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=27<br />
| Title=Kingdom of Fear<br />
| DirectedBy=Joseph Pevney <br />
| WrittenBy= Michael Landon<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|4|4}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A delusional mining tycoon has the Cartwrights and Candy arrested on false trespassing charges and sentences them to slave labor at a gold mine. [[Richard Mulligan]] guest stars.<br />
<br />
''Note'': The three year delay in the broadcast of this episode meant that David Canary was billed as a "Special Guest Star" because at the time the episode aired he was not a regular on the series.<br />
''Note'': Filmed in 1968, this episode was originally scheduled to air during the 1968-1969 season. The show was pulled due to its violent content.<br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=389<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=28<br />
| Title=An Earthquake Called Callahan<br />
| DirectedBy=Herschel Daugherty<br />
| WrittenBy= Preston Wood<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|4|11}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A traveling professional wrestler named Tom Callahan ([[Victor French]]) is the only person who can prove Dusty Rhodes's innocence when the Ponderosa foreman is falsely jailed. [[Sandy Duncan]] guest star.<br />
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}}<br />
}}<br />
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===Season 13 (1971–72)===<br />
{{Episode table |caption=''Bonanza'', season 13 episodes |background=#C0C0C0|overall=4|season=4|title= 20|director=15 |writer=19|airdate= 14|episodes=<br />
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{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=390<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=1 <br />
| Title=The Grand Swing<br />
| DirectedBy=[[William F. Claxton]]<br />
| WrittenBy=John Hawkins, [[Ward Hawkins]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|9|19}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Against Ben's orders, Jamie drives a supply wagon on a route he's not supposed to; he loses control and wrecks the wagon. Jamie escapes uninjured but one of the horses is so badly hurt it has to be shot. <br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=391<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=2<br />
| Title=Fallen Woman<br />
| DirectedBy= [[Lewis Allen (director)|Lewis Allen]] <br />
| WrittenBy=Ward Hawkins<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|9|26}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Jill Conway ([[Susan Tyrrell]]) is an alcoholic mother whose husband was sent to prison (for robbery) on Hoss's testimony. In a pent-up rage, Jill demands that Hoss look after her son. <br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=392<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=3<br />
| Title=Bushwhacked<br />
| DirectedBy= William Wiard <br />
| WrittenBy=Preston Wood<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|10|3}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Two ranchers find a seriously wounded Little Joe in the Nevada desert. As he struggles for life, Joe mumbles incoherently about his surrealistic nightmares about a teepee and a wagon wheel.<br />
| LineColor=C0C0C0 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=393<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=4<br />
| Title=Rock-a-Bye, Hoss<br />
| DirectedBy= [[Herschel Daugherty]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Preston Wood, Robert Vincent Wright<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|10|10}}<br />
| ShortSummary=A "beautiful baby" contest that Hoss is judging quickly turns into a circus, thanks to the fortune-hunting parents who are determined to win at all costs.<br />
| LineColor=C0C0C0 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=394<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=5<br />
| Title=The Prisoners<br />
| DirectedBy= William F. Claxton <br />
| WrittenBy=Arthur Heinemann<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|10|17}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Little Joe helps an old-time sheriff escort cunning outlaw Hank Simmons to jail. The crafty Simmons kills the sheriff and injures Joe, but Joe turns out to always be one step ahead of Simmons.<br />
| LineColor=C0C0C0 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=395<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=6<br />
| Title=Cassie<br />
| DirectedBy= Herschel Daugherty<br />
| WrittenBy= True Boardman<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|10|24}}<br />
| ShortSummary=The Cartwrights assist Jamie's friend, Cassie O'Casey ([[Lisa Gerritsen]]), and Cassie's mother ([[Diane Baker]]) in dealing with their father and husband, Kevin, who is running a race horse scam. <br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=396<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=7<br />
| Title=Don't Cry, My Son<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Michael Landon]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Michael Landon<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|10|31}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Virginia City's new doctor, Mark Sloan ([[Richard Mulligan]]), is dealt a double-blow when his wife leaves him, blaming him for their baby being stillborn. In the heat of the moment, Sloan kidnaps the baby of another woman.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=397<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=8<br />
| Title=Face Of Fear<br />
| DirectedBy=Chris Christenberry<br />
| WrittenBy=Ken Pettus<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|11|14}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Jamie's girlfriend, Neta Thatcher, witnesses a drifter named Griff Bannon ([[Bradford Dillman]]) rob and kill a man at a roadside camp. <br />
| LineColor=C0C0C0 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=398<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=9<br />
| Title=Blind Hunch<br />
| DirectedBy= Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy=John Hawkins, [[Robert Pirosh]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|11|21}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Civil War veteran Will Hewitt ([[Rip Torn]]) returns to Virginia City, blinded and determined to solve the mystery behind the death of his brother.<br />
| LineColor=C0C0C0 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=399<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=10<br />
| Title=The Iron Butterfly<br />
| DirectedBy= [[Leo Penn]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Harold Swanton<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|11|28}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Vengeful Sen. Carson ([[Peter Whitney]]) pins the blame on Hoss when his son is killed by his ex-girlfriend. The Cartwrights do all they can to stop Carson from destroying the Ponderosa.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=400<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=11<br />
| Title=The Rattlesnake Brigade<br />
| DirectedBy= William Wiard<br />
| WrittenBy=Gordon T Dawson<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|12|5}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Jamie and three of his schoolmates - Lester, Judith and Roberto - are kidnapped after church by the nefarious Doyle gang, who escaped from a wagon carrying them to prison. <br />
| LineColor=C0C0C0 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=401<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=12<br />
| Title=Easy Come, Easy Go<br />
| DirectedBy= [[Joseph Pevney]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Jack B. Sowards]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|12|12}}<br />
| ShortSummary=In the third and final episode featuring the Calhouns, Luke is bankrupted after a stock investment gone bad, so he and his daughter Meena move to the Ponderosa until he can get back on his feet.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=402<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=13<br />
| Title=A Home for Jamie<br />
| DirectedBy= Leo Penn<br />
| WrittenBy= Jean Holloway<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|12|19}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben begins the process to adopt Jamie as his son, but the process is complicated when Jamie's maternal grandfather, Ferris Callahan ([[Will Geer]]), comes forward wanting custody. <br />
| LineColor=C0C0C0 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=403<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=14<br />
| Title=Warbonnet<br />
| DirectedBy= Arthur H. Nadel<br />
| WrittenBy= Arthur Heinemann<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1971|12|26}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe is caught in the middle of a bitter dispute between an aging Native American chief and the man who stole the Indian's warbonnet years ago as a saloon decoration. <br />
| LineColor=C0C0C0 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=404<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=15<br />
| Title=The Lonely Man<br />
| DirectedBy= William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy= John Hawkins<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|1|2}}<br />
| ShortSummary=In a rare episode with Hop Sing in the spotlight, the Cartwright's servant is panning for gold during a vacation when he falls in love with a white woman. The relationship blossoms into an engagement, but the marriage never takes place. <br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=405<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=16<br />
| Title=Second Sight<br />
| DirectedBy= Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy= Arthur Weingarten, Suzanne Clauser<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|1|9}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Hoss turns to a clairvoyant named Judith Coleman ([[Joan Hackett]]) to help in a search for Jamie, who has gotten lost in the high country. However, Judith is reluctant to help out, fearing that her psychic abilities will ruin her engagement to a minister.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=406<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=17<br />
| Title=The Saddle Stiff<br />
| DirectedBy= William F. Claxton<br />
| WrittenBy= [[Samuel A. Peeples]], John Hawkins<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|1|16}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Cactus Murphy ([[Buddy Ebsen]]), an embittered ranch hand whom Ben fired, suggests that the Cartwright patriarch is getting a little old to "put in a real week's work." Ben's response: Take a job under the assumed name Ben Brown and show Murphy that he is still more than capable of sweating out the job of a rancher.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=407<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=18<br />
| Title=Frenzy<br />
| DirectedBy= Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy= Preston Wood, [[Karl Tunberg]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|1|30}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Ben's friendship with the Kosovos, a young immigrant family from Serbia, puts him in danger when family patriarch Nick suffers a psychotic snap, goes on a rampage and barricades them in their home.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=408<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=19<br />
| Title=Customs of the Country<br />
| DirectedBy=Joseph Pevney <br />
| WrittenBy= Joseph Bonaduce<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|2|6}}<br />
| ShortSummary= In a satirical look at unusual, silly laws and customs, Joe and Hoss try to explain to their skeptical father why their delivery run to Agua Santos, Mexico took so long. An unimpressed Ben listens as his sons explain their story. <br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=409<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=20<br />
| Title=Shanklin<br />
| DirectedBy=Leo Penn<br />
| WrittenBy= William Kelley<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|2|13}}<br />
| ShortSummary= A band of rogue ex-Confederate soldiers comes to the Ponderosa to demand a $25,000 ransom. Hoss tries to disrupt the robbery and is critically wounded by the group's leader, Shanklin ([[Charles Cioffi]]).<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=410<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=21<br />
| Title=Search in Limbo<br />
| DirectedBy=Leo Penn<br />
| WrittenBy= [[Don Ingalls]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|2|20}}<br />
| ShortSummary= The Cartwrights attempt to reconstruct a 24-hour period of Ben's life after he fears he may have been the unknown gunman who shot down Sid Langley ([[Lawrence Montaigne]]), a corrupt real estate broker who has become hated in Virginia City.<br />
| LineColor=C0C0C0 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=411<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=22<br />
| Title=He Was Only Seven<br />
| DirectedBy=Michael Landon<br />
| WrittenBy= Michael Landon<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|3|5}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Jamie's 7-year-old friend, Jonah Morgan, is badly wounded when he and Jamie walk into the Virginia City Bank during a robbery by the evil Springer gang. [[Roscoe Lee Browne]] guest stars.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=412<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=23<br />
| Title=The Younger Brothers' Younger Brother<br />
| DirectedBy=Michael Landon<br />
| WrittenBy= Michael Landon<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|3|12}}<br />
| ShortSummary= It's a case of comic mistaken identity when Hoss - on a delivery run for the Ponderosa - is mistaken as a member of the bumbling Younger Brothers gang. <br />
| LineColor=C0C0C0 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=413<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=24<br />
| Title=A Place to Hide<br />
| DirectedBy= Herschel Daugherty<br />
| WrittenBy= [[William D. Gordon (actor)|William D. Gordon]], Ward Hawkins<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|3|19}}<br />
| ShortSummary= A friend of Ben's ([[Suzanne Pleshette]]) asks to stay with her daughter ([[Jodie Foster]]) at the Ponderosa for a time. Soon Ben discovers the woman is trying to plan a rendezvous with her husband who is a fugitive confederate soldier.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=414<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=25<br />
| Title=A Visit to Upright<br />
| DirectedBy= William Wiard <br />
| WrittenBy= Joseph Bonaduce <br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|3|26}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Ben's ability to close a lucrative cattle purchase with a picky livestock heiress ([[Loretta Swit]]) hinges on Hoss and Joe's ability to sell a dilapidated saloon they were duped into buying.<br />
| LineColor=C0C0C0 <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=415<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=26<br />
| Title= One Ace Too Many<br />
| DirectedBy= Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy= [[Stanley Roberts (screenwriter)|Stanley Roberts]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|4|2}}<br />
| ShortSummary= In his second attempt to cash in on Ben's good name, crooked lookalike Bradley Meredith learns that the Cartwrights are in Carson City and, posing as Ben, pretends that he is seriously ill and begins to liquidate the Ponderosa's assets. <br />
Note: Dan Blocker (Hoss Cartwright)'s final television role. He passed away a month after this episode aired from complications following surgery. Note: Ray Teal's last appearance as Sheriff Roy Coffee.<br />
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}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
===Season 14 (1972–73)===<br />
{{Episode table |caption=''Bonanza'', season 14 episodes |background=#c5b358|overall=4|season=4|title= 20|director=15 |writer=19|airdate= 14|episodes=<br />
<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=416<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=1<br />
| Title=Forever: Episode 1<br />
| DirectedBy= [[Michael Landon]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Michael Landon<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|9|12}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Little Joe falls in love with Alice Harper (played by a young [[Bonnie Bedelia]]) who he meets while rescuing her gambler brother John ([[Andrew Robinson (actor)|Andy Robinson]]) from a poker game gone bad.<br />
| LineColor=c5b358<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=417<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=2<br />
| Title=Forever: Episode 2<br />
| DirectedBy= Michael Landon<br />
| WrittenBy=Michael Landon<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|9|19}}<br />
| ShortSummary= See Episode 1 <br />
| LineColor=c5b358<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=418<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=3<br />
| Title=Heritage of Anger<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Nicholas Webster]] <br />
| WrittenBy=[[Don Ingalls]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|9|26}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben helps ex-convict John Dundee ([[Robert Lansing (actor)|Robert Lansing]]) re-adjust to society. However, Dundee's boorish attitude complicates matters.<br />
| LineColor=c5b358<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=419<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=4<br />
| Title=The Initiation<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Alf Kjellin]]<br />
| WrittenBy= [[Douglas Day Stewart]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|10|3}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Jamie joins an elite club. However, when a classmate dies from cardiac arrhythmia during the initiation, the club's president Ted Hoag ([[Ron Howard]]) is blamed.<br />
| LineColor=c5b358<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=420<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=5<br />
| Title=Riot!<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Lewis Allen (director)|Lewis Allen]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Robert Pirosh]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|10|10}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Ben becomes horrified while inspecting living conditions at the Nevada State Prison. So are the frustrated inmates, who take Ben hostage and make a series of demands to improve conditions. <br />
Note: first episode of Griff King.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=421<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=6<br />
| Title=New Man<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Leo Penn]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Jack B. Sowards]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|10|17}}<br />
| ShortSummary=In this sequel episode to "Riot," Ben helps parolee Griff King adjust to life outside of prison, giving him a job as a ranch hand.<br />
| LineColor=c5b358<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=422<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=7<br />
| Title=Ambush at Rio Lobo<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Nicholas Colasanto]]<br />
| WrittenBy=Joel Murcott<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|10|24}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Ben and a pregnant woman ([[Sian Barbara Allen]]) are held hostage by a gang of robbers, who are plotting a stagecoach robbery and are determined to prevent interference by anyone with the name Cartwright.<br />
| LineColor=c5b358<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
| EpisodeNumber=423<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=8<br />
| Title=The 26th Grave<br />
| DirectedBy=[[Nicholas Colasanto]]<br />
| WrittenBy=[[Stanley Roberts (screenwriter)|Stanley Roberts]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|10|31}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Samuel Clemens ([[Ken Howard]]) makes his return to Virginia City, this time offering tall tales over an unsolved murder that was tied to a claim jumping.<br />
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| Title=Stallion<br />
| DirectedBy= [[E. W. Swackhamer]] <br />
| WrittenBy=Jack B. Sowards<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|11|14}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Joe is given a beautiful, black stallion for his birthday present, but winds up sacrificing it when he rides to the rescue of a young boy who was accidentally shot by his outlaw father.<br />
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| Title=The Hidden Enemy<br />
| DirectedBy= Alf Kjellin <br />
| WrittenBy= Stanley Roberts <br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|11|28}}<br />
| ShortSummary=Dr. James Wills ([[Mike Farrell]]) is Virginia City's new town doctor. He can bring many new procedures to Nevada Territory. However, Dr. Wills is addicted to morphine, which results in trouble ... and in the end, tragedy.<br />
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| EpisodeNumber=426<br />
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| Title=The Sound of Sadness<br />
| DirectedBy= Michael Landon <br />
| WrittenBy= Michael Landon <br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|12|5}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Griff's friend, widowed farmer Jonathan May ([[Jack Albertson]]), wants to adopt two young orphans, one of whom is unable to talk. When Jonathan is told he cannot adopt the boys, Griff decides to set the adoption agency folks straight on what a loving father is.<br />
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| DirectedBy= [[William F. Claxton]]<br />
| WrittenBy= John Hawkins<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|12|19}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Jamie buys an Irish setter named April. However, April was a runt and - according to its rightful owner - should be put to sleep because it is a disgrace to the breed. When April competes in a field trial, the dog's owner soon learns that it's not the size of the dog that matters, but the size of the fight in the dog.<br />
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| DirectedBy= Leo Penn <br />
| WrittenBy= [[Richard J. Collins|Richard Collins]]<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1972|12|26}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Jamie becomes friends with Kelly Edwards ([[Pamela Franklin]]), who is abused by her husband, Dan. The catch: the husband happens to be the new teacher at the Virginia City School.<br />
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| EpisodeNumber=429<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=14<br />
| Title=The Witness<br />
| DirectedBy= Lewis Allen<br />
| WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Arthur Heinemann|t= Joel Murcott and Arthur Heinemann}}<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1973|1|2}}<br />
| ShortSummary= A man posing as Candy robs one of Ben's elderly business associates; during the robbery, the woman suffers a fatal heart attack. Candy is quickly arrested and brought to trial. <br />
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| EpisodeNumber=430<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=15<br />
| Title=The Marriage of Theodora Duffy<br />
| DirectedBy= William F. Claxton <br />
| WrittenBy= [[Ward Hawkins]] <br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1973|1|9}}<br />
| ShortSummary= Unknown to the Cartwrights, Griff is asked to be a government witness in helping to bring a gang of war criminals to justice and Griff is asked to pose as the husband of beautiful Theodora Duffy ([[Karen Carlson]]), whom the Cartwrights think Griff had abandoned years ago.<br />
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| EpisodeNumber=431<br />
| EpisodeNumber2=16<br />
| Title=The Hunter<br />
| DirectedBy= Michael Landon<br />
| WrittenBy= Michael Landon<br />
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1973|1|16}}<br />
| ShortSummary= During a delivery run, Joe meets Cpl. Bill Tanner ([[Tom Skerritt]]), who turns out to be a war-deranged madman who enjoys stalking down his helpless victims before killing them. After stealing Joe's wagon and his supplies, the psychotic Tanner explains that Joe just became his latest "prey."<br />
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|DirectedBy=[[William F. Claxton]]<br />
|WrittenBy=Paul Savage<br />
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1988|03|3}}<br />
|ShortSummary= This is the continuing saga of the Cartwrights, only none of the original Cartwrights are here anymore but their sons appear. Ben and Hoss have died, Little Joe is MIA; he joined up with Teddy Roosevelt and is currently missing and Adam has emigrated to Australia. Ben's brother, Aaron is now in charge of the Ponderosa, and Little Joe's wife, Annie also lives there. His son, Benjamin has come back from the East. Charlie Poke is a man who owes his life to Ben Cartwright. He is now the ranch foreman and is not exactly on good terms with Aaron. Aaron has allowed a mining company access to the Ponderosa, but the man in charge has other ideas. Hoss' son, Josh, whom no one has seen before, has come to the Ponderosa to kill Hoss because he thinks Hoss deserted him and his mother - not knowing that Hoss died before he could go back to bring Josh's mother to the Ponderosa.<br />
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|RTitle=''[[Bonanza: The Return]]''<br />
|DirectedBy=[[Jerry Jameson]]<br />
|WrittenBy= [[Michael Landon Jr.]]<br />
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1993|11|28}}<br />
|ShortSummary= A man with a grudge against the late Little Joe seeks revenge on the Cartwrights and attempts to take over the Ponderosa, A.C. thinks about writing a letter to his father.<br />
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|RTitle=''[[Bonanza: Under Attack]]'' <br />
|DirectedBy=Mark Tinker<br />
|WrittenBy=Denne Bart Petitclerc<br />
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1995|01|15}}<br />
|ShortSummary=A reimagining of the next generation of Cartwrights, three cousins Benji, A.C., and Josh join together to fight off forces to save the Ponderosa. Under the guidance of old friend Bronc Evans, they learn the meaning of family.<br />
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In 1988, NBC revived ''Bonanza'' with the television film ''[[Bonanza: The Next Generation]]''. [[Lorne Greene]], who was to have reprised his role as Ben Cartwright, died before production began, and was replaced by [[John Ireland (actor)|John Ireland]] as Ben's brother, Aaron Cartwright. [[Michael Landon Jr.]] played the role of Little Joe's son, Benjamin Cartwright.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://allmovie.com/work/bonanza-the-next-generation-124127 |title=Bonanza: The Next Generation |first=Hal |last=Erickson |work=AllMovie |publisher=Rovi Corporation |date=2010 |access-date=September 30, 2010}}</ref> Landon Jr. again played Benjamin Cartwright in a second television film ''[[Bonanza: The Return]]''. [[Dirk Blocker]], the son of [[Dan Blocker]], played a supporting role in this film which, in its original broadcast on November 28, 1993, was preceded by ''Back to Bonanza'', a one-hour special devoted to the original series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://allmovie.com/work/bonanza-the-return-121819 |title=Bonanza: The Return |first=Hal |last=Erickson |work=AllMovie |publisher=Rovi Corporation |date=2010 |access-date=September 30, 2010}}</ref> A third TV movie, ''[[Bonanza: Under Attack]]'', aired January 15, 1995. Landon Jr. also starred in this film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://allmovie.com/work/bonanza-under-attack-304C57613 |title=Bonanza: Under Attack |first=Hal |last=Erickson |work=AllMovie |publisher=Rovi Corporation |date=2010 |access-date=September 30, 2010}}</ref><br />
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In 2001–2002, a "prequel" series, ''[[Ponderosa (TV series)|Ponderosa]]'', aired on the [[PAX-TV]] network. Set 10 years prior to the first season, it starred [[Daniel Hugh Kelly]] as Ben Cartwright, Matt Carmody as Adam, Drew Powell as Hoss, and [[Jared Daperis]] as Little Joe.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.film.com/tv/ponderosa/14878355 |title=Ponderosa |work=film.com |publisher= RealNetworks |date=2006–2008 |access-date=September 30, 2010}}</ref><br />
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* {{IMDb episodes|0052451|Bonanza}}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051027000628/http://bonanzaworld.net/ Bonanza World]<br />
* [http://www.tvland.com/shows/bonanza/ ''Bonanza'' on TVLand.com]<br />
* [http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv/bonanza.htm ''Bonanza'' at Fiftiesweb.com]<br />
* [http://www.episodeworld.com/show/Bonanza ''Bonanza'' at EpisodeWorld.com]<br />
* [http://ponderosascenery.homestead.com/ Bonanza: Scenery of The Ponderosa]<br />
* [http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/39220/bonanza-the-official-first-season-vol-one/ Season 1 DVD review and production history]<br />
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<div>{{Short description|Type of audio-only broadcast network}}<br />
There are two types of '''radio network''' currently in use around the world: the one-to-many (simplex communication) broadcast network commonly used for public information and mass-media entertainment, and the two-way radio (duplex communication) type used more commonly for public safety and public services such as police, fire, taxicabs, and delivery services. Cell phones are able to send and receive simultaneously by using two different frequencies at the same time. Many of the same components and much of the same basic technology applies to all three.<br />
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The two-way type of radio network shares many of the same technologies and components as the broadcast-type radio network but is generally set up with fixed broadcast points (transmitters) with co-located receivers and mobile receivers/transmitters or transceivers. In this way both the fixed and mobile radio units can communicate with each other over broad geographic regions ranging in size from small single cities to entire states/provinces or countries. There are many ways in which multiple fixed transmit/receive sites can be interconnected to achieve the range of coverage required by the jurisdiction or authority implementing the system: conventional wireless links in numerous frequency bands, fibre-optic links, or microwave links. In all of these cases the signals are typically backhauled to a central switch of some type where the radio message is processed and resent (repeated) to all transmitter sites where it is required to be heard.<br />
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In contemporary two-way radio systems a concept called trunking is commonly used to achieve better efficiency of radio spectrum use and provide very wide-ranging coverage with no switching of channels required by the mobile radio user as it roams throughout the system coverage. Trunking of two-way radio is identical to the concept used for cellular phone systems where each fixed and mobile radio is specifically identified to the system controller and its operation is switched by the controller.<br />
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== Broadcasting networks ==<br />
The broadcast type of radio network is a network system which distributes programming to multiple stations simultaneously, or slightly delayed, for the purpose of extending total coverage beyond the limits of a single broadcast signal. The resulting expanded audience for radio programming or information essentially applies the benefits of mass-production to the [[broadcasting]] enterprise. A radio network has two sales departments, one to package and sell programs to radio stations, and one to sell the audience of those programs to advertisers.<br />
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Most radio networks also produce much of their programming. Originally, radio networks owned some or all of the stations that broadcast the network's radio format programming. Presently however, there are many networks that do not own any stations and only produce and/or distribute programming. Similarly station ownership does not always indicate network affiliation. A company might own stations in several different markets and purchase programming from a variety of networks.<br />
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Radio networks rose rapidly with the growth of regular broadcasting of radio to home listeners in the 1920s. This growth took various paths in different places. In Britain the, BBC was developed with public funding, in the form of a broadcast receiver license, and a broadcasting monopoly in its early decades. In contrast, in the United States various competing commercial broadcasting networks arose funded by advertising revenue. In that instance, the same corporation that owned or operated the network often manufactured and marketed the listener's radio.<br />
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Major technical challenges to be overcome when distributing programs over long distances are maintaining signal quality and managing the number of switching/relay points in the signal chain. Early on, programs were sent to remote stations (either owned or affiliated) by various methods, including leased telephone lines, pre-recorded gramophone records and audio tape. The world's first all-radio, non-wireline network was claimed to be the [[wikipedia:Rural Radio Network|Rural Radio Network]], a group of six upstate New York FM stations that began operation in June 1948. Terrestrial microwave relay, a technology later introduced to link stations, has been largely supplanted by coaxial cable, fiber, and satellite, which usually offer superior cost-benefit ratios.<br />
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<div>The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a numeric commercial book identifier that is intended to be unique.[a][b] Publishers purchase ISBNs from an affiliate of the International ISBN Agency.[1]<br />
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An ISBN is assigned to each separate edition and variation (except reprintings) of a publication. For example, an e-book, a paperback and a hardcover edition of the same book will each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is ten digits long if assigned before 2007, and thirteen digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007.[c] The method of assigning an ISBN is nation-specific and varies between countries, often depending on how large the publishing industry is within a country.<br />
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The initial ISBN identification format was devised in 1967, based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering (SBN) created in 1966. The 10-digit ISBN format was developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and was published in 1970 as international standard ISO 2108 (the 9-digit SBN code can be converted to a 10-digit ISBN by prefixing it with a zero digit '0').<br />
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Privately published books sometimes appear without an ISBN. The International ISBN Agency sometimes assigns such books ISBNs on its own initiative.[3]<br />
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An '''Amazon Standard Identification Number''' ('''ASIN''') is a 10-character [[alphanumeric]] [[unique identifier]] assigned by [[Amazon.com]] and its partners for product identification within the Amazon organization.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.ca/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200576730 |title=Amazon.ca Help: Product Identifiers |website=Amazon.ca |access-date=25 May 2011}}</ref> They were originated in 1996 by Rebecca Allen, an Amazon software engineer, when it became clear that Amazon was going to sell products other than books. The 10-character format of the ASIN was adopted so that Amazon databases and software, which were designed to expect a 10-character [[International Standard Book Number]] (ISBN) field, would not have to be changed to accommodate the new identification format.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Allen |first1=Rebecca |title=The Story behind ASINs |url=https://inventlikeanowner.com/blog/the-story-behind-asins-amazon-standard-identification-numbers/ |website=Invent Like an Owner |date=8 June 2021 |access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref><br />
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Each product sold on Amazon.com is given a unique ASIN. For books with a 10-digit [[International Standard Book Number]] (ISBN), the ASIN and the ISBN are the same.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/help/t5/a16 |title=FAQ: ISBN{{not a typo|-13}} for Amazon Associates |website=Affiliate-Program.Amazon.com |access-date=29 October 2014}}</ref> The [[Amazon Kindle|Kindle]] edition of a book will not use its ISBN as the ASIN, although the electronic version of a book may have its own ISBN. The ASIN forms part of the [[URL]] of a product detail page on Amazon's website.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/amazon-hacks/0596005423/ch01s03.html|title=Find a Product's ASIN - Amazon Hacks [Book]|website=www.oreilly.com|language=en|access-date=26 December 2019}}</ref><br />
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'''Little Roger and the Goosebumps''' is a pop/rock [[band (music)|band]] from [[San Francisco]] active during the 1970s and early 1980s and resurrected in 2006. It has been led throughout its history by Roger Clark and Dick Bright, with various sidemen.<br />
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The band is best known for its single "Gilligan's Island (Stairway)"<ref>[http://www.gilligansisle.com/stairway.html Stairway to ''Gilligan's Island''] from gilligansisle.com, a ''Gilligan Island'' fansite. The source for the title of the song comes from [http://www.gilligansisle.com/images/roger.jpg this image of the single] on that fansite.</ref><ref name=MC>{{cite book|author1=Kembrew McLeod|author2=Peter DiCola|title=Creative License: The Law and Culture of Digital Sampling|url=https://archive.org/details/creativelicensel00mcle|url-access=registration|date=14 March 2011|publisher=[[Duke University Press]]|isbn=0-8223-4875-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/creativelicensel00mcle/page/120 120]}}</ref> a song combining the lyrics to the theme song of the television show ''[[The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle|Gilligan's Island]]'' with the music of "[[Stairway to Heaven]]" by [[Led Zeppelin]]. The band wrote the song in 1977 as "material to pad the last set of the grueling 5 nights a week/4 sets a night routine," recorded it in March 1978, and released it as a single in May 1978 on their own Splash Records label. Led Zeppelin's management threatened a copyright infringement lawsuit against the label, its attorneys demanding that all copies be destroyed, and the band withdrew the song, seeing their legal resources as inadequate.<ref name="Calef2013">{{cite book|author=Scott Calef|title=Led Zeppelin and Philosophy: All Will Be Revealed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ozfg785V0E4C&pg=PT56|date=21 August 2013|publisher=[[Open Court Publishing Company]]|isbn=978-0-8126-9776-6|page=56}}</ref><ref name=MC/> The song was reissued in 2000 on the CD ''Laguna Tunes'' with the song title renamed "Stairway to Gilligan's Island."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lagunatunes.com/pressclips.htm |title=Kenny Laguna |publisher=Laguna Tunes |date= |accessdate=2014-07-15}}</ref><br />
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<!-- statement not on band's website: In 1999, [[Kenny Laguna]], who together with [[Matthew Kaufman]] produced the song, played it for [[Robert Plant]] and received permission for the recording to be reissued.{{Fact}} -->During a 2004 interview on [[National Public Radio]], [[Robert Plant]] referred to the tune as his favorite cover of "Stairway to Heaven."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thetyee.ca/Music/2008/01/10/LedZeppelin/ |title=The Tyee – My Protest Against the Zep |publisher=Thetyee.ca |date=2008-01-10 |accessdate=2014-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14053437 |title=Robert Plant on the 'Stairway to Heaven' |publisher=NPR |date= |accessdate=2014-07-15}}</ref><br />
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The famous conman "[[Christian Gerhartsreiter|Clark Rockefeller]]" and his young daughter Snooks used to sing the Stairway/Gilligan's mix.<ref>[[Mark Seal|Seal, Mark]]. ''The Man in the Rockefeller Suit''. [[Plume (publisher)|Plume]], 2012, paperback ed. pp 322.</ref><br />
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The band recorded their next single, "Kennedy Girl" (based on [[Neil Young]]'s "[[Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young song)|Cinnamon Girl]]"), in 1980,{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} then waited over a quarter-century before producing their debut album ''They Hate Us Cuz We're Beautiful'', featuring new recordings of 14 songs drawn from three decades of original material.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://popplusone.com/hateus.html |title=They Hate Us Cuz We're Beautiful by Little Roger and the Goosebumps |publisher=Pop Plus One |date= |accessdate=2014-07-15}}</ref><br />
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Their single "Fudd on the Hill," essentially a performance of "[[The Fool on the Hill|Fool on the Hill]]" by [[Looney Tunes]] character [[Elmer Fudd]], was included on the novelty compilation album ''[[The Rhino Brothers Present the World's Worst Records]], Volume 2''.<br />
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*[http://berkeleymonthly.net/kilduff-03-07.html Roger Clark interview] from ''The Monthly''<br />
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