Bonanza Season 1 Episodes
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Episode 1 - A ROSE FOR LOTTA
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 10:14 am
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Date: September 12, 1959
Summary: Alpheus Troy needs trees from the Ponderosa in his mining business, but Ben won't sell. Troy acquires the...
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I just read this on metv.com. It's a review of A Rose For Lotta in Broadcasting Magazine.
Also reviewed by Broadcasting in 1959 was the debut of...
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Last post by flabirder
Sun Sep 20, 2020 10:24 am
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Episode 2 - THE SUN MOUNTAIN HERD
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 1:56 pm
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Date: September 19, 1959
Summary: Mark Burdette and Early Thorne arrive in Virginia City planning to get rich by killing herds of antelope and...
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Haha, ouch! He seems to headbutt it! :laughing
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Last post by Oxgirl
Sat Dec 19, 2020 8:00 am
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Episode 3 - THE NEWCOMERS
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 6:50 pm
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Date: September 26, 1959
Summary: Blake McCall and his partner John Pennington are headed across the Ponderosa, along with John's sister, Emily, who...
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Oddly enough H is supposed to be shy with women but if that is true how do we explain H carrying Emily, helping 3 women give birth or having talks...
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Last post by TNTrue
Wed Sep 23, 2020 11:08 pm
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Episode 4 - THE PAIUTE WAR
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 6:56 pm
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Date: October 3, 1959
Summary: When four Paiutes come into Wilson's Trading Post, proprietor Jack Wilson keeps and mistreats the two women. Adam and...
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The Winnemucca in this one was my least favorite of the first three of him. In Death on Sun Mountain, and in the Henry Comstock episodes at least Ben...
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Last post by Cherredarls
Sat Sep 05, 2020 11:29 pm
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Episode 5 - ENTER MARK TWAIN
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 6:58 pm
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Date: October 10, 1959
Summary: Samuel Clemens arrives in Virginia City and takes a job at The Territorial Enterprise. After he hears about the...
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Great posts TNTrue!
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Last post by sunny
Sun Aug 30, 2020 3:29 pm
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Episode 6 - THE JULIA BULETTE STORY
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:02 pm
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Date: October 17, 1959
Summary: Joe is attracted to French saloon owner Julia Bulette. Ben is not pleased with their relationship due to the fact of...
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As to Julia’s last words to Joe, perhaps she didn’t tell him what Pa said because she really didn’t want to be Joe’s wife.
:think
I agree that...
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Last post by TNTrue
Sun Oct 04, 2020 11:20 am
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Episode 7 - THE SAGA OF ANNIE O'TOOLE
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:04 pm
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Date: October 24, 1959
Summary: Annie O’Toole comes to Washoe to take over a mining claim that her fiancé, Swede, had filed for her. On the trip to...
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Someone had fun choreographing the opening fight, which is one of my favorites on the series, for both the choreography and the comments.
I have a...
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Last post by TNTrue
Tue Sep 01, 2020 11:54 am
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Episode 8 - THE PHILIP DIEDESHIEMER STORY
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:05 pm
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Date: October 31, 1959
Summary: German engineer Philip Diedesheimer is brought in to have a look at the Opher mine, which has had a lot of cave-ins....
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I enjoy seeing Hoss being a big brother coming to the rescue,
I like that, too. I think Adam relied a lot on Hoss in their older years. It just...
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Last post by Sharry
Sat Sep 05, 2020 11:34 am
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Episode 9 - MR. HENRY COMSTOCK
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:06 pm
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Date: November 7, 1959
Summary: Henry Comstock claims ownership of land where gold is discovered. Joe is attracted to Saratuchee, the daughter of...
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Seems I’m in the minority here when it comes to the sharpshooting scene. It makes me angry every time I watch it—fancy shooting from a half mile away...
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Last post by Esther
Sun Mar 14, 2021 10:54 am
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Episode 10 - THE MAGNIFICENT ADAH
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:08 pm
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Date: November 15, 1959
Summary: The famous actress Adah Menken arrives in Virginia City. Convinced that their father intends to marry her, Adam,...
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Too true. One of the things I love about the old movies is the location shooting, particularly in the silent films. You can see how the people...
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Last post by Oxgirl
Sat Sep 12, 2020 7:00 am
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Episode 11 - THE TRUCKEE STRIP
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:10 pm
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Date: November 21, 1959
Summary: Luther Bishop and the Cartwrights have been involved in a feud over a piece of land called the Truckee Strip. A...
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I found this episode rather hard to believe. I mean, Little Joe pulling a gun... on his father?! That's something that certainly served its purpose:...
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Last post by TNTrue
Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:13 am
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Episode 12 - THE HANGING POSSE
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:19 pm
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Date: November 28, 1959
Summary: Adam and Joe join a posse when the husband of the victim forms one, but leave after the posse becomes a lynch mob....
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I hate the fact that all the guys who were going to hang the murderer, got to just walk away with no consequences. I mean, really, it would have been...
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Last post by TNTrue
Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:19 pm
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Episode 13 - VENDETTA
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:20 pm
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Date: December 5, 1959
Summary: Ben and Hoss walk in on a bank robbery. Ben is shot but wounds one of the robbers, Billy Morgan. The Sheriff goes...
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Yes! H does High Noon I especially like this ep because it's a western done right Lots of action and a bit of a fight at the end No angst no whining...
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Last post by littlejulie
Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:50 am
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Episode 14 - THE SISTERS
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:22 pm
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Date: December 12, 1959
Summary: Adam is arrested for the murder of the saloon girl he's been dating.
Written by: Carey Wilber
Directed by:...
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Last post by Quietgirl
Sun Oct 04, 2020 12:23 am
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Episode 15 - THE LAST HUNT
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:23 pm
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Date: December 19, 1959
Summary: Hoss and Joe encounter a pregnant Indian and deliver her baby in the wilderness.
Written by: : Donald S. Sanford...
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It was the first time we saw how tough Native American women were. Travelling on foot in the mountains, in the snow when she was about to give birth...
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Last post by TNTrue
Tue Oct 06, 2020 9:32 pm
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Episode 16 - EL TORO GRANDE
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:24 pm
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Date: January 2, 1960
Summary: Hoss and Joe travel to Monterey to buy a seed bull for the Ponderosa.
Written by: John Tucker Battle
Directed by:...
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If you traveled to the Ponderosa, would you ever doubt that Ben, the host with the most, would not invite you to stay? LG, according to his daughter,...
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Last post by Janet the Wicked
Fri Nov 13, 2020 4:44 pm
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Episode 17 - THE OUTCAST
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:25 pm
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Date: January 9, 1960
Summary: After her father and brother are hung, Leta Malvet becomes an outcast and she goes to the Ponderosa to recover. When...
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Joe, you did a terrible job -- The episode's just getting started, and eldest is scolding Joe for not stopping Lita from seeing the hanging man....
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Last post by Oxgirl
Thu Nov 26, 2020 4:45 am
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Episode 18 - A HOUSE DIVIDED
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:27 pm
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Date: January 16, 1960
Summary: Though he tries with all his might, Ben cannot keep the politics of the Civil War out of his home…nor can he keep it...
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Yep, I noticed that several times.
In The Duke also. :laughing
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Last post by Oxgirl
Tue Oct 13, 2020 7:51 am
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Episode 19 - THE GUNMEN
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:28 pm
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Date: January 23, 1960
Summary: While traveling through Kiowa Flats, Hoss and Joe are mistaken for the infamous Slade Brothers.
Written by: Carey...
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Happening across pictures from this episode today, I noticed that when ML plays the bad guy Joe's mistaken for (Little Jim, I think?) he wears a...
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Last post by littlejoenice
Sat Mar 25, 2017 1:34 pm
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Episode 20 - THE FEAR MERCHANTS
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:29 pm
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Date: January 30, 1960
Summary: Bigotry rears its ugly head in Virginia City in the form of mayoral candidate Andy Fulmer. Chinese citizens are the...
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I just watched this one tonight. Boy the things people will do when the hate another race. Luckily Jimmy had the Cartwright's on his side.
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Last post by dougsgirl
Wed May 27, 2020 12:18 am
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Episode 21 - THE SPANISH GRANT
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:30 pm
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Date: February 6, 1960
Summary: A Spanish noblewoman insists that part of the Ponderosa belongs to her family and she has an old Spanish Land Grant...
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I watched this episode the day before yesterday, not for the first time. This time I was fascinated by the barn fight. I've rewound it several times...
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Last post by Wing1610
Sun Feb 07, 2021 9:56 am
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Episode 22 - BLOOD ON THE LAND
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:32 pm
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Date: February 13, 1960
Summary: Jeb Drummond allows his sheep to graze on the Ponderosa. Ben orders him off his land. Drummond kidnaps Adam, in...
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When I watch this episode I have to remember the time period when it was shot and also that the show and writers were still developing the characters...
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Last post by rogell
Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:07 pm
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Episode 23 - DESERT JUSTICE
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:52 pm
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Date: February 20, 1960
Summary: Marshall Emmett Dowd arrests Dave Walker, a Cartwright hand, and plans to take him back to California to stand...
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I like this episode, but it bothers me how Dave managed to fool the Cartwrights so completely. I know, there are a lot of episodes where people pass...
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Last post by CowgirlAtHeart
Mon Jan 02, 2017 10:14 pm
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Episode 24 - THE STRANGER
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:54 pm
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Date:February 27, 1960
Summary:New Orleans police inspector Charles LeDuque, arrives on the eve of Ben’s gubernatorial campaign, with a warrant for...
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Ben told the boys that his encounters with La Duque was the only thing he had ever kept from them. But apparently he hadn’t told them of his history...
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Last post by Oxgirl
Sat Jan 30, 2021 1:55 pm
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Episode 25 - ESCAPE TO PONDEROSA
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:55 pm
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Date: March 5, 1960
Summary: Three army deserters find themselves on the Ponderosa and Ben comes up against the brutal and relentless army captain...
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Not so crazy about the episode, but I do love Ben in his corduroy coat.
Escape To Ponderosa.jpg
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Last post by Janet the Wicked
Thu Oct 22, 2020 1:26 pm
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Episode 26 - THE AVENGER
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:56 pm
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Date: March 19, 1960
Summary: : Sally Byrnes wrongfully accuses Ben and Adam of murdering her father and they are condemned to die. The town turns...
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One of these days, I'm going to see the entire episode instead of just the last 15 minutes. Will someone please tell me why Hawkins was so eager to...
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Last post by patina
Wed Jun 03, 2020 1:08 pm
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Episode 27 - THE LAST TROPHY
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:57 pm
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Date: March 26, 1960
Summary: : Lord Marion and Lady Beatrice Dunsford, friends of Ben, come for a visit. Adam takes them on a hunting trip, where...
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Not my favorite and if it didn't feature Adam, I would pass it up when it showed. Really, Beatrice is what we would call a cougar :ha (Yes, pun...
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Last post by Julianna
Tue May 05, 2020 12:27 am
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Episode 28 - SAN FRANCISCO
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:58 pm
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Date: April 2, 1960
Summary: Ben, Hoss and Joe deliver a herd to San Francisco and in the process get shanghaied on the Barbary Coast. Hop Sing and...
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That fight scene at the end was great. All of the Cartwrights and Hop Sing took care of the sailors pretty good. I loved when Joe jumped up on the...
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Last post by daisy60
Sun Jan 10, 2021 2:52 am
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Episode 29 - BITTER WATER
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 7:59 pm
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Date: April 9, 1960
Summary: The Cartwrights get embroiled in a fight with their neighbor over water rights on land adjacent to the Ponderosa....
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I think it’s a Jack Russell terrier.
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Last post by patina
Tue Oct 15, 2019 11:08 am
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Episode 30 - FEET OF CLAY
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 8:00 pm
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Date: April 16, 1960
Summary: Billy Allen is the son of a convicted felon who is temporarily in Ben’s custody. Billy and Hoss become close...
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This one is a hard one for me. Hoss deals with so much pain. And you know, Hoss doesn't deserve pain. If there is anyone on this earth of ours that...
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Last post by mumu74
Tue Apr 06, 2021 1:22 pm
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Episode 31 - DARK STAR
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 8:02 pm
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Date: April 23, 1960
Summary: Joe falls in love with Tirza, a gypsy girl, believed to be possessed by the devil.
Written by: Anthony Lawrence...
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Yup. I reckon Joe was the main fodder for love.
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Last post by Janet the Wicked
Fri Oct 30, 2020 1:47 pm
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Episode 32 - DEATH AT DAWN
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Episode Guide » Sun Jun 21, 2015 8:03 pm
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Date: April 30, 1960
Summary: Sam Bryant and his thugs are terrorizing Virginia City and the Cartwrights finally stand up to his tyranny. When...
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Excellent episode.
Virginia City is a really nasty town in this episode. One surprise after another. A cold-blooded murder during daytime, in a...
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Last post by Sahra
Sun Apr 12, 2020 3:54 pm
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