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Episode 236 - SOMETHING HURT, SOMETHING WILD

Last post by daisy60 « Mon Dec 02, 2019 5:19 pm
Replies: 2
by Episode Guide » Tue Jun 23, 2015 9:38 pm

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Date: September 11, 1966

Summary: The Cartwrights' friendship with a neighboring rancher is threatened when the rancher's daughter accuses Joe of...

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Laurie sure could look scary sometimes! Lyn Loring played this really well. This is one of the episodes Pat Robinson excluded from the line-up. It...

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Last post by daisy60
Mon Dec 02, 2019 5:19 pm
Episode 237 - HORSE OF A DIFFERENT HUE

Last post by Oxgirl « Fri Jun 24, 2022 1:18 pm
Replies: 12
by Episode Guide » Tue Jun 23, 2015 10:56 pm
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Date: September 18, 1966

Summary:At the request of his old friend Colonel Fairchild, Ben arranges a championship horse race unaware that the fix is...

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I love watching Little Joe get into fights, most notably tossing himself backward, forward, sideways, you name it over tables in the bar....
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Last post by Oxgirl
Fri Jun 24, 2022 1:18 pm
Episode 238 - A TIME TO STEP DOWN

Last post by Oxgirl « Fri Jul 16, 2021 8:30 am
Replies: 5
by Episode Guide » Tue Jun 23, 2015 10:57 pm

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Date: September 25, 1966

Summary: After the Cartwrights put aging wrangler Dan Tolliver out to pasture, he falls in with a group that plans to rob...

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But the ending is so wrong. Ben vowing to hunt the kidnappers down if Joe was hurt - and he was badly hurt - and then Ben and Joe both just let...

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Last post by Oxgirl
Fri Jul 16, 2021 8:30 am
Episode 239 - THE PURSUED Part 1

Last post by Oxgirl « Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:45 am
Replies: 12
by Episode Guide » Tue Jun 23, 2015 10:58 pm
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Date: October 2, 1966

Summary:Ben, Hoss and Joe go to Beehive to buy horses from Heber Clawson and end up having to help him, as he is being...

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Saw this today for the second time. Quite a good ep, lots of action and was quite exciting. I found it funny at the beginning when Joe greeted the...
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Last post by Oxgirl
Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:45 am
Episode 240 - THE PURSUED Part 2

Last post by Oxgirl « Fri Jan 28, 2022 4:24 am
Replies: 9
by Episode Guide » Tue Jun 23, 2015 11:00 pm

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Date: October 9, 1966

Summary: Heber Clawson and his two wives are forced out of their home and Joe helps them get away. Hoss and Ben meet up with...

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Anyhow, although he obviously hadn't seen any studies on the subject, I think it's legitimate that a doctor of that era would say almost no hope,...

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Last post by Oxgirl
Fri Jan 28, 2022 4:24 am
Episode 241 - TO BLOOM FOR THEE

Last post by Oxgirl « Thu Dec 09, 2021 2:57 pm
Replies: 17
by Episode Guide » Tue Jun 23, 2015 11:01 pm
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Date: October 16, 1966

Summary: A woman called Carol Attley comes to Virginia City and within a few days, Hoss has decided to marry her. But she...

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Saw this again today for the second viewing. I like the ep a lot, but I do think Hoss comes over as a bit desperate in some ways. He's fallen so hard...
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Last post by Oxgirl
Thu Dec 09, 2021 2:57 pm
Episode 242 - CREDIT FOR A KILL

Last post by Tracy « Sat Aug 29, 2015 4:18 pm
Replies: 3
by Episode Guide » Tue Jun 23, 2015 11:02 pm

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Date:October 23, 1966

Summary: Joe has a holiday from the ranch and visits an old friend, Morgan Tanner. Joe takes credit for killing a horse...

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This episode shows Joe's loyalty and protective nature.

i don't quite understand why Joe wouldn't just tell the Sheriff he's taking the credit for...

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Last post by Tracy
Sat Aug 29, 2015 4:18 pm
Episode 243 - FOUR SISTERS FROM BOSTON

Last post by Oxgirl « Wed Dec 15, 2021 5:23 am
Replies: 9
by Episode Guide » Tue Jun 23, 2015 11:03 pm

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Date: October 30, 1966

Summary: The four Lowell sisters arrive from Boston to claim the ranch left to them by their uncle, but unscrupulous land...

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Also, I find it hard to believe that just because Sarah saw Joe on the ranch before the water was poisoned that that would be enough to arrest Joe...

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Last post by Oxgirl
Wed Dec 15, 2021 5:23 am
Episode 244 - OLD CHARLIE

Last post by Oxgirl « Sun Jan 22, 2023 5:23 am
Replies: 15
by Episode Guide » Tue Jun 23, 2015 11:04 pm
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Date: November 6, 1966

Summary: Charlie runs the livery stable, but is always telling tall tales about his daring deeds. Billy Barker sets out to...

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That didn't sound right so I went looking at IMDB's episode descriptions. Square Deal Sam, I think it was.

:thumbup

The one I was thinking of...
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Last post by Oxgirl
Sun Jan 22, 2023 5:23 am
Episode 245 - BALLAD OF THE PONDEROSA

Last post by daisy60 « Thu Dec 16, 2021 11:05 am
Replies: 6
by Episode Guide » Tue Jun 23, 2015 11:05 pm

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Date: November 13, 1966

Summary: Colter Preston comes to town singing a song about Ben having a hand in his father being wrongly accused of murder....

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Randy Boone is a terrific singer but the song he sings in this is a bit spooky! He wanted to blame Ben for his father's hanging, I've seen some still...

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Last post by daisy60
Thu Dec 16, 2021 11:05 am
Episode 246 - THE OATH

Last post by Oxgirl « Wed Jan 25, 2023 5:14 am
Replies: 6
by Episode Guide » Tue Jun 23, 2015 11:06 pm

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Date: November 20,1966

Summary: Charlie Two, a young half breed, vows to kill Ben for turning in his father to the law, after his father is hung...

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Downieville is in California and not at all on the way back from Carson City, in fact he would have had to go the opposite direction to go to...

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Last post by Oxgirl
Wed Jan 25, 2023 5:14 am
Episode 247 - A REAL NICE, FRIENDLY LITTLE TOWN

Last post by PaulaC. « Mon May 02, 2022 11:29 am
Replies: 7
by Episode Guide » Tue Jun 23, 2015 11:07 pm

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Date: November 27,1966

Summary: Joe gets shot in the middle of the Ponderosa and Hoss is deputised to go and apprehend the person responsible. It...

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What I wanted to know, was it a shotgun or a rifle?? If it was a rifle, yikes....And how come he had no kind of dressing? OMG, poor Joe!

The scene...

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Last post by PaulaC.
Mon May 02, 2022 11:29 am
Episode 248 - THE BRIDEGROOM

Last post by Oxgirl « Thu May 27, 2021 10:45 am
Replies: 2
by Episode Guide » Tue Jun 23, 2015 11:08 pm

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Date: December 4, 1966

Summary: Maggie Dowling likes Jarrod, but when her father, who thinks she is too plain to get a husband, offers to pay off...

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Watched this again yesterday for the 2nd time. Absolutely love this ep, so sweet and simple. The actress playing Maggie is brilliant, her performance...

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Last post by Oxgirl
Thu May 27, 2021 10:45 am
Episode 249 - TOMMY

Last post by daisy60 « Sun Jun 26, 2022 9:36 am
Replies: 7
by Episode Guide » Tue Jun 23, 2015 11:09 pm

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Date: December 18, 1966

Summary:A little deaf mute boy called Tommy, is sent to the Ponderosa by his mother, an old friend of the Cartwright’s. His...

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Tommy was a cutie and he loved Hoss, especially when Hoss shows him how to jump on the bed, boots and all! What a fun guy. :ha

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Last post by daisy60
Sun Jun 26, 2022 9:36 am
Episode 250 - A CHRISTMAS STORY

Last post by flabirder « Fri Dec 24, 2021 2:59 pm
Replies: 5
by Episode Guide » Tue Jun 23, 2015 11:10 pm

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Date: December 25, 1966

Summary: Andy Walker, a successful singer, returns to Virginia City to sing to raise money for the orphans. His uncle, who...

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This was a good episode & I enjoyed it. If Hattie's husband left her $6 million, why didn't she pay for the orphanage herself? With all of the trees...

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Last post by flabirder
Fri Dec 24, 2021 2:59 pm
Episode 251 - PONDEROSA EXPLOSION

Last post by Oxgirl « Tue Aug 30, 2022 2:41 am
Replies: 30
by Episode Guide » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:24 am
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Date: January 1, 1967

Summary: Joe and Hoss go into the rabbit breeding business, but things soon get out of hand when neither of them can bear the...

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Maybe Fred Flintstone’s car! :laughing

:laughing :laughing

Ya know, if I look REALLY closely, I can almost see TWO cars, one above the other!!!...
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Last post by Oxgirl
Tue Aug 30, 2022 2:41 am
Episode 252 - JUSTICE

Last post by Oxgirl « Mon Dec 27, 2021 3:02 pm
Replies: 7
by Episode Guide » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:25 am

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Date: January 8, 1967

Summary: Joe is in love with the bank manager's daughter, unaware that mild mannered bank clerk, Horace, loves her too. When...

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Saw this again today, one of my all-time fave eps. I find the scene at the end, when Joe is goading Horace into confessing, particularly effective...

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Last post by Oxgirl
Mon Dec 27, 2021 3:02 pm
Episode 253 - A BRIDE FOR BUFORD

Last post by Oxgirl « Sun Jul 17, 2022 7:08 am
Replies: 11
by Episode Guide » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:26 am
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Date: January 15, 1967

Summary: Buford Buckalaw strikes gold, so saloon singer Dolly Brantree's crooked manager insists that she goes out with him,...

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An interesting episode that I saw in the wee hours and had to pull it up on YouTube because of a pretty funny scene with Hop Sing. Couldn't quite...
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Last post by Oxgirl
Sun Jul 17, 2022 7:08 am
Episode 254 - BLACK FRIDAY

Last post by Oxgirl « Sun Jan 02, 2022 5:35 am
Replies: 8
by Episode Guide » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:27 am

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Date: January 22, 1967

Summary: Joe meets up with a former Ponderosa ranch hand, Friday, who is now a gunfighter. The man is ill and Joe looks after...

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Saw this again today, second viewing. Very well structured ep, great dialogue and performances by all involved, making it a very tense ep. Joe was...

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Last post by Oxgirl
Sun Jan 02, 2022 5:35 am
Episode 255 - THE UNSEEN WOUND

Last post by Oxgirl « Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:43 am
Replies: 6
by Episode Guide » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:28 am

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Date: January 29, 1967

Summary: One of Ben's old friends, Paul Rowan, is now a sheriff in Concho and Ben goes to visit him. The man is obviously...

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Saw this today for the second time. Yawn! :no Just how many bullets did the nutjob have in his gun, he was blasting away for ages, on and on he went!...

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Last post by Oxgirl
Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:43 am
Episode 256 - JOURNEY TO TERROR

Last post by Oxgirl « Thu Mar 31, 2022 5:31 am
Replies: 11
by Episode Guide » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:29 am
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Date: February 5, 1967

Summary: Joe visits old friends Tom and Ellie Sue and their son Benjie. Their farm is suffering from the drought and Tom has...

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I saw this episode the other night. I saw something I never saw up until that point. Joe raising his hand to a woman. That slap reverberated through...
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Last post by Oxgirl
Thu Mar 31, 2022 5:31 am
Episode 257 - AMIGO

Last post by Oxgirl « Sat Aug 20, 2022 1:25 pm
Replies: 17
by Episode Guide » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:29 am
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Date: February 12, 1967

Summary: Ben saves the life of a Mexican outlaw, Amigo, who is being chased by a posse. Joe wants to turn him in, but Ben...

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What about the handcuffs? The unmade bed? Weren't those clues that maybe, just maybe Ben had been harboring a criminal?

Haha, yeah, Joe would have...
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Last post by Oxgirl
Sat Aug 20, 2022 1:25 pm
Episode 258 - A WOMAN IN THE HOUSE

Last post by Oxgirl « Sun Jan 16, 2022 2:28 pm
Replies: 4
by Episode Guide » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:30 am

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Date: February 19, 1967

Summary: Mary Farnum, an old friend of the Cartwrights, turns up with her husband who is a drunk. Ben gives him a job, for...

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Saw this yesterday for the second viewing and quite enjoyed it. I was surprised when Mary first started calling Ben 'uncle' and I was also very...

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Last post by Oxgirl
Sun Jan 16, 2022 2:28 pm
Episode 259 - JUDGMENT AT RED CREEK

Last post by daisy60 « Thu Jan 20, 2022 12:58 pm
Replies: 9
by Episode Guide » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:31 am

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Date: February 26, 1967

Summary: Joe sets off on a posse, after two men are murdered at a way station. When they catch up with two drifters, Joe has...

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Watched this again today, I think it's a really good ep. It's clever the way the baddie sheriff convinces the others to go along with him and then...

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Last post by daisy60
Thu Jan 20, 2022 12:58 pm
Episode 260 - JOE CARTWRIGHT, DETECTIVE

Last post by Oxgirl « Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:57 am
Replies: 38
by Episode Guide » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:32 am
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Date: March 5, 1967

Summary: Joe decides he wants to be a detective, after reading whodunnits. His attempts at solving crime are hilarious, but...

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Watched this again today. I wondered why Clem went all the way out to the Ponderosa to ask Ben to come all the way back to town with him to show him...
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Last post by Oxgirl
Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:57 am
Episode 261 - DARK ENOUGH TO SEE THE STARS

Last post by Oxgirl « Tue Aug 02, 2022 1:20 pm
Replies: 18
by Episode Guide » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:33 am
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Date: March 12, 1967

Summary: A young drifter, Billy Wilcox, goes to work on the Ponderosa. He is being hounded by the law for a crime he was not...

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.... found another flashback scene in The Decision! :laughing
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Last post by Oxgirl
Tue Aug 02, 2022 1:20 pm
Episode 262 - THE DEED AND THE DILEMMA

Last post by daisy60 « Sat Jan 29, 2022 10:24 am
Replies: 9
by Episode Guide » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:34 am

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Date: March 26, 1967

Summary: Giorgio Rossi is now growing grapes on the land Ben has granted him. But the neighboring ranchers decide to take...

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I read somewhere that they were planning a spinoff with the Rossi family, but it never materialized.

Yes, I remember that from way back then....

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Last post by daisy60
Sat Jan 29, 2022 10:24 am
Episode 263 - THE PRINCE

Last post by Oxgirl « Wed Feb 02, 2022 2:34 pm
Replies: 4
by Episode Guide » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:35 am

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Date: April 2, 1967

Summary: A Russian Count and Countess come to stay at the Ponderosa, but an outlaw is waiting to cause trouble.

Written by:...

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Saw this today, phew, what a stinker!! Joe looked funny riding Cochise in his blue suit, I thought, with his work boots on! I didn't enjoy all the...

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Last post by Oxgirl
Wed Feb 02, 2022 2:34 pm
Episode 264 - A MAN WITHOUT LAND

Last post by daisy60 « Thu Feb 03, 2022 12:00 pm
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by Episode Guide » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:36 am

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Date: April 9, 1967

Summary: A neighbour of Ben's, Matt Jeffers, is in need of help and Ben offers it. But the man's foreman wants his land and...

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I haven't seen this one for a while. Somehow, it seems that whenever someone is killed they want to blame it on a Cartwright-usually because of...

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Last post by daisy60
Thu Feb 03, 2022 12:00 pm
Episode 265 - NAPOLEON'S CHILDREN

Last post by Adamant « Tue Feb 08, 2022 10:41 am
Replies: 8
by Episode Guide » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:36 am

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Date: April 16, 1967

Summary: A group of youngsters, led by a young man who calls himself Napoleon, terrorize Virginia City and the surrounding...

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She threw Pernell over for Frank Overton? EW! He's in a lot of movies and television series and I got my first taste of dislike for him from a role...

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Last post by Adamant
Tue Feb 08, 2022 10:41 am
Episode 266 - THE WORMWOOD CUP

Last post by Oxgirl « Sat Jul 09, 2022 1:24 pm
Replies: 24
by Episode Guide » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:37 am
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Date: April 23, 1967

Summary: Joe has a $1,000 price put on his head by an embittered woman, who thinks he is responsible for killing her brother....

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Watched this episode today and really liked it. Michael Landon did such a good job showing the emotional side of Joe in this episode, and that single...
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Last post by Oxgirl
Sat Jul 09, 2022 1:24 pm
Episode 267 - CLARISSA

Last post by daisy60 « Fri Feb 18, 2022 3:40 pm
Replies: 24
by Episode Guide » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:38 am
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Date: April 30, 1967

Summary:Cousin Clarissa comes to stay with the Cartwrights and ends up alienating most of the town.

Written by: Chester...

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Always enjoy this ep, watched again today. I was unsure why Roy was collecting money from townsfolk for his campaign. What did they get for their...
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Last post by daisy60
Fri Feb 18, 2022 3:40 pm
Episode 268 - MAESTRO HOSS

Last post by daisy60 « Tue May 28, 2019 1:02 am
Replies: 14
by Episode Guide » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:39 am
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Date: May 7, 1967

Summary:A palm reading con woman convinces Hoss that he is a musical genius on the violin and he drives the rest of the family mad...

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This is one of the funniest episodes! I love when Ben and Joe end up sleeping in the barn and then Roy comes in and wakes them up. Now I'm going need...
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Last post by daisy60
Tue May 28, 2019 1:02 am
Episode 269 - THE GREEDY ONES

Last post by daisy60 « Fri Mar 11, 2022 6:12 am
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by Episode Guide » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:40 am

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Date: May 14, 1967

Summary: Gus Schultz has been looking for gold for thirty years and when he makes his strike, possibly on the Ponderosa, it...

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People pretend to be your friend when they think you found gold or have money. They were never Gus's friends. Gus saw through them. My favorite part...

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Last post by daisy60
Fri Mar 11, 2022 6:12 am

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