Little Joe finely finds his true love, Alice Harper.
They get engaged.
Unlike most of the Cartwrights' previous girlfriends, Alice makes it to the altar.
Joe gives Alice his mothers music box.
Joe and Alice are starting their new life together, and she soon becomes pregnant.
One day while Joe is gone, some stupid men visit Alice to collect the money her stupid brother owed.
When Alice refuses to cooperate, she is beaten to death.
Then, to cover up the murder, they burn the house down.
Joe returns to find his entire world crashing down in flames.
Joe decides he needs "a little time away" to grieve over his wife's death.
Then stumbles across a couple who have the music box that the stupid men gave them.
Joe recruits Candy to help him track down the stupid men.
He finds them.
Has an opportunity and a very good reason to kill them.
Dose not kill them because he's Joe Cartwright.
Now thats a true Cowboy ....
"I may not always be telling the truth, but you can always believe me." ~Joe Cartwright
I have been putting off watching this episode because i knew it was mournful but I finally had to watched it. It was so sad to see manny things had changed from the early seasons. Paw was old and worn-out, Joe seemed dazed , Adam was gone and so was Hoss .... I think the saddest moment for me was when Joe and Alice were on the mountain and Joe began to talk about Hoss when they were kids and how they used to come up to the mountain and look out at the beautiful view, it was their spacial place. I got all teary eyed several times. But this really was an amazing episode, I got to hand it to Michael Landon for his wonderful writing and acting skills.
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... BONANZA FOREVER ...