Bonanza
"America's Favorite TV Western"
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
Season 12 Episodes
E1
In the 12th season premiere, a series of destructive fires strike Virginia City, and always late at night. Is it the wor…
E2
Dusty takes in orphaned Jamie Hunter, the son of a recently-deceased rainmaker. Jamie is determined to carry on his fath…
E3
The Weary Willies are hippie-like former Civil War veterans who are now drifters and live off the land. Despite protests…
E4
After being taken into custody by a sheriff who does not care if he is guilty or innocent of a crime, Hoss escapes from …
E5
A man called Davis has shot Colonel Clayton and escapes on horseback. Joe and Ben join the posse that sets out to find …
E6
On the trail, Joe witnesses a woman kill a man, but the woman rides away before he can positively identify her. He ride…
E7
When Hoss volunteers to be Sheriff of a town called Trouble, he soon finds out that the town had correctly been named. …
E8
Ben's new horse throws him down a steep slope, injuring his back. Joe tries to round up some help, but the settlers in …
E9
A dying woman and her son are rejected by her father because she had a child out of wedlock.
E10
Ben and Hoss come to the rescue of Mexican farmers who are forced off their land by the greedy mine owner who runs the t…
E11
Pepper Shannon is a dime novel hero and outlaw. Ben gives a job to Pepper Shannon on the condition the one-time outlaw …
E12
Hoss and Joe pretend to be stage robbers' partners in order to recover stolen Cartwright money. All goes well until the…
E13
Jamie forms a bond with a bum and his tame crow. Before long, Jamie suggests they repair an old wagon and leave the Pon…
E14
A girl's uncle and aunt want custody of her only because they believe she has the rights to her late grandfather's mine.
E15
Settlers from Virginia argue over Hoss' fate after one of them accidentally shoots him.
E16
An insecure Jamie is unsure of his place in the family, having trouble adjusting at his new school and keeps getting har…
E17
The Cartwrights are about to start a major cattle drive with other ranchers. It has been decided that Ben's foreman wil…
E18
Bradley Meredith, a Ben Cartwright look-a-like, causes trouble when he sells land to the railroad. Ben has already turn…
E19
Hoss is held prisoner by a fugitive black couple who they admit hate white people and have nothing to lose by killing th…
E20
An English couple comes to Nevada to learn why a ranch owned by the British investment firm is the only company holding …
E21
Ben is shocked to learn the Army general he is backing as governor, advocates a policy of genocide towards all Indians.
E22
An epidemic of influenza hits the Ponderosa and the only person who seems sure of what to do is the wife of a doctor, wh…
E23
A racist and his henchmen steal a Gatling gun, with plans to massacre everyone - including the Cartwrights - involved in…
E24
Blinded by an explosion, Joe wallows in self-pity, and at first resists the efforts of a woman trying to teach him to li…
E25
While visiting the Ponderosa, Ben's friend, April Christopher, is bitten by a rabid wolf. Ben and April and her daughte…
E26
The foreman of a neighboring ranch shoots a special steer belonging to the Cartwrights, and his scheming boss plots to t…
E27
Ben, Hoss and Joe, along with Candy and a fellow rancher, are jailed on false trespassing charges by a greedy mining tyc…
E28
The only person who can get Dusty out of jail is a professional fighter who will not return to Virginia City, so Joe sta…
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