Bonanza
Western • Series

Bonanza

"America's Favorite TV Western"

7.5/10 1959 14 Seasons 431 Episodes Ended

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

Season: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Season 2 Episodes

S2E1
E1
Showdown
49 min 1960

A young bank robber hires on at the Ponderosa in order to keep his gang informed of the law's efforts to discover their …

S2E2
E2
The Mission
49 min 1960

Filmed almost entirely outdoors, this is more like a feature than a series. Captain Pender is looking for a scout to le…

S2E3
E3
Badge Without Honor
49 min 1960

Adam's life is saved by an enigmatic U. S. Marshal who has come to Virginia City to arrest a friend of the Cartwrights.

S2E4
E4
The Mill
49 min 1960

The Cartwrights construct a grist mill to provide income for a crippled rancher who blames Ben for his predicament. Ben…

S2E5
E5
The Hopefuls
49 min 1960

Adam guides a wagon train of Quakers and falls for the leader's daughter, Regina. The force Adam must employ to protect…

S2E6
E6
Denver McKee
49 min 1960

While celebrating the return of his daughter Connie, former lawman McKee is asked to assist in the capture of an outlaw …

S2E7
E7
Day of Reckoning
49 min 1960

Prejudice erupts on both sides when Ben gives an Indian named Matsou and his wife, some of his land, after saving Ben's …

S2E8
E8
The Abduction
49 min 1960

Hoss and Joe take their sweethearts to a colorful and strange carnival for the day. Joe's recent girlfriend Jennifer Be…

S2E9
E9
Breed of Violence
49 min 1960

Joe's friend Dolly Kincaid is the daughter of the sheriff and she's always getting caught up with the wrong crowd. When …

S2E10
E10
The Last Viking
49 min 1960

Gunnar Borgstrom is the leader of a vicious band called the Commancheros. They burn houses, kill people and steal anythi…

S2E11
E11
The Trail Gang
49 min 1960

On a cattle drive back to Nevada from Texas, Ben hires a young man who is both an outlaw and the son of the sheriff whos…

S2E12
E12
The Savage
49 min 1960

Adam's life is saved by a woman known to the Indians as White Buffalo Woman, but who is actually the daughter of Norwegi…

S2E13
E13
Silent Thunder
49 min 1960

Captivated by the pretty, deaf-mute daughter of a reclusive mountain man, Little Joe teaches the young woman sign langua…

S2E14
E14
The Ape
49 min 1960

Hoss becomes friends with dull-witted Arnie Gurnie, who is a brute of a man with the mentality of a child. His temper s…

S2E15
E15
The Blood Line
49 min 1960

Ben feels responsible for the son of a man he was forced to kill, but the young man is determined to get even. A profes…

S2E16
E16
The Courtship
49 min 1961

Hoss plans to marry the widow of one of Ben's friends, not knowing she is a compulsive gambler and refusing to believe i…

S2E17
E17
The Spitfire
49 min 1961

Joe becomes the target of a tough and vengeful Kentucky family, after he kills one of them who almost sets the Ponderosa…

S2E18
E18
The Bride
49 min 1961

The Cartwright boys are surprised to find that a woman, claiming to have recently married their father, shows up on thei…

S2E19
E19
Bank Run
49 min 1961

When they "rob" the bank in Virginia City to save depositors from being cleaned out by its president, Hoss and Joe wind …

S2E20
E20
The Fugitive
49 min 1961

Adam goes to Mexico to find out how the son of a family friend was killed, only to learn the man is still alive.

S2E21
E21
Vengeance
49 min 1961

Hoss accidentally kills a drunk he was trying to disarm. The man's brother bushwhacks Hoss, who has lost the will to li…

S2E22
E22
The Tax Collector
49 min 1961

The kindness Hoss extends to shiftless Jock Henry is not exactly repaid when Henry becomes an assistant assessor and rai…

S2E23
E23
The Rescue
49 min 1961

The Cartwright boys are concerned that Ben might be getting on in years, yet it is he who saves them from cattle rustler…

S2E24
E24
The Dark Gate
49 min 1961

Adam is confused by the sudden behavior of his good friend, Ross Marquette. He beats up his wife, Delphine, after accus…

S2E25
E25
The Duke
49 min 1961

Hoss takes on The Duke Of London, an arrogant, abusive bare-knuckle fighter, though his brawn is no match for the Duke's…

S2E26
E26
Cutthroat Junction
49 min 1961

When freight company detective Jed Trask is fired after a decade of service, he joins the thieves preventing supplies fr…

S2E27
E27
The Gift
49 min 1961

While crossing the desert to Yuma, Arizona with a white stallion intended as a birthday present for Ben, Joe runs into a…

S2E28
E28
The Rival
49 min 1961

Jim Applegate, Hoss' rival for the affections of Cameo Johnson, is a member of a vigilante group who lynched an innocent…

S2E29
E29
The Infernal Machine
49 min 1961

Hoss believes in his friend's primitive version of the automobile in this lighthearted, yet sad episode. When the "car"…

S2E30
E30
The Thunderhead Swindle
49 min 1961

With Virginia City on the verge of economic ruin, out of work miners put their hopes in word of a strike at a mine every…

S2E31
E31
The Secret
49 min 1961

Joe is the victim of an elaborate frame-up, accused of murdering a pregnant girl. When Ben is asked if Joe is telling t…

S2E32
E32
The Dream Riders
49 min 1961

To finance his dream of constructing an airship capable of crossing the Atlantic, Ben's old friend plans to rob the Virg…

S2E33
E33
Elizabeth, My Love
49 min 1961

At the bedside of a seriously ill Adam, Ben thinks back to his days as a first mate in the merchant marines and his marr…

S2E34
E34
Sam Hill
49 min 1961

Blacksmith Sam Hill fights to keep the land on which his mother is buried, after his drunken father signs the deed over …

Cast

Lorne Greene
Lorne Greene
Ben Cartwright
Michael Landon
Michael Landon
Joe Cartwright
David Canary
David Canary
Candy Canaday
Tim Matheson
Tim Matheson
Griff King
Mitch Vogel
Mitch Vogel
Jamie Hunter Cartwright

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