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 2 Episodes
E1
A young bank robber hires on at the Ponderosa in order to keep his gang informed of the law's efforts to discover their …
E2
Filmed almost entirely outdoors, this is more like a feature than a series. Captain Pender is looking for a scout to le…
E3
Adam's life is saved by an enigmatic U. S. Marshal who has come to Virginia City to arrest a friend of the Cartwrights.
E4
The Cartwrights construct a grist mill to provide income for a crippled rancher who blames Ben for his predicament. Ben…
E5
Adam guides a wagon train of Quakers and falls for the leader's daughter, Regina. The force Adam must employ to protect…
E6
While celebrating the return of his daughter Connie, former lawman McKee is asked to assist in the capture of an outlaw …
E7
Prejudice erupts on both sides when Ben gives an Indian named Matsou and his wife, some of his land, after saving Ben's …
E8
Hoss and Joe take their sweethearts to a colorful and strange carnival for the day. Joe's recent girlfriend Jennifer Be…
E9
Joe's friend Dolly Kincaid is the daughter of the sheriff and she's always getting caught up with the wrong crowd. When …
E10
Gunnar Borgstrom is the leader of a vicious band called the Commancheros. They burn houses, kill people and steal anythi…
E11
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…
E12
Adam's life is saved by a woman known to the Indians as White Buffalo Woman, but who is actually the daughter of Norwegi…
E13
Captivated by the pretty, deaf-mute daughter of a reclusive mountain man, Little Joe teaches the young woman sign langua…
E14
Hoss becomes friends with dull-witted Arnie Gurnie, who is a brute of a man with the mentality of a child. His temper s…
E15
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…
E16
Hoss plans to marry the widow of one of Ben's friends, not knowing she is a compulsive gambler and refusing to believe i…
E17
Joe becomes the target of a tough and vengeful Kentucky family, after he kills one of them who almost sets the Ponderosa…
E18
The Cartwright boys are surprised to find that a woman, claiming to have recently married their father, shows up on thei…
E19
When they "rob" the bank in Virginia City to save depositors from being cleaned out by its president, Hoss and Joe wind …
E20
Adam goes to Mexico to find out how the son of a family friend was killed, only to learn the man is still alive.
E21
Hoss accidentally kills a drunk he was trying to disarm. The man's brother bushwhacks Hoss, who has lost the will to li…
E22
The kindness Hoss extends to shiftless Jock Henry is not exactly repaid when Henry becomes an assistant assessor and rai…
E23
The Cartwright boys are concerned that Ben might be getting on in years, yet it is he who saves them from cattle rustler…
E24
Adam is confused by the sudden behavior of his good friend, Ross Marquette. He beats up his wife, Delphine, after accus…
E25
Hoss takes on The Duke Of London, an arrogant, abusive bare-knuckle fighter, though his brawn is no match for the Duke's…
E26
When freight company detective Jed Trask is fired after a decade of service, he joins the thieves preventing supplies fr…
E27
While crossing the desert to Yuma, Arizona with a white stallion intended as a birthday present for Ben, Joe runs into a…
E28
Jim Applegate, Hoss' rival for the affections of Cameo Johnson, is a member of a vigilante group who lynched an innocent…
E29
Hoss believes in his friend's primitive version of the automobile in this lighthearted, yet sad episode. When the "car"…
E30
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…
E31
Joe is the victim of an elaborate frame-up, accused of murdering a pregnant girl. When Ben is asked if Joe is telling t…
E32
To finance his dream of constructing an airship capable of crossing the Atlantic, Ben's old friend plans to rob the Virg…
E33
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…
E34
Blacksmith Sam Hill fights to keep the land on which his mother is buried, after his drunken father signs the deed over …
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