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 3 Episodes
E1
A drunk is killed in a saloon brawl with Hoss, and though the man's brother insists there are no hard feelings, he is ac…
E2
A friend of Ben's (Mr. Milbank) arrives at the Ponderosa at a bad time...when the Cartwright boys are fighting in the mu…
E3
The Cartwrights and a bigoted army captain are pinned down by Cochise and his braves, who claim the officer poisoned 30 …
E4
Little Joe pays a visit to the widow Lee Bolden, and brings her a bank draft for her husband's investments with Ben. Ac…
E5
In this comic episode involving a precious emerald and the sweet widow, Clemantine Hawkins who is attracted to Ben, turn…
E6
Adam tries to help a reformed gunman who wants only to live peacefully near Virginia City. Good story without a tidy en…
E7
Hoss and Joe become involved when "Bullethead" Burke vows revenge on an old man he claims cheated him in an investment d…
E8
Joe befriends and takes responsibility for an ex-convict named Danny. Danny loves horses and is not used to people's wa…
E9
A woman Ben once loved, Lady Chadwick, returns and attempts to trick him into marrying her by ruining his business. Ben…
E10
A professional wrangler working for the Cartwrights is paralyzed when thrown by a particularly mean bronco. The woman n…
E11
Joe wins a card game and an unexpected prize...a young lady. She goes to the Ponderosa and serves them, not wanting to …
E12
An irritating man who boasts of being the reincarnation of French poet Francois Villion shows up causing trouble for the…
E13
Joe accepts the job of temporary sheriff in the town of Rubicon, unaware he is being used to facilitate a scheme involvi…
E14
In this Christmas story, inspired by Johanna Spyri's "Heidi", Hoss and Joe come across a blind girl whose family has bee…
E15
The Ponderosa is overrun with settlers bearing phony property deeds, and one of Ben's oldest friends is responsible.
E16
Hoss plans to marry Margie, a pretty blonde, but Margie becomes fascinated with a tall, traveling stranger named Mark Co…
E17
An overbearing friend of the family tries to force her daughter into marrying Joe, though she does not love him. The si…
E18
Adam races against the clock to prove a man who was once his friend is guilty of robbery and murder and Adam is convince…
E19
Joe plans to marry Laura White, daughter of a man Ben once sailed with, but she is fatally ill. Ben consoles him with w…
E20
The Cartwrights pretend the Ponderosa belongs to the town lush, when his aging mother from Ireland arrives.
E21
The Cartwrights dig a well, build a rig and a windmill for a drought-stricken farm family.
E22
Adam gives a second chance to a family man he suspects is one of the rustlers who has been hitting the Ponderosa herds.
E23
When Ben fails to prevent the death of a friend's son, Adam and Joe, concerned by their father's depression, attempt to …
E24
In order to keep peace on the ranch, Hoss and Joe try to help ranch hand, Hank Meyers woo the the plain-looking schoolte…
E25
Ben supports the appointment of Asa Moran as Virginia City's temporary sheriff, but Moran goes overboard with his author…
E26
A young genius, Albert Michaelson, vies for a scholarship. Adam assists Albert in the boy's experiments. Albert only n…
E27
In the town of Alkali, the Cartwrights are jailed on false charges of robbery and murder, but Joe escapes and returns wi…
E28
Adam is left to die in the desert after two thieves take $5,000 and his horse from him. Near death, he stumbles into an…
E29
Ben indulges in a nostalgic reverie about Hoss's deceased mother. Having worked his way west to Galesburg, IL., Ben is …
E30
When two feuding families argue over the custody of two orphaned children, a reluctant Ben is called upon to straighten …
E31
The Cartwrights get mixed up in the romance of a phony heiress and an equally phony land baron.
E32
Ben, Joe and Adam travel to Bowleg to pay the yearly taxes on the Ponderosa. After the transaction is completed, Ben an…
E33
Joe promises a dying sheepman he will make sure the old man's granddaughter gets her rightful inheritance from a wealthy…
E34
Hoss blames himself when a young woman is crippled in a wagon accident, and hopes a faith healer can help her walk again…
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