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 4 Episodes
E1
Clay Stafford signs on to work for the Cartwrights and shortly afterwards shoots and kills a man who accuses him of chea…
E2
Determined to prove he can succeed at something without the help of his Pa, Hoss, and Adam, Joe sets out on his quest an…
E3
Ben helps Matthew Raine, a famous painter who has gone blind and now wallows in self-pity, discover a new purpose in lif…
E4
Hoss is jailed for robbing the bank in Dutchman Flats, a town on the brink of economic collapse, even the sheriff knows …
E5
An Indian-hating officer, Colonel Edward J. Dunwoody, comes to the Ponderosa looking for army deserter Bill Winters, who…
E6
With a storm brewing, Adam takes refuge at a way station, run by cantankerous Jesse and his young grandaughter Marty, wh…
E7
The Civil War once again divides the citizens of Nevada, as well as Adam and Joe Cartwright. One of season four's highl…
E8
Hoss volunteers to pickup an injured neighbor's mail-order bride, but by the time they return, she has fallen in love wi…
E9
Billy Horne is a white man who was captured by the Shoshone when he was six. He comes into Ben & Joe's campsite one nigh…
E10
The Ponderosa becomes a war zone when it is invaded by a detachment of Mexican mercenaries under General Diaz. The gene…
E11
Hoss helps Charlie and Will (Charlotte and Willomina), two young girls who just lost their father. They go on a journey…
E12
Hoss is seriously injured internally and Ben seeks help from the only doctor within 50 miles, who happens to be in priso…
E13
Hoss decides to help out Wade Tyree and introduces him to Abigail and her daughter, Bonnie. Hoss hopes this will stop W…
E14
When Hoss is responsible for causing a hung jury, Ben tells him, "a man is never wrong doing what he thinks is right", a…
E15
Frank Medford, a figure from Ben's "wild, misspent youth", shows up in Virginia City, and though down on his luck, creat…
E16
Adam's guitar-strumming friend, ranch hand Danny Morgan, is arrested on suspicion of murdering and robbing the Widow Bak…
E17
A stranger, Bob Jolly, arrives in Virginia City to accuse a drunken Judge Harry Whitaker of sending his innocent father,…
E18
In this entertaining episode, laced with humor, Hoss first meets mountain man Jim Leyton. Bing Russell makes his first …
E19
A vain outlaw murders a man in front of witnesses, including Joe, but a clever lawyer is able to get him acquitted. Tho…
E20
When Cochise falls on Joe, Ben cannot help but remember that is how Marie Cartwright was killed. He thinks back to meet…
E21
For a change, it is Adam rather than Joe who becomes mixed up in one of Hoss' funny exploits. Together they purchase a …
E22
Joe becomes romantically involved with a woman who considers herself a serious dramatic actress. Unfortunately, she is …
E23
Hoss develops amnesia after being bushwhacked and hit over the head by two outlaws and moves in with a Dutch couple. Th…
E24
Adam takes a shine to Rebecca Kaufman, the daughter of a Jewish peddler, and bandits are convinced the Kaufman wagon is …
E25
Ben's attempt to rehabilitate an alcoholic singer he knew in better days are complicated by her involvment with a former…
E26
Classic comedy in which Hoss first meets prospector Obie and his lazy but allegedly brilliant mongrel dog, Walter.
E27
The peaceful world of a Ponderosa hand is disturbed by the arrival of his no-good father and twin brother, who is a want…
E28
While hunting for a wolf, Joe is attacked by the wolf. Adam also hunting for the wolf, hears Joe struggling with the wo…
E29
After their stagecoach crashes, a group of rag-tag passengers and Joe must get out of the desert alive. One of the pass…
E30
Hoss becomes concerned for the welfare of an insecure, belligerent fellow who is as small as Hoss is large. Interesting…
E31
Little Joe's 19-year old girlfriend is killed by a good samaritan, an explosives expert who had stopped to render aid to…
E32
Claude Miller, the laughingstock of Virginia City, gets even with everyone who made fun of him when he strikes it rich.
E33
Ben regrets that he helped Tom Slayden start a freight hauling business when Slayden sets out to ruin all the competitio…
E34
When a Italian immigrant comes to the Ponderosa, he decides he wants to give up the guitar to become a cowboy.
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