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 4 Episodes

S4E1
E1
The First Born
49 min 1962

Clay Stafford signs on to work for the Cartwrights and shortly afterwards shoots and kills a man who accuses him of chea…

S4E2
E2
The Quest
49 min 1962

Determined to prove he can succeed at something without the help of his Pa, Hoss, and Adam, Joe sets out on his quest an…

S4E3
E3
The Artist
49 min 1962

Ben helps Matthew Raine, a famous painter who has gone blind and now wallows in self-pity, discover a new purpose in lif…

S4E4
E4
A Hot Day for a Hanging
49 min 1962

Hoss is jailed for robbing the bank in Dutchman Flats, a town on the brink of economic collapse, even the sheriff knows …

S4E5
E5
The Deserter
49 min 1962

An Indian-hating officer, Colonel Edward J. Dunwoody, comes to the Ponderosa looking for army deserter Bill Winters, who…

S4E6
E6
The Way Station
49 min 1962

With a storm brewing, Adam takes refuge at a way station, run by cantankerous Jesse and his young grandaughter Marty, wh…

S4E7
E7
The War Comes to Washoe
49 min 1962

The Civil War once again divides the citizens of Nevada, as well as Adam and Joe Cartwright. One of season four's highl…

S4E8
E8
Knight Errant
49 min 1962

Hoss volunteers to pickup an injured neighbor's mail-order bride, but by the time they return, she has fallen in love wi…

S4E9
E9
The Beginning
49 min 1962

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…

S4E10
E10
The Deadly Ones
49 min 1962

The Ponderosa becomes a war zone when it is invaded by a detachment of Mexican mercenaries under General Diaz. The gene…

S4E11
E11
Gallagher's Sons
49 min 1962

Hoss helps Charlie and Will (Charlotte and Willomina), two young girls who just lost their father. They go on a journey…

S4E12
E12
The Decision
49 min 1962

Hoss is seriously injured internally and Ben seeks help from the only doctor within 50 miles, who happens to be in priso…

S4E13
E13
The Good Samaritan
49 min 1962

Hoss decides to help out Wade Tyree and introduces him to Abigail and her daughter, Bonnie. Hoss hopes this will stop W…

S4E14
E14
The Jury
49 min 1962

When Hoss is responsible for causing a hung jury, Ben tells him, "a man is never wrong doing what he thinks is right", a…

S4E15
E15
The Colonel
49 min 1963

Frank Medford, a figure from Ben's "wild, misspent youth", shows up in Virginia City, and though down on his luck, creat…

S4E16
E16
Song in the Dark
49 min 1963

Adam's guitar-strumming friend, ranch hand Danny Morgan, is arrested on suspicion of murdering and robbing the Widow Bak…

S4E17
E17
Elegy for a Hangman
49 min 1963

A stranger, Bob Jolly, arrives in Virginia City to accuse a drunken Judge Harry Whitaker of sending his innocent father,…

S4E18
E18
Half a Rogue
49 min 1963

In this entertaining episode, laced with humor, Hoss first meets mountain man Jim Leyton. Bing Russell makes his first …

S4E19
E19
The Last Haircut
49 min 1963

A vain outlaw murders a man in front of witnesses, including Joe, but a clever lawyer is able to get him acquitted. Tho…

S4E20
E20
Marie, My Love
49 min 1963

When Cochise falls on Joe, Ben cannot help but remember that is how Marie Cartwright was killed. He thinks back to meet…

S4E21
E21
The Hayburner
49 min 1963

For a change, it is Adam rather than Joe who becomes mixed up in one of Hoss' funny exploits. Together they purchase a …

S4E22
E22
The Actress
49 min 1963

Joe becomes romantically involved with a woman who considers herself a serious dramatic actress. Unfortunately, she is …

S4E23
E23
A Stranger Passed This Way
49 min 1963

Hoss develops amnesia after being bushwhacked and hit over the head by two outlaws and moves in with a Dutch couple. Th…

S4E24
E24
The Way of Aaron
49 min 1963

Adam takes a shine to Rebecca Kaufman, the daughter of a Jewish peddler, and bandits are convinced the Kaufman wagon is …

S4E25
E25
A Woman Lost
49 min 1963

Ben's attempt to rehabilitate an alcoholic singer he knew in better days are complicated by her involvment with a former…

S4E26
E26
Any Friend of Walter's
49 min 1963

Classic comedy in which Hoss first meets prospector Obie and his lazy but allegedly brilliant mongrel dog, Walter.

S4E27
E27
Mirror of a Man
49 min 1963

The peaceful world of a Ponderosa hand is disturbed by the arrival of his no-good father and twin brother, who is a want…

S4E28
E28
My Brother's Keeper
49 min 1963

While hunting for a wolf, Joe is attacked by the wolf. Adam also hunting for the wolf, hears Joe struggling with the wo…

S4E29
E29
Five into the Wind
49 min 1963

After their stagecoach crashes, a group of rag-tag passengers and Joe must get out of the desert alive. One of the pass…

S4E30
E30
Saga of Whizzer McGee
49 min 1963

Hoss becomes concerned for the welfare of an insecure, belligerent fellow who is as small as Hoss is large. Interesting…

S4E31
E31
Thunder Man
49 min 1963

Little Joe's 19-year old girlfriend is killed by a good samaritan, an explosives expert who had stopped to render aid to…

S4E32
E32
Rich Man, Poor Man
49 min 1963

Claude Miller, the laughingstock of Virginia City, gets even with everyone who made fun of him when he strikes it rich.

S4E33
E33
The Boss
49 min 1963

Ben regrets that he helped Tom Slayden start a freight hauling business when Slayden sets out to ruin all the competitio…

S4E34
E34
Little Man... Ten Feet Tall
49 min 1963

When a Italian immigrant comes to the Ponderosa, he decides he wants to give up the guitar to become a cowboy.

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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