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.

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Season 6 Episodes

S6E1
E1
Invention of a Gunfighter
49 min 1964

Joe teaches Johnny Chapman how to use a gun for defense. What Joe doesn't see is the deadly consequences that it has in…

S6E2
E2
The Hostage
49 min 1964

Outlaws capture Ben and hide him in an abandoned mine, holding him for a ransom. The boys must come up with a plan to s…

S6E3
E3
The Wild One
49 min 1964

Lafe Jessup doesn't really want to be married, and now he's about to be a father! The horse wrangler finds a fight with…

S6E4
E4
Thanks for Everything, Friend
49 min 1964

After inadvertantly falling into the river, Adam is rescued by Tom Wilson. Wilson has feelings for Sue Miller, which br…

S6E5
E5
Logan's Treasure
49 min 1964

Sam Logan is released from jail after serving his twenty year sentence for stealing $100,000 worth of gold dust. He is …

S6E6
E6
The Scapegoat
49 min 1964

Hoss hires Waldo as a ranch hand after keeping Waldo from killing himself. Hoss soon learns that Waldo is lousy at his …

S6E7
E7
A Dime's Worth of Glory
49 min 1964

An author is inspired to write about the heroic Cartwrights after watching first-hand as they fight off an attempted rob…

S6E8
E8
Square Deal Sam
49 min 1964

A conman heads into town and takes advantage of the Cartwrights with a fake land deal. The conman ends up staying in Vi…

S6E9
E9
Between Heaven and Earth
49 min 1964

When Joe and his friend Mitch go after a puma, Joe climbs a big peak and throws his gun up higher, intending to crawl up…

S6E10
E10
Old Sheba
49 min 1964

As payment for a performance in a circus, Joe and Hoss are given an elephant. They want to keep it but encounter opposi…

S6E11
E11
A Man to Admire
49 min 1964

Hoss relies on clever attorney Whitney Parker, who has a drinking problem, to clear him of a murder charge.

S6E12
E12
The Underdog
49 min 1964

Little Joe convinces Ben to hire Harry Starr, a half-Indian who is accused by other ranchers of being a chronic horse th…

S6E13
E13
A Knight to Remember
49 min 1964

Two robberies take place on stagecoaches that Adam is traveling on, and both times a knight in shining armor scares the …

S6E14
E14
The Saga of Squaw Charlie
49 min 1964

A peaceful Indian is framed for the kidnapping of a young girl, a stunt which ends of tragedy.

S6E15
E15
The Flapjack Contest
49 min 1965

Hoss unknowingly enters a flapjack contest and Joe puts Hoss on a diet which Hoss doesn't care for. Joe's betting on th…

S6E16
E16
The Far, Far Better Thing
49 min 1965

On their way to prevent a young woman from encountering the renegade Indians, Joe and Tuck are captured, and in order to…

S6E17
E17
Woman of Fire
49 min 1965

Ben's friend, Don Miguel, visits the Ponderosa with his two daughters, Margarita and Elena, and Elena's two very anxious…

S6E18
E18
The Ballerina
49 min 1965

Kellie Conrad dances and her father plays the fiddle to earn a living. Hoss feels a sense of guilt after he unintention…

S6E19
E19
The Flannel-Mouth Gun
49 min 1965

Adam becomes involved with a quick-triggered range detective hired by the Virginia City Cattleman's Association to find …

S6E20
E20
The Ponderosa Birdman
49 min 1965

Professor Klump and Amanda pull Hoss into their flying machine scheme. The ""Hoss-mobile"" doesn't seem to be destined f…

S6E21
E21
The Search
49 min 1965

Adam sets out to track down the man who has been impersonating him to clear his reputation.

S6E22
E22
The Deadliest Game
49 min 1965

The Cartwrights play host to Guido Borelli, a world renowed aerial acrobat who once saved Ben's life in Italy. Borelli'…

S6E23
E23
Once a Doctor
49 min 1965

Hoss' latest acquaintance, an Englishman named Professor Poppy, is actually Percival Alexander Mundy, M.D., who has give…

S6E24
E24
Right Is the Fourth R
49 min 1965

While working as a substitute teacher, Adam uncovers an ugly secret about the territory's past that others prefer remain…

S6E25
E25
Hound Dog
49 min 1965

Cousin Muley Jones returns to the Ponderosa, along with a pack of noisy hound dogs, in this funny sequel to "The Saga Of…

S6E26
E26
The Trap
49 min 1965

One of Joe's old girlfriends thinks he killed her husband so they could come together. Unfortunately, that is what her …

S6E27
E27
Dead and Gone
49 min 1965

Adam tries to find the good in Howard Mead, a talented troubadour who refuses to stay on the right side of the law. Dra…

S6E28
E28
A Good Night's Rest
49 min 1965

First Ben's sons are making lots of noise, so he goes into town to sleep in the hotel. Then, various noises and things i…

S6E29
E29
To Own the World
49 min 1965

One of the wealthiest men in the world, Charles Augustus Hackett, offers to buy the Ponderosa, price no object. Ben say…

S6E30
E30
Lothario Larkin
49 min 1965

Ladies' man Lothario Larkin creates havoc whenever he hits Virginia City, so Roy Coffee orders him out of town. Natural…

S6E31
E31
The Return
49 min 1965

No one in Virginia City is happy to see ex-con Trace Cordell, especially the man he crippled in a gunfight, now married …

S6E32
E32
Jonah
49 min 1965

The Ponderosa hands are upset when new hand George Whitman is hired on, it is rumored he is a jinx. Hoss tells George t…

S6E33
E33
The Spotlight
49 min 1965

Ben invites opera singer Angela Bergstrom to perform at Virginia City's anniversary celebration. She accepts, but does …

S6E34
E34
Patchwork Man
49 min 1965

Hoss befriends a self-demeaning recluse named Patch, who makes the best apple pie Hoss has ever tasted. Hoss is so impr…

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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