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 7 Episodes
E1
Wiley and Annie Kane arrive at the Ponderosa to work off their father's debt to Ben. It seems as though the elder Kane o…
E2
Ben helps a convict win a parole only to have the man later become the chief suspect in a bank robbery.
E3
Juan Ortega claims he has a land grant which gives him ownership of the entire Nevada Territory.
E4
A mule skinner and his two sons are hired by Ben to transport nitroglycerin to California.
E5
A judge awards itinerant horse breeder Jim Acton's beloved mare to rancher Sam Whipple. Jim tries to buy her back, but W…
E6
Ben is attracted to Sarah Reynolds, a member of a religious order led by her fanatical uncle. When she is accused of be…
E7
Hoss comes upon an overturned stagecoach and discovers a little girl suffering from shock. After the Cartwrights suceed…
E8
Ben must determine who is the rightful heir to a fortune that includes water rights vital to the Ponderosa.
E9
Virginia City's newest preacher is an ex-gunfighter who wants only to build a new church, but the brother of one of his …
E10
Hoss and Joe find a woman abandoned by a wagon train because her gift of prophecy is considered a curse. "Wouldn't it b…
E11
The Generation Gap, Western-style, as Hoss tries to bring a young man and his father closer together.
E12
The mother of a young outlaw condemned to hang, threatens to have her gang's hostages killed if her son is not set free.…
E13
Hoss finds a kindred spirit in Skeeter Dexter, a lonesome young man who feels closer to animals than most people.
E14
In this series' highlight, little Michael Thorpe heads to the high country to ask God to spare his critically wounded fa…
E15
After sitting on a jury that has convicted Terrence O' Tool of murder, Joe has second thoughts about the verdict and dec…
E16
Hoss finds a wounded young Indian on the prairie, who is torn between accepting the ways of the white man or returning t…
E17
The Pony Express sets up office in Virginia and Joe is one of the first to join up. Ben also decides to invest in the f…
E18
Conclusion to the previous-week's episode, where the Cartwrights provide needed assistance to the Pony Express.
E19
After his only friend is killed, the Cartwrights take in a slow-witted man, who Roy Coffee informs them, is wanted for m…
E20
While Sheriff Coffee is in Saint Louis, the Morrisey bunch decides to work off excess energy by wrecking the saloon in a…
E21
Joe is goaded into facing gunman Dan Taggert, unaware there is more to be prearranged than he realizes.
E22
Not one, but three mail-order brides show up unexpectedly at the Ponderosa, all of them believing they are to marry Hoss…
E23
Joshua Norton, an eccentric and formerly wealthy San Francisco merchant who considers himself Emperor of the United Stat…
E24
Ben and Claire Armory fall in love, but their future is jeopardized by her disabled brother.
E25
The Cartwrights attempt to straighten out the snobbish young son of Ben's cousin.
E26
Young, adoring Wendy Daniels has come to Virginia City to meet up with her father, Taylor Daniels, who has been travelin…
E27
Hoss chooses a difficult path when he decides to rehabilitate a famous poet, Will Smith, who is really William Warlock E…
E28
Everyone feels Andy Walker is an outstanding singer but his father, who feels the boy should concentrate on ranch work i…
E29
Italian immigrants are determined to establish their own vineyard on Ponderosa property.
E30
Feeling guilty for unintentionally ending the career of a professional boxer, Hoss vows never to fight again. But thing…
E31
A sailor, claiming to be one of Adam's closest friends, is given a warm welcome by the Cartwrights, who have no way of k…
E32
Ben and Hoss unwittingly aid a vengeful army colonel who plans to wipe out every Indian he can with a Gatling gun.
E33
Hoss finds himself in another mess, this one involving a beautiful blonde, a moonshiner, and a nearsighted outlaw who is…
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