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 8 Episodes

S8E1
E1
Something Hurt, Something Wild
49 min 1966

The Cartwrights' friendship with a neighboring rancher is threatened by his mentally unstable daughter.

S8E2
E2
Horse of a Different Hue
49 min 1966

So the Cartwrights will not be killed, one of Ben's oldest friends must make sure Joe does not win a horse race.

S8E3
E3
A Time to Step Down
49 min 1966

After the Cartwrights put wrangler Dan Tolliver out to pasture, the embittered old man plans to take part in robbing the…

S8E4
E4
The Pursued (1)
49 min 1966

A Mormon with two wives is badgered by the town's people and then things get much worse.

S8E5
E5
The Pursued (2)
49 min 1966

As the persecuted party awaits Ben and Hoss' return, Herber is shot and killed. Joe retaliates and shoots Herber's assas…

S8E6
E6
To Bloom for Thee
49 min 1966

Hoss is engaged to Carol Attley, a troubled woman with a past darker than he imagines.

S8E7
E7
Credit for a Kill
49 min 1966

Though his friend is badly in need of the reward money, Joe insists it belongs to him, to protect his friend from the de…

S8E8
E8
Four Sisters from Boston
49 min 1966

The Cartwrights come to the rescue of four inexperienced homesteaders, when devious cattle ranchers try to run them off …

S8E9
E9
Old Charlie
49 min 1966

A young cowpoke is killed during a fight with Hoss, but the old blowhard who runs the Virginia City stables, takes the c…

S8E10
E10
Ballad of the Ponderosa
49 min 1966

A young troubadour, who blames Ben for the death of his father, returns to Virginia City. In one scene, Ben says the yo…

S8E11
E11
The Oath
49 min 1966

While in another town, on business, Ben runs into a saloon employee who is a big figure, and after he kills an old miner…

S8E12
E12
A Real Nice, Friendly Little Town
49 min 1966

When the woman he was planning to marry is strangled, Joe forces the only suspect to come forward, in a very tense-fille…

S8E13
E13
The Bridegroom
49 min 1966

Joe plays matchmaker in this story of a rancher attempting to marry off his supposedly unremarkable daughter.

S8E14
E14
Tommy
49 min 1966

The Cartwrights protect a woman and her deaf-mute little son from the boy's outlaw stepfather.

S8E15
E15
A Christmas Story
49 min 1966

Warbling Andy Walker returns to Virginia City a big success, along with his shifty Uncle Thaddeus.

S8E16
E16
Ponderosa Explosion
49 min 1967

Two Virginia City old-timers fool Hoss and Joe into raising rabbits, and the Ponderosa is overrun with paws and whiskers…

S8E17
E17
Justice
49 min 1967

When the woman he was planning to marry is strangled, Joe forces the only suspect to come forward.

S8E18
E18
A Bride for Buford
49 min 1967

Dolly Bantree has a crooked manager ""Blackie"", who blackmails Dolly to fleece newly rich miner Buford out of his newf…

S8E19
E19
Black Friday
49 min 1967

In the town of Chiso, Joe encounters a former Ponderosa cowhand who is now a gunfighter and expecting to be killed on Fr…

S8E20
E20
The Unseen Wound
49 min 1967

Ben discovers that his friend, Sheriff Paul Rowan, is suffering from stress brought on by his wartime experiences.

S8E21
E21
Journey to Terror
49 min 1967

Joe visits his married friends in Arizona Territory, only to discover the husband has become a criminal and is secretly …

S8E22
E22
Amigo
49 min 1967

A wounded comanchero sides with the Cartwrights when the rest of the gang, led by Captain Fenner, shows up to burn and r…

S8E23
E23
A Woman in the House
49 min 1967

Mary Wharton, an old friend of the family, comes to live on the Ponderosa with her shiftless husband. When Ben learns M…

S8E24
E24
Judgment at Red Creek
49 min 1967

Hoss and Joe have their doubts as to who really robbed a way station, suspecting the two men they captured are innocent.

S8E25
E25
Joe Cartwright, Detective
49 min 1967

Joe becomes fascinated by detective literature and drags Hoss into the picture when he suspects the bank is going to be …

S8E26
E26
Dark Enough to See the Stars
49 min 1967

Young Billy Wilcox wanders onto the Ponderosa, sick, hungry, and alone. Ben finds him, and after he regains his strengt…

S8E27
E27
The Deed and the Dilemma
49 min 1967

Ben assists Georgio Rossi in his battle for water on adjoining property.

S8E28
E28
The Prince
49 min 1967

The Cartwrights play host to Russian royals, who are the target of jewel thieves.

S8E29
E29
A Man Without Land
49 min 1967

The foreman of a neighboring ranch frames Joe for murder as part of a scheme to get his employer's property.

S8E30
E30
Napoleon's Children
49 min 1967

A gang of juvenile delinquents, led by an intelligent runt, who calls himself Napoleon, terrorizes Virginia City and the…

S8E31
E31
The Wormwood Cup
49 min 1967

A woman - convinced Little Joe intentionally killed her brother - offers $1,000 to the man who kills the youngest Cartwr…

S8E32
E32
Clarissa
49 min 1967

The Cartwrights' cousin, Clarissa visits. Her assertive, snobbish ways result in nothing but trouble for Ben and his son…

S8E33
E33
Maestro Hoss
49 min 1967

Hoss is conned into buying a violin from a gypsy fortune teller, and everyone on the Ponderosa--except for Hop Sing--suf…

S8E34
E34
The Greedy Ones
49 min 1967

The Ponderosa is in danger of being overrun by gold hunters.

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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