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Bonanza

Season 1 Episode 25: Escape to Ponderosa

Three deserters escaped from an Army stockade to the Ponderosa. When a Captain comes looking for them, Ben realizes what they've had to deal with and promises to let his good friend in charge of that fort know the real truth.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 A Rose for Lotta

1. A Rose for Lotta

Aired: Sep 12, 1959

Lotta Crabtree is hired by mining tycoon Alpheus Troy to lure one of the Cart...

Episode 2 Death on Sun Mountain

2. Death on Sun Mountain

Aired: Sep 19, 1959

The Cartwrights go up against two San Francisco men who plan to get rich by k...

Episode 3 The Newcomers

3. The Newcomers

Aired: Sep 26, 1959

The Cartwrights discover an old enemy killing steers on the Ponderosa. Their ...

Episode 4 The Paiute War

4. The Paiute War

Aired: Oct 3, 1959

In order to escape punishment for mistreating two Paiute women, a trader blam...

Episode 5 Enter Mark Twain

5. Enter Mark Twain

Aired: Oct 10, 1959

The Cartwrights help Virginia City reporter Samuel Langhorne Clemens investig...

Episode 9 Mr. Henry Comstock

9. Mr. Henry Comstock

Aired: Nov 7, 1959

When threatened by a man fraudulently sold a part of the Ponderosa by a Henry...

Episode 10 The Magnificent Adah

10. The Magnificent Adah

Aired: Nov 14, 1959

When an actress named Adah Menken comes into town, Ben considers marrying her...

Episode 11 The Truckee Strip

11. The Truckee Strip

Aired: Nov 21, 1959

Caught in the middle of a longtime family feud over a disputed piece of land,...

Episode 12 The Hanging Posse

12. The Hanging Posse

Aired: Nov 28, 1959

Little Joe and Adam join a posse bent on catching the murderers of Vannie Joh...

Episode 13 Vendetta

13. Vendetta

Aired: Dec 5, 1959

When one of the Morgan brothers is shot and killed by Ben during a bank holdu...

Episode 14 The Sisters

14. The Sisters

Aired: Dec 12, 1959

A beautiful sister causes trouble around town.

Episode 15 The Last Hunt

15. The Last Hunt

Aired: Dec 19, 1959

Joe and Hoss shelter a pregnant Indian from a blizzard -- and Shoshones order...

Episode 16 El Toro Grande

16. El Toro Grande

Aired: Jan 2, 1960

After tangling with bandits on the way to California to buy a prized bull for...

Episode 17 The Outcast

17. The Outcast

Aired: Jan 9, 1960

The Cartwrights come to the aid of Leta Malvet when she is ostracized by the ...

Episode 18 A House Divided

18. A House Divided

Aired: Jan 16, 1960

Ben tries to uncover the reason gold and silver exporter, Frederick Kyle, has...

Episode 19 The Gunmen

19. The Gunmen

Aired: Jan 23, 1960

Hoss and Little Joe are mistaken for bloodthirsty hired killers in a small Te...

Episode 20 The Fear Merchants

20. The Fear Merchants

Aired: Jan 30, 1960

The Cartwrights come to the aid of a Chinese-American stable hand accused of ...

Episode 21 The Spanish Grant

21. The Spanish Grant

Aired: Feb 6, 1960

The Cartwrights try to disprove the validity of a Spanish land grant to stop ...

Episode 22 Blood on the Land

22. Blood on the Land

Aired: Feb 13, 1960

Jeb Drummond is a murderous sheep herder that has Adam taken hostage to try a...

Episode 23 Desert Justice

23. Desert Justice

Aired: Feb 20, 1960

As is often the case on Bonanza, things are not always as they first seem. Ho...

Episode 24 The Stranger

24. The Stranger

Aired: Feb 27, 1960

Inspector Leduque comes from New Orleans to Virginia City to take Ben Cartwri...

Episode 25 Escape to Ponderosa

25. Escape to Ponderosa

Aired: Mar 5, 1960

Three deserters escaped from an Army stockade to the Ponderosa. When a Captai...

Episode 26 The Avenger

26. The Avenger

Aired: Mar 19, 1960

Ben and Adam are locked in jail, about to hung for a crime they didn't commit...

Episode 27 The Last Trophy

27. The Last Trophy

Aired: Mar 26, 1960

An English couple comes to Ponderosa on vacation, but the wife slowly makes i...

Episode 28 San Francisco

28. San Francisco

Aired: Apr 2, 1960

While in San Francisco, two of Ben's hired hands get shanghaied and so does B...

Episode 29 Bitter Water

29. Bitter Water

Aired: Apr 9, 1960

A neighboring rancher, Andy, is good friends with Ben, but his son (Todd) wan...

Episode 30 Feet of Clay

30. Feet of Clay

Aired: Apr 16, 1960

A woman dies. Her husband is in prison, and the sheriff needs someone to look...

Episode 31 Dark Star

31. Dark Star

Aired: Apr 23, 1960

While hunting a predator wolf, Little Joe finds a gypsy woman who has been re...

Episode 32 Death at Dawn

32. Death at Dawn

Aired: Apr 30, 1960

When a powerful gang plagues Virginia City with a murderous protection racket...

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Info about Bonanza

Seasons: 14

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Production Country: United States

Genres:Western

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