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Bonanza

Season 1 Episode 30: Feet of Clay

A woman dies. Her husband is in prison, and the sheriff needs someone to look after the boy until the boy's uncle can come to claim him. The Cartwrights begin to take care of the boy at the Ponderosa. When the boy arrives at the ranch, he...

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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