Bonanza
Bonanza chronicles the weekly adventures of the Cartwright family, headed by wise, thrice-widowed patriarch Ben Cartwright (played by Lorne Greene). He has three sons, each by a different wife: the eldest is the urbane architect Adam Cartwright (played by Pernell Roberts) who built the ranch house; the second is the warm and lovable giant Eric, better known by his nickname: "Hoss" (played by Dan Blocker); and the youngest is the hotheaded and impetuous Joseph or "Little Joe" (played by Michael Landon). The family's cook is the Chinese immigrant Hop Sing (played by Victor Sen Yung). Bonanza is considered an atypical western for its time, as the core of the storylines dealt with Ben and his three dissimilar sons, how they cared for one another, their neighbors and their land.
Genre: Action and Adventure, Western
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Episode 34
Stage Door Johnnies
aired: Thu, Jun 26, 2008
Hoss and Little Joe vie for the attention of visiting entertainer "Mademoiselle Denise" but she has no time for them. All of her attention is focused elsewhere...
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Episode 32
Pride of a Man
aired: Fri, Sep 12, 2008
Joe becomes a substitute teacher, and must deal with a pair of hooligans bent on challenging him.
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Episode 31
The Stronghold
aired: Thu, Feb 26, 2009
The crooked Farrell brothers pay Joe and Candy for a herd with a worthless bank draft. The key to getting their money might just be an enemy the Farrell's made in their own family, the widow of a man they shot.
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Episode 30
The Arrival of Eddie
aired: Thu, Feb 26, 2009
Years ago, Hoss shot and killed Eddie McKay's criminal father. Now Eddie's trying to make a new start, and Hoss would like to help, but Eddie still harbors a lot of bitterness and won't let him. Then he changes his mind and accepts Hoss's offer of a job, but he might just have an ulterior motive...
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Episode 29
The Bottle Fighter
aired: Fri, Apr 24, 2009
After Hoss is accused of stabbing a man to death, his hopes for acquittal rest on the skills of Barney Sturgess, a once great lawyer who has crawled inside a bottle.
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Episode 28
To Die in Darkness
aired: Thu, Feb 26, 2009
A man convicted on Ben's testimony seeks revenge. He lures Ben and Candy to an abandoned mineshaft and traps them there. They're dependent on his goodwill, for as long as it lasts. And after a month, folks start to believe they're dead...
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Episode 25
Commitment at Angelus
aired: Wed, Aug 27, 2008
Candy and Joe visit Angelus in search of a doctor to patch up Candy's injured hand. There, Joe meets his friend Steve Regan, a miner, who explains that the miners have gone on strike because of hazards in the mine. Joe offers the jobless man a day's wages to fill in for the injured Candy, but there is a trail accident and Steve dies. Joe feels responsible, so he sets out to help the miners, pitting himself against a company the Cartwrights hold stock in! Worse, a large amount of dynamite is missing, and the miners claim they have it, and will use it...
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Episode 23
Star Crossed
aired: Sat, Oct 25, 2008
Candy falls in love with Tisha Sterling, a young woman being blackmailed by a man named Passmore, a marshal from another town who pretends to be her cousin.
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Episode 22
The Late Ben Cartwright
aired: Wed, Dec 10, 2008
When an attempt on his life fails, Ben decides to act as if it succeeded. As a dead man, he can discover and foil the plans of the individual behind the attempt, a crooked politician.
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Episode 17
The 13th Man
aired: Thu, Feb 26, 2009
When stock begins disappearing into the hands of rustlers, the ranchers hire Marcus Alley to put a stop to it. But his methods are drastic - men start dying who ought to end up in custody.
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Episode 16
A Girl Named George
aired: Sat, Sep 27, 2008
Episode 14
The Gold Detector
aired: Fri, Dec 26, 2008
Hoss is sure there's gold in a worked out mine he wants to buy, and he has the gold detector to prove it. But the gold detector and it's inventor aren't what's claimed, and soon enough Hoss is the talk of Virginia City... humorists!
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Episode 12
Check Rein
aired: Fri, Sep 12, 2008
The Cartwrights step in to help a young man whose ruthless and crafty uncle plans to seize control of his ranch. After the bank foreclosed on the rancher, they stepped in to help, but the man's uncle isn't through with him yet...
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Episode 6
False Witness
aired: Thu, Feb 26, 2009
Candy decides to leave for Chicago after completing a cattle drive at the small town of Sand Dusk. But then Billy Slater and his gang rob the bank and shoot the banker. The law catches up to Slater. Joe, Hoss, and Candy witnessed the killing, so Slater's gang decides to gun them down...
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Episode 5
Night of Reckoning
aired: Fri, Sep 12, 2008
Ponderosa foreman Donny Buckler has hidden $60,000. An outlaw named Dibbs gets wind of it and comes with his gang to get it, taking Joe, Hoss and Candy prisoner.
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Episode 4
Judgment at Olympus
aired: Thu, Feb 26, 2009
In the small town of Olympus, Candy stands accused of murdering Jed Wheelock, the son of wealthy A. Z. Wheelock. Wheelock demands a fair trial. Little Joe comes to Olympus, and gets into hot water himself - he's accused of murdering the witness whose testimony likely would have sent Candy to the gallows. With Candy and Little Joe both in jail, it falls to Hoss to figure out what really happened in Olympus.
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Episode 3
The Conquistadors
aired: Fri, Sep 12, 2008
Mexican prospectors capture Little Joe, and demand a $25,000 ransom payment. Anderson and Perkins learn of this, and ride off to find the prospectors. They plan to kill the prospectors AND Little Joe, and keep the money for themselves, blaming the Mexicans.
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Episode 2
Sense of Duty
aired: Fri, Sep 12, 2008
Ben discovers the Army has reactivated his Army commission and want him to escort Wabuska, an Indian warrior who claims to be a demi-god and has roused the tribes against the white man. Ben takes Hoss, Little Joe, and a motley group of volunteers along with them to take Wabuska to prison. The Indian tribes have other ideas, though.
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Second Chance
aired: Fri, Sep 12, 2008
Joe and Hoss go to warn settlers about Indian attacks. But the renegades catch them en route, and Joe winds up with an arrow in his shoulder. When he attempts to remove it, all he manages to do is break the tip off. Hoss must find help for his gravely injured younger brother. Has he found it when he discovers a wagon trail full of colorful characters?
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