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 33
Maestro Hoss
aired: Wed, Dec 10, 2008
The peace at the Ponderosa is disrupted when Hoss is conned into purchasing a violin by a gypsy fortune teller.
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Episode 32
Clarissa
aired: Sun, Oct 12, 2008
Clarissa, the Cartwright's cousin from back East, visits the Ponderosa and seems to disrupt the sanctity of the everyday peace and tranquility.
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Episode 31
The Wormwood Cup
aired: Thu, Feb 26, 2009
Joe, recently pronounced "not guilty" for the murder of Zach Crenshaw, is named on a wanted poster with a $1,000 reward for anyone who kills him, by the sister of the dead man. After a masked man accepts her offer, the sheriff contacts her with the name of her brother's true killer. But Joe is now being hunted down by a bounty hunter.
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Episode 30
Napoleon's Children
aired: Fri, Sep 12, 2008
Virginia City and the Ponderosa are terrorized by Napoleon, an intelligent, pint-sized leader of a gang of outlaws.
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Episode 28
The Prince
aired: Fri, Apr 24, 2009
Russian royalty that are targets of jewel thieves are guests of the Cartwrights at the Ponderosa.
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Episode 27
The Deed and the Dilemma
aired: Fri, Sep 12, 2008
Ben and George Rossi assist each other in an attempt to stop a man from claiming the water from an adjourning ranch.
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Episode 25
Joe Cartwright, Detective
aired: Thu, Feb 26, 2009
The reading of crime literature has Joe convincing Hoss that the local bank will soon be robbed.
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Episode 22
Amigo
aired: Sun, Jun 29, 2008
A group of Comancheros who are raiding the Ponderosa to rob and burn it to the ground, find resistance from a wounded member being helped by the Cartwrights.
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Episode 21
Journey to Terror
aired: Sat, Oct 4, 2008
Episode 19
Black Friday
aired: Tue, Nov 4, 2008
Joe discovers that a former Ponderosa cowhand, now a gunfighter in Chiso, is expected to be killed on Friday the 13th.
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Episode 17
Justice
aired: Thu, Feb 26, 2009
Joe forces the only suspect to the murder of his fiancée to come forward after she is found strangled.
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Episode 16
Ponderosa Explosion
aired: Thu, Feb 26, 2009
The Ponderosa is overrun with furry critters when two unscrupulous old men convince Hoss and Joe to raise rabbits.
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Episode 15
A Christmas Story
aired: Thu, Feb 26, 2009
A young singer named Andy Walker returns to Virginia City at Christmas time and agrees to appear at the annual orphan's Christmas benefit. But his shifty manager and Uncle Thaddeus insists on ten percent of the cut. The Cartwrights plan on showing Thaddeus the errors of his ways and the meaning of the season.
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Episode 14
Tommy
aired: Thu, Jun 26, 2008
The father of a deaf-mute boy comes looking for him and his mother, both who are being protected by the Cartwrights.
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Episode 13
The Bridegroom
aired: Sat, Oct 4, 2008
Joe searches for a groom when a rancher makes plans to marry off his plain-looking daughter.
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Episode 12
A Real Nice, Friendly Little Town
aired: Fri, Sep 12, 2008
Episode 11
The Oath
aired: Fri, Sep 12, 2008
Joe is in search of Charlie Two, the half breed son of Charlie Monohan, a man who Ben turned in to the sheriff after killing a miner and was sentenced to hang, then had Charlie Two swear to revenge his death.
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Episode 8
Four Sisters from Boston
aired: Thu, Feb 26, 2009
When devious cattle ranchers attempt to drive four novice homesteaders off their property, the Cartwrights come to their rescue.
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Episode 7
Credit for a Kill
aired: Tue, Jun 24, 2008
Joe tries to protect his friend from the brothers of a dead outlaw by claiming the reward money himself.
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Episode 6
To Bloom for Thee
aired: Fri, Sep 12, 2008
Hoss is unaware that his fiancée is a troubled woman with a hidden, dark past.
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Episode 5
The Pursued, Part 2
aired: Fri, Sep 12, 2008
As the persecuted party awaits Ben and Hoss' return, Herber is shot and killed. Joe retaliates and shoots Herber's assassin.
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Episode 4
The Pursued, Part 1
aired: Sat, Jul 5, 2008
The Cartwrights head to Beehive, Nevada to purchase horses from a Mormon rancher named Herb Clausen. Herb is not welcomed in the area by the Christians because of his religious practices and because he has two wives. Joe helps the Clausen's escape after they are burned out of their home and head to the desert, along with one of Clausen's wives who is near to giving birth.
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Episode 3
A Time to Step Down
aired: Thu, Jun 19, 2008
After wrangler Dan Tolliver is let loose by the Cartwrights, he makes plans to come back and rob the Ponderosa.
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Episode 2
Horse of a Different Hue
aired: Sat, Oct 25, 2008
One of Ben's oldest friends must make sure Joe loses a horse race in order to protect a family member from being killed.
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Episode 1
Something Hurt, Something Wild
aired: Thu, Feb 26, 2009
The Cartwrights' friendship with a neighboring rancher is threatened when their mentally unstable daughter accuses Joe of attacking her.
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