Episode 1
Something Hurt, Something Wild
49m8.0 / 10
The Cartwrights' friendship with a neighboring rancher is threatened by his mentally unstable daughter.
Episode credits
Guest stars Lynn Loring, Ron Foster
TV series
Bonanza
1959TV-PG14 seasons7.5 / 10
America's Favorite TV Western
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
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Episode 2
Horse of a Different Hue
49m
So the Cartwrights will not be killed, one of Ben's oldest friends must make sure Joe does not win a horse race.
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Guest stars Rudy Doucette, Julie Parrish, Jack Gordon
Episode 3
A Time to Step Down
49m
After the Cartwrights put wrangler Dan Tolliver out to pasture, the embittered old man plans to take part in robbing the Ponderosa.
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Guest stars Ed Begley, Sherwood Price, Don 'Red' Barry
Episode 4
The Pursued (1)
49m
A Mormon with two wives is badgered by the town's people and then things get much worse.
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Guest stars Dina Merrill, Eric Fleming, Lois Nettleton, Jack Gordon
Episode 5
The Pursued (2)
49m
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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Guest stars Dina Merrill, Eric Fleming, Lois Nettleton, Dee Carroll
Episode 6
To Bloom for Thee
49m
Hoss is engaged to Carol Attley, a troubled woman with a past darker than he imagines.
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Guest stars Victor Sen Yung, Jack Gordon
Episode 7
Credit for a Kill
49m
Though his friend is badly in need of the reward money, Joe insists it belongs to him, to protect his friend from the dead outlaws' brothers.
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Guest stars Luana Patten, Charles Maxwell, Jack Gordon, Edward Faulkner, Troy Melton
Episode 8
Four Sisters from Boston
49m
The Cartwrights come to the rescue of four inexperienced homesteaders, when devious cattle ranchers try to run them off their property.
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Guest stars Vera Miles, Morgan Woodward, Ray Teal, Melinda Casey, Rand Brooks, Raymond Guth
Episode 9
Old Charlie
49m
A young cowpoke is killed during a fight with Hoss, but the old blowhard who runs the Virginia City stables, takes the credit, placing him in danger from the dead man's brothers.
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Guest stars John McIntire, Ray Teal, Jack Gordon, Jeanette Nolan, Bill Fletcher
Episode 10
Ballad of the Ponderosa
49m
A young troubadour, who blames Ben for the death of his father, returns to Virginia City. In one scene, Ben says the young man is welcome to use Adam's guitar.
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Written by Michael LandonGuest stars Randy Boone, Robert Foulk
Episode 11
The Oath
49m
While in another town, on business, Ben runs into a saloon employee who is a big figure, and after he kills an old miner, who has burned down his house, Ben takes him into the sheriff. He is sentenced and hung. Before his departure, Charlie Monahan, has made his half-breed son, Charlie Two, swear an oath to kill Ben. Little Joe is made aware of this and must track him down to prevent him from carrying out his oath against Ben. Charlie Two is unaware that Joe is Ben's son, as they meet on the trail.
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Guest stars Tony Bill, Dal McKennon, John Daheim
Episode 12
A Real Nice, Friendly Little Town
49m
When the woman he was planning to marry is strangled, Joe forces the only suspect to come forward, in a very tense-filled episode.
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Guest stars Louise Latham, Jack Gordon, Robert Foulk, Herb Vigran
Episode 13
The Bridegroom
49m
Joe plays matchmaker in this story of a rancher attempting to marry off his supposedly unremarkable daughter.
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Guest stars Jack Gordon, Jeff Corey, Joanne Linville
Episode 14
Tommy
49m
The Cartwrights protect a woman and her deaf-mute little son from the boy's outlaw stepfather.
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Guest stars Teddy Quinn, Victor Sen Yung, Ray Teal, Janet De Gore, Frank Puglia, Jorge Moreno
Episode 15
A Christmas Story
49m
Warbling Andy Walker returns to Virginia City a big success, along with his shifty Uncle Thaddeus.
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Guest stars Jack Oakie, Dabbs Greer, Wayne Newton, Victor Sen Yung, Ray Teal, Mary Wickes, Jack Gordon
Episode 16
Ponderosa Explosion
49m
Two Virginia City old-timers fool Hoss and Joe into raising rabbits, and the Ponderosa is overrun with paws and whiskers.
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Guest stars Chubby Johnson, Dub Taylor, Victor Sen Yung, Chick Chandler
Episode 17
Justice
49m
When the woman he was planning to marry is strangled, Joe forces the only suspect to come forward.
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Guest stars Shirley Bonne, Beau Bridges, Bing Russell, Victor Sen Yung, Jack Gordon, Roy Roberts
Episode 18
A Bride for Buford
49m
Dolly Bantree has a crooked manager ""Blackie"", who blackmails Dolly to fleece newly rich miner Buford out of his newfound wealth. Hoss suspects something and gets all duded up to pose as a rich mark to test Dolly.
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Guest stars Jack Elam, Lola Albright, Victor Sen Yung, Ray Teal, Jack Gordon, Paul Brinegar, Richard Devon, Robert B. Williams
Episode 19
Black Friday
49m
In the town of Chiso, Joe encounters a former Ponderosa cowhand who is now a gunfighter and expecting to be killed on Friday the 13th. John Saxon makes the first of his three appearances in the series, in this episode as Steven Friday.
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Guest stars John Saxon, Ford Rainey, Robert McQueeney
Episode 20
The Unseen Wound
49m
Ben discovers that his friend, Sheriff Paul Rowan, is suffering from stress brought on by his wartime experiences.
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Guest stars Leslie Nielsen, Nancy Malone, Bill Fletcher, Douglas Henderson, Percy Helton
Episode 21
Journey to Terror
49m8.0 / 10
Joe visits his married friends in Arizona Territory, only to discover the husband has become a criminal and is secretly part of a notorious gang.
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Guest stars Jason Evers, Lory Patrick, John Ericson, Kevin Hagen, C. Lindsay Workman
Episode 22
Amigo
49m
A wounded comanchero sides with the Cartwrights when the rest of the gang, led by Captain Fenner, shows up to burn and rob the Ponderosa.
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Guest stars Henry Darrow, Anna Navarro, Ray Teal, Gregory Walcott, Warren J. Kemmerling, Troy Melton
Episode 23
A Woman in the House
49m
Mary Wharton, an old friend of the family, comes to live on the Ponderosa with her shiftless husband. When Ben learns Mary is the victim of domestic abuse, he sends Russ packing.
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Guest stars Diane Baker, Paul Richards, Victor Sen Yung
Episode 24
Judgment at Red Creek
49m
Hoss and Joe have their doubts as to who really robbed a way station, suspecting the two men they captured are innocent.
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Guest stars John Ireland, Martin West, Harry Carey, Jr., Bartlett Robinson, James B. Sikking
Episode 25
Joe Cartwright, Detective
49m
Joe becomes fascinated by detective literature and drags Hoss into the picture when he suspects the bank is going to be robbed.
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Episode 26
Dark Enough to See the Stars
49m
Young Billy Wilcox wanders onto the Ponderosa, sick, hungry, and alone. Ben finds him, and after he regains his strength, offers Billy a job. Jennifer Yardley, who with her father is visiting the Cartwrights, is interested in Billy. Billy is more concerned about a lawman that has come to town because he has a past that could be problematic: he killed a man in self-defense and ran.
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Guest stars Linda Foster, Victor Sen Yung
Episode 27
The Deed and the Dilemma
49m
Ben assists Georgio Rossi in his battle for water on adjoining property.
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Guest stars Brioni Farrell, Bing Russell, Jack Gordon, Penny Santon, Michael Stefani
Episode 28
The Prince
49m
The Cartwrights play host to Russian royals, who are the target of jewel thieves.
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Guest stars Lloyd Bochner, Warren Stevens, Claire Griswold, Victor Sen Yung, Adam Williams
Episode 29
A Man Without Land
49m
The foreman of a neighboring ranch frames Joe for murder as part of a scheme to get his employer's property.
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Guest stars Royal Dano, Bing Russell, Victor Sen Yung, Jack Gordon, Jeremy Slate, James Gammon, Russ Conway, Dorothy Neumann
Episode 30
Napoleon's Children
49m
A gang of juvenile delinquents, led by an intelligent runt, who calls himself Napoleon, terrorizes Virginia City and the Ponderosa as well.
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Guest stars Kevin O'Neal, Robert Biheller, Bing Russell, Victor Sen Yung, Michael Burns
Episode 31
The Wormwood Cup
49m
A woman - convinced Little Joe intentionally killed her brother - offers $1,000 to the man who kills the youngest Cartwright in what she deems a ""fair fight."" Joe, meanwhile, must overcome his guilt over killing another man in self defense while trying to avoid the dead man's bitterly grieving father.
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Written by Michael LandonGuest stars Judi Meredith, Bing Russell, Victor Sen Yung, Frank Overton
Episode 32
Clarissa
49m
The Cartwrights' cousin, Clarissa visits. Her assertive, snobbish ways result in nothing but trouble for Ben and his sons.
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Guest stars Nina Foch, Victor Sen Yung, Ray Teal, Roy Roberts, Norman Leavitt, Robert Foulk, Jack Tornek
Episode 33
Maestro Hoss
49m8.0 / 10
Hoss is conned into buying a violin from a gypsy fortune teller, and everyone on the Ponderosa--except for Hop Sing--suffers the consequences.
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Guest stars Zsa Zsa Gabor, Victor Sen Yung, Ray Teal, Kathleen Freeman
Episode 34
The Greedy Ones
49mfinale
The Ponderosa is in danger of being overrun by gold hunters.
Episode credits
Guest stars Ray Teal, Rudy Doucette, Robert Middleton, George Chandler
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
More about Bonanza
Cast
Lorne GreeneBen Cartwright
Pernell RobertsAdam Cartwright
Dan BlockerHoss Cartwright
Michael LandonJoe Cartwright
David CanaryCandy Canaday
Tim MathesonGriff King
Mitch VogelJamie Hunter Cartwright
Victor Sen YungHop SingCredits
- Created by
- David Dortort
- Written by
- Michael Landon, Leo Gordon, Larry Markes, Robert Vincent Wright, Fred Freiberger, Warren Douglas, David Dortort, Fred Hamilton, Robert E. Thompson, Ed Adamson, John Furia, Jr., Peter Packer, Steve McNeil, Michael Landon, Frank Cleaver
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 431
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
NBCUnited States
NBCUnited States
NBC StudiosUnited States
Themes
19th centurycowboyearly americafamilyinspirationalnevadaranchsingle father
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