September 13, 1970 • 49m
In the 12th season premiere, a series of destructive fires strike Virginia City, and always late at night. Is it the work of a rut...Read more
September 20, 1970 • 49m
Dusty takes in orphaned Jamie Hunter, the son of a recently-deceased rainmaker. Jamie is determined to carry on his father's tradi...Read more
September 27, 1970 • 49m
The Weary Willies are hippie-like former Civil War veterans who are now drifters and live off the land. Despite protests from fell...Read more
October 4, 1970 • 49m
After being taken into custody by a sheriff who does not care if he is guilty or innocent of a crime, Hoss escapes from the prison...Read more
October 11, 1970 • 49m
A man called Davis has shot Colonel Clayton and escapes on horseback. Joe and Ben join the posse that sets out to find Davis. Be...Read more
October 18, 1970 • 49m
On the trail, Joe witnesses a woman kill a man, but the woman rides away before he can positively identify her. He rides into the...Read more
October 25, 1970 • 49m
When Hoss volunteers to be Sheriff of a town called Trouble, he soon finds out that the town had correctly been named. Hoss almos...Read more
November 1, 1970 • 49m
Ben's new horse throws him down a steep slope, injuring his back. Joe tries to round up some help, but the settlers in the valley...Read more
November 8, 1970 • 49m
A dying woman and her son are rejected by her father because she had a child out of wedlock.
November 15, 1970 • 49m
Ben and Hoss come to the rescue of Mexican farmers who are forced off their land by the greedy mine owner who runs the town of Prince River.
November 22, 1970 • 49m
Pepper Shannon is a dime novel hero and outlaw. Ben gives a job to Pepper Shannon on the condition the one-time outlaw stays away...Read more
December 13, 1970 • 49m
Hoss and Joe pretend to be stage robbers' partners in order to recover stolen Cartwright money. All goes well until the wife of o...Read more
December 20, 1970 • 49m
Jamie forms a bond with a bum and his tame crow. Before long, Jamie suggests they repair an old wagon and leave the Ponderosa.
December 27, 1970 • 49m
A girl's uncle and aunt want custody of her only because they believe she has the rights to her late grandfather's mine.
January 3, 1971 • 49m
Settlers from Virginia argue over Hoss' fate after one of them accidentally shoots him.
January 10, 1971 • 49m
An insecure Jamie is unsure of his place in the family, having trouble adjusting at his new school and keeps getting harassed by a...Read more
January 17, 1971 • 49m
The Cartwrights are about to start a major cattle drive with other ranchers. It has been decided that Ben's foreman will be trail...Read more
January 31, 1971 • 49m
Bradley Meredith, a Ben Cartwright look-a-like, causes trouble when he sells land to the railroad. Ben has already turned down th...Read more
February 7, 1971 • 49m
Hoss is held prisoner by a fugitive black couple who they admit hate white people and have nothing to lose by killing them.
February 14, 1971 • 49m
An English couple comes to Nevada to learn why a ranch owned by the British investment firm is the only company holding not showing a profit.
February 21, 1971 • 49m
Ben is shocked to learn the Army general he is backing as governor, advocates a policy of genocide towards all Indians.
February 28, 1971 • 49m
An epidemic of influenza hits the Ponderosa and the only person who seems sure of what to do is the wife of a doctor, whom Doc Martin says is a fraud.
March 7, 1971 • 49m
A racist and his henchmen steal a Gatling gun, with plans to massacre everyone - including the Cartwrights - involved in a peace t...Read more
March 14, 1971 • 49m
Blinded by an explosion, Joe wallows in self-pity, and at first resists the efforts of a woman trying to teach him to live without...Read more
March 21, 1971 • 49m
While visiting the Ponderosa, Ben's friend, April Christopher, is bitten by a rabid wolf. Ben and April and her daughter must com...Read more
March 28, 1971 • 49m
The foreman of a neighboring ranch shoots a special steer belonging to the Cartwrights, and his scheming boss plots to take unfair...Read more
April 4, 1971 • 49m
Ben, Hoss and Joe, along with Candy and a fellow rancher, are jailed on false trespassing charges by a greedy mining tycoon. The d...Read more
April 11, 1971 • 49m
The only person who can get Dusty out of jail is a professional fighter who will not return to Virginia City, so Joe stays on the ...Read more