Season 4 (1962)

The First Born
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September 23, 1962 • 49m

Clay Stafford signs on to work for the Cartwrights and shortly afterwards shoots and kills a man who accuses him of cheating at po...Read more

The Quest
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September 30, 1962 • 49m

Determined to prove he can succeed at something without the help of his Pa, Hoss, and Adam, Joe sets out on his quest and wins a t...Read more

The Artist
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October 7, 1962 • 49m

Ben helps Matthew Raine, a famous painter who has gone blind and now wallows in self-pity, discover a new purpose in life. Howeve...Read more

A Hot Day for a Hanging
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October 14, 1962 • 49m

Hoss is jailed for robbing the bank in Dutchman Flats, a town on the brink of economic collapse, even the sheriff knows he is inno...Read more

The Deserter
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October 21, 1962 • 49m

An Indian-hating officer, Colonel Edward J. Dunwoody, comes to the Ponderosa looking for army deserter Bill Winters, who is a good...Read more

The Way Station
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October 29, 1962 • 49m

With a storm brewing, Adam takes refuge at a way station, run by cantankerous Jesse and his young grandaughter Marty, who yearns t...Read more

The War Comes to Washoe
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November 4, 1962 • 49m

The Civil War once again divides the citizens of Nevada, as well as Adam and Joe Cartwright. One of season four's highlights, the...Read more

Knight Errant
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November 18, 1962 • 49m

Hoss volunteers to pickup an injured neighbor's mail-order bride, but by the time they return, she has fallen in love with Hoss an...Read more

The Beginning
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November 25, 1962 • 49m

Billy Horne is a white man who was captured by the Shoshone when he was six. He comes into Ben & Joe's campsite one night uninvite...Read more

The Deadly Ones
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December 2, 1962 • 49m

The Ponderosa becomes a war zone when it is invaded by a detachment of Mexican mercenaries under General Diaz. The general is fur...Read more

Gallagher's Sons
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December 9, 1962 • 49m

Hoss helps Charlie and Will (Charlotte and Willomina), two young girls who just lost their father. They go on a journey to find t...Read more

The Decision
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December 16, 1962 • 49m

Hoss is seriously injured internally and Ben seeks help from the only doctor within 50 miles, who happens to be in prison for murd...Read more

The Good Samaritan
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December 23, 1962 • 49m

Hoss decides to help out Wade Tyree and introduces him to Abigail and her daughter, Bonnie. Hoss hopes this will stop Wade's cons...Read more

The Jury
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December 30, 1962 • 49m

When Hoss is responsible for causing a hung jury, Ben tells him, "a man is never wrong doing what he thinks is right", and Adam at...Read more

The Colonel
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January 6, 1963 • 49m

Frank Medford, a figure from Ben's "wild, misspent youth", shows up in Virginia City, and though down on his luck, creates trouble...Read more

Song in the Dark
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January 13, 1963 • 49m

Adam's guitar-strumming friend, ranch hand Danny Morgan, is arrested on suspicion of murdering and robbing the Widow Baker. Someo...Read more

Elegy for a Hangman
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January 20, 1963 • 49m

A stranger, Bob Jolly, arrives in Virginia City to accuse a drunken Judge Harry Whitaker of sending his innocent father, Carl, to ...Read more

Half a Rogue
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January 27, 1963 • 49m

In this entertaining episode, laced with humor, Hoss first meets mountain man Jim Leyton. Bing Russell makes his first appearance...Read more

The Last Haircut
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February 3, 1963 • 49m

A vain outlaw murders a man in front of witnesses, including Joe, but a clever lawyer is able to get him acquitted. Though enrage...Read more

Marie, My Love
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February 10, 1963 • 49m

When Cochise falls on Joe, Ben cannot help but remember that is how Marie Cartwright was killed. He thinks back to meeting her in...Read more

The Hayburner
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February 17, 1963 • 49m

For a change, it is Adam rather than Joe who becomes mixed up in one of Hoss' funny exploits. Together they purchase a thoroughbr...Read more

The Actress
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February 24, 1963 • 49m

Joe becomes romantically involved with a woman who considers herself a serious dramatic actress. Unfortunately, she is the only one who does.

A Stranger Passed This Way
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March 3, 1963 • 49m

Hoss develops amnesia after being bushwhacked and hit over the head by two outlaws and moves in with a Dutch couple. The woman re...Read more

The Way of Aaron
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March 10, 1963 • 49m

Adam takes a shine to Rebecca Kaufman, the daughter of a Jewish peddler, and bandits are convinced the Kaufman wagon is worth robbing.

A Woman Lost
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March 17, 1963 • 49m

Ben's attempt to rehabilitate an alcoholic singer he knew in better days are complicated by her involvment with a former prize fighter.

Any Friend of Walter's
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March 24, 1963 • 49m

Classic comedy in which Hoss first meets prospector Obie and his lazy but allegedly brilliant mongrel dog, Walter.

Mirror of a Man
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March 31, 1963 • 49m

The peaceful world of a Ponderosa hand is disturbed by the arrival of his no-good father and twin brother, who is a wanted man.

My Brother's Keeper
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April 7, 1963 • 49m

While hunting for a wolf, Joe is attacked by the wolf. Adam also hunting for the wolf, hears Joe struggling with the wolf comes t...Read more

Five into the Wind
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April 21, 1963 • 49m

After their stagecoach crashes, a group of rag-tag passengers and Joe must get out of the desert alive. One of the passengers may...Read more

Saga of Whizzer McGee
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April 28, 1963 • 49m

Hoss becomes concerned for the welfare of an insecure, belligerent fellow who is as small as Hoss is large. Interesting blend of ...Read more

Thunder Man
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May 5, 1963 • 49m

Little Joe's 19-year old girlfriend is killed by a good samaritan, an explosives expert who had stopped to render aid to the woman...Read more

Rich Man, Poor Man
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May 12, 1963 • 49m

Claude Miller, the laughingstock of Virginia City, gets even with everyone who made fun of him when he strikes it rich.

The Boss
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May 19, 1963 • 49m

Ben regrets that he helped Tom Slayden start a freight hauling business when Slayden sets out to ruin all the competition, and Joe...Read more

Little Man... Ten Feet Tall
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May 26, 1963 • 49m

When a Italian immigrant comes to the Ponderosa, he decides he wants to give up the guitar to become a cowboy.