September 12, 1965 • 49m
Wiley and Annie Kane arrive at the Ponderosa to work off their father's debt to Ben. It seems as though the elder Kane once swindl...Read more
September 19, 1965 • 49m
Ben helps a convict win a parole only to have the man later become the chief suspect in a bank robbery.
September 26, 1965 • 49m
Juan Ortega claims he has a land grant which gives him ownership of the entire Nevada Territory.
October 3, 1965 • 49m
A mule skinner and his two sons are hired by Ben to transport nitroglycerin to California.
October 10, 1965 • 49m
A judge awards itinerant horse breeder Jim Acton's beloved mare to rancher Sam Whipple. Jim tries to buy her back, but Whipple ref...Read more
October 17, 1965 • 49m
Ben is attracted to Sarah Reynolds, a member of a religious order led by her fanatical uncle. When she is accused of being a witc...Read more
October 24, 1965 • 49m
Hoss comes upon an overturned stagecoach and discovers a little girl suffering from shock. After the Cartwrights suceed in bringi...Read more
October 31, 1965 • 49m
Ben must determine who is the rightful heir to a fortune that includes water rights vital to the Ponderosa.
November 7, 1965 • 49m
Virginia City's newest preacher is an ex-gunfighter who wants only to build a new church, but the brother of one of his victims ha...Read more
November 14, 1965 • 49m
Hoss and Joe find a woman abandoned by a wagon train because her gift of prophecy is considered a curse. "Wouldn't it be wonderfu...Read more
November 21, 1965 • 49m
The Generation Gap, Western-style, as Hoss tries to bring a young man and his father closer together.
December 5, 1965 • 49m
The mother of a young outlaw condemned to hang, threatens to have her gang's hostages killed if her son is not set free. One of the hostages is Joe.
December 12, 1965 • 49m
Hoss finds a kindred spirit in Skeeter Dexter, a lonesome young man who feels closer to animals than most people.
December 19, 1965 • 49m
In this series' highlight, little Michael Thorpe heads to the high country to ask God to spare his critically wounded father, beli...Read more
January 2, 1966 • 49m
After sitting on a jury that has convicted Terrence O' Tool of murder, Joe has second thoughts about the verdict and decides to do...Read more
January 9, 1966 • 49m
Hoss finds a wounded young Indian on the prairie, who is torn between accepting the ways of the white man or returning to his old life.
January 16, 1966 • 49m
The Pony Express sets up office in Virginia and Joe is one of the first to join up. Ben also decides to invest in the fledgling e...Read more
January 23, 1966 • 49m
Conclusion to the previous-week's episode, where the Cartwrights provide needed assistance to the Pony Express.
January 30, 1966 • 49m
After his only friend is killed, the Cartwrights take in a slow-witted man, who Roy Coffee informs them, is wanted for murder by Arizona authorities.
February 6, 1966 • 49m
While Sheriff Coffee is in Saint Louis, the Morrisey bunch decides to work off excess energy by wrecking the saloon in a violent s...Read more
February 13, 1966 • 49m
Joe is goaded into facing gunman Dan Taggert, unaware there is more to be prearranged than he realizes.
February 20, 1966 • 49m
Not one, but three mail-order brides show up unexpectedly at the Ponderosa, all of them believing they are to marry Hoss.
February 27, 1966 • 49m
Joshua Norton, an eccentric and formerly wealthy San Francisco merchant who considers himself Emperor of the United States and Pro...Read more
March 6, 1966 • 49m
Ben and Claire Armory fall in love, but their future is jeopardized by her disabled brother.
March 20, 1966 • 49m
The Cartwrights attempt to straighten out the snobbish young son of Ben's cousin.
March 27, 1966 • 49m
Young, adoring Wendy Daniels has come to Virginia City to meet up with her father, Taylor Daniels, who has been traveling on busin...Read more
April 3, 1966 • 49m
Hoss chooses a difficult path when he decides to rehabilitate a famous poet, Will Smith, who is really William Warlock Evans, who ...Read more
April 10, 1966 • 49m
Everyone feels Andy Walker is an outstanding singer but his father, who feels the boy should concentrate on ranch work instead. J...Read more
April 17, 1966 • 49m
Italian immigrants are determined to establish their own vineyard on Ponderosa property.
April 24, 1966 • 49m
Feeling guilty for unintentionally ending the career of a professional boxer, Hoss vows never to fight again. But things change w...Read more
May 1, 1966 • 49m
A sailor, claiming to be one of Adam's closest friends, is given a warm welcome by the Cartwrights, who have no way of knowing the...Read more
May 8, 1966 • 49m
Ben and Hoss unwittingly aid a vengeful army colonel who plans to wipe out every Indian he can with a Gatling gun.
May 15, 1966 • 49m
Hoss finds himself in another mess, this one involving a beautiful blonde, a moonshiner, and a nearsighted outlaw who is allergic ...Read more