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S1 E1 - Abduction
September 11, 195949minJoshua's daughter, Jennifer Beale, is abducted in hopes that he'll pay a $1M ransom for her. Starring: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan BlockerFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E2 - Ape
December 16, 196049minHoss mentors a mentally challenged man who has superhuman size and strength, but his efforts are undermined by a saloon girl who only wants the giant to manipulate him. Starring: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan BlockerFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E3 - Avenger
March 18, 196049minBen and Adam are locked up in jail and set to be hung for a crime they didn't commit. Joe and Huss must find out why the witnesses have committed perjury and lied about what they saw. Starring: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan BlockerFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E4 - Badge Without Honor
September 23, 196049minThe U.S Deputy Marshal that saves Adam's life by gunning down two men who shot at him, reveals that he's in town to bring a witness to San Francisco to testify in a statewide rackateering trial. His motives for bringing the reluctant witness soon become suspect though. Starring: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan BlockerFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E5 - Bitter Water
April 8, 196049minThe son of Ben's good friend, Andy, wants to sell their land for mining operations, which would spoil the water rights agreement that Andy and Ben made years back. Strring: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan BlockerFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E6 - Blood Line
December 30, 196050minBen Cartwright kills Luke Grayson in self defense, but his son, Todd, will not hear him out when he arrives in Virginia City. Todd is blinded by his desire to kill Ben to avenge his father. Starring: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Jan SterlingFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E7 - Blood on the Land
February 12, 196049minAdam is taken hostage by murderous sheep herder, Jeb Drummond, to get Ben to sign over a large section of Ponderosa to him. Starring: Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael LandonFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E8 - Breed of Violence
November 4, 196049minFed up with her overly controlling and dominant father, Dolly Kincaid runs away with her boyfriend, not knowing he is the leader of some murderous bank robbers. Even after they kidnap Hoss and Joe, Dolly still sticks by his side. Starring: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael LandonFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E9 - Courtship
December 31, 195949minHoss is so in love with a beautiful woman he met, that he can't see she's only interested in using him for his money so she can feed her gambling addiction. Even after Adam shows him proof of her deception, Hoss refuses to believe him. Starring: Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael LandonFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E10 - Dark Star
April 22, 196049minLittle Joe comes upon a gypsy girl who has been banished by her people for believing she is bewitched. He is smitten with her, and must show her and her people that she is not actually bewitched. Starring: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan BlockerFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E11 - Day of Reckoning
October 21, 196049minAfter an Indian saves Ben Cartwright's life, Ben gives the Indian and his pregnant wife a strip of fertile farming land. Unfortunately, the strip of land is next to an extremely racist farmer and things take a turn for the worst. Starring: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan BlockerFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E12 - Death at Dawn
April 29, 196050minVirginia City becomes the victim of organized crime, in the form of a protection racket. Starring: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts Dan BlockerFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E13 - Denver McKee
October 14, 196050minRanchers are being killed, cattle stolen, and even after U.S Deputy Marshal, Denver McKee, sends posses after the suspects, they are never found. Meanwhile, McKee suspiciously has plenty of money to take of his daughter and her schooling back East. Starring: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts Dan BlockerFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E14 - Desert Justice
February 19, 196049minRanch hand is arrested and taken away for trial. Starring: Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Lorne GreeneFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E15 - Escape to the Ponderosa
March 4, 196049minThree deserters escape from an Army Stockade to the Ponderosa. After a Captain comes searching for them, Ben sees what they've been dealing with and promises them he'll let his friend in charge of the fort know the real truth. Starring: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan BlockerFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E16 - Fear Merchants
January 29, 196049minThe Cartwrights help a Chinese-American stable hand fight charges of murder against a manipulative mayoral candidate who wants all "foreigners" to leave Virginia City. Starring: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan BlockerFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E17 - Feet of Clay
April 15, 196049minThe Carwrights take in a boy whose father has been imprisoned, and whose mother has died. While at the Ponderosa, the boy learns that his father is in prison, and news reaches them that the convict has escaped from prison. The Cartwrights must now deal with the possibility that the father might be coming for his boy. Starring: Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael LandonFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E18 - Gunmen
January 15, 196049minHoss and Little Joe are mistaken for vicious hired killers in a small Texas town, dominated by two feuding families. Starring: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan BlockerFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E19 - Hopefuls
October 7, 196049minAdam tags along with a wagon train of Quakers passing through town towards Slaytersville after he becomes smitten with the leader's daughter. Little does he know that the man he has befriended is actually interested on the gold they're carrying. Starring: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan BlockerFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E20 - Last Trophy
March 25, 196049minAn English couple comes to Ponderosa on vacation, but the wife slowly makes it clear that she is disappointed that her husband, a great hunter and "action man" is becoming more peaceful, and not the man she married, though things may change for her after they are kidnapped for ransom along with Adam Cartwright. Starring: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan BlockerFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E21 - Last Viking
November 11, 196049minGunnar, a long-lost relative of the Cartwright family arrives at the Ponderosa and is taken in by the family. The Cartwrights don't know that Gunnar is the leader of a band of criminals called The Comancheros. Starring: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan BlockerFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E22 - Mill
September 30, 196049minBen Cartwright and his sons build a flour mill to help an old friend make some money. Starring: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan BlockerFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E23 - Mission
September 16, 196049minHoss helps the town drunk and former Army scout, Charlie Trent, regain his self-esteem and has him volunteer to lead a gold-bearing troop through the desert. Starring: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan BlockerFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E24 - San Francisco
April 1, 196049minThe Cartwrights and Hop Sing finish a cattle drive in San Francisco. Even after Ben warns the men about the dangers of the big city, two of the hired hands disappear. Ben believes they've been Shanghaied, and with the help of some of Hop Sing's cousins, they are able to locate the men. Starring: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael LandonFree trial of Best Westerns EverS1 E25 - Savage
December 2, 196050minAdam saves a White woman about to be killed by some Indians that believe she is a mountain spirit. He kills the men, but is wounded. The woman nurses him back to health, while the rest of the tribe is still looking for her. Starring: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael LandonFree trial of Best Westerns Ever