Episode 1
Aired Sep 24, 1961
The Smiler
A folk singer claims to be the brother of a man Hoss shot accidentally; guest Herschel Bernardi.
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Episode 2
Aired Oct 1, 1961
Springtime
Ben brings an old friend to the Ponderosa to show off his sons, but they don't make a good first impression.
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Episode 3
Aired Oct 8, 1961
The Honor of Cochise
Ben asks Cochise to permit him to arrest an Army captain (guest star DeForest Kelley) who killed Apaches.
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Episode 4
Aired Oct 15, 1961
The Lonely House
A wounded bank robber and his partners force their way into a widow's home where Little Joe is visiting; guest Paul Richards.
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Episode 5
Aired Oct 22, 1961
The Burma Rarity
A woman outfoxes two swindlers who try to sell her a fake emerald, and almost wins Ben in the process.
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Episode 6
Aired Oct 29, 1961
Broken Ballad
A cowboy kills the new lover of a woman who jilted him; guest Robert Culp.
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Episode 7
Aired Nov 5, 1961
The Many Faces of Gideon Flinch
Little Joe and Hoss both fall in love with the niece (Sue Ane Langdon) of a swindler fleeing a Chicago gangster.
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Episode 8
Aired Nov 12, 1961
The Friendship
Little Joe helps a convict (Dean Jones) who saved his life gain freedom and adjust to life outside of prison.
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Episode 9
Aired Nov 19, 1961
The Countess
A titled lady, now a widow, who had spurned Ben's affections 20 years earlier returns in an attempt to win him back.
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Episode 10
Aired Nov 26, 1961
The Horsebreaker
A cowboy paralyzed while breaking a horse loses his will to live and attempts suicide.
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Episode 11
Aired Dec 3, 1961
Day of the Dragon
Little Joe unwittingly wins a Chinese girl in a poker game; later she refuses to leave him; guest Philip Ahn.
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Episode 12
Aired Dec 10, 1961
The Frenchman
A Frenchman, believing himself to be the reincarnation of French poet Francois Villon, wishes to die in the same manner as his hero.
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Episode 13
Aired Dec 17, 1961
The Tin Badge
Little Joe finds himself in a trap when a criminal arranges to take over a small town near the Ponderosa; guest Vic Morrow.
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Episode 14
Aired Dec 24, 1961
Gabrielle
The Cartwrights reluctantly agree to help a blind, orphaned girl find her grandfather.
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Episode 15
Aired Dec 31, 1961
Land Grab
A range war looms when settlers with phony deeds move onto the Ponderosa; guest John McGiver.
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Episode 16
Aired Jan 7, 1962
The Tall Stranger
Hoss loses the woman he loves to a swindler who is only interested in her father's money; guest Sean McClory.
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Episode 17
Aired Jan 14, 1962
Lady From Baltimore
The wife of one of Ben's friends tries to arrange a marriage between her daughter and Little Joe; guest Mercedes McCambridge.
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Episode 18
Aired Jan 21, 1962
The Ride
Adam tries to disprove the alibi of a friend he recognized as one of a pair of stagecoach robbers.
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Episode 19
Aired Jan 28, 1962
The Storm
Little Joe's childhood sweetheart (Brooke Hayward), intent on marriage, arrives with her stubborn, seafaring father.
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Episode 20
Aired Feb 4, 1962
The Auld Sod
The Cartwrights allow a shiftless man to pose as head of the ranch to prevent his Irish grandmother from learning the truth about him.
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Episode 21
Aired Feb 11, 1962
Gift of Water
The Cartwrights refuse to join vigilantes to stop drought-stricken farmers from encroaching on their land.
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Episode 22
Aired Feb 18, 1962
Jack Knife
Adam senses trouble between a man and his wife while searching for cattle rustlers and is convinced to stay awhile by the couple's son.
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Episode 23
Aired Feb 25, 1962
The Guilty
A grieving father blames Ben for the death of his 20-year-old son in a shooting he feels Cartwright could have prevented.
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Episode 24
Aired Mar 4, 1962
The Wooing of Abigail Jones
The Cartwrights play matchmakers to help a Ponderosa ranch hand learn the art of romance and win the affections of a schoolteacher; guest Vaughn Monroe.
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Episode 25
Aired Mar 11, 1962
The Law Maker
Ben comes to regret suggesting a neighboring rancher as a temporary replacement for wounded Sheriff Coffee.
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Episode 26
Aired Mar 18, 1962
Look to the Stars
Ben helps future Nobel Prize-winner Albert Abraham Michelson obtain an education after being expelled from school as a troublemaker.
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Episode 27
Aired Apr 1, 1962
The Gamble
A sheriff, his deputy and a livery stable owner of a distant town plot to rob the Cartwrights of $30,000.
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Episode 28
Aired Apr 8, 1962
The Crucible
Adam is tortured by a mad prospector (Lee Marvin) when he stumbles upon the man's camp after being robbed in the desert.
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Episode 29
Aired Apr 15, 1962
Inger, My Love
Ben recalls how he, then a widower with a young son, met and married Inger, his Swedish second wife, in Illinois.
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Episode 30
Aired Apr 22, 1962
Blessed Are They
Townspeople turn to Ben when two families' feud threatens to explode into violence; guest Robert Brown.
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Episode 31
Aired Apr 29, 1962
The Dowry
The Cartwrights take in a wounded man, his daughter and her fiance after they claim to have been robbed of the girl's dowry.
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Episode 32
Aired May 6, 1962
The Long Night
While traveling with $8,000, Adam is arrested for a minor crime, then framed for bank robbery and murder by a greedy deputy.
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Episode 33
Aired May 13, 1962
Mountain Girl
A dying elderly mountain man asks Little Joe to take his granddaughter to meet her paternal grandfather, a San Francisco aristocrat.
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Episode 34
Aired May 20, 1962
Miracle Maker
Hoss brings a traveling faith healer (Ed Nelson) to help a paralyzed girl who blames herself for her father's accidental death.
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