Episode 1
Aired Sep 23, 1962
The First Born
A stranger with a fast gun and a mysterious past claims to be Little Joe's older half brother.
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Episode 2
Aired Sep 30, 1962
The Quest
Misplaced trust in a foreman leads Little Joe to outbid a dishonest man for a timber contract.
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Episode 3
Aired Oct 7, 1962
The Artist
Ben tries to restore the confidence of a blinded painter (Dan O'Herlihy) indulging in self-pity and alcohol.
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Episode 4
Aired Oct 14, 1962
Hot Day for a Hanging
A desperate town tries to frame Hoss for murder and bank robbery in order to take the $12,000 he carries; guest Denver Pyle.
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Episode 5
Aired Oct 21, 1962
The Deserter
An Army deserter being sought on the Ponderosa is the Cartwrights' friend and neighbor; guest Claude Akins.
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Episode 6
Aired Oct 29, 1962
The Way Station
Surrounded by a posse, a fleeing killer (Robert Vaughn) holds Adam and others hostage at a stagecoach station; guest Dawn Wells.
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Episode 7
Aired Nov 4, 1962
The War Comes to Washoe
Little Joe's love for the daughter of a Confederate sympathizer complicates his job as a delegate to a Nevada statehood convention.
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Episode 8
Aired Nov 18, 1962
Knight Errant
Romantic complications trouble Hoss after he generously volunteers to help out a friend who is unable to pick up his mail-order bride.
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Episode 9
Aired Nov 25, 1962
The Beginning
A man hoping to log timber on Cartwright land claims one-third of the Ponderosa on the basis of a recent court ruling.
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Episode 10
Aired Dec 2, 1962
The Deadly Ones
Ben and Little Joe become caught up in stopping a plan to steal a load of gold ingots needed for the Mexican Revolution.
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Episode 11
Aired Dec 9, 1962
Gallagher's Sons
Hoss becomes the guardian of two girls who were involved in their father's death.
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Episode 12
Aired Dec 16, 1962
The Decision
Ben tries to get the town's only doctor (DeForest Kelley), accused of murder, released from jail to treat Hoss' punctured lung.
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Episode 13
Aired Dec 23, 1962
The Good Samaritan
Hoss finds trouble when he tries to help a widow stranded in the West and a drunk using alcohol to help him forget a broken affair.
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Episode 14
Aired Dec 30, 1962
The Jury
Despite intense pressure, juror Hoss maintains doubt that a derelict committed murder.
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Episode 15
Aired Jan 6, 1963
The Colonel
Ben's former Army colonel envies Cartwright's success during a visit and tries to compensate by lying.
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Episode 16
Aired Jan 13, 1963
Song in the Dark
Adam attempts to prove the innocence of his friend, a slow-witted singer accused on circumstantial evidence of murdering a widow.
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Episode 17
Aired Jan 20, 1963
Elegy for a Hangman
The bitter son of a man executed for murder convinces Adam to look into his father's case; guests Keir Dullea, Otto Kruger.
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Episode 18
Aired Jan 27, 1963
Half a Rogue
The sheriff reveals that a wounded man brought by Hoss to the Ponderosa is wanted for robbery and murder; guest Slim Pickens.
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Episode 19
Aired Feb 3, 1963
The Last Haircut
A killer uses a legal technicality to escape justice for killing a Mexican farmhand, but Little Joe plans his own vengeance.
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Episode 20
Aired Feb 10, 1963
Marie, My Love
Ben recalls how he fought a professional duelist in New Orleans to restore the honor of his third wife, Marie, Little Joe's mother.
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Episode 21
Aired Feb 17, 1963
The Hayburner
Hoss and Adam buy a Thoroughbred and find themselves competing with Little Joe for the Virginia City Sweepstakes.
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Episode 22
Aired Feb 24, 1963
The Actress
Little Joe asks a traveling actress (Patricia Crowley) to become his wife, but their romance is threatened by her career.
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Episode 23
Aired Mar 3, 1963
A Stranger Passed This Way
Grieving Dutch parents take Hoss, suffering from amnesia after a blow to the head, to replace their own dead son; guest Signe Hasso.
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Episode 24
Aired Mar 10, 1963
The Way of Aaron
Adam meets the daughter of a traveling peddler doing business on the Ponderosa, and falls in love despite their different faiths.
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Episode 25
Aired Mar 17, 1963
A Woman Lost
Ben tries to help a woman (Ruta Lee) recognize her alcoholism is troubling a former heavyweight boxer who loves her.
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Episode 26
Aired Mar 24, 1963
Any Friend of Walter's
A dog named Walter helps his master (Arthur Hunnicutt), an aging prospector, and Hoss when they are attacked by snipers seeking gold.
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Episode 27
Aired Mar 31, 1963
Mirror of a Man
Ben appeals to the father of twins after one commits robbery and murder and then allows his brother to take the blame.
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Episode 28
Aired Apr 7, 1963
My Brother's Keeper
Adam considers marrying and moving to Philadelphia when he falls in love with a woman visiting the Ponderosa with her ailing father.
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Episode 29
Aired Apr 21, 1963
Five Into the Wind
Little Joe is among five suspects after a fellow stagecoach passenger is murdered for the $5,000 he carried.
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Episode 30
Aired Apr 28, 1963
Saga of Whizzer McGee
A feisty man, enamored of a saloon girl, gets involved in a bank robbery.
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Episode 31
Aired May 5, 1963
Thunder Man
A maniacal explosives expert stalks the Ponderosa, killing a 19-year-old woman Little Joe loves; guest Simon Oakland.
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Episode 32
Aired May 12, 1963
Rich Man, Poor Man
Ben and Little Joe try to help a suddenly rich man before his wealth causes him to lose his friends and intended bride.
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Episode 33
Aired May 19, 1963
The Boss
Ben opposes a man (Carroll O'Connor) trying to take over the freight line, leaving Little Joe and the man's daughter in the middle.
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Episode 34
Aired May 26, 1963
Little Man -- Ten Feet Tall
An Italian immigrant's (Ross Martin) son wants to give up his classical-guitar training to become a rancher like Hoss.
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