Episode 1
Aired Sep 12, 1965
The Debt
A con man's (Ford Rainey) children (Tommy Sands, Brooke Bundy) want to clear their family name by working for his victims.
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Episode 2
Aired Sep 19, 1965
The Dilemma
Ben refuses a robber's offer to return the loot in exchange for immunity from prosecution.
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Episode 3
Aired Sep 26, 1965
The Brass Box
A man (Ramon Navarro) who boasts about his ancestry possesses a legitimate land grant.
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Episode 4
Aired Oct 3, 1965
The Other Son
Hostility erupts between a mule-packer (Ed Begley) and his youngest son during the transport of explosives.
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Episode 5
Aired Oct 10, 1965
The Lonely Runner
A man (Gilbert Roland) loses his horse by court order, then is charged with murder when he fights to regain it.
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Episode 6
Aired Oct 17, 1965
Devil on Her Shoulder
A religious group accuses a woman (Ina Balin) of witchcraft and abandons her in the wilderness.
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Episode 7
Aired Oct 24, 1965
Found Child
The family tries to identify a girl, found clinging to a rag doll near the bodies of her murdered parents.
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Episode 8
Aired Oct 31, 1965
The Meredith Smith
While on his deathbed, an old friend asks Ben to see to it that his estate be given to a certain relative.
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Episode 9
Aired Nov 7, 1965
Mighty is the Word
Cliff Rexford (Michael Witney) reveals that the Rev. Watson (Glenn Corbett) killed his brother in a gunfight.
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Episode 10
Aired Nov 14, 1965
The Strange One
A woman (Louise Sorel) is labeled a witch after her prediction about an illness comes true.
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Episode 11
Aired Nov 21, 1965
The Reluctant Rebel
Hoss befriends a young boy (Tim Considine) hanging out with hoodlums because he is ashamed of his father.
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Episode 12
Aired Dec 5, 1965
Five Sundowns to Sunup
The Lassiters kidnap Little Joe and threaten to kill him unless Harry Lassiter is released from jail; guest Marie Windsor.
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Episode 13
Aired Dec 12, 1965
A Natural Wizard
Hoss releases a young boy (Eddie Hodges) caught in one of his stepfather's traps and brings him to the Ponderosa to live.
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Episode 14
Aired Dec 19, 1965
All Ye His Saints
A boy (Clint Howard), seeking help for his wounded father, thinks a murderer (Leif Erickson) is God.
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Episode 15
Aired Jan 2, 1966
A Dublin Lad
A man (Liam Sullivan) sentenced to hang for murder claims innocence; Little Joe begins to doubt his guilt.
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Episode 16
Aired Jan 9, 1966
To Kill a Buffalo
A starving, wounded Indian (Jose De Vega), rescued by the Cartwrights, remains hostile to white men and steals a horse.
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Episode 17
Aired Jan 16, 1966
Ride the Wind
Ben invests in the Pony Express, suffering great losses from the attacks of Winnemuca (Richard Hale) and his Paiutes.
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Episode 18
Aired Jan 23, 1966
Ride the Wind
The Paiutes intensify their attacks on the Pony Express and Little Joe barely escapes death while Hoss tends a way station.
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Episode 19
Aired Jan 30, 1966
Destiny's Child
Two drifters (Dick Peobody, Walter Burke), one of whom is wanted for murder in Arizona, seek temporary work at the Ponderosa.
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Episode 20
Aired Feb 6, 1966
Peace Officer
After rowdies accidentally kill the deputy, townsfolk hire Wes Dunn (Eric Fleming) to restore order in the sheriff's absence.
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Episode 21
Aired Feb 13, 1966
The Code
A professional gunman (George Montgomery) sparks a fight with Little Joe.
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Episode 22
Aired Feb 20, 1966
Three Brides For Hoss
Three women arrive after each receives pictures and letters with promises of marriage from Hoss.
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Episode 23
Aired Feb 27, 1966
The Emperor Norton
The owner of a mining company tries to have a man committed after being accused of lacking safety devices.
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Episode 24
Aired Mar 6, 1966
Her Brother's Keeper
Ben lends money to a neighbor who has no intention of repaying him.
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Episode 25
Aired Mar 20, 1966
The Trouble With Jamie
Ben decides to make a man out of Jamie, the spoiled son of his cousin.
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Episode 26
Aired Mar 27, 1966
Shining in Spain
An irresponsible adventurer's daughter takes refuge at the Ponderosa.
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Episode 27
Aired Apr 3, 1966
The Genius
Hoss befriends a down-and-out drunk who is really a gifted poet.
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Episode 28
Aired Apr 10, 1966
The Unwritten Commandment
A boy (Wayne Newton) gives up singing because of his father's scorn.
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Episode 29
Aired Apr 17, 1966
Big Shadows on the Land
The Cartwrights get involved in a land dispute when a winemaker wants to put a vineyard on the Ponderosa.
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Episode 30
Aired Apr 24, 1966
The Fighters
Hoss accepts a promoter's challenge to box an aging fighter (Michael Conrad) for $200.
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Episode 31
Aired May 1, 1966
Home From the Sea
A man claiming to be Adam's shipmate arrives at the ranch as part of a plan to rob the Cartwights.
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Episode 32
Aired May 8, 1966
The Last Mission
Ben becomes a pawn in an army colonel's plot to destroy an Indian tribe that massacred his family.
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Episode 33
Aired May 15, 1966
A Dollar's Worth of Trouble
A clairvoyant predicts a beautiful girl (Sally Kellerman) will fall for Hoss.
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