Episode 1
Aired Sep 11, 1966
Something Hurt, Something Wild
A young woman falsely accuses Little Joe of assault, ending the Cartwrights' friendship with her family.
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Episode 2
Aired Sep 18, 1966
Horse of a Different Hue
A poor Southern colonel and his granddaughter (Julie Parrish) unknowingly involve the Cartwrights in a horse-racing scheme.
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Episode 3
Aired Sep 25, 1966
A Time to Step Down
An aging trail hand, bitter after Little Joe asks Ben to give him an easier job, falls prey to a kidnapping scheme; guest Ed Begley.
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Episode 4
Aired Oct 2, 1966
The Pursued
A Mormon rancher (Eric Fleming) and his wives (Dina Merrill, Lois Nettleton) are persecuted by their small-town neighbors.
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Episode 5
Aired Oct 9, 1966
The Pursued
A lynch mob chases Little Joe and the Mormon family, including a pregnant woman, across the desert; guest Vincent Beck.
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Episode 6
Aired Oct 16, 1966
To Bloom for Thee
Hoss falls in love with a beautiful stranger (Geraldine Brooks) and proposes, despite his family's objections.
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Episode 7
Aired Oct 23, 1966
Credit for a Kill
Little Joe takes sole credit for killing an outlaw to save his companion from the dead man's brothers.
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Episode 8
Aired Oct 30, 1966
Four Sisters From Boston
Unaware Ben has saved her land by paying back taxes, a Boston woman thinks the Cartwrights are trying to take her newly inherited ranch.
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Episode 9
Aired Nov 6, 1966
Old Charlie
An old man's untrue boast that he single-handedly killed an outlaw puts him in mortal danger from the dead man's vengeful brothers.
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Episode 10
Aired Nov 13, 1966
Ballad of the Ponderosa
A young minstrel's (Randy Boone) ballad claims his father was sent to jail because Ben lied.
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Episode 11
Aired Nov 20, 1966
The Oath
Ben delivers a murderer to the sheriff then becomes the target of the man's vengeful son (Tony Bill).
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Episode 12
Aired Nov 27, 1966
A Nice, Friendly Little Town
Searching for a gunman who wounded mainly Little Joe's pride, Hoss confronts two rowdy brothers and their feisty mother (Louise Latham).
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Episode 13
Aired Dec 4, 1966
The Bridegroom
Little Joe helps bolster a plain girl's (Joanne Linville) self-esteem to catch a widower's eye.
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Episode 14
Aired Dec 18, 1966
Tommy
An outlaw's harassment forces his wife to leave her deaf son and the safety of the Cartwright home.
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Episode 15
Aired Dec 25, 1966
A Christmas Story
A shady manager (Jack Oakie) involves his singer nephew (Wayne Newton) in a Christmas fund-raising drive.
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Episode 16
Aired Jan 1, 1967
Ponderosa Explosion
Hoss and Little Joe raise rabbits for fur coats, then find they lack the heart to finish the job; guest Dub Taylor.
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Episode 17
Aired Jan 8, 1967
Justice
A lovesick boy (Beau Bridges) resorts to fanatic measures to court a bank teller who likes Little Joe.
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Episode 18
Aired Jan 15, 1967
A Bride for Buford
Hoss interferes when a shady manager pushes his dancer client (Lola Albright) to romance a wealthy miner.
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Episode 19
Aired Jan 22, 1967
Black Friday
Little Joe risks his life to nurse a desperately ill gunfighter (John Saxon) back to health before a scheduled duel.
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Episode 20
Aired Jan 29, 1967
Unseen Wound
A veteran sheriff (Leslie Nielsen) driven to insanity by years of senseless killings turns his gun on the people of his town.
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Episode 21
Aired Feb 5, 1967
Journey to Terror
Little Joe's visit to a friend's farm turns dangerous when the woman's husband returns as the hostage of a fugitive bank robber.
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Episode 22
Aired Feb 12, 1967
Amigo
An outlaw band's wounded cook (Henry Darrow) must decide between loyalty to the gang and gratitude to the Cartwrights who saved his life.
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Episode 23
Aired Feb 19, 1967
A Woman in the House
Ben gets caught in a marital mess trying to protect a woman from her alcoholic husband.
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Episode 24
Aired Feb 26, 1967
Judgment at Red Creek
Little Joe stands in the way of a vengeful guard's plans to find a legal method of executing two murder suspects; guest John Ireland.
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Episode 25
Aired Mar 5, 1967
Joe Cartwright, Detective
Inspired by detective novels, Little Joe tries to prove two strangers are planning to rob the Virginia City bank.
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Episode 26
Aired Mar 12, 1967
Dark Enough to See the Stars
A Texas lawman shatters a young drifter's (Richard Evans) hopes of a new life on the Ponderosa.
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Episode 27
Aired Mar 26, 1967
The Deed and the Dilemma
Ranchers frame an Italian emigrant for murder to halt his plans for a vineyard on the Ponderosa.
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Episode 28
Aired Apr 2, 1967
The Prince
An outlaw (Lloyd Bochner) introduces himself as a Russian nobleman to get close to a countess and her jewels.
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Episode 29
Aired Apr 9, 1967
A Man Without Land
A land-hungry foreman plots to keep Ben from paying a rancher's back taxes by framing Little Joe for the murder of the rancher's son.
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Episode 30
Aired Apr 16, 1967
Napoleon's Children
A boy who models himself after Napoleon terrorizes Virginia City and ambushes Hoss with his army of teenage hoodlums.
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Episode 31
Aired Apr 23, 1967
The Wormwood Cup
A girl who holds Little Joe responsible for murdering her brother offers a $1,000 reward to anyone who will kill him in a gunfight.
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Episode 32
Aired Apr 30, 1967
Clarissa
Ben's visiting cousin (Nina Foch) uses the Cartwrights' sympathy to gain control of the household.
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Episode 33
Aired May 7, 1967
Maestro Hoss
A Gypsy fortuneteller (Zsa Zsa Gabor) convinces Hoss he is a musical genius.
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Episode 34
Aired May 14, 1967
The Greedy Ones
A legal technicality may prevent Ben from stopping an unscrupulous mine owner who believes gold has been found on the Ponderosa.
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