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Season 9 – Bonanza

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Ben Cartwright is the patriarch of an all-male Nevada ranching family. Set during and after the Civil War, "Bonanza" is the story of life on the family's thousand-acre spread, known as the Ponderosa, near Virginia City. Ben has his three sons, each with a different (and deceased) mother. Serious eldest son Adam hopes to follow in his father's footsteps; middle son Hoss is a gentle giant -- physically strong, but sometimes naive; and youngest son Little Joe is the most impetuous and romantic of the offspring.
Bonanza — Season 9

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Episode 1 Aired Sep 17, 1967 Second Chance Hoss and Ben find themselves fighting Indians to protect a motley group led by a medicine-show hawker who treated wounded Little Joe. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 24, 1967 Sense of Duty The fanatical followers of Wabuska, a Paiute prisoner being escorted to prison, surround commander Ben and the Virginia City militia. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 1, 1967 The Conquistadores A band of misfits plans to rescue kidnapped Little Joe, kill him and keep the ransom of $25,000 in gold; guest John Saxon. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 8, 1967 Judgment at Olympus The Cartwrights conduct their own investigation when Candy is arrested for the murder of a rich man's son; guest Barry Sullivan. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 15, 1967 Night of Reckoning The cohorts of a wounded outlaw come to look for stolen money he hid before seeking help from the Cartwrights; guest Richard Jaeckel. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 22, 1967 False Witness The Cartwright sons, Candy and a girl become targets after witnessing a murder and robbery committed by a ruthless outlaw gang. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 29, 1967 The Gentle Ones Ben allows a ranch hand to care for a mistreated stallion the man stole from his brother. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 5, 1967 Desperate Passage Paiutes attack a group, including the Cartwrights and Candy, and capture an accused killer's (Steve Forrest) only witness (Tina Louise). Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 12, 1967 The Sure Thing A vengeful gambler targets a man who changed his mind about ordering his daughter (Kim Darby) to throw a horse race. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 19, 1967 Showdown at Tahoe A gang's plot to rob the Cartwrights' payroll and escape in their paddlewheel steamboat threatens the family's timber operation. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 26, 1967 Six Black Horses Ben's old friend (Burgess Meredith) admits to a scheme to invest funds from political graft. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 3, 1967 Check Rein An avaricious man attempts murder and false arrest to prevent his nephew (James MacArthur) from inheriting the family ranch. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 17, 1967 Justice Deferred Hoss feels he has testified mistakenly in court after seeing an accused murderer's double (Simon Oakland in a dual role) in town. Details Episode 14 Aired Dec 24, 1967 The Gold Detector Town residents ridicule Hoss' attempts to help a friend find gold with an inventor's (Wally Cox) strange contraption. Details Episode 15 Aired Jan 7, 1968 The Trackers A banker gathers a posse and sets out after a recently released convict (Bruce Dern), believing him guilty of bank robbery and murder. Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 14, 1968 A Girl Named George A lawyer kills a judge to avenge his brother's hanging, then bribes a photographer to provide him a visual alibi; guest Jack Albertson. Details Episode 17 Aired Jan 21, 1968 The Thirteenth Man Ben disapproves when a man (Albert Salmi) hired by the Cattlemen's Association to stop rustlers uses violence. Details Episode 18 Aired Jan 28, 1968 The Burning Sky The Indian wife of a new Ponderosa ranch hand runs to Ben when a lynch mob threatens to hang her; guests Victor French, Iron Eyes Cody. Details Episode 19 Aired Feb 4, 1968 The Price of Salt Ben tries to prevent a riot after a wealthy man buys the only supply of salt from a city woman (Kim Hunter). Details Episode 20 Aired Feb 18, 1968 Blood Tie Wounded Ben is threatened with robbery and death after three outlaws trick Little Joe and Hoss into leaving the Ponderosa. Details Episode 21 Aired Feb 25, 1968 The Crime of Johnny Mule A prospector (Noah Beery Jr.) accused of murder escapes and seeks protection from Hoss; guest Jack Ging. Details Episode 22 Aired Mar 3, 1968 The Late Ben Cartwright An assassin's bullet only wounds Ben, but he allows rumors of his death to circulate in order to free him to prevent a crooked election. Details Episode 23 Aired Mar 10, 1968 Star Crossed After losing his girl (Tisha Sterling) to Little Joe, Candy learns she is being blackmailed into marrying for money. Details Episode 24 Aired Mar 17, 1968 Trouble Town An intimidating sheriff (Robert Wilke) imprisons Candy without bail after being struck accidentally by the ranch hand. Details Episode 25 Aired Apr 7, 1968 Commitment of Angelus An unscrupulous mineowner targets Little Joe and Candy after they prove strikers' claims that the mines are unsafe. Details Episode 26 Aired Apr 14, 1968 A Dream to Dream A young mother (Julie Harris) victimized by her alcoholic husband falls in love with visiting Hoss. Details Episode 27 Aired Apr 28, 1968 In Defense of Honor A lovesick Indian (Lou Antonio) is wrongly accused of killing a rival, threatening Hoss' attempts to guarantee an Indian treaty. Details Episode 28 Aired May 5, 1968 To Die in Darkness A pardoned bank robber takes revenge on prosecution witnesses Ben and Candy by imprisoning them in a deserted mine. Details Episode 29 Aired May 12, 1968 The Bottle Fighter An alcoholic lawyer (Albert Dekker) must defend Hoss on a murder charge. Details Episode 30 Aired May 19, 1968 The Arrival of Eddie Remorseful Hoss offers a job to the teenage son of the man he killed as part of a posse; guest Jim Davis. Details Episode 31 Aired May 26, 1968 The Stronghold Swindled out of a cattle herd, Little Joe, Candy and a cowhand head to the thieves' fortified Arizona ranch. Details Episode 32 Aired Jun 2, 1968 Pride of a Man Substitute-teacher Little Joe is forced into a fight with an uneducated man who insists his two ruffian sons have no need of school. Details Episode 33 Aired Jul 7, 1968 A Severe Case of Matrimony To finance her opera career, a Gypsy (Susan Strasberg) tries to maneuver a proposal from one of the Cartwright sons. Details Episode 34 Aired Jul 28, 1968 Stage Door Johnnies Little Joe and Hoss court the same woman and wind up involving the clan with brawlers. Details
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Season Info

Director
Leon Benson, William F. Claxton, Don Daves, John Rich, Gerald Mayer, Michael Moore, Marc Daniels
Executive Producer
James W. Lane
Screenwriter
Walter Black, William H. Wright, Thomas Thompson, William Douglas Lansford, B.W. Sandefur, Frank Chase, Sidney Ellis, Louis Bercovitch, John Hawkins, Ward Hawkins, Michael Landon
Network
NBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Drama, Western
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 17, 1967