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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Episode 29
Aired May 12, 1968
The Bottle Fighter
An alcoholic lawyer (Albert Dekker) must defend Hoss on a murder charge.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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