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Season 10 – 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 10

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Episode 1 Aired Sep 15, 1968 Different Pines, Same Wind An ailing old woman's refusal to file a legal claim blocks Little Joe's attempts to save her land from timbermen. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 22, 1968 Child Arriving in a town on a dead man's horse, Hoss is jailed for murder but freed by an itinerant ranchhand (Yaphet Kotto). Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 29, 1968 Salute to Yesterday The captain of an Army unit guarding a payroll learns his wife was once wed to Candy, who still considers himself married. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 6, 1968 The Real People of Muddy Creek Only a few brave souls remain to help Ben and Little Joe defend a town jail and its occupant from outlaws. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 13, 1968 The Passing of a King Ben delivers a bull to a Texas rancher, whose son has declared the man incompetent and refuses to pay for the animal. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 20, 1968 The Last Vote Ben holds the deciding vote in a mayoral election in which Hoss and Little Joe manage opposing campaigns; guest Tom Bosley. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 27, 1968 Catch as Catch Can Ben faces lynching when he nears finding the man responsible for accusing the Cartwrights; guest Slim Pickens. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 3, 1968 Little Girl Lost A distant relative (Antoinette Bower) sends her unruly daughter (Linda Sue Risk) to the Ponderosa. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 10, 1968 The Survivors After four years as a captive, a woman (Mariette Hartley) returns to a town and husband who reject her and her half-Indian baby. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 17, 1968 Sound of Drums When Indian poachers move onto his land, a man refuses to move them off and stands alone in the fight for their freedom. Details Episode 11 Aired Dec 1, 1968 Queen High A crooked mill owner blocks the Cartwrights' attempts to reopen an ore-processing facility won by Little Joe and Candy in a poker game. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 8, 1968 Yonder Man Ben's friend asks for help starting a cattle ranch, without revealing his rustling and political crimes. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 15, 1968 Mark of Guilt Hoss and Hop Sing must persuade a jury to accept fingerprints as evidence in a murder trial to save Little Joe. Details Episode 14 Aired Dec 22, 1968 A World Full of Cannibals Candy accidentally reveals that a witness whose life has been twice endangered is hiding on the Ponderosa. Details Episode 15 Aired Jan 5, 1969 Sweet Annie Laurie An outlaw allows his wife (Joan Van Ark) to think she has killed him to frighten her into abandoning the safety of the Ponderosa. Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 12, 1969 My Friend, My Enemy Candy is accused of killing a rancher, and his defense relies on the eyewitness testimony of an Indian horse thief. Details Episode 17 Aired Jan 19, 1969 Mrs. Wharton and the Lesser Breeds A stubborn British widow hires Candy as an escort, then foils his attempts to retrieve her valuables from thieves. Details Episode 18 Aired Jan 26, 1969 Erin A neighbor threatens Hoss' fiancee, a white girl raised by Indians, when the Cartwrights allow her friends to trade wild horses for food. Details Episode 19 Aired Feb 2, 1969 Company of Forgotten Men Candy's former friend and gang force him into helping them in a plan to rob the Carson City mint. Details Episode 20 Aired Feb 9, 1969 The Clarion Ben takes over an old friend's newspaper when he learns a man (Simon Oakland) is trying to buy it to conceal thefts of government land. Details Episode 21 Aired Feb 23, 1969 Lady and the Mountain Lion A magician (Richard Haydn) with twin daughters plans to use the unwitting Cartwright sons to lend credence to his con game. Details Episode 22 Aired Mar 2, 1969 Five Candles Ben and four companions, trapped in a collapsed cellar, must rely on an accused killer for help. Details Episode 23 Aired Mar 9, 1969 The Wish A former slave (Ossie Davis) starting a new life with his family must decide whether to confront white opposition or flee. Details Episode 24 Aired Mar 16, 1969 The Deserter An Army sergeant (Ben Johnson) faces court-martial if Candy can't find evidence to prove him innocent of desertion, cowardice and murder. Details Episode 25 Aired Mar 23, 1969 Emily Little Joe is accused of bank robbery, and an unhappy wife claims he committed the crime for love of her. Details Episode 26 Aired Mar 30, 1969 The Running Man A woman persuades Candy and Little Joe to protect her husband, a government surveyor who saw a land baron's men killing homesteaders. Details Episode 27 Aired Apr 6, 1969 The Unwanted A marshal hunting an escaped convict resents his daughter's (Bonnie Bedelia) relationship with the brother of the wanted man. Details Episode 28 Aired Apr 20, 1969 Speak No Evil Relatives battle over a youth who has just inherited a gold mine. Details Episode 29 Aired Apr 27, 1969 The Fence Former Civil War prisoners seeking revenge surround Ben, Hoss and Ben's friend (J.D. Cannon), a former Confederate prison commandant. Details Episode 30 Aired May 11, 1969 A Ride in the Sun A trio uses the unsuspecting Cartwrights to get into a bank vault, then leads them and a posse in a desert chase. Details
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Season Info

Director
Leon Benson, Don Richardson, Joseph Pevney, Robert L. Friend, Lewis Allen
Executive Producer
David Dortort
Screenwriter
Preston Wood, William F. Leicester, Sandy Summerhayes, Larry Markes, John Hawkins, B.W. Sandefur, Ward Hawkins, Kay Lenard, Jack Sowards, Suzanne Clauser, Milton S. Gelman, Michael Fessier, Jess Carneol
Network
NBC
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Drama, Western
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 15, 1968