Bonanza: Season 1

The Spanish Grant

49min - The Cartwrights try to disprove the validity of a Spanish land grant to stop De La Cuesta family from seizing part of the Ponderosa and all of the Carson Valley settlers' lands.

Blood on the Land

49min - Jeb Drummond is a murderous sheep herder that has Adam taken hostage to try and force Ben to sign over a large section of Ponderosa land to him.

Desert Justice

49min - When a brutal U.S. Marshal arrests one of the Ponderosa's workers for murder to transport him to Los Angeles for trial, and a doubtful Hoss and Adam come along in the stagecoach.

The Stranger

49min - Inspector Leduque comes from New Orleans to Virginia City to take Ben Cartwright back for a 20 year murder. Ben declares publicly that he is withdrawing from the Governor's race.

Escape to Ponderosa

47min - Three deserters escaped from an Army stockade to the Ponderosa. When a Captain comes looking for them, Ben realizes what they've had to deal with.

The Avenger

47min - Ben and Adam are locked in jail, about to hung for a crime they didn't commit. Joe and Hoss must find out why the witnesses to the alleged crime have perjured.

The Last Trophy

47min - When an English couple comes to the Ponderosa on vacation, the beautiful wife slowly makes it clear that is no longer proud of her great hunter husband.

San Francisco

46min - The Cartwrights, with Hop Sing, finish a cattle drive in San Francisco. Ben warns the other men of the dangers of a big city. Nevertheless, some of the men are careless and naive.

Bitter Water

47min - A neighboring rancher, Andy, is good friends with Ben, but his son (Todd) wants to sell their land for mining operations which will spoil the water rights agreement.

Feet of Clay

47min - A woman dies. Her husband is in prison, and the sheriff needs someone to look after the boy until the boy's uncle can come to claim him.

Dark Star

47min - Little Joe comes upon a gypsy girl. Frightened, she runs and falls becoming unconscious. When she wakes, they discover that she believes she is bewitched.

Death at Dawn

47min - Organized crime comes to Virginia City -- in the form of a protection racket.

Last hunt

El Toro Grande

Outcasts

Hous Divided

Bonanza S1 E19

47min - Hoss and Little Joe are mistaken for bloodthirsty hired killers in a small Texas town dominated by two feuding families.

The Fear Merchants

47min - A mayoral candidate hires two hoodlums to harass Chinese residents, resulting in murder.

The Spanish Grant

49min - When a family with a land grant try to seize the homes of locals and part of the Ponderosa, the Cartwrights try to disprove the validity of the grant.

Bonanza S1 E22

49min - A murderous sheep herder has taken Adam hostage to try and force Ben to sign over a large section of Ponderosa land to him.

Desert Justice

49min - As is often the case on Bonanza, things are not always as they first seem. Hoss and Adam eventually learn who is the good guy and who is not.

The Stranger

49min - When an inspector comes from New Orleans to arrest Ben Cartwright for a 20-year-old murder, Ben must withdraw from the Governor's race.

Bonanza S1 E25

49min - When three army deserters escape imprisonment and enter the Ponderosa, Ben realizes what they've had to deal with and promises to protect them.

Bonanza S1 E26

49min - When Ben and Adam are falsely imprisoned and set to hang, Joe and Hoss must uncover the plot behind the witnesses to the crime, who are all lying.

The Last Trophy

49min - When an English couple comes to the Ponderosa, the wife expresses disappointment in her husband, a great hunter who is becoming more peaceful.

San Francisco

49min - While in San Francisco, two of Ben's hired hands get shanghaied and so does Ben in the process of looking for them.

Bitter Water

49min - The son of a neighboring rancher wants to sell land off for mining, violating a water rights agreement that Ben made with his father years ago.

Feet of Clay

49min - With his mother dead and his father in prison, a young boy comes to stay with the Cartwrights. But trouble arises when the boy's father escapes.

Bonanza S1 E31

49min - While hunting a predator wolf, Little Joe finds a gypsy woman who has been rejected from her people because she is believed to be a witch.

Episode 32: Death at Dawn

49min - When a powerful gang plagues Virginia City with a murderous protection racket, the Cartwrights are determined to stop it even as it threatens them.