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- DirectorHerschel DaughertyStarsLorne GreeneDan BlockerMichael LandonWhile returning home from a horse-selling trip, Joe is verbally ambushed by seafarer Abner Willoughby, who has returned to Nevada to find a stash of gold he hid 17 years earlier in Glory Hole.
- DirectorMichael LandonStarsLorne GreeneDan BlockerMichael LandonCircus midget and new widower George Marshall struggles to deal with the prejudice of Mr. Flint, the town's banker, when he refuses to hire him despite Ben's recommendation.
- DirectorChristian NybyStarsDan BlockerMichael LandonLorne GreeneThe Cartwright boys help cowhand Hank romance reluctant teacher Abigail.
- DirectorChristian NybyStarsLorne GreenePernell RobertsDan BlockerA stagecoach carrying Alexander Dubois, his daughter Michele and her fiancé Don Ricardo Fernandez is held up. Her dowry is stolen and Monsieur Dubois is injured trying to get it back. Little Joe brings them all to the Ponderosa where Dubois can recuperate from his wound. Adam and Hoss track the bandits and recover the dowry but the bandits get away and more attempts to steal it are made. The Cartwrights begin to grow suspicious of Don Fernandez and the way he seems to take all of this in stride.
- DirectorDon McDougallStarsLorne GreenePernell RobertsDan BlockerJoe is entrusted to see that Grandpa Coomb's deathbed wish is carried out. That his granddaughter is returned to the people she never knew -- the high society Harkers. Joe must teach her to be like them before they arrive as all she's known is the life of a sheepherder living in the mountains.
- DirectorLewis AllenStarsLorne GreenePernell RobertsDan BlockerAn Italian immigrant and his son seek a new life after fleeing violence in their home country.
- DirectorLewis AllenStarsLorne GreenePernell RobertsDan BlockerA drought brings a rainmaker with a very sick daughter to Virginia City.
- DirectorJohn FloreaStarsLorne GreenePernell RobertsDan BlockerHoss scares a bear that has treed a green-clad little man, subsequently finds a buried strongbox filled with bags of gold dust and, when both the treasure and its owner disappear, unsuccessfully tries to convince his skeptical family that he'd discovered a leprechaun's hoard. But the whole town goes searching for the mythical men after a newly arrived Irish professor confirms the presence of multiple leprechauns...and their gold!
- DirectorDon McDougallStarsLorne GreeneMichael LandonDan BlockerA former ballet dancer falls in love while teaching classical dance to the daughter of a traveling violinist. He wants to help her audition for the San Francisco ballet but meets resistance from her father who wants her to keep performing with him.
- DirectorDon McDougallStarsLorne GreenePernell RobertsDan BlockerCertain that he is too old to stand against a notorious gang of bank robbers when news arrives that Virginia City will soon be next in a long string of successful raids, the terrified townsfolk demand Sheriff Coffee's resignation to make way for a younger lawman.
- DirectorRalph E. BlackStarsLorne GreenePernell RobertsDan BlockerObie is going to visit his sister. The last time he saw her was 16 years ago. While away, Obie entrusts the care of Walter to Hoss. This care includes playing music for Walter, especially the low notes.
- DirectorRobert TottenStarsDan BlockerMichael LandonLorne GreeneHoss brings young Skeeter Dexter to live at the Ponderosa after his brutal stepfather leaves the area. Skeeter, a boy with a natural affinity for animals, has had no luck with his home life: his mother is bitter and destitute and has blamed him ever since his father abandoned her.
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsLorne GreeneDan BlockerMichael LandonBen tries to find jobs for two strangers who helped him when his wagon was bogged down in the mud. Trouble ensues when one of the strangers dies, leaving the other one who is mentally disabled, alone.
- DirectorAlan Crosland Jr.StarsLorne GreeneDan BlockerMichael LandonFour sisters come from Boston to try to prevent a property left to them by their uncle from being auctioned due to back taxes. They arrive the day of the sale but are short the full amount due. When Ben steps in and pays off all that is due, one of the sisters wonders what's Ben's motive. But are her suspicions aimed in the wrong direction?
- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsLorne GreeneDan BlockerMichael LandonThe Cartwrights protect a deaf-mute boy and his mother from his outlaw stepfather.
- DirectorDonald R. DavesStarsLorne GreeneDan BlockerMichael LandonAn old friend of Ben Cartwright comes to town to liven things up.
- DirectorLeon BensonStarsLorne GreeneDan BlockerMichael LandonWith Hoss being the lone hold-out during the murder trial of Johnny Mule, he will only have a short time to gather evidence before a new trial is set. But when Johnny breaks out of jail, things look bad.
- DirectorLeon BensonStarsLorne GreeneDan BlockerMichael LandonWhen an assassin's bullet strikes him down on the Ponderosa, Ben Cartwright decides to stay "dead" until he can find out who's behind the failed attempt...and why.
- DirectorWilliam F. ClaxtonStarsLorne GreeneDan BlockerMichael LandonHoss gets to play 'Pa' to two children while he visits their home to buy horses from the children's father who spends more time in the saloon than he does with his wife and children.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsMichael LandonLorne GreenePernell RobertsAngry with the way a beautiful deaf-mute girl is treated by her father, a sheepherder living in a remote mountain cabin, Little Joe takes it upon himself to teach her sign language so they can communicate better. His plan backfires when the young woman falls in love with him and the girl's brutish neighbor resents her lavishing attention on the youngest Cartwright.
- DirectorThomas CarrStarsMichael LandonLorne GreenePernell RobertsThe Cartwrights take in a young orphaned blind girl on Christmas Eve. Will they be able to reunite her with her embittered old grandfather?
- DirectorChristian NybyStarsPernell RobertsDan BlockerMichael LandonBen 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 themselves before the execution takes place. They receive help from an unexpected source, a drifter called Lassiter who is searching for the men who committed a lynching in Kansas years ago.
- DirectorLeon BensonStarsLorne GreeneDan BlockerMichael LandonOnly a few brave souls remain in Muddy Creek to help Ben and Little Joe defend a town jail and its occupant from the Harper outlaw gang.
- DirectorDon RichardsonStarsLorne GreeneDan BlockerMichael LandonBen receives a "package" shipped via Wells Fargo Express. It is a little girl. She is the daughter of a cousin of Ben. The Cartwrights soon find she is a firebrand who doesn't want to stay on the Ponderosa.
- DirectorLeon BensonStarsLorne GreeneDan BlockerMichael LandonTo prove Candy's innocence when he is accused of murder, Little Joe and Hoss must track down the only eye-witness to the incident... the Paiute Indian who was trying to steal Candy's horse.
- DirectorLeon BensonStarsLorne GreeneDan BlockerMichael LandonA stubborn British widow hires Candy as an escort, then foils his attempts to retrieve her valuables from thieves.
- DirectorDon RichardsonStarsLorne GreeneDan BlockerMichael LandonHoss is rescued from a band of hungry Paiutes rustling Ponderosa cattle after a hard winter by Erin O'Donnell, an Irish woman who was raised by the Sioux and revered by the tribes as a medicine woman and mystic.
- DirectorMichael LandonStarsLorne GreeneDan BlockerMichael LandonHoss takes two months of leave. He sees a little black boy steal a candle. He learns the boy wants the candle to make a wish. As he gets to know the boy and his family, he decides to try to help the family.
- DirectorBruce BilsonStarsLorne GreeneDan BlockerMichael LandonIn the series' only Easter-themed episode, a Quaker woman convinces Hoss to pose as the Easter bunny for the orphanage. While wearing a rabbit costume, Hoss must try to foil the efforts of a bumbling gang that is plotting to loot the Wells Fargo coach.
- DirectorLeo PennStarsLorne GreeneDan BlockerMichael LandonGen. Ira Cloninger, an old friend of the Cartwrights, is toasted at a ceremony as a hero and asked to run for governor. Cloninger accepts and Ben enthusiastically backs the candidate - until the investigation of the killing of a young Nez Perce exposes his attitude toward Indians.
- DirectorLewis AllenStarsLorne GreeneDan BlockerMichael LandonHoss turns to a clairvoyant named Judith Corman to help in a search for Jamie, who has gotten lost in the high country. However, Judith is reluctant to help out, fearing that her psychic abilities will ruin her engagement to a minister who opposes her gift as witchcraft.
- DirectorMichael LandonStarsLorne GreeneMichael LandonMitch VogelGriff's friend, widowed farmer Jonathan May, wants to adopt two young orphans, one of whom is unable to talk. When Jonathan is told he cannot adopt the boys, Griff decides to set the adoption agency folks straight on what a loving father is.
- DirectorJohn FloreaStarsLorne GreenePernell RobertsDan BlockerLittle Joe is attacked by outlaws, but finds that his biggest challenge is fighting his way through the secrets of a town shrouded in mystery.
- DirectorMurray GoldenStarsLorne GreenePernell RobertsDan BlockerA famous Italian opera singer is invited to sing at the local Virginia City opera house. One snag: he may resemble on paper a runaway slave they were just notified about; and some of the townspeople want him arrested or worse.
- DirectorWilliam F. ClaxtonStarsMichael LandonLorne GreeneDan BlockerHoss finds a young Indian who's been left to die by his tribe because he is lame. He is brought to the Ponderosa, where the doctor is able to heal his leg so he can walk again. Hoss tries to teach him to overcome his hostility to the white man as well.
- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsLorne GreeneDan BlockerMichael LandonBen Cartwright (Lorne Greene) buys a teen-age girl's stallion from her father, Burt Loughlin (Tom Tully), with the intention of letting the girl, Trudy Loughlin (Kim Darby), ride the horse in a high-stakes race, but his plans are upset when the father falls in with Harper (William Bryant), a crooked gambler.
- DirectorMichael LandonStarsLorne GreeneDan BlockerMichael LandonLittle Joe is blinded by an explosion and wallows in self-pity as he struggles to come to grips with his condition, which may be temporary or permanent. Ben hires a teacher from the Institute for the Blind to help Joe deal with his predicament.
- DirectorWilliam WiardStarsLorne GreeneDan BlockerMichael LandonDuring a harsh winter that kills off the stock of many ranchers, Ben offers to test a new breed's endurance by herding a cow from the stock on Sawtooth Mountain. A rival rancher attempts to undermine Ben's plans by having his foreman shoot the cow, then claim it had succumbed to the cold.
- DirectorLeon BensonStarsLorne GreeneDan BlockerMichael LandonA town bully humiliates Hop Sing by cutting off his ponytail. Joe goes to deal with the bully. Later the bully ends up dead and Joe is charged with the murder. Hop Sing clears Joe of the murder charges by using an ancient Chinese method for identifying a person's finger prints.
- DirectorWilliam F. ClaxtonStarsDan BlockerMichael LandonLorne GreeneIn a rare episode with Hop Sing in the spotlight, the Cartwrights' cook is panning for gold during a vacation when he falls in love with a white woman. The relationship blossoms into an engagement, but the marriage never takes place. Ben bears the heartbreaking news that a judge confirms: state law forbids interracial marriage.