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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.
S1, EP32 "Death at Dawn"
A member of a powerful gang murders a shopkeeper; the deputized Cartwrights sentence a murderer to hang at dawn when the leader of the gang kidnaps Ben and holds him hostage.
S2, EP1 "Showdown"
A young bank robber gets a job on the Ponderosa to prevent the sheriff from finding the other members of his gang.
S2, EP2 "The Mission"
Hoss befriends Charlie Trent, a man who went from top Army scout to town drunk after he led his troops into a massacre.
S2, EP4 "The Mill"
Ben tries to help his paraplegic neighbor Tom by setting up a grain mill on his unused land; Tom's hired hand raises his suspicion about Ben's plan.
S4, EP23 "A Stranger Passed This Way"
Grieving Dutch parents take Hoss, suffering from amnesia after a blow to the head, to replace their own dead son; guest Signe Hasso.
S4, EP21 "The Hayburner"
Hoss and Adam buy a Thoroughbred and find themselves competing with Little Joe for the Virginia City Sweepstakes.
