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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.
S2, EP8 "The Abduction"
Hoss and Little Joe spend the most unforgettable night at the carnival when Little Joe's date disappears.
S2, EP9 "Breed of Violence"
A sheriff's daughter runs off with her boyfriend (John Ericson), unaware he is a murderous bank robber.
S2, EP15 "The Blood Line"
An Easterner swears revenge for the death of his father, a drunk that a Cartwright killed in self-defense.
S2, EP10 "The Last Viking"
For saving his life, Ben offers some Ponderosa farmland to an American Indian.
S5, EP18 "Gentleman From New Orleans"
A wily Frenchman (John Dehner) claiming to be the pirate Jean Lafitte involves the Cartwrights in a double murder and a robbery.
S5, EP17 "Alias Joe Cartwright"
The Army arrests Little Joe after a deserter and murder suspect, whom Joe resembles, forces him to exchange clothes; guest Keenan Wynn.
S5, EP16 "My Son, My Son"
Ben is torn between his feelings for a widow and his suspicions about her son, acquitted of one murder and now suspected of another.
