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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, EP3 "Badge Without Honor"
A Deputy U.S. Marshal arrives to escort a man to California to testify against a gang; guest Dan Duryea.
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, 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.
S5, EP10 "The Waiting Game"
A widow and daughter refuse to face reality, the mother about her unsuccessful marriage and the girl about her father's death.
S5, EP9 "The Quality of Mercy"
Little Joe promises to keep the secret of a man who claims his friend hopelessly trapped under a rock fall asked to be killed.
S5, EP8 "Journey Remembered"
Ben recalls his journey west by wagon train and the death of Inger (Inga Swenson), his second wife, soon after Hoss' birth.
