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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.
S6, EP34 "Patchwork Man"
Hoss tries to instill courage in a hermit he convinced to leave a ghost-town to work on the Ponderosa.
S2, EP13 "Silent Thunder"
Little Joe runs into romantic complications when he tries to teach a deaf girl sign language; guest Albert Salmi.
S2, EP14 "The Ape"
Adam and Little Joe warn Hoss when he tries to help Arnie, a man with the mind of a child and an uncontrollable temper.
S2, EP15 "The Blood Line"
An Easterner swears revenge for the death of his father, a drunk that a Cartwright killed in self-defense.
S6, EP33 "The Spotlight"
Hoss and Little Joe fear Ben has fallen for an opera singer (Viveca Lindfors) he engaged for the Virginia City Founder's Day celebration.
S6, EP32 "Jonah"
A man (Andrew Prine) who saved Hoss' life is rewarded with a job on the Ponderosa, but the other ranch hands consider him a jinx.
S6, EP31 "The Return"
A banker, crippled during a robbery 10 years before, tries to prevent the now-released thief from settling again in Virginia City.
