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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, EP11 "The Trail Gang"
An outlaw joins the Cartwrights' cattle drive, knowing it will take him to the town where his father is the sheriff.
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, EP12 "The Savage"
Attacked by Shoshones while crossing a burial ground, Adam discovers that the Indian woman tending him is white.
S6, EP4 "Thanks for Everything, Friend"
A suave stranger's reputation changes when his girlfriend admits killing her father, who disapproved of the match; guest Rory Calhoun.
S6, EP3 "The Wild One"
An abandoned, expectant mother turns to Hoss for help when her mountaineer husband (Aldo Ray) claims he was tricked into marriage.
S6, EP2 "The Hostage"
The Cartwrights tear the Nevada countryside apart looking for Ben when he is kidnapped and a ransom of $100,000 is demanded.
