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#135 "She Walks In Beauty"
Emilia Miller gets an unexpected visit from her sister
Ragan, a beautiful young woman who uses men. Hoss instantly
falls in love and plans to marry her. When Adam returns from
San Francisco, he has knowledge of Ragan that could change Hoss´
mind.
Guest Stars: Gena Rowlands and Jeanne Cooper
#136 "A Passion For Justice"
When a Virginia City newspaper prints his novels as serials
and then prints a negative review from a critic, Charles Dickens
goes to the newspaper office to confront them. He walks into
a ransacked office and is arrested for the crime and fined.
But Dickens refuses to pay or talk and the Cartwrights set out
to prove his innocence.
Guest Stars: Jonathan Harris and Victor Maddern
#137 "Rain From Heaven"
Tulsa Weems comes to drought stricken Virginia City with
his family, claiming to be a rainmaker. When Ben expresses his
disbelief and offers the man money, Tulsa becomes insulted and
pulls a gun on him. He´s arrested for the threat and in
the meantime, his daughter, sick with typhoid fever, is kidnapped
from the family and nursed by Hoss.
Guest Stars: John Anderson
#138 "Twilight Town"
On his way home, Joe is bushwhacked. When he regains consciousness,
he stumbles into the town of Martinsville. There he is nursed
back to health by the strange townspeople.
Guest Stars: Davey Davison and Stacy Harris
#139 "The Toy Soldier"
Adam travels to Sheep Head to gather some wayward cattle.
He comes across James Callan, a talented artist, who has a Paiute
wife.
Guest Stars: Philip Abbott and Morgan Woodward
#140 "A Question Of Strength"
Hoss travels by stagecoach in the company of Mother Veronica
and sister-in-training Mary Kathleen. The coach is ambushed.
Guest Stars: Judy Carne and Ilka Windish
#141 "Calamity Over The Comstock"
Joe makes a promise to a dying man to look after his young
charge Cal. Joe knows Cal is really a girl but he promises her
he won´t tell anyone if that´s what she wants. He
brings her home to the Ponderosa and soon finds out that the
Cal stands for Calamity as in Calamity Jane. Soon Joe meets
her dentist friend -- none other than Doc Holliday. Jane wants
to stay with Joe, but Doc wants her to leave with him and it
seems the only solution is a showdown between Joe and Doc Holliday.
Guest Stars: Stefanie Powers and Christopher Dark
#142 "Journey Remembered"
Ben looks back at his travels west with five year old Adam
and Hoss´ mother Inger. In flashbacks, we see his journey
to Ash Hollow where Hoss is born en route. They arrive in Ash
Hollow only to be attacked by an Indian avenging the death of
one of their braves.
Guest Stars: Inga Swenson and Gene Evans
#143 "The Quality Of Mercy"
Joe comes upon a mine accident involving his friend Seth
and Seth´s future father-in-law. The old man is dead and
Seth says his back was broken and he begged Seth to end his
misery. Seth then asks Joe to tell his fiancee he died in the
cave-in. Joe agrees but then struggles with his conscience.
Guest Stars: Richard Rust
#144 "The Waiting Game"
Little Peggy Dayton is waiting for her Daddy to return
home and vows that he´ll be home by the time she counts
to a hundred. In the meantime, her father Frank is killed in
a horse riding accident. Her mother can´t bear to tell
Peggy what´s happened and Peggy continues to wait. Adam
tries to help both Laura and Peggy deal with their loss, insisting
that Laura tell Peggy the truth about her father. Adam soon
learns that there´s a lot more behind Laura´s resistance
than he realized.
Guest Stars: Kathie Browne and Katie Sweet
#145 "The Legacy"
Ben sets out after poachers on his own and when only his
horse returns with blood on the saddle, his sons assume he´s
been killed and go after the men they think are responsible.
They learn from the Sheriff that three ex-cons were in the area
and the Cartwright brothers split up to carry out their revenge.
Meanwhile, Ben has been cared for by Mr. Dorman who takes him
home to wait for his sons´ return. Each of them has to
decide what to do with the men when they catch them and Ben
wonders if his sons are the men he´d hoped they be.
Guest Stars: Robert H. Harris and James Best
#146 "Hoss And The Leprechauns"
Hoss comes to the rescue of a little man being pursued
by a bear. When Hoss scares the bear off he finds the little
man is gone and has left behind a strongbox full of gold. When
Hoss tries to tell people about his story no one believes him.
Later that night, he finds the strongbox was stolen. This sets
off a hilarious chain of events as the Ponderosa is overrun
with gold seekers and Leprechaun hunters.
Guest Stars: Sean McClory and Robert Sorrells
#147 "The Prime Of Life"
Ben is driven to complete a contract and soon regrets his
relentlessness when one of his men is killed in an accident.
Ben is overcome with guilt and leaves the Ponderosa in his sons´
hands. The boys are left to deal with Barney Fuller who will
stop at almost nothing to see that the contract deadlines are
not met.
Guest Stars: Jay C. Flippen and Melora Conway
#148 "The Lila Conrad Story"
Joe and Adam are accompanying Judge Knowlton and his wife
to Virginia City when Joe finds Lila Conrad hiding in his wagon.
She´s a saloon girl who claims she was forced to kill
a man in self defense. Joe tries to protect her from vengeful
townspeople. Joe turns to Adam for help in getting her to Virginia
City where she would have a fair trial.
Guest Stars: Andrew Duggan
#149 "Ponderosa Matador"
The Ponderosa welcomes Senor Tenino and his beautiful daughter
Dolores. Soon the war is on between the brothers as they vie
for her attentions. When Adam seems to be winning her affections,
Hoss and Joe team up and decide that putting on a bull fight
with Joe as the matador will cause her to take notice. By the
time they realize they´re in over their heads, it´s
too late.
Guest Stars: Marianna Hill, Nestor Paiva
#150 "My Son, My Son"
Ben is looking forward to marrying Katherine Saunders.
However, the happiness is clouded by the return of her son Eden
who is hiding from the law. He´s wanted for the murder
of a local woman-- a crime of which he was acquitted three years
earlier. Ben defends the boy out of loyalty to Katherine, but
for how long is uncertain as the posse gets closer.
Guest Stars: Teresa Wright and Dee Pollack
#151 "Alias Joe Cartwright"
Joe is mistaken for Angus Borden, an Army deserter and
a dead ringer for Joe. He´s arrested and taken to the
Army fort to face charges. Joe´s appeals to the Captain
fall on deaf ears because the captain is involved with Barden
and he wants Joe killed.
Guest Stars: Keenan Wynn and Douglas Dick
#152 "The Gentleman From New Orleans"
A man comes to town claiming to be Pirate Lafitte but Ben
has met Lafitte in the past and doesn´t recognize him.
The man tells tales of his so-called adventures. Hoss makes
friends with the man who returns the favor by collecting a debt
for Hoss from Amos Whittaker. When Whittaker is found with Lafitte´s
knife, Hoss is the only one who believes him innocent.
Guest Stars: John Dehner and Sheldon Altman
#153 "The Cheating Game"
Adam checks in on Laura and Peggy Dayton only to find problems.
Laura becomes angry with Adam´s interference and hires
a new man, Ward Bannister, to help with the ranch operations.
Ward claims to be an old friend of her late husband´s
and says he has a life insurance policy for her. What Laura
doesn´t know is that Bannister is part of a shady deal
with another man named Canfield. Things go wrong when Ward falls
in love with Laura and tries to back out on Canfield.
Guest Stars: Kathie Browne, Peter Breck and Katie Sweet
#154 "Bullet For A Bride"
Joe is overcome with guilt when he accidentally blinds
a girl in a hunting accident. The girl and her father are brought
to the Ponderosa and Joe soon falls in love with her and asks
her to marry him. When the girl´s sight unexpectedly returns,
her father refuses to let her tell anyone lest she lose her
chance to marry into money.
Guest Stars: Marilyn Mason and Denver Pyle
#155 "King Of The Mountain"
Big Jim Leyton returns. He is newly engaged to a girl named
Julie and he asks his friend Hoss to be best man. Hoss soon
becomes involved in a dispute between Jim and his future father-in-law.
Guest Stars: Robert Middleton and Slim Pickens
#156 "Love Me Not"
When Ben visits his friends the Pauites and brings a gift,
they return the favor by giving him a white girl they raised.
Guest Stars: Anjanette Comer
#157 "The Pure Truth"
Much to the distress of his family, Hoss is suffering from
spring fever. Ben is delighted when Roy appoints him Deputy
and sends him on an errand to pick up a prisoner in Rimrock.
Hoss goes to Red Rock Arizona and is arrested for bank robbery.
He escapes and finds refuge with a hermit named Loulabelle.
Loulabelle finds out there´s a price on Hoss´ head
and must decide whether or not to turn him in.
Guest Stars: Glenda Farrell and Lloyd Corrigan
#158 "No Less A Man"
The notorious Wagner gang is headed for Virginia City.
Concerned citizens decide Roy Coffee is too old to carry out
the job of Sheriff and want him replaced. They agree to Adam
acting as his assistant rather than replacing him. However,
they quickly grow relentless when Roy appears to be doing nothing
to prepare for the Wagners´ inevitable arrival.
Guest Stars: Parley Baer, John Kellogg, and Bill Zucker
#159 "Return To Honor"
Ben must travel to pay his respects after he learns of
the death of his nephew Will. When he visits the grave, he finds
his nephew barely alive with a bullet wound. He takes him to
a doctor and Will insists that he leave, but Ben refuses. Will
explains that the men after him must believe that he is dead.
Ben decides his best bet is to take Will home. He and Will are
followed by the same men who are interested in some valuables
Will is carrying.
Guest Stars: Guy Williams
#160 "The Saga Of Muley Jones"
The Cartwrights are visited by cousin Muley Jones, a man
with a glass shattering singing voice. On the day of an important
meeting between Indian agent Thornbridge and Chief White Bear,
he and Hoss manage to get themselves arrested.
Guest Stars: Robert Barron and Alex Sharp
#161 "The Roper"
Will Cartwright is home alone when Army soldiers arrive
at the Ponderosa with a prisoner named Hewitt. Not long after,
Hewitt´s men arrive and ambush the soldiers. When Will
realizes the men are waiting for Ben to return so they can get
the money from the safe, Will must come up with a plan.
Guest Stars: Scott Marlowe and Julie Sommars
#162 "A Pink Cloud Comes From Old Cathay"
Instead of fireworks, Hoss mistakenly receives a bride
from the Yipee Trading Company. All of his efforts to return
her are resisted. Tai Lee turns out to be one of the biggest
challenges of Hoss´ life.
Guest Stars: Marlo Thomas and Philip Ahn
#163 "The Companeros"
Mateo Ibara and his wife Carla visit the Ponderosa and
Ibara asks Will to return to Mexico with him. Ibara and Will
fought together for Juarez´s cause and Ibara saved Will´s
life. For this reason, Will feels obligated to Ibara, but Ben
is suspicious of the man´s motives.
Guest Stars: Faith Domergue and Frank Silvera
#164 "Enter Thomas Bowers"
Thomas Bower, the famous Italian opera singer, is invited
to perform in Virginia City. When he arrives and it´s
discovered that he is a black man, he is shunned by the townspeople.
When word gets out that there´s an escaped slave, Hoss
takes Bowers home with him. Bower is arrested and held until
his identity can be confirmed.
Guest Stars: William Marshall and Jason Wingreen
#165 "The Dark Past"
A bounty hunter stops at the Ponderosa with an injured
horse and is forced to stay on to work off the cost of a new
horse. While there, he meets another guest, Holly Burnside,
the wife of the man he is after. Ben learns the young man is
the son of a famous preacher and is curious to find out why
the man seems so hateful and aloof.
Guest Stars: Dennis Hopper and Susan Seaforth
#166 "The Pressure Game"
Laura Dayton´s Aunt Lil comes to visit and quickly
decides it´s time she help the hesitant Adam propose to
her favorite niece Her plan to make Adam jealous by using his
cousin Will doesn´t go exactly as planned.
Guest Stars: Kathie Browne and Joan Blondell
#167 "Triangle"
Adam and Laura are finally engaged and Adam is secretly
building a house and planning for the future. Laura realizes
it´s Will she is in love with. Adam is confined to a wheelchair
after falling from a ladder and out of guilt, Laura and Will
deny their feelings.
Guest Stars: Kathie Browne and Guy Williams
#168 "Walter And The Outlaws"
When Hoss' friend Obie has to leave town to visit his sister,
he leaves his beloved dog Walter in Hoss' care. Hoss has his
hands full with a dog who has a mind of his own and bumbling
outlaws who want to hold the dog for ransom.
Guest Stars: Arthur Hunnicutt
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