A shadow fell over the Cartwrights’ bond with their neighbor when his daughter, troubled in mind, began to stir unrest.

The Cartwrights were spared a darker fate, but to ensure it, one of Ben’s dearest friends had to intervene and prevent Joe from winning a horse race.

Having dismissed wrangler Dan Tolliver from his service, Mr. Cartwright found himself facing a troubling prospect: the disgruntled former employee now harbored a plan to plunder the Ponderosa itself.

A man practicing polygamy, bound to two wives, found himself increasingly harassed by the townsfolk—a discomfort that soon escalated into something far more troubling.

While those under threat anxiously awaited Ben and Hoss’ arrival, Herber was struck down by a fatal bullet. In response, Joe fired upon Herber’s killer.

Hoss is betrothed to Carol Attley, a woman burdened by troubles and harboring a history far more shadowed than he suspects.

Even though his friend desperately needs the offered sum, Joe maintains that it rightfully belongs to him, a measure taken to shield his companion from the vengeance of the deceased outlaws’ kin.

When four naive settlers find themselves targeted by unscrupulous cattle ranchers determined to force them from their land, the Cartwrights arrive to lend a hand.

During a scuffle with Hoss, a youthful wrangler met his end, and now the boastful proprietor of the Virginia City stables has claimed the deed for himself. This audacious lie places him squarely in the path of vengeance – the deceased’s own…

A young troubadour, harboring a bitter resentment towards Ben for his father’s passing, made his way back to Virginia City. At one point, Ben offered him the simple courtesy of using Adam’s guitar.

Away on business in a distant town, Ben encountered a man of considerable influence working at a saloon. Following an incident where an old miner had set fire to Ben’s home, Ben killed the miner and delivered the man into the custody of the…

With his impending marriage shattered by the strangling of his fiancée, Joe compels the prime suspect to reveal himself, resulting in an intensely fraught and gripping hour.

This tale finds Joe acting as Cupid, following a rancher’s earnest efforts to secure a husband for his daughter, whom he insists is quite ordinary.

The Cartwrights found themselves shielding a woman and her young, deaf-mute son from the reach of his dangerous, outlaw stepfather.

The celebrated singer Andy Walker made his triumphant return to Virginia City, accompanied by his uncle, the notoriously unreliable Thaddeus.

A pair of seasoned characters from Virginia City managed to trick Hoss and Joe into taking on a rabbit farm, and soon the Ponderosa was teeming with floppy ears and twitching noses.

After the woman he intended to wed was found strangled, Joe compelled the primary suspect to reveal himself.

Dolly Bantree was under the thumb of a shifty character known only as "Blackie," who used blackmail to compel her to bleed the recently wealthy miner, Buford, dry. Sensing that something wasn't right, Hoss decided to disguise himself as a p…

The town of Chiso held a peculiar figure: a man once among the Ponderosa’s cowboys, now a gunfighter convinced he was destined to die on Friday the 13th. This installment marks the first of John Saxon's three appearances, portraying the uns…

It came to Ben’s attention that his friend, Sheriff Paul Rowan, was wrestling with a deep-seated strain, a consequence of what he'd endured during the war.

Joe journeyed to the Arizona Territory to visit old friends, a married couple he’d known for years. What he found there was unsettling: the husband had fallen into disrepute, entangled in a life of crime and secretly bound to a ruthless ban…

When Captain Fenner and his Comancheros arrived at the Ponderosa intent on burning and looting, one injured member of the gang found himself unexpectedly allied with the Cartwrights, setting him apart from the rest.

Mary Wharton, a longtime friend of the Cartwrights, arrived at the Ponderosa, accompanied by her feckless husband. When Ben discovered that Mary was suffering from his abusive treatment, he saw no choice but to ask him to leave.

Hoss and Joe wrestled with their suspicions about the robbery at the way station, increasingly convinced that the two men they’d apprehended were not the culprits.

A fascination with detective stories took hold of Joe, and soon he enlisted Hoss in his suspicions when he began to believe the bank was about to be targeted for robbery.

Young Billy Wilcox stumbled onto the Ponderosa, weakened by hunger and illness, utterly alone. Ben Cartwright discovered him, and once Billy had recovered his strength, offered him work on the ranch. Jennifer Yardley, who was visiting the C…

Ben lends his support to Georgio Rossi as he contests a dispute over water rights with a neighboring landowner.

The Cartwrights found themselves entertaining Russian royalty, unaware that these esteemed guests were being shadowed by jewel thieves with designs on their magnificent collection.

The foreman from a nearby ranch fabricated accusations, pinning the blame for a murder on Joe, all as part of a calculated plan to secure his employer’s land.

A band of young troublemakers, guided by a clever, small boy calling himself Napoleon, was causing trouble in Virginia City and even extending their mischief to the Ponderosa ranch.

Consumed by the belief that Little Joe was responsible for her brother’s death, a woman posted a reward of $1,000 – offered to whoever would deliver what she considered a “fair fight” and end the life of the youngest Cartwright. Simultaneou…

Cousin Clarissa Cartwright arrived for a visit, and her forthright, rather haughty manner quickly brought complications for Ben and his sons.

A clever Romani woman tricks Hoss into purchasing a violin, and soon the entire Ponderosa—with the notable exception of Hop Sing—finds itself enduring the instrument’s unfortunate effects.

A wave of prospectors threatens to engulf the Ponderosa.