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Bonanza: Season 3

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34 episodes · premiered Sep 24, 1961

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  1. Episode 1: The Smiler Sep 24, 1961 · 49m A drunk is killed in a saloon brawl with Hoss, and though the man's brother insists there are no hard feelings, he is actually a silver-tongued devil bent on revenge.
  2. Episode 2: Springtime Oct 1, 1961 · 49m A friend of Ben's (Mr. Milbank) arrives at the Ponderosa at a bad time...when the Cartwright boys are fighting in the mud. Mr. Milbank, who is injured by a flying log during the fight…
  3. Episode 3: The Honor of Cochise Oct 8, 1961 · 49m The Cartwrights and a bigoted army captain are pinned down by Cochise and his braves, who claim the officer poisoned 30 of their people.
  4. Episode 4: The Lonely House Oct 15, 1961 · 49m Little Joe pays a visit to the widow Lee Bolden, and brings her a bank draft for her husband's investments with Ben. Actually, the investments were losing propositions. Ben just wanted to…
  5. Episode 5: The Burma Rarity Oct 22, 1961 · 49m In this comic episode involving a precious emerald and the sweet widow, Clemantine Hawkins who is attracted to Ben, turns the tables on a pair of land swindlers.
  6. Episode 6: Broken Ballad Oct 29, 1961 · 49m Adam tries to help a reformed gunman who wants only to live peacefully near Virginia City. Good story without a tidy ending. Pernell's first chance to sing on the series.
  7. Episode 7: The Many Faces of Gideon Flinch Nov 5, 1961 · 49m Hoss and Joe become involved when "Bullethead" Burke vows revenge on an old man he claims cheated him in an investment deal.
  8. Episode 8: The Friendship Nov 12, 1961 · 49m Joe befriends and takes responsibility for an ex-convict named Danny. Danny loves horses and is not used to people's ways on the outside of jail. Will his rough jailhouse upbringing mar…
  9. Episode 9: The Countess Nov 19, 1961 · 49m A woman Ben once loved, Lady Chadwick, returns and attempts to trick him into marrying her by ruining his business. Ben says almost losing the Ponderosa will make him and his sons…
  10. Episode 10: The Horse Breaker Nov 26, 1961 · 49m A professional wrangler working for the Cartwrights is paralyzed when thrown by a particularly mean bronco. The woman nursing him was once engaged to the late son of a neighboring rancher…
  11. Episode 11: Day of the Dragon Dec 3, 1961 · 49m Joe wins a card game and an unexpected prize...a young lady. She goes to the Ponderosa and serves them, not wanting to be set free. Meanwhile, an army is looking for her and the Cartwrights.
  12. Episode 12: The Frenchman Dec 10, 1961 · 49m An irritating man who boasts of being the reincarnation of French poet Francois Villion shows up causing trouble for the Cartwrights.
  13. Episode 13: The Tin Badge Dec 17, 1961 · 49m Joe accepts the job of temporary sheriff in the town of Rubicon, unaware he is being used to facilitate a scheme involving murder.
  14. Episode 14: Gabrielle Dec 24, 1961 · 49m In this Christmas story, inspired by Johanna Spyri's "Heidi", Hoss and Joe come across a blind girl whose family has been killed in a wagon wreck, learning later that her grandfather is a…
  15. Episode 15: Land Grab Dec 31, 1961 · 49m The Ponderosa is overrun with settlers bearing phony property deeds, and one of Ben's oldest friends is responsible.
  16. Episode 16: The Tall Stranger Jan 7, 1962 · 49m Hoss plans to marry Margie, a pretty blonde, but Margie becomes fascinated with a tall, traveling stranger named Mark Connors. Margie marries Mark but soon finds it was far from a match…
  17. Episode 17: The Lady from Baltimore Jan 14, 1962 · 49m An overbearing friend of the family tries to force her daughter into marrying Joe, though she does not love him. The situation grows more complex when Adam stumbles onto the scheme.
  18. Episode 18: The Ride Jan 21, 1962 · 49m Adam races against the clock to prove a man who was once his friend is guilty of robbery and murder and Adam is convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt he is guilty.
  19. Episode 19: The Storm Jan 28, 1962 · 49m Joe plans to marry Laura White, daughter of a man Ben once sailed with, but she is fatally ill. Ben consoles him with words spoken years before, by the father of Adam's mother.
  20. Episode 20: The Auld Sod Feb 4, 1962 · 49m The Cartwrights pretend the Ponderosa belongs to the town lush, when his aging mother from Ireland arrives.
  21. Episode 21: Gift of Water Feb 11, 1962 · 49m The Cartwrights dig a well, build a rig and a windmill for a drought-stricken farm family.
  22. Episode 22: The Jackknife Feb 18, 1962 · 49m Adam gives a second chance to a family man he suspects is one of the rustlers who has been hitting the Ponderosa herds.
  23. Episode 23: The Guilty Feb 25, 1962 · 49m When Ben fails to prevent the death of a friend's son, Adam and Joe, concerned by their father's depression, attempt to prove there was nothing he could have done.
  24. Episode 24: The Wooing of Abigail Jones Mar 4, 1962 · 49m In order to keep peace on the ranch, Hoss and Joe try to help ranch hand, Hank Meyers woo the the plain-looking schoolteacher, Abigail Jones. When their first plan backfires, they convince…
  25. Episode 25: The Lawmaker Mar 11, 1962 · 49m Ben supports the appointment of Asa Moran as Virginia City's temporary sheriff, but Moran goes overboard with his authority, jailing Adam in the process and pistol-whipping a Ponderosa hand.
  26. Episode 26: Look to the Stars Mar 18, 1962 · 49m A young genius, Albert Michaelson, vies for a scholarship. Adam assists Albert in the boy's experiments. Albert only needs the school teacher's approval to be granted a scholarship-which…
  27. Episode 27: The Gamble Apr 1, 1962 · 49m In the town of Alkali, the Cartwrights are jailed on false charges of robbery and murder, but Joe escapes and returns with an army of Ponderosa hands.
  28. Episode 28: The Crucible Apr 8, 1962 · 49m Adam is left to die in the desert after two thieves take $5,000 and his horse from him. Near death, he stumbles into an old prospector named Kane who offers to lend him a mule and supplies…
  29. Episode 29: Inger, My Love Apr 15, 1962 · 49m Ben indulges in a nostalgic reverie about Hoss's deceased mother. Having worked his way west to Galesburg, IL., Ben is befriended by a girl named Inger, the fiancee of the tavern owner who…
  30. Episode 30: Blessed Are They Apr 22, 1962 · 49m When two feuding families argue over the custody of two orphaned children, a reluctant Ben is called upon to straighten out the situation before real trouble erupts.
  31. Episode 31: The Dowry Apr 29, 1962 · 49m The Cartwrights get mixed up in the romance of a phony heiress and an equally phony land baron.
  32. Episode 32: The Long Night May 6, 1962 · 49m Ben, Joe and Adam travel to Bowleg to pay the yearly taxes on the Ponderosa. After the transaction is completed, Ben and Joe ride over the summit to join the cattle drive. Adam is on his…
  33. Episode 33: The Mountain Girl May 13, 1962 · 49m Joe promises a dying sheepman he will make sure the old man's granddaughter gets her rightful inheritance from a wealthy San Francisco family. This episode was filmed immediately after…
  34. Episode 34: The Miracle Maker May 20, 1962 · 49m Hoss blames himself when a young woman is crippled in a wagon accident, and hopes a faith healer can help her walk again.