Episode guide
Maverick: Season 1
27 episodes · premiered Sep 22, 1957
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- Episode 1: War of the Silver Kings Sep 22, 1957 · 49m Bret Maverick takes down a money-hungry gambler in the town of Echo Springs. He befriends an old drunk, who turns out to be a successful judge. Maverick strikes a deal with the gambler…
- Episode 2: Point Blank Sep 29, 1957 · 49m Bret meets a delightful and cunning girl (Karen Steele). Within minutes, she makes plans for his future — a permanent plot on boot hill.
- Episode 3: According to Hoyle Oct 6, 1957 · 49m Samantha Crawford is a con artist employed by George Cross. Cross once lost $50,000 to Bret Maverick and is determined to get it back. Two riverboat owners staked Maverick $5,000 which he…
- Episode 4: Ghost Rider Oct 13, 1957 · 49m A woman who'd been traveling with Bret suddenly disappears. Looking into things he discovers that she'd been reported dead more than a week ago.
- Episode 5: The Long Hunt Oct 20, 1957 · 50m Bret tries to prove the innocence of a man serving a life sentence. But there's someone who wants the prisoner to stay where he is.
- Episode 6: Stage West Oct 27, 1957 · 49m Fleeing a band of angry Native Americans, Bret takes shelter in a way station where a family of nasty outlaws are planning their bloodiest deal.
- Episode 7: Relic of Fort Tejon Nov 3, 1957 · 49m Bret wins a camel in a card game and ends up using her to bring a crooked gambling den owner to justice.
- Episode 8: Hostage! Nov 10, 1957 · 49m Bret Maverick meets up with brother Bart in New Orleans where they plan to obtain passage on a riverboat where big money poker games are held but end up getting involved in the kidnapping…
- Episode 9: Stampede Nov 17, 1957 · 49m Bret and Dandy Jim Buckley bet heavily on a boxing match but when their fighter withdraws it's up to Bret himself to step into the squared circle.
- Episode 10: The Jeweled Gun Nov 24, 1957 · 49m Bart agrees to pose as the husband of a woman who's traveling through the badlands. Big mistake because he soon finds himself the target of a killer.
- Episode 11: The Wrecker Dec 1, 1957 · 49m Bart takes to the sea after buying a derelict cargo ship. The wreck is extremely valuable and he wants to know why.
- Episode 12: The Quick and the Dead Dec 8, 1957 · 49m The only person who can clear Bret of a robbery charge has been marked for death by the notorious gunfighter/gambler Doc Holliday.
- Episode 13: The Naked Gallows Dec 15, 1957 · 49m Bart pokes his nose into an unsolved murder case and ends up facing the business end of a killer's .45.
- Episode 14: Comstock Conspiracy Dec 29, 1957 · 49m Arriving in the mining boom town of Virginia City, Bret gets involved with a mining engineer in his struggle for improved working conditions.
- Episode 15: The Third Rider Jan 5, 1958 · 49m Bart gets involved with two devious couples in this episode which sees him trying to clear himself of a bank robbery and a murder.
- Episode 16: Rage For Vengeance Jan 12, 1958 · 49m Bret is happy to escort a lovely widow to the bank with a large sum of cash - until he learns the money is counterfeit.
- Episode 17: Rope of Cards Jan 19, 1958 · 49m It's shades of 12 Angry Men when Bret becomes the lone holdout for a not guilty verdict in a murder trial. He has to use a long shot card trick to convince the other jurors that the…
- Episode 18: Diamond in the Rough Jan 26, 1958 · 49m After being beaten up, robbed, and shanghaied, Bart sets out to expose the man responsible, a respected member of San Francisco society, as a diamond swindler.
- Episode 19: Day of Reckoning Feb 2, 1958 · 49m Fearless Bret feels it's about time someone did something about the town bully so he asks the townspeople to do something.
- Episode 20: The Savage Hills Feb 9, 1958 · 49m Against his better judgment, Bart teams up with Samantha Crawford to recover stolen Treasury plates.
- Episode 21: Trail West to Fury Feb 16, 1958 · 49m During a hellacious rainstorm the brothers Maverick relate to pal Dandy Jim Buckley about the time in Texas shortly after the Civil War when they searched far and wide for a tall man who…
- Episode 22: The Burning Sky Feb 23, 1958 · 49m In the desert, an Indian ambush leaves Bart and other stagecoach passengers to battle their attackers, each other, and the sun.
- Episode 23: The Seventh Hand Mar 2, 1958 · 49m Samantha Crawford arranges for Bret to sit in on a high stakes poker game but he's the fall guy when the game gets robbed.
- Episode 24: Plunder of Paradise Mar 9, 1958 · 49m There's gold in them thar hills, and Bart Maverick and Big Mike McComb are out to get it. But so are four nasty Mexican banditos.
- Episode 25: Black Fire Mar 16, 1958 · 49m The heirs of millionaire General Eakins are being killed off one by one so why is Bret Maverick so worried? He's posing as one of the heirs and might be the next intended victim.
- Episode 26: Burial Ground of the Gods Mar 30, 1958 · 50m Bart Maverick is in search of a thief who stole his money but gets sidetracked into accompanying a young woman searching for her missing husband into forbidden Sioux territory.
- Episode 27: Seed of Deception Apr 13, 1958 · 50m After they arrive in an Arizona town, Bret and Bart are mistaken for Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday and end up preventing a bank robbery.