Seasons & episodes
S7 · E15The Dublin Lad 1966-01-02 · 49 min
After sitting on a jury that has convicted Terrence O' Tool of murder, Joe has second thoughts about the verdict and decides to do some investigating of his own.
S7 · E16To Kill a Buffalo 1966-01-09 · 49 min
Hoss finds a wounded young Indian on the prairie, who is torn between accepting the ways of the white man or returning to his old life.
S7 · E17Ride the Wind (1) 1966-01-16 · 49 min
The Pony Express sets up office in Virginia and Joe is one of the first to join up. Ben also decides to invest in the fledgling enterprise. However, troubles soon plague the Pony Express with the Paiutes and a newspaper reporter, both trying to get their own agendas across.
S7 · E18Ride the Wind (2) 1966-01-23 · 49 min
Conclusion to the previous-week's episode, where the Cartwrights provide needed assistance to the Pony Express.
S7 · E19Destiny's Child 1966-01-30 · 49 min
After his only friend is killed, the Cartwrights take in a slow-witted man, who Roy Coffee informs them, is wanted for murder by Arizona authorities.
S7 · E20Peace Officer 1966-02-06 · 49 min
While Sheriff Coffee is in Saint Louis, the Morrisey bunch decides to work off excess energy by wrecking the saloon in a violent spree. When Deputy Bill Harris tries to arrest them, they hit him on the head with a whiskey bottle, accidentally killing him. All of them get away except Cliff, who is put in jail. He refuses to say the names or locations of his friends. Mayor Garrett holds an emergency meeting of the Virginia City town council. They hire legendary lawman Wes Dunn, as the temporary sheriff. He is a humorless man who is determined to restore order in town. He beats Cliff almost to death to find out where his friends are, but Cliff will not say anything. Meanwhile, Hoss finds Chuck, a wounded gang member. When he tries to take Chuck's gun away, he shoots Hoss. Joe goes with Dunn to find the other men. He thinks Dunn is a hero until he sees him murder one of the suspects in cold blood.
S7 · E21The Code 1966-02-13 · 49 min
Joe is goaded into facing gunman Dan Taggert, unaware there is more to be prearranged than he realizes.
S7 · E22Three Brides for Hoss 1966-02-20 · 49 min
Not one, but three mail-order brides show up unexpectedly at the Ponderosa, all of them believing they are to marry Hoss.
S7 · E23The Emperor Norton 1966-02-27 · 49 min
Joshua Norton, an eccentric and formerly wealthy San Francisco merchant who considers himself Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, comes to the Ponderosa. Authorities want to have him committed, and Ben contacts Mark Twain to testify to Norton's sanity.
S7 · E24Her Brother's Keeper 1966-03-06 · 49 min
Ben and Claire Armory fall in love, but their future is jeopardized by her disabled brother.
S7 · E25The Trouble with Jamie 1966-03-20 · 49 min
The Cartwrights attempt to straighten out the snobbish young son of Ben's cousin.
S7 · E26Shining in Spain 1966-03-27 · 49 min
Young, adoring Wendy Daniels has come to Virginia City to meet up with her father, Taylor Daniels, who has been traveling on business for the last five years. Joe is attracted to Wendy, but he faces stiff competition for her affections. She idolizes her father and cannot stop talking about his great business visions, although she has not seen him in five years. The Cartwrights realize there is something wrong when Wendy's supposedly rich father leaves her stranded in Virginia City with no money. When she is evicted from the hotel after running up a debt of $50, Joe takes her to the Ponderosa, only to have her dreams of her father shattered when he shows up flat broke.
S7 · E27The Genius 1966-04-03 · 49 min
Hoss chooses a difficult path when he decides to rehabilitate a famous poet, Will Smith, who is really William Warlock Evans, who spends too much time drinking and eventually his wife arrives at the Ponderosa.
S7 · E28The Unwritten Commandment 1966-04-10 · 49 min
Everyone feels Andy Walker is an outstanding singer but his father, who feels the boy should concentrate on ranch work instead. Joe mentions receiving a letter from Adam, currently in Paris.
S7 · E29Big Shadow on the Land 1966-04-17 · 49 min
Italian immigrants are determined to establish their own vineyard on Ponderosa property.
S7 · E30The Fighters 1966-04-24 · 49 min
Feeling guilty for unintentionally ending the career of a professional boxer, Hoss vows never to fight again. But things change when Joe is nearly beaten to death.
S7 · E31Home from the Sea 1966-05-01 · 49 min
A sailor, claiming to be one of Adam's closest friends, is given a warm welcome by the Cartwrights, who have no way of knowing the man and his accomplice plan on robbing them.
S7 · E32The Last Mission 1966-05-08 · 49 min
Ben and Hoss unwittingly aid a vengeful army colonel who plans to wipe out every Indian he can with a Gatling gun.
S7 · E33A Dollar's Worth of Trouble 1966-05-15 · 49 min
Hoss finds himself in another mess, this one involving a beautiful blonde, a moonshiner, and a nearsighted outlaw who is allergic to chocolate and flowers.
S8 · E1Something Hurt, Something Wild 1966-09-11 · 49 min
The Cartwrights' friendship with a neighboring rancher is threatened by his mentally unstable daughter.
S8 · E2Horse of a Different Hue 1966-09-18 · 49 min
So the Cartwrights will not be killed, one of Ben's oldest friends must make sure Joe does not win a horse race.
S8 · E3A Time to Step Down 1966-09-25 · 49 min
After the Cartwrights put wrangler Dan Tolliver out to pasture, the embittered old man plans to take part in robbing the Ponderosa.
S8 · E4The Pursued (1) 1966-10-02 · 49 min
A Mormon with two wives is badgered by the town's people and then things get much worse.
S8 · E5The Pursued (2) 1966-10-09 · 49 min
As the persecuted party awaits Ben and Hoss' return, Herber is shot and killed. Joe retaliates and shoots Herber's assassin.