Seasons & episodes
S4 · E25A Woman Lost 1963-03-17 · 49 min
Ben's attempt to rehabilitate an alcoholic singer he knew in better days are complicated by her involvment with a former prize fighter.
S4 · E26Any Friend of Walter's 1963-03-24 · 49 min
Classic comedy in which Hoss first meets prospector Obie and his lazy but allegedly brilliant mongrel dog, Walter.
S4 · E27Mirror of a Man 1963-03-31 · 49 min
The peaceful world of a Ponderosa hand is disturbed by the arrival of his no-good father and twin brother, who is a wanted man.
S4 · E28My Brother's Keeper 1963-04-07 · 49 min
While hunting for a wolf, Joe is attacked by the wolf. Adam also hunting for the wolf, hears Joe struggling with the wolf comes to Joe's aid. He fires his rifle but the bullet hits Joe. Adam hurries over knocks the wolf off Joe, shoots, and then kills the wolf. The damage has already been done with the wolf bite and Adam's bullet in Joe. Adam has to rush his little brother back to the Ponderosa. Will he make it back to save Little Joe's life, since the wolf's bite is fatal?
S4 · E29Five into the Wind 1963-04-21 · 49 min
After their stagecoach crashes, a group of rag-tag passengers and Joe must get out of the desert alive. One of the passengers may or may not be a murderer and Joe is accused.
S4 · E30Saga of Whizzer McGee 1963-04-28 · 49 min
Hoss becomes concerned for the welfare of an insecure, belligerent fellow who is as small as Hoss is large. Interesting blend of comedy and pathos that ends unpredictably.
S4 · E31Thunder Man 1963-05-05 · 49 min
Little Joe's 19-year old girlfriend is killed by a good samaritan, an explosives expert who had stopped to render aid to the woman's uncle after he suffers a stroke. Unable to talk, the only clue he can offer the investigating Cartwrights is a scrawled title of the song the assailant was whistling — ""New Orleans Woman.""
S4 · E32Rich Man, Poor Man 1963-05-12 · 49 min
Claude Miller, the laughingstock of Virginia City, gets even with everyone who made fun of him when he strikes it rich.
S4 · E33The Boss 1963-05-19 · 49 min
Ben regrets that he helped Tom Slayden start a freight hauling business when Slayden sets out to ruin all the competition, and Joe is shot in the process.
S4 · E34Little Man... Ten Feet Tall 1963-05-26 · 49 min
When a Italian immigrant comes to the Ponderosa, he decides he wants to give up the guitar to become a cowboy.