Seasons & episodes
S9 · E25Commitment at Angelus 1968-04-07 · 49 min
When a horse steps on Candy's hand out on the trail, he and Joe go to Angelus to find a doctor. When they arrive, Joe sees his friend, Steve Regan, an Angelus miner. Steve tells Joe that the miners have gone on strike at his suggestion; the timber supports in the tunnels are rotting away. Joe offers him a day's wages to help him drive the wild horses, since Candy's hand is injured.
S9 · E26A Dream to Dream 1968-04-14 · 49 min
An alcoholic rancher, drinking away his bitterness, makes live unbearable for his wife and children. Hoss helps reform his friend while bringing happiness and stability to his family.
S9 · E27In Defense of Honor 1968-04-28 · 49 min
Davey - a orphaned Yute that Ben helped raise and has worked as a ranch hand on the Ponderosa - falls in love with one of his own. A fellow Yute's jealousy over the blossoming relationship, and later his murder jeopardize a treaty between the white man (which Ben has helped negotiate) and the Yutes.
S9 · E28To Die in Darkness 1968-05-05 · 49 min
While the others are away, Ben and Candy are lured by an old friend of Ben's to go somewhere. The ""friend"" traps them in a deep pit. He comes back to give them food, but how long will he be feeling ""generous""?
S9 · E29The Bottle Fighter 1968-05-12 · 49 min
Hoss is accused of stabbing a man to death, and his only hope of acquittal is a once great trial lawyer who is now a hopeless drunk.
S9 · E30The Arrival of Eddie 1968-05-19 · 49 min
Eddie McKay, the son of a robber and murderer who Hoss killed several years ago in a shootout, returns to Virginia City to make a good start. Hoss wants to help reform Eddie and help him get over his bitter feelings for the Cartwrights, but it's an uphill battle. Not helping matters, a rancher who wants Eddie to help him steal from the Ponderosa.
S9 · E31The Stronghold 1968-05-26 · 49 min
Joe and Candy sell a herd to the Farrell Brothers in Arizona, but are paid a worthless bank draft. The widow of the man one of the brothers killed helps them get their money back, and the brothers' hatred for each other is their undoing.
S9 · E32Pride of a Man 1968-06-02 · 49 min
Joe reluctantly takes a job as a substitute teacher and must contend with two older students who have no use for an education.
S9 · E33A Severe Case of Matrimony 1968-07-07 · 49 min
An untalented gypsy girl tries to get the Cartwrights to finance her career as an opera singer.
S9 · E34Stage Door Johnnies 1968-07-28 · 49 min
Hoss and Joe rival for the affections of visiting entertainer Mademoiselle Denise, though she is more concerned for her little dog, Andre, than anything else.