Seasons & episodes
S5 · E1She Walks in Beauty 1963-09-22 · 49 min
Hoss wants to marry mysterious Regan Miller, a woman with less than a pristine past. When he thinks Adam is trying to steal her away, he loses control and beats Adam up.
S5 · E2A Passion for Justice 1963-09-29 · 49 min
Renowned English novelist Charles Dickens comes to Virginia City. In short order, he is accused of a crime he didn't commit. The problem then becomes how to convince the stubborn author to defend himself.
S5 · E3Rain from Heaven 1963-10-06 · 49 min
A destitute rainmaker and his family arrive in drought-stricken Virginia City. While Ben tries to help him make rain, Hoss tends to the man's seriously ill little girl.
S5 · E4Twilight Town 1963-10-13 · 49 min
Joe is bushwhacked in the desert and awakens to find himself in Martinville, a town that may or may not be populated by ghosts. An errie, surrealistic and well-produced episode.
S5 · E5The Toy Soldier 1963-10-20 · 49 min
Adam encounters drunken artist James Callan, branded a "squaw man" because he is married to an Indian, and whose talent is going to waste in the town of Sheep Head.
S5 · E6A Question of Strength 1963-10-27 · 49 min
Hoss and a pair of nuns, the younger one having a difficult time training for the order, are robbed and stranded at a way station.
S5 · E7Calamity over the Comstock 1963-11-03 · 49 min
Joe has a run-in with Calamity Jane, and takes her home with him after promising her dying father to take care of her. At first the Cartwrights (besides Joe) think ""Cal"" is a boy, but they soon find out differently. Cal begins to fall in love with Joe, but Joe finds her attentions unwanted...especially when Cal's boyfriend, Doc Holliday, has it in for Joe.
S5 · E8Journey Remembered 1963-11-10 · 49 min
Ben finds an old journal that he kept while in a wagon train travelling from St. Joseph, Missouri to Ash Hollow. As he is reading it Ben remembers the journey he undertook with his wife Inger and a young Adam. During the trip Hoss is born and they have trouble with some Indians.
S5 · E9The Quality of Mercy 1963-11-17 · 49 min
Joe struggles to understand whether his friend was right in killing a dying man who pleaded to put out of his misery.
S5 · E10The Waiting Game 1963-12-08 · 49 min
Adam becomes involved with the recently widowed Laura Dayton and her little girl, Peggy.
S5 · E11The Legacy 1963-12-15 · 49 min
Adam, Hoss and Joe mistakenly believe their father was murdered. They split into 3 different directions to confront the supposed killers. In his heart, Ben knows his sons will not act outside the law; but he is not 100% sure that Joe will behave correctly.
S5 · E12Hoss and the Leprechauns 1963-12-22 · 49 min
In what is arguably the best comedy of the series, Hoss swears he has seen green elves running around the Ponderosa and a smooth-talking Irishman complicates matters even worse.
S5 · E13The Prime of Life 1963-12-29 · 49 min
Ben becomes irritable and reckless when the completion of an important timber contract is hindered by an old rival.
S5 · E14The Lila Conrad Story 1964-01-05 · 49 min
Joe and Adam protect a saloon girl, who has killed in self-defense, from an angry lynch mob. The accompanying Judge, along with his wife, takes a liking to Lila, and before it is all over, he and Lila discover much more about themselves.
S5 · E15Ponderosa Matador 1964-01-12 · 49 min
Adam, Hoss, and Joe vie for the attention of a pretty young lady named Dolores. Hoss talks Joe into entering a bull fight, but it doesn't work out quite as planned.
S5 · E16My Son, My Son 1964-01-19 · 49 min
Ben's plans to marry Katherine Saunders are upset when her son Eden is accused of killing his former girlfriend.
S5 · E17Alias Joe Cartwright 1964-01-26 · 49 min
A man who looks similar to Joe uses Joe's name and gets Joe in the position of facing the firing squad.
S5 · E18The Gentleman from New Orleans 1964-02-02 · 49 min
The new stranger in town claims to be the famous pirate Jean Lafitte, and Hoss believes him.
S5 · E19The Cheating Game 1964-02-09 · 49 min
In this sequel to "The Waiting Game", Laura resents Adam's advice on how she ought to be running her ranch. A newcomer, Ward Bannister, comes to her aid, but is actually part of a scheme to steal her ranch.
S5 · E20Bullet for a Bride 1964-02-16 · 49 min
While out hunting for a mountain lion, Joe accidently shots Tessa Caldwell causing her to go blind. As a result of his guilt, Joe ends up proposing to the girl. However, other circumstances arise that cause Tessa to make a rash decision - one that both her and Joe may regret in the future.
S5 · E21King of the Mountain 1964-02-23 · 49 min
When mountain man Jim Leyton decides to marry, he chooses Hoss as his best man. Julie's father, Grizzly, does not agree and Hoss must come to the rescue.
S5 · E22Love Me Not 1964-03-01 · 49 min
While talking with an Indian, Ben is given an unexpected present...a woman. She is a young white woman named Joan who has lived with the Indians since she was a little girl. Through a humorous learning experience, Ben tries to teach Joan how to behave like a white woman. In the process, Ben finds himself in an awkward situation.
S5 · E23The Pure Truth 1964-03-08 · 49 min
Hoss is suffering from spring fever, goes to the wrong town and is accused of bank robbery.
S5 · E24No Less a Man 1964-03-15 · 49 min
The town council feels Roy Coffee can no longer do his job, and with the notorious Wagner gang on their way to rob the bank, everyone is in a panic. Ben and Adam disagree with the town council and do what they can to help Roy out.