Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Sierra Nevada, "Bonanza" follows the life and trials of Ben Cartwright and his three sons as they manage their sprawling ranch, the Ponderosa. Each episode delves into their struggles to protect their land and uphold justice within the community. The Cartwrights confront various challenges, from ranch disputes to personal dilemmas, all while demonstrating the values of family, loyalty, and integrity. Their adventures are marked by both heartwarming moments and intense conflicts, showcasing the rugged spirit of the American West.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Season 1
32 ep
1
A Rose for Lotta
2
Death on Sun Mountain
3
The Newcomers
4
The Paiute War
5
Enter Mark Twain
6
The Julia Bulette Story
7
The Saga of Annie O'Toole
8
The Phillip Diedesheimer Story
9
Mr. Henry Comstock
10
The Magnificent Adah
11
The Truckee Strip
12
The Hanging Posse
13
Vendetta
14
The Sisters
15
The Last Hunt
16
El Toro Grande
17
The Outcast
18
A House Divided
19
The Gunmen
20
The Fear Merchants
21
The Spanish Grant
22
Blood on the Land
23
Desert Justice
24
The Stranger
25
Escape to Ponderosa
26
The Avenger
27
The Last Trophy
28
San Francisco
29
Bitter Water
30
Feet of Clay
31
Dark Star
32
Death at Dawn
Season 2
Season 2
34 ep
1
Showdown
2
The Mission
3
Badge Without Honor
4
The Mill
5
The Hopefuls
6
Denver McKee
7
Day of Reckoning
8
The Abduction
9
Breed of Violence
10
The Last Viking
11
The Trail Gang
12
The Savage
13
Silent Thunder
14
The Ape
15
The Blood Line
16
The Courtship
17
The Spitfire
18
The Bride
19
Bank Run
20
The Fugitive
21
Vengeance
22
The Tax Collector
23
The Rescue
24
The Dark Gate
25
The Duke
26
Cutthroat Junction
27
The Gift
28
The Rival
29
The Infernal Machine
30
The Thunderhead Swindle
31
The Secret
32
The Dream Riders
33
Elizabeth, My Love
34
Sam Hill
Season 3
Season 3
34 ep
1
The Smiler
2
Springtime
3
The Honor of Cochise
4
The Lonely House
5
The Burma Rarity
6
Broken Ballad
7
The Many Faces of Gideon Flinch
8
The Friendship
9
The Countess
10
The Horse Breaker
11
Day of the Dragon
12
The Frenchman
13
The Tin Badge
14
Gabrielle
15
Land Grab
16
The Tall Stranger
17
The Lady from Baltimore
18
The Ride
19
The Storm
20
The Auld Sod
21
Gift of Water
22
The Jackknife
23
The Guilty
24
The Wooing of Abigail Jones
25
The Lawmaker
26
Look to the Stars
27
The Gamble
28
The Crucible
29
Inger, My Love
30
Blessed Are They
31
The Dowry
32
The Long Night
33
The Mountain Girl
34
The Miracle Maker
Season 4
Season 4
34 ep
1
The First Born
2
The Quest
3
The Artist
4
A Hot Day for a Hanging
5
The Deserter
6
The Way Station
7
The War Comes to Washoe
8
Knight Errant
9
The Beginning
10
The Deadly Ones
11
Gallagher's Sons
12
The Decision
13
The Good Samaritan
14
The Jury
15
The Colonel
16
Song in the Dark
17
Elegy for a Hangman
18
Half a Rogue
19
The Last Haircut
20
Marie, My Love
21
The Hayburner
22
The Actress
23
A Stranger Passed This Way
24
The Way of Aaron
25
A Woman Lost
26
Any Friend of Walter's
27
Mirror of a Man
28
My Brother's Keeper
29
Five into the Wind
30
Saga of Whizzer McGee
31
Thunder Man
32
Rich Man, Poor Man
33
The Boss
34
Little Man... Ten Feet Tall
Season 5
Season 5
34 ep
1
She Walks in Beauty
2
A Passion for Justice
3
Rain from Heaven
4
Twilight Town
5
The Toy Soldier
6
A Question of Strength
7
Calamity over the Comstock
8
Journey Remembered
9
The Quality of Mercy
10
The Waiting Game
11
The Legacy
12
Hoss and the Leprechauns
13
The Prime of Life
14
The Lila Conrad Story
15
Ponderosa Matador
16
My Son, My Son
17
Alias Joe Cartwright
18
The Gentleman from New Orleans
19
The Cheating Game
20
Bullet for a Bride
21
King of the Mountain
22
Love Me Not
23
The Pure Truth
24
No Less a Man
25
Return to Honor
26
The Saga of Muley Jones
27
The Roper
28
A Pink Cloud Comes from Old Cathay
29
The Companeros
30
Enter Thomas Bowers
31
The Dark Past
32
The Pressure Game
33
Triangle
34
Walter and the Outlaws
Season 6
Season 6
34 ep
1
Invention of a Gunfighter
2
The Hostage
3
The Wild One
4
Thanks for Everything, Friend
5
Logan's Treasure
6
The Scapegoat
7
A Dime's Worth of Glory
8
Square Deal Sam
9
Between Heaven and Earth
10
Old Sheba
11
A Man to Admire
12
The Underdog
13
A Knight to Remember
14
The Saga of Squaw Charlie
15
The Flapjack Contest
16
The Far, Far Better Thing
17
Woman of Fire
18
The Ballerina
19
The Flannel-Mouth Gun
20
The Ponderosa Birdman
21
The Search
22
The Deadliest Game
23
Once a Doctor
24
Right Is the Fourth R
25
Hound Dog
26
The Trap
27
Dead and Gone
28
A Good Night's Rest
29
To Own the World
30
Lothario Larkin
31
The Return
32
Jonah
33
The Spotlight
34
Patchwork Man
Season 7
Season 7
33 ep
1
The Debt
2
The Dilemma
3
The Brass Box
4
The Other Son
5
The Lonely Runner
6
Devil on Her Shoulder
7
Found Child
8
The Meredith Smith
9
Mighty is the Word
10
The Strange One
11
The Reluctant Rebel
12
Five Sundowns to Sunup
13
A Natural Wizard
14
All Ye His Saints
15
The Dublin Lad
16
To Kill a Buffalo
17
Ride the Wind (1)
18
Ride the Wind (2)
19
Destiny's Child
20
Peace Officer
21
The Code
22
Three Brides for Hoss
23
The Emperor Norton
24
Her Brother's Keeper
25
The Trouble with Jamie
26
Shining in Spain
27
The Genius
28
The Unwritten Commandment
29
Big Shadow on the Land
30
The Fighters
31
Home from the Sea
32
The Last Mission
33
A Dollar's Worth of Trouble
Season 8
Season 8
34 ep
1
Something Hurt, Something Wild
2
Horse of a Different Hue
3
A Time to Step Down
4
The Pursued (1)
5
The Pursued (2)
6
To Bloom for Thee
7
Credit for a Kill
8
Four Sisters from Boston
9
Old Charlie
10
Ballad of the Ponderosa
11
The Oath
12
A Real Nice, Friendly Little Town
13
The Bridegroom
14
Tommy
15
A Christmas Story
16
Ponderosa Explosion
17
Justice
18
A Bride for Buford
19
Black Friday
20
The Unseen Wound
21
Journey to Terror
22
Amigo
23
A Woman in the House
24
Judgment at Red Creek
25
Joe Cartwright, Detective
26
Dark Enough to See the Stars
27
The Deed and the Dilemma
28
The Prince
29
A Man Without Land
30
Napoleon's Children
31
The Wormwood Cup
32
Clarissa
33
Maestro Hoss
34
The Greedy Ones
Season 9
Season 9
34 ep
1
Second Chance
2
Sense of Duty
3
The Conquistadors
4
Judgment at Olympus
5
Night of Reckoning
6
False Witness
7
The Gentle Ones
8
Desperate Passage
9
The Sure Thing
10
Showdown at Tahoe
11
Six Black Horses
12
Check Rein
13
Justice Deferred
14
The Gold Detector
15
The Trackers
16
A Girl Named George
17
The Thirteenth Man
18
The Burning Sky
19
The Price of Salt
20
Blood Tie
21
The Crime of Johnny Mule
22
The Late Ben Cartwright
23
Star Crossed
24
Trouble Town
25
Commitment at Angelus
26
A Dream to Dream
27
In Defense of Honor
28
To Die in Darkness
29
The Bottle Fighter
30
The Arrival of Eddie
31
The Stronghold
32
Pride of a Man
33
A Severe Case of Matrimony
34
Stage Door Johnnies
Season 10
Season 10
30 ep
1
Different Pines, Same Wind
2
Child
3
Salute to Yesterday
4
The Real People of Muddy Creek
5
The Passing of a King
6
The Last Vote
7
Catch as Catch Can
8
Little Girl Lost
9
The Survivors
10
The Sound of Drums
11
Queen High
12
Yonder Man
13
Mark of Guilt
14
A World Full of Cannibals
15
Sweet Annie Laurie
16
My Friend, My Enemy
17
Mrs. Wharton and the Lesser Breeds
18
Erin
19
Company of Forgotten Men
20
The Clarion
21
The Lady and the Mountain Lion
22
Five Candles
23
The Wish
24
The Deserter
25
Emily
26
The Running Man
27
The Unwanted
28
Speak No Evil
29
The Fence
30
A Ride in the Sun
Season 11
Season 11
28 ep
1
Another Windmill to Go
2
The Witness
3
The Silence at Stillwater
4
A Lawman's Lot Is Not a Happy One
5
Anatomy of a Lynching
6
To Stop a War
7
The Medal
8
The Stalker
9
Meena
10
A Darker Shadow
11
Dead Wrong
12
Old Friends
13
Abner Willoughby's Return
14
It's a Small World
15
Danger Road
16
The Big Jackpot
17
The Trouble with Amy
18
The Lady and the Mark
19
Is There Any Man Here
20
The Law and Billy Burgess
21
Long Way to Ogden
22
Return Engagement
23
The Gold Mine
24
Decision at Los Robles
25
Caution, Easter Bunny Crossing
26
The Horse Traders
27
What Are Pardners For?
28
A Matter of Circumstance
Season 12
Season 12
28 ep
1
The Night Virginia City Died
2
A Matter of Faith
3
The Weary Willies
4
The Wagon
5
The Power of Life and Death
6
Gideon, the Good
7
The Trouble with Trouble
8
Thornton's Account
9
The Love Child
10
El Jefe
11
The Luck of Pepper Shannon
12
The Impostors
13
Honest John
14
For a Young Lady
15
A Single Pilgrim
16
The Gold-Plated Rifle
17
Top Hand
18
A Deck of Aces
19
The Desperado
20
The Reluctant American
21
Shadow of a Hero
22
The Silent Killer
23
Terror at 2:00
24
The Stillness Within
25
A Time to Die
26
Winter Kill
27
Kingdom of Fear
28
An Earthquake Called Callahan
Season 13
Season 13
26 ep
1
The Grand Swing
2
Fallen Woman
3
Bushwhacked
4
Rock-a-Bye, Hoss
5
The Prisoners
6
Cassie
7
Don't Cry, My Son
8
Face of Fear
9
Blind Hunch
10
The Iron Butterfly
11
The Rattlesnake Brigade
12
Easy Come, Easy Go
13
A Home for Jamie
14
Warbonnet
15
A Lonely Man
16
Second Sight
17
The Saddle Stiff
18
Frenzy
19
Customs of the Country
20
Shanklin
21
Search in Limbo
22
He Was Only Seven
23
The Younger Brothers' Younger Brother
24
A Place to Hide
25
A Visit to Upright
26
One Ace Too Many
Season 14
Season 14
16 ep
1
Forever
2
Forever (2)
3
Heritage of Anger
4
The Initiation
5
Riot!
6
New Man
7
Ambush at Rio Lobo
8
The 26th Grave
9
Stallion
10
The Hidden Enemy
11
The Sound of Sadness
12
The Bucket Dog
13
First Love
14
The Witness
15
The Marriage of Theodora Duffy
16
The Hunter
