Episode
Bonanza: The Gift
Overview
While crossing the desert to Yuma, Arizona with a white stallion intended as a birthday present for Ben, Joe runs into a pack of merciless comancheros. His companion, a former comanchero, Emiliano, who raised the horse, must get he and Joe through safely.
Details
- Series
- Bonanza
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 27
- Air date
- 1961-04-01
- Runtime
- 49 min
Episode context
The Gift is Episode 27 in Season 2 of Bonanza. It aired on 1961-04-01. The runtime is 49 min.
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Episode 26: Cutthroat Junction
When freight company detective Jed Trask is fired after a decade of service, he joins the thieves preventing supplies from reaching Virginia City.
Episode 28: The Rival
Jim Applegate, Hoss' rival for the affections of Cameo Johnson, is a member of a vigilante group who lynched an innocent man and his wife.
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Episode 30: The Thunderhead Swindle
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Episode 23: The Rescue
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Episode 31: The Secret
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Episode 22: The Tax Collector
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Episode 32: The Dream Riders
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Episode 21: Vengeance
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Episode 33: Elizabeth, My Love
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