Episode
Bonanza: The Frenchman
Overview
An irritating man who boasts of being the reincarnation of French poet Francois Villion shows up causing trouble for the Cartwrights.
Details
- Series
- Bonanza
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 1961-12-10
- Runtime
- 49 min
Episode context
The Frenchman is Episode 12 in Season 3 of Bonanza. It aired on 1961-12-10. The runtime is 49 min.
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Episode 11: Day of the Dragon
Joe wins a card game and an unexpected prize...a young lady. She goes to the Ponderosa and serves them, not wanting to be set free. Meanwhile, an army is looking for her and the Cartwrights.
Episode 13: The Tin Badge
Joe accepts the job of temporary sheriff in the town of Rubicon, unaware he is being used to facilitate a scheme involving murder.
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Episode 14: Gabrielle
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Episode 9: The Countess
A woman Ben once loved, Lady Chadwick, returns and attempts to trick him into marrying her by ruining his business. Ben says almost losing the Ponderosa will make him and his sons appreciate it more.
Episode 15: Land Grab
The Ponderosa is overrun with settlers bearing phony property deeds, and one of Ben's oldest friends is responsible.
Episode 8: The Friendship
Joe befriends and takes responsibility for an ex-convict named Danny. Danny loves horses and is not used to people's ways on the outside of jail. Will his rough jailhouse upbringing mar any hopes of friendship?
Episode 16: The Tall Stranger
Hoss plans to marry Margie, a pretty blonde, but Margie becomes fascinated with a tall, traveling stranger named Mark Connors. Margie marries Mark but soon finds it was far from a match made in heaven.
Episode 7: The Many Faces of Gideon Flinch
Hoss and Joe become involved when "Bullethead" Burke vows revenge on an old man he claims cheated him in an investment deal.
Episode 17: The Lady from Baltimore
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Episode 6: Broken Ballad
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Episode 18: The Ride
Adam races against the clock to prove a man who was once his friend is guilty of robbery and murder and Adam is convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt he is guilty.