Episode
Bonanza: The Lawmaker
Overview
Ben supports the appointment of Asa Moran as Virginia City's temporary sheriff, but Moran goes overboard with his authority, jailing Adam in the process and pistol-whipping a Ponderosa hand.
Details
- Series
- Bonanza
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 25
- Air date
- 1962-03-11
- Runtime
- 49 min
Episode context
The Lawmaker is Episode 25 in Season 3 of Bonanza. It aired on 1962-03-11. The runtime is 49 min.
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In order to keep peace on the ranch, Hoss and Joe try to help ranch hand, Hank Meyers woo the the plain-looking schoolteacher, Abigail Jones. When their first plan backfires, they convince Adam (who doesn't want to get involved) to help and this makes things worse because Abigail believes it is Adam who is wooing her and Hank Meyers believes Adam wants to steal her away.
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A young genius, Albert Michaelson, vies for a scholarship. Adam assists Albert in the boy's experiments. Albert only needs the school teacher's approval to be granted a scholarship-which will be very difficult to get considering Albert was expelled from school.
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Episode 23: The Guilty
When Ben fails to prevent the death of a friend's son, Adam and Joe, concerned by their father's depression, attempt to prove there was nothing he could have done.
Episode 27: The Gamble
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Episode 22: The Jackknife
Adam gives a second chance to a family man he suspects is one of the rustlers who has been hitting the Ponderosa herds.
Episode 28: The Crucible
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Episode 29: Inger, My Love
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Episode 30: Blessed Are They
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Episode 31: The Dowry
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