Episode
Bonanza: Shining in Spain
Overview
Young, adoring Wendy Daniels has come to Virginia City to meet up with her father, Taylor Daniels, who has been traveling on business for the last five years. Joe is attracted to Wendy, but he faces stiff competition for her affections. She idolizes her father and cannot stop talking about his great business visions, although she has not seen him in five years. The Cartwrights realize there is something wrong when Wendy's supposedly rich father leaves her stranded in Virginia City with no money. When she is evicted from the hotel after running up a debt of $50, Joe takes her to the Ponderosa, only to have her dreams of her father shattered when he shows up flat broke.
Details
- Series
- Bonanza
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 26
- Air date
- 1966-03-27
- Runtime
- 49 min
Episode context
Shining in Spain is Episode 26 in Season 7 of Bonanza. It aired on 1966-03-27. The runtime is 49 min.
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