Episode
Bonanza: Amigo
Overview
A wounded comanchero sides with the Cartwrights when the rest of the gang, led by Captain Fenner, shows up to burn and rob the Ponderosa.
Details
- Series
- Bonanza
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 22
- Air date
- 1967-02-12
- Runtime
- 49 min
Episode context
Amigo is Episode 22 in Season 8 of Bonanza. It aired on 1967-02-12. The runtime is 49 min.
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Episode 21: Journey to Terror
Joe visits his married friends in Arizona Territory, only to discover the husband has become a criminal and is secretly part of a notorious gang.
Episode 23: A Woman in the House
Mary Wharton, an old friend of the family, comes to live on the Ponderosa with her shiftless husband. When Ben learns Mary is the victim of domestic abuse, he sends Russ packing.
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Episode 20: The Unseen Wound
Ben discovers that his friend, Sheriff Paul Rowan, is suffering from stress brought on by his wartime experiences.
Episode 24: Judgment at Red Creek
Hoss and Joe have their doubts as to who really robbed a way station, suspecting the two men they captured are innocent.
Episode 19: Black Friday
In the town of Chiso, Joe encounters a former Ponderosa cowhand who is now a gunfighter and expecting to be killed on Friday the 13th. John Saxon makes the first of his three appearances in the series, in this episode as Steven Friday.
Episode 25: Joe Cartwright, Detective
Joe becomes fascinated by detective literature and drags Hoss into the picture when he suspects the bank is going to be robbed.
Episode 18: A Bride for Buford
Dolly Bantree has a crooked manager ""Blackie"", who blackmails Dolly to fleece newly rich miner Buford out of his newfound wealth. Hoss suspects something and gets all duded up to pose as a rich mark to test Dolly.
Episode 26: Dark Enough to See the Stars
Young Billy Wilcox wanders onto the Ponderosa, sick, hungry, and alone. Ben finds him, and after he regains his strength, offers Billy a job. Jennifer Yardley, who with her father is visiting the Cartwrights, is interested in Billy. Billy is more concerned about a lawman that has come to town because he has a past that could be problematic: he killed a man in self-defense and ran.
Episode 17: Justice
When the woman he was planning to marry is strangled, Joe forces the only suspect to come forward.
Episode 27: The Deed and the Dilemma
Ben assists Georgio Rossi in his battle for water on adjoining property.
Episode 16: Ponderosa Explosion
Two Virginia City old-timers fool Hoss and Joe into raising rabbits, and the Ponderosa is overrun with paws and whiskers.
Episode 28: The Prince
The Cartwrights play host to Russian royals, who are the target of jewel thieves.