Episode
Bonanza: Joe Cartwright, Detective
Overview
Joe becomes fascinated by detective literature and drags Hoss into the picture when he suspects the bank is going to be robbed.
Details
- Series
- Bonanza
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 25
- Air date
- 1967-03-05
- Runtime
- 49 min
Episode context
Joe Cartwright, Detective is Episode 25 in Season 8 of Bonanza. It aired on 1967-03-05. The runtime is 49 min.
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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 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.
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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.
Episode 27: The Deed and the Dilemma
Ben assists Georgio Rossi in his battle for water on adjoining property.
Episode 22: Amigo
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.
Episode 28: The Prince
The Cartwrights play host to Russian royals, who are the target of jewel thieves.
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 29: A Man Without Land
The foreman of a neighboring ranch frames Joe for murder as part of a scheme to get his employer's property.
Episode 20: The Unseen Wound
Ben discovers that his friend, Sheriff Paul Rowan, is suffering from stress brought on by his wartime experiences.
Episode 30: Napoleon's Children
A gang of juvenile delinquents, led by an intelligent runt, who calls himself Napoleon, terrorizes Virginia City and the Ponderosa as well.
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 31: The Wormwood Cup
A woman - convinced Little Joe intentionally killed her brother - offers $1,000 to the man who kills the youngest Cartwright in what she deems a ""fair fight."" Joe, meanwhile, must overcome his guilt over killing another man in self defense while trying to avoid the dead man's bitterly grieving father.