Episode

Bonanza: The Deed and the Dilemma

Name: Bonanza: The Deed and the Dilemma
Released: 1967-03-26
Duration: 49 min
Cast: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Pernell Roberts, Victor Sen Yung

BonanzaSeason 81967-03-26

Overview

Ben assists Georgio Rossi in his battle for water on adjoining property.

Details

Series: Bonanza
Season: Season 8
Episode: Episode 27
Air date: 1967-03-26
Runtime: 49 min

Episode context

The Deed and the Dilemma is Episode 27 in Season 8 of Bonanza. It aired on 1967-03-26. The runtime is 49 min.

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Episode 26: Dark Enough to See the Stars 1967-03-12 | 49 min 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 28: The Prince 1967-04-02 | 49 min The Cartwrights play host to Russian royals, who are the target of jewel thieves.

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Episode 25: Joe Cartwright, Detective 1967-03-05 | 49 min Joe becomes fascinated by detective literature and drags Hoss into the picture when he suspects the bank is going to be robbed.

Episode 29: A Man Without Land 1967-04-09 | 49 min The foreman of a neighboring ranch frames Joe for murder as part of a scheme to get his employer's property.

Episode 24: Judgment at Red Creek 1967-02-26 | 49 min Hoss and Joe have their doubts as to who really robbed a way station, suspecting the two men they captured are innocent.

Episode 30: Napoleon's Children 1967-04-16 | 49 min A gang of juvenile delinquents, led by an intelligent runt, who calls himself Napoleon, terrorizes Virginia City and the Ponderosa as well.

Episode 23: A Woman in the House 1967-02-19 | 49 min 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 31: The Wormwood Cup 1967-04-23 | 49 min 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.

Episode 22: Amigo 1967-02-12 | 49 min 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 32: Clarissa 1967-04-30 | 49 min The Cartwrights' cousin, Clarissa visits. Her assertive, snobbish ways result in nothing but trouble for Ben and his sons.

Episode 21: Journey to Terror 1967-02-05 | 49 min 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 33: Maestro Hoss 1967-05-07 | 49 min Hoss is conned into buying a violin from a gypsy fortune teller, and everyone on the Ponderosa--except for Hop Sing--suffers the consequences.