Episode
Bonanza: The Stronghold
Overview
Joe and Candy sell a herd to the Farrell Brothers in Arizona, but are paid a worthless bank draft. The widow of the man one of the brothers killed helps them get their money back, and the brothers' hatred for each other is their undoing.
Details
- Series
- Bonanza
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 31
- Air date
- 1968-05-26
- Runtime
- 49 min
Episode context
The Stronghold is Episode 31 in Season 9 of Bonanza. It aired on 1968-05-26. The runtime is 49 min.
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Episode 30: The Arrival of Eddie
Eddie McKay, the son of a robber and murderer who Hoss killed several years ago in a shootout, returns to Virginia City to make a good start. Hoss wants to help reform Eddie and help him get over his bitter feelings for the Cartwrights, but it's an uphill battle. Not helping matters, a rancher who wants Eddie to help him steal from the Ponderosa.
Episode 32: Pride of a Man
Joe reluctantly takes a job as a substitute teacher and must contend with two older students who have no use for an education.
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Episode 29: The Bottle Fighter
Hoss is accused of stabbing a man to death, and his only hope of acquittal is a once great trial lawyer who is now a hopeless drunk.
Episode 33: A Severe Case of Matrimony
An untalented gypsy girl tries to get the Cartwrights to finance her career as an opera singer.
Episode 28: To Die in Darkness
While the others are away, Ben and Candy are lured by an old friend of Ben's to go somewhere. The ""friend"" traps them in a deep pit. He comes back to give them food, but how long will he be feeling ""generous""?
Episode 34: Stage Door Johnnies
Hoss and Joe rival for the affections of visiting entertainer Mademoiselle Denise, though she is more concerned for her little dog, Andre, than anything else.
Episode 27: In Defense of Honor
Davey - a orphaned Yute that Ben helped raise and has worked as a ranch hand on the Ponderosa - falls in love with one of his own. A fellow Yute's jealousy over the blossoming relationship, and later his murder jeopardize a treaty between the white man (which Ben has helped negotiate) and the Yutes.
Episode 26: A Dream to Dream
An alcoholic rancher, drinking away his bitterness, makes live unbearable for his wife and children. Hoss helps reform his friend while bringing happiness and stability to his family.
Episode 25: Commitment at Angelus
When a horse steps on Candy's hand out on the trail, he and Joe go to Angelus to find a doctor. When they arrive, Joe sees his friend, Steve Regan, an Angelus miner. Steve tells Joe that the miners have gone on strike at his suggestion; the timber supports in the tunnels are rotting away. Joe offers him a day's wages to help him drive the wild horses, since Candy's hand is injured.
Episode 24: Trouble Town
The Ponderosa ranch hands are at Riverbend during a cattle drive. While there, Candy meets an old friend, Lilah Holden, working in a saloon. When the cattle drive is ready to move on, Candy resigns to stay and help Lilah. It is not long before Ben, Hoss, and Joe are involved.
Episode 23: Star Crossed
Candy falls in love with a beautiful young woman, unaware that the man claiming to be her cousin is a bounty hunter who is not only harassing her but has framed her for murder and robbery.
Episode 22: The Late Ben Cartwright
In order to ruin the plans of a corrupt politician, Ben allows everyone to think that an attempt on his life was successful.