Season 7
33 episodes · Sep 12, 1965
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S7E1The Debt
Sep 12, 196549mWiley and Annie Kane arrive at the Ponderosa to work off their father's debt to Ben. It seems as though the elder Kane once swindled the Cartwright patriarch.
S7E2The Dilemma
Sep 19, 196549mBen helps a convict win a parole only to have the man later become the chief suspect in a bank robbery.
S7E3The Brass Box
Sep 26, 196549mJuan Ortega claims he has a land grant which gives him ownership of the entire Nevada Territory.
S7E4The Other Son
Oct 3, 196549mA mule skinner and his two sons are hired by Ben to transport nitroglycerin to California.
S7E5The Lonely Runner
Oct 10, 196549mA judge awards itinerant horse breeder Jim Acton's beloved mare to rancher Sam Whipple. Jim tries to buy her back, but Whipple refuses his offer, after which a fight ensues and Jim kills Whipple in self-defense. The Cartwrights want to bring Jim in to make sure he receives a fair trial, but an ambitious and overzealous deputy doesn't care how he brings him in.
S7E6Devil on Her Shoulder
Oct 17, 196549mBen is attracted to Sarah Reynolds, a member of a religious order led by her fanatical uncle. When she is accused of being a witch, the Cartwrights step in.
S7E7Found Child
Oct 24, 196549mHoss comes upon an overturned stagecoach and discovers a little girl suffering from shock. After the Cartwrights suceed in bringing her around, Hoss is disappointed she has relatives and cannot stay. The girl's uncle turns out to be the enemy and Hoss saves her.
S7E8The Meredith Smith
Oct 31, 196549mBen must determine who is the rightful heir to a fortune that includes water rights vital to the Ponderosa.
S7E9Mighty is the Word
Nov 7, 196549mVirginia City's newest preacher is an ex-gunfighter who wants only to build a new church, but the brother of one of his victims has other ideas. The blueprints for the church are said to be a gift from Adam.
S7E10The Strange One
Nov 14, 196549mHoss and Joe find a woman abandoned by a wagon train because her gift of prophecy is considered a curse. "Wouldn't it be wonderful," says Ben, "if eveybody made a real effort to understand whatever's strange and unfamiliar rather to fear it and try to destroy it?"
S7E11The Reluctant Rebel
Nov 21, 196549mThe Generation Gap, Western-style, as Hoss tries to bring a young man and his father closer together.
S7E12Five Sundowns to Sunup
Dec 5, 196549mThe mother of a young outlaw condemned to hang, threatens to have her gang's hostages killed if her son is not set free. One of the hostages is Joe.
S7E13A Natural Wizard
Dec 12, 196549mHoss finds a kindred spirit in Skeeter Dexter, a lonesome young man who feels closer to animals than most people.
S7E14All Ye His Saints
Dec 19, 196549mIn this series' highlight, little Michael Thorpe heads to the high country to ask God to spare his critically wounded father, believing he has found Him in the form of longtime fugitive Tom Cain.
S7E15The Dublin Lad
Jan 2, 196649mAfter sitting on a jury that has convicted Terrence O' Tool of murder, Joe has second thoughts about the verdict and decides to do some investigating of his own.
S7E16To Kill a Buffalo
Jan 9, 196649mHoss finds a wounded young Indian on the prairie, who is torn between accepting the ways of the white man or returning to his old life.
S7E17Ride the Wind (1)
Jan 16, 196649mThe Pony Express sets up office in Virginia and Joe is one of the first to join up. Ben also decides to invest in the fledgling enterprise. However, troubles soon plague the Pony Express with the Paiutes and a newspaper reporter, both trying to get their own agendas across.
S7E18Ride the Wind (2)
Jan 23, 196649mConclusion to the previous-week's episode, where the Cartwrights provide needed assistance to the Pony Express.
S7E19Destiny's Child
Jan 30, 196649mAfter his only friend is killed, the Cartwrights take in a slow-witted man, who Roy Coffee informs them, is wanted for murder by Arizona authorities.
S7E20Peace Officer
Feb 6, 196649mWhile Sheriff Coffee is in Saint Louis, the Morrisey bunch decides to work off excess energy by wrecking the saloon in a violent spree. When Deputy Bill Harris tries to arrest them, they hit him on the head with a whiskey bottle, accidentally killing him. All of them get away except Cliff, who is put in jail. He refuses to say the names or locations of his friends. Mayor Garrett holds an emergency meeting of the Virginia City town council. They hire legendary lawman Wes Dunn, as the temporary sheriff. He is a humorless man who is determined to restore order in town. He beats Cliff almost to death to find out where his friends are, but Cliff will not say anything. Meanwhile, Hoss finds Chuck, a wounded gang member. When he tries to take Chuck's gun away, he shoots Hoss. Joe goes with Dunn to find the other men. He thinks Dunn is a hero until he sees him murder one of the suspects in cold blood.
S7E21The Code
Feb 13, 196649mJoe is goaded into facing gunman Dan Taggert, unaware there is more to be prearranged than he realizes.
S7E22Three Brides for Hoss
Feb 20, 196649mNot one, but three mail-order brides show up unexpectedly at the Ponderosa, all of them believing they are to marry Hoss.
S7E23The Emperor Norton
Feb 27, 196649mJoshua Norton, an eccentric and formerly wealthy San Francisco merchant who considers himself Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, comes to the Ponderosa. Authorities want to have him committed, and Ben contacts Mark Twain to testify to Norton's sanity.
S7E24Her Brother's Keeper
Mar 6, 196649mBen and Claire Armory fall in love, but their future is jeopardized by her disabled brother.
S7E25The Trouble with Jamie
Mar 20, 196649mThe Cartwrights attempt to straighten out the snobbish young son of Ben's cousin.
S7E26Shining in Spain
Mar 27, 196649mYoung, 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.
S7E27The Genius
Apr 3, 196649mHoss chooses a difficult path when he decides to rehabilitate a famous poet, Will Smith, who is really William Warlock Evans, who spends too much time drinking and eventually his wife arrives at the Ponderosa.
S7E28The Unwritten Commandment
Apr 10, 196649mEveryone feels Andy Walker is an outstanding singer but his father, who feels the boy should concentrate on ranch work instead. Joe mentions receiving a letter from Adam, currently in Paris.
S7E29Big Shadow on the Land
Apr 17, 196649mItalian immigrants are determined to establish their own vineyard on Ponderosa property.
S7E30The Fighters
Apr 24, 196649mFeeling guilty for unintentionally ending the career of a professional boxer, Hoss vows never to fight again. But things change when Joe is nearly beaten to death.
S7E31Home from the Sea
May 1, 196649mA sailor, claiming to be one of Adam's closest friends, is given a warm welcome by the Cartwrights, who have no way of knowing the man and his accomplice plan on robbing them.
S7E32The Last Mission
May 8, 196649mBen and Hoss unwittingly aid a vengeful army colonel who plans to wipe out every Indian he can with a Gatling gun.
S7E33A Dollar's Worth of Trouble
May 15, 196649mHoss finds himself in another mess, this one involving a beautiful blonde, a moonshiner, and a nearsighted outlaw who is allergic to chocolate and flowers.