Season 8
34 episodes · Sep 11, 1966
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S8E1Something Hurt, Something Wild
Sep 11, 196649mThe Cartwrights' friendship with a neighboring rancher is threatened by his mentally unstable daughter.
S8E2Horse of a Different Hue
Sep 18, 196649mSo the Cartwrights will not be killed, one of Ben's oldest friends must make sure Joe does not win a horse race.
S8E3A Time to Step Down
Sep 25, 196649mAfter the Cartwrights put wrangler Dan Tolliver out to pasture, the embittered old man plans to take part in robbing the Ponderosa.
S8E4The Pursued (1)
Oct 2, 196649mA Mormon with two wives is badgered by the town's people and then things get much worse.
S8E5The Pursued (2)
Oct 9, 196649mAs the persecuted party awaits Ben and Hoss' return, Herber is shot and killed. Joe retaliates and shoots Herber's assassin.
S8E6To Bloom for Thee
Oct 16, 196649mHoss is engaged to Carol Attley, a troubled woman with a past darker than he imagines.
S8E7Credit for a Kill
Oct 23, 196649mThough his friend is badly in need of the reward money, Joe insists it belongs to him, to protect his friend from the dead outlaws' brothers.
S8E8Four Sisters from Boston
Oct 30, 196649mThe Cartwrights come to the rescue of four inexperienced homesteaders, when devious cattle ranchers try to run them off their property.
S8E9Old Charlie
Nov 6, 196649mA young cowpoke is killed during a fight with Hoss, but the old blowhard who runs the Virginia City stables, takes the credit, placing him in danger from the dead man's brothers.
S8E10Ballad of the Ponderosa
Nov 13, 196649mA young troubadour, who blames Ben for the death of his father, returns to Virginia City. In one scene, Ben says the young man is welcome to use Adam's guitar.
S8E11The Oath
Nov 20, 196649mWhile in another town, on business, Ben runs into a saloon employee who is a big figure, and after he kills an old miner, who has burned down his house, Ben takes him into the sheriff. He is sentenced and hung. Before his departure, Charlie Monahan, has made his half-breed son, Charlie Two, swear an oath to kill Ben. Little Joe is made aware of this and must track him down to prevent him from carrying out his oath against Ben. Charlie Two is unaware that Joe is Ben's son, as they meet on the trail.
S8E12A Real Nice, Friendly Little Town
Nov 27, 196649mWhen the woman he was planning to marry is strangled, Joe forces the only suspect to come forward, in a very tense-filled episode.
S8E13The Bridegroom
Dec 4, 196649mJoe plays matchmaker in this story of a rancher attempting to marry off his supposedly unremarkable daughter.
S8E14Tommy
Dec 18, 196649mThe Cartwrights protect a woman and her deaf-mute little son from the boy's outlaw stepfather.
S8E15A Christmas Story
Dec 25, 196649mWarbling Andy Walker returns to Virginia City a big success, along with his shifty Uncle Thaddeus.
S8E16Ponderosa Explosion
Jan 1, 196749mTwo Virginia City old-timers fool Hoss and Joe into raising rabbits, and the Ponderosa is overrun with paws and whiskers.
S8E17Justice
Jan 8, 196749mWhen the woman he was planning to marry is strangled, Joe forces the only suspect to come forward.
S8E18A Bride for Buford
Jan 15, 196749mDolly 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.
S8E19Black Friday
Jan 22, 196749mIn 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.
S8E20The Unseen Wound
Jan 29, 196749mBen discovers that his friend, Sheriff Paul Rowan, is suffering from stress brought on by his wartime experiences.
S8E21Journey to Terror
Feb 5, 196749mJoe visits his married friends in Arizona Territory, only to discover the husband has become a criminal and is secretly part of a notorious gang.
S8E22Amigo
Feb 12, 196749mA wounded comanchero sides with the Cartwrights when the rest of the gang, led by Captain Fenner, shows up to burn and rob the Ponderosa.
S8E23A Woman in the House
Feb 19, 196749mMary 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.
S8E24Judgment at Red Creek
Feb 26, 196749mHoss and Joe have their doubts as to who really robbed a way station, suspecting the two men they captured are innocent.
S8E25Joe Cartwright, Detective
Mar 5, 196749mJoe becomes fascinated by detective literature and drags Hoss into the picture when he suspects the bank is going to be robbed.
S8E26Dark Enough to See the Stars
Mar 12, 196749mYoung 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.
S8E27The Deed and the Dilemma
Mar 26, 196749mBen assists Georgio Rossi in his battle for water on adjoining property.
S8E28The Prince
Apr 2, 196749mThe Cartwrights play host to Russian royals, who are the target of jewel thieves.
S8E29A Man Without Land
Apr 9, 196749mThe foreman of a neighboring ranch frames Joe for murder as part of a scheme to get his employer's property.
S8E30Napoleon's Children
Apr 16, 196749mA gang of juvenile delinquents, led by an intelligent runt, who calls himself Napoleon, terrorizes Virginia City and the Ponderosa as well.
S8E31The Wormwood Cup
Apr 23, 196749mA 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.
S8E32Clarissa
Apr 30, 196749mThe Cartwrights' cousin, Clarissa visits. Her assertive, snobbish ways result in nothing but trouble for Ben and his sons.
S8E33Maestro Hoss
May 7, 196749mHoss is conned into buying a violin from a gypsy fortune teller, and everyone on the Ponderosa--except for Hop Sing--suffers the consequences.
S8E34The Greedy Ones
May 14, 196749mThe Ponderosa is in danger of being overrun by gold hunters.