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Season 2, Episode 5

The Hopefuls

October 8, 196049 min

Adam guides a wagon train of Quakers and falls for the leader's daughter, Regina. The force Adam must employ to protect them, conflicts with their passive philosophy of life.

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  1. S2 E1

    Showdown

    Sep 10, 196049 min

    A young bank robber hires on at the Ponderosa in order to keep his gang informed of the law's efforts to discover their whereabouts.

  2. S2 E2

    The Mission

    Sep 17, 196049 min

    Filmed almost entirely outdoors, this is more like a feature than a series. Captain Pender is looking for a scout to lead him and his company of men across the desert, along with a currency shipment they are carrying to another army fort.

  3. S2 E3

    Badge Without Honor

    Sep 24, 196049 min

    Adam's life is saved by an enigmatic U. S. Marshal who has come to Virginia City to arrest a friend of the Cartwrights.

  4. S2 E4

    The Mill

    Oct 1, 196049 min

    The Cartwrights construct a grist mill to provide income for a crippled rancher who blames Ben for his predicament. Ben has to contend with the man's depraved caretaker, and finds himself attracted to his wife. "Sons can't be everything,"

  5. S2 E6

    Denver McKee

    Oct 15, 196049 min

    While celebrating the return of his daughter Connie, former lawman McKee is asked to assist in the capture of an outlaw gang. While Joe is courting Connie, no one realizes that McKee is involved with the outlaws.

  6. S2 E7

    Day of Reckoning

    Oct 22, 196049 min

    Prejudice erupts on both sides when Ben gives an Indian named Matsou and his wife, some of his land, after saving Ben's life from a renegade Indian who almost killed him on the Ponderosa. An intense and magnetic performance by Ricardo Mont