Season 8

Something Hurt, Something Wild

Sep 11, 196649 min

The Cartwrights' friendship with a neighboring rancher is threatened by his mentally unstable daughter.

Horse of a Different Hue

Sep 18, 196649 min

So the Cartwrights will not be killed, one of Ben's oldest friends must make sure Joe does not win a horse race.

A Time to Step Down

Sep 25, 196649 min

After the Cartwrights put wrangler Dan Tolliver out to pasture, the embittered old man plans to take part in robbing the Ponderosa.

The Pursued (1)

Oct 2, 196649 min

A Mormon with two wives is badgered by the town's people and then things get much worse.

The Pursued (2)

Oct 9, 196649 min

As the persecuted party awaits Ben and Hoss' return, Herber is shot and killed. Joe retaliates and shoots Herber's assassin.

To Bloom for Thee

Oct 16, 196649 min

Hoss is engaged to Carol Attley, a troubled woman with a past darker than he imagines.

Credit for a Kill

Oct 23, 196649 min

Though 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.

Four Sisters from Boston

Oct 30, 196649 min

The Cartwrights come to the rescue of four inexperienced homesteaders, when devious cattle ranchers try to run them off their property.

Old Charlie

Nov 6, 196649 min

A 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.

Ballad of the Ponderosa

Nov 13, 196649 min

A 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.

The Oath

Nov 20, 196649 min

While 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, Charl

A Real Nice, Friendly Little Town

Nov 27, 196649 min

When the woman he was planning to marry is strangled, Joe forces the only suspect to come forward, in a very tense-filled episode.

The Bridegroom

Dec 4, 196649 min

Joe plays matchmaker in this story of a rancher attempting to marry off his supposedly unremarkable daughter.

Tommy

Dec 18, 196649 min

The Cartwrights protect a woman and her deaf-mute little son from the boy's outlaw stepfather.

A Christmas Story

Dec 25, 196649 min

Warbling Andy Walker returns to Virginia City a big success, along with his shifty Uncle Thaddeus.

Ponderosa Explosion

Jan 1, 196749 min

Two Virginia City old-timers fool Hoss and Joe into raising rabbits, and the Ponderosa is overrun with paws and whiskers.

Justice

Jan 8, 196749 min

When the woman he was planning to marry is strangled, Joe forces the only suspect to come forward.

A Bride for Buford

Jan 15, 196749 min

Dolly 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.

Black Friday

Jan 22, 196749 min

In 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.

The Unseen Wound

Jan 29, 196749 min

Ben discovers that his friend, Sheriff Paul Rowan, is suffering from stress brought on by his wartime experiences.

Journey to Terror

Feb 5, 196749 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.

Amigo

Feb 12, 196749 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.

A Woman in the House

Feb 19, 196749 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.

Judgment at Red Creek

Feb 26, 196749 min

Hoss and Joe have their doubts as to who really robbed a way station, suspecting the two men they captured are innocent.

Joe Cartwright, Detective

Mar 5, 196749 min

Joe becomes fascinated by detective literature and drags Hoss into the picture when he suspects the bank is going to be robbed.

Dark Enough to See the Stars

Mar 12, 196749 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. Bill

The Deed and the Dilemma

Mar 26, 196749 min

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

The Prince

Apr 2, 196749 min

The Cartwrights play host to Russian royals, who are the target of jewel thieves.

A Man Without Land

Apr 9, 196749 min

The foreman of a neighboring ranch frames Joe for murder as part of a scheme to get his employer's property.

Napoleon's Children

Apr 16, 196749 min

A gang of juvenile delinquents, led by an intelligent runt, who calls himself Napoleon, terrorizes Virginia City and the Ponderosa as well.

The Wormwood Cup

Apr 23, 196749 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 defens

Clarissa

Apr 30, 196749 min

The Cartwrights' cousin, Clarissa visits. Her assertive, snobbish ways result in nothing but trouble for Ben and his sons.

Maestro Hoss

May 7, 196749 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.

The Greedy Ones

May 14, 196749 min

The Ponderosa is in danger of being overrun by gold hunters.