Season 2
(1960)
Cast
as Ben Cartwright
as Adam Cartwright
as Hoss Cartwright
as Joe Cartwright
Episodes
Showdown 0.0
September 10, 1960
A young bank robber hires on at the Ponderosa in order to keep his gang informed of the law's efforts to discover their…
The Mission 0.0
September 17, 1960
Filmed almost entirely outdoors, this is more like a feature than a series. Captain Pender is looking for a scout to l…
Badge Without Honor 0.0
September 24, 1960
Adam's life is saved by an enigmatic U. S. Marshal who has come to Virginia City to arrest a friend of the Cartwrights.
The Mill 0.0
October 1, 1960
The Cartwrights construct a grist mill to provide income for a crippled rancher who blames Ben for his predicament. Be…
The Hopefuls 0.0
October 8, 1960
Adam guides a wagon train of Quakers and falls for the leader's daughter, Regina. The force Adam must employ to protec…
Denver McKee 0.0
October 15, 1960
While celebrating the return of his daughter Connie, former lawman McKee is asked to assist in the capture of an outlaw…
Day of Reckoning 0.0
October 22, 1960
Prejudice erupts on both sides when Ben gives an Indian named Matsou and his wife, some of his land, after saving Ben's…
The Abduction 0.0
October 29, 1960
Hoss and Joe take their sweethearts to a colorful and strange carnival for the day. Joe's recent girlfriend Jennifer B…
Breed of Violence 0.0
November 5, 1960
Joe's friend Dolly Kincaid is the daughter of the sheriff and she's always getting caught up with the wrong crowd. When…
The Last Viking 0.0
November 12, 1960
Gunnar Borgstrom is the leader of a vicious band called the Commancheros. They burn houses, kill people and steal anyth…
The Trail Gang 0.0
November 26, 1960
On a cattle drive back to Nevada from Texas, Ben hires a young man who is both an outlaw and the son of the sheriff who…
The Savage 0.0
December 3, 1960
Adam's life is saved by a woman known to the Indians as White Buffalo Woman, but who is actually the daughter of Norweg…
Silent Thunder 0.0
December 10, 1960
Captivated by the pretty, deaf-mute daughter of a reclusive mountain man, Little Joe teaches the young woman sign langu…
The Ape 0.0
December 17, 1960
Hoss becomes friends with dull-witted Arnie Gurnie, who is a brute of a man with the mentality of a child. His temper …
The Blood Line 0.0
December 31, 1960
Ben feels responsible for the son of a man he was forced to kill, but the young man is determined to get even. A profe…
The Courtship 0.0
January 7, 1961
Hoss plans to marry the widow of one of Ben's friends, not knowing she is a compulsive gambler and refusing to believe …
The Spitfire 0.0
January 14, 1961
Joe becomes the target of a tough and vengeful Kentucky family, after he kills one of them who almost sets the Ponderos…
The Bride 0.0
January 21, 1961
The Cartwright boys are surprised to find that a woman, claiming to have recently married their father, shows up on the…
Bank Run 0.0
January 28, 1961
When they "rob" the bank in Virginia City to save depositors from being cleaned out by its president, Hoss and Joe wind…
The Fugitive 0.0
February 4, 1961
Adam goes to Mexico to find out how the son of a family friend was killed, only to learn the man is still alive.
Vengeance 0.0
February 11, 1961
Hoss accidentally kills a drunk he was trying to disarm. The man's brother bushwhacks Hoss, who has lost the will to l…
The Tax Collector 0.0
February 18, 1961
The kindness Hoss extends to shiftless Jock Henry is not exactly repaid when Henry becomes an assistant assessor and ra…
The Rescue 0.0
February 25, 1961
The Cartwright boys are concerned that Ben might be getting on in years, yet it is he who saves them from cattle rustle…
The Dark Gate 0.0
March 4, 1961
Adam is confused by the sudden behavior of his good friend, Ross Marquette. He beats up his wife, Delphine, after accu…
The Duke 0.0
March 11, 1961
Hoss takes on The Duke Of London, an arrogant, abusive bare-knuckle fighter, though his brawn is no match for the Duke'…
Cutthroat Junction 0.0
March 18, 1961
When freight company detective Jed Trask is fired after a decade of service, he joins the thieves preventing supplies f…
The Gift 0.0
April 1, 1961
While crossing the desert to Yuma, Arizona with a white stallion intended as a birthday present for Ben, Joe runs into …
The Rival 0.0
April 15, 1961
Jim Applegate, Hoss' rival for the affections of Cameo Johnson, is a member of a vigilante group who lynched an innocen…
The Infernal Machine 0.0
April 22, 1961
Hoss believes in his friend's primitive version of the automobile in this lighthearted, yet sad episode. When the "car…
The Thunderhead Swindle 0.0
April 29, 1961
With Virginia City on the verge of economic ruin, out of work miners put their hopes in word of a strike at a mine ever…
The Secret 8.0
May 6, 1961
Joe is the victim of an elaborate frame-up, accused of murdering a pregnant girl. When Ben is asked if Joe is telling …
The Dream Riders 0.0
May 20, 1961
To finance his dream of constructing an airship capable of crossing the Atlantic, Ben's old friend plans to rob the Vir…
Elizabeth, My Love 3.0
May 27, 1961
At the bedside of a seriously ill Adam, Ben thinks back to his days as a first mate in the merchant marines and his mar…
Sam Hill 0.0
June 3, 1961
Blacksmith Sam Hill fights to keep the land on which his mother is buried, after his drunken father signs the deed over…