Season 4
(1962)
Cast
as Ben Cartwright
as Adam Cartwright
as Hoss Cartwright
as Joe Cartwright
Episodes
The First Born 0.0
September 23, 1962
Clay Stafford signs on to work for the Cartwrights and shortly afterwards shoots and kills a man who accuses him of che…
The Quest 0.0
September 30, 1962
Determined to prove he can succeed at something without the help of his Pa, Hoss, and Adam, Joe sets out on his quest a…
The Artist 0.0
October 7, 1962
Ben helps Matthew Raine, a famous painter who has gone blind and now wallows in self-pity, discover a new purpose in li…
A Hot Day for a Hanging 0.0
October 14, 1962
Hoss is jailed for robbing the bank in Dutchman Flats, a town on the brink of economic collapse, even the sheriff knows…
The Deserter 0.0
October 21, 1962
An Indian-hating officer, Colonel Edward J. Dunwoody, comes to the Ponderosa looking for army deserter Bill Winters, wh…
The Way Station 0.0
October 29, 1962
With a storm brewing, Adam takes refuge at a way station, run by cantankerous Jesse and his young grandaughter Marty, w…
The War Comes to Washoe 0.0
November 4, 1962
The Civil War once again divides the citizens of Nevada, as well as Adam and Joe Cartwright. One of season four's high…
Knight Errant 0.0
November 18, 1962
Hoss volunteers to pickup an injured neighbor's mail-order bride, but by the time they return, she has fallen in love w…
The Beginning 0.0
November 25, 1962
Billy Horne is a white man who was captured by the Shoshone when he was six. He comes into Ben & Joe's campsite one nig…
The Deadly Ones 0.0
December 2, 1962
The Ponderosa becomes a war zone when it is invaded by a detachment of Mexican mercenaries under General Diaz. The gen…
Gallagher's Sons 0.0
December 9, 1962
Hoss helps Charlie and Will (Charlotte and Willomina), two young girls who just lost their father. They go on a journe…
The Decision 0.0
December 16, 1962
Hoss is seriously injured internally and Ben seeks help from the only doctor within 50 miles, who happens to be in pris…
The Good Samaritan 0.0
December 23, 1962
Hoss decides to help out Wade Tyree and introduces him to Abigail and her daughter, Bonnie. Hoss hopes this will stop …
The Jury 0.0
December 30, 1962
When Hoss is responsible for causing a hung jury, Ben tells him, "a man is never wrong doing what he thinks is right", …
The Colonel 0.0
January 6, 1963
Frank Medford, a figure from Ben's "wild, misspent youth", shows up in Virginia City, and though down on his luck, crea…
Song in the Dark 0.0
January 13, 1963
Adam's guitar-strumming friend, ranch hand Danny Morgan, is arrested on suspicion of murdering and robbing the Widow Ba…
Elegy for a Hangman 0.0
January 20, 1963
A stranger, Bob Jolly, arrives in Virginia City to accuse a drunken Judge Harry Whitaker of sending his innocent father…
Half a Rogue 0.0
January 27, 1963
In this entertaining episode, laced with humor, Hoss first meets mountain man Jim Leyton. Bing Russell makes his first…
The Last Haircut 0.0
February 3, 1963
A vain outlaw murders a man in front of witnesses, including Joe, but a clever lawyer is able to get him acquitted. Th…
Marie, My Love 0.0
February 10, 1963
When Cochise falls on Joe, Ben cannot help but remember that is how Marie Cartwright was killed. He thinks back to mee…
The Hayburner 0.0
February 17, 1963
For a change, it is Adam rather than Joe who becomes mixed up in one of Hoss' funny exploits. Together they purchase a…
The Actress 0.0
February 24, 1963
Joe becomes romantically involved with a woman who considers herself a serious dramatic actress. Unfortunately, she is…
A Stranger Passed This Way 0.0
March 3, 1963
Hoss develops amnesia after being bushwhacked and hit over the head by two outlaws and moves in with a Dutch couple. T…
The Way of Aaron 0.0
March 10, 1963
Adam takes a shine to Rebecca Kaufman, the daughter of a Jewish peddler, and bandits are convinced the Kaufman wagon is…
A Woman Lost 0.0
March 17, 1963
Ben's attempt to rehabilitate an alcoholic singer he knew in better days are complicated by her involvment with a forme…
Any Friend of Walter's 0.0
March 24, 1963
Classic comedy in which Hoss first meets prospector Obie and his lazy but allegedly brilliant mongrel dog, Walter.
Mirror of a Man 0.0
March 31, 1963
The peaceful world of a Ponderosa hand is disturbed by the arrival of his no-good father and twin brother, who is a wan…
My Brother's Keeper 0.0
April 7, 1963
While hunting for a wolf, Joe is attacked by the wolf. Adam also hunting for the wolf, hears Joe struggling with the w…
Five into the Wind 0.0
April 21, 1963
After their stagecoach crashes, a group of rag-tag passengers and Joe must get out of the desert alive. One of the pas…
Saga of Whizzer McGee 0.0
April 28, 1963
Hoss becomes concerned for the welfare of an insecure, belligerent fellow who is as small as Hoss is large. Interestin…
Thunder Man 0.0
May 5, 1963
Little Joe's 19-year old girlfriend is killed by a good samaritan, an explosives expert who had stopped to render aid t…
Rich Man, Poor Man 0.0
May 12, 1963
Claude Miller, the laughingstock of Virginia City, gets even with everyone who made fun of him when he strikes it rich.
The Boss 0.0
May 19, 1963
Ben regrets that he helped Tom Slayden start a freight hauling business when Slayden sets out to ruin all the competiti…
Little Man... Ten Feet Tall 0.0
May 26, 1963
When a Italian immigrant comes to the Ponderosa, he decides he wants to give up the guitar to become a cowboy.