Season 5
(1963)
Cast
as Ben Cartwright
as Adam Cartwright
as Hoss Cartwright
as Joe Cartwright
Episodes
She Walks in Beauty 0.0
September 22, 1963
Hoss wants to marry mysterious Regan Miller, a woman with less than a pristine past. When he thinks Adam is trying to …
A Passion for Justice 0.0
September 29, 1963
Renowned English novelist Charles Dickens comes to Virginia City. In short order, he is accused of a crime he didn't co…
Rain from Heaven 0.0
October 6, 1963
A destitute rainmaker and his family arrive in drought-stricken Virginia City. While Ben tries to help him make rain, …
Twilight Town 0.0
October 13, 1963
Joe is bushwhacked in the desert and awakens to find himself in Martinville, a town that may or may not be populated by…
The Toy Soldier 0.0
October 20, 1963
Adam encounters drunken artist James Callan, branded a "squaw man" because he is married to an Indian, and whose talent…
A Question of Strength 0.0
October 27, 1963
Hoss and a pair of nuns, the younger one having a difficult time training for the order, are robbed and stranded at a w…
Calamity over the Comstock 0.0
November 3, 1963
Joe has a run-in with Calamity Jane, and takes her home with him after promising her dying father to take care of her. …
Journey Remembered 0.0
November 10, 1963
Ben finds an old journal that he kept while in a wagon train travelling from St. Joseph, Missouri to Ash Hollow. As he…
The Quality of Mercy 0.0
November 17, 1963
Joe struggles to understand whether his friend was right in killing a dying man who pleaded to put out of his misery.
The Waiting Game 0.0
December 8, 1963
Adam becomes involved with the recently widowed Laura Dayton and her little girl, Peggy.
The Legacy 0.0
December 15, 1963
Adam, Hoss and Joe mistakenly believe their father was murdered. They split into 3 different directions to confront th…
Hoss and the Leprechauns 0.0
December 22, 1963
In what is arguably the best comedy of the series, Hoss swears he has seen green elves running around the Ponderosa and…
The Prime of Life 0.0
December 29, 1963
Ben becomes irritable and reckless when the completion of an important timber contract is hindered by an old rival.
The Lila Conrad Story 0.0
January 5, 1964
Joe and Adam protect a saloon girl, who has killed in self-defense, from an angry lynch mob. The accompanying Judge, a…
Ponderosa Matador 0.0
January 12, 1964
Adam, Hoss, and Joe vie for the attention of a pretty young lady named Dolores. Hoss talks Joe into entering a bull fi…
My Son, My Son 0.0
January 19, 1964
Ben's plans to marry Katherine Saunders are upset when her son Eden is accused of killing his former girlfriend.
Alias Joe Cartwright 0.0
January 26, 1964
A man who looks similar to Joe uses Joe's name and gets Joe in the position of facing the firing squad.
The Gentleman from New Orleans 0.0
February 2, 1964
The new stranger in town claims to be the famous pirate Jean Lafitte, and Hoss believes him.
The Cheating Game 0.0
February 9, 1964
In this sequel to "The Waiting Game", Laura resents Adam's advice on how she ought to be running her ranch. A newcomer…
Bullet for a Bride 0.0
February 16, 1964
While out hunting for a mountain lion, Joe accidently shots Tessa Caldwell causing her to go blind. As a result of his…
King of the Mountain 0.0
February 23, 1964
When mountain man Jim Leyton decides to marry, he chooses Hoss as his best man. Julie's father, Grizzly, does not agre…
Love Me Not 0.0
March 1, 1964
While talking with an Indian, Ben is given an unexpected present...a woman. She is a young white woman named Joan who …
The Pure Truth 0.0
March 8, 1964
Hoss is suffering from spring fever, goes to the wrong town and is accused of bank robbery.
No Less a Man 0.0
March 15, 1964
The town council feels Roy Coffee can no longer do his job, and with the notorious Wagner gang on their way to rob the …
Return to Honor 0.0
March 22, 1964
Ben must travel to pay his respects after he learns of the death of his nephew Will. When he visits the grave, he finds…
The Saga of Muley Jones 0.0
March 29, 1964
The Cartwrights are visited by their second cousin, Muley Jones of Weedville, Missouri who sings with a window-shatteri…
The Roper 0.0
April 5, 1964
Will is having second thoughts about staying on at the Ponderosa, and outlaws hit the ranch and take him with them. Th…
A Pink Cloud Comes from Old Cathay 0.0
April 12, 1964
A headstrong Chinese girl (Marlo Thomas) visiting the Cartwrights incites labor unrest among local workers.
The Companeros 0.0
April 19, 1964
Mateo Ibara and his wife Carla visit the Ponderosa. Ibara asks Will to return to Mexico with him. Ibara and Will fough…
Enter Thomas Bowers 0.0
April 26, 1964
After a triumphant tour in Europe, a famous Negro singer encounters racial prejudice in Virginia City when he arrives f…
The Dark Past 0.0
May 3, 1964
Moody bounty hunter, Dev Farnum, shows up on the Ponderosa, where the Cartwrights are harboring the wife of the man he …
The Pressure Game 0.0
May 10, 1964
Laura Dayton's Aunt Lil comes to visit and quickly decides it's time she help the hesitant Adam propose to her favorite…
Triangle 0.0
May 17, 1964
Adam and Laura are finally engaged. Adam is secretly building a house and planning for the future. Laura realizes that…
Walter and the Outlaws 0.0
May 24, 1964
Hilarious sequel to "Any Friend Of Walter's" in which Obie leaves Walter in Hoss' care. The three outlaws, Macy, Teagu…