Season 5 poster

Season 5

(1963)

Cast

Lorne Greene as Ben Cartwright
Lorne Greene

as Ben Cartwright

Pernell Roberts as Adam Cartwright
Pernell Roberts

as Adam Cartwright

Dan Blocker as Hoss Cartwright
Dan Blocker

as Hoss Cartwright

Michael Landon as Joe Cartwright
Michael Landon

as Joe Cartwright

Episodes

She Walks in Beauty poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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…

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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December 8, 1963

Adam becomes involved with the recently widowed Laura Dayton and her little girl, Peggy.

The Legacy poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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February 2, 1964

The new stranger in town claims to be the famous pirate Jean Lafitte, and Hoss believes him.

The Cheating Game poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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March 8, 1964

Hoss is suffering from spring fever, goes to the wrong town and is accused of bank robbery.

No Less a Man poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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March 29, 1964

The Cartwrights are visited by their second cousin, Muley Jones of Weedville, Missouri who sings with a window-shatteri…

The Roper poster

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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 poster

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April 12, 1964

A headstrong Chinese girl (Marlo Thomas) visiting the Cartwrights incites labor unrest among local workers.

The Companeros poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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May 24, 1964

Hilarious sequel to "Any Friend Of Walter's" in which Obie leaves Walter in Hoss' care. The three outlaws, Macy, Teagu…