Season 8
(1966)
Cast
Episodes
Something Hurt, Something Wild 8.0
September 11, 1966
The Cartwrights' friendship with a neighboring rancher is threatened by his mentally unstable daughter.
Horse of a Different Hue 0.0
September 18, 1966
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 0.0
September 25, 1966
After the Cartwrights put wrangler Dan Tolliver out to pasture, the embittered old man plans to take part in robbing th…
The Pursued (1) 0.0
October 2, 1966
A Mormon with two wives is badgered by the town's people and then things get much worse.
The Pursued (2) 0.0
October 9, 1966
As the persecuted party awaits Ben and Hoss' return, Herber is shot and killed. Joe retaliates and shoots Herber's assa…
To Bloom for Thee 0.0
October 16, 1966
Hoss is engaged to Carol Attley, a troubled woman with a past darker than he imagines.
Credit for a Kill 0.0
October 23, 1966
Though his friend is badly in need of the reward money, Joe insists it belongs to him, to protect his friend from the d…
Four Sisters from Boston 0.0
October 30, 1966
The Cartwrights come to the rescue of four inexperienced homesteaders, when devious cattle ranchers try to run them off…
Old Charlie 0.0
November 6, 1966
A young cowpoke is killed during a fight with Hoss, but the old blowhard who runs the Virginia City stables, takes the …
Ballad of the Ponderosa 0.0
November 13, 1966
A young troubadour, who blames Ben for the death of his father, returns to Virginia City. In one scene, Ben says the y…
The Oath 0.0
November 20, 1966
While in another town, on business, Ben runs into a saloon employee who is a big figure, and after he kills an old mine…
A Real Nice, Friendly Little Town 0.0
November 27, 1966
When the woman he was planning to marry is strangled, Joe forces the only suspect to come forward, in a very tense-fill…
The Bridegroom 0.0
December 4, 1966
Joe plays matchmaker in this story of a rancher attempting to marry off his supposedly unremarkable daughter.
Tommy 0.0
December 18, 1966
The Cartwrights protect a woman and her deaf-mute little son from the boy's outlaw stepfather.
A Christmas Story 0.0
December 25, 1966
Warbling Andy Walker returns to Virginia City a big success, along with his shifty Uncle Thaddeus.
Ponderosa Explosion 0.0
January 1, 1967
Two Virginia City old-timers fool Hoss and Joe into raising rabbits, and the Ponderosa is overrun with paws and whisker…
Justice 0.0
January 8, 1967
When the woman he was planning to marry is strangled, Joe forces the only suspect to come forward.
A Bride for Buford 0.0
January 15, 1967
Dolly Bantree has a crooked manager ""Blackie"", who blackmails Dolly to fleece newly rich miner Buford out of his new…
Black Friday 0.0
January 22, 1967
In the town of Chiso, Joe encounters a former Ponderosa cowhand who is now a gunfighter and expecting to be killed on F…
The Unseen Wound 0.0
January 29, 1967
Ben discovers that his friend, Sheriff Paul Rowan, is suffering from stress brought on by his wartime experiences.
Journey to Terror 8.0
February 5, 1967
Joe visits his married friends in Arizona Territory, only to discover the husband has become a criminal and is secretly…
Amigo 0.0
February 12, 1967
A wounded comanchero sides with the Cartwrights when the rest of the gang, led by Captain Fenner, shows up to burn and …
A Woman in the House 0.0
February 19, 1967
Mary Wharton, an old friend of the family, comes to live on the Ponderosa with her shiftless husband. When Ben learns …
Judgment at Red Creek 0.0
February 26, 1967
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 0.0
March 5, 1967
Joe becomes fascinated by detective literature and drags Hoss into the picture when he suspects the bank is going to be…
Dark Enough to See the Stars 0.0
March 12, 1967
Young Billy Wilcox wanders onto the Ponderosa, sick, hungry, and alone. Ben finds him, and after he regains his streng…
The Deed and the Dilemma 0.0
March 26, 1967
Ben assists Georgio Rossi in his battle for water on adjoining property.
The Prince 0.0
April 2, 1967
The Cartwrights play host to Russian royals, who are the target of jewel thieves.
A Man Without Land 0.0
April 9, 1967
The foreman of a neighboring ranch frames Joe for murder as part of a scheme to get his employer's property.
Napoleon's Children 0.0
April 16, 1967
A gang of juvenile delinquents, led by an intelligent runt, who calls himself Napoleon, terrorizes Virginia City and th…
The Wormwood Cup 0.0
April 23, 1967
A woman - convinced Little Joe intentionally killed her brother - offers $1,000 to the man who kills the youngest Cartw…
Clarissa 0.0
April 30, 1967
The Cartwrights' cousin, Clarissa visits. Her assertive, snobbish ways result in nothing but trouble for Ben and his so…
Maestro Hoss 8.0
May 7, 1967
Hoss is conned into buying a violin from a gypsy fortune teller, and everyone on the Ponderosa--except for Hop Sing--su…
The Greedy Ones 0.0
May 14, 1967
The Ponderosa is in danger of being overrun by gold hunters.