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{{Infobox television season
| bg_colour    = #7e2304
| image        = Bonanza main cast 1959.JPG
| image_alt    = Cast of ''[[Bonanza]]'' in 1959
| caption      = Cast of ''[[Bonanza]]'' in 1959
| starring     = * [[Lorne Greene]]
* [[Pernell Roberts]]
* [[Dan Blocker]]
* [[Michael Landon]]
| num_episodes = 32
| network      = [[NBC]]
| first_aired  = {{Start date|1959|9|12}}
| last_aired   = {{End date|1960|4|30}}
| episode_list = List of Bonanza episodes
}}
The first season of the American [[Westerns on television|Western television]] series '''''[[Bonanza]]''''' premiered on [[NBC]] on September 12, 1959, with the final episode airing April 30, 1960.{{sfn|Shapiro|1997|pp=65, 70}} The series was developed and produced by [[David Dortort]], and season one starred [[Lorne Greene]], [[Pernell Roberts]], [[Dan Blocker]], and [[Michael Landon]].  The season consisted of 32 episodes of the series's total 431 hour-long episodes, the entirety of which was produced in [[Color television|color]].{{sfn|Shapiro|1997|pp=5, 65–157}} It aired on Saturdays from 7:30{{Nbsp}}pm{{Ndash}}8:30{{Nbsp}}pm on [[NBC]]{{sfn|Brooks|Marsh|2007|p=164}} and placed at number 45 in the [[Nielsen ratings]].
==Synopsis==
''Bonanza'' is set around the [[Ponderosa Ranch#TV origins of the fictional Ponderosa Ranch|Ponderosa Ranch]] near [[Virginia City, Nevada]] and chronicles the weekly adventures of the Cartwright family, consisting of [[Ben Cartwright (character)|Ben Cartwright]] and his three sons (each by a different wife), [[Adam Cartwright|Adam]], Eric ([[Hoss Cartwright|"Hoss"]]), and [[Little Joe Cartwright|Joseph]] ("Little Joe"). A regular character is their ranch cook, Hop Sing.
==Cast and characters==
{{see also|List of Bonanza characters}}
===Main cast===
* [[Lorne Greene]] as Ben Cartwright
* [[Pernell Roberts]] as Adam Cartwright
* [[Dan Blocker]] as Eric "Hoss" Cartwright
* [[Michael Landon]] as Joseph "Little Joe" Cartwright
=== Recurring ===
* [[Victor Sen Yung]] as Hop Sing
===Guest stars===
{{Cast listing|
* [[Philip Ahn]]
* [[Claude Akins]]
* [[Lewis Allen (director)|Lewis Allen]]
* [[John Anderson (actor)|John Anderson]]
* [[Edward Ashley]]
* [[Raymond Bailey]]
* [[John Beal (actor)|John Beal]]
* [[Alma Beltran]]
* [[Whitney Blake]]
* [[Sebastian Cabot (actor)|Sebastian Cabot]]
* [[Harry Carey Jr.]]
* [[Paul Carr (actor)|Paul Carr]]
* [[Jack Carson]]
* [[Anthony Caruso (actor)|Anthony Caruso]]
* [[James Coburn]]
* [[Ellen Corby]]
* [[Ricardo Cortez]]
* [[Walter Coy]]
* [[Hazel Court]]
* [[Kathleen Crowley]]
* [[Yvonne De Carlo]]
* [[Richard Deacon (actor)|Richard Deacon]]
* [[Philip Deidesheimer]]
* [[Don Dubbins]]
* [[Howard Duff]]
* [[Buddy Ebsen]]
* [[Chana Eden]]
* [[Bert Freed]]
* [[Jane Greer]]
* [[Alan Hale Jr.]]
* [[Stacy Harris]]
* [[Susan Harrison]]
* Adrienne Hayes
* [[James Hong]]
* [[Henry Hull]]
* [[Arthur Hunnicutt]]
* [[David Ladd]]
* [[John Larch]]
* [[Wesley Lau]]
* [[John Litel]]
* [[Jack Lord]]
* [[Ida Lupino]]
* [[George Macready]]
* [[Joe Maross]]
* [[Patricia Medina]]
* [[Don Megowan]]
* [[Adah Isaacs Menken|Adah Menkin]]
* [[Robert Middleton]]
* [[John Milford]]
* [[Mort Mills]]
* [[Cameron Mitchell (actor)|Cameron Mitchell]]
* [[George Mitchell (actor)|George Mitchell]]
* [[Vic Morrow]]
* [[Lloyd Nolan]]
* [[Susan Oliver]]
* [[Paul Picerni]]
* [[Steve Rowland (record producer)|Steve Rowland]]
* [[Ruth Roman]]
* [[Everett Sloane]]
* [[Fay Spain]]
* [[Inger Stevens]]
* [[Onslow Stevens]]
* [[Barry Sullivan (actor)|Barry Sullivan]]
* [[Karl Swenson]]
* [[Gloria Talbott]]
* [[Jack Warden]]
* [[Helen Westcott]]
* [[David White (actor)|David White]]
* [[Jean Willes]]
* [[Adam Williams (actor)|Adam Williams]]
* [[Grant Williams (actor)|Grant Williams]]
* [[Rhys Williams (Welsh-American actor)|Rhys Williams]]
* [[Ian Wolfe]]
* [[Morgan Woodward]]
}}
== Production ==
=== Development ===
By 1959, [[RCA]] had made progress in producing color television, but American consumers were not adopting the new technology. As the owner of [[NBC]], they sought to produce a pioneer color program.  [[David Dortort]] created the concept as an hour-long show.{{sfn|Shapiro|1997|p=5}}  It was the first Western to be released in color.{{sfn|Brooks|Marsh|2007|p=164}}
Season one, episode 26, "The Avenger", was the pilot for an unsold spinoff.{{sfn|Leiby|Leiby|2015|p=38}}
=== Casting ===
The character of Hoss was the first to be cast, then Little Joe, with Michael Landon being chosen to appeal to the teenage audience.  Dortort had worked with both of the actors in ''The Restless Gun''.{{sfn|Leiby|Leiby|2015|p=15}}  After seeing Lorne Greene on an episode of ''Wagon Train'', Dortort chose him for the role of Ben Cartwright, having felt Greene had the qualities he was seeking for the family patriarch.{{sfn|Leiby|Leiby|2015|p=15}}  Originally, Dortort wanted Guy Williams for the role of Adam, but he was already committed to Disney's ''Zorro'' at the time, so Pernell Roberts was cast instead.{{sfn|Leiby|Leiby|2015|p=15}}
NBC originally wanted guest stars, but the costs of filming the show in color cut into the budget significantly.  Instead, Dortort would select a guest cast of unknowns.{{sfn|Leiby|Leiby|2015|p=16}}
=== Writing ===
Dortort had input on most of the script writing.  He was credited with four of the scripts in the first season.{{sfn|Leiby|Leiby|2015|p=17}}
=== Production design ===
Sets were designed by [[Hal Pereira]], [[A. Earl Hedrick|Earl Hedrick]], and David Dortort.  Set decoration was handled by [[Grace Gregory]].{{sfn|Leiby|Leiby|2015|p=16}}
=== Filming ===
Dortort originally planned to shoot on location, but film costs related to color production also cut into the budget for filming, resulting in the compromise of filming annually in the Sierra Nevada mountains.  Most of the filming was done at Paramount Studios.{{sfn|Leiby|Leiby|2015|p=16}}
Other filming locations included:{{sfn|Leiby|Leiby|2015|p=28}}
* Los Angeles and surrounding areas (episode 1)
* [[Iverson Movie Ranch]] (episodes 2, 4)
* [[Big Bear Lake, California|Big Bear]], California (episodes 3, 11, 15)
* [[Bronson Canyon]] (episode 7)
=== Music ===
Jay Livingston and Ray Evans wrote the original theme song.  It was originally planned that the leads would sing the lyrics while riding out of Virginia City, but ultimately, the song was used instrumentally.  Dortort, not liking the lyrics, agreed to use the song under the provision that it would not be used within the episodes.{{sfn|Leiby|Leiby|2015|p=16}}  Dortort selected composer [[David Rose (songwriter)|David Rose]] to write the music for the show, who scored the show's music with a 35 member orchestra.{{sfn|Leiby|Leiby|2015|p=17}}
== Themes ==
The show focused more on relationships than gun fights.  It also tackled social issues.{{sfn|Leiby|Leiby|2015|p=17}}  "The Fear Merchants" addressed bigotry against [[Chinese emigration#19th–early 20th century|Chinese immigrants]].{{sfn|Shapiro|1997|p=68}}{{sfn|Leiby|Leiby|2015|p=35}}
Occasionally, scripts would be based on true events, albeit loosely, as often the historical events would not have taken place in the time period of the show.{{sfn|Leiby|Leiby|2015|p=17}}  "The Paiute War" was based on the [[Paiute War]] that occurred in May and June 1860. "The Julia Bulette Story" was based on the murder of [[Julia Bulette]], which occurred in 1867 in [[Virginia City, Nevada|Virginia City]].  "The Saga of Annie O'Toole" was based on true events.  "The Philip Deidesheimer Story" tells the story of [[Philip Deidesheimer|Philip Deidesheimer's]] work developing square-set mining in the [[Comstock Lode|Comstock Lode's]] Ophir Mine in Virginia City in 1860.{{sfn|Shapiro|1997|p=65-66}}
==Episodes==
{{see also|List of Bonanza episodes}}
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{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=1
| EpisodeNumber2=1
| Title=A Rose for Lotta
| DirectedBy=[[Edward Ludwig]]
| WrittenBy=[[David Dortort]]
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|9|12}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=2
| EpisodeNumber2=2
| Title=Death on Sun Mountain
| DirectedBy=[[Paul Landres]]
| WrittenBy=[[Gene L. Coon]] and David Dortort
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|9|19}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=3
| EpisodeNumber2=3
| Title=The Newcomers
| DirectedBy=[[Christian Nyby]]
| WrittenBy=Thomas Thompson
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|9|26}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=4
| EpisodeNumber2=4
| Title=The Paiute War
| DirectedBy=Paul Landres
| WrittenBy=Gene L. Coon
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|10|3}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=5
| EpisodeNumber2=5
| Title=Enter Mark Twain
| DirectedBy=Paul Landres
| WrittenBy=[[Harold Shumate]]
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|10|10}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=6
| EpisodeNumber2=6
| Title=The Julia Bulette Story
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby
| WrittenBy=Al C. Ward
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|10|17}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=7
| EpisodeNumber2=7
| Title=The Saga of Annie O'Toole
| DirectedBy=[[Joseph Kane]]
| WrittenBy=Thomas Thompson
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|10|24}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=8
| EpisodeNumber2=8
| Title=The Philip Deidesheimer Story
| DirectedBy=Joseph Kane
| WrittenBy=Thomas Thompson
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|10|31}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=9
| EpisodeNumber2=9
| Title=Mr. Henry Comstock
| DirectedBy=[[John Brahm]]
| WrittenBy=David Dortort
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|11|7}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=10
| EpisodeNumber2=10
| Title=The Magnificent Adah
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby
| WrittenBy=[[Donald S. Sanford]]
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|11|14}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=11
| EpisodeNumber2=11
| Title=The Truckee Strip
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby
| WrittenBy=Herman Groves
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|11|21}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=12
| EpisodeNumber2=12
| Title=The Hanging Posse
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby
| WrittenBy=[[Carey Wilber]]
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|11|28}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=13
| EpisodeNumber2=13
| Title=Vendetta
| DirectedBy=Joseph Kane
| WrittenBy=[[Robert E. Thompson (screenwriter)|Robert E. Thompson]]
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|12|5}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=14
| EpisodeNumber2=14
| Title=The Sisters
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby
| WrittenBy=Carey Wilber
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|12|12}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=15
| EpisodeNumber2=15
| Title=The Last Hunt
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby
| WrittenBy=Donald S. Sanford
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1959|12|19}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=16
| EpisodeNumber2=16
| Title=El Toro Grande
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby
| WrittenBy=John Tucker Battle
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|1|2}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=17
| EpisodeNumber2=17
| Title=The Outcast
| DirectedBy=[[Lewis Allen (director)|Lewis Allen]]
| WrittenBy=Thomas Thompson
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|1|9}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=18
| EpisodeNumber2=18
| Title=A House Divided
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen
| WrittenBy=Al C. Ward
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|1|16}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=19
| EpisodeNumber2=19
| Title=The Gunmen
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby
| WrittenBy=Carey Wilber
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|1|23}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=20
| EpisodeNumber2=20
| Title=The Fear Merchants
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Frank Unger|t= Frank Unger and Thomas Thompson}}
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|1|30}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=21
| EpisodeNumber2=21
| Title=The Spanish Grant
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Morris Lee Green|t= Leonard Heideman and David Dortort}}
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|2|6}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=22
| EpisodeNumber2=22
| Title=Blood on the Land
| DirectedBy=[[Felix E. Feist|Felix Feist]]
| WrittenBy=Robert E. Thompson
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|2|13}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=23
| EpisodeNumber2=23
| Title=Desert Justice
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen
| WrittenBy=Donald S. Sanford
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|2|20}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=24
| EpisodeNumber2=24
| Title=The Stranger
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= [[Oliver Crawford]]|t= Leonard Heideman}}
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|2|27}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=25
| EpisodeNumber2=25
| Title=Escape to Ponderosa
| DirectedBy=[[Charles F. Haas]]
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Bill Barrett and [[Malcolm Stuart Boylan]]|t= Robert E. Thompson}}
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|3|5}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=26
| EpisodeNumber2=26
| Title=The Avenger
| DirectedBy=Christian Nyby
| WrittenBy=[[Clair Huffaker]]
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|3|19}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=27
| EpisodeNumber2=27
| Title=The Last Trophy
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen
| WrittenBy=[[Bill S. Ballinger]]
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|3|26}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=28
| EpisodeNumber2=28
| Title=San Francisco
| DirectedBy=[[Arthur Lubin]]
| WrittenBy=Thomas Thompson
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|4|2}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=29
| EpisodeNumber2=29
| Title=Bitter Water
| DirectedBy=[[George Blair (director)|George Blair]]
| WrittenBy=[[Harold Jack Bloom]]
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|4|9}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=30
| EpisodeNumber2=30
| Title=Feet of Clay
| DirectedBy=Arthur Lubin
| WrittenBy=[[John Furia Jr.]]
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|4|16}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=31
| EpisodeNumber2=31
| Title=Dark Star
| DirectedBy=Lewis Allen
| WrittenBy=Anthony Lawrence
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|4|23}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Bonanza season 1
| EpisodeNumber=32
| EpisodeNumber2=32
| Title=Death at Dawn
| DirectedBy=[[Charles F. Haas|Charles Haas]]
| WrittenBy=Laurence E. Mascott
| OriginalAirDate={{start date|1960|4|30}}
| ShortSummary=
| LineColor=7e2304
}}
}}</onlyinclude>
== Release ==
The season aired on Saturdays from 7:30{{Nbsp}}pm{{Ndash}}8:30{{Nbsp}}pm on [[NBC]].{{sfn|Brooks|Marsh|2007|p=164}}  The timeslot was deliberate.  It was a time when many people were shopping in department stores, and they could see the show displayed on color televisions at period when color television sets had not yet been widely adopted.{{sfn|Shapiro|1997|p=5}}  However, many people watching at home were still tuning in to ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' in that timeslot.{{sfn|Shapiro|1997|p=5}}
== Reception ==
The first season lost the Saturday night ratings to ''Perry Mason''.{{sfn|Shapiro|1997|p=8}}  Released at a time when television was saturated with Westerns, the premier episode garnered the following review from ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'':
{{Blockquote|text=Another western is just what Saturday night television needs least, and that's what Bonanza appears to be -- just another western.  For all its pretensions, with a large cast, name guests, color and an hour's length, proves to be little more than a patch work of stock oater ideas without a fresh twist to distinguish it...{{sfn|Shapiro|1997|p=5}}}}
Poor ratings and high production costs led to NBC considering cancellation early in the process, leading to rumors that the show actually was cancelled; but fans wrote in and NBC realized it did have a viable audience.{{sfn|Shapiro|1997|p=5}}
The first season of the series failed to break the Nielsen ranking top 30.<ref name="ratings">{{Cite web |title=1959-1960 TV Ratings |url=https://classictvguide.com/tvratings/1959.htm |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=classictvguide.com}}</ref>
==References==
===Footnotes===
{{reflist}}
===Bibliography===
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*{{Cite book |last=Greenland |first=David R. |title=Bonanza: A Viewer's Guide to the TV Legend |publisher=BearManor Media |date=2010 |isbn=978-1-62933-722-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=obJ1zgEACAAJ}}
*{{Cite book|last=Greenland|first=David R.|title=Michael Landon: The Career and Artistry of a Television Genius|publisher=BearManor Media|date=2015|isbn=978-1-59393-785-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l9uCDwAAQBAJ}}
*{{Cite book|last1=Leiby|first1=Bruce R.|last2=Leiby|first2=Linda F.|title=A Reference Guide to Television's Bonanza: Episodes, Personnel, and Broadcast History|publisher=McFarland|year=2015|isbn=9781476600758|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IzOSCgAAQBAJ}}
*{{cite book|last=McNeil |first=Alex |title=Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present |location=New York |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |isbn=0-14-02-4916-8 |date=1996 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dctkAAAAMAAJ}}
*{{cite book |title=Bonanza: The Definitive Ponderosa Companion |first=Melany |last=Shapiro |publisher=Cyclone Books |date=1997 |isbn=978-1-890723-18-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zI4LAAAACAAJ }}
==External links==
* {{Epguides|id=Bonanza}}
* {{IMDb episodes|0052451|Bonanza {{noitalic|season 1}}}}
* [https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/bonanza/episodes-season-1/1030242320/ ''Bonanza'' season 1] at ''[[TV Guide]]''
* {{Internet Archive film|Bonanza-TheGunmen|title= Bonanza: Episode 19 - The Gunmen}}
* {{Internet Archive film|Bonanza-TheFearMerchants|title= Bonanza: Episode 20 - The Fear Merchants}}
* {{Internet Archive film|Bonanza-TheSpanishGrant|title= Bonanza: Episode 21 - The Spanish Grant}}
* {{Internet Archive film|Bonanza-BloodOnTheLand|title= Bonanza: Episode 22 - Blood On The Land}}
* {{Internet Archive film|Bonanza-DesertJustice|title= Bonanza: Episode 23 - Desert Justice}}
* {{Internet Archive film|Bonanza-TheStranger|title= Bonanza: Episode 24 - The Stranger}}
* {{Internet Archive film|Bonanza-EscapeToPonderosa|title= Bonanza: Episode 25 - Escape To Ponderosa}}
* {{Internet Archive film|Bonanza-TheAvenger|title = Bonanza: Episode 26 - The Avenger}}
* {{Internet Archive film|Bonanza-TheLastTrophy|title = Bonanza: Episode 27 - The Last Trophy}}
* {{Internet Archive film|Bonanza-SanFrancisco|title = Bonanza: Episode 28 - San Francisco}}
* {{Internet Archive film|Bonanza-BitterWater|title = Bonanza: Episode 29 - Bitter Water}}
* {{Internet Archive film|Bonanza-FeetOfClay|title = Bonanza: Episode 30 - Feet Of Clay}}
* {{Internet Archive film|Bonanza-DarkStar|title = Bonanza: Episode 31 - Dark Star}}
* {{Internet Archive film|Bonanza-DeathAtDawn|title = Bonanza: Episode 32 - Death At Dawn}}
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