Bonanza - Season12
Run Time: 49 mins
Air Date: Sun, 13 Sept 1970
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.521 (455 votes)
NBC28 Episodes
The Night Virginia City Died
Season 12 - Episode 1
In the 12th season premiere, a series of destructive fires strike Virginia City, and always late at night. Is it the work of a ruthless arso...
A Matter of Faith
Season 12 - Episode 2
Dusty takes in orphaned Jamie Hunter, the son of a recently-deceased rainmaker. Jamie is determined to carry on his father's tradition by us...
The Weary Willies
Season 12 - Episode 3
The Weary Willies are hippie-like former Civil War veterans who are now drifters and live off the land. Despite protests from fellow rancher...
The Wagon
Season 12 - Episode 4
After being taken into custody by a sheriff who does not care if he is guilty or innocent of a crime, Hoss escapes from the prison wagon wit...
The Power of Life and Death
Season 12 - Episode 5
A man called Davis has shot Colonel Clayton and escapes on horseback. Joe and Ben join the posse that sets out to find Davis. Ben and Joe ...
Gideon, the Good
Season 12 - Episode 6
On the trail, Joe witnesses a woman kill a man, but the woman rides away before he can positively identify her. He rides into the nearest t...
The Trouble with Trouble
Season 12 - Episode 7
When Hoss volunteers to be Sheriff of a town called Trouble, he soon finds out that the town had correctly been named. Hoss almost manages ...
Thornton's Account
Season 12 - Episode 8
Ben's new horse throws him down a steep slope, injuring his back. Joe tries to round up some help, but the settlers in the valley live in f...
The Love Child
Season 12 - Episode 9
A dying woman and her son are rejected by her father because she had a child out of wedlock.
El Jefe
Season 12 - Episode 10
Ben and Hoss come to the rescue of Mexican farmers who are forced off their land by the greedy mine owner who runs the town of Prince River.
The Luck of Pepper Shannon
Season 12 - Episode 11
Pepper Shannon is a dime novel hero and outlaw. Ben gives a job to Pepper Shannon on the condition the one-time outlaw stays away from Jami...
The Impostors
Season 12 - Episode 12
Hoss and Joe pretend to be stage robbers' partners in order to recover stolen Cartwright money. All goes well until the wife of one of the ...
Honest John
Season 12 - Episode 13
Jamie forms a bond with a bum and his tame crow. Before long, Jamie suggests they repair an old wagon and leave the Ponderosa.
For a Young Lady
Season 12 - Episode 14
A girl's uncle and aunt want custody of her only because they believe she has the rights to her late grandfather's mine.
A Single Pilgrim
Season 12 - Episode 15
Settlers from Virginia argue over Hoss' fate after one of them accidentally shoots him.
The Gold-Plated Rifle
Season 12 - Episode 16
An insecure Jamie is unsure of his place in the family, having trouble adjusting at his new school and keeps getting harassed by a bully. Wh...
Top Hand
Season 12 - Episode 17
The Cartwrights are about to start a major cattle drive with other ranchers. It has been decided that Ben's foreman will be trail boss on t...
A Deck of Aces
Season 12 - Episode 18
Bradley Meredith, a Ben Cartwright look-a-like, causes trouble when he sells land to the railroad. Ben has already turned down the deal, bu...
The Desperado
Season 12 - Episode 19
Hoss is held prisoner by a fugitive black couple who they admit hate white people and have nothing to lose by killing them.
The Reluctant American
Season 12 - Episode 20
An English couple comes to Nevada to learn why a ranch owned by the British investment firm is the only company holding not showing a profit...
Shadow of a Hero
Season 12 - Episode 21
Ben is shocked to learn the Army general he is backing as governor, advocates a policy of genocide towards all Indians.
The Silent Killer
Season 12 - Episode 22
An epidemic of influenza hits the Ponderosa and the only person who seems sure of what to do is the wife of a doctor, whom Doc Martin says i...
Terror at 2:00
Season 12 - Episode 23
A racist and his henchmen steal a Gatling gun, with plans to massacre everyone - including the Cartwrights - involved in a peace treaty sign...
The Stillness Within
Season 12 - Episode 24
Blinded by an explosion, Joe wallows in self-pity, and at first resists the efforts of a woman trying to teach him to live without sight, no...
A Time to Die
Season 12 - Episode 25
While visiting the Ponderosa, Ben's friend, April Christopher, is bitten by a rabid wolf. Ben and April and her daughter must come to terms...
Winter Kill
Season 12 - Episode 26
The foreman of a neighboring ranch shoots a special steer belonging to the Cartwrights, and his scheming boss plots to take unfair advantage...
Kingdom of Fear
Season 12 - Episode 27
Ben, Hoss and Joe, along with Candy and a fellow rancher, are jailed on false trespassing charges by a greedy mining tycoon. The despot runs...
An Earthquake Called Callahan
Season 12 - Episode 28
The only person who can get Dusty out of jail is a professional fighter who will not return to Virginia City, so Joe stays on the man's heel...