Season episodes list 4

S04E01

S04E01 : The First Born 7.5/10 (aired on 09/23/1962)

Clay Stafford signs on to work for the Cartwrights and shortly afterwards shoots and kills a man…
S04E02

S04E02 : The Quest 7.4/10 (aired on 09/30/1962)

Determined to prove he can succeed at something without the help of his Pa, Hoss, and Adam, Joe…
S04E03

S04E03 : The Artist 7.3/10 (aired on 10/07/1962)

Ben helps Matthew Raine, a famous painter who has gone blind and now wallows in self-pity, discover…
S04E04

S04E04 : A Hot Day for a Hanging 7.1/10 (aired on 10/14/1962)

Hoss is jailed for robbing the bank in Dutchman Flats, a town on the brink of economic collapse,…
S04E05

S04E05 : The Deserter 7.1/10 (aired on 10/21/1962)

An Indian-hating officer, Colonel Edward J. Dunwoody, comes to the Ponderosa looking for army…
S04E06

S04E06 : The Way Station 7.5/10 (aired on 10/29/1962)

With a storm brewing, Adam takes refuge at a way station, run by cantankerous Jesse and his young…
S04E07

S04E07 : The War Comes to Washoe 7.2/10 (aired on 11/04/1962)

The Civil War once again divides the citizens of Nevada, as well as Adam and Joe Cartwright. One…
S04E08

S04E08 : Knight Errant 7.2/10 (aired on 11/18/1962)

Hoss volunteers to pickup an injured neighbor's mail-order bride, but by the time they return, she…
S04E09

S04E09 : The Beginning 7.4/10 (aired on 11/25/1962)

Billy Horne is a white man who was captured by the Shoshone when he was six. He comes into Ben &…
S04E10

S04E10 : The Deadly Ones 7.9/10 (aired on 12/02/1962)

The Ponderosa becomes a war zone when it is invaded by a detachment of Mexican mercenaries under…
S04E11

S04E11 : Gallagher's Sons 7.5/10 (aired on 12/09/1962)

Hoss helps Charlie and Will (Charlotte and Willomina), two young girls who just lost their father. …
S04E12

S04E12 : The Decision 7.5/10 (aired on 12/16/1962)

Hoss is seriously injured internally and Ben seeks help from the only doctor within 50 miles, who…
S04E13

S04E13 : The Good Samaritan 6.8/10 (aired on 12/23/1962)

Hoss decides to help out Wade Tyree and introduces him to Abigail and her daughter, Bonnie. Hoss…
S04E14

S04E14 : The Jury 7.4/10 (aired on 12/30/1962)

When Hoss is responsible for causing a hung jury, Ben tells him, "a man is never wrong doing what…
S04E15

S04E15 : The Colonel 6.9/10 (aired on 01/06/1963)

Frank Medford, a figure from Ben's "wild, misspent youth", shows up in Virginia City, and though…
S04E16

S04E16 : Song in the Dark 6.9/10 (aired on 01/13/1963)

Adam's guitar-strumming friend, ranch hand Danny Morgan, is arrested on suspicion of murdering and…
S04E17

S04E17 : Elegy for a Hangman 7/10 (aired on 01/20/1963)

A stranger, Bob Jolly, arrives in Virginia City to accuse a drunken Judge Harry Whitaker of sending…
S04E18

S04E18 : Half a Rogue 7.1/10 (aired on 01/27/1963)

In this entertaining episode, laced with humor, Hoss first meets mountain man Jim Leyton. Bing…
S04E19

S04E19 : The Last Haircut 7.2/10 (aired on 02/03/1963)

A vain outlaw murders a man in front of witnesses, including Joe, but a clever lawyer is able to…
S04E20

S04E20 : Marie, My Love 7/10 (aired on 02/10/1963)

When Cochise falls on Joe, Ben cannot help but remember that is how Marie Cartwright was killed. …
S04E21

S04E21 : The Hayburner 7.9/10 (aired on 02/17/1963)

For a change, it is Adam rather than Joe who becomes mixed up in one of Hoss' funny exploits. …
S04E22

S04E22 : The Actress 6.4/10 (aired on 02/24/1963)

Joe becomes romantically involved with a woman who considers herself a serious dramatic actress. …
S04E23

S04E23 : A Stranger Passed This Way 7.1/10 (aired on 03/03/1963)

Hoss develops amnesia after being bushwhacked and hit over the head by two outlaws and moves in…
S04E24

S04E24 : The Way of Aaron 7.5/10 (aired on 03/10/1963)

Adam takes a shine to Rebecca Kaufman, the daughter of a Jewish peddler, and bandits are convinced…
S04E25

S04E25 : A Woman Lost 6.9/10 (aired on 03/17/1963)

Ben's attempt to rehabilitate an alcoholic singer he knew in better days are complicated by her…
S04E26

S04E26 : Any Friend of Walter's 8/10 (aired on 03/24/1963)

Classic comedy in which Hoss first meets prospector Obie and his lazy but allegedly brilliant…
S04E27

S04E27 : Mirror of a Man 6.7/10 (aired on 03/31/1963)

The peaceful world of a Ponderosa hand is disturbed by the arrival of his no-good father and twin…
S04E28

S04E28 : My Brother's Keeper 7.6/10 (aired on 04/07/1963)

While hunting for a wolf, Joe is attacked by the wolf. Adam also hunting for the wolf, hears Joe…
S04E29

S04E29 : Five into the Wind 7.5/10 (aired on 04/21/1963)

After their stagecoach crashes, a group of rag-tag passengers and Joe must get out of the desert…
S04E30

S04E30 : Saga of Whizzer McGee 5.8/10 (aired on 04/28/1963)

Hoss becomes concerned for the welfare of an insecure, belligerent fellow who is as small as Hoss…
S04E31

S04E31 : Thunder Man 8.1/10 (aired on 05/05/1963)

Little Joe's 19-year old girlfriend is killed by a good samaritan, an explosives expert who had…
S04E32

S04E32 : Rich Man, Poor Man 6.9/10 (aired on 05/12/1963)

Claude Miller, the laughingstock of Virginia City, gets even with everyone who made fun of him when…
S04E33

S04E33 : The Boss 7.2/10 (aired on 05/19/1963)

Ben regrets that he helped Tom Slayden start a freight hauling business when Slayden sets out to…
S04E34

S04E34 : Little Man...Ten Feet Tall 6.9/10 (aired on 05/26/1963)

When a Italian immigrant comes to the Ponderosa, he decides he wants to give up the guitar to…