Joe must risk his beloved stallion to save a wounded boy; guests Clu Gulager, Mitzi Hoag, Vincent Van Patten.

Editor Samuel Clemens (Ken Howard) asks the Cartwrights to help him prove a government assayer is a killer.

Would-be robbers plan to use a pregnant woman (Sian Barbara Allen) as a decoy to stop a stagecoach; guest James Olson.

Ex-convict Griff (Tim Matheson) has trouble adjusting to life on the Ponderosa; guest Ronny Cox.

A convict stages a prison riot that ensnares Ben; guest Aldo Ray.

The leader (Ronny Howard) of a boy's club forces his followers, including Jamie, to cover up an initiate's death.

A man (Robert Lansing) returns from prison to find his land neglected and his wife (Fionnula Flanagan) exhausted.

John's gambling debts mount after Alice rejects him because of his alcoholism.

Joe falls for a woman (Bonnie Bedelia) who arrives with her brother (Andrew Robinson) in Virginia City.

A look-alike for Ben dictates a deathbed wish to Sheriff Coffee, asking him to liquidate the Ponderosa.