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The Best Episodes of Bonanza Season 7

Every episode of Bonanza Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Bonanza Season 7!

The Best Episodes of Bonanza Season 7

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
  1. Background image for The Debt
    7.0/10(114 votes)

    #1 - The Debt

    S7:E1

    Wiley and Annie Kane arrive at the Ponderosa to work off their father's debt to Ben. It seems as though the elder Kane once swindled the Cartwright patriarch.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Dilemma
    7.2/10(108 votes)

    #2 - The Dilemma

    S7:E2

    Ben helps a convict win a parole only to have the man later become the chief suspect in a bank robbery.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for The Brass Box
    7.4/10(102 votes)

    #3 - The Brass Box

    S7:E3

    Juan Ortega claims he has a land grant which gives him ownership of the entire Nevada Territory.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for The Other Son
    8.0/10(114 votes)

    #4 - The Other Son

    S7:E4

    A mule skinner and his two sons are hired by Ben to transport nitroglycerin to California.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for The Lonely Runner
    7.5/10(106 votes)

    #5 - The Lonely Runner

    S7:E5

    A judge awards itinerant horse breeder Jim Acton's beloved mare to rancher Sam Whipple. Jim tries to buy her back, but Whipple refuses his offer, after which a fight ensues and Jim kills Whipple in self-defense. The Cartwrights want to bring Jim in to make sure he receives a fair trial, but an ambitious and overzealous deputy doesn't care how he brings him in.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Devil on Her Shoulder
    6.4/10(110 votes)

    #6 - Devil on Her Shoulder

    S7:E6

    Ben is attracted to Sarah Reynolds, a member of a religious order led by her fanatical uncle. When she is accused of being a witch, the Cartwrights step in.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Found Child
    7.9/10(138 votes)

    #7 - Found Child

    S7:E7

    Hoss comes upon an overturned stagecoach and discovers a little girl suffering from shock. After the Cartwrights suceed in bringing her around, Hoss is disappointed she has relatives and cannot stay. The girl's uncle turns out to be the enemy and Hoss saves her.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for The Meredith Smith
    7.2/10(124 votes)

    #8 - The Meredith Smith

    S7:E8

    Ben must determine who is the rightful heir to a fortune that includes water rights vital to the Ponderosa.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Mighty is the Word
    7.9/10(114 votes)

    #9 - Mighty is the Word

    S7:E9

    Virginia City's newest preacher is an ex-gunfighter who wants only to build a new church, but the brother of one of his victims has other ideas. The blueprints for the church are said to be a gift from Adam.

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    Director:Unknown
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  11. Background image for The Strange One
    5.4/10(110 votes)

    #10 - The Strange One

    S7:E10

    Hoss and Joe find a woman abandoned by a wagon train because her gift of prophecy is considered a curse. "Wouldn't it be wonderful," says Ben, "if eveybody made a real effort to understand whatever's strange and unfamiliar rather to fear it and try to destroy it?"

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    Director:Unknown
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  12. Background image for The Reluctant Rebel
    7.1/10(103 votes)

    #11 - The Reluctant Rebel

    S7:E11

    The Generation Gap, Western-style, as Hoss tries to bring a young man and his father closer together.

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    Director:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Five Sundowns to Sunup
    7.5/10(109 votes)

    #12 - Five Sundowns to Sunup

    S7:E12

    The mother of a young outlaw condemned to hang, threatens to have her gang's hostages killed if her son is not set free. One of the hostages is Joe.

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    Director:Unknown
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  14. Background image for A Natural Wizard
    7.2/10(92 votes)

    #13 - A Natural Wizard

    S7:E13

    Hoss finds a kindred spirit in Skeeter Dexter, a lonesome young man who feels closer to animals than most people.

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    Director:Unknown
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  15. Background image for All Ye His Saints
    8.0/10(119 votes)

    #14 - All Ye His Saints

    S7:E14

    In this series' highlight, little Michael Thorpe heads to the high country to ask God to spare his critically wounded father, believing he has found Him in the form of longtime fugitive Tom Cain.

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    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for The Dublin Lad
    6.7/10(98 votes)

    #15 - The Dublin Lad

    S7:E15

    After sitting on a jury that has convicted Terrence O' Tool of murder, Joe has second thoughts about the verdict and decides to do some investigating of his own.

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    Director:Unknown
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  17. Background image for To Kill a Buffalo
    6.7/10(93 votes)

    #16 - To Kill a Buffalo

    S7:E16

    Hoss finds a wounded young Indian on the prairie, who is torn between accepting the ways of the white man or returning to his old life.

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    Director:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Ride the Wind (1)
    7.1/10(127 votes)

    #17 - Ride the Wind (1)

    S7:E17

    The Pony Express sets up office in Virginia and Joe is one of the first to join up. Ben also decides to invest in the fledgling enterprise. However, troubles soon plague the Pony Express with the Paiutes and a newspaper reporter, both trying to get their own agendas across.

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    Director:Unknown
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    7.3/10(116 votes)

    #18 - Ride the Wind (2)

    S7:E18

    Conclusion to the previous-week's episode, where the Cartwrights provide needed assistance to the Pony Express.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Destiny's Child
    6.9/10(104 votes)

    #19 - Destiny's Child

    S7:E19

    After his only friend is killed, the Cartwrights take in a slow-witted man, who Roy Coffee informs them, is wanted for murder by Arizona authorities.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.3/10(120 votes)

    #20 - Peace Officer

    S7:E20

    While Sheriff Coffee is in Saint Louis, the Morrisey bunch decides to work off excess energy by wrecking the saloon in a violent spree. When Deputy Bill Harris tries to arrest them, they hit him on the head with a whiskey bottle, accidentally killing him. All of them get away except Cliff, who is put in jail. He refuses to say the names or locations of his friends. Mayor Garrett holds an emergency meeting of the Virginia City town council. They hire legendary lawman Wes Dunn, as the temporary sheriff. He is a humorless man who is determined to restore order in town. He beats Cliff almost to death to find out where his friends are, but Cliff will not say anything. Meanwhile, Hoss finds Chuck, a wounded gang member. When he tries to take Chuck's gun away, he shoots Hoss. Joe goes with Dunn to find the other men. He thinks Dunn is a hero until he sees him murder one of the suspects in cold blood.

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    Director:Unknown
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  22. Background image for The Code
    7.2/10(119 votes)

    #21 - The Code

    S7:E21

    Joe is goaded into facing gunman Dan Taggert, unaware there is more to be prearranged than he realizes.

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  23. Background image for Three Brides for Hoss
    6.9/10(112 votes)

    #22 - Three Brides for Hoss

    S7:E22

    Not one, but three mail-order brides show up unexpectedly at the Ponderosa, all of them believing they are to marry Hoss.

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    Director:Unknown
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  24. Background image for The Emperor Norton
    6.6/10(101 votes)

    #23 - The Emperor Norton

    S7:E23

    Joshua Norton, an eccentric and formerly wealthy San Francisco merchant who considers himself Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, comes to the Ponderosa. Authorities want to have him committed, and Ben contacts Mark Twain to testify to Norton's sanity.

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  25. Background image for Her Brother's Keeper
    6.9/10(97 votes)

    #24 - Her Brother's Keeper

    S7:E24

    Ben and Claire Armory fall in love, but their future is jeopardized by her disabled brother.

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  26. Background image for The Trouble with Jamie
    7.8/10(113 votes)

    #25 - The Trouble with Jamie

    S7:E25

    The Cartwrights attempt to straighten out the snobbish young son of Ben's cousin.

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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"The Debt" is the best rated episode of "Bonanza" season 7. It scored 7/10 based on 114 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/12/1965. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Dilemma".