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The Best Episodes of Bonanza Season 9

Every episode of Bonanza Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Bonanza Season 9!

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
Genres:WesternAction & AdventureDramaFamily
Network:NBC

Season 9 Ratings Summary

"Second Chance" is the best rated episode of "Bonanza" season 9. It scored 7.7/10 based on 103 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/17/1967. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Sense of Duty".

  • Second Chance
    7.7/10103 votes

    #1 - Second Chance

    Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1967

    Renegade Indians have been on the rampage attacking settlers and raising havoc in the West. Joe and Hoss have gone to warn the settlers when Joe is shot with an arrow. Hoss tries to remove the arrow, but the shaft breaks and it is imbedded in Joe's shoulder, leaving Joe gravely wounded. Hoss desperately searches for help and comes upon a wagon train with an odd assortment of people. There are two women, a thief, a dying doctor, and a coward on the wagon train.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sense of Duty
    7.8/10105 votes

    #2 - Sense of Duty

    Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1967

    Ben, Hoss and Little Joe help the Virginia City militia escort a renegade Indian, who believes he is the Almighty, through hostile Indian territory to prison.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Conquistadors
    6.9/10106 votes

    #3 - The Conquistadors

    Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1967

    A band of Mexican kidnaps Little Joe for a $25,000 ransom. A group of cowboys plan to rescue Joe, kill him and claim the gold for themselves.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Judgment at Olympus
    7.4/10107 votes

    #4 - Judgment at Olympus

    Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1967

    Candy is arrested for committing murder in the town of Olympus. He is accused of killing Jed Wheelock, the son of wealthy A. Z. Wheelock. He insists on finding his son's killer but he wants a fair trial for Candy. Joe accompanies Candy to make sure things go smoothly, but when Joe is accused of killing a witness who claims he saw Candy kill Jed, Joe is locked up for murder with Candy, and it is up to Hoss to find the killer.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Night of Reckoning
    7.9/10104 votes

    #5 - Night of Reckoning

    Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1967

    A sadistic outlaw named Dibbs along with his gang, take siege of the Ponderosa, holding Joe, Hoss, and Candy prisoners. Their foreman, Donny Buckler, has stashed $60,000 dollars and Dibbs will stop at nothing short of murder to get his hands on it.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • False Witness
    7.8/10100 votes

    #6 - False Witness

    Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1967

    While at the bank in Sandust, Little Joe and the bank's secretary witness an armed robbery. During a subsequent gunfight, the main culprit kills the banker, but is quickly brought to justice. Joe, Hoss and Candy agree to be witnesses but must avoid being killed in the meantime.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Gentle Ones
    8.0/10109 votes

    #7 - The Gentle Ones

    Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1967

    Most people consider Mark Cole a coward, but he does not hesitate to step forward when his brother attempts to break a horse by torturing it.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Desperate Passage
    7.9/10115 votes

    #8 - Desperate Passage

    Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1967

    Driving horses to Utah, the Cartwrights and Candy discover only two people left in a town wiped out by rampaging Paiute Indians. Together, Mary Burns and Josh Tanner must travel through hostile territory, along with the Cartwrights and Candy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Sure Thing
    7.6/1091 votes

    #9 - The Sure Thing

    Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1967

    A young girl's ownership of a beloved stallion is jeopardized by the "big plans" of her scheming father.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Showdown at Tahoe
    7.0/10107 votes

    #10 - Showdown at Tahoe

    Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1967

    A career robber who claims to be a lumber man, and his gang plan to use Ben's new freight paddleboat to haul a $1 million currency shipment to San Francisco.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Six Black Horses
    7.2/1090 votes

    #11 - Six Black Horses

    Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1967

    Ben's old friend has stolen money from corrupt politicians in New York and plans to invest in Nevada.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Check Rein
    7.4/1090 votes

    #12 - Check Rein

    Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 12/3/1967

    An injured rancher, who has enlisted the aid of the Cartwrights to buy back one of his horses after his farm is foreclosed, must avoid getting killed by his ruthless uncle, who will stop at nothing to gain full control of the ranch.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Justice Deferred
    7.9/10106 votes

    #13 - Justice Deferred

    Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 12/17/1967

    An anguished Hoss discovers that his testimony helped hang an innocent man accused of murder. As he struggles to bring the real killer to justice, Hoss must also combat the cowardice of another witness and the jury foreman, an influential banker.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Gold Detector
    7.0/1092 votes

    #14 - The Gold Detector

    Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 12/24/1967

    Hoss wants to buy a mine thought to be worthless and orders a fancy invention to prove it isn't and becomes the local laughingstock in town

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Trackers
    7.8/1093 votes

    #15 - The Trackers

    Season 9 Episode 15 - Aired 1/7/1968

    A man, recently released from prison for bank robbery, is accused of robbing the same Virginia City bank and gunning down a teller. The Cartwrights try to protect the accused man from a posse that intends to lynch him before his trial.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Girl Named George
    7.6/10110 votes

    #16 - A Girl Named George

    Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 1/14/1968

    Trick photography is employed to help a killer beat a murder rap, to prove he was not there at the time of the murder he committed. However, the camera also proves to be his undermining.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Thirteenth Man
    7.8/10101 votes

    #17 - The Thirteenth Man

    Season 9 Episode 17 - Aired 1/21/1968

    The ranchers are once again losing stock to rustlers and not everyone agrees with range detective Marcus Alley's preventive methods.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Burning Sky
    8.0/10129 votes

    #18 - The Burning Sky

    Season 9 Episode 18 - Aired 1/28/1968

    A cruel, sadistic, alcoholic and racist rancher named Aaron Gore stalks the wife of Ben's friend, whom he has hired as a horse trainer. The woman is a glowingly beautiful Sioux who befriends Mr. Gore's son, whom he regularly beats up. Mr. Gore uses some incredibly vicious means to ensure she regrets ever having anything to do with his son.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Price of Salt
    7.8/10114 votes

    #19 - The Price of Salt

    Season 9 Episode 19 - Aired 2/4/1968

    When a young woman inherits her late father's salt mine, a greedy rancher wants to buy all the salt for himself. Ben, standing for the smaller ranchers who cannot afford to pay the heiress' prices, bids against the wealthy rancher to get a fair price for all.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Blood Tie
    7.9/10105 votes

    #20 - Blood Tie

    Season 9 Episode 20 - Aired 2/18/1968

    A band of outlaws enact a scheme to rob the Ponderosa, by tricking Hoss and Little Joe away from the ranch and leaving a wounded Ben alone at home.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Crime of Johnny Mule
    7.7/10100 votes

    #21 - The Crime of Johnny Mule

    Season 9 Episode 21 - Aired 2/25/1968

    Hoss stands alone in refusing to convict Johnny Mule, a ""slow"" ranch hand who is accused of robbing and murdering his boss. So when Johnny Mule - fearing he'll be lynched, regardless of the verdict - escapes from jail during jury deliberations, it's Hoss who takes the heat.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Late Ben Cartwright
    7.8/10107 votes

    #22 - The Late Ben Cartwright

    Season 9 Episode 22 - Aired 3/3/1968

    In order to ruin the plans of a corrupt politician, Ben allows everyone to think that an attempt on his life was successful.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Star Crossed
    7.2/10102 votes

    #23 - Star Crossed

    Season 9 Episode 23 - Aired 3/10/1968

    Candy falls in love with a beautiful young woman, unaware that the man claiming to be her cousin is a bounty hunter who is not only harassing her but has framed her for murder and robbery.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Trouble Town
    7.9/10101 votes

    #24 - Trouble Town

    Season 9 Episode 24 - Aired 3/17/1968

    The Ponderosa ranch hands are at Riverbend during a cattle drive. While there, Candy meets an old friend, Lilah Holden, working in a saloon. When the cattle drive is ready to move on, Candy resigns to stay and help Lilah. It is not long before Ben, Hoss, and Joe are involved.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Commitment at Angelus
    7.2/1093 votes

    #25 - Commitment at Angelus

    Season 9 Episode 25 - Aired 4/7/1968

    When a horse steps on Candy's hand out on the trail, he and Joe go to Angelus to find a doctor. When they arrive, Joe sees his friend, Steve Regan, an Angelus miner. Steve tells Joe that the miners have gone on strike at his suggestion; the timber supports in the tunnels are rotting away. Joe offers him a day's wages to help him drive the wild horses, since Candy's hand is injured.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A