All Episodes of Bret Maverick

Season 1

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  7.3/10173 votes

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  The Lazy Ace (1)

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/1/1981

  In what may very well be the last of the great poker games in the Old West, Bret wins ownership of the saloon and decides to settle down in the town of Sweetwater in the Arizona Territory. (Part 1 of 2)

  Director: Stuart Margolin

  Writer: N/A

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  7.6/1041 votes

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  The Lazy Ace (2)

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/1/1981

  Former sheriff Tom Guthrie joins Bret as partner in the Red Ox saloon, to the dismay of the townspeople who just booted the old-fashioned lawman out of office.

  Director: Stuart Margolin

  Writer: N/A

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  8.4/1044 votes

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  Welcome to Sweetwater

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/8/1981

  Maverick's reluctance to sell his ranch, the Lazy Ace, is the major stumbling block to bringing the railroad into Sweetwater.

  Director: Rod Holcomb

  Writer: N/A

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  8.0/1037 votes

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  Anything for a Friend

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/15/1981

  A barn-raising celebration at Maverick's ranch helps him conceal Billy the Kid from authorities.

  Director: Ivan Dixon

  Writer: N/A

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  7.7/1039 votes

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  The Yellow Rose

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/22/1981

  Women's suffrage catches fire in Sweetwater and no one feels the heat more than Maverick, who's just won a Chinese girl in a poker game.

  Director: William Wiard

  Writer: N/A

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  8.0/1037 votes

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  Horse of Yet Another Color

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/5/1982

  Teddy Roosevelt comes to town to present an Indian chief with a horse from the president, but Maverick ends up winning the stallion.

  Director: Ivan Dixon

  Writer: N/A

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  8.6/1032 votes

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  Dateline: Sweetwater

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/12/1982

  Eastern financial interests attempt a takeover of Sweetwater businesses.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

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  7.8/1038 votes

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  The Mayflower Women's Historical Society

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/2/1982

  It looks like Maverick is going to be hanged, unless he agrees to sell his life story to an ambitious historian.

  Director: Ivan Dixon

  Writer: N/A

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  7.6/1036 votes

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  Hallie

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/9/1982

  An old flame of Bret's shows up in Sweetwater, pursued by two homicidal brothers she swindled.

  Director: John Patterson

  Writer: Marion Hargrove

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  8.0/1033 votes

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  The Ballad of Bret Maverick

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/16/1982

  A stranger arrives in town, claiming to be in the process of finishing an epic ballad on the life and death of Bret Maverick.

  Director: Jeff Bleckner

  Writer: N/A

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  8.8/1037 votes

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  A Night at the Red Ox

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/23/1982

  Vigilantes take over the Red Ox saloon and put former sheriff Tom Guthrie on trial for crimes he allegedly committed in the past.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

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  8.4/1036 votes

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  The Not So Magnificent Six

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/2/1982

  Six men who each want to gain a reputation as the one who killed the famous Bret Maverick have followed a western pulp writer to Sweetwater.

  Director: Leo Penn

  Writer: N/A

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  8.5/1039 votes

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  The Vulture Also Rises

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/16/1982

  When a stagecoach is attacked by Apaches and a woman is killed, the angry townspeople want to call in the cavalry.

  Director: Michael O'Herlihy

  Writer: N/A

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  7.8/1030 votes

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  The Eight Swords of Dyrus and Other Illusions of Grandeur

  Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 3/23/1982

  Bret exposes a crooked magician who is performing at the Red Ox.

  Director: John Patterson

  Writer: N/A

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  8.3/1038 votes

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  Faith, Hope and Clarity (1)

  Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/13/1982

  A religious charlatan dupes the townpeople so that he can obtain the rights to their land.

  Director: Leo Penn

  Writer: N/A

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  9.1/1034 votes

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  Faith, Hope and Clarity (2)

  Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/20/1982

  Bret masterminds a con to get back the townsfolk's land, which was legally stolen by the clever leader of a religious cult.

  Director: Leo Penn

  Writer: N/A

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  8.4/1028 votes

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  The Rattlesnake Brigade

  Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/27/1982

  Maverick and Guthrie are suckered into agreeing to protect a shipment of gold from a ruthless band of outlaws.

  Director: Fernando Lamas

  Writer: N/A

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  8.9/1040 votes

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  The Hidalgo Thing

  Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 5/4/1982

  Tom Guthrie, who is trying to get re-elected as sheriff, tries to get Maverick to keep a low profile, but Bret is working on the biggest con of his life and isn't going to stop now.

  Director: Thomas Carter

  Writer: N/A