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The Best Episodes of Bret Maverick Season 1

Every episode of Bret Maverick Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Bret Maverick Season 1!

Bret Maverick is a 1981-82 American Western television series starring James Garner in the role that made him famous in the 1957 series Maverick: a...
Genres:ComedyWestern
Network:NBC

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Lazy Ace (1)" is the best rated episode of "Bret Maverick" season 1. It scored 7.3/10 based on 173 votes. Directed by Stuart Margolin and written by N/A, it aired on 12/1/1981. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Lazy Ace (2)".

  • The Lazy Ace (1)
    7.3/10173 votes

    #1 - 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

  • The Lazy Ace (2)
    7.6/1041 votes

    #2 - 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

  • Welcome to Sweetwater
    8.4/1044 votes

    #3 - 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

  • Anything for a Friend
    8.0/1037 votes

    #4 - 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

  • The Yellow Rose
    7.7/1039 votes

    #5 - 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

  • Horse of Yet Another Color
    8.0/1037 votes

    #6 - 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

  • Dateline: Sweetwater
    8.6/1032 votes

    #7 - 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

  • The Mayflower Women's Historical Society
    7.8/1038 votes

    #8 - 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

  • Hallie
    7.6/1036 votes

    #9 - 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

  • The Ballad of Bret Maverick
    8.0/1033 votes

    #10 - 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

  • A Night at the Red Ox
    8.8/1037 votes

    #11 - 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

  • The Not So Magnificent Six
    8.4/1036 votes

    #12 - 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

  • The Vulture Also Rises
    8.5/1039 votes

    #13 - 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

  • The Eight Swords of Dyrus and Other Illusions of Grandeur
    7.8/1030 votes

    #14 - 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

  • Faith, Hope and Clarity (1)
    8.3/1038 votes

    #15 - 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

  • Faith, Hope and Clarity (2)
    9.1/1034 votes

    #16 - 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

  • The Rattlesnake Brigade
    8.4/1028 votes

    #17 - 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

  • The Hidalgo Thing
    8.9/1040 votes

    #18 - 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