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The Best Episodes of Maverick Season 3

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Maverick Season 3 Episode 1 - Pappy
    8.5/10(188 votes)

    #1 - Pappy

    S3:E1

    Beau Maverick (played by James Garner), father of Bret and Bart announces that he is getting married. The Maverick boys discover that the marriage is a business arrangement, not a love commitment. The young girl, Josephine St. Cloud is being forced by her father to marry the older Beau Maverick. The brothers set out to sabotage the wedding plans, not knowing that Beau Maverick already had a plan.

    Director:Montgomery Pittman
    Writer:Montgomery Pittman

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  2. Maverick Season 3 Episode 2 - Royal Four Flush
    8.1/10(116 votes)

    #2 - Royal Four Flush

    S3:E2

    Bart double-crosses a double-crosser — and winds up hogtied and kidnapped, with only his wits as a weapon with which to save his neck.

    Director:Arthur Lubin
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Maverick Season 3 Episode 3 - The Sheriff of Duck 'N' Shoot
    8.3/10(136 votes)

    #3 - The Sheriff of Duck 'N' Shoot

    S3:E3

    Sheriff Bret astounds himself as well as the townspeople by taming the trail herders who have been devastating the town, beats a gang of bank robbers at their own game, but has to summon the aid of brother Bart when his eye for a woman's beauty lands him in his own lockup.

    Director:George Waggner
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Maverick Season 3 Episode 4 - You Can't Beat the Percentage
    8.0/10(117 votes)

    #4 - You Can't Beat the Percentage

    S3:E4

    Bart is involved in a bizarre murder plot — in which he is high on the list of planned victims.

    Director:George Waggner
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Maverick Season 3 Episode 5 - The Cats of Paradise
    7.9/10(139 votes)

    #5 - The Cats of Paradise

    S3:E5

    Bret Maverick falls for a soft-spoken girl, Modesty Blaine (Mona Freeman). They enter into a partnership — to sell cats to a mining camp overrun by rats. But rumor has it that most men lose either their lives or their money when dealing with this young beauty. However, Bret stands to lose both his life and his money, so he plots to save both.

    Director:Arthur Lubin
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Maverick Season 3 Episode 6 - A Tale of Three Cities
    8.3/10(121 votes)

    #6 - A Tale of Three Cities

    S3:E6

    Bart has trouble retrieving his poker winnings from thieves. But help is on the way — from the local Ladies Aid Society.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Maverick Season 3 Episode 7 - Full House
    8.5/10(140 votes)

    #7 - Full House

    S3:E7

    Bret Maverick runs into a notorious bunch of bank robbers; Cole Younger, Billy The Kid, Sam Bass, Jesse James, Frank James, Jim Dalton, Black Bart, Ben Thompson and Belle Starr. The outlaws believe that Bret is the infamous Foxy Smith, a well known bad guy. When the outlaws discover Bret's true identity, they force him to do the robbery in Denver. Bret ends up in a mint of trouble.

    Director:Robert Gordon
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Maverick Season 3 Episode 8 - The Lass with the Poisonous Air
    7.4/10(93 votes)

    #8 - The Lass with the Poisonous Air

    S3:E8

    After a rebuff by mysterious Linda Burke (Joanna Moore), Bart is left holding the bag — for murder.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Maverick Season 3 Episode 9 - The Ghost Soldiers
    7.4/10(131 votes)

    #9 - The Ghost Soldiers

    S3:E9

    Bret finds himself one of three men secretly defending a deserted government fort against War Hungry Indians. Maverick succeeds in scaring them off by clever trickery. But a suspicious Indian chief (Paul Clarke) causes him to reconsider.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Maverick Season 3 Episode 10 - Easy Mark
    8.0/10(103 votes)

    #10 - Easy Mark

    S3:E10

    Bart Maverick, for whom cowardice is a virtue, ""turns yellow"" when he learns that his friendship with a tycoon could cost him his life.

    Director:Lew Landers
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Maverick Season 3 Episode 11 - A Fellow's Brother
    8.1/10(141 votes)

    #11 - A Fellow's Brother

    S3:E11

    When George Henry Arnett hears that Bret Maverick is in town to collect his money, Arnett (Adam West) starts a ""top gun"" rumor about Bret. After he creates a smoke screen, Arnett creeps out of town. Maverick is idolized by the town youngsters, sought after available women and hunted by the town bounty hunter. Bret Maverick is the talk of the town.

    Director:Leslie Goodwins
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Maverick Season 3 Episode 12 - Trooper Maverick
    7.3/10(112 votes)

    #12 - Trooper Maverick

    S3:E12

    Bart swings into trouble when he tries to help the cavalry uncover a traitor — and winds up facing a hangman's rope.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Maverick Season 3 Episode 13 - Maverick Springs
    8.6/10(140 votes)

    #13 - Maverick Springs

    S3:E13

    Bret is gired by a weathly texan to save her brother Mark from a conniving woman named Melanie. Posing as a Texas Colonel, Bret realizes that he's up against a master crook. With Mark's help and brother Bart's arrival as a weathly Easterner, they set up a scheme to catch the girl and almost outsmart themselves with their own cleverness.

    Director:Arthur Lubin
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Maverick Season 3 Episode 14 - The Goose-Drownder
    7.6/10(111 votes)

    #14 - The Goose-Drownder

    S3:E14

    Taking shelter in a ghost town, Bart impatiently awaits a storm's end. But when four gunmen arrive, he fears he'll never get out alive.

    Director:Arthur Lubin
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Maverick Season 3 Episode 15 - A Cure for Johnny Rain
    7.5/10(124 votes)

    #15 - A Cure for Johnny Rain

    S3:E15

    After saving Bret's life, Johnny Rain (William Reynolds) is arrested for robbing a stage coach. While Bret goes to his rescue he becomes ensnarled in a plot that involves a case of split personality. a dance hall wench and a mild-mannered Tinhorn gambler who likes to leave 'em laughing--with hysteria.

    Director:Montgomery Pittman
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Maverick Season 3 Episode 16 - The Marquesa
    7.1/10(91 votes)

    #16 - The Marquesa

    S3:E16

    Bart Maverick wins big, when he wins the ""Lucky Lady"" saloon in a card game. When Bart goes to Santa Leora to stake his claim, a beautiful Marquesa refuses to relinquish the property to him. Maverick encounters hurling knives, flurry of bullets and pounding fists when he tries to hold onto his newly acquired saloon.

    Director:Arthur Lubin
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Maverick Season 3 Episode 17 - Cruise of the Cynthia B.
    7.7/10(125 votes)

    #17 - Cruise of the Cynthia B.

    S3:E17

    Bret is one of the seven owners of a Riverboat who start down the Mississippi for Memphis to sell the broken-down craft, but soon in a deadly game of 10 Little Indians one owner after another is found mysteriously dead. It becomes apparent that if the boat does reach Memphis, it's almost certain it will have but one owner.

    Director:André de Toth
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Maverick Season 3 Episode 18 - Maverick & Juliet
    8.1/10(116 votes)

    #18 - Maverick & Juliet

    S3:E18

    Bret's freedom hinges on the outcome of a card game. He's ecstatic... until he meets his opponent: Bart — who will make a bundle if he wins.

    Director:Arthur Lubin
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Maverick Season 3 Episode 19 - The White Widow
    7.8/10(96 votes)

    #19 - The White Widow

    S3:E19

    A beautiful widow (Julie Adams) asks Bart to protect her from an unknown killer. He accepts — unaware that he is the intended victim.

    Director:Leslie Goodwins
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Maverick Season 3 Episode 20 - Guatemala City
    7.5/10(119 votes)

    #20 - Guatemala City

    S3:E20

    Maverick tries to straighten out his romance with Ellen Johnson and at the same time solve a million dollar jewel theft. When Bret finds out that his ardor has cooled, he also finds that he has become the prime target for a ruthless murderer and a man who refuses to stay dead.

    Director:Arthur Lubin
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Maverick Season 3 Episode 21 - The People's Friend
    7.6/10(93 votes)

    #21 - The People's Friend

    S3:E21

    Bart Maverick is running for office, he is a sure candidate for U.S. Senate. Bart's political ambition has some town's people out for his blood. His opponents will go to any length to stifle his political aspirations; they threathen his life. Fearful of his opponents, Bart finds a way out of the election, without letting the voters down.

    Director:Leslie Goodwins
    Writer:Robert Vincent Wright

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  22. Maverick Season 3 Episode 22 - A Flock of Trouble
    7.8/10(113 votes)

    #22 - A Flock of Trouble

    S3:E22

    Bret wins a sheep ranch located in the midst of cattle ranchers whose sole aim is to wipe out the sheep — and their new owner.

    Director:Arthur Lubin
    Writer:James Barnett

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  23. Maverick Season 3 Episode 23 - Iron Hand
    7.1/10(105 votes)

    #23 - Iron Hand

    S3:E23

    Hired to protect a cattle drive, Bart dutifully chases Indians — while a masterful swindle takes place right under his nose.

    Director:Leslie Goodwins
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Maverick Season 3 Episode 24 - The Resurrection of Joe November
    8.0/10(121 votes)

    #24 - The Resurrection of Joe November

    S3:E24

    A $10,000 temptation puts Bret unwittingly in the middle of a fantastic smuggling scheme.

    Director:Leslie Goodwins
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Maverick Season 3 Episode 25 - The Misfortune Teller
    8.0/10(110 votes)

    #25 - The Misfortune Teller

    S3:E25

    Bret is fighting a murder charge. But when he meets his lawyer — a numerologist, astrologer and bungler — he knows his number is up.

    Director:Arthur Lubin
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Pappy" is the best rated episode of "Maverick" season 3. It scored 8.5/10 based on 188 votes. Directed by Montgomery Pittman and written by Montgomery Pittman, it aired on 9/13/1959. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Royal Four Flush".