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The Best Episodes of The High Chaparral Season 4

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The High Chaparral Season 4 Episode 14 - The New Lion of Sonora (1)
    8.1/10(87 votes)

    S4:E14

    Gilbert Roland guest stars as the surprise heir to the Montoya ranch in this special two-hour presentation. The sudden, peaceful passing of Don Sebastian Montoya brings his daughter Victoria, his son Manolito, John Cannon and Buck to the Montoya ranch to attend funeral services and to settle estate matters. All are amazed to learn the will leaves the vast Montoya holding to Don Sebastian's ne'er-do-well brother Don Domingo, a charming, irresponsible rascal currently living in Mexico City. Upon his return to the family home to claim his legacy, Domingo shocks the family by announcing he plans to sell the ranch and travel. A series of unexplained raids on his new-found cattle and property serves to uncover a little-known dimension of Don Domingo

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The High Chaparral Season 4 Episode 5 - A Matter of Survival
    7.7/10(81 votes)

    S4:E5

    Returning home from a visit to her father's ranch, Victoria and her escorts Sam and Pedro find infant Joey, the only survivor of an Indian raid on his parent's wagon. When the boy's grandfather, Dan Casement, spared only because he had gone ahead to scout for water, insists on leaving with the child, a concerned Victoria balks, insisting that she can better care of the baby en route to the safety of the Cannon ranch. Relenting, Casement joins them in their slow trek across the desert while Indians stalk them, awaiting the best time to attack.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The High Chaparral Season 4 Episode 6 - It Takes a Smart Man
    7.7/10(91 votes)

    S4:E6

    Fearing for the life of his threatened brother Buck, John Cannon accepts the demands of a blackmailer. Confronted by the demands of one-time gunman Tulsa Red, John has little choice but to turn over $5,000 to the man who has threatened to goad Buck into a shootout that John knows his brother will lose. Upon learning of how he was used, an angered Buck takes his own steps to recover the money and his pride.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The High Chaparral Season 4 Episode 16 - Sangre
    7.6/10(69 votes)

    S4:E16

    An all-out Indian war is threatened when a wounded Apache leader is held hostage at the Cannon ranch. Although the original intent to bring wounded Apache warrior Sangre to the Cannon ranch was to give him aid, his presence stirs up a bitter reaction from his own people and from Lt. Allen, head of a cavalry unit that wants Sangre on homicide charges. The circumstance places John Cannon and his ranch in the middle of an impending battle.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The High Chaparral Season 4 Episode 17 - The Hostage
    7.5/10(66 votes)

    S4:E17

    This episode involves the suspenseful moments spent by innocent bystanders taken hostage during an attempted bank robbery. During what he hoped to be the last robbery of his crime-filled career, Morgan MacQuarie imperils the lives of a group of hostages including Victoria and Wind. MacQuarie's problems mount when his robbery plan goes awry and the ensuing delay prompts an open defiance among his own men.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The High Chaparral Season 4 Episode 4 - Wind
    7.4/10(78 votes)

    S4:E4

    Returning home from a visit to her father's ranch, Victoria and her escorts Sam and Pedro find infant Joey, the only survivor of an Indian raid on his parent's wagon. When the boy's grandfather, Dan Casement, spared only because he had gone ahead to scout for water, insists on leaving with the child, a concerned Victoria balks, insisting that she can better care of the baby en route to the safety of the Cannon ranch. Relenting, Casement joins them in their slow trek across the desert while Indians stalk them, awaiting the best time to attack.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The High Chaparral Season 4 Episode 10 - Fiesta
    7.4/10(74 votes)

    S4:E10

    En route to a bordertown fiesta, Buck invites trouble when he befriends a Mexican boy. Buck encounters Homero Jose, an itinerant promoter whose income comes from fights he stages between friendless Mexican youths for anyone willing to wager on the outcome. Repelled by the sight of 11-year-old Beto being beaten, Buck takes him away in hopes of finding him a new home; but a vengeful Jose takes up their trail, vowing to get the boy back.

    Director:John Florea
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The High Chaparral Season 4 Episode 1 - An Anger Greater Than Mine
    7.3/10(71 votes)

    S4:E1

    Embittered former revolutionary Diego De La Paula leads his newly-formed army of liberation in a series of harassing raids on the vast lands and herds of the Cannons and Montoyas. He charges they won their wealth at the expense of his deposed hero, Maximilian. Aware of the seriousness and growing destructive power of the vengeful Diego, John Cannon and Don Sebastian Montoya join forces to thwart the attacks with a unique plan that results in a face-to-face confrontation between the elder Montoya and the self-styled liberator. good show

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The High Chaparral Season 4 Episode 2 - Spokes
    7.3/10(87 votes)

    S4:E2

    Needing to get away temporarily from the rigors of ranch life, Buck chooses the raucous Fourth of July holiday for the time and the roughest town in the territory for the place Soon after his arrival in Spokes, a lawless community run by tough China Pierce, Buck witnesses a saloon shootout in which Pierce's son Bud is killed by Jones, an old friendless trapper who is seriously wounded. Although it was a fair fight, cowering townspeople refuse to help Jones, so Buck goes to the man's aid and then mounts a vigil to await the inevitable explosive confrontation with Pierce.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The High Chaparral Season 4 Episode 11 - A Matter of Vengeance
    7.3/10(65 votes)

    S4:E11

    Embittered over the loss of his home and grandson in fire during a bandit raid, Casement vows to track down Reese, Gail and Wiley, the men responsible. He trails them to Tucson where his friends of the Chaparral offer to help, but the determined Casement wants to face the men alone.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The High Chaparral Season 4 Episode 7 - A Good Sound Profit
    7.2/10(67 votes)

    S4:E7

    John Cannon faces alienation of family and friends when he maintains his decision to aid a band of revolutionists. John Cannon, seeing a financial windfall in the sale of guns, ammunition and horses to ill-equipped Mexican rebels, negotiates with their leader over strong objections from his Mexican-born wife, Victoria, and her brother, Manolito. Even when Manolito elects to leave the Cannon ranch for good, John continues his profit-making deals despite the reaction of his family.

    Director:Corey Allen
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The High Chaparral Season 4 Episode 8 - Too Late the Epitaph
    7.2/10(73 votes)

    S4:E8

    Manolito is jailed in a case of mistaken identity on charges of holdup and murder. En route back to the Cannon ranch from a cattle purchase, Manolito is arrested when mistakenly identified as a member of a gang who held up a gold shipment hours earlier. He is released when an old friend Dave Redman, a fast-rising leader of the community in which Mano is being held, vouches for him. Later, when Mano finds himself framed for murder, he learns who his real friends are.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The High Chaparral Season 4 Episode 15 - The New Lion of Sonora (2)
    7.2/10(70 votes)

    S4:E15

    Gilbert Roland guest stars as the surprise heir to the Montoya ranch in this special two-hour presentation. The sudden, peaceful passing of Don Sebastian Montoya brings his daughter Victoria, his son Manolito, John Cannon and Buck to the Montoya ranch to attend funeral services and to settle estate matters. All are amazed to learn the will leaves the vast Montoya holding to Don Sebastian's ne'er-do-well brother Don Domingo, a charming, irresponsible rascal currently living in Mexico City. Upon his return to the family home to claim his legacy, Domingo shocks the family by announcing he plans to sell the ranch and travel. A series of unexplained raids on his new-found cattle and property serves to uncover a little-known dimension of Don Domingo

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The High Chaparral Season 4 Episode 9 - The Forge of Hate
    7.0/10(60 votes)

    S4:E9

    Efforts of a young Apache warrior to make peace with the white man are undermined by the belligerence of his long-embittered tribal chief. Determined to ease the ever-present threat of all-out war, youthful Two Pony negotiates a plan for peace with John Cannon whereby the Indian lad is temporarily housed at the High Chaparral to learn the blacksmith trade. His rebellious chieftain, Grey Wolf, thwarts the peace effort by carrying out a series of harassing attacks against Cannon and his herds.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The High Chaparral Season 4 Episode 12 - Pale Warrior
    7.0/10(71 votes)

    S4:E12

    Claiming to have been imprisoned by the Apaches for 15 years, a white man is befriended by the Cannons who soon regret their helpfulness. After aiding Talbot whom they find injured, John Cannon, Victoria, Buck and Manolito become suspicious of the man's true purpose for being in the Cannon Ranch area. It is Wind who uncovers evidence to confirm their suspicions.

    Director:Joseph Pevney
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The High Chaparral Season 4 Episode 3 - Only the Bad Come to Sonora
    6.9/10(81 votes)

    S4:E3

    A half-breed Indian lad whose life has been saved by men of the Cannon ranch strives to repay the debt. John Cannon, Buck and Manolito intervene when ranchers Fraley and Henderson attempt to hang Wind, whom they accuse of rustling cattle. The boy's indebtedness later figures significantly in the defense against a series of mysterious and costly raids on a major cattle drive.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The High Chaparral Season 4 Episode 13 - The Badge
    6.8/10(71 votes)

    S4:E13

    In a flashback sequence, John Cannon and brother Buck retrace their lives of years ago when lawman John captures Buck, who is wanted for bank robbery and murder. En route to town for trial, the brothers are followed by Buck's former partners, who are determined to see that the true story never is known.

    Director:Arthur H. Nadel
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The High Chaparral Season 4 Episode 18 - A Man to Match the Land
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S4:E18

    Albert Salmi is the sole survivor of an Indian battle who decides to live as an Apache. Needing to fulfill an Army contract for the sale of horses, John Cannon, Buck, Manolito and Wind head for Indian country to round up a wild herd. Confronted by a tribe of embittered Apaches led by White Horse and Red Eagle, Cannon is allowed access to the herd only on condition that White Horse accompany the group with Buck left behind in the Apache camp.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The New Lion of Sonora (1)" is the best rated episode of The High Chaparral season 4. It scored 8.1/10 from 87 votes. Directed by Leon Benson and written by Unknown, it aired on February 19, 1971. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "A Matter of Survival".