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The Best Episodes of Bonanza Season 7

Every episode of Bonanza Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Bonanza Season 7!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Bonanza Season 7 Episode 7 - Found Child
    8.0/10(155 votes)

    S7:E7

    Hoss comes upon an overturned stagecoach and discovers a little girl suffering from shock. After the Cartwrights suceed in bringing her around, Hoss is disappointed she has relatives and cannot stay. The girl's uncle turns out to be the enemy and Hoss saves her.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 9 - Mighty is the Word
    8.0/10(134 votes)

    S7:E9

    Virginia City's newest preacher is an ex-gunfighter who wants only to build a new church, but the brother of one of his victims has other ideas. The blueprints for the church are said to be a gift from Adam.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 4 - The Other Son
    7.9/10(129 votes)

    S7:E4

    A mule skinner and his two sons are hired by Ben to transport nitroglycerin to California.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 14 - All Ye His Saints
    7.9/10(136 votes)

    S7:E14

    In this series' highlight, little Michael Thorpe heads to the high country to ask God to spare his critically wounded father, believing he has found Him in the form of longtime fugitive Tom Cain.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 25 - The Trouble with Jamie
    7.8/10(126 votes)

    S7:E25

    The Cartwrights attempt to straighten out the snobbish young son of Ben's cousin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 12 - Five Sundowns to Sunup
    7.6/10(128 votes)

    S7:E12

    The mother of a young outlaw condemned to hang, threatens to have her gang's hostages killed if her son is not set free. One of the hostages is Joe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 30 - The Fighters
    7.6/10(119 votes)

    S7:E30

    Feeling guilty for unintentionally ending the career of a professional boxer, Hoss vows never to fight again. But things change when Joe is nearly beaten to death.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 5 - The Lonely Runner
    7.5/10(115 votes)

    S7:E5

    A judge awards itinerant horse breeder Jim Acton's beloved mare to rancher Sam Whipple. Jim tries to buy her back, but Whipple refuses his offer, after which a fight ensues and Jim kills Whipple in self-defense. The Cartwrights want to bring Jim in to make sure he receives a fair trial, but an ambitious and overzealous deputy doesn't care how he brings him in.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 2 - The Dilemma
    7.4/10(120 votes)

    S7:E2

    Ben helps a convict win a parole only to have the man later become the chief suspect in a bank robbery.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 3 - The Brass Box
    7.4/10(111 votes)

    S7:E3

    Juan Ortega claims he has a land grant which gives him ownership of the entire Nevada Territory.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 8 - The Meredith Smith
    7.4/10(137 votes)

    S7:E8

    Ben must determine who is the rightful heir to a fortune that includes water rights vital to the Ponderosa.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 20 - Peace Officer
    7.4/10(140 votes)

    S7:E20

    While Sheriff Coffee is in Saint Louis, the Morrisey bunch decides to work off excess energy by wrecking the saloon in a violent spree. When Deputy Bill Harris tries to arrest them, they hit him on the head with a whiskey bottle, accidentally killing him. All of them get away except Cliff, who is put in jail. He refuses to say the names or locations of his friends. Mayor Garrett holds an emergency meeting of the Virginia City town council. They hire legendary lawman Wes Dunn, as the temporary sheriff. He is a humorless man who is determined to restore order in town. He beats Cliff almost to death to find out where his friends are, but Cliff will not say anything. Meanwhile, Hoss finds Chuck, a wounded gang member. When he tries to take Chuck's gun away, he shoots Hoss. Joe goes with Dunn to find the other men. He thinks Dunn is a hero until he sees him murder one of the suspects in cold blood.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 13 - A Natural Wizard
    7.3/10(109 votes)

    S7:E13

    Hoss finds a kindred spirit in Skeeter Dexter, a lonesome young man who feels closer to animals than most people.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 17 - Ride the Wind (1)
    7.3/10(146 votes)

    S7:E17

    The Pony Express sets up office in Virginia and Joe is one of the first to join up. Ben also decides to invest in the fledgling enterprise. However, troubles soon plague the Pony Express with the Paiutes and a newspaper reporter, both trying to get their own agendas across.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 29 - Big Shadow on the Land
    7.3/10(114 votes)

    S7:E29

    Italian immigrants are determined to establish their own vineyard on Ponderosa property.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 32 - The Last Mission
    7.3/10(107 votes)

    S7:E32

    Ben and Hoss unwittingly aid a vengeful army colonel who plans to wipe out every Indian he can with a Gatling gun.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 11 - The Reluctant Rebel
    7.2/10(118 votes)

    S7:E11

    The Generation Gap, Western-style, as Hoss tries to bring a young man and his father closer together.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 18 - Ride the Wind (2)
    7.2/10(133 votes)

    S7:E18

    Conclusion to the previous-week's episode, where the Cartwrights provide needed assistance to the Pony Express.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 21 - The Code
    7.2/10(138 votes)

    S7:E21

    Joe is goaded into facing gunman Dan Taggert, unaware there is more to be prearranged than he realizes.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 22 - Three Brides for Hoss
    7.2/10(127 votes)

    S7:E22

    Not one, but three mail-order brides show up unexpectedly at the Ponderosa, all of them believing they are to marry Hoss.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 24 - Her Brother's Keeper
    7.2/10(110 votes)

    S7:E24

    Ben and Claire Armory fall in love, but their future is jeopardized by her disabled brother.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 28 - The Unwritten Commandment
    7.2/10(141 votes)

    S7:E28

    Everyone feels Andy Walker is an outstanding singer but his father, who feels the boy should concentrate on ranch work instead. Joe mentions receiving a letter from Adam, currently in Paris.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 1 - The Debt
    7.1/10(124 votes)

    S7:E1

    Wiley and Annie Kane arrive at the Ponderosa to work off their father's debt to Ben. It seems as though the elder Kane once swindled the Cartwright patriarch.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 19 - Destiny's Child
    7.1/10(120 votes)

    S7:E19

    After his only friend is killed, the Cartwrights take in a slow-witted man, who Roy Coffee informs them, is wanted for murder by Arizona authorities.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Bonanza Season 7 Episode 31 - Home from the Sea
    7.1/10(108 votes)

    S7:E31

    A sailor, claiming to be one of Adam's closest friends, is given a warm welcome by the Cartwrights, who have no way of knowing the man and his accomplice plan on robbing them.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"Found Child" is the best rated episode of Bonanza season 7. It scored 8.0/10 from 155 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on October 24, 1965.