The BEST episodes written by Robert V. Barron
#1 - Hoss and the Leprechauns
Bonanza - Season 5 - Episode 12
In what is arguably the best comedy of the series, Hoss swears he has seen green elves running around the Ponderosa and a smooth-talking Irishman complicates matters even worse.
#2 - A Knight to Remember
Bonanza - Season 6 - Episode 13
Two robberies take place on stagecoaches that Adam is traveling on, and both times a knight in shining armor scares the robbers away. Adam is accused of robbery, and his story about the knight is none too helpful.
#3 - The Night of the Fatal Trap
The Wild Wild West - Season 1 - Episode 15
Jim, disguised as a notorious outlaw, is sent to arrest Colonel Vasquez, the leader of a band of Mexican bandits terrorizing U.S. border towns.
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#4 - A Bride for Buford
Bonanza - Season 8 - Episode 18
Dolly Bantree has a crooked manager "Blackie", who blackmails Dolly to fleece newly rich miner Buford out of his newfound wealth. Hoss suspects something and gets all duded up to pose as a rich mark to test Dolly.
#5 - The Saga of Muley Jones
Bonanza - Season 5 - Episode 26
The Cartwrights are visited by their second cousin, Muley Jones of Weedville, Missouri who sings with a window-shattering voice and stirs up trouble with Indian negotiations that Ben is trying to ensure.
#6 - Destiny's Child
Bonanza - Season 7 - Episode 19
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.