The BEST episodes directed by Don Daves
#1 - The Greedy Ones
Bonanza - Season 8 - Episode 34
The Ponderosa is in danger of being overrun by gold hunters.
#2 - The Gold Detector
Bonanza - Season 9 - Episode 14
Hoss wants to buy a mine thought to be worthless and orders a fancy invention to prove it isn't and becomes the local laughingstock in town
#3 - Dark Enough to See the Stars
Bonanza - Season 8 - Episode 26
Young Billy Wilcox wanders onto the Ponderosa, sick, hungry, and alone. Ben finds him, and after he regains his strength, offers Billy a job. Jennifer Yardley, who with her father is visiting the Cartwrights, is interested in Billy. Billy is more concerned about a lawman that has come to town because he has a past that could be problematic: he killed a man in self-defense and ran.
#4 - A Man Without Land
Bonanza - Season 8 - Episode 29
The foreman of a neighboring ranch frames Joe for murder as part of a scheme to get his employer's property.
#5 - Six Black Horses
Bonanza - Season 9 - Episode 11
Ben's old friend has stolen money from corrupt politicians in New York and plans to invest in Nevada.
#6 - A Dollar's Worth of Trouble
Bonanza - Season 7 - Episode 33
Hoss finds himself in another mess, this one involving a beautiful blonde, a moonshiner, and a nearsighted outlaw who is allergic to chocolate and flowers.