The BEST episodes directed by James P. Yarbrough

#1 - The Ape
Bonanza - Season 2 - Episode 14
Hoss becomes friends with dull-witted Arnie Gurnie, who is a brute of a man with the mentality of a child. His temper scares everybody, including the Cartwrights.

#2 - The Courtship
Bonanza - Season 2 - Episode 16
Hoss plans to marry the widow of one of Ben's friends, not knowing she is a compulsive gambler and refusing to believe it when the other Cartwrights confront him with the truth.
#3 - Gold Fever
Rawhide - Season 4 - Episode 28
Hosea Brewer has been prospecting Lost Mine ten years after everyone has left. The thought of gold and his three daughters attract the drovers.