The BEST episodes directed by Joseph Kane
#1 - Incident of the Murder Steer
Rawhide - Season 2 - Episode 28
A steer with the word "MURDER" branded on its side, considered an omen of violent death, is seen shortly after four mysterious riders from the same town join the drive.
#3 - Incident of the Night Horse
Rawhide - Season 2 - Episode 18
An embittered mustanger known by Gil Favor in his younger days blocks the pass that the herd needs to use to reach a river ford where they can cross safely. The mustanger is haunted by a fierce stallion who killed his son, once a friend of Favor.
#4 - Incident of the Arana Sacar
Rawhide - Season 2 - Episode 25
The owner of a remote trading post and his wife are coerced into backing a rustler's scheme to get the drovers drunk, swipe the herd and sell the beeves to hide skinners.
#5 - Incident of the Silent Web
Rawhide - Season 2 - Episode 30
A young girl is so shocked at her father's murder that she can not speak. She is taken captive by two escaped convicts.
#6 - Incident in the Garden of Eden
Rawhide - Season 2 - Episode 32
Rowdy leaves to buy cattle to replenish the herd. He comes to a town of an eccentric English patriarch living with his beautiful daughter. Rowdy doesn't understand why he seems so afraid to sell the cattle without his foreman's permission.
#7 - Incident of the Champagne Bottles
Rawhide - Season 2 - Episode 22
It looks like the drovers are moving smoothly until they find a very slow moving wagon on their way, allegedly carrying champagne. As it turns out it was not only champagne and everyone could be in danger.
#8 - The Philip Diedesheimer Story
Bonanza - Season 1 - Episode 8
Adam and Hoss assist a German engineer in developing the concept of "square set timbering" in the mines. Based on fact, and the first episode not to include all four Cartwrights. Hoss refers to the character, Emily, with whom he was in love with in, "The Newcomers."
#9 - The Saga of Annie O'Toole
Bonanza - Season 1 - Episode 7
Adam defends the mining claim of Annie O' Toole in a court presided over by Judge Ben Cartwright. Annie comes to the Washoe Diggings with a claim to a mine filed by her beau, Swede Lundberg. Swede has two claims and sold one to an acquaintance of theirs named Gregory Spain, creating confusion, that only Judge Ben Cartwright can make a ruling on.