The BEST episodes written by Jo Pagano
#1 - The Unwritten Commandment
Bonanza - Season 7 - Episode 28
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.
#2 - The Strange One
Bonanza - Season 7 - Episode 10
Hoss and Joe find a woman abandoned by a wagon train because her gift of prophecy is considered a curse. "Wouldn't it be wonderful," says Ben, "if eveybody made a real effort to understand whatever's strange and unfamiliar rather to fear it and try to destroy it?"
#3 - Three Brides for Hoss
Bonanza - Season 7 - Episode 22
Not one, but three mail-order brides show up unexpectedly at the Ponderosa, all of them believing they are to marry Hoss.
#4 - The Wild One
Bonanza - Season 6 - Episode 3
Lafe Jessup doesn't really want to be married, and now he's about to be a father! The horse wrangler finds a fight with Hoss at his reluctance to perform his duties.
#5 - The Deadliest Game
Bonanza - Season 6 - Episode 22
The Cartwrights play host to Guido Borelli, a world renowed aerial acrobat who once saved Ben's life in Italy. Borelli's troup is beset by internal strife, and is performing in Virginia City.