The BEST episodes written by Robert V. Barron

Hoss and the Leprechauns
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8.71
18 votes

#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.

A Knight to Remember
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7.67
3 votes

#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.

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The Night of the Fatal Trap
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7.10
77 votes

#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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A Bride for Buford
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7.08
10 votes

#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.

The Saga of Muley Jones
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5.78
7 votes

#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.

Destiny's Child
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5.33
3 votes

#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.