The BEST episodes written by Robert Vincent Wright
#3 - The Terrible Toys
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - Season 3 - Episode 5
Seaview is investigating a UFO. Along the way, they pick up a shipwrecked old man -- almost always a bad omen when our gallant crew finds a castaway! The bedraggled fellow has a sack full of strange, frightening toys capable of murder, and of destroying the submarine. Turns out the alien ship needs to melt down Seaview's hull for fuel. Nelson and Crane do their best to foil the aliens' plans before it is too late.
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#4 - Deadly Waters
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - Season 3 - Episode 7
Captain Crane rescues a diver from a wrecked atomic sub. He turns out to be Kowalski's brother, Stan, a Navy diving specialist. When the Seaview needs his help in getting off the ocean floor, Stan is not up to the job.
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#7 - The Last Vote
Bonanza - Season 10 - Episode 6
Hoss and Joe's bickering leads them into taking opposite sides in the Virginia City mayoral race. Their zealous actions leads into dividing Virginia City's citizens into 2 factions that causes nothing but arguments, fights and havoc in town.
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#8 - The People's Friend
Maverick - Season 3 - Episode 21
Bart Maverick is running for office, he is a sure candidate for U.S. Senate. Bart's political ambition has some town's people out for his blood. His opponents will go to any length to stifle his political aspirations; they threathen his life. Fearful of his opponents, Bart finds a way out of the election, without letting the voters down.
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#9 - Fred
Little House on the Prairie - Season 3 - Episode 8
Laura is tricked into taking a "one of a kind" billy goat home with her. After Fred eats some of the Ingalls' crops, Laura is forced to get rid of the billy goat. Every person that Laura wanted to give the billy goat to resulted in a funny time. Laura finally decides to set him free in the wild.
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#10 - Graveyard of Fear
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - Season 2 - Episode 19
A scientist and his secretary come aboard Seaview when their research vessel is sunk by a giant Portugese Man-Of-War. They want Admiral Nelson to return to the scene, but won't tell him the real reason.
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#11 - The Night of the Bars of Hell
The Wild Wild West - Season 1 - Episode 22
West, posing as a prison inspector, hunts for clues to a pillaging outlaw band. When things don't go as planned, Arte's special talents are required.
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#12 - Rain from Heaven
Bonanza - Season 5 - Episode 3
A destitute rainmaker and his family arrive in drought-stricken Virginia City. While Ben tries to help him make rain, Hoss tends to the man's seriously ill little girl.
#13 - The Dowry
Bonanza - Season 3 - Episode 31
The Cartwrights get mixed up in the romance of a phony heiress and an equally phony land baron.
#15 - The Sure Thing
Bonanza - Season 9 - Episode 9
A young girl's ownership of a beloved stallion is jeopardized by the "big plans" of her scheming father.
#16 - ...And Five of Us Are Left
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - Season 2 - Episode 3
Seaview comes to the rescue of newly discovered WWII survivors living in an underwater cave beneath a rumbling volcano.
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#17 - Alias Joe Cartwright
Bonanza - Season 5 - Episode 17
A man who looks similar to Joe uses Joe's name and gets Joe in the position of facing the firing squad.
#18 - The Tarnished Badge
Gunsmoke - Season 20 - Episode 9
Matt's friend, Sheriff Harker runs his town ruthlessly, punishing anyone disobeying him.
#19 - The Bold Fenian Men
Maverick - Season 4 - Episode 14
The Fenians, an Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood, are trained soldiers sworn to free Ireland from British rule. The Fenians have gathered in Dakota City to plan a march into Canada where they want to take hold of a small part of British property hostage in exchange for Ireland's freedom. After England pressures the United States to intervene, Beau Maverick is blackmailed into infiltrating the Fenians ranks by a shrewd Army colonel.
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#21 - The Impostors
Bonanza - Season 12 - Episode 12
Hoss and Joe pretend to be stage robbers' partners in order to recover stolen Cartwright money. All goes well until the wife of one of the thieves shows up.
#22 - Rock-a-Bye, Hoss
Bonanza - Season 13 - Episode 4
Hoss becomes a judge in a contest--he has to pick the perfect/prettiest baby. The parents of the babies nearly all try to influence Hoss, so he has a hard time deciding. There is one quite hilarious part (though odd).
