Bonanza – Season 8

Season 8 (Episode 10)

Air Date: 13 November 1966

Teleplay: Michael Landon and Rik Vollaerts

Story: Rik Vollaerts

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Randy Boone (Colter Preston), Ann Doran (Lisa Stanley), Roger Davis (Harold Stanley), John Archer (Dave Sinclair), Charles Irving (Judge Borman), Robert Foulk (Sheriff), Robert B. Williams (Simpson), Will J. White (Hank), Lane Bradford (Charlie)

Notable Guest Stars

John Archer

Randy Boone

Ann Doran

Charles Irving

Production Notes

• Song: Ballad of the Ponderosa

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Ben
• This episode contains a reference to Adam

Detailed synopsis and analysis

Season 8 (Episode 9)

Air Date: 6 November 1966

Writers: Robert and Wanda Duncan

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee)

Guest Stars
John McIntire (Charlie Connors), Jeanette Nolan (Annie Connors), Tim McIntire (Billy Barker/George Barker), Hal Baylor (Jack Barker), Bill Fletcher (Sam), Bruno Ve Sota (Bartender), Dick Winslow (Heckler)

Notable Guest Stars

John McIntire

Tim McIntire

Jeanette Nolan

Production Notes

• John McIntire’s wife Jeanette Nolan played Annie and their son is Tim McIntire

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss
• VC Business: Charlie’s Livery Stable

Season 8 (Episode 8)

Air Date: 30 October 1966

Writer: John M. Chester

Director: Alan Crosland, Jr.

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Ray Teal (Roy Coffee), Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Vera Miles (Sarah Lowell), Lyn Edgington (Gabrielle Lowell), Madeline Mack (Lorraine Lowell), Melinda Plowman (Heather Lowell), Morgan Woodward (Catlin), Quentin Sondergaard (Crocker), Owen Bush (Billings), Rand Brooks (Cowboy), Raymond Guth (Toothless)

Notable Guest Stars

Owen Bush

Vera Miles

Episode Notes

• Business: Catlin and Crocker Cattle Co.

Season 8 (Episode 7)

Air Date: 23 October 1966

Writer: Frederic Louis Fox

Director: William F. Claxton

Synopsis
While on his way to Elson, Joe stops off at the Tanner place. He and Morgan Tanner are walking up to the house when they come across a rider, who is stealing Tanner’s horse. Both men are shot at by the thief. In self-defence, both Joe and Morgan shoot at the same time, killing the thief. They take the body to Elson and explain things to Sheriff Fenton. He tells them that the man they killed was Luke Jordan – a wanted man with a $2,000 bounty on his head. Since neither Joe or Morgan know who fired the fatal bullet, they agree to share the reward. Things change drastically, when Luke Jordan’s brothers arrive on the scene and Joe decides to keep the reward all to himself.

Guest Stars
Don Collier (Sheriff Fenton), Luana Patten (Lorna), Dean Harens (Morgan Tanner), Regina Gleason (Martha Tanner), Charles Maxwell (Virgil Jordan), Ed Faulkner (Casey), Ted Markland (Boone Jordan), Troy Melton (Walt Jordan), John “Red” Fox (Bartender)

Notable Guest Stars

Ed Faulkner

Luana Patten

Production Notes

• Song: Beautiful Dreamer by Stephen Collins Foster (1864)

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe

Season 8 (Episode 6)

Air Date: 16 October 1966

Writer: June Randolph

Director: Sutton Roley

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Bing Russell (Clem), Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)

Guest Stars
Geraldine Brooks (Carol Attley), Don Haggerty (Demers), Robert B. Williams (Hotel Clerk), Phil Chambers (Storeman), Paul Micale (Barber), Clint Sharp (Stage Driver)

Notable Guest Stars

Geraldine Brooks

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Hoss
• Business: Palace Hotel
• Carol’s mother, Kate Attley died in 1858

Season 8 (Episode 5)

Air Date: 9 October 1966

Teleplay: Thomas Thompson

Story: Thomas Thompson and Mark Michaels

Director: William Witney

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Eric Fleming (Heber Clawson), Dina Merrill (Susannah Clawson), Lois Nettleton (Elizabeth Ann Clawson), Vincent Beck (Grant Carbo), Booth Colman (Parley), Nelson Leigh (Dr. Bingham), Byron Morrow (Reverend Blaisdale), Dee Carroll (Mrs. Blaisdale), Clay Tanner (Tex), Bill Clark (Dave)

Production Notes

• Made on location at Lone Pine, California

Season 8 (Episode 4)

Air Date: 2 October 1966

Teleplay: Thomas Thompson

Story: Thomas Thompson and Mark Michaels

Director: William Witney

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Eric Fleming (Heber Clawson), Dina Merrill (Susannah Clawson), Lois Nettleton (Elizabeth Ann Clawson), Vincent Beck (Grant Carbo), Booth Colman (Parley), Robert Brubaker (Menken), Jean Inness (Mrs. Lang), Donald Elson (Mr. Lang), Clay Tanner (Tex), Bill Clark (Dave)

Notable Guest Stars

Eric Fleming

Dina Merrill

Lois Nettleton

ProductionNotes

• Made on location at Lone Pine, California

Episode Notes

• Town: Beehive (Nevada)

Season 8 (Episode 3)

Air Date: 25 September 1966

Writer: Frank Chase

Director: Paul Henreid

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Ed Begley Sr. (Dan Tolliver), Audrey Totter (Beth Riley), Sherwood Price (Sand), Donald Barry (Temple), Renny McEnvoy (Flint), Bruno Ve Sota (Bartender)

Notable Guest Stars

Ed Begley Sr.

Audrey Totter

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwrights: Ben and Joe

Season 8 (Episode 2)

Air Date: 18 September 1966

Writer: William R. Cox

Director: William Witney

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Bing Russell (Clem)

Guest Stars
Charlie Ruggles (Col. Robert Fairchild), Julie Parrish (Patty Lou Fairchild), Skip Homeier (Jack Geller), Johnny Silver (Snowden), Joe Haworth (O’Leary), Steven Marlo (Mackaye), John McKee (Fairly), Kenneth MacDonald (Sheriff), Chuck Roberson (Larcher)

Notable Guest Stars

Skip Homeier

Julie Parrish

Charlie Ruggles

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe

Season 8 (Episode 1)

Air Date: 11 September 1966

Writers: Jerry Adelman and William Driskill

Director: Lewis Allen

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Lynn Loring (Laurie Ferguson), Lyle Bettger (Jed Ferguson), Ron Foster (Stark), Erik Holland (Cleve Ferguson), David Pritchard (Bret), Bruno Ve Sota (Sam – Bartender), Bruce MacFarlane (Will – Clerk)

Notable Guest Stars

Lynn Loring

Episode Notes

• Featured Cartwright: Joe