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Maverick - Episode Guide

Season 1

War of the Silver Kings

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 22, 1957

War of the Silver Kings

Bret rides into Echo Springs and discovers that the mining company owner is a card cheat. The owner orders Bret to get out of town and has him beaten when he doesn't, so Bret plans revenge on the man by starting a rival company.

Point Blank

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 29, 1957

Point Blank

Beautiful Molly Gleason gets Bret a job as a spotter at a local saloon... but he's unaware she's setting him up so that she and her accomplice can rob the town bank.

According to Hoyle

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 6, 1957

According to Hoyle

Southern belle Samantha Crawford takes Bret at poker: twice. He makes her a deal for her to stake him to take down a crooked saloon owner, but Samantha owes some money of her own.

Ghost Rider

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 13, 1957

Ghost Rider

Bret goes looking for a robber, and the trail leads to White Rock. The robber is dead, and the woman Bret meets along the way mysteriously disappears into the night... and the townspeople later tell Bret that she died a week ago.

The Long Hunt

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 20, 1957

The Long Hunt

Bret befriends an affable stagecoach robber. When the man is fatally shot, he makes Bret promise to find the man who was mistaken for him and went to prison for a bank robbery.

Stage West

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Oct 27, 1957

Stage West

A father and his two sons are willing to kill to find a gold mine in the Black Hills, and Bret--who they've captured--says that he has the only map.

Relic of Fort Tejon

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 3, 1957

Relic of Fort Tejon

Bret is saddled with a camel in a poker game, but he has bigger troubles: he goes to Silver Springs to take on "Honest" Carl Jimson, who is fleecing his customers. Bret refuses to be cowed and move on to greener pastures, and Carl hires a gunfighter to take Bret down.

Hostage

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 10, 1957

Hostage

Bret meets with his brother Bart in New Orleans to gain passage on a riverboat filled with rich Creoles. But they end up involved with a kidnapping scheme involving the daughter of the riverboat's owner.

Stampede

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Nov 17, 1957

Stampede

Bret teams up with a fellow gambler, Diamond Jim Buckley, to take down a crooked saloon owner who robbed them both.

The Wrecker

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Dec 1, 1957

The Wrecker

Bret asks for Bart's help to buy a stranded ship at auction, but someone else is interested in purchasing it. Bart puts to see to find out who wants the ship so badly.

The Quick and the Dead

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Dec 8, 1957

The Quick and the Dead

Bret needs a crook alive to clear him of a robbery charge. But Doc Holliday is gunning for the crook, so Bret has to lose to Doc at cards to keep him occupied.

Comstock Conspiracy

Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Dec 29, 1957

Comstock Conspiracy

Bret tries to collect a $10,000 bet from a Virginia City businessman, and ends up killing him in self-defense. The dead man turns up alive and well, and is involved in a scheme to keep an engineer from properly ventilating the Comstock Lode... and reducing the businessman's profits.

Rage for Vengeance

Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Jan 12, 1958

Rage for Vengeance

A widow hires Bret to escort her--and her $200,000--to a Montana town. Bret soon finds himself on the run with the $200,000... which is counterfeit.

Rope of Cards

Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Jan 19, 1958

Rope of Cards

It's eleven angry men... and Bret, who is roped into serving on a jury assembled to hear the case of a young man accused of murder.

Day of Reckoning

Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Feb 2, 1958

Day of Reckoning

Bret sets up shop in a cow town. When a cowhand accidentally dies after the marshal buffaloes him, the trail hands prepare to ride in and tree the town unless someone stands up to them, and a newsprint shop owner provokes the trail hands.

Trail West to Fury

Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: Feb 16, 1958

Trail West to Fury

While caught in a flood, Bret and Bart tells Dandy Jim the story of why they're wanted for murder in Texas.

The Seventh Hand

Episode: 1x23 | Airdate: Mar 2, 1958

The Seventh Hand

Samantha Crawford stakes Bret for $20,000 in a high-stakes game of poker against some leading businessmen. When robbers take all their money, the businessmen suspect Bret set the whole thing up and Bet sets out to recover their money... with Samantha's "help".

Black Fire

Episode: 1x25 | Airdate: Mar 16, 1958

Black Fire

To pay off a debt, Bret poses as a heir but soon discovers that someone wants all of the heirs dead at the isolated ranch where their rich uncle has called them to decide who he should give his money to.

Seed of Deception

Episode: 1x27 | Airdate: Apr 13, 1958

Seed of Deception

Bret and Bart are mistaken for Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp by local townspeople, who want them to deal with a criminal who is secretly planning to rob the bank.

Season 2

The Day They Hanged Bret Maverick

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 21, 1958

The Day They Hanged Bret Maverick

You can't con an innocent man.... but you can hang one, as Bret discovers when he's framed for murder and robbery in Hallelujah, New Mexico.

The Lonesome Reunion

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Sep 28, 1958

The Lonesome Reunion

Bret gets involved in the search for hidden bank robbery money, when the wife of one of the robbers asks for his help to dodge another robber.

The Belcastle Brand

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 12, 1958

The Belcastle Brand

A family of English aristocrats living in Wyoming take Bret in after he's stranded in the desert. They hire him to work as a hunting guide, and Bret tries to save their lives when outlaws strand them in the desert.

Escape to Tampico

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Oct 26, 1958

Escape to Tampico

A rich French family hires Bret to bring back the man who they believe killed one of their members. Bret travels to Mexico to find the man, Steve Corbett, but soon becomes convinced of his innocence.

The Jail at Junction Flats

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Nov 9, 1958

The Jail at Junction Flats

When Dandy Jim cons Bret out of $5,000 and gets himself into jail on a murder charge, Bret has to break him out to get his money back.

Shady Deal at Sunny Acres

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Nov 23, 1958

Shady Deal at Sunny Acres

A crooked bank manager, Bates, rips off Bret for $15,000 in poker winnings. Bret sits and whittles on the hotel porch... while Bart and the Mavericks' friends run a con on Bates to get the money back.

Island in the Swamp

Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Nov 30, 1958

Island in the Swamp

In the bayous, Bret falls in with English colonists who are willing to kill him rather than reveal the secret they hide.

The Spanish Dancer

Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Dec 28, 1958

The Spanish Dancer

Bart and Gentleman Jack sell goods at a mining camp, and soon Bart is accused of murdering Jack over a Spanish dancer, Elena.

Gun-shy

Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Jan 11, 1959

Gun-shy

Bret hunts for Confederate treasure hidden in a Kansas town where Marshal Matt Dooley watches over the citizenry and takes a dislike to the gambler.

Two Beggars on Horseback

Episode: 2x17 | Airdate: Jan 18, 1959

Two Beggars on Horseback

Bart and Bret race against each other to get to an exchange office and cash a draft before news gets out that the company that issued it went bankrupt.

The Rivals

Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Jan 25, 1959

The Rivals

A rich young man, Jack Vandergilt, hires Bret to pose as him while Jack poses as Bret to woo a young heiress and convince her to love him for his personality, not his moiney.

Duel at Sundown

Episode: 2x19 | Airdate: Feb 1, 1959

Duel at Sundown

Bret's friend asks him to come to Sundown and convince his daughter Carrie that the local gunfighter she's in love with is a coward. The problem is that he's a gunfighter and Bret isn't.

The Saga of Waco Williams

Episode: 2x21 | Airdate: Feb 15, 1959

The Saga of Waco Williams

Bret rides into Bent City with Waco Williams, a straight-shooting white-wearing gunman who doesn't want any trouble... and they find themselves in the middle of a range war.

Two Tickets to Ten Strike

Episode: 2x24 | Airdate: Mar 15, 1959

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Bret Maverick uncovers a bizarre plot of murder and blackmail in the town of Ten Strike, New Mexico. Connie Stevens appears alongside Adam West.

Betrayal

Episode: 2x25 | Airdate: Mar 22, 1959

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The Strange Journey of Jenny Hill

Episode: 2x26 | Airdate: Mar 29, 1959

The Strange Journey of Jenny Hill

Bret trails a widowed singer to find out if her husband is really alive... and if he is, his existence can clear Bret's friend Mike McComb of three murder charges.

Season 3

Pappy

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Sep 13, 1959

Pappy

Bart and Bret learn that their father is marrying a much younger woman, and travel to Texas to find out what's going on.

The Sheriff of Duck 'N' Shoot

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Sep 27, 1959

The Sheriff of Duck 'N' Shoot

In the town of Duck "N" Shoot, Bret gets the false credit for knocking out a rowdy. The town judge appoints Bret the sheriff to deal with the unwholesome element in town, and Bret uses his wiles rather than his gunhand to deal with them.

The Cats of Paradise

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Oct 11, 1959

The Cats of Paradise

Conwoman Modesty Blaine suckers Bret out of $1,000 and sets him up to be shanghaied. Bret escapes and follows her to the town of Paradise where she's selling cats to rat-overrun miners, and tries to get his money back.

Full House

Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Oct 25, 1959

Full House

Bret takes a player's diamond stickpin as collateral and is soon mistaken for the player by the man's gang... and Bret ends up planning the robbery of the Denver Mint.

Easy Mark

Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Nov 15, 1959

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Cruise of the Cynthia B

Episode: 3x17 | Airdate: Jan 10, 1960

Cruise of the Cynthia B

Bret is swindled out of $1,000 by buying a riverboat. He discovers that it's worth $20,000 and that it's a cursed "death ship", and that he and the other six co-owners have to get the riverboat to Memphis in time to collect the money.

Maverick and Juliet

Episode: 3x18 | Airdate: Jan 17, 1960

Maverick and Juliet

Bret gets pulled into a family feud between the Caterets and the Montgomerys, and is forced to play poker for the Caterets to win the land the two families are fighting over. Problems arise when the Montgomerys bring in Bart as their player.

Guatemala City

Episode: 3x20 | Airdate: Jan 31, 1960

Guatemala City

Bret gets taken for a ride twice: once by a beautiful woman he falls in love with who may be a jewel thief, and then by a young orphan girl living in Guatemala where Bret tracks the first woman down.

A Flock of Trouble

Episode: 3x22 | Airdate: Feb 14, 1960

A Flock of Trouble

Bret wins a ranch in a poker game, but discovers that there are sheep, not cattle... and the local ranchers want the sheep out.

Iron Hand

Episode: 3x23 | Airdate: Feb 21, 1960

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The Resurrection of Joe November

Episode: 3x24 | Airdate: Feb 28, 1960

The Resurrection of Joe November

Bret meets an old "friend" on a riverboat heading to New Orleans, and gets swept up in a scheme to find the missing jewels of Napoleon during Mardi Gras.

The Misfortune Teller

Episode: 3x25 | Airdate: Mar 6, 1960

The Misfortune Teller

Bret arrives in the town of Medicine Bow and soon discovers that someone using his name swindled the townspeople for $15,000... and murdered the mayor.

Greenbacks, Unlimited

Episode: 3x26 | Airdate: Mar 13, 1960

Greenbacks, Unlimited

A bank president in Denver hires Bret to find out the safecracker/gambler who plans to break into the vault. Bret discovers that an old family friend has a secret way into the vault. The friend is honest... but the people who might use him to steal the money, not so much.

Season 4

Mano Nera

Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Oct 23, 1960

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A Bullet for the Teacher

Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Oct 30, 1960

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A beautiful dance hall girl, Flo Baker, leaves an innocent Beau Maverick to face a murder charge. Shortly after Beau wins half ownership of a gambling casino in St. Joe. Mo. Flo, in self defense, shoots and kills his partner. The dead man's brother, Luke Storm, accuses Beau of the murder, hoping to inherit Maverick's share in the casino. Beau flees St. Joe in search of the missing Flo. He finds her in a New Mexico hamlet where she is adored as the town's first school teacher. The citizens are unaware of Flo's dance hall background. Flo likes her new life and is reluctant to admit her guilt in the murder. She is faced with a cruel decision when Luke shows up with plans to kill the innocent Beau.

The Maverick Line

Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Nov 20, 1960

The Maverick Line

Bret and Bart inherit a stagecoach line from their uncle, discover that it's only of value to a local rancher, and try to sell it to her for 49% of the profit for the rest of their lives. But the rancher, a stagecoach robber, a greedy lawyer, and his hired killer have other plans.

Kiz

Episode: 4x12 | Airdate: Dec 4, 1960

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Red Dog

Episode: 4x25 | Airdate: Mar 5, 1961

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Season 5

The Golden Fleecing

Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Oct 8, 1961

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Bart's ship capsizes in a river and he is rescued by a quaker family.

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