Bonanza: Season 14
Season 14 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Bonanza Season 13.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 14 Progress Shield
Forever
Sep 12, 1972 · 49 min
Little Joe finds true love in newcomer Alice Harper. Following a courtship, the two are engaged. Unlike most of the Cartwrights' previous girlfriends, Alice makes it to the altar.
Forever (2)
Sep 12, 1972 · 49 min
Little Joe learns of the tragic and savagely brutal circumstances of Alice's death and is determined to bring her killers to justice. While a good part of this episode focuses on
Heritage of Anger
Sep 19, 1972 · 49 min
Ex-con John Dundee, a friend of the Cartwights, is being released from prison. Ben tries to help John readjust to society, but John wants revenge on those who sent him to prison -
The Initiation
Sep 26, 1972 · 49 min
Jamie's friend, Ted Hoag, is unfairly blamed for the death of another young fellow during a club initiation. In the end, it's a lesson in responsibility for the boys of Virginia Ci
Riot!
Oct 3, 1972 · 49 min
While at the Nevada State Prison to inspect conditions, Ben is taken hostage in a riot. The riot is an attempt by frustrated inmates to expose horrific conditions at the prison. Wh
New Man
Oct 10, 1972 · 49 min
In what was essentially the second part of a two-part episode centering on Griff King, the young parolee arrives at the Ponderosa and is hired as a ranch hand. Ben, Joe and the oth
Ambush at Rio Lobo
Oct 24, 1972 · 49 min
Ben and a pregnant woman named Teresa are held hostage by desperate outlaws, who plot to rob a stagecoach and force the two to go along with the scheme.
The 26th Grave
Oct 31, 1972 · 49 min
Mark Twain ruffles dangerous feathers in Virginia City with accusations of claim-jumping and murder.
Stallion
Nov 14, 1972 · 49 min
The moving tale of Little Joe and his beloved black stallion, which Ben purchases for his son as a birthday gift.
The Hidden Enemy
Nov 28, 1972 · 49 min
Dr. Will Agar is Virginia City's new town doctor, and brings with him new skills and expertise to treat area residents' health maladies. Only thing is, Dr. Agar is seriously addict
The Sound of Sadness
Dec 5, 1972 · 49 min
A lonely old man opens his home to two orphan boys but runs into bureaucratic opposition when attempting to adopt them.
The Bucket Dog
Dec 19, 1972 · 49 min
Jamie obtains an Irish setter pup and forms a special bond between dog and man. The dog's owner learns the puppy is at the Ponderosa and arrives to claim it ... so he can put it to
First Love
Dec 26, 1972 · 49 min
Jamie becomes friends with the wife of an unpopular schoolmaster, who often browbeats her.
The Witness
Jan 2, 1973 · 49 min
An elderly business associate of Ben's is killed after a man, posing as Candy, tries to rob her; the woman suffers a fatal heart attack, which - since it happens during the commiss
The Marriage of Theodora Duffy
Jan 9, 1973 · 49 min
A serious game of ""let's pretend"" begins when Griff and government agent Theodora Duffy pose as husband and wife to capture a gang of war criminals.
The Hunter
Jan 16, 1973 · 49 min
In what turned out to be the series finale, Little Joe is making a delivery for Ben when he meets Bill Tanner, a psychotic killer that is posing as a soldier he has killed. His del