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Bret Maverick: Season 1

18 episodes Premiered Dec 1, 1981 Updated Oct 7, 2026
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Season 1 Episodes

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (15): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S1·E1 Mytharc

The Lazy Ace (1)

Dec 1, 1981 · 60 min

In what may very well be the last of the great poker games in the Old West, Bret wins ownership of the saloon and decides to settle down in the town of Sweetwater in the Arizona Te

S1·E2 Core

The Lazy Ace (2)

Dec 1, 1981 · 60 min

Former sheriff Tom Guthrie joins Bret as partner in the Red Ox saloon, to the dismay of the townspeople who just booted the old-fashioned lawman out of office.

S1·E3 Core

Welcome to Sweetwater

Dec 8, 1981 · 60 min

Maverick's reluctance to sell his ranch, the Lazy Ace, is the major stumbling block to bringing the railroad into Sweetwater.

S1·E4 Core

Anything for a Friend

Dec 15, 1981 · 60 min

A barn-raising celebration at Maverick's ranch helps him conceal Billy the Kid from authorities.

S1·E5 Core

The Yellow Rose

Dec 22, 1981 · 60 min

Women's suffrage catches fire in Sweetwater and no one feels the heat more than Maverick, who's just won a Chinese girl in a poker game.

S1·E6 Core

Horse of Yet Another Color

Jan 5, 1982 · 60 min

Teddy Roosevelt comes to town to present an Indian chief with a horse from the president, but Maverick ends up winning the stallion.

S1·E7 Core

Dateline: Sweetwater

Jan 12, 1982 · 60 min

Eastern financial interests attempt a takeover of Sweetwater businesses.

S1·E9 Core

Hallie

Feb 9, 1982 · 60 min

An old flame of Bret's shows up in Sweetwater, pursued by two homicidal brothers she swindled.

S1·E10 Core

The Ballad of Bret Maverick

Feb 16, 1982 · 60 min

A stranger arrives in town, claiming to be in the process of finishing an epic ballad on the life and death of Bret Maverick.

S1·E11 Core

A Night at the Red Ox

Feb 23, 1982 · 60 min

Vigilantes take over the Red Ox saloon and put former sheriff Tom Guthrie on trial for crimes he allegedly committed in the past.

S1·E12 Core

The Not So Magnificent Six

Mar 2, 1982 · 60 min

Six men who each want to gain a reputation as the one who killed the famous Bret Maverick have followed a western pulp writer to Sweetwater.

S1·E13 Core

The Vulture Also Rises

Mar 16, 1982 · 60 min

When a stagecoach is attacked by Apaches and a woman is killed, the angry townspeople want to call in the cavalry.

S1·E15 Core

Faith, Hope and Clarity (1)

Apr 13, 1982 · 60 min

A religious charlatan dupes the townpeople so that he can obtain the rights to their land.

S1·E16 Core

Faith, Hope and Clarity (2)

Apr 20, 1982 · 60 min

Bret masterminds a con to get back the townsfolk's land, which was legally stolen by the clever leader of a religious cult.

S1·E17 Mytharc

The Rattlesnake Brigade

Apr 27, 1982 · 60 min

Maverick and Guthrie are suckered into agreeing to protect a shipment of gold from a ruthless band of outlaws.

S1·E18 Mytharc

The Hidalgo Thing

May 4, 1982 · 60 min

Tom Guthrie, who is trying to get re-elected as sheriff, tries to get Maverick to keep a low profile, but Bret is working on the biggest con of his life and isn't going to stop now

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