Season 1 (1981)
Release date: 1981-12-01
Episodes (18):
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1. The Lazy Ace (1)
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 Territory. (Part 1 of 2)
Release date: 1981-12-01
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2. The Lazy Ace (2)
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.
Release date: 1981-12-01
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3. Welcome to Sweetwater
Maverick's reluctance to sell his ranch, the Lazy Ace, is the major stumbling block to bringing the railroad into Sweetwater.
Release date: 1981-12-08
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4. Anything for a Friend
A barn-raising celebration at Maverick's ranch helps him conceal Billy the Kid from authorities.
Release date: 1981-12-15
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5. The Yellow Rose
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.
Release date: 1981-12-22
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6. Horse of Yet Another Color
Teddy Roosevelt comes to town to present an Indian chief with a horse from the president, but Maverick ends up winning the stallion.
Release date: 1982-01-05
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7. Dateline: Sweetwater
Eastern financial interests attempt a takeover of Sweetwater businesses.
Release date: 1982-01-12
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8. The Mayflower Women's Historical Society
It looks like Maverick is going to be hanged, unless he agrees to sell his life story to an ambitious historian.
Release date: 1982-02-02
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9. Hallie
An old flame of Bret's shows up in Sweetwater, pursued by two homicidal brothers she swindled.
Release date: 1982-02-09
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10. The Ballad of Bret Maverick
A stranger arrives in town, claiming to be in the process of finishing an epic ballad on the life and death of Bret Maverick.
Release date: 1982-02-16
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11. A Night at the Red Ox
Vigilantes take over the Red Ox saloon and put former sheriff Tom Guthrie on trial for crimes he allegedly committed in the past.
Release date: 1982-02-23
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12. The Not So Magnificent Six
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.
Release date: 1982-03-02
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13. The Vulture Also Rises
When a stagecoach is attacked by Apaches and a woman is killed, the angry townspeople want to call in the cavalry.
Release date: 1982-03-16
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14. The Eight Swords of Dyrus and Other Illusions of Grandeur
Bret exposes a crooked magician who is performing at the Red Ox.
Release date: 1982-03-23
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15. Faith, Hope and Clarity (1)
A religious charlatan dupes the townpeople so that he can obtain the rights to their land.
Release date: 1982-04-13
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16. Faith, Hope and Clarity (2)
Bret masterminds a con to get back the townsfolk's land, which was legally stolen by the clever leader of a religious cult.
Release date: 1982-04-20
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17. The Rattlesnake Brigade
Maverick and Guthrie are suckered into agreeing to protect a shipment of gold from a ruthless band of outlaws.
Release date: 1982-04-27
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18. The Hidalgo Thing
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.
Release date: 1982-05-04
Cast
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Ed Bruce - Tom Guthrie, John Shearin - Sheriff Mitchel Dowd