Bret Maverick Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

The Lazy Ace

Tue, Dec 1, 1981 120 mins

Maverick wins $100,000 at poker and decides to settle down---until one of the losers robs the bank. James Garner. Bass: Bill McKinney. Mandy: Janis Paige. Tom: Ed Bruce. Philo: Stuart Margolin.

Episode 2

Welcome to Sweetwater

Tue, Dec 8, 1981 60 mins

Maverick suspects that a proposed railroad through Sweetwater is a scam. Austin: John Randolph. Tom: Ed Bruce. Garrick: Russ Marin.

Episode 3

Anything for a Friend

Tue, Dec 15, 1981 60 mins

There's trouble on the ranch when Maverick harbors Billy the Kid in his root cellar. Billy: Glenn Withrow. Tom: Ed Bruce. Philo: Stuart Margolin.

Episode 4

The Yellow Rose

Tue, Dec 22, 1981 60 mins

Maverick wins a Chinese girl in a poker game, and begins to feel the heat from the women's suffrage movement. James Garner, Darleen Carr. Kate: Marj Dusay.

Episode 5

Horse of Yet Another Color

Tue, Jan 5, 1982 60 mins

Maverick wins a horse that turns out to be stolen, and somehow connected to an Indian peace treaty. James Garner, Darleen Carr. Jessica: Holly Palance. Tom: Ed Bruce. Delwood: Simon Oakland.

Episode 6

Dateline: Sweetwater

Tue, Jan 12, 1982 60 mins

Sweetwater's institutions are subjected to a takeover scheme. Maverick: James Garner. Tom: Ed Bruce. Tyndall: Ed Nelson. Hennessey: Richard O'Brien.

Episode 7

The Mayflower Women's Historical Society

Tue, Feb 2, 1982 60 mins

Maverick must agree to sell his life story to an ambitious historian or face the hangman's noose. James Garner. Sylvane: David Young. Mary Lou: Darleen Carr. Tom: Ed Bruce. Cy: Richard Hamilton.

Episode 8

Hallie

Tue, Feb 9, 1982 60 mins

An old flame of Bret's is pursued by brothers she swindled. James Garner. Hallie: Dixie Carter. Barney: Geoffrey Lewis. Mary Lou: Darleen Carr. Kenneth: William Sanderson. Tom: Ed Bruce.

Episode 9

The Ballad of Bret Maverick

Tue, Feb 16, 1982 60 mins

A balladeer is writing a song about Bret that can't be completed until after Maverick's death. James Garner, Darleen Carr. Voorsanger: Sandy McPeak. Titus: Cliff Emmich.

Episode 10

A Night at the Red Ox

Tue, Feb 23, 1982 60 mins

Tom is accused of a 20-year-old murder and sentenced to death. James Garner. Addie: Savannah Smith. Mary Lou: Darleen Carr. Fletcher: Paul Koslo.

Episode 11

The Not So Magnificent Six

Tue, Mar 2, 1982 60 mins

A writer proposes to immortalize in print the man who can kill Maverick (James Garner). Bligh: Joseph Sirola. La Fleur: Kario Salem. Tom: Ed Bruce. Farnsworth: Ross Hagen. Mary Lou: Darleen Carr.

Episode 12

The Vulture Also Rises

Tue, Mar 16, 1982 60 mins

An apparent Apache attack on a stagecoach incites the town to call in the cavalry. James Garner. Philo: Stuart Margolin. Captain Dawkins: Monte Markham. Eloise: Peggy Walton-Walker. Tom: Ed Bruce.

Episode 13

The Eight Swords of Dyrus and Other Illusions of Grandeur

Tue, Mar 23, 1982 60 mins

A crooked magician wants to work the Red Ox without Bret watching him. Malooley: Cliff Potts. Maverick: James Garner. Athena: Sara Rush. Tom: Ed Bruce. Sturgess: Tommy Bush. Sampson: Sid Haig.

Episode 14

Faith, Hope and Clarity

Tue, Apr 13, 1982 60 mins

Maverick sets out to regain land taken from locals by a cult leader. First of two parts. Sinclair: Robert Webber. Maverick: James Garner. Wertman: James Staley. Cy: Richard Hamilton. Kate: Marj Dusay.

Episode 15

Faith, Hope and Clarity: Part 2

Tue, Apr 20, 1982 60 mins

Conclusion. The "sting" continues on schedule---unless Philo can derail it. Maverick: James Garner. Sinclair: Robert Webber. Whitney: Jameson Parker. Kate: Marj Dusay.

Episode 16

The Rattlesnake Brigade

Tue, Apr 27, 1982 60 mins

Maverick and Tom are suckered into protecting a gold shipment from marauders. James Garner. Tom: Ed Bruce. Henry: Stanley Wells. Cy: Richard Hamilton. Col. Bang: Arlen Dean Snyder.

Episode 17

The Hidalgo Thing

Tue, May 4, 1982 60 mins

Bret's scam may damage Guthrie's campaign for sheriff. James Garner. Bart: Jack Kelly. Guthrie: Ed Bruce. Kate: Marj Dusay. Gomez: Hector Elizondo. Crow: Ramon Bieri. Toothless Tim: Dub Taylor.

Episode 18

Faith, Hope and Clarity

Sun, Apr 14, 2019 60 mins

A cult leader legally grabs the townspeople's land, and Bret schemes to get it back.

Episode 19

The Lazy Ace: Part 1

Sat, Nov 25, 2023 60 mins

Episode 20

The Lazy Ace: Part 2

Sun, Nov 26, 2023 60 mins