Bret Maverick

Episode 1

The Lazy Ace: Part 1

Tue, Dec 1, 1981 98 mins

At a high-stakes poker game in Sweetwater, Arizona Bret Maverick eliminates the competition, winning $100,000 and the deed to the Red Ox Saloon. Bret's luck soon changes, however, as his winnings are stolen that night from the local bank, and he learns that the saloon he now owns has a quite considerable mortgage that has come due. Getting no help from the newly-elected sheriff, who believes the days of the old west are over, he has no choice but to take off after the bank robbers on his own.

Episode 2

The Lazy Ace: Part 2

Tue, Dec 1, 1981

Episode 3

Welcome to Sweetwater

Tue, Dec 8, 1981 60 mins

The railroad wants to buy the ranch that Bret wants to retire to.

Episode 4

Anything for a Friend

Tue, Dec 15, 1981 49 mins

Tom Guthrie tries to help a young teenage outlaw, William Bonney, aka "Bill the Kid", by sheltering him at the Red Ox. However, when a vengeful U.S. Marshal, Phillip Mondragon, rides into Sweetwater with his posse, Tom appeals to Bret for help. Now the partners have to smuggle Billy out of town and get him to Mexico. Meanwhile, Fred "The Butcher" McShane, a notorious outlaw, rolls into town and Philo figures that Mondragon is after him... and plans to collect the reward.

Episode 5

The Yellow Rose

Tue, Dec 22, 1981 49 mins

The women's rights group is appalled when Bret wins a Chinese girl in a poker game.

Episode 6

Horse of Yet Another Color

Tue, Jan 5, 1982 48 mins

Bret wins a stolen horse in a poker game that Teddy Roosevelt was supposed to give the horse as a gift to Geronimo to seal a new treaty and the young Congressman is desperate to recover the animal in time. Meanwhile, Tom tries to swing a business deal with several shady operators to build a new ice house using the Red Ox saloon and Maverick's ranch as collateral.

Episode 7

Dateline: Sweetwater

Tue, Jan 12, 1982 60 mins

Big business tries to takeover the town of Sweetwater.

Episode 8

The Mayflower's Women Historical Society

Tue, Feb 2, 1982 60 mins

Be hanged or sell his life story. That's Bret's choice.

Episode 9

Hallie

Tue, Feb 9, 1982 49 mins

Hallie is an old girlfriend of Bret's who is being followed by two men who she had swindled and they want her dead.

Episode 10

The Ballad of Bret Maverick

Tue, Feb 16, 1982 60 mins

A songwriter wants to finish his ballad about the life of Bret Maverick. He wants to finish the song about how he died.

Episode 11

A Night at the Red Ox

Tue, Feb 23, 1982 60 mins

A kangaroo court is set up to try Tom Guthrie for past crimes.

Episode 12

The Not So Magnificent Six

Tue, Mar 2, 1982 60 mins

A pulp writer hires six gunmen to kill Bret so that he can publish a new book.

Episode 13

The Vulture Also Rises

Tue, Mar 16, 1982 49 mins

The townsfolk of Sweetwater want to call out the Army when a stagecoach is attacked by Indians.

Episode 14

The Eight Swords of Dyrus and Other Illusions of Grandeur

Tue, Mar 23, 1982 49 mins

Bret exposes a magician as a phony.

Episode 15

Faith, Hope and Clarity: Part 1

Tue, Apr 13, 1982 49 mins

The founder of a religious sect cons the townsfolk out of their land and Bret uses his own talents to get it back.

Episode 16

Faith, Hope and Clarity: Part 2

Tue, Apr 20, 1982 49 mins

The founder of a religious sect cons the townsfolk out of their land and Bret uses his own talents to get it back.

Episode 17

The Rattlesnake Brigade

Tue, Apr 27, 1982 49 mins

The owners of the Red Ox have outlaws after them due to a shipment of gold.

Episode 18

The Hidalgo Thing

Tue, May 4, 1982 49 mins

When his partner Tom Guthrie is trying to get his sheriff's job back and hopes that Bret will keep quiet, Bret is busy with the biggest con of his life. Bret's brother Bart shows up.