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Maverick Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
32 Episodes 1960 - 1961
Episode 1
The Bundle from Britain
Sun, Sep 18, 196060 mins
Bart tracks down his cousin Beau, who was recently exiled to England by Pappy for being the "white sheep" of the family. The cousins see a way to make a quick $4,000 by Beau posing as an Englishman, Freddie, who wants his father to think he's being made a man of, but Beau discovers that the whole thing is a ruse to hold Freddie for ransom. Problem is, Freddie's father the Marquis would rather rescue his son in person then pay the money.
Episode 2
Hadley's Hunters
Sun, Sep 25, 196060 mins
Bart is framed for several crimes by crooked Sheriff Hadley and his deputy, who force him to take part in their racket--hunting down and killing innocent men, then claiming they're outlaws and collecting the reward. Bart turns bounty hunter in an effort to expose the corrupt lawmen's scheme and asks for help from several of his friends (all of whom are stars of other contemporary Warner Bros. TV western series, making cameo appearances).
Episode 3
The Town That Wasn't There
Sun, Oct 2, 196060 mins
Beau can't win for losing - sashays up to claim a worthless mine he won, then the whole town disappears. The no-longer Silver Hill stands at the mercy of the venal Wilber Shanks, a sanctimonious railroad land buyer, whose threat to divert his rail line far from Silver Hill forces its befuddled citizens to immediately take Shanks' mare to chat up a lonely bachelor sheep rancher who's desperate for some 2-legged company for a change.
Episode 4
Arizona Black Maria
Sun, Oct 9, 196060 mins
Left in the desert to die, Bart - actually just his fine mane - fascinates Red Feather, who's on a walkabout of sorts. Captain/First Mate Jim of a passing prisoner wagon train saves Bart's scalp, plus the train stars luscious murderer Daphne, who's delighted with Bart as the hearty First Mate's Gilligan. But as the cruise of the Arizona Black Maria nears the penitentiary, wily crooks Dishonest Abe and Fingers Louie aren't so taken with pal Bart.
Episode 5
Last Wire from Stop Gap
Sun, Oct 16, 196060 mins
Beau & Bart fight to escape a black hole - where money and people enter, but can't leave! The cousins have to sleep sitting up in Stop Gap's only watering hole, after saving from robbers the treacherous Wembly, who promised them free, comfy hotel beds - but knew the inn was full-up. Wembly's suspiciously tight with the mining town's telegraph owner, son of a Colorado Senator. Why is the town too small to have a bank, as its population and wealth mysteriously expand to infinity - and beyond?
Episode 6
Mano Nera
Sun, Oct 23, 196060 mins
While visiting friends in New Orleans, Bart becomes embroiled in a battle between local businessmen and the secret Mano Nera (Black Hand), a local Italian mob.
Episode 7
A Bullet for the Teacher
Sun, Oct 30, 196060 mins
Accused of murdering his partner in a casino, Beau tracks a saloon singer who can clear him to a small town where she's now working as a teacher--with the murdered man's trigger-happy brother and a sheriff on Beau's trail.
Episode 8
The Witch of Hound Dog
Sun, Nov 6, 196060 mins
Bart howls like a hound dog when an alluring witch ravels him in great Smoky Mountain feud-in, fight-in and spell-in. Riding to Hound Dog, Tennessee to collect a debt from High Card Harris, Bart ignored a raven perched on a road sign, who the banshee insists is her dead Pappy. Bart shrugs off the witch's forebodings, then sees the Southern Hamlet disintegrate when he gives the raven-haired enchantress a lift in. Bart's own Pappy never told him there'd be days like this, much worse nights.
Episode 9
Thunder from the North
Sun, Nov 13, 196060 mins
Beau finds himself used as a scapegoat by two shopkeepers who killed the son of the chief in an effort to hide their swindle of local Indians. Captured by the Indians, Beau faces a death sentence only to be spared by the chief's daughter who claims Beau as her future husband. But Beau finds that his reprieve is only temporary until the honeymoon is over.
Episode 10
The Maverick Line
Sun, Nov 20, 196060 mins
In Bret's last episode, the Maverick brothers (Bret and Bart) find themselves the heirs to a stagecoach line. Thinking they have struck it rich, they find instead that the stagecoach line is broke. But the railroad is coming through and the stagecoach's right of way might yet provide their fortune, or so the brothers hope.
Episode 11
Bolt from the Blue
Sun, Nov 27, 196060 mins
Beau and an old man riding with him are both captured and accused of being horse thieves, in Beau's case, one Benson January. Despite the efforts of a young lawyer (who may or may not be Tom Brewster), Beau is sentenced to hang. His fate may depend on a young woman - the sister of the girl January was engaged to. But will she be willing to help?
Episode 12
Kiz
Sun, Dec 4, 196060 mins
An eccentric woman hires Beau to be her bodyguard and claims she has been subject to repeated threats. But every time she claims there has been a threat, there is no evidence to support the allegation. The woman's family claims the alleged threats are part of her mental delusions and take steps to have a court declare her incompetent with control of the woman's fortune to be placed in the hands of others. Nobody believes the woman's claims. That is, nobody but Maverick.
Episode 13
Dodge City or Bust
Sun, Dec 11, 196060 mins
On his way to the bank to collect a gambling debt, Bart rescues a petulant young woman from a runaway horse. On returning to the bank, Bart and the woman find that the bank president has absconded with all the money, including the money to pay Bart's debt and all of the woman's money from sale of her land. The woman hires Bart to get her to Dodge City with the promise that her fiancé will pay him when they arrive. So they set out essentially penniless for Dodge city, only to later find that they are being tracked by a ruthless bounty hunter because they are now wanted for robbing the bank and killing the bank president.
Episode 14
The Bold Fenian Men
Sun, Dec 18, 196060 mins
Mistaken at a convention hotel to be Beau O'Maverick, Beau is recruited by the army to infiltrate a group of Irishmen in order to find out why they are massing near the Canadian border. But if he is discovered as a spy, it could mean facing a firing squad.
Episode 15
Destination Devil's Flat
Sun, Dec 25, 196060 mins
Freeloading a train ride to Denver, Bart makes it as far as Crenshaw where he meets an old friend. When he finds how he figures prominently in her plans to take a lot of gold to Devil's Flats, he may wish he should have stayed on that train.
Episode 16
A State of Siege
Sun, Jan 1, 196160 mins
Finding himself delayed in New Mexico, Bart decides to visit a recent acquaintance at a nearby hacienda. However, the hospitality he expected quickly turns dangerous when the hacienda is placed under siege by a group of other landowners who claim they have been double-crossed in a treasonous plot.
Episode 17
Family Pride
Sun, Jan 8, 196160 mins
To his chagrin, Beau repeatedly gets out-conned. First, on a bet on a stagecoach. Then, in a series of land deals. Trouble is, Beau isn't just losing his own money, but also that of his friend Jerry O'Brien. Even when he wins, Beau ends up losing and he fears that he has lost that special Maverick touch. Finally at the end, the reason becomes all too clear.
Episode 18
The Cactus Switch
Sun, Jan 15, 196160 mins
After falling prey to a con game involving a diamond necklace, Bart ends up in a jail cell with an old but treacherous outlaw. With the help of his son, the cell mate breaks out but leaves Bart behind. After being released, Bart plots to recover his loss from the con with help from the outlaw's son and friends. Bart plans to split the recovery with the son, but the elder outlaw has other plans.
Episode 19
Dutchman's Gold
Sun, Jan 22, 196160 mins
Looking for a way to break even after winning half of a worthless saloon, Beau provides a stake for a miner to return to his hidden goldmine with Beau and his female saloon partner. But the gold is cursed! A notorious outlaw wants to the goldmine for himself. And Indians want the gold located in their sacred burial grounds left alone.
Episode 20
The Ice Man
Sun, Jan 29, 196160 mins
Bart Maverick finds a body encased in ice, but the body raises more troubles than just the usual who-dunit.
Episode 21
Diamond Flush
Sun, Feb 5, 196160 mins
By convincing him he is doing exactly the opposite, Beau is used in an elaborate scheme to steal a valuable Kashmir diamond from a French count and his niece, and replace it with an imitation.
Episode 22
Last Stop: Oblivion
Sun, Feb 12, 196160 mins
After being run out of town, Bart finds himself on a stagecoach with a group of passengers headed to Oblivion, a transfer station and inn run by the Lyme family. While waiting for the next stagecoach to Denver, Bart discovers that some visitors (especially those carrying large sums of money) check in but they don't necessarily check out.
Episode 23
Flood's Folly
Sun, Feb 19, 196160 mins
Beau and an old friend, Judge John Scott, take refuge from a blizzard in an isolated hotel. The hotel is run by a suspicious older woman, Martha, and her young and apparently insane niece Sally. A gang of robbers secretly take refuge there as well, and their leader was romantically involved with Martha in the past.
Episode 24
Maverick at Law
Sun, Feb 26, 196160 mins
Bart was just playing poker in a sleepy town when the bank was robbed. The bandits got away with $10,000, half of which wound up in his saddlebags - and they're coming back to look for it.
Episode 25
Red Dog
Sun, Mar 5, 196160 mins
Beau, looking for a place to rest, comes upon a cave with writing on the wall - This is the place J. When several famous outlaws show up looking for Jess, Beau poses as Red Dog so he can blend in, until he finds out what is really going on.
Episode 26
The Deadly Image
Sun, Mar 12, 196160 mins
On his way to Cheyenne, Bart happens upon a man who was just in a gun battle and helps him and buries another. When the Army shows up, he's arrested and mistaken for a wanted man -- someone who the man he just befriended knows very well.
Episode 27
Triple Indemnity
Sun, Mar 19, 196160 mins
The czar of a frontier town has Bart thrashed to steal back his gambling losses, which angers even the boss' mother. Mom and Bart conspire to get Bart's money back, and teach the arrogant boss humility. As the scheme pressures the despot, he prays "Lord, give me patience, but give it to me now !" Bart enlists his dying pal, the gunfighting dentist from Philadelphia, Doc Holiday as insurance.
Episode 28
The Forbidden City
Sun, Mar 26, 196160 mins
Passing through Sunburst, Brent Maverick is yanked off a stagecoach for owning a deck of cards . Brent's cell-mate was just released after 20 years in prison for murder, but is jailed for throwing a stone at a window in this town which outlaws just about everything. Rubio tells Brent (Robert Colbert) he's back in Sunburst to clear himself and implicate the real killers. Rubio explains Sunburst: "the bride with the whitest veil, has the most to hide." The Sheriff leaves the keys hanging by the jail's open back door, allowing 3 masked men to drag off Rubio and kill him, as Brent watches. The Sheriff offers Brent the chance to vamoose, but the gambler stays to investigate - and to romance the mayor's daughter, who's never been kissed (it's against the law !). The mayor's daughter is played by Nina Shipman, whose grandmother, producer/director/screenwriter Nell Shipman, was the first full-frontal nude in the movie history.
Episode 29
Substitute Gun
Sun, Apr 2, 196160 mins
A sheriff who once saved Bart's life asks Bart to pay him back by taking a job as a dealer in the local saloon and stopping the owner's scheme to kill his rival for a girl's affections.
Episode 30
Benefit of the Doubt
Sun, Apr 9, 196160 mins
Brent and his friends happen to witness an attempted robbery of the post office, which the sheriff stopped by shooting the thieves. They also happened to witness the sheriff helping himself to the loot.
Episode 31
The Devil's Necklace: Part 1
Sun, Apr 16, 196160 mins
At a remote army post, a troop of soldiers find Bart to be the only survivor of a massacre. Bart tells them the story: how he sensed he could make some money by purchasing a wagonload of merchandise from a peddler who was anxious to sell. After Bart checked inside the wagon, he understand why the man was so quick to sell--it included a shipment of illegal liquor and a kidnapped Indian girl.
Episode 32
The Devil's Necklace: Part 2
Sun, Apr 23, 196160 mins
Bart relates to the soldiers how, after he and the peddler were later captured by the tribe, the man tricked the Indian chief into believing that he had a magic necklace, and traded it for his freedom. The chief, now believing himself to be impervious to harm, orders his warriors to attack the fort.