Bret Maverick
Bret Maverick: Season 1

Air Date

December 1, 1981

Episodes

18 episodes

Bret Maverick

Season 1

Episodes

1. The Lazy Ace (1)

December 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 Territory. (Part 1 of 2)

2. The Lazy Ace (2)

December 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.

3. Welcome to Sweetwater

December 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.

4. Anything for a Friend

December 15, 1981
60 min

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

5. The Yellow Rose

December 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.

6. Horse of Yet Another Color

January 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.

7. Dateline: Sweetwater

January 12, 1982
60 min

Eastern financial interests attempt a takeover of Sweetwater businesses.

8. The Mayflower Women's Historical Society

February 2, 1982
60 min

It looks like Maverick is going to be hanged, unless he agrees to sell his life story to an ambitious historian.

9. Hallie

February 9, 1982
60 min

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

10. The Ballad of Bret Maverick

February 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.

11. A Night at the Red Ox

February 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.

12. The Not So Magnificent Six

March 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.

13. The Vulture Also Rises

March 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.

14. The Eight Swords of Dyrus and Other Illusions of Grandeur

March 23, 1982
60 min

Bret exposes a crooked magician who is performing at the Red Ox.

15. Faith, Hope and Clarity (1)

April 13, 1982
60 min

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

16. Faith, Hope and Clarity (2)

April 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.

17. The Rattlesnake Brigade

April 27, 1982
60 min

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

18. 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.