Bonanza – The Mission

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The Mission

Season 2 (Episode 2)

Air Date: 17 September 1960

Writer: Robert E. Thompson

Director: James Neilson

Synopsis
Set shortly before the start of the Civil War, an army troop is assigned to escort a wagon full of gold across the desert. The current army scout decides he doesn’t want the job and quits. The army then hire Charlie Trent, a town drunk in Virginia City, to do the job on the advice of Hoss. Charlie wants to prove that he can do the job and asks Hoss to help him. Hoss decides to go with the army troop. However, the troop’s former scout and his friends have other plans for the gold.

Guest Stars
Henry Hull (Charlie Trent), John Dehner (Capt. Pender), Peter Whitney (Lewt Cutter), Don Collier (Sergeant), Harry Carey Jr. (Corporal Burton), Lane Bradford (Monk), Dale Van Sickle (Morgan), Don Rhodes (Latigo), Michael Ragan (Kelly), Ray Hemphill (Johnson), Robert Adler (O’Hara)

Notable Guest Stars

Lane BradfordLane Bradford
Henry HullHenry Hull

Production Notes

  • Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts and Michael Landon do not appear in this episode
  • The Freemont Expedition mentioned here was the third one and it happened in 1847

Episode Notes

  • Featured Cartwright: Hoss

 

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