Episode guide

Maverick

124 episodes · 5 seasons · 1957–1962 · ABC

← Show package · 1950s

Season 1

27 episodes

  1. S01E01 War of the Silver Kings

    Bret rides into Echo Springs and discovers that the mining company owner is a card cheat. The owner orders Bret to get out of town and has him beaten when he doesn't, so Bret plans revenge on the man by starting a rival company.

  2. S01E02 Point Blank

    Beautiful Molly Gleason gets Bret a job as a spotter at a local saloon... but he's unaware she's setting him up so that she and her accomplice can rob the town bank.

  3. S01E03 According to Hoyle

    Southern belle Samantha Crawford takes Bret at poker: twice. He makes her a deal for her to stake him to take down a crooked saloon owner, but Samantha owes some money of her own.

  4. S01E04 Ghost Rider

    Bret goes looking for a robber, and the trail leads to White Rock. The robber is dead, and the woman Bret meets along the way mysteriously disappears into the night... and the townspeople later tell Bret that she died a week ago.

  5. S01E05 The Long Hunt

    Bret befriends an affable stagecoach robber. When the man is fatally shot, he makes Bret promise to find the man who was mistaken for him and went to prison for a bank robbery.

  6. S01E06 Stage West

    A father and his two sons are willing to kill to find a gold mine in the Black Hills, and Bret--who they've captured--says that he has the only map.

  7. S01E07 Relic of Fort Tejon

    Bret is saddled with a camel in a poker game, but he has bigger troubles: he goes to Silver Springs to take on "Honest" Carl Jimson, who is fleecing his customers. Bret refuses to be cowed and move on to greener pastures, and Carl hires a gunfighter to take Bret down.

  8. S01E08 Hostage

    Bret meets with his brother Bart in New Orleans to gain passage on a riverboat filled with rich Creoles. But they end up involved with a kidnapping scheme involving the daughter of the riverboat's owner.

  9. S01E09 Stampede

    Bret teams up with a fellow gambler, Diamond Jim Buckley, to take down a crooked saloon owner who robbed them both.

  10. S01E10 The Jeweled Gun

    Bart agrees to pose as the husband of a woman who's traveling through the badlands. Big mistake because he soon finds himself the target of a killer.

  11. S01E11 The Wrecker

    Bret asks for Bart's help to buy a stranded ship at auction, but someone else is interested in purchasing it. Bart puts to see to find out who wants the ship so badly.

  12. S01E12 The Quick and the Dead

    Bret needs a crook alive to clear him of a robbery charge. But Doc Holliday is gunning for the crook, so Bret has to lose to Doc at cards to keep him occupied.

  13. S01E13 The Naked Gallows

    Bart pokes his nose into an unsolved murder case and ends up facing the business end of a killer's .45.

  14. S01E14 Comstock Conspiracy

    Bret tries to collect a $10,000 bet from a Virginia City businessman, and ends up killing him in self-defense. The dead man turns up alive and well, and is involved in a scheme to keep an engineer from properly ventilating the Comstock Lode... and reducing the businessman's profits.

  15. S01E15 The Third Rider

    Bart gets involved with two devious couples in this episode which sees him trying to clear himself of a bank robbery and a murder.

  16. S01E16 Rage for Vengeance

    A widow hires Bret to escort her--and her $200,000--to a Montana town. Bret soon finds himself on the run with the $200,000... which is counterfeit.

  17. S01E17 Rope of Cards

    It's eleven angry men... and Bret, who is roped into serving on a jury assembled to hear the case of a young man accused of murder.

  18. S01E18 Diamond in the Rough

    After being beaten up, robbed, and shanghaied, Bart sets out to expose the man responsible, a respected member of San Francisco society, as a diamond swindler.

  19. S01E19 Day of Reckoning

    Bret sets up shop in a cow town. When a cowhand accidentally dies after the marshal buffaloes him, the trail hands prepare to ride in and tree the town unless someone stands up to them, and a newsprint shop owner provokes the trail hands.

  20. S01E20 The Savage Hills

    Against his better judgment, Bart teams up with Samantha Crawford to recover stolen Treasury plates.

  21. S01E21 Trail West to Fury

    While caught in a flood, Bret and Bart tells Dandy Jim the story of why they're wanted for murder in Texas.

  22. S01E22 The Burning Sky

    In the desert, an Indian ambush leaves Bart and other stagecoach passengers to battle their attackers, each other, and the sun.

  23. S01E23 The Seventh Hand

    Samantha Crawford stakes Bret for $20,000 in a high-stakes game of poker against some leading businessmen. When robbers take all their money, the businessmen suspect Bret set the whole thing up and Bet sets out to recover their money... with Samantha's "help".

  24. S01E24 Plunder of Paradise

    There's gold in them thar hills, and Bart Maverick and Big Mike McComb are out to get it. But so are four nasty Mexican banditos.

  25. S01E25 Black Fire

    To pay off a debt, Bret poses as a heir but soon discovers that someone wants all of the heirs dead at the isolated ranch where their rich uncle has called them to decide who he should give his money to.

  26. S01E26 Burial Ground of the Gods

    Bart Maverick is in search of a thief who stole his money but gets sidetracked into accompanying a young woman searching for her missing husband into forbidden Sioux territory.

  27. S01E27 Seed of Deception

    Bret and Bart are mistaken for Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp by local townspeople, who want them to deal with a criminal who is secretly planning to rob the bank.

Season 2

26 episodes

  1. S02E01 The Day They Hanged Bret Maverick

    You can't con an innocent man.... but you can hang one, as Bret discovers when he's framed for murder and robbery in Hallelujah, New Mexico.

  2. S02E02 The Lonesome Reunion

    Bret gets involved in the search for hidden bank robbery money, when the wife of one of the robbers asks for his help to dodge another robber.

  3. S02E03 Alias Bart Maverick

    Bart meets a gentleman after his own heart who skips town with his money, and leaves him to face a murder rap and a man-hungry female (Arlene Howell).

  4. S02E04 The Belcastle Brand

    A family of English aristocrats living in Wyoming take Bret in after he's stranded in the desert. They hire him to work as a hunting guide, and Bret tries to save their lives when outlaws strand them in the desert.

  5. S02E05 High Card Hangs

    Bart Maverick and two of his friends are charged with murder. The town's citizens demand a confession from one of the three men, or else all three men will be prosecuted. Bart falsely confesses to the murder, but help from his friend Dandy Jim Buckley exonerates him from the crime.

  6. S02E06 Escape to Tampico

    A rich French family hires Bret to bring back the man who they believe killed one of their members. Bret travels to Mexico to find the man, Steve Corbett, but soon becomes convinced of his innocence.

  7. S02E07 The Judas Mask

    Bart tails a pretty cancan dancer who stole his money only to find himself being followed by two very sinister characters.

  8. S02E08 The Jail at Junction Flats

    When Dandy Jim cons Bret out of $5,000 and gets himself into jail on a murder charge, Bret has to break him out to get his money back.

  9. S02E09 The Thirty-Ninth Star

    A case of mistaken suitcases unfolds into political warfare, leaving Bart the unhappy target of ruthless killers.

  10. S02E10 Shady Deal at Sunny Acres

    A crooked bank manager, Bates, rips off Bret for $15,000 in poker winnings. Bret sits and whittles on the hotel porch... while Bart and the Mavericks' friends run a con on Bates to get the money back.

  11. S02E11 Island in the Swamp

    In the bayous, Bret falls in with English colonists who are willing to kill him rather than reveal the secret they hide.

  12. S02E12 Prey of the Cat

    Bart is a helpless victim of his charms. Two scheming women are after him: one wants to murder for his love; the other just wants to murder him.

  13. S02E13 Holiday at Hollow Rock

    After he's cheated in a crooked card game, Bret tries to even the score by beating his opponent and the odds in a horse race.

  14. S02E14 The Spanish Dancer

    Bart and Gentleman Jack sell goods at a mining camp, and soon Bart is accused of murdering Jack over a Spanish dancer, Elena.

  15. S02E15 Game of Chance

    Bret and Bart are pursuing the same woman. What's the attraction? The $10,000 she copped from them.

  16. S02E16 Gun-shy

    Bret hunts for Confederate treasure hidden in a Kansas town where Marshal Matt Dooley watches over the citizenry and takes a dislike to the gambler.

  17. S02E17 Two Beggars on Horseback

    Bart and Bret race against each other to get to an exchange office and cash a draft before news gets out that the company that issued it went bankrupt.

  18. S02E18 The Rivals

    A rich young man, Jack Vandergilt, hires Bret to pose as him while Jack poses as Bret to woo a young heiress and convince her to love him for his personality, not his moiney.

  19. S02E19 Duel at Sundown

    Bret's friend asks him to come to Sundown and convince his daughter Carrie that the local gunfighter she's in love with is a coward. The problem is that he's a gunfighter and Bret isn't.

  20. S02E20 Yellow River

    After losing his money in a bank robbery, Bart invests in a get-rich-quick deal with a beautiful, but not-so-dumb blonde.

  21. S02E21 The Saga of Waco Williams

    Bret rides into Bent City with Waco Williams, a straight-shooting white-wearing gunman who doesn't want any trouble... and they find themselves in the middle of a range war.

  22. S02E22 Brasada Spur

    In a high-stakes poker game, Bart wins stock in a railroad and finds himself on the track to a colossal headache.

  23. S02E23 Passage to Fort Doom

    A pair of con artists, Bart and an old girl friend survive a hazardous stagecoach ride and reach Fort Doom where their troubles begin.

  24. S02E24 Two Tickets to Ten Strike

    Bret Maverick uncovers a bizarre plot of murder and blackmail in the town of Ten Strike, New Mexico. Connie Stevens appears alongside Adam West.

  25. S02E25 Betrayal

    Keeping cool during a stage holdup, Bart catches a twinkle of recognition between his lovely traveling companion (Pat Crowley) and one of the outlaws.

  26. S02E26 The Strange Journey of Jenny Hill

    Bret trails a widowed singer to find out if her husband is really alive... and if he is, his existence can clear Bret's friend Mike McComb of three murder charges.

Season 3

26 episodes

  1. S03E01 Pappy

    Bart and Bret learn that their father is marrying a much younger woman, and travel to Texas to find out what's going on.

  2. S03E02 Royal Four Flush

    Bart double-crosses a double-crosser and winds up hogtied and kidnapped, with only his wits as a weapon with which to save his neck.

  3. S03E03 The Sheriff of Duck 'N' Shoot

    In the town of Duck "N" Shoot, Bret gets the false credit for knocking out a rowdy. The town judge appoints Bret the sheriff to deal with the unwholesome element in town, and Bret uses his wiles rather than his gunhand to deal with them.

  4. S03E04 You Can't Beat the Percentage

    Bart is involved in a bizarre murder plot in which he is high on the list of planned victims.

  5. S03E05 The Cats of Paradise

    Conwoman Modesty Blaine suckers Bret out of $1,000 and sets him up to be shanghaied. Bret escapes and follows her to the town of Paradise where she's selling cats to rat-overrun miners, and tries to get his money back.

  6. S03E06 A Tale of Three Cities

    art has trouble retrieving his poker winnings from thieves. But help is on the way from the local Ladies Aid Society.

  7. S03E07 Full House

    Bret takes a player's diamond stickpin as collateral and is soon mistaken for the player by the man's gang... and Bret ends up planning the robbery of the Denver Mint.

  8. S03E08 The Lass with the Poisonous Air

    After a rebuff by mysterious Linda Burke (Joanna Moore), Bart is left holding the bag for murder.

  9. S03E09 The Ghost Soldiers

    Bret finds himself one of three men secretly defending a deserted government fort against war hungry Indians. He succeeds in scaring them off by clever trickery. But a suspicious Indian chief causes him to reconsider.

  10. S03E10 Easy Mark

    Bart Maverick, for whom cowardice is a virtue, "turns yellow" when he learns that his friendship with a tycoon could cost him his life.

  11. S03E11 A Fellow's Brother

    When George Henry Arnett hears that Bret Maverick is in town to collect his money, Arnett (Adam West) starts a "top gun" rumor about Bret. After he creates a smoke screen, Arnett creeps out of town. Maverick is idolized by the town youngsters, sought after available women and hunted by the town bounty hunter. Bret Maverick is the talk of the town.

  12. S03E12 Trooper Maverick

    Bart swings into trouble when he tries to help the cavalry uncover a traitor and winds up facing a hangman's rope.

  13. S03E13 Maverick Springs

    Bret is hired by a weathly texan to save her brother Mark from a conniving woman named Melanie. Posing as a Texas Colonel, Bret realizes that he's up against a master crook. With Mark's help and brother Bart's arrival as a weathly Easterner, they set up a scheme to catch the girl and almost outsmart themselves with their own cleverness.

  14. S03E14 The Goose-Drownder

    Taking shelter in a ghost town, Bart impatiently awaits a storm's end. But when four gunmen arrive, he fears he'll never get out alive.

  15. S03E15 A Cure for Johnny Rain

    After saving Bret's life, Johnny Rain (William Reynolds) is arrested for robbing a stage coach. While Bret goes to his rescue he becomes ensnarled in a plot that involves a case of split personality - a dance hall wench and a mild-mannered tinhorn gambler who likes to leave 'em laughing... with hysteria.

  16. S03E16 The Marquesa

    Bart Maverick wins big, when he wins the "Lucky Lady" saloon in a card game. When Bart goes to Santa Leora to stake his claim, a beautiful Marquesa refuses to relinquish the property to him. Maverick encounters hurling knives, flurry of bullets and pounding fists when he tries to hold onto his newly acquired saloon.

  17. S03E17 Cruise of the Cynthia B

    Bret is swindled out of $1,000 by buying a riverboat. He discovers that it's worth $20,000 and that it's a cursed "death ship", and that he and the other six co-owners have to get the riverboat to Memphis in time to collect the money.

  18. S03E18 Maverick and Juliet

    Bret gets pulled into a family feud between the Caterets and the Montgomerys, and is forced to play poker for the Caterets to win the land the two families are fighting over. Problems arise when the Montgomerys bring in Bart as their player.

  19. S03E19 The White Widow

    A beautiful widow (Julie Adams) asks Bart to protect her from an unknown killer. He accepts unaware that he is the intended victim.

  20. S03E20 Guatemala City

    Bret gets taken for a ride twice: once by a beautiful woman he falls in love with who may be a jewel thief, and then by a young orphan girl living in Guatemala where Bret tracks the first woman down.

  21. S03E21 The People's Friend

    Bart Maverick is running for office, he is a sure candidate for U.S. Senate. Bart's political ambition has some town's people out for his blood. His opponents will go to any length to stifle his political aspirations; they threathen his life. Fearful of his opponents, Bart finds a way out of the election, without letting the voters down.

  22. S03E22 A Flock of Trouble

    Bret wins a ranch in a poker game, but discovers that there are sheep, not cattle... and the local ranchers want the sheep out.

  23. S03E23 Iron Hand

    Hired to protect a cattle drive, Bart dutifully chases Indians - while a masterful swindle takes place right under his nose.

  24. S03E24 The Resurrection of Joe November

    Bret meets an old "friend" on a riverboat heading to New Orleans, and gets swept up in a scheme to find the missing jewels of Napoleon during Mardi Gras.

  25. S03E25 The Misfortune Teller

    Bret arrives in the town of Medicine Bow and soon discovers that someone using his name swindled the townspeople for $15,000... and murdered the mayor.

  26. S03E26 Greenbacks, Unlimited

    A bank president in Denver hires Bret to find out the safecracker/gambler who plans to break into the vault. Bret discovers that an old family friend has a secret way into the vault. The friend is honest... but the people who might use him to steal the money, not so much.

Season 4

32 episodes

  1. S04E01 The Bundle from Britain

    Returning to America after an extended stay in England, Cousin Beau Maverick (Roger Moore) is hired to take the place of a young English nobleman. However, he soon finds himself the victim of a kidnap and ransom plot due to his assumed identity.

  2. S04E02 Hadley's Hunters

    Bart meets a comical sheriff (Edgar Buchanan) who is dead serious about killing him.

  3. S04E03 The Town That Wasn't There

    Beau Maverick wins ownership of the Silver Hill, a worthless ore mine. A crooked railroad agent named Shanks tries to cheat the townspeople out of their land by offering them a price that is well below market value. Beau convinces the town to relocate Silver Hill to a sheep ranch twenty miles away. The plan backfires when a new vein of silver is discovered in the supposedly worthless Silver Hill mine, thus enabling Shanks to claim the land without cost. The only hope is for the town to relocate back to Silver Hill before the railroad takes over the land.

  4. S04E04 Arizona Black Maria

    In hostile Sioux territory, Bart is caught between a woman prisoner's devastating charms and a pending Indian attack.

  5. S04E05 Last Wire from Stop Gap

    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?

  6. S04E06 Mano Nera

    Looking for a peaceful and profitable poker game in New Orleans, Bart is plunged into a mysterious murder involving the Black Hand society.

  7. S04E07 A Bullet for the Teacher

    A beautiful dance hall girl, Flo Baker, leaves an innocent Beau Maverick to face a murder charge. Shortly after Beau wins half ownership of a gambling casino in St. Joe. Mo. Flo, in self defense, shoots and kills his partner. The dead man's brother, Luke Storm, accuses Beau of the murder, hoping to inherit Maverick's share in the casino. Beau flees St. Joe in search of the missing Flo. He finds her in a New Mexico hamlet where she is adored as the town's first school teacher. The citizens are unaware of Flo's dance hall background. Flo likes her new life and is reluctant to admit her guilt in the murder. She is faced with a cruel decision when Luke shows up with plans to kill the innocent Beau.

  8. S04E08 The Witch of Hound Dog

    The Witch of Hound Dog — Season 4, Episode 8 of Maverick. Aired 1960-11-06. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  9. S04E09 Thunder from the North

    Two Army shopkeepers, Marsh and Lawson, have been cheating the local Indian tribes by supplying them with faulty or inferior goods. When one of the tribeswomen named Pale Moon threatens to report them to the Army Commission, the shopkeepers decide to start a war with the Indians. They know the Army will not investigate the woman's claim if they are at war. Marsh and Lawson murder Pale Moon's brother and pin the crime on the stranger who won $2,500 from them the night before - Beau Maverick.

  10. S04E10 The Maverick Line

    Bret and Bart inherit a stagecoach line from their uncle, discover that it's only of value to a local rancher, and try to sell it to her for 49% of the profit for the rest of their lives. But the rancher, a stagecoach robber, a greedy lawyer, and his hired killer have other plans.

  11. S04E11 Bolt from the Blue

    Beau Maverick befriends a prospector named Ebenezer Bolt. Maverick is unaware that Bolt is the partner of notorious horse thief Benson January. An angry posse mistakes Beau for January and is determined to hang him. A young lawyer manages to halt the proceedings until Maverick can have a trial. Beau's conviction seems imminent when the lawyer locates a notorious "hanging judge" and a woman whose sister was engaged to January identifies Maverick as the horse thief.

  12. S04E12 Kiz

    Beau Maverick crashes a party in Virginia City thrown by eccentric socialite Kiz Bouchet. Kiz has a penchant for smoking cigars, playing poker, and fighting fires. Recognizing Beau as a fellow free spirit, she hires him to protect her. She believes her life is in danger. Beau discovers that Kiz's cousin Melissa, along with family doctor Pittman and attorney Hanford, are plotting to have Kiz judged incompent so they can split her $2 million inheritance. Beau comes up with a scheme to turn the tables on Melissa.

  13. S04E13 Dodge City or Bust

    Chivalrous Bart saves the life of a beautiful woman. His reward? A place on the wanted list for robbery and murder.

  14. S04E14 The Bold Fenian Man

    The Fenians, an Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood, are trained soldiers sworn to free Ireland from British rule. The Fenians have gathered in Dakota City to plan a march into Canada where they want to take hold of a small part of British property hostage in exchange for Ireland's freedom. After England pressures the United States to intervene, Beau Maverick is blackmailed into infiltrating the Fenians ranks by a shrewd Army colonel.

  15. S04E15 Destination Devil's Flat

    Bart substitutes a rock-filled suitcase for a fortune in gold to foil hijacking plans of phony sheriff Dan Trevor (Peter Breck).

  16. S04E16 A State of Siege

    Proving once again that he's basically nonviolent, Bart witnesses a battle of bullets that leaves him stunned - and almost dead.

  17. S04E17 Family Pride

    In New Mexico, Beau Maverick is taken for over $4,500 ($4,000 of which belong to his friend Jerry O'Brien) by con artists Warren and Crippen and Warren's granddaughter Rosanne. Beau tries to recover the money and even takes the threesome to court, but they outsmart him every time. Beau is so demoralized by the constant defeats, he believes he has disgraced the Maverick name - until Rosanne tells him that her grandmother was a Maverick.

  18. S04E18 The Cactus Switch

    Thinking all's well with the world after he cleans up in a card game, Bart offers to help a troubled young woman.

  19. S04E19 Dutchman's Gold

    Beau Maverick wins half-ownership in the Blue Bell Saloon in Arizona. In an attempt to raise funds for the floundering business, Beau and his partner Charlotte become partners with a mysterious gold prospector known only as the Dutchman. Along the trail to Superstition Mountain where the gold is located, Beau, Charlotte, and the Dutchman encounter danger in various forms.

  20. S04E20 The Ice Man

    After discovering a long-lost body encased in ice, Bart finds himself in hot water.

  21. S04E21 Diamond Flush

    Con artist Ferguson knocks Beau Maverick unconscious during an unsuccessful attempt to hoist a priceless diamond necklace from a French countess. Ferguson claims that the countess' diamond is fake and that he was in the process of replacing it with the real thing when Beau startled him. Ferguson offers Maverick $5,000 to switch diamonds. Beau is being set up for robbery by Ferguson and his equally devious wife.

  22. S04E22 Last Stop Oblivion

    Good-guy Bart warns the wrong people that their hosts are murderers and ends up as the next possible victim.

  23. S04E23 Flood's Folly

    Outside Denver, Colorado, Beau and his friend, Judge Scott, find shelter during a blizzard at the home of Martha Flood and her niece Sally. Martha and the judge are plotting to institutionalize Sally in order to take over her inheritance. However, Martha's lover, a professional killer named Chet Whitehead plans to kill Sally, the judge, and Maverick.

  24. S04E24 Maverick at Law

    Bart has a lot of explaining to do: the bank has been robbed and his saddlebags are bulging with stolen loot.

  25. S04E25 Red Dog

    Beau Maverick stumbles onto the cave site meeting place of five outlaws. They were summoned by a bandit named Jess in order to plan a big job. Mavrick passes himself as the notorious Texas outlaw Red Dog. The outlaws become suspicious of Beau when he declines to join them in a $500,000 bank robbery scheme.

  26. S04E26 The Deadly Image

    Bart's in jail: he's the unfortunate and helpless victim of mistaken identity.

  27. S04E27 Triple Indemnity

    Cowardly George Parker (Alan Hewitt) offers Doc Holliday a tempting reward. All Doc has to do is kill his best friend - Bart.

  28. S04E28 The Forbidden City

    Brent (Robert Colbert) joins the series in true Maverick style: he gets involved with two beautiful women - and is thrown in jail for gambling.

  29. S04E29 Substitute Gun

    Bart matches wits - and bullets - with a professional gunman... and learns that a beautiful woman can be more deadly than hired killers.

  30. S04E30 Benefit of the Doubt

    In typical Maverick tradition, cousin Brent gets involved with two beautiful sisters one of whom is planning to do him in.

  31. S04E31 The Devil's Necklace: Part I

    Bart just made the deal of a lifetime: he blindly purchased a wagonload of merchandise - including a bound and gagged Indian girl.

  32. S04E32 The Devil's Necklace: Part II

    The Apaches catch Bart red-handed with a wagonload of liquor and a kidnapped Indian girl - and that means war.

Season 5

13 episodes

  1. S05E01 Dade City Dodge

    Bart tries to track down Pearly Gates, a smooth con man who cheated him out of $5000.

  2. S05E02 The Art Lovers

    When investors put the squeeze on railroad owner Paul Sutton, Bart tries to help by dealing with them directly in a friendly card game.

  3. S05E03 The Golden Fleecing

    Bart forsakes the poker table for the stock market - and finds himself trying to bluff wealthy Loftus Jaggers and his glamorous daughter (Paula Raymond).

  4. S05E04 Three Queens Full

    Bart must either face two years in jail or chaperone three brides to their intendeds the sons of wealthy Joe Wheelwright (Jim Backus).

  5. S05E05 A Technical Error

    Bart feels like a million when he wins a bank in a poker game. But unlucky Maverick soon learns the truth: the bank's broke and so is he.

  6. S05E06 Poker Face

    Bart's latest poker adventure has him playing for a full house: the lives of his fellow stagecoach passengers.

  7. S05E07 Mr. Muldoon's Partner

    After being granted a wish by a "leprechaun", Bart faces a pot of trouble: he must be either jailed, murdered or married.

  8. S05E08 Epitaph for a Gambler

    Bart, waiting to collect on a $10,000 IOU, makes an uncomfortable observation: murder may be the pay-off in a gambler's life.

  9. S05E09 The Maverick Report

    Crusading newspaper publisher Bart? The publisher Bart won the rag from is assassinated and a corrupt U.S. Senator files a $100,000 libel suit against the Chronicle. Luckily, Bart's pal Doc Holiday is in town for a dentists' convention and owes Bart $2000. When Doc brags "I have enough collateral to raise the dead!", Bart feels no compunction in selling ½ the headache to Doc. The senator and his sinister political boss are Ivy Leaguers, so the suave Philadelphia dentist/hired gun will come in handy.

  10. S05E10 Marshal Maverick

    Bart is closer to tears than laughter when he is forced to battle the funniest - and fastest - gun in the West.

  11. S05E11 The Troubled Heir

    Life is anything but heaven when Bart meets Pearly Gates and his girl, who steal Maverick's poker winnings so they can be married.

  12. S05E12 The Money Machine

    A money-making machine costs Bart a bundle. His cousin (Kathy Bennett) has just bought one with the $10,000 he lent her.

  13. S05E13 One of Our Trains is Missing

    While trying to get a young girl's romance back on the right track, Bart gets involved in a train robbery to end all train robberies.