Season 1

18 EPISODES • 1981

Season 1 of Bret Maverick was released on December 1 and consists of 18 episodes.

Episodes

1: The Lazy Ace (1)

Dec 1, 1981

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)

Dec 1, 1981

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

Dec 8, 1981

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

Dec 15, 1981

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

5: The Yellow Rose

Dec 22, 1981

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

Jan 5, 1982

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

Jan 12, 1982

Eastern financial interests attempt a takeover of Sweetwater businesses.

8: The Mayflower Women's Historical Society

Feb 2, 1982

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

9: Hallie

Feb 9, 1982

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

10: The Ballad of Bret Maverick

Feb 16, 1982

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

Feb 23, 1982

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

Mar 2, 1982

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

Mar 16, 1982

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

Mar 23, 1982

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

15: Faith, Hope and Clarity (1)

Apr 13, 1982

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

16: Faith, Hope and Clarity (2)

Apr 20, 1982

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

Apr 27, 1982

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

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.

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