Bonanza episode | |
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“The Spitfire” | |
Season 2, Episode 17 #49 in Series | |
Air date | January 14, 1961 |
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Guest starring: | |
Written by | Ward Hawkins |
Directed by | William Dario Faralla |
Episode Guide | |
Previous Episode: The Courtship |
Next Episode: The Bride |
External links | |
IMDb The Spitfire on IMDb |
Summary[]
After Joe kills a man in self defense who tried to set fire to the Ponderosa to clear himself some land, he has to take his lively, feisty, wild, daughter home and she, and her relatives, are now determined to kill Joe.
Plot[]
Joe tries to stop a homesteader he finds starting a fire on the Ponderosa and ends up shooting in self-defense. Feeling responsible for the dead man's daughter, Joe brings the petulant daughter, Willow, back to the Ponderosa. Willow's mother, Maude Hoad, a determined woman from the Kentucky hills, descends with her hulking son, intent on exacting revenge on the Cartwrights.
Cast[]
The Cartwrights
- Lorne Green: Ben Cartwright
- Dan Blocker: Hoss Cartwright
- Michael Landon: Little Joe Cartwright
- Pernell Roberts: Adam Cartwright
Recurring[]
Other[]
- Anita Sands: Willow Hoad
- Bill Clark: Deputy Sheriff
- Claude Hall: Hoad Family Member
- Don C. Harvey: Jeb Hoad
- Jack Elam: Dodie Hoad
- Jack Mather: Bart Hastings
- Katherine Warren: Maud Hoad
- Mary Treen: Mrs. Shaughnessy
- Steven Terrell: Bud Harvey
- Theodore Lehmann: Hoad Family Member
Notes[]
Did you know?[]
- German episode title: "Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung", meaning "The Taming Of The Shrew".
Quotes[]
- "You ain't seen killin' till you killed one o' us!"
- ―Maud Hoad[src]
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See also[]
Season 2
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Showdown | The Mission | Badge Without Honor | The Mill | The Hopefuls | Denver McKee (episode) | Day of Reckoning | The Abduction | Breed of Violence | The Last Viking | The Trail Gang | The Savage | Silent Thunder | The Ape | The Blood Line | The Courtship | The Spitfire | The Bride | Bank Run | The Fugitive | Vengeance | Tax Collector | The Rescue | The Dark Gate | The Duke | Cutthroat Junction | The Gift | The Rival | The Infernal Machine | The Thunderhead Swindle | The Secret | The Dream Riders | Elizabeth, My Love | Sam Hill (episode) |