Bonanza Vol. 8

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Summary: Bonanza Volume 8
Review: I'm a fan of Bonanza and I like horses, cowboys, cattle, etc.

This is a great TV show but, a little bad transfer on this DVD and this DVD is not terrible except, they removed the original theme music and the video is washed out. I don't care about it.

There are three episodes on one disc:

1. The Spitfire
2. The Stranger
3. The Mission

My two favorite episodes on Volume 8 are "The Stranger" and "The Mission."

In this episode "The Spitfire":

Joe must be forced to shoot and kill trespasser Jeb Hoad (Don C. Harvey) when he catches him setting fire to some timber and unsuccessfully orders him to stop. Jeb's daughter Willow (Anita Sands) tells Joe the Hoads will kill the Cartwrights. Grandma Hoad (Katherine Warren) and her boys come to the Ponderosa. Thier first target is Adam, who they shoot in the leg.

Guest Stars: Katherine Warren, Jack Elam

Written by: Ward Hawkins

Directed by: William Dario Faralla

Speaking of Ward Hawkins, "The Spitfire" was first telecast on January 14th, 1961, and this episode was written by Ward Hawkins.

In this episode "The Stranger":

New Orleans Police Inspector Charles Leduque (Lloyd Nolan) tries to spoil Ben's bid for the Nevada governorship. Twenty years earlier, Ben killed Simon LaRoche in self-defense and fled. Inspector Leduque was accidentally crippled by his own gun while trying to arrest Ben. He threatens to disclose the reaseon Ben defended himself against Simon LaRoche - LaRoche had blackmailed Joe's mother Marie who feared her past would tarnish her husband. Ben agrees to drop the campaign and surrender, unaware that charges were dropped years earlier.

Guest Star: Lloyd Nolan

Written by: Leonard Heideman, Oliver Crawford

Directed by: Christian Nyby

Also appearing in this episode "The Stranger" are Joan Staley as Dixie, Robert Foulk as the sheriff, and Hal Baylor as Tom Cole, and originally broadcast on February 27, 1960, "The Stranger" was written by Leonard Heideman and Oliver Crawford.

In this episode "The Mission":

Drunkard Charlie Trent (Henry Hull) feels responsible for the massacre of soldiers he had led years earlier. When Captain Pender (John Dehner) needs a scout, Hoss suggests Charlie, who insists Hoss come along. While on the trail the soldiers find water poisoned by Cutter (Peter Whitney), Charlie's predecessor.

Guest Stars: Henry Hull, Peter Whitney,
John Dehner, Harry Carey Jr., Lane Bradford,
Don Collier

Written by: Robert E. Thompson

Directed by: James Neilson

"The Mission" is a classic favorite episode and it's got the best special guest actors like Henry Hull, Peter Whitney and Don Collier, my favorite movie actors and Don Collier is the best and I like him and I probably think Don Collier might know Marshall Reed (the special guest star from Bonanza: The Courtship") and Robert E. Thompson, is one of the best screenwriters and he also wrote other Bonanza episodes including "Vendetta", "Blood on the Land", "Escape to the Ponderosa" and "The Mission". I think Robert E. Thompson could probably eat chocolate dip or chocolate glazed donuts or timbits and we'd call Robert E. Thompson "The Thompson Donut Guy" and make one of the cakes called "ROBERT E. THOMPSON'S BEST BIG CHOCOLATE GLAZED FUDGE DONUT CAKE" and it would be delicious with whipped cream and ice cream and you should have it sometime. Delicious!

I hope you all love Bonanza!

I loved, liked, enjoyed and I loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rating:
Summary: Bonanza Volume 8
Review: One disk, three episodes - 1. the spitfire, 2. the stranger, 3. the mission

Rating:
Summary: from a bonanza fan
Review: One disk, three episodes - 1. the spitfire, 2. the stranger, 3. the mission