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Episode Guide
The Hopefuls
Series: Bonanza
Series Progress: Episode 27 of 3187% Completed
Synopsis
Guest star Larry Gates is cast as Jacob Darien, the leader of a Quaker sect which has purchased land in California. While crossing the Ponderosa in a special wagon transporting the money for the land transaction, Jacob's daughter Regina (Patricia Donahue) persuades her father to have Adam and Hoss Cartwright act as escorts for the Quaker wagon train. Accompanying the Cartwright boys is Adam's new friend Sam Bond (Dennis Patrick)-who secretly schemes to steal the Quakers' funds at the first opportunity. Rounding out the supporting cast is Charles Maxwell as Shenandoah. First broadcast on October 8, 1960, "The Hopefuls" was written by E. Jack Neumann.
📊 Series Binge Profile
Total Content Density: 29 hours 50 minutes (31 episodes)
Intensity Rating: Moderate Burn - Story-dense episodes. Best spaced out over a week.
Binge Milestones
1 episode/day: 31 days
3 episodes/day: 11 days
5 episodes/day: 7 days
Episodes (31)
- S01E19 - The Gunmen
- S01E20 - The Fear Merchants
- S01E21 - The Spanish Grant
- S01E22 - Blood on the Land
- S01E23 - Desert Justice
- S01E24 - The Stranger
- S01E25 - Escape to Ponderosa
- S01E26 - The Avenger
- S01E27 - The Last Trophy
- S01E28 - San Francisco
- S01E29 - Bitter Water
- S01E30 - Feet of Clay
- S01E31 - Dark Star
- S01E32 - Death at Dawn
- S02E01 - Showdown
- S02E10 - The Last Viking
- S02E11 - The Trail Gang
- S02E12 - The Savage
- S02E13 - Silent Thunder
- S02E14 - The Ape
- S02E15 - The Bloodline,The Blood Line
- S02E16 - The Courtship
- S02E17 - The Spitfire
- S02E02 - The Mission
- S02E03 - Badge Without Honor
- S02E04 - The Mill
- S02E05 - The Hopefuls Viewing
- S02E06 - Denver McKee
- S02E07 - Day of Reckoning
- S02E08 - The Abduction
- S02E09 - Breed of Violence