Bret Maverick

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)

Première diffusion : 1 décembre 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.

Première diffusion : 1 décembre 1981

Maverick's reluctance to sell his ranch, the Lazy Ace, is the major stumbling block to bringing the railroad into Sweetwater.

Première diffusion : 8 décembre 1981

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

Première diffusion : 15 décembre 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.

Première diffusion : 22 décembre 1981

Teddy Roosevelt comes to town to present an Indian chief with a horse from the president, but Maverick ends up winning the stallion.

Première diffusion : 5 janvier 1982

Eastern financial interests attempt a takeover of Sweetwater businesses.

Première diffusion : 12 janvier 1982

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

Première diffusion : 2 février 1982

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

Première diffusion : 9 février 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.

Première diffusion : 16 février 1982

Vigilantes take over the Red Ox saloon and put former sheriff Tom Guthrie on trial for crimes he allegedly committed in the past.

Première diffusion : 23 février 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.

Première diffusion : 2 mars 1982

When a stagecoach is attacked by Apaches and a woman is killed, the angry townspeople want to call in the cavalry.

Première diffusion : 16 mars 1982

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

Première diffusion : 23 mars 1982

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

Première diffusion : 13 avril 1982

Bret masterminds a con to get back the townsfolk's land, which was legally stolen by the clever leader of a religious cult.

Première diffusion : 20 avril 1982

Maverick and Guthrie are suckered into agreeing to protect a shipment of gold from a ruthless band of outlaws.

Première diffusion : 27 avril 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.

Première diffusion : 4 mai 1982