Bret Maverick Season 1, Episode 2: The Lazy Ace (2)

1

The Lazy Ace (1)

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)

60 min

2

The Lazy Ace (2)

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.

60 min

3

Welcome to Sweetwater

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

60 min

4

Anything for a Friend

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

60 min

5

The Yellow Rose

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.

60 min

6

Horse of Yet Another Color

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

60 min

7

Dateline: Sweetwater

Eastern financial interests attempt a takeover of Sweetwater businesses.

60 min

8

The Mayflower Women's Historical Society

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

60 min

9

Hallie

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

60 min

10

The Ballad of Bret Maverick

A stranger arrives in town, claiming to be in the process of finishing an epic ballad on the life and death of Bret Maverick.

60 min

11

A Night at the Red Ox

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

60 min

12

The Not So Magnificent Six

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.

60 min

13

The Vulture Also Rises

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

60 min

14

The Eight Swords of Dyrus and Other Illusions of Grandeur

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

60 min

15

Faith, Hope and Clarity (1)

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

60 min

16

Faith, Hope and Clarity (2)

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

60 min

17

The Rattlesnake Brigade

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

60 min

18

The Hidalgo Thing

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.

60 min