Gordon T. Dawson
Director
Bret Maverick (1981)
Season 1
Bret Maverick is a 1981-82 American Western television series starring James Garner in the role that made him famous in the 1957 series Maverick: a professional poker player traveling alone year after year through the Old West from riverboat to saloon. In this sequel series, Maverick has settled down in Sweetwater, Arizona Territory, where he owns a ranch and is co-owner of the town's saloon. However, Maverick is still always on the lookout for his next big score, and continues to gamble and practice various con games whenever the chance arises. The series was developed by Gordon Dawson, and produced by Garner's company Cherokee Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.
Released Dec. 1, 1981
Episode 60 min
10+
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Western
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Production Companies: Warner Bros. Television
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - 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)
Dec. 1, 1981, midnight
S1E2 - 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.
Dec. 1, 1981, midnight
S1E3 - Welcome to Sweetwater
Maverick's reluctance to sell his ranch, the Lazy Ace, is the major stumbling block to bringing the railroad into Sweetwater.
Dec. 8, 1981, midnight
S1E4 - Anything for a Friend
A barn-raising celebration at Maverick's ranch helps him conceal Billy the Kid from authorities.
Dec. 15, 1981, midnight
S1E5 - 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.
Dec. 22, 1981, midnight
S1E6 - 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.
Jan. 5, 1982, midnight
S1E7 - Dateline: Sweetwater
Eastern financial interests attempt a takeover of Sweetwater businesses.
Jan. 12, 1982, midnight
S1E8 - 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.
Feb. 2, 1982, midnight
S1E9 - Hallie
An old flame of Bret's shows up in Sweetwater, pursued by two homicidal brothers she swindled.
Feb. 9, 1982, midnight
S1E10 - 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.
Feb. 16, 1982, midnight
S1E11 - 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.
Feb. 23, 1982, midnight
S1E12 - 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.
March 2, 1982, midnight
S1E13 - 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.
March 16, 1982, midnight
S1E14 - The Eight Swords of Dyrus and Other Illusions of Grandeur
Bret exposes a crooked magician who is performing at the Red Ox.
March 23, 1982, midnight
S1E15 - Faith, Hope and Clarity (1)
A religious charlatan dupes the townpeople so that he can obtain the rights to their land.
April 13, 1982, midnight
S1E16 - 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.
April 20, 1982, midnight
S1E17 - The Rattlesnake Brigade
Maverick and Guthrie are suckered into agreeing to protect a shipment of gold from a ruthless band of outlaws.
April 27, 1982, midnight
S1E18 - 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.
May 4, 1982, midnight
NBC
60 min/ep
60 min
Dec. 1, 1981
May 4, 1982, midnight
Ended
TV-PG / 10+
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