Name: Bret Maverick
Genre: Comedy, Western
Released: 1981-12-01
Rating: 3.1

Overview

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.

Seasons

Season 1

18 Episodes

1981

E01

The Lazy Ace (1)

12/1/1981·60m

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)

E02

The Lazy Ace (2)

12/1/1981·60m

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.

E03

Welcome to Sweetwater

12/8/1981·60m

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

E04

Anything for a Friend

12/15/1981·60m

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

E05

The Yellow Rose

12/22/1981·60m

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.

E06

Horse of Yet Another Color

1/5/1982·60m

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

E07

Dateline: Sweetwater

1/12/1982·60m

Eastern financial interests attempt a takeover of Sweetwater businesses.

E08

The Mayflower Women's Historical Society

2/2/1982·60m

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

E09

Hallie

2/9/1982·60m

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

E10

The Ballad of Bret Maverick

2/16/1982·60m

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

E11

A Night at the Red Ox

2/23/1982·60m

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

E12

The Not So Magnificent Six

3/2/1982·60m

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.

E13

The Vulture Also Rises

3/16/1982·60m

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

E14

The Eight Swords of Dyrus and Other Illusions of Grandeur

3/23/1982·60m

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

E15

Faith, Hope and Clarity (1)

4/13/1982·60m

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

E16

Faith, Hope and Clarity (2)

4/20/1982·60m

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

E17

The Rattlesnake Brigade

4/27/1982·60m

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

E18

The Hidalgo Thing

5/4/1982·60m

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.