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Bret Maverick

All Episodes 1981 - 1982
TV-PG

  • Ended
  • #<Network:0x00007f7186bf7a80>
  • 1981-12-01T05:00:00Z
  • 1h
  • 18h (18 episodes)
  • Gordon T. Dawson
  • United States
  • English
  • Warner Bros. Television
  • Comedy, Western
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.

18 episodes

Series Premiere

1981-12-01T05:00:00Z

1x01 The Lazy Ace (1)

Series Premiere

1x01 The Lazy Ace (1)

  • 1981-12-01T05:00:00Z1h

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)

1981-12-01T05:00:00Z

1x02 The Lazy Ace (2)

1x02 The Lazy Ace (2)

  • 1981-12-01T05:00:00Z1h

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.

1981-12-08T05:00:00Z

1x03 Welcome to Sweetwater

1x03 Welcome to Sweetwater

  • 1981-12-08T05:00:00Z1h

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

1981-12-15T05:00:00Z

1x04 Anything for a Friend

1x04 Anything for a Friend

  • 1981-12-15T05:00:00Z1h

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

1981-12-22T05:00:00Z

1x05 The Yellow Rose

1x05 The Yellow Rose

  • 1981-12-22T05:00:00Z1h

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.

1x06 Horse of Yet Another Color

  • 1982-01-05T05:00:00Z1h

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

1982-01-12T05:00:00Z

1x07 Dateline: Sweetwater

1x07 Dateline: Sweetwater

  • 1982-01-12T05:00:00Z1h

Eastern financial interests attempt a takeover of Sweetwater businesses.

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

1982-02-09T05:00:00Z

1x09 Hallie

1x09 Hallie

  • 1982-02-09T05:00:00Z1h

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

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

1982-02-23T05:00:00Z

1x11 A Night at the Red Ox

1x11 A Night at the Red Ox

  • 1982-02-23T05:00:00Z1h

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

1x12 The Not So Magnificent Six

  • 1982-03-02T05:00:00Z1h

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.

1982-03-16T05:00:00Z

1x13 The Vulture Also Rises

1x13 The Vulture Also Rises

  • 1982-03-16T05:00:00Z1h

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

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

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

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

1982-04-27T04:00:00Z

1x17 The Rattlesnake Brigade

1x17 The Rattlesnake Brigade

  • 1982-04-27T04:00:00Z1h

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

Season Finale

1982-05-04T04:00:00Z

1x18 The Hidalgo Thing

Season Finale

1x18 The Hidalgo Thing

  • 1982-05-04T04:00:00Z1h

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.

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