Bonanza - Season 11 Episode 24 Decision at Los Robles
Ben and Joe stop in Los Robles for a couple of beers and a night's rest. Ben sees the town boss, John Walker, bullying the saloon waitress, and he comes to her defense. When Ben steps outside of the saloon, Walker shoots him in the back. Badly wounded, Ben shoots back, killing Walker just before he falls unconscious. While Joe keeps a vigil at Ben's bedside, the priest tells him Los Robles had always been ruled unquestionably by John Walker and his son Jed. Now Jed will certainly want revenge. Sure enough, he tells Joe if he doesn't hand Ben over in 24 hours, he will kill every citizen in Los Robles, one an hour.
To complicate matters more, Walker's foreman, Garth, deliberately tells Jed that Ben shot his father in the back, in hopes that Joe will kill Walker, so he can run the Walker ranch. When Joe tries to mobilize a few citizens to fight Walker and his army of men, he finds a town full of cowards. The biggest coward of all is the doctor. He purposely left the bullet in Ben's back, hoping that he'd die within 24 hours. Jed and Garth make final plans to blow up Los Robles with dynamite, unless Joe surrenders Ben to him.
Year: 1973
Genre: Western, Action & Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: United States of America
Studio: NBC
Director: David Dortort
Cast: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, David Canary, Tim Matheson, Mitch Vogel
Crew: Bobby Somers (Stunts)
First Air Date: Sep 12, 1959
Last Air date: Jan 16, 1973
Season: 14 Season
Episode: 431 Episode
Runtime: 49 minutes
IMDb: 7.50/10 by 425.00 users
Popularity: 286.403
Language: English
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Episode
Another Windmill to Go
The Witness
The Silence at Stillwater
A Lawman's Lot Is Not a Happy One
Anatomy of a Lynching
To Stop a War
The Medal
The Stalker
Meena
A Darker Shadow
Dead Wrong
Old Friends
Abner Willoughby's Return
It's a Small World
Danger Road
The Big Jackpot
The Trouble with Amy
The Lady and the Mark
Is There Any Man Here
The Law and Billy Burgess
Long Way to Ogden
Return Engagement
The Gold Mine
Decision at Los Robles
Caution, Easter Bunny Crossing
The Horse Traders
What Are Pardners For?
A Matter of Circumstance