S4 E1 • The Bundle from Britain

This is the episode that introduces Roger Moore as Cousin Beauregard Maverick. Beau is considered the ""white sheep"" of the family because he had the misfortune of earning a medal in the Civil War. (He had won the medal purely by accident.) Pappy had banished him to England for five years because no Maverick had ever been a hero. Bart Mavrick greets Beau upon his return to America and enlists his cousin to impersonate the son of the Marquis of Bognor, who had been indentured to work on a ranch in Wyoming for six months. The Maverick cousins stand to earn $4,000, but the play goes awry when Beau is kidnapped by a man who wants to settle a grudge with the Marquis.

Première diffusion : 18 septembre 1960

S4 E2 • Hadley's Hunters

Bart meets a comical sheriff (Edgar Buchanan) who is dead serious about killing him.

Première diffusion : 25 septembre 1960

S4 E3 • The Town That Wasn't There

Beau Maverick wins ownership of the Silver Hill, a worthless ore mine. A crooked railroad agent named Shanks tries to cheat the townspeople out of their land by offering them a price that is well below market value. Beau convinces the town to relocate Silver Hill to a sheep ranch twenty miles away. The plan backfires when a new vein of silver is discovered in the supposedly worthless Silver Hill mine, thus enabling Shanks to claim the land without cost. The only hope is for the town to relocate back to Silver Hill before the railroad takes over the land.

Première diffusion : 2 octobre 1960

S4 E4 • Arizona Black Maria

In hostile Sioux territory, Bart is caught between a woman prisoner's devastating charms and a pending Indian attack.

Première diffusion : 9 octobre 1960

S4 E6 • Mano Nera

Looking for a peaceful and profitable poker game in New Orleans, Bart is plunged into a mysterious murder involving the Black Hand society.

Première diffusion : 23 octobre 1960

S4 E7 • A Bullet for the Teacher

In St. Joseph, Missouri, Beau Maverick wins halfl-ownership of the Golden Wheel Casino. The business venture is short-lived when his partner, Rand Storm, is shot to death by Flo Baker. Storm was a notorious ladies' man and Flo, a female entertainer, was resisting his advances. Just before he dies, Rand tells his younger brother, Luke, that the shooting was an accident. But Luke has Beau framed for murder so that he can take over the business.

Première diffusion : 30 octobre 1960

S4 E8 • The Witch of Hound Dog

Toil and trouble overcome Bret when he tangles with two burly thieves and their enchanting sister (Anita Sands) — who claims she's a witch.

Première diffusion : 6 novembre 1960

S4 E9 • Thunder from the North

Two Army shopkeepers, Marsh and Lawson, have been cheating the local Indian tribes by supplying them with faulty or inferior goods. When one of the tribeswomen named Pale Moon threatens to report them to the Army Commission, the shopkeepers decide to start a war with the Indians. They know the Army will not investigate the woman's claim if they are at war. Marsh and Lawson murder Pale Moon's brother and pin the crime on the stranger who won $2,500 from them the night before - Beau Maverick.

Première diffusion : 13 novembre 1960

S4 E10 • The Maverick Line

Inheriting a stagecoach line from Uncle Micah is only the beginning of financial problems for the Maverick brothers.

Première diffusion : 20 novembre 1960

S4 E12 • Kiz

Beau Maverick crashes a party in Virginia City thrown by eccentric socialite Kiz Bouchet. Kiz has a penchant for smoking cigars, playing poker, and fighting fires. Recognizing Beau as a fellow free spirit, she hires him to protect her. She believes her life is in danger. Beau discovers that Kiz's cousin Melissa, along with family doctor Pittman and attorney Hanford, are plotting to have Kiz judged incompent so they can split her $2 million inheritance. Beau comes up with a scheme to turn the tables on Melissa.

Première diffusion : 4 décembre 1960

S4 E13 • Dodge City or Bust

Chivalrous Bart saves the life of a beautiful woman. His reward? A place on the wanted list for robbery and murder.

Première diffusion : 11 décembre 1960

S4 E14 • The Bold Fenian Man

The Fenians, an Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood, are trained soldiers sworn to free Ireland from British rule. The Fenians have gathered in Dakota City to plan a march into Canada where they want to take hold of a small part of British property hostage in exchange for Ireland's freedom. After England pressures the United States to intervene, Beau Maverick is blackmailed into infiltrating the Fenians ranks by a shrewd Army colonel.

Première diffusion : 18 décembre 1960

S4 E15 • Destination Devil's Flat

Bart substitutes a rock-filled suitcase for a fortune in gold to foil hijacking plans of phony sheriff Dan Trevor (Peter Breck).

Première diffusion : 25 décembre 1960

S4 E16 • A State of Siege

Proving once again that he's basically nonviolent, Bart witnesses a battle of bullets that leaves him stunned - and almost dead.

Première diffusion : 1 janvier 1961

S4 E17 • Family Pride

In New Mexico, Beau Maverick is taken for over $4,500 ($4,000 of which belong to his friend Jerry O'Brien) by con artists Warren and Crippen and Warren's granddaughter Rosanne. Beau tries to recover the money and even takes the threesome to court, but they outsmart him every time. Beau is so demoralized by the constant defeats, he believes he has disgraced the Maverick name - until Rosanne tells him that her grandmother was a Maverick.

Première diffusion : 8 janvier 1961

S4 E18 • The Cactus Switch

Thinking all's well with the world after he cleans up in a card game, Bart offers to help a troubled young woman.

Première diffusion : 15 janvier 1961

S4 E19 • Dutchman's Gold

Beau Maverick wins half-ownership in the Blue Bell Saloon in Arizona. In an attempt to raise funds for the floundering business, Beau and his partner Charlotte become partners with a mysterious gold prospector known only as the Dutchman. Along the trail to Superstition Mountain where the gold is located, Beau, Charlotte, and the Dutchman encounter danger in various forms.

Première diffusion : 22 janvier 1961

S4 E20 • The Ice Man

After discovering a long-lost body encased in ice, Bart finds himself in hot water.

Première diffusion : 29 janvier 1961

S4 E21 • Diamond Flush

Con artist Ferguson knocks Beau Maverick unconscious during an unsuccessful attempt to hoist a priceless diamond necklace from a French countess. Ferguson claims that the countess' diamond is fake and that he was in the process of replacing it with the real thing when Beau startled him. Ferguson offers Maverick $5,000 to switch diamonds. Beau is being set up for robbery by Ferguson and his equally devious wife.

Première diffusion : 5 février 1961

S4 E22 • Last Stop Oblivion

Good-guy Bart warns the wrong people that their hosts are murderers — and ends up as the next possible victim.

Première diffusion : 12 février 1961

S4 E23 • Flood's Folly

Outside Denver, Colorado, Beau and his friend, Judge Scott, find shelter during a blizzard at the home of Martha Flood and her niece Sally. Martha and the judge are plotting to institutionalize Sally in order to take over her inheritance. However, Martha's lover, a professional killer named Chet Whitehead plans to kill Sally, the judge, and Maverick.

Première diffusion : 19 février 1961

S4 E25 • Red Dog

Beau Maverick stumbles onto the cave site meeting place of five outlaws. They were summoned by a bandit named Jess in order to plan a big job. Mavrick passes himself as the notorious Texas outlaw Red Dog. The outlaws become suspicious of Beau when he declines to join them in a $500,000 bank robbery scheme.

Première diffusion : 5 mars 1961

S4 E26 • The Deadly Image

Bart's in jail: he's the unfortunate — and helpless — victim of mistaken identity.

Première diffusion : 12 mars 1961

S4 E27 • Triple Indemnity

Cowardly George Parker (Alan Hewitt) offers Doc Holliday a tempting reward. All Doc has to do is kill his best friend - Bart.

Première diffusion : 19 mars 1961

S4 E28 • The Forbidden City

Brent (Robert Colbert) joins the series in true Maverick style: he gets involved with two beautiful women - and is thrown in jail for gambling.

Première diffusion : 26 mars 1961

S4 E29 • Substitute Gun

Bart matches wits - and bullets - with a professional gunman... and learns that a beautiful woman can be more deadly than hired killers.

Première diffusion : 2 avril 1961

S4 E30 • Benefit of the Doubt

In typical Maverick tradition, cousin Brent gets involved with two beautiful sisters — one of whom is planning to do him in.

Première diffusion : 9 avril 1961

S4 E31 • The Devil's Necklace (1)

Bart just made the deal of a lifetime: he blindly purchased a wagonload of merchandise - including a bound and gagged Indian girl.

Première diffusion : 16 avril 1961

S4 E32 • The Devil's Necklace (2)

The Apaches catch Bart red-handed with a wagonload of liquor and a kidnapped Indian girl — and that means war.

Première diffusion : 23 avril 1961