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Episode Guide > Season 3, Episode 11

Bonanza: Day of the Dragon

 

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7.8 Good
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Air Date

December 3, 1961

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Episode Summary

Joe wins a card game and an unexpected prize...a young lady. She goes to the Ponderosa and serves them, not wanting to be set free. Meanwhile, an army is looking for her and the Cartwrights.

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    This is a pretty good episode, it has a new plot that isn't as typical with Bonanza. That's really a nice change, because the usual plot is someone's trying steal the Ponderosa land, but that isn't the case with this one. The story is that Joe is playing poker, and he thinks he's winning a horse, but it turns out to be a Chinese girl slave, who doesn't want to be set free. The episode eventually ends with Su Ling, the girl, working in Virginia City as a nurse for a Chinese doctor. This is another one where Little Joe get shot...big surprise!!! Seriously, I think the writers were obsessed with have Joe shot or knocked out in almost every episode. Probably because they wanted to scare all his admirers! Over all, this is a nice episode to add to the Bonnanza collection.

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  • In this episode, Joe's gun does run out of bullets - a rarity in itself. []
  • Hoss calls Joe "Short Shanks" in this episode. []
  • German episode title: "Die erlauchten Herren Cartwright", meaning "The Illustrious Gentlemen Cartwright". []
  • Lisa Lu played An-Mei Hsu, Rose's mother in The Joy Luck Club and the Dowager Empress Tzu Hsui in The Last Emperor. []
  • A. Earl Hedrick was credited as Earl Hedrick. John Burch was credited as John E. Burch. []
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  • Adam: It's almost worth getting wounded for. []
  • Ben: We'll miss you Su Ling. You brought a forgotten warmth into our home. []
  • Hoss: I think it's gonna be kind of nice having a little gal around the house for a change. []
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