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The Courtship

Episode Number: 48    Season Num: 2    First Aired: January 7, 1961    Prod Code: n/a
Ben sends Hoss and Joe to Sacremento to check on the widow of an old friend of Ben's. Hoss finds himself falling in love with the widow - Helen Layton and decides to bring her back to the Ponderosa. He intends to marry her, unaware of her true nature. When Adam returns, he informs both Ben and Joe about what really happened with her late husband. The three Cartwrights must decide how to break the news to Hoss without breaking his heart.

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Writer: Richard Neil Morgan
Director: James P. Yarbrough
Star: Dan Blocker (Eric "Hoss" Cartwright (1959-1972)),  Lorne Greene (Ben Cartwright),  Pernell Roberts (Adam Cartwright (1959-1965)),  Michael Landon (Joseph "Little Joe" Francis Cartwright)
Guest Star: Julie Adams (Helen Layton),  Paul Dubov (Dealer),  Marshall Reed (Hammond),  Lyle Talbot (Sugar Daddy),  Lou Krugman (Jean),  Charles Tannen (Charlie)

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A. Earl Hedrick was credited as Earl Hedrick. (edit)
Featured Cartwright: Hoss (edit)
The year stated in this episode is 1861. (edit)

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Helen Layton: Hoss, you know there are some stores where ladies shop alone.
Hoss: (looks slightly troubled) Yeah...I don't reckon I thought about that. (edit)
Hoss: (to Little Joe) I done made reservations with the - the garcon. (edit)
Helen Layton: Am I supposed to shrivel up and die, just because my husband is dead? (edit)
Hoss: ...It ain't exactly owning her. I reckon the Ponderosa holds about as much claim to us as we do her. It's more like a partnership. Like were all sorta beholding to one another. What I mean to say is that, Pa won't let us cut a tree down unless there's another tree growing to take its place or take a cup of water out of the lake if it makes the lake go down that much. The Ponderosa's got, got a mighty lot to give. Like Pa says, we ain't take one ounce out her that she can't grow back. (edit)
Hoss: (to Little Joe) It's to keep you from getting chased all the way back to the Ponderosa by a hoppin' mad daddy with a shotgun in his hand. And from the way I saw you and that little filly downstairs makin' eyes at each other, that's just about what's gonna happen. (edit)

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