About this season
The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.
Episodes (26)
1. The Day They Hanged Bret Maverick
Aired 21 September 1958 • 49 min
Bret attends a hanging under very uncomfortable conditions: he's the intended victim.
2. The Lonesome Reunion
Aired 28 September 1958 • 49 min
Bret falls for the tempting trickery of a pretty woman (Joanna Barnes) — and finds himself helplessly involved in a swindle.
3. Alias Bart Maverick
Aired 5 October 1958 • 49 min
Bart meets a gentleman after his own heart — who skips town with his money, and leaves him to face a murder rap and a man-hungry female (Arlene Howell).
4. The Belcastle Brand
Aired 12 October 1958 • 49 min
In a desert, Bret and a hunting party are ambushed — and left to fight a blazing sun.
5. High Card Hangs
Aired 19 October 1958 • 49 min
Bart Maverick and two of his friends are charged with murder. The town's citizens demand a confession from one of the three men, or else all three men will be prosecuted. Bart falsely confesses to the murder, but help from his friend Dandy Jim Buckley exonerates him from the crime.
6. Escape to Tampico
Aired 26 October 1958 • 49 min
In Mexico, Bret tries to trick an American renegade into returning to the U.S. — where he's wanted for murder.
7. The Judas Mask
Aired 2 November 1958 • 49 min
Bart tails a pretty cancan dancer who stole his money — only to find himself being followed by two very sinister characters.
8. The Jail at Junction Flats
Aired 9 November 1958 • 49 min
Good-hearted Bret lends a pal $200 for an ""honest"" transaction — which lands the pal in jail.
9. The Thirty-Ninth Star
Aired 16 November 1958 • 49 min
A case of mistaken suitcases unfolds into political warfare, leaving Bart the unhappy target of ruthless killers.
10. Shady Deal at Sunny Acres
Aired 23 November 1958 • 49 min
Bret, helpless against a crafty banker (John Dehner) who robbed him, bides his time — while Bart and friends set up an elaborate con game.
11. Island in the Swamp
Aired 30 November 1958 • 49 min
Bret tries to help a pair of star-crossed lovers whose feuding families have taken him prisoner.
12. Prey of the Cat
Aired 7 December 1958 • 49 min
Bart is a helpless victim of his charms. Two scheming women are after him: one wants to murder for his love; the other just wants to murder him.
13. Holiday at Hollow Rock
Aired 14 December 1958 • 49 min
After he's cheated in a crooked card game, Bret tries to even the score by beating his opponent — and the odds — in a horse race.
14. The Spanish Dancer
Aired 28 December 1958 • 49 min
After scuffling with a pal over a dancer, Bart must do some fancy footwork to escape his plight: he's accused of murdering his friend.
15. Game of Chance
Aired 4 January 1959 • 49 min
Bret and Bart are pursuing the same woman. What's the attraction? The $10,000 she copped from them.
16. Gun-shy
Aired 11 January 1959 • 49 min
Bret, seeking buried Confederate treasure in Elwood, Kansas, keeps running afoul of U.S. Marshal Mort Dooley. The marshal keeps running Bret out of town. Bret, in turn, keeps outwitting the lawman.
17. Two Beggars on Horseback
Aired 18 January 1959 • 49 min
Bret and Bart's devotion to one another is tested when they're offered a deal that can mean $10,000 for one of them, but just one.
18. The Rivals
9.0Aired 25 January 1959 • 49 min
Lydia Linley is a young heiress who yearns for a man like Sydney Carton of A Tale of Two Cities - "a man of warmth, imagination, courage, and a sense of adventure." Jack Vandergelt III (Roger Moore) is in love with Lydia but knows she will have nothing to do with him because he is rich. Vandergelt hires Bret Maverick to switch identities with him in hopes that Lydia will love and accept him for who he is before she realizes he is a Vandergelt. The plan goes smoothly until Jack Vandergelt's father unexpectedly arrives in town.
19. Duel at Sundown
8.0Aired 1 February 1959 • 49 min
Bret Maverick finds himself caught in a deadly love triangle with a lovely woman (Abby Dalton) and a young gunman (Clint Eastwood).
20. Yellow River
Aired 8 February 1959 • 49 min
After losing his money in a bank robbery, Bart invests in a get-rich-quick deal with a beautiful — but not-so-dumb — blonde.
21. The Saga of Waco Williams
Aired 15 February 1959 • 49 min
Bret and his buddy Waco Williams (Wayde Preston) ride straight into trouble in Bent City, where they are suspected of being cattle rustlers.
22. Brasada Spur
Aired 22 February 1959 • 49 min
In a high-stakes poker game, Bart wins stock in a railroad — and finds himself on the track to a colossal headache.
23. Passage to Fort Doom
Aired 8 March 1959 • 49 min
A pair of con artists, Bart and an old girl friend survive a hazardous stagecoach ride and reach Fort Doom — where their troubles begin.
24. Two Tickets to Ten Strike
Aired 15 March 1959 • 49 min
Bret Maverick suspicions are aroused when he is forced to leave Ten Strike, New Mexico. Determined to stand his ground, Maverick stays in Ten Strike long enough to uncover a bizarre plot of murder and blackmail. Two gunmen, Vic Nolan (Adam West) and Eddie Burke (William Gordon), try to scare Maverick out of town.
25. Betrayal
Aired 22 March 1959 • 49 min
Keeping cool during a stage holdup, Bart catches a twinkle of recognition between his lovely traveling companion (Pat Crowley) and one of the outlaws.
26. The Strange Journey of Jenny Hill
Aired 29 March 1959 • 49 min
Bret accompanies a beautiful singer (Peggy King) on a search for her missing husband and finds himself falling helplessly in love.