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Bret Maverick

Bret Maverick (1981)

December. 01,1981

7.5

TV-PG

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Bret Maverick

Bret Maverick is a 1981-82 American Western television series starring James Garner in the role that made him famous in the 1957 series Maverick: a professional poker player traveling alone year after year through the Old West from riverboat to saloon. In this sequel series, Maverick has settled down in Sweetwater, Arizona Territory, where he owns a ranch and is co-owner of the town's saloon. However, Maverick is still always on the lookout for his next big score, and continues to gamble and practice various con games whenever the chance arises. The series was developed by Gordon Dawson, and produced by Garner's company Cherokee Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.

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Bret Maverick

1981 / TV-PG

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 1981

18 Episode

Episode 1 - The Lazy Ace (1)

December. 01,1981

In what may very well be the last of the great poker games in the Old West, Bret wins ownership of the saloon and decides to settle down in the town of Sweetwater in the Arizona Territory. (Part 1 of 2)

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Episode 2 - The Lazy Ace (2)

December. 01,1981

Former sheriff Tom Guthrie joins Bret as partner in the Red Ox saloon, to the dismay of the townspeople who just booted the old-fashioned lawman out of office.

Episode 3 - Welcome to Sweetwater

December. 08,1981

Maverick's reluctance to sell his ranch, the Lazy Ace, is the major stumbling block to bringing the railroad into Sweetwater.

Episode 4 - Anything for a Friend

December. 15,1981

A barn-raising celebration at Maverick's ranch helps him conceal Billy the Kid from authorities.

Episode 5 - The Yellow Rose

December. 22,1981

Women's suffrage catches fire in Sweetwater and no one feels the heat more than Maverick, who's just won a Chinese girl in a poker game.

Episode 6 - Horse of Yet Another Color

January. 05,1982

Teddy Roosevelt comes to town to present an Indian chief with a horse from the president, but Maverick ends up winning the stallion.

Episode 7 - Dateline: Sweetwater

January. 12,1982

Eastern financial interests attempt a takeover of Sweetwater businesses.

Episode 8 - The Mayflower Women's Historical Society

February. 02,1982

It looks like Maverick is going to be hanged, unless he agrees to sell his life story to an ambitious historian.

Episode 9 - Hallie

February. 09,1982

An old flame of Bret's shows up in Sweetwater, pursued by two homicidal brothers she swindled.

Episode 10 - The Ballad of Bret Maverick

February. 16,1982

A stranger arrives in town, claiming to be in the process of finishing an epic ballad on the life and death of Bret Maverick.

Episode 11 - A Night at the Red Ox

February. 23,1982

Vigilantes take over the Red Ox saloon and put former sheriff Tom Guthrie on trial for crimes he allegedly committed in the past.

Episode 12 - The Not So Magnificent Six

March. 02,1982

Six men who each want to gain a reputation as the one who killed the famous Bret Maverick have followed a western pulp writer to Sweetwater.

Episode 13 - The Vulture Also Rises

March. 16,1982

When a stagecoach is attacked by Apaches and a woman is killed, the angry townspeople want to call in the cavalry.

Episode 14 - The Eight Swords of Dyrus and Other Illusions of Grandeur

March. 23,1982

Bret exposes a crooked magician who is performing at the Red Ox.

Episode 15 - Faith, Hope and Clarity (1)

April. 13,1982

A religious charlatan dupes the townpeople so that he can obtain the rights to their land.

Episode 16 - Faith, Hope and Clarity (2)

April. 20,1982

Bret masterminds a con to get back the townsfolk's land, which was legally stolen by the clever leader of a religious cult.

Episode 17 - The Rattlesnake Brigade

April. 27,1982

Maverick and Guthrie are suckered into agreeing to protect a shipment of gold from a ruthless band of outlaws.

Episode 18 - The Hidalgo Thing

May. 04,1982

Tom Guthrie, who is trying to get re-elected as sheriff, tries to get Maverick to keep a low profile, but Bret is working on the biggest con of his life and isn't going to stop now.