E1 - The Day They Hanged Bret Maverick

Aired: September 21, 1958

Bret attends a hanging under very uncomfortable conditions: he's the intended victim.

E2 - The Lonesome Reunion

Aired: September 28, 1958

Bret falls for the tempting trickery of a pretty woman (Joanna Barnes) — and finds himself helplessly involved in a swindle.

E3 - Alias Bart Maverick

Aired: October 05, 1958

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).

E4 - The Belcastle Brand

Aired: October 12, 1958

In a desert, Bret and a hunting party are ambushed — and left to fight a blazing sun.

E5 - High Card Hangs

Aired: October 19, 1958

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.

E6 - Escape to Tampico

Aired: October 26, 1958

In Mexico, Bret tries to trick an American renegade into returning to the U.S. — where he's wanted for murder.

E7 - The Judas Mask

Aired: November 02, 1958

Bart tails a pretty cancan dancer who stole his money — only to find himself being followed by two very sinister characters.

E8 - The Jail at Junction Flats

Aired: November 09, 1958

Good-hearted Bret lends a pal $200 for an ""honest"" transaction — which lands the pal in jail.

E9 - The Thirty-Ninth Star

Aired: November 16, 1958

A case of mistaken suitcases unfolds into political warfare, leaving Bart the unhappy target of ruthless killers.

E10 - Shady Deal at Sunny Acres

Aired: November 23, 1958

Bret, helpless against a crafty banker (John Dehner) who robbed him, bides his time — while Bart and friends set up an elaborate con game.

E11 - Island in the Swamp

Aired: November 30, 1958

Bret tries to help a pair of star-crossed lovers whose feuding families have taken him prisoner.

E12 - Prey of the Cat

Aired: December 07, 1958

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.

E13 - Holiday at Hollow Rock

Aired: December 14, 1958

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.

E14 - The Spanish Dancer

Aired: December 28, 1958

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.

E15 - Game of Chance

Aired: January 04, 1959

Bret and Bart are pursuing the same woman. What's the attraction? The $10,000 she copped from them.

E16 - Gun-shy

Aired: January 11, 1959

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.

E17 - Two Beggars on Horseback

Aired: January 18, 1959

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.

E18 - The Rivals

Aired: January 25, 1959

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.

E19 - Duel at Sundown

Aired: February 01, 1959

Bret Maverick finds himself caught in a deadly love triangle with a lovely woman (Abby Dalton) and a young gunman (Clint Eastwood).

E20 - Yellow River

Aired: February 08, 1959

After losing his money in a bank robbery, Bart invests in a get-rich-quick deal with a beautiful — but not-so-dumb — blonde.

E21 - The Saga of Waco Williams

Aired: February 15, 1959

Bret and his buddy Waco Williams (Wayde Preston) ride straight into trouble in Bent City, where they are suspected of being cattle rustlers.

E22 - Brasada Spur

Aired: February 22, 1959

In a high-stakes poker game, Bart wins stock in a railroad — and finds himself on the track to a colossal headache.

E23 - Passage to Fort Doom

Aired: March 08, 1959

A pair of con artists, Bart and an old girl friend survive a hazardous stagecoach ride and reach Fort Doom — where their troubles begin.

E24 - Two Tickets to Ten Strike

Aired: March 15, 1959

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.

E25 - Betrayal

Aired: March 22, 1959

Keeping cool during a stage holdup, Bart catches a twinkle of recognition between his lovely traveling companion (Pat Crowley) and one of the outlaws.

E26 - The Strange Journey of Jenny Hill

Aired: March 29, 1959

Bret accompanies a beautiful singer (Peggy King) on a search for her missing husband and finds himself falling helplessly in love.