Bonanza - The Quality of Mercy | Episode 143 | Best Western Series | Wild West | English

Free Western Classic: Bonanza - Episode 143 - The Quality of Mercy - Little Joe struggles with his conscience, trying to believe that his friend, Seth Pruitt, did the right thing after Seth admits to the mercy-killing of his fiancée's father when the man was in agony from a broken back and begging for death
The Quality of Mercy
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Writer: Peter Packer
Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 17 November 1963 USA
Filming Locations: Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Storyline:
Investigating a mine cave-in, Joe Cartwright finds his friend Seth Pruitt (Richard Rust standing over the dead body of Seth's future father-in-law. Admitting to murder, Seth explains that the dead man suffered extensive injuries in the cave-in, and begged to be killed rather than live out his life as a cripple. Seth then swears Joe to secrecy, out of respect for the feelings of Seth's intended bride Sara (Nancy Rennick). Throughout the rest of the episode, Joe agonizes over his promise to Seth, wondering if his decision to remain silent is morally defensible. A surprise ending caps Peter Packer's riveting teleplay.
Reviews:
"Michael Landon as Little Joe takes center stage in this Bonanza episode which involves a daring topic for its time, mercy killing.
It's not any Dr. Kevorkian doing in terminally people, but Richard Rust who during a mine cave-in kills his future father-in-law. Little Joe who heard the shot was the only witness. Rust tells him that he did it because the man's back was broken in the disaster and that he was in agony. He did it like anyone would do for a suffering animal.
This was certainly an unusual topic for a western, but Landon goes to Lorne Greene for some sage advice and if there's one thing Ben Cartwright was always handy with was sage advice. He talks quite seriously about the difference between people and animals and the force of nature in a struggle to survive.
It might have been a better episode if the plot hadn't been tilted towards the fact that the killing was not as it appeared to be. More I won't say, still this is an interesting and thought provoking Bonanza episode." Written by bkoganbing on IMDb.com
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[@Ashtonblack8283]

I think my horse could be a horse actor, hes perfected the fake limp whenever he sees the saddle 😂

[@philipstanco6011]

To me, all the lead actors in bonanza were very good at it. What great casting.

[@cuongtkong58]

That horse limping at 7 minutes in . . . what talent, what grace, now that's what I call acting.

[@autricereganholdridge4816]

That's Highland Dale, the best paid movie horse in Hollywood during those days. His most famous part was Fury, the TV series about the boy Joey and his wild stallion. ❤

[@valjean9581]

😊

[@voiceofreason7856]

@@autricereganholdridge4816 Correct, and 'Fury' was in about 4 or 5 Bonanza episodes over the years.

[@belbal5004]

@@autricereganholdridge4816 I lived Fury as a kid. Saturdays were the best, waking up to great shows like that and fully animated cartoons. Only the ritual of pouring over comics sometime on a Sunday was nearly as good.

[@billfranklin3043]

My thought exactly. That horse was really acting like he was lame. Haha!

[@paulmicks7097]

That was the best horse actor I ever did see !

[@keithdavidson4723]

Another very well written episode dealing with perhaps the most moral of all issues. Lorne Greene’s speech to Little Joe reminded me of when I was 24 and my left kidney had stopped working, rotted away and infected many other internal organs. The pain became so intense I begged doctors to give me more morphine even though they said it would kill me. They wouldn’t of course and my last memory was of nurses around my bed crying. My body then passed out and I awakened with tubes everywhere and in intense pain. I’m now 58 and I’m only 3 days away from beginning dialysis for the second time after a transplant failed but it does go to show that people in enough pain really aren’t in the best position to make such a decision (even though we learned in this episode that everything wasn’t as it initially seemed). Many thanks for sharing this with us 🙏🏻

[@user-pd7il3xz5j]

May you be well...G-d bless you.

[@isaacharris7269]

Please

[@cgallagher5023]

I'm so sorry about that. ....

[@barbaras6792]

Sending love and best wishes. We lost a son at 24 from cancer. Try and stay strong. It’s all any of us can do. 💕💕💕

[@belbal5004]

What a wonderful story of early survival, followed I hope by many satisfying decades full of growth and learning. Love. God Bless and keep you, for purposes as yet unfinished. You're no rookie, second time in treatment. Science is moving very fast, and The Father only knows how our stories will wind up here and when we can be called back. I'll pray for great strength to be sent you.

[@Jeremy-rp6xq]

I love the Cartwrights they are so honest and loyal the Cartwrights are the true meaning of righteousness

[@gerrett108]

Jeremy I feel the same But, depends on which episode to see. The Carts have been ruthless in some episodes. " Dont get caught on the Ponderosa, less you want to get shot"

[@dondouglas9035]

I knew a chaplain in the Vetnam war who during a march he came upon an enemy soldier who had been disembowelled by a land mine. The soldier was in horrible pain and was screaming. The chaplain was faced with a decision. He shot the man. Enemy soldier or not, I don't think he was wrong. Period!

[@normanbraslow7902]

The chaplain did the right thing. It would have been very rough.

[@LuckyBaldwin777]

Chaplains carry guns?

[@normanbraslow7902]

Lucky Baldwin No, they are not usually supposed to carry weapons. I've known Navy chaplains, and they are not even allowed to wear swords with their dress officer uniforms. There is the possibility that the chaplain used the enemy's weapon,

[@frankwilson536]

I can relate with you about Vietnam and some of the horrors of war that I hope no one has to witness the way we did. I'm happy to say that even though there were many engagements with what we knew then was the enemy. I was never faced with a mercy killing. But I know of others who have. Some so horrifically wounded they begged to die. Some knew that even if they recovered their life to them wouldn't be worth living and didn't want to come home like that. There were medics that did give them morphine in OD amounts that let them go out easy. And to me that was mercy. I've often thought to myself. I've been wounded but not like many. Would I ask for the same thing?

[@wlodell]

@@LuckyBaldwin777 In my Army career it was understood that Chaplains were not required to carry a weapon. But in combat zones and in combat units it was normal to see a chaplain carry a weapon, usually a sidearm and mostly for purpose of self-defense.

[@th723]

Bring back this type of entertainment, far superior in every way than the horse droppings we have today.

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

Annie Oakley is also a great classic show: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iprTn36YgMSZnNU

[@rturner2527]

There's so many of these episodes that I haven't seen. I still love them all

[@annagetrude1745]

The Cartwrights sure can sing

[@tricia77grace]

Really liked this episode, especially the father (Ben) / son (Little Joe) segment...such a wonderful picture of support from family in tough decisions of life. These uploads have such great picture quality!

[@slappy10524]

This story reminds me of a Vietnam vet who was injured very badly, he was losing his will to live until a nurse inspired him to desire life once more. Sometimes it takes a special person to make you find reasons to hold on.

[@belbal5004]

That reminds me. My mother was a unique nurse in her 30s. Se would find innovative ways to heal, even argue with doctors when she felt called. She had several good dictor friends and knew many other nurses. She used to wake us up sometimes at night to say a patient had just turned the corner to getting well, or was worse, or had just died. She was that in tune with them. It always amazed me when the phone rang first thibg in the morning to confirm something, sometimes to say not to come in that day.

[@barrywainwright3391]

I didn't understand these shows when I was a kid as well as I do now at age 63. It's like watching them all for the first-time with each episode having so much real meaning with morals, values and integrity behind them. One of the best shows ever made. They don't make or write shows like this any more.

[@brigidabanfelder4015]

I love this show. In those days, America still was mostly a moral society.

[@yougetagoldstar]

I hear you. I feel the same way.

[@charlesvan13]

They're replacing traditional morality with regressive leftist values. Thus politicians seeing riots and looting, and perfectly fine with it. A step backward.

[@leonpse]

@@charlesvan13 The nation is becoming completely focused on becoming individually wealthy and not caring about others. The United States having the most COVID-19 deaths in an example.

[@charlesvan13]

@@leonpse The USA doesn't have the highest deaths per population. The UK is higher.

[@terryknutson3202]

Some of you guys are trying to turn Bonanza into "politicle" rot. Brigida comment was true. i love this show, fifty some years ago and still love it now because Ben, Adam, Hoss and Little Joe portrayed honesty and truth and knowing right from wrong. Most Americans still had morals and kids had shows like Bonanza, Walt Disney, Walter Cronkite, Paul Harvey........

[@sarinaedwards6705]

This is great having sing along with family, this is what our families do on weekends get together to sing and make music🎶🎶

[@tomswinburn1778]

One of the few things I disagree with the fictitious Ben Cartwright about. In THIS case it wasn't euthanasia, but murder. However, in the right circumstances euthanasia can be THE most righteous thing one human can do for another. When the only thing that separates right now from certain death is unbearable pain, HOW could someone with a heart let the poor sufferer live the agony? For what purpose? Ol Ben is almost always right. And he MAY be in this case, but each individual should decide for themselves what THEY can live with. I couldn't live with the guilt that I didn't end a condemned mans agony when I could have done so. One thing about Bonanza. It raised, and most often correctly answered the toughest and most heart rending moral and ethical questions. The show in a league of its own. Thanks to Grjngo for the QUALITY uploads. They often make even an old and decrepit geriatric fart THINK deep thoughts. That's a service I won't deny. Again, THANKS.

[@clauderobotham6261]

You're a mature man, not an old fart. And I agree. (Not so young myself.)

[@wlodell]

Euthanasia, assisted suicide, or mercy killing is too difficult, too complicated for most or any people to decide. I think this is partly why modern societies are adapting laws lenient toward medical professionals deciding such cases as assisted suicide. I suspect our ancestors were better at this than modern peoples given that euthanasia and assisted suicides are presently soaring worldwide. Simply stated, this is not good. Suffering or languish in debilitating and prolonged unbearable pain is a circumstance most people will likely never experience. But we empathize and feel compassion for those in such condition. Personally, I believe empathy clouds our judgement in extreme cases. Same trouble when we confuse the priority of morals in defining a baby’s life with the woman’s right to choose - to carry a pregnancy to term or get an abortion. We work hard to put definition to conditions that facilitate guilt free decisions. These kinds of life complexities at one time in my life were overwhelming and led me to think more about the God of the Bible, the Creator. Ultimately, I asked and prayed for God to come into my life and this ended my emotional agony.

[@MisterMasterShafter1]

Great episode, and slowly grows more intense up to the inevitable showdown with Joe and Seth. As it did 'mental illness' (The Dark Gate) and a lot of others, Bonanza tackled social/moral issues more than most shows did in this era. Michael Landon is great throughout here, and his individual scenes with Rust, Rennick, Greene and Roberts are all top notch, with another iconic Ben speech to one of his sons. Also noteworthy, another Cartwright singalong to boot.

[@yougetagoldstar]

A lot of memorable moments in this episode.

[@billh.8515]

Yep, agree completely. Great episode and the song was a nice light moment!

[@Jerry-up8bk]

You forgot Dan Blocker as Hoss !

[@osvaldokarpov2765]

Four Cartwrights👍👍👍👌 !

[@multirichardb]

Very intense thriller and the steps anyone should go through when facing such a curious request as to hide a death? And when Joe was originally told how and what happened? His mind couldn't rest knowing this death lingered in both minds, it's called the soul, spiritual, the breathe, thinking principle. And then the culmination of pressure from Joe, seeking an answer from his father, Ben, and his brother Adam, and finally with Seth, and he received his answer, we weren't getting along, about his daughter, his mine, uh oh. Then the new mind kicks into gear and viola. Great acting by all parties. Great episode, great moral code, and value, not taught, as liberally today, 9/2021.

[@belbal5004]

Yes, it was made clearer when he discovered motivation. Luckily for him. Otherwise it may have weighed in him for decades even if he reported this.

[@carolcarter3712]

Yes yes yes another wonderful episode this time Joe learning right from wrong i loved the way Adam talked to him got him tell such a wonderful family thank you so so much i look forward to some more Adam i feel so cheered up ❤

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

Awesome to hear! Thank you so much for tuning in! 🤠👌❤🎬

[@carolcarter3712]

@@GrjngoWesternSeries i have watched every episode so far i apologise for not commenting on everyone but i adore Pernell Roberts and i watch those episodes over and over you have made my day's so happy i will be lost once more when no episodes can be watched could you do the search and thanks for everything my friend i kniw i shouldn't ask but I'll thank you in advance ❤

[@christinestephens37]

Your quality of Bonanza episodes are postcard perfect. All others don't compare. Thank you for the uploads🤠

[@jackiesurridge8178]

I can watch these episodes over and over again, and do... this was an awesome one, so well acted. Luv all the Cartwrights. 💕

[@theranjithjay]

I love the song from the gold rush days “ Sweet Betsy from Pike “ Sweet Betsy from Pike " circa 1847 Composer: Unknown Verse 1 Oh, do you remember Sweet Betsy from Pike, Who went ’cross the plains with her lover Ike, With one yoke of oxen, one spotted hog, A tall Shanghai rooster, and a big yellow dog? Verse 2 One evening quite early they camped on the Platte, Twas next to the road on a green shady flat, Sweet Betsy was tired, lay down to repose, While Isaac stood gazing at his Pike County rose.

[@cherylangel1714]

What a gem of an episode! So relevant today with people wanting to "help" people suicide. Ben's speech was amazingly human! "Life is sacred!" Suffering has a purpose beyond our understanding. Something some people forgot how to be these days. Amazing acting from Michael Landon too :)

[@susanmccormick6022]

Cheryl Angel:All life should be sacred!

[@BridaUlv]

If my insides are on the outside and it's not going to be a quick death, kindly blow my brains out!

[@aviancoleslaw]

@@BridaUlv Personally I wouldn't ask that of anyone because I wouldn't want them to have to live with it, but you make a good point. Kindly let the EMTs attempt to scoop your insides back to where they belong first, though.

[@belbal5004]

I knew lots of nurses and doctors growing up and long before Dr. Kavorkian medics would give maximum doses of morphine in a few extreme cases - not murdering but hoping the I'll effects of high morpine doses would sheen their suffering. Still, I had to see physician assisted suicide come into being, as agreed with Ben's talk to Little Joe. I used to feel a coffee table book was in order. One called Physician Assisted Life, with a nice leather bound book embossed with a gold ensign of the Hypocratic Oath, maybe. It would be an editing job to collects simple philosophies. Life stories from doctors, or accounting of special clients they treated. With a wide leeway for diverse easiness. Each page would have intricate artistic borders, within which the physician's cintribution would be centered. I'll never get to this, if anyone wants the idea.

[@edoedo8686]

@@belbal5004 Hmm... Interesting observation.

[@Austen_SirFatt]

Thanks for the upload gringo. I've watched every episode that you've put out, and will continue to. This is my all time favorite show. Thanks for uploading!

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

Awesome to hear that. Thanks for tuning in so frequently! 🤠👌❤🎬

[@theodoreyalch5507]

Itsoneoftheprogra.swhereyoumakeyoulookatyojrmoralsted

[@ricardomanuelpena6594]

Yes another moral issue episode and great performance by all involved, Bonanza was in my judgement the best when it came time to tackle moral and ethical problems!!!🤔🤔

[@cohungtam1965]

Vidéo so beautiful, after years the film is very clear I appreciate bonanza from france, all the long time.

[@gussholguin1463]

This episode had a retroactive lesson for me. Years ago my father was in his last days after a long decline of total invalid state. One night I sat up all night with him as he lay comatose and in great pain, I came very close to taking a pillow and smothering him. I didnt of course and he died on his own two days later. I probably wouldnt have lived long myself if I would have done that

[@seanodwyer4322]

guss- same thing with me. ah was under illusion dad would live eternity, not sure what he died of but mom found him dead in the kitchen, He was hard too live with

[@seanodwyer4322]

it called a guilty conciouness,.- rectify as soon as posible

[@anythingbootneck]

This has to be one of the best episodes.👍🏻

[@susanvenkatraman9503]

I just love them all 👍👌😘🥰😍❤❤❤❤❤⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@possumclovett1549]

I love these episodes they bring back good memories wish they were on television now

[@belbal5004]

Ha. My older sister has resorted to calling the phone "TV". Glad we can see it here or link it to a newer television or older one by device.

[@seanodwyer4322]

@@belbal5004 - your Sis will get bad hand cramp iff she keeps holding those cell- phones - 24/7.

[@jim7302]

I grew up watching all the episodes..cant live with out my western movies..but this was one of my favorites !! Bonanza !!!

[@rosalindayoung1088]

Papa Ben is always there for his sons...Joe can be really hot headed and immature sometimes but I guess that's the creole in him😄

[@Tralala691]

Another great show with a moral to it. Love the idea of choosing life. Wish America would think about this more when it comes to babies. They could use Ben’s talk today.

[@justjenna6062]

Joe is very cute!!

[@Pashasmom1]

He thought so, too. I thought Adam was a handsome MAN.

[@MariaMartinez-lg7qu]

@@Pashasmom1 he sure wAs

[@963ag]

Bonanza was so much ahead of its time... in how it dealt with serious issues. I have always respected and agreed with Ben's opinions, but this time, I agree with Little Joe.

[@963ag]

I meant at the beginning of, and even halfway through the show... the ending revealed things that changed everything. But I meant to say that I do believe in euthanasia.

[@donaldmichaellumsden2714]

This is a complicated issue in my country. It is considered illigal to help a person with assisted suiside , some cases happen every yr , and no one has ever been convicted of murder for helping a person of dieing . This is a very good episode , told some 50 yr ago and is still relavent today . I have not finished seeing how it evolves . I will see if people feel diferent about assisted suiside then , then they do today . DML

[@Dehzee]

Poor Little Joe , daddy so rich, but he never bought him new clothes!

[@michaelbookmiller1156]

😄

[@nonbinary6834]

That’s how they are able to have so much money- don’t spend too much money on clothes if you can make it through a limit of clothes.

[@lucytuttle9984]

Any time you're struggling through a moral problem just think "what would Ben Cartwright say?" I'll bet that's what Peter Packer did when he was thinking about euthanasia, and decided to write down what Ben would say. Great episode.

[@danielchapa2112]

I love Westerns and Bonanza is at the top of the list for Morality and Historical Referenced Westerns but it sure seems like everybody that is not a regular on the show ends up getting killed.

[@billh.8515]

Yep. The same was true with Star Trek. If you were wearing a red shirt and weren't a regular cast member, chances were you wouldn't make it to the end of the episode. 🙂

[@belbal5004]

@@billh.8515 crewman 6

[@marthasanchez9109]

Great Bonanza ❤

[@valjean9581]

Hospitality was one of their strong suits

[@lindascarborough5551]

... And this is why I love and take into heart the values & principles & virtues of this show... Took the bull by the horns & challenged right or wrong 😐. Controversial issues we all need to face at some point in our lives. No Judgement. God Bless 💜💜💜

[@XE1GXG]

Gringo : otro episodio excelente de Bonanza. Gracias por subir la serie.

[@chrisreiss5348]

There is always a time for mercy!

[@dennishardy5024]

Ben Cartwright had to be just about the best father I have ever seen. I wish my Dad had been more like him. I learn alot alot from Ben Cartwright and even his sons. Great episode.

[@allanvacca3394]

This episode should be enough to reverse the notion that bonanza scriptes are lightweight. This was involved enough to have gone on for another hour.

[@davidnerling8067]

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[@mungfam]

They installed the button on the morphine. A dose every 15 minutes for pain. Hospice said to much and the patient would die. At some point hospice removes the limit and walks away. A lot of pain, cancer riddled body and tells the family, make sure they’re comfortable. It happens a lot. Euthanasia. 😮😢❤

[@shaylabrown3996]

One of the best episodes!!!

[@mahdikhosh9153]

Great 👍 Thank you

[@eugenemelendi1589]

Little Joe Cartwright learns how to make his confession. ( One of The Queen 👑 of The Pondersa Ranch also kearns a important lesson on how to make her confession that is Alia Mohammed, because Pa Benjamin Cartwright Isabella Sampourni knows her strength & weakness.).

[@kennykittrell2549]

I have been there and done that and well now I have to live with the choices that I made.

[@kellymclean1189]

Great Scene Between Joe And Sarah

[@kellymclean1189]

Great Scene Between Joe And Ben (Michael Landon And Lorne Greene) They Were Great I Remember When Mickey Trotter Was In Severe Pain After The Car 🚗 Accident Between Him And Sue Ellen On Dallas Ray Pulled The Plug On Mickey And On Guiding Light Prince Richard Suffering From Injuries Sustained In An Car 🚗Accident He Begs Reva To Pull The Plug On Him And She Did

[@youssef9076]

Good story. Great actors.

[@paulkatz258]

Thanks for uploading this episode

[@yougetagoldstar]

This one had an interesting dilemma. Thanks for upload.

[@ruatarengsicolneyrengsi8924]

Great story and acting.

[@natvan29]

I agree with Ben and Adam no matter how much a person is suffering you still.don't kill them cause you think you are helping them it's up to our lord when it's that person's time to died

[@miawoestmaat]

Extra leuk omdat er in gezongen wordt, houd ik van.👍

[@marthaashley2211]

Another great one. These up loads sure help me out thur the notes at work. Thank u

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

You're welcome! Check out this film as well if you haven't already: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2azmYd_lKyaeaM

[@srivity]

Bes’s speech to Little Joe is a moral and the life is a gift of God and precious., the suffering mental or physical is beyond our comprehension. The creation of God is a mystery to understand.. ! Love these episodes. the way Ben handles every situation is a noteworthy. If people realise the quote " live and let live" then whole world today is peaceful with harmony!

[@barbaras6792]

Little Joe always seems to have a lot of growing up to do.

[@didirosie3226]

The character of Little Joe was @ 17 years of age.

[@didirosie3226]

His character was that of a sensitive young man.

[@arieswaters]

That would be a tough position to be in

[@itsgleneaton4883]

I can’t blame anyone for making either decision at such a moment.

[@joeowens6180]

Outstanding episode, with Ben, as usual, indicating the moral compass for his son. I agree with Ben that his son should should have known instinctively that mercy killing was immoral (and illegal). Very heart wrenching, the whole story.

[@elsyduart9516]

Oh yeah 👍🏽🤗

[@thomascooper5668]

Good western

[@aviancoleslaw]

I think I could've appreciated this episode a lot more if it had stuck with the murky moral issue it started with, instead of going down the "bad man does bad thing" route. Would've been a much better payoff, because then Little Joe would actually have to make the decision of whether or not it's worth disrupting everyone's lives by revealing the secret. As it stands, he doesn't have to go through with turning his friend in, because it turns out his friend was actually a Bad Man. So the weight of the episode falls flat. Other than the dissatisfactory ending, I thought this episode was pretty good. I've always enjoyed stories where the real meat is interpersonal and internal conflict. Especially internal conflict, I eat it up like spaghet. Also, Joe's deteriorating emotional state really kicked me around and jumped on me a few times for good measure. A pretty well-done episode. Anyway, alternate title for this episode: Little Joe Gets Traumatized.

[@belbal5004]

That is a good point; I expressed it as "luckily" he found this out. Consider the times. We had 3 channels and no other media but sime radio, and a few local newspapers ( often one), and magazines. It was yhe perfect captive audience to run small morality plays in sitcoms, like a PR announcement. To try to communicate values without confusing your audience which was of a wide range of ages and intellectual levels.

[@charlesbromberick4247]

Ben is right: It was wrong.

[@lewisdunklin6955]

Big baby joe is at it again

[@Barbbfly]

TY GBU ALL

[@cindykaywebster4643]

Ben’s talk with little Joe was pretty harsh

[@margyeoman3564]

TV always seems to go to the unredemtive side. Godd, bad, light dark. No greys. No dimension.

[@belbal5004]

The mind has a lot of its own coping mechanisms at near death. Sometimes pain goes on till the head resets it's definition of pain, then the person gets better.

[@WillyWeiss-HH]

You can see this show was aired decades ago. Today the script would have been different, with euthanasia laws everywhere.

[@didirosie3226]

The show is from @ 1861-67.

[@mysteriesmadeknown2874]

Matthew 5:38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ :39 But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. :40 If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also. :41 And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. :42 Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away.

[@adamfox9245]

I think I've seen all the episodes between 2nd - 10th season. MOST OF THEM GREAT The only thing is, No mention about outhouse or water closet 😁 No digestion in the old west...

[@coltgun876]

45:19 Little Joe did that exact move in like 3 fights lol.

[@marrianner.1682]

Oh wow! I guess when you fight constantly, you get it programmed.

[@jimmybrice6360]

now that i have finished the episode, it seems obvious to me that this was not just a mercy killing. i think the show would have been better if they had left it as one, and caused everyone to really think about it. as it is, everyone could come to the conclusion that seth was in the wrong. too many "coincidences" to think that the only reason for killing the father was to do as the father asked, and relieve him of pain. there is a lot of doubt in me that the father even asked, now that all the facts are out.

[@BrianPaul1984]

Dr Dr Kevorkian shut off the TV on this episode at the 30:31 mark.

[@daphnebrooks3966]

Man should've not said what happened at all. Not even tell joe. Kept truth to himself yep

[@user-pd7il3xz5j]

Try living your life with the truth hidden and lying to the person you are married to...it doesn't work. The relationship is broken from the beginning. Then when the truth comes out, you leave the person you've lied to in a quandary because they will never be able to believe you about anything.

[@belbal5004]

He may have as easily killed his wife after he gained the property.

[@vernellstarnes9775]

Every situation is different. No one way is right or wrong in deadly situations.

[@angelbulldog4934]

Actually, there is, but you have to read the Bible to find that info. Situations don't matter. Murder is wrong. I wouldn't even hand the gun to the injured man so he could do it himself. I'm like Ben on this one. Make him as comfortable as possible, seek medical help, and pray. As long as there's life, there's hope. Miracles happen every day.

[@nancysherburne7445]

I hope I am not the only one disappointed with the ending. The horse's leg had healed as Adam and Hoss believed when Joe felt it wouldn't which I felt would lead credence to what Ben had tried to tell him. The writer came close when Hoss was trying to tell him how the horse was his old self again and that the horse was feeling pain because of the healing going on. It might have helped Joe to more fully understand what his father was telling him, that ending a life due to pain was the wrong thing to do. I have to be satisfied that Seth is on trial for what he chose to do. It would have been nice to know what the outcome was.

[@abrooksize]

That shit was intense

[@jimmybrice6360]

i dont think this is as easy as ben is making it out to be. i hope i never get into that situation, cuz i know i could never do the killing. but i am consistent, in that i could never put my cat or dog down, either. bonanza portrays the shooting of horses when they are maimed, etc. i do not think one can be consistent by having different conclusions about different lives.

[@gregmccarter2176]

Punched and kicked in the face..no blood ' no sweat..😂😂

[@redblade8160]

I don't agree with Ben Cartwright's opinion on keeping someone alive when they are going through such excruciating pain and life threatening injury until the end; where is the dignity in that? Ben Cartwright was just talking poetry and not common sense; "mercy killing" and "murder" are light years apart.

[@Tralala691]

I bet you love to abort babies too.

[@valjean9581]

I dont like little joe sometimes. He acts like a spoiled little brat

[@skywalker39100]

Little Joe had to go to the Body!

[@andreadesalvo3000]

Little Joe for goodness sake " the littlname as

[@sassy3923]

Imagine that! I television show that wasn't afraid to speak the name of Jesus Christ with repect......

[@jacksugden8190]

Question 1: What happened to the body in mine?. Question 2: Why were three grown men still living with their father in the Cartwright ranch. Question 3: Why was Little Joe not called Big Joe or just Joe?. Question 4: Why didn’t the three brothers seldom get seen dating women on a regular basis?.

[@susanmccormick6022]

Jack Sugden:The producers wouldn't allow the boys to mature & marry.One of the reasons Pernell left the show.

[@belbal5004]

1) townspeople retrieved ( implication, not enough time in episode to portray) 2) An Empire. Big hacienda. Young Men wee not yet settled and married. 3)Why is one of our old cats still called Little Mama [ no I didn't nae it!] 4)Awkward wording with why did not & seldom. Seems to me they were falling in love or pursued frequently for cowboys with a full days work. The other comment about what formulae the producers had stumbled upon and wanted to preserve. Like don't fix it if it ain't broken, re cars.

[@wlodell]

The contradiction and conflict is that mercy killing is still a violation of law. Yet it is a form of euthanasia and is legal in most areas if decided by a medical professional. All of it is unacceptable on a moral basis.

[@redblade8160]

wlodell Laws are made by man and just as fallible as man and "morality" is subjective...

[@chilbury]

Ben please be my Dad lol.

[@SunRabbit]

Would you throw LOVE in the garbage? Would you throw LIFE in the garbage? I know, it's just me and my backwards eastern European thinking.

[@terryknutson3202]

In the beginning i suspected Seth, then Sarah came up, then Seth played poker all night, then the "business" trip........to much, to much. Thanks Gringo once again...

[@heliodeoliveira2031]

O filme tem que ser dublado ou legendado e sequencial.

[@nellyklinger4233]

É muito bom mesmo, Hélio porque tem muitos Brasileiros que amam Bonanza.🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷.

[@claudiaalvesdacosta3405]

Tem dois canais no KZbin que tem as seis primeiras temporadas de Bonanza e alguns episódios das outras temporadas, todos legendados em português. Os dois canais são: canal clássicos e KLAUSS BR. Eu salvei todos os episódios das seis primeiras temporadas.

[@wally1452]

We should aid an intense suffering beast, we should then as fast as we can aid, even a mercy killing, rather than intense agonizing of a human being. I saw a horse and rider madly riding in front of our farm house years ago...the horse was pushed on by its idiot rider and they going across a highway a speeding car hit the animal right in its middle, high into the air, tossing the rider off. I went down to highway, about 12-13 years old, the police there (many others gathering) and I saw, heard the screaming of this dying horse and the sheriff never put it out of its misery. I went up my hill to home and my mother & I was in silent sadness for the animal...it in supreme pain for a couple hours. I hated any or all that could have eased that poor animal's pain but did not do it. In the older west, the severe mercy for that man was a bullet when there was no innoculation...same thing! I disliked the foolish acting and foolish emotional drama that young Cartright was always given to play...as a 10 year old. I liked Bonanza in many shows but that...some others too, were foolish.

[@TV-ph1tw]

let's *wrestle up some grubs, I'm hungry; let's go get that grub; he did it *out of pity (mercy);