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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.
Seasons
Episode 1
The Lazy Ace (1)
1h 0m
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)
Episode 2
The Lazy Ace (2)
1h 0m
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
1h 0m
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
1h 0m
A barn-raising celebration at Maverick's ranch helps him conceal Billy the Kid from authorities.
Episode 5
The Yellow Rose
1h 0m
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
1h 0m
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
1h 0m
Eastern financial interests attempt a takeover of Sweetwater businesses.
Episode 8
The Mayflower Women's Historical Society
1h 0m
It looks like Maverick is going to be hanged, unless he agrees to sell his life story to an ambitious historian.
Episode 9
Hallie
1h 0m
An old flame of Bret's shows up in Sweetwater, pursued by two homicidal brothers she swindled.
Episode 10
The Ballad of Bret Maverick
1h 0m
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
1h 0m
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
1h 0m
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
1h 0m
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
1h 0m
Bret exposes a crooked magician who is performing at the Red Ox.
Episode 15
Faith, Hope and Clarity (1)
1h 0m
A religious charlatan dupes the townpeople so that he can obtain the rights to their land.
Episode 16
Faith, Hope and Clarity (2)
1h 0m
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
1h 0m
Maverick and Guthrie are suckered into agreeing to protect a shipment of gold from a ruthless band of outlaws.
Episode 18Latest episode
The Hidalgo Thing
1h 0m
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.
