

Bret Maverick
1981–1982 · NBC · 60 min · 1 season
S01E18 · The Hidalgo Thing
Wed, 5 May, 10:00 am
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.
About
In this continuation of the 'Maverick' series, poker player and conman Bret Maverick moves to the town of Sweetwater, AZ, and tries to take up a normal life as a cattle breeder. However, Brett's past and the troubles of Sweetwater won't leave him alone, and he soon finds himself putting his skills to use to help out his fellow citizens.
Episodes
- E01
The Lazy Ace (1)
Wed, 2 Dec· 60 minBret Maverick wins a saloon in a poker game and decides to end his roving ways and settle down in Sweetwater, Arizona.
- E02
The Lazy Ace (2)
Wed, 2 Dec· 60 minBret's poker winnings are stolen from the local bank, and he learns that the saloon he now owns has a quite considerable mortgage that has come due. Getting no help from the newly elected sheriff, who believes the days of the old west are over, he has no choice but to take off after the bank robbers on his own.
- E03
Welcome to Sweetwater
Wed, 9 Dec· 60 minMaverick's reluctance to sell his ranch is the major stumbling block to bringing the railroad into Sweetwater.
- E04
Anything for a Friend
Wed, 16 Dec· 60 minTom Guthrie's plan to hide his wounded friend, Billy the Kid, from a vengeful U.S. Marshal at Bret's ranch threaten to spoil the ex-gambler's barn-raising.
- E05
The Yellow Rose
Wed, 23 Dec· 60 minWomen'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.
- E06
Horse of Yet Another Color
Wed, 6 Jan· 60 minBret wins a stolen horse in a poker game that Teddy Roosevelt was supposed to give as a gift to Geronimo to seal a new treaty and the young Congressman is desperate to recover the animal in time. Meanwhile, Tom tries to swing a business deal with several shady operators to build a new ice house using the Red Ox saloon and Maverick's ranch as collateral.
- E07
Dateline: Sweetwater
Wed, 13 Jan· 60 minEastern financial interests attempt a takeover of Sweetwater businesses.
- E08
The Mayflower Women's Historical Society
Wed, 3 Feb· 60 minIt looks like Maverick is going to be hanged, unless he agrees to sell his life story to an ambitious historian.
- E09
Hallie
Wed, 10 Feb· 60 minAn old flame of Bret's shows up in Sweetwater, pursued by two homicidal brothers she swindled.
- E10
The Ballad of Bret Maverick
Wed, 17 Feb· 60 minA stranger arrives in town, claiming to be in the process of finishing an epic ballad on the life and death of Bret Maverick.
- E11
A Night at the Red Ox
Wed, 24 Feb· 60 minVigilantes take over the Red Ox saloon and put former sheriff Tom Guthrie on trial for crimes he allegedly committed in the past.
- E12
The Not So Magnificent Six
Wed, 3 Mar· 60 minSix 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.
- E13
The Vulture Also Rises
Wed, 17 Mar· 60 minAn apparent Apache attack on a stagecoach incites the town to call in the cavalry, but Philo suspects white men of the deed.
- E14
The Eight Swords of Dyrus and Other Illusions of Grandeur
Wed, 24 Mar· 60 minBret exposes a crooked magician who is performing at the Red Ox.
- E15
Faith, Hope & Clarity (1)
Wed, 14 Apr· 60 minA religious charlatan dupes the townspeople so that he can obtain the rights to their land.
- E16
Faith, Hope & Clarity (2)
Wed, 21 Apr· 60 minBret masterminds a con to get back the townsfolk's land, which was legally stolen by the clever leader of a religious cult.
- E17
The Rattlesnake Brigade
Wed, 28 Apr· 60 minMaverick and Guthrie are suckered into agreeing to protect a shipment of gold from a ruthless band of outlaws.
- E18
The Hidalgo Thing
Wed, 5 May· 60 minTom 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.
Cast

James Garner
Bret Maverick

Ed Bruce
Tom Guthrie

David Knell
Rodney Catlow

Darleen Carr
Mary Lou "M.L." Springer

Richard Hamilton
Cy Whittaker

John Shearin
Sheriff Mitchel Dowd

Ramon Bieri
Elijah Crow

















