Maverick

1957 • ABC
4.8
64 reviews
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Season 2 episodes (26)

1 The Day They Hanged Bret Maverick
9/21/58
Bred attends a hanging -- his own -- when he is framed for a robbery, but Bret bribes the sheriff into letting him go with money from the crime that he didn't commit.
2 Lonesome Reunion
9/28/58
Bret is hired in Denver to guard a lady's hatbox. It should be an easy job -- but the lady is a beautiful con artist; the hatbox if stuffed with valuable papers; and Bret is in a lot of trouble.
3 Alias Bart Maverick
10/5/58
Bart finally meets a gentleman who beats him at his own game: The man leaves town with Bart's stolen $1,000 while Bart must face both a murder charge and a very amorous dance hall girl.
4 The Belcastle Brand
10/12/58
To pay off a gambling debt, Bret agrees to take three Englishmen on a bear hunt -- but the four find themselves the hunted when they are ambushed and left to die in the desert with no horses.
5 High Card Hangs
10/19/58
Bart is sentenced to be hanged for a crime he didn't commit. Martin Landau guest stars.
6 Escape To Tampico
10/26/58
Bret is offered $6000 to track down a murderer in Mexico and bring him back to the U.S. Now, when others might use force or firearms, Bret resorts to wits to trick the fugitive into returning peacefully.
7 The Judas Mask
11/2/58
Bart is following a very pretty dance hall girl who stole his money, but he's being followed by two very shady men.
8 The Jail at Junction Flats
11/9/58
Bret lends Dandy Jim $2,000 for an "honest" business venture--a horse trading scheme that lands Jim in jail.
9 The Thirty-Ninth Star
11/16/58
A case of mistaken suitcases embroils Bart in a political battle and makes him the target of ruthless killers when a judge thinks Bart stole an important document from him.
10 Shady Deal at Sunny Acres
11/23/58
When a shady banker steals from Bret, Bart sets up an elaborate con game to get the money and revenge.
11 Island In The Swamp
11/30/58
Bret lands on an island inhabited by fugitives where he tries to help a pair of lovers whose feuding families have taken him prisoner.
12 Prey of the Cat
12/7/58
Bart falls victim to his own charms when one woman wants to murder for his love; another wants to murder him; and he's wanted for murder himself.
13 Holiday at Hollow Rock
12/14/58
After losing in a crooked card game, Bret tries to recoup his cash and even the score by beating his opponent -- and the odds -- in a horse race.
14 The Spanish Dancer
12/28/58
Bart and Gentleman Jack are joined in their pursuit of an unscrupulous man by a Spanish dancer as Bart tries to prove he didn't murder a friend. SLIM PICKENS guest stars.
15 Game of Chance
1/4/59
A French countess needs a loan from Bret and Bart and offers a pearl necklace as collateral, but the pair must pursue her when she splits with their $10,000.
16 Gun-shy
1/11/59
The local Marshall keeps trying to run Bret out of a town where Bret believes Confederate gold is hidden.
17 Two Beggars on Horseback
1/18/59
Bart and Bret's relationship is put to the test when one of them can make $10,000 in a deal -- but just one of them.
18 The Rivals
1/25/59
Millionaire Jack Vandergelt III is in love with Lydia Linley ... but Lydia yearns for the love of a man of warmth, imagination and character -- not a stuffy millionaire. So Vandergelt hires Bret to trade places with him so he's free to woo the lovely Lydia. All goes well with the plan, at first... ROGER MOORE guest stars as Jack Vendergelt III.
19 Duel at Sundown
2/1/59
A rancher petitions Bret for help in frustrating a blossoming romance between his daughter and a good-for-nothing gunslinger. CLINT EASTWOOD guest stars.
20 Yellow River
2/8/59
After he loses all his money in a bank robbery, Bart signs on with a beautiful blonde conwoman as her cattle drive boss. ROBERT CONRAD guest stars.
21 The Saga of Waco Williams
2/15/59
Bret and Waco Williams right into trouble when they are suspected of rustling cattle and find themselves mediating between homesteaders and cattleman. Academy Award winner LOUISE FLETCHER guest stars.
22 The Brasada Spur
2/22/59
A rich widow woman uses her influence to get Bart into a high stakes poker game in which he wins both stock in a railroad and a colossal headache. Directed by "Casablanca" star PAUL HENREID.
23 Passage to Fort Doom
3/8/59
A job on a stagecoach crew brings Bart face to face with a former girlfriend, a harrowing journey and even more trouble when they finally do reach Fort Doom. Directed by "Casablanca" star PAUL HENREID.
24 Two Tickets to Ten Strike
3/15/59
Bret becomes suspicious when two gunmen try to frighten him into leaving Ten Strike, New Mexico. His curiousity aroused, Bret stays to uncover a bizarre plot involving murder, blackmail and a beautiful woman falsely accused of murder. ADAM WEST and CONNIE STEVENS guest star.
25 Betrayal
3/22/59
Two men who once robbed Bart are on the loose again -- and robbing him again. But Bart notices a look or recognition between his lovely traveling companion and one of the outlaws.
26 The Strange Journey Of Jenny Hill
3/29/59
Tracking a notorious outlaw, Bret decides to follow the man's wife, beautiful singer Jenny Hill, never imagining that he will fall in love with her.

About this show

Gambling is their game and MAVERICK is their name. James Garner stars in this comedic one-hour Western series from 1957 as wisecracking ladies' man Bret Maverick, a handsome bachelor who traverses the Old West with his brother, Bart (Jack Kelly), trying their hand at fortune — and love — in one frontier settlement after the next.

Ratings and reviews

4.8
64 reviews
Jeremiah Brewer
September 16, 2014
Best Western ever! Well maybe not ever, but its good. Of course it's because I like James Garner, that goes without saying, he makes the show worth viewing.
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Larry J. Smith
March 10, 2017
Maverick was one of my favorite tv westerns, I loved how the maverick boy's handled thing's each week i wish this tv western would return to television again with the maverick boy's bart, beau, bret & brint.
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Amy Sanders-Agee
August 31, 2015
This is the GREATEST show EVER!! Absolutely love this show! Maverick is the bomb:)
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