BRET MAVERICK

BRET MAVERICK

PRIMETIME EMMYS® 2X nominee
Season 1
James Garner returns to his signature role, as the affable grifting gambler. BRET MAVERICK sees the king of cardsharps getting tied down and trying to play it respectable - almost! After winning a saloon in a high-stakes poker game, Bret sets down roots, and partners up with an upright ex-sheriff. But rogues win out, and Bret still schemes and stirs up trouble, despite the sheriff's best efforts.
IMDb 7.5198217 episodes16+
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - The Lazy Ace - (Pilot)

    December 1, 1981
    1 h 37 min
    16+
    In Bret Maverick, James Garner returns to his signature title role, as the affable grifting gambler.
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  2. S1 E2 - Welcome To Sweetwater

    December 7, 1981
    49min
    13+
    Maverick's reluctance to sell his ranch is the major stumbling block for bringing the railroad into Sweetwater
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  3. S1 E3 - Anything For A Friend

    December 14, 1981
    49min
    13+
    A barn-raising celebration at Maverick's ranch helps him conceal Billy the Kid from authorities
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  4. S1 E4 - The Yellow Rose

    December 21, 1981
    49min
    13+
    Maverick is at a loss when he wins a young Chinese girl in a poker game
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  5. S1 E5 - A Horse of Yet Another Color

    January 4, 1982
    48min
    13+
    Teddy Roosevelt comes to town to present an Indian chief with a horse from the president, but Maverick ends up winning the stallion
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  6. S1 E6 - Dateline: Sweetwater

    January 11, 1982
    49min
    13+
    Eastern financial interests attempt a takeover of Sweetwater businesses
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  7. S1 E7 - The Mayflower Women's Historical Society

    February 2, 1982
    49min
    13+
    An ambitious historian threatens Maverick with the gallows if he doesn't sell her his life story
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  8. S1 E8 - Hallie

    February 8, 1982
    49min
    13+
    Maverick's old con artist flame arrives in Sweetwater with two vengeful victims in hot pursuit
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  9. S1 E9 - The Ballad Of Bret Maverick

    February 15, 1982
    49min
    13+
    A songwriter drifts into town to finish his song about the life and death of Bret Maverick
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  10. S1 E10 - A Night At The Red Ox

    February 22, 1982
    49min
    13+
    Vigilantes break into the Red Ox and try Guthrie for crimes he's allegedly committed in the past
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  11. S1 E11 - The Not So Magnificent Six

    March 1, 1982
    49min
    13+
    A pack of low-lifes drifts into town behind a pulp writer and begins a contest to see which of them can kill Maverick
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  12. S1 E12 - The Vulture Also Rises

    March 15, 1982
    49min
    13+
    A stagecoach is attacked and Bret's longtime girlfriend is killed, apparently by the Apaches, prompting the townspeople to call for the calvalry
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  13. S1 E13 - The Eight Swords Of Dyrus And Other Illusions Of Grandeur

    March 22, 1982
    49min
    13+
    A crooked magician working the Red Ox resents Bret's constant presence and tries to make the sheriff disappear
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  14. S1 E14 - Faith, Hope And Clarity, Part 1

    April 12, 1982
    48min
    13+
    A cult leader legally grabs the townspeople's land, and Bret schemes to get it back. First of a two-part episode
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  15. S1 E15 - Faith, Hope And Clarity, Part 2

    April 19, 1982
    49min
    13+
    A cult leader legally grabs the townspeople's land, and Bret schemes to get it back. Second of a two-part episode
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  16. S1 E16 - The Rattlesnake Brigade

    April 26, 1982
    49min
    13+
    Bret and Tom guard a gold shipment
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  17. S1 E17 - The Hidalgo Thing

    May 3, 1982
    49min
    13+
    Guthrie tries to persuade Maverick to lay low until after the election, but Bret is working on his biggest con ever
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