Bret Maverick

1981 – 1982
Ended
Comedy · Western
~1h / ep
1 season
6.3/10

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.

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E1. The Lazy Ace (1)
Dec 1, 1981 · 60m
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)
E2. The Lazy Ace (2)
Dec 1, 1981 · 60m
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.
E3. Welcome to Sweetwater
Dec 8, 1981 · 60m
Maverick's reluctance to sell his ranch, the Lazy Ace, is the major stumbling block to bringing the railroad into Sweetwater.
E4. Anything for a Friend
Dec 15, 1981 · 60m
A barn-raising celebration at Maverick's ranch helps him conceal Billy the Kid from authorities.
E5. The Yellow Rose
Dec 22, 1981 · 60m
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.
E6. Horse of Yet Another Color
Jan 5, 1982 · 60m
Teddy Roosevelt comes to town to present an Indian chief with a horse from the president, but Maverick ends up winning the stallion.