Maverick

- Season 2

(1958)

$40,000 is stolen from the bank of Hallelujah. The robber plants incriminating evidence on Bret and he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to hang. However, the question remains, what happened to the money? The sheriff is very curious.

Bret falls for yet another pretty face, who convinces him to help her to save her father's property in the town of Lonesome.

Bart makes the mistake of befriending fellow gambler Gentleman Jack Darby, who soon leaves Bart mistaken for a crime Jack is wanted for.

Bret is taken in by Englishmen "roughing it" in Wyoming, and has to lead them out of the desert when they become stranded.

Newcomer Bart Maverick is suspected by sheriff Bald Bill of a robbery/murder. Bart's friend Dandy Jim Buckley helps the imprisoned Bart uncover the actual culprits.

In Mexico, Bret agrees to accompany a man wanted for murder back to New Orleans, and develops a friendship with him along the way.

Bart chases a can-can girl who stole $20,000 from him - and insists she had a good reason to do so.

Bret has to get Dandy Jim out of an escape-proof jail so Jim can take Bret to the money he stole from Bret.

After getting off a stage and checking into a hotel room, Bart is tricked into slipping out of his room just long enough for the suitcase he is carrying with $2,600 to be stolen. Looking for the men on the stage who knew he was carrying the money, he finds one of them dead and another has left the hotel. But then another, a town judge, returns Bart's suitcase with the money intact. The suitcase Bart left the stage with was the judge's identical looking one which held a valuable document in it that many believe Bart has hidden, and are willing to kill for.

Bret gets ripped off by a small-town banker, and summons his friend and allies to con the man while he sits out the con, whittling on a hotel porch.

Bret is held hostage by a group who think he's a government agent after them.

When his horse is spooked by a wild cat, Bart suffers a broken leg. His benefactor's wife has plans for him and all he wants to do is get away as soon as he is able. But his friend's wife may have something to say about that.

Bret attends the annual 4th of July horse race in Hollow Rock, WY. He learns the two top contenders have strong reasons for winning which may involve Bret more than just his desire to make a sure bet.

Bart is stuck in a mining town, accused of murdering Gentleman Jack and dealing with a feisty Spanish dancer.

A strand of pearls appraised at $40,000 leads Bart to loan $10,000 to the owner. When they skip town leaving him with a strand that's worthless, he enlists Bret to help him get his money back - for a fee, of course.

Bret, seeking buried Confederate treasure in Elwood, Kansas, keeps running afoul of U.S. Marshal Mort Dooley. The marshal keeps running Bret out of town. Bret, in turn, keeps outwitting the lawman.

The Maverick brothers race against time, and each other, to cash bank drafts before one company office learns that the main office has gone under.

A rich playboy pays Bret Maverick to switch identities with him, so the playboy can court a wealthy young woman, who'd otherwise reject him.

Bret Maverick is on his way to a high stakes poker game, when an injured friend with a hidden agenda, begs him to visit. After Bret arrives, the friend's beautiful daughter draws Bret into a plot of her own. Both plots revolve around cold-blooded Red Hardigan (a lanky, young Clint Eastwood). Red demands Bret leave Sundown immediately - or rest in Sundown forever.

Losing his stake in a bank robbery, Bart agrees to hold two men for $300 on a pretty woman's say-so. When the story proves false, he rides after her only to find she is partnering a cattle drive and they are being murdered one by one.

Bret partners up with a man he met on the trail, Waco Williams. Waco, much to Bret's disgust, is too good to be true.

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.

Bart hires on as a scout for a wagon train, and gets involved with intrigue between the passengers.

Frankie French has a mysterious and secret benefactor who has paid for her trip to Ten Strike with the promise of more funds. Who is the benefactor, and what does he want from Frankie?

Bart is en route to Virginia City, but his stagecoach gets waylaid and he sets out to recover his money.

Why does singer Jenny Hill keep moving from town to town for short engagements when she could find a longer term gig if she wanted? And why does Bret keep following her on her journey?