After Joe kills a man in self-defense who tried to set fire to the Ponderosa to clear himself some land, he has to take his lively, feisty, wild daughter home, and she and her relatives are now determined to kill Joe.
A lovestruck young woman is infatuated with Hardie, causing him complications during a seemingly simple Wells Fargo job.
A judge and his family join the wagon train. Judge Clay has a reputation for cleaning up frontier towns, but his fanatical attention doesn't always draw praise.
Charlie, a Vietnam veteran, still blames his mother for not being able to go to college, 30 years ago. But when his mother slips into a coma, things take a turn for the worse.
