Bad school-bus behavior gets Beaver suspended.
A dying gunslinger attracts trouble to North Fork.
Beaver becomes overly chivalrous after reading Sir Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe.".
Adam is taken hostage by a band of U.S. Army prisoners who have escaped and sought refuge on the Ponderosa.
When it's discovered the Fortuna II has become a storehouse for gem smuggling, Mr. Lucky and Andamo bring the police on board. However, the crooks will go so far as to blow up the ship if they don't get their precious cargo back.