Bonanza narrates the life of the Cartwright family while teaching the importance of family and addressing many social issues deemed taboo during its time. Richard Landau wrote season two’s twentieth episode, The Fugitive, which aired on February 4, 1961.

Adam Cartwright decides to look into the murder case of Carl (James Best), the son of a former Ponderosa foreman, Will Reagan (Will Wright). Adam rode to Plata, Mexico border town, ostensively arriving to retrieve Carl’s body. However, he is looking for the causes of his untimely demise. Upon his disguised investigation, he discovers much more than he bargained for, but he might not survive to tell the tale.

Frank Silvera portrayed El Jefe, Ziva Rodann played Maria, Arthur Batanides as Pablo, and Veda Ann Borg performed as Beulah.

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Main Cast

The Fugitive, Bonanza’s fifty-second episode overall and twentieth episode for its second season, featured some of the show’s recurring and guest stars in addition to the lead cast. The cast members in the episode are:

• Pernell Roberts as Adam Cartwright
• Dan Blocker as Eric ‘Hoss’ Cartwright (credit only)
• Michael Landon as Joseph ‘Little Joe’ Cartwright (credit only)
• Lorne Greene as Ben Cartwright
• Ziva Rodann as Maria Reagan
• James Best as Carl Reagan
• Frank Silvera as El Jefe
• Arthur Batanides as Pablo
• Veda Ann Borg as Beulah
• Salvador Baguez as Gomez
• Alex Montoya as Juan
• Will Wright as Will Reagan
• Ray Beltram as Cantina Patron (uncredited)
• Betty Endicott as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
• Daniel Nunez as Cantina Patron (uncredited)
• Jack Tornek as Cantina Patron (uncredited)

Full Story Line for The Fugitive

A former Ponderosa foreman named Will Reagan arrives at the Ponderosa to make a request. He asks Ben and Adam to read him a letter that he believes came from his son, Carl Reagan. Ben opened the envelope to find a letter and a ring, then told Will it was some form of advertisement. Upon examining the jewelry, Will recognizes it’s Carl’s. Having been a good friend of the Cartwrights, he also realizes Ben’s lie and asks for the truth. Ben reveals the letter was from the authorities in Mexico declaring Carl’s death. Will couldn’t believe the news but expressed his will to bring Carl’s body back to their place.

Ben sends Adam because Will is too old to travel to Mexico to retrieve his son’s body. Upon his arrival, he immediately visits a local hotel to rent a room. When he asked the lady in charge regarding Carl Reagan, her welcoming approach turned bitter. She insists Adam ask Carl’s widow instead.

Adam introduces himself to Carl’s widow, Maria Reagan, as her husband’s old friend. However, she tells him off, thinking there’s nothing they could discuss, considering her husband is dead. Adam gets to speak with Maria again at a local bar. Although hesitant, Maria tells him that she thought the law officials informing Will about Carl would be the best. She tells him to go home, but Adam insists he’ll only leave after getting a few answers.

When Adam returned to his room, two men were waiting for his arrival to tell him that he was in the wrong town. After Adam refuses to leave, they knock him out. When he woke up, he asked El Jefe, the law enforcer in Plata, about the two men who ambushed him in his hotel room. However, El Jefe only told him that he should leave. Adam asked why and how Carl died. El Jefe reveals that he faced a murder charge, attempted to escape jail, smuggled guns, and even robbed mine shipments. Adam refuses to believe Carl was a murderer, still seeking the truth for Will’s peace.

Adam returns to the bar to talk to Maria again. Like him, Maria saw the good things in Carl, even if other people in town did not like him.

Meanwhile, it appears that one of the men who ambushed Adam, Pablo, was Maria’s brother. Pablo insists Maria tell him what he discussed with Adam at the bar. Maria tells him that he only talked about Carl and their marriage to tell Will about those things. The other men approachers her with a knife, causing her to scream loud enough for Adam to interfere. However, Maria insists they were her friends. Adam brings Pablo to El Jefe.

At El Jefe’s station, Pablo tells El Jefe that Adam was molesting his sister. Adam insists he didn’t know who he was referring to until they mentioned Maria’s name. When Adam returns to the hotel, the owner, Beulah, allows him to stay for another night. Beulah also stated that Maria’s like a daughter to her and that Carl Reagan was a thief and murderer. All of a sudden, a voice from the shadows spoke. There Carl was, alive and well. He threatens to kill Adam for knowing he’s still alive but agrees to talk for a while. Carl asks about his father. Adam tells him that Will’s nearly blind and dead inside because of him. Carl reveals that it’s better to declare himself dead than face his sentence. Carl also sent the two thugs who went after Adam. He allows Adam to return home only if he tells his father he died from a disease. Then, Carl reveals robbing a silver shipment before leaving Plata, Mexico.

Adam goes to El Jefe about Carl Reagan. As expected, he refuses to believe he’s alive. Adam tells El Jefe about Carl’s plan to rob the silver shipment. Although hesitant, he listens to Adam’s plan.

As Adam leaves El Jefe’s station, Maria approaches him, insisting he leaves the town. However, Adam insists on telling Carl’s father the truth about his son. Maria asks Adam to forget Carl, considering he was his old friend. Adam tells him to return to Virginia City, but she insists on staying and not leaving her husband.

El Jefe asks Gomez, his right hand, about Carl Reagan. Gomez reveals that considering his low wage, taking part in the silver shipment robbery sounded like a tempting offer. Gomez puts El Jefe locked in jail.

Meanwhile, Adam receives a letter from Maria. Sure enough, it was a trap to help Carl. Carl thinks Adam is trying to take Maria away from him. Maria stops Carl from killing Adam, threatening to tell El Jefe about the truth if he continues with his plan. After seeing his wife’s wavering loyalty, he asks Pablo to shoot her to prove his loyalty. Pablo fails to do as ordered, so Juan, the other thug, fires at Maria. Pablo manages to push her away, shooting Juan, who retaliates immediately. Adam grabs the gun from Pablo’s holster, firing at Carl. Before dying, he asks Adam to tell his father that he thought about him often.

El Jefe thanks Adam for his help, opening the town to other people like him. Adam leaves the place and bids his farewell to Maria and Beulah. He delivers the news to Will, who is happy to hear that Carl has settled down and had a loving wife.

Full Script and Dialogue of The Fugitive

go miss
i have had all of this think that i can
stand on this gringo
you think you're through with me evie
when you are dancing in the air i will
be true you
but you're not gonna hang me you're not
that big
not you anybody else in this stinking
town
[Laughter]
watch him see cafe watch him well
he's full of tricks
[Music]
[Applause]
senor carl reagan is in jail it will not
be over
until he is hanging by his neck he'll be
no loss
he brought nothing to this town of
trouble
[Music]
there was nothing i could do he grabbed
my keys he came toward me
i had to shoot
you did what you had to do
[Music]
now it is over except that i shall
continue to curse the day that i first
hear the name
carl reagan
[Music]
so
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
as all will
will reagan jump in jehoshaphat it's
good to see you will
what are you doing out this way yeah get
a little homesick now and then
after all the years in the ponderosa i
still say you're the best dank foreman
we ever had
watch it there there we are
there you are have you heard from carl
recently a matter of fact they have been
please pleasure think so this come today
must be from carl can't think of nobody
else who'd be writing to me
it is from carlene it ben yeah it's it
says it's from uh
plata mexico aha sure is from i just
knew it
last word i heard from him he's headed
in that direction you know my
eyesight may be failing me but my
instinct is still good
then do you mind reading it for me huh i
could have had somebody in town read it
i reckon but i knew you were just as
anxious to hear as i was ah
looks like somebody sent you a present
here will well i can wait for the
present to
what does carl say
well it says that uh
we'll go ahead ben read it it is from
carl in it
well uh we'll know it's uh
this isn't from carl it's some some kind
of advertisement that's all
oh well if they send me a present what
is it
um it's a ring it's like some
mail-order houses trying to sell some
indian jewelry
[Music]
this ain't no indian rain i guess
adam just supposed it was then i've
known you for a lot of years you always
was a poor handed lion
what's in that letter well i
i don't know how to break it to you it's
pretty bad news
but kyle yeah
he's dead
be sure that be sure of it
well this is a it's from the authorities
in mexico it's a
certificate of debt how did it happen
what did it say
that doesn't say just a certificate of
death and
the brain seems official
i'd know this ring any place i hammered
it out of silver with my own hands
their 16th birthday was the same year
his mom
died can they do this
can they tell me that my boys died and
then not tell me how he died
well maybe there'll be a letter
following mr reagan what good another
letter do
i don't want my boy laying there in a
foreign land i want him back here where
he belongs
ben you've got a wife buried in the
ponderosa you know what i'm talking
about
well of course i know what you're
talking about it
will it it's impossible i don't care
whether it's impossible or not
i want my boy back here i'm an old man
ain't even got my eyesight ain't much
left of me
i've got to have my boy back home
oh you think i'm doing the right thing
pal i don't know
all i know is that i saw a man aged 10
years right before my eyes
not because his son died but because he
doesn't know how he died
well if i can find out what happened
maybe i can bring his son back to him
and we all will reagan at least that
much you know carl was a pretty wild kid
suppose the truth's unpleasant
can't back away from the truth adam you
take care of yourself right
oh boy
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
hot damn should have been here yesterday
melt your whiskers off it would have
oh could you give me maybe one of those
nice outside rooms facing that
cool ocean breeze oh i had to get rid of
all them rooms
the guests complained the sound of the
waves kept them up all night where you
from
virginia city nevada territory
adam right stay long
depends i'll show you to your room
like i said you should have been here
yesterday melt your whiskers off
here you are a dollar a day and
breakfast the morning yeah this will be
fine
anyway so you've been around this town
sometime maybe
that's right sometime if you want to
know a healer monster by his first name
ask me i know as a matter of fact i did
want to ask about someone
the carl reagan
what about him well i'm an old friend of
his from virginia city
also a very good friend of his fathers
we'd gotten word that carl was dead
i don't know nothing about that the
dollar for the room is in advance
oh that's a kind of a small town uh
surely you might have heard something
about it look mister
you want your pillow fluffed up call me
and i forgot to tell you
the room is for one night trail gang's
coming in tomorrow and i'll be full up
look i was only trying to find out
something about my friend's death why
don't you go and ask his widow
well wait a minute lady you don't have
[Music]
[Applause]
oh pardon me i've knocked on the doors
of half the houses in this town that
what do you want senor i'm looking for
mrs carl reagan
i'm mrs carl reagan
uh my name's adam cartwright i'm an i'm
an old friend of your husbands
i'm sorry that we have to meet under
these circumstances but
i'd like to talk to you for a moment my
husband is dead there is nothing we
could talk about
good day senor
mrs reagan
[Music]
[Music]
so
[Music]
so
well mrs reagan we meet again you can
hardly slam a door in my face here
may i buy you a drink please senor i'm
busy i told you i do not wish to
talk now i haven't very much to ask you
shall we sit down
i'm not sure if carl ever told you about
his father
but i know him very well
he's quite anxious to learn as much as
he can about carl's death
surely you can understand that can't you
thank you
not maybe we have that drink
what do you want to know
why didn't you write carl's father why
did you leave it for the law to do
i thought it was better that way why was
it something you were afraid to tell him
please senor i think stay as they are
go back to virginia city
go home mr cartwright
all right mrs reagan i'll go home
after i get a few answers
ah senor come in
you're in the wrong room aren't you
mister oh no no no senor
you are alright what's it all about
i tell you senor you are not only in the
wrong room
you are in the wrong town uh what makes
you think that
well i do not think this senor i know it
who sent you maria senor
why don't you get yourself a good
night's sleep huh and in the morning
you'll feel fresh and rested for the
travel no it's quite the other way
around you're the one that's traveling
out now
senor you're a very stubborn man
[Applause]
one
sleep well senor
[Music]
i am the law in plata if that is what
you mean
my name's adam cartwright i know what is
your name
i know that you came into this town
alone i know that you're staying at the
hotel
i also know that you asked the same
questions too many times
well now if you know all that maybe you
also know the name of the two men that
were waiting for me in my hotel room and
jump me huh
that is something that i probably do not
know
[Applause]
what do you intend to do about it
senor we did not ask you to come to
plata maybe it is better that you leave
why should i leave it just got here
perhaps you are stepping on a dead man's
toes
carl reagan was a friend of mine
senor it is time that you should know
this
that you are a friend of carl reagan
does not make you a friend of anybody in
this town
well now i didn't come to this town to
make friends or enemies either one
the man that you are seeking is dead
but even his memory is hated here
is that enough senor do you want to know
more
yes i'd like to know how he died
the official record showed that he was
killed
while attempting to escape jail
escape jail now why was he in jail
for murder
for 50 murders but only for one that i
could prove
[Applause]
do you have a trial of um
and he was sentenced to hang
body tried to escape
senor you ever see a man without a face
my deputy commenced a double barrel
shotgun
at close range
it was second best to hang him
i can't believe carl was a murderer
you're lying signo
or else you do not know your gringo
friend very well i'm not lying
what reason would he have reason that
one needed no reason
he smuggled guns to renegade indians he
robbed mind shipments
he was a killer is that recent enough
well now i only have your word for this
your loyalty touches me senor
my loyalty is to a dying old man who
loved his son
i weep for him i made carl's father a
promise
i came to this town to do something when
i've done it i'll leave
you leave a lot sooner than your cat
right
or you will remain without a protection
of the law oh what's that supposed to
mean
what does that mean
another gringo told me not long ago that
he was in this town
for peace and quiet to become one of us
to learn our customs
and there was not one day of peace and
quiet from the time that senor regan
appeared
the road to our town goes two ways senor
my advice is to go back to your own
[Music]
people
[Music]
hello maria i thought we had already
said goodbye
oh you said goodbye i didn't besides i
having the answers to my questions
[Music]
could i change your mind about having
that drink no thank you
well maybe if you just sit with me
paid to talk to customers that's part of
my job
and it's very strange finding you're
working in a place like this
why do you say that carl was a proud man
somehow i just don't think he'd want his
wife to work in a cantina
what was he like when you knew him
it was like a cult she could never break
sometimes he was gentle even
sentimentally
man with the restlessness
never stand still
wanting me to go to mexico whether when
we were kids you did not go
no i put down roots on our ranch
ponderosa my father's here my two
brothers
it's good to have a family yeah
but the woman goes with her husband tell
me maria
was he as i remember him were you happy
with him
i married him that's not what i asked
i do not know what you have heard
some people did not like him
you saw good things in him so did i
that's the carl riggan i love
[Applause]
[Music]
[Applause]
it would have been better if you hadn't
come here cowboy i've been told that
before
you're buying trouble well now since
when did you start worrying about me
i didn't like carl reagan but i do like
maria she's a good kid and i don't want
any harm to come to her
well neither do i it's a little late for
[Music]
that
what did he want he does not have to be
a concern of ours
but he is our concern
you are told not to talk to him will you
not be careful pablo
you're hurting your sister if she is
going to be a fool then she will be hurt
now what did he say huh please pablo
you're hurting me
pablo is right little one it is a great
concern to all of us
tell us what the gringo said nothing he
said nothing and i told him nothing
now tell me little sister what did he
want
just wanted to talk about carlos how we
how he was how we met about the marriage
if we were happy he wanted to tell
carlos father about those things that's
all i swear
you all right yes i'm all right why
don't you leave us alone
these are the two that laid me in my
hotel room it was a mistake
they are my friends your friends
some friends from the way you were
screaming take care of his arm he won't
die
we're gonna have a talk with el happy
let's go
[Applause]
what is the meaning of you told me not
to expect any help from the law so i'm
taking care of it myself
it's one of the men that jumped me in my
room this is so pablo
see happy it is all i'm only sorry i
didn't kill this gringo pig all right
that's right
put away your gun or i will have to take
it away
this gringo this foreigner
he was molesting my sister your sister i
don't know what you're talking about
it is true jeffy pablo came to me and
told me this foreigner is spending much
time with maria
well i don't know whose sister she is i
was just asking her questions about her
husband
i warn you cartwright we do not like you
gringos interfering in our affairs
all right pablo you can go what are you
doing are you gonna arrest him for what
for defending the honor of his sister
my gun gringo
maybe it is in your cart right we should
be in the cell eh jeffy
no no no no send your card cartwright he
is an intelligent man
he probably has enough intelligence to
get out of mexico now
if not the cell will still be there
i didn't mean to startle you so you're
still here
yep still here but you can stop worrying
about maria
has anything happened to her oh no she's
all right why shouldn't she be
she hates gringos just as much as anyone
else in this town
oh i guess that means you're getting
ready to leave this beautiful village of
ours
well i don't have much choice unless i
sleep in the street
you only let me have that room for one
night you can keep the room for another
night
what made you change your mind maybe
because that trail gang i told you about
ain't coming in
or uh maybe because of maria
all right maybe it is because of maria
that girl's like a daughter to me
i ain't gonna cuss her out for the rest
of my life just because she made a bad
marriage
well i don't know that that's true was
it a bad marriage
what did you expect you must have known
carl reagan was rotten to the core
why don't you tell me about it ain't
nothing to tell
carl reagan was a thief and a killer and
he used to beat maria
she said she loved him well don't try to
understand that card right
you couldn't unless you were a woman
uh pablo is he uh is he really her
brother
yes he's her brother all right but he
might as well not be
he's scared just like everybody else in
this town
that's what carl reagan did to men pablo
and uh juan
what was their connection with carl go
home cowboy
this ain't no place for you get out
while you still can
i'm not gonna leave here until i find
out the truth about carl now if you know
it why don't you tell me
why do you have to ask so many questions
[Music]
hello carl you recognized my voice
didn't you
i certainly did i never thought i'd hear
it again
well you wouldn't have adam but you just
had to ask questions didn't you
now i don't want to have to kill you but
now that you know that i'm alive i guess
i'm going to have to
now you put your gun on that table nice
and easy like
come a thousand miles to find a man
raised from the grave like lazarus
that's good you always were the bride
when weren't you
a great adam cartwright you you get us a
bottle
now adam and i we haven't seen each
other in years have we
we got a lot to talk about sit down
there
how's my father adam nearly blind
nearly dead inside over you and you can
see how embarrassing it'd be if
i let you go back and tell him i was
still alive
why'd you do it carl all this
billow why don't you go to bed and keep
your mouth shut
i know when i'm well off
see i had to adam they were gonna hang
me
but i thought it real clever of me you
know have myself declared dead now don't
you
oh yeah but there was a man killed carl
now
who wasn't who'd they bury in your place
oh now adam now you don't ask questions
like that
but i'll tell you he was a man about my
size wore my clothes
he was a friend too and i suppose it was
you that sent those two thugs after me
huh
well i was sorry about that yeah you
always was a peaceful man i thought that
you'd think it out clear and uh leave
well enough alone
why didn't you well i suppose i had to
find out about you for myself
you know the law in this town doesn't
have a very uh charitable opinion of you
yeah el heffy he he wanted me so bad he
could taste it
well he's gonna taste it even more when
he finds out you're alive
yeah i guess so so i can't let him find
out can i
i stayed dead adam
it won't last kyle if it isn't el jefe
it'll be somebody else
well you let me worry about that won't
you
and maria what about her
we used to play a little game taking
each other's girl you remember that
sure i remember
let me give you a little advice my
friend
you stay with my wife come on carl we're
not kids anymore
and i'm not playing games anymore
what are you going to tell my father
when you go back home
i had assumed i wasn't going back i
don't want to kill you adam
now you'd listen to a proposition we
i'd say under the circumstances
i don't have very much choice do that's
right
i wouldn't do this for anybody but you
but when you go home why don't you tell
my father i died of the fever
smallpox something like that you'll
think of something
beulah she knows you're alive pablo juan
maria beulah she's afraid to talk
she knows me that well pablo and juan
they want money as bad as i do see
there's a silver shipment going through
here day after tomorrow
i'm gonna take it you left out maria
no i didn't leave her out she's in love
with me
i guess i really never knew you carl
you are a mean one aren't you yeah and
i'm gonna be a rich one
after that silver shipment i'm i'm
leaving plata
there's other places to go new worlds to
conquer dead man
nobody looks for a dead man and if i
don't take your proposition
then i'd be the one without any choice
wouldn't i
and i want you to get a good night's
rest and be on your way to virginia city
by tomorrow night
or or i'll kill you
then you'll cut right i thought you
would be gone by now
no i have some information i think might
interest you
it's possible but i doubt it's probable
you know i can tell you every move you
make since you've been here
well now if you can do that then you can
probably tell me that i saw an old
friend last night
i was not aware that you had an old
friend i saw carl reagan
senor my pay is not the biggest pay
my job is not the easiest
it's too early in the morning for jokes
it's no joke he's alive
i tell you cal reagan is dead dead
and apparently you didn't take a very
good look at the man that was killed in
your jail
do you know the effect of a double
barrel shotgun
at close range i know the man i'm
talking about i saw at close range
it was carl reagan
senor i do not know what it is that you
are up to
but i tell you again i don't like gringo
tricks
well now you gonna have a lot more than
tricks to worry about there's a silver
shipment coming through here the day
after tomorrow
reagan's planning to take it and get out
of the country
why don't you believe me why should i
believe you
one moment you are his friend and the
next moment you are accusing him
you wear two faces senor well if i do
it's because i know two carl reagans
when i first came the plot i was looking
for an old friend
and now well now i know what you told me
about him was true
i do not like to deal with liars senor
i'm telling you the truth carl reagan's
alive
his death was just a trick
if he is alive he threatened to kill me
if i didn't leave town
he meant it if i don't go he's to come
looking for me
the copper del plata miner is the
lifeblood of this town
well then we better do something about
it
perhaps i've missed george jose
if you have a plan i will listen i have
a plan
when carl finds out i came here to see
you he'll try to kill me
you stay close to me keep me in sight
i think maybe together we can handle it
any man who believes that all men of one
race are bad
because one man of that race is bad
this man is a fool
[Applause]
i will not let you out of my sight
i won't feel any of the worse knowing
that
adam adam i thought you left down is
that what carl told you
so you know yes maria i know you must
leave you must not stay here
maria i came here to find something kind
to say to a grieving old man
now if you have something to tell me
i'll listen
adam carlos was your friend
people change forget it maria can you
forget him
adam
first he was like you said
wild but good wild
gentle wild to me that is
he never hurt he cared
he seemed to be needing to be loved
to be wanted
and you i wanted him to
i would have given up anything for him
even my own people
it's all in the past maria i'm telling
you again forget him
forget him he's alive and i'm his wife
maria come back to virginia city back to
carl's father you can start a new life
there
i couldn't do that i can't leave him
too many memories maria can't you
realize they're all gone
that's all dead it's as though he were
really in that grave
i know that but i must follow my heart
i must stay here
[Music]
i tried
yes adam you tried
[Music]
[Applause]
so
[Music]
hmm
[Music]
[Applause]
holla jeffy it is quite late
it's getting dark gomez i expected you
back before this
well there were some matters to attend
to i suppose there were and there are
some matters that i would like to talk
to you about
of course jeffy
these things you want to talk to me
about they are important
they are important
what do they concern they concern a dead
man who is not dead
and the man who is buried who is not
carl reagan
but how can that be heavy you saw the
dead man with your own eyes
i saw his clothes
i saw the size of the man his face i
could not recognize
you you saw to that
[Music]
gummies you let that gringo corrupt you
as he has corrupted the others
my pay here is poor jeffy i could not
help it
if a share of the silver shipments
became attractive
the shipment tomorrow a part of that is
yours too
that is right jeffy i will share
somehow i will stop you it will be
difficult for you
if you are locked in your own jail
inside jeffy inside
and if you are counting on adam
cartwright i must tell you that that too
has been taken care of
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it's open
this just came for you got the breath of
a woman that does
you don't let no grass grow under your
feet do you sonny
how'd you get here oh little tight came
running in flung it across the desk at
me
ran out again without so much as a boo
oh thank you you're welcome
i must see you it is important
my place mariah
come in please what's wrong maria
but it's far enough didn't go
thanks i could not help it pablo's
little sister is a very obedient wife
senor
i will take care of this myself you go
and help senior carlos
tell him we will meet him after dark muy
bien pablo
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i tried to tell you you have to admit i
tried to tell you
i heard every word you said but not loud
enough huh friend
now you know i can't let you leave this
town alive
not after you went and seen el heffy
that's right adam you're on your own ill
heffy
he's not going to be able to help you
gomez he took care of that
that's who does your dirty work huh
gomez is a very reliable man
ain't that right pueblo that is right
carlos
why'd you do it adam and why'd you stay
i just wanted to see if there wasn't one
person in this town besides maria
that would have a decent word to say
about you it's never really mattered to
me
what people thought about me you ought
to remember that adam
i remember you like taking chances
why don't you have brother-in-law here
give me back my gun
you wouldn't shoot me adam you're much
too moral for that
even if you would it'd spoil things
between you and maria
she'd hate you for the rest of her life
see she's very moral too
aren't you maria carlos do not talk this
way
you promised we would go away i'll do
anything you ask of me if you do not
care
no you see i've got it straight
it's not the first time you tried to
take a girl away from me adam
only this time it's different this is my
wife
you don't stop at anything do you why do
you think all this is gonna get you
what's it gonna get me it's gonna give
me a lot of money that's what it's gonna
get me
but adam you won't understand that all
you cart rights always had a lot of
money
well we worked for it we didn't get it
this way what difference does it make
i'm gonna be rich that's what matters i
think you live long enough to spend it
yeah i'll live long enough to spend it
because i'm not gonna let you or anybody
else get in my way
no carlos cannot do this
i used to think there was good in you i
still want to believe that don't you
know that
pablo take her away from me
carlos if you kill adam cartwright i'm
gonna tell el heavy myself
i told you carlos you cannot trust this
one
i think you're right if you can't trust
someone then what good are they
now you take him over me all right big
enough for both of you
pablo you still all to me carlos i told
you
yeah all right then i'm gonna give you a
chance to prove your loyalty
shoot her carla
[Music]
pablo what are you waiting for what are
you waiting for she's only
your sister go ahead your master's
giving you orders
shut up gringo you are glad to kill
we're not talking about me we're talking
about her you're talking too much adam
pablo i'm waiting you heard him he's
waiting
don't tell me you got trouble with your
conscience
think of all that silver
no no i cannot do it pablo is soft
i will kill her for you kill her
[Applause]
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
oh that was smart adam you're good
but you always work good even as a kid
[Music]
you tell my father that i thought about
it
i thought about him often
[Music]
murray
i had built my jail too strong when
gomez locked me in
i could not get out but thanks to you
gomez is finding out the same thing
[Music]
you know senor i had made up my mind
that there would be no
more gringos in this town but that was
wrong
[Music]
you are welcome anytime and you're
welcome on the ponderosa
jeffy
you'll still have time to change your
mind marie and come along with me i know
carl's father would like it
no adam i must stay here with my people
goodbye maria
[Music]
goodbye adam
[Applause]
amigo
he was a pretty girl huh so he was a
beautiful gal mr reagan nice to come
visit you sometime
oh i'd like that i hope i
didn't ask too much of you asking you to
bring my boy back home
not at all he was a fine boy wasn't he
adam
wasn't he a good boy ben yes yes he was
a good boy
i'm glad he got married and settled down
i bet he was a good husband wasn't that
what she said adam
when she talked about carl it was just
like we knew him
she loved him very much mr reagan
[Applause]
that's what i wanted to hear well thanks
adam thanks again
come on
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
well i hope i did the right thing bob
you did the right thing adam
brought a man's son back to him
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
so
[Music]

Behind the Scenes of The Fugitive

The episode’s title in German is “Tod in Mexiko,” which translates as “Death in Mexico.”

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