Bret Maverick

In Bret Maverick, James Garner returns to his signature title role, as the affable grifting gambler. In the premiere episode, written by Gordon T. Dawson (Walker, Texas Ranger) and directed by Rod Holcomb (ER, The Good Wife), Maverick's reluctance to sell his ranch is the major stumbling block for bringing the railroad into Sweetwater.

Maverick's reluctance to sell his ranch is the major stumbling block for bringing the railroad into Sweetwater

A barn-raising celebration at Maverick's ranch helps him conceal Billy the Kid from authorities

Maverick is at a loss when he wins a young Chinese girl in a poker game

Teddy Roosevelt comes to town to present an Indian chief with a horse from the president, but Maverick ends up winning the stallion

Eastern financial interests attempt a takeover of Sweetwater businesses

An ambitious historian threatens Maverick with the gallows if he doesn't sell her his life story

Maverick's old con artist flame arrives in Sweetwater with two vengeful victims in hot pursuit

A songwriter drifts into town to finish his song about the life and death of Bret Maverick

Vigilantes break into the Red Ox and try Guthrie for crimes he's allegedly committed in the past

A pack of low-lifes drifts into town behind a pulp writer and begins a contest to see which of them can kill Maverick

A stagecoach is attacked and Bret's longtime girlfriend is killed, apparently by the Apaches, prompting the townspeople to call for the calvalry

A crooked magician working the Red Ox resents Bret's constant presence and tries to make the sheriff disappear

A cult leader legally grabs the townspeople's land, and Bret schemes to get it back. First of a two-part episode

A cult leader legally grabs the townspeople's land, and Bret schemes to get it back. Second of a two-part episode

Bret and Tom guard a gold shipment

Guthrie tries to persuade Maverick to lay low until after the election, but Bret is working on his biggest con ever