by Hal Erickson
synopsis
While Ben Cartwright nurses his son Adam through a high fever, his thoughts drift back to Adam's late mother, Ben's first wife Elizabeth (Geraldine Brooks. Ben also recalls his seafaring days under the command of Captain Abel Morgan Stoddard (Torin Thatcher), Elizabeth's father. Also in the cast are Berry Kroeger as Mandible, Richard Collier as Otto, Alex Sharpe as Blackmer, and future Mary Tyler Moore Show regular Ted Knight. First seen on May 27, 1961, this classic Bonanza episode was written by Anthony Lawrence.
