by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Geraldine Brooks, who played Ben Cartwright's first wife in the 1961 Bonanza episode "Elizabeth, My Love," was cast as Hoss Cartwright's love interest in the October 16, 1966 episode "To Bloom for Thee." Beaten down by life, Carol Attley (Brooks) has become cold, aloof and distrustful. Nonetheless, she agrees to marry Hoss-only to violently change her mind when Ben asks her a few innocent questions about her past. Don Haggerty also appears as Demers. "To Bloom for Thee" was written by June Randolph.
