Bonanza: Season 1, Episode 7The Saga of Annie O'Toole (24 Oct. 1959)Feisty Annie O'Toole comes west with her old Da to mine silver and winds up feeding the silver miners, shanghaiing Adam Cartwright to be her partner in her tent-kitchen, "The Square Meal", ... See full summary » Director:Joseph KaneWriter:Thomas Thompson |
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As a long-time Bonanza fan, I always enjoy this episode. It was produced in the first season (1959) so all the main characters' personalities were not fully developed yet: Ben Cartwright and his sons Adam, Hoss, and Little Joe. All of them were in this episode, but it was handsome young Adam Cartwright (Pernell Roberts) who did a wonderful job of telling us the saga of Annie O'Toole. Love listening to his baritone voice. The episode had moments of light humor but had a lesson in American History showing an Irish and Swedish immigrant coming to America and seeking the promise land in the silver rush. The episode also gave a taste to the primitive law that was in the Nevada Territory during this time period. The situation of "supply and demand" was also taught in the ever-changing prices of Annie's ham and eggs.