- THE GOLDEN FLEECING
Original Airdate: October 8, 1961
Synopsis. Bart enters the stock market when he oversees the investment of a mining company owned by the Albrights, a family of Quakers who rescued Maverick from drowning in the Sacramento River. Maverick must then protect the Albrights’ interests when a greedy industrialist and his equally covetous daughter plot to take over the company.
This episode features the following Pappyism: “The most important thing to know about any gambling game is when to quit.”
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