In 1959, the top four most popular television shows in the United States were Westerns. From humble beginnings the small-screen horse opera became a TV staple and cultural phenomenon in the 1950s ...

This is the episode that introduces Roger Moore as Cousin Beauregard Maverick. Beau is considered the ""white sheep"" of the family because he had the misfortune of earning a medal in the Civil War.

Beau Maverick (played by James Garner), father of Bret and Bart announces that he is getting married. The Maverick boys discover that the marriage is a business arrangement, not a love commitment.