Hoss decides to mentor Billy Allen, the son of an imprisoned criminal. However, circumstances lead Hoss to take the difficult step of killing Billy's father, leaving the young boy unable to forgive him. This story delves deep into Hoss's emotions and showcases some of Dan Blocker's finest acting, marking it as one of the most poignant tales since "The Newcomers."
Show
Porridge
Episode
S01E30
Air Date
Apr 16, 1960
Season 1 Episodes
S01E01
New Faces, Old Hands
S01E01
A Rose for Lotta
S01E02
The Hustler
S01E02
Death on Sun Mountain
S01E03
The Newcomers
S01E03
A Night In
S01E04
The Paiute War
S01E04
A Day Out
S01E05
Enter Mark Twain
S01E05
Ways and Means
S01E06
The Julia Bulette Story
S01E06
Men Without Women
S01E07
The Saga of Annie O'Toole
S01E08
The Phillip Diedesheimer Story
S01E09
Mr. Henry Comstock
S01E10
The Magnificent Adah
S01E11
The Truckee Strip
S01E12
The Hanging Posse
S01E13
Vendetta
S01E14
The Sisters
S01E15
The Last Hunt
S01E16
El Toro Grande
S01E17
The Outcast
S01E18
A House Divided
S01E19
The Gunmen
S01E20
The Fear Merchants
S01E21
The Spanish Grant
S01E22
Blood on the Land
S01E23
Desert Justice
S01E24
The Stranger
S01E25
Escape to Ponderosa
S01E26
The Avenger
S01E27
The Last Trophy
S01E28
San Francisco
S01E29
Bitter Water
S01E30
Feet of Clay
S01E31
Dark Star
S01E32
Death at Dawn