Bonanza's final eighth-season offering, "The Greedy Ones" first aired on May 14, 1967. Rumors are flying that old prospector Gus Schultz has struck it rich on the Ponderosa. As a result, Ben Cartwright must contend with a veritable batallion of greedy gold hunters. The worst of the lot is avaricious mining tycoon Shasta (Robert Middleton), who will stop at nothing to get his mitts on the gold-which may not even exist! "The Greedy Ones" was written by James Amesbury. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi