Maverick: The Complete Third Season

Many of the hour long shows from this era suffered from a lot of dead time on screen, and really needed to be a half hour. In the case of Maverick, you don't want it to end. The plots are timeless. Just when you think things are moving too slow, it twists and turns so fast the roller coaster ride is over quickly. James made a TV career out of keeping the watcher thoroughly involved for an entire hour of non-stop entertainment. Rockford Files has been dominating the nostalgia channels now for years, and at the prime time watching hours. I haven't seen Maverick on the airwaves for a while now, but should be airing. Maverick is so similar to Rockford it is scary, in a good way. How about a Mission Impossible, western style, OK, not quite, but you get the idea.Maverick's plots are great, bad guys are bad, it is funny, it is serious, and the women are all the most beautiful TV actresses of that time period. Many up and coming actors, male or female, started on shows like Maverick. This was the last season starring James Garner(some kind of dispute? or too popular at the movies?). Jack Kelly stars in the 4th season, and Jack is really great too. I wasn't going to get the 4th season, but I'm rethinking that Jack Kelly is that good. They usually alternate between weeks, but many times we are surprised that the other brother shows up to contort the plot or help the other out of a jam. Great show!!

Maverick is AWESOME-- a must-have if you're into this sort of Show! That said, this "complete" collection is missing Episode 21: "The People's Friend" and the Season Finale, Episode 26: "Greenbacks, Unlimited". Those two Episode titles appear on the disc's printed labels for Disc 5 and 6 respectively but the Episodes themselves simply are not present. Bummer but these are long out-of-print now so no point in complaining or returning them for a replacement-- just enjoy the 24 Episodes you do get because they're a HOOT!

Maverick was one of the top 5 television westerns ever made IMO, along with Wagon Train, Rawhide, Gunsmoke and The Virginian. The show was about 2 brothers, Bret Maverick (James Garner) and Bart Maverick (Jack Kelly), who were professional gamblers and con-artists. Most of the episodes usually featured one of the brothers, in some interesting dilemma or other. But, some of the best episodes were those in which the 2 brothers team together to pull off a con. Roger Moore joined the cast as their British cousin Beauregarde Maverick for 16 episodes over the last two seasons. 5 Stars for this great show.However, I give 1 star for the way in which Warner Brothers has changed to releasing the show as DVD-Rs. That's bad enough, but why couldn't they just offer the final 3 seasons all at once? This tells me that there's a good chance seasons 4 and 5 will never be offered for release (even on demand).

Great presentation of a great old TV show from the 1950s. James Garner is superb as Bret Maverick as is Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick. Highly recommended for fun entertainment.

...what else do I need to say? These aren't all masterpieces of writing, but for some reason, James Garner can get more out of any script than any writer could have dreamed! Easy on the eyes, too. No, it's not historically accurate, except for that one little rule in Hoyle....

It's familiar. I liked James Garner

I watched Maverick as a kid and really enjoyed Brett Maverick (James Garner) and every second week was bored a little by Bart Maverick (Jack Kelly). I now like both actors but probably prefer Garner.I wish it was in colour but that is life.Kathleen Crowley is a honey and appears quite a lot. Some of the guests were Edgar Buchanan, Buddy Ebsen, Gerald Mohr, Julie Adams, Troy Donahue, Adam West. Jean Willes was very good as Belle Starr opposite Garner. A young Robert Redford turns up in one episode.

James Garner made the show. He had excellent timing and a great delivery of his lines that never failed to make me smile and sometimes even laugh out loud. He was also very adept at straight drama as some of these episodes show. Jack Kelly was good and in episodes where the two of them were together, the back and forth repartees were very enjoyable. I will be playing this collection many times.

Bought this, along with seasons 4 and 5, but all are copied on dvd-r, not that I am complaining about that, it does say it in the discription, but the price is disgusting for copies, so not my favourite amazon dvd supplier, Rare waves USA, bit naughty

Great show have seasons 1-3 very enjoyable

Have seasons 1+2

Simply put, ALL James Garner's 'Maverick' rates a 5 star! Go buy!

Great