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The Best Episodes of Daniel Boone Season 5

Every episode of Daniel Boone Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Daniel Boone Season 5!

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Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 1 - Be Thankful for the Fickleness of Women
    8.3/10(45 votes)

    #1 - Be Thankful for the Fickleness of Women

    S5:E1

    Josh buys a pretty bondservant, then may have to marry her when she falls for him.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 2 - The Blackbirder
    7.8/10(42 votes)

    #2 - The Blackbirder

    S5:E2

    A bounty hunter seeking a naval deserter is tricked into capturing Boone s friend Gideon as an escaped slave.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 3 - The Dandy
    7.9/10(43 votes)

    #3 - The Dandy

    S5:E3

    Daniel agrees to a request of a friend to take his son, whom he regards as spoiled and irresponsible, and teach him the ways of the wilderness and learn something more manly than the painting the young man seems most interested in. Daniel and the young man both get more than they were bargaining for in the process.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 4 - The Fleeing Nuns
    8.1/10(48 votes)

    #4 - The Fleeing Nuns

    S5:E4

    On the way to New Orleans, Boone and a friend help two nuns, then learn one is an aristocrat fleeing the French Revolution.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 5 - The Plague That Came to Ford's Run
    7.4/10(48 votes)

    #5 - The Plague That Came to Ford's Run

    S5:E5

    Josh returns to his hometown to visit a friend but finds the community a wreck and his friend missing.

    Director:Fess Parker
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 6 - The Bait
    8.5/10(50 votes)

    #6 - The Bait

    S5:E6

    A woman and her boyfriend rob Boone's stagecoach and steal his tax money.

    Director:Nathan Juran
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 7 - Big, Black and Out There
    8.0/10(47 votes)

    #7 - Big, Black and Out There

    S5:E7

    A former slave, adopted by Indians, terrorizes and robs Boonesborough.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 8 - Flag of Truce
    8.7/10(51 votes)

    #8 - Flag of Truce

    S5:E8

    An Army general plans to use Boone as bait in a trap for the frontiersman s friend, a Wyandot chief.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 9 - The Valley of the Sun
    6.0/10(46 votes)

    #9 - The Valley of the Sun

    S5:E9

    While on a hunting trip with Daniel, Josh Clements meets mad collector Sir Hubert and is then held prisoner in a cavern filled with treasures of the Aztec sun god.

    Director:Nathan Juran
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 10 - The Patriot
    7.9/10(46 votes)

    #10 - The Patriot

    S5:E10

    John Gist had gone to Canada rather than fight the British. Now, after American independence, he wants to come back and live again on his land. Daniel is caught in the middle trying to help his friend against those who see him as a traitor.

    Director:Fess Parker
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 11 - The Return of Sidewinder
    7.5/10(38 votes)

    #11 - The Return of Sidewinder

    S5:E11

    Highwaymen - known as "buckaroos" - are robbing people around Boonesborough. After the British offer a rich reward for their capture, Daniel discovers the man responsible is an old adversary from a time when he and Mingo were robbed.

    Director:Nathan Juran
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 12 - Minnow for a Shark
    7.3/10(42 votes)

    #12 - Minnow for a Shark

    S5:E12

    Israel finds himself in the middle of a plot by a British Commodore to use a box of gold to find a thief, who may or may not be his friend, the one-armed Capt. Jack.

    Director:Nathan Juran
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 13 - To Slay a Giant
    8.0/10(45 votes)

    #13 - To Slay a Giant

    S5:E13

    Gideon is accused of murdering Cyrus Blake and his revenge minded brother, Enoch, is determined to hang him now rather than wait for a trial.

    Director:Nathan Juran
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 14 - A Tall Tale of Prater Beasely
    7.4/10(47 votes)

    #14 - A Tall Tale of Prater Beasely

    S5:E14

    Prater Beasley is a teller of tall tales, but Israel and a disabled friend decide to follow him to see the mythical bear he talks about. Beasley may be just what the disabled boy, caught between an overprotective mother and an overly macho father, really needs.

    Director:George Marshall
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 15 - Copperhead Izzy
    7.4/10(52 votes)

    #15 - Copperhead Izzy

    S5:E15

    Israel is abducted and forced to live with a group of street urchins who work as pickpockets. With Daniel away on business, Rebecca and her uncle Brian have to find Israel and rescue the other children.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 16 - Three Score and Ten
    8.3/10(50 votes)

    #16 - Three Score and Ten

    S5:E16

    An elderly man, who has worn out his welcome in town with his tall tales, takes up residence with the Shawnee, who enjoy his stories immensely. However, they are more interested in his wagonload of rifle parts and have plans for their use.

    Director:George Marshall
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 17 - Jonah
    8.2/10(35 votes)

    #17 - Jonah

    S5:E17

    Josh inherits a section of land and a slave to teach him how to farm. When two men show up in Boonesborough, one with a reputation as a fighter, Josh, who has no interest in farming, sets up a bout between the man and Jonah, who fought for Josh's uncle at one time, and risks his land. When Jonah refuses to fight, Josh must take his place and try to win the bet.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 18 - Bickford's Bridge
    8.6/10(54 votes)

    #18 - Bickford's Bridge

    S5:E18

    Boone has orders from the Army to blow up bridges along the western frontier to prevent a British attack. When he reaches the last bridge he is blocked by a farmer who must keep it open in order to transport his autumn harvest.

    Director:Nathan Juran
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 19 - A Touch of Charity
    8.0/10(51 votes)

    #19 - A Touch of Charity

    S5:E19

    To help out Jimmy McGill, a penniless young man swindled in a land deal, Daniel offers him a piece of land to be paid for over time. When Amos Brown's daughter Charity, betrothed to another, is attracted to Jimmy, Brown forbids her to see him and moves up her wedding to a local man. To claim Charity before she weds the other man, McGill decides to make a fortune overnight.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 20 - For Want of a Hero
    8.2/10(39 votes)

    #20 - For Want of a Hero

    S5:E20

    On their way back home Daniel and his family plan to stop at a fort for the night. When they arrive they find it has been destroyed by Indians with only a few survivors. The surviving soldiers seem to be hiding some kind of secret.

    Director:Lee Philips
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 21 - Love and Equity
    7.9/10(41 votes)

    #21 - Love and Equity

    S5:E21

    In a semi-comic episode, Prater Beasley is called back to Boonesborough to get rid of a ground squirrel problem. Unfortunately, his methods get him into trouble, as he gets accused of fraud and even witchcraft.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 22 - The Allies
    8.0/10(46 votes)

    #22 - The Allies

    S5:E22

    Daniel and friends Mason and Cully are on a mission to stop an alliance between the British and the Chickasaw and Choctaw. To do this they plan to blow up a gorge on the route the British are taking, but on their way their horses are stolen by a vagabond family of three. When they catch the trio they decide to take them along, though they're not sure they can trust the crafty patriarch of the clan.

    Director:George Marshall
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 23 - A Man Before His Time
    8.0/10(45 votes)

    #23 - A Man Before His Time

    S5:E23

    A fugitive is being tracked through the woods where he is killed in a confrontation. The man's only son is now an orphan and, after Daniel takes him back to town, plots revenge against them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 24 - For a Few Rifles
    8.4/10(45 votes)

    #24 - For a Few Rifles

    S5:E24

    A man believes he has purchased land in Shawnee territory, but Daniel is certain that the Shawnee did not have anything to do with selling the land. When they go to meet the chief to try to work something out, he says he will give the man the land if the tribe gets twenty rifles. When Daniel refuses this offer, he finds out that Israel has been taken hostage in exchange for the rifles. While being held Israel meets a crippled and bitter Shawnee youth.

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Daniel Boone Season 5 Episode 25 - Sweet Molly Malone
    7.8/10(53 votes)

    #25 - Sweet Molly Malone

    S5:E25

    Sgt. Malone is a hard drinking, pipe smoking veteran of the war. The Sgt. is also a woman, which puts her at odds with the town folk. Rebecca decides she needs a man and matches her with a peddler who once fought with the Hessians.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Be Thankful for the Fickleness of Women" is the best rated episode of "Daniel Boone" season 5. It scored 8.3/10 based on 45 votes. Directed by William Wiard and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/19/1968. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "The Blackbirder".