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The Best Episodes of Maverick Season 5

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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Maverick Season 5 Episode 4 - Three Queens Full
    8.5/10(108 votes)

    S5:E4

    Bart must either face two years in jail or chaperone three brides to their intendeds — the sons of wealthy Joe Wheelwright (Jim Backus).

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Maverick Season 5 Episode 2 - The Art Lovers
    8.4/10(87 votes)

    S5:E2

    When investors put the squeeze on railroad owner Paul Sutton, Bart tries to help by dealing with them directly — in a friendly card game.

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Maverick Season 5 Episode 10 - Marshal Maverick
    8.2/10(88 votes)

    S5:E10

    Bart is closer to tears than laughter when he is forced to battle the funniest and fastest gun in the West.

    Director:Sidney Salkow
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Maverick Season 5 Episode 3 - The Golden Fleecing
    8.0/10(80 votes)

    S5:E3

    Bart forsakes the poker table for the stock market — and finds himself trying to bluff wealthy Loftus Jaggers and his glamorous daughter (Paula Raymond).

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Maverick Season 5 Episode 5 - A Technical Error
    7.9/10(76 votes)

    S5:E5

    Bart feels like a million when he wins a bank in a poker game. But unlucky Maverick soon learns the truth: the bank's broke — and so is he.

    Director:Marc Lawrence
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Maverick Season 5 Episode 9 - The Maverick Report
    7.9/10(74 votes)

    S5:E9

    Crusading newspaper publisher Bart? The publisher Bart won the rag from is assassinated and a corrupt U.S. Senator files a $100,000 libel suit against the Chronicle. Luckily, Bart's pal Doc Holiday is in town for a dentists' convention and owes Bart $2000. When Doc brags "I have enough collateral to raise the dead!", Bart feels no compunction in selling ½ the headache to Doc. The senator and his sinister political boss are Ivy Leaguers, so the suave Philadelphia dentist/hired gun will come in handy.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Maverick Season 5 Episode 13 - One of Our Trains is Missing
    7.7/10(88 votes)

    S5:E13

    While trying to get a young girl's romance back on the right track, Bart gets involved in a train robbery to end all train robberies.

    Director:Lee Sholem
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Maverick Season 5 Episode 1 - Dade City Dodge
    7.5/10(77 votes)

    S5:E1

    Bart tries to track down Pearly Gates, a smooth con man who cheated him out of $5000.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Maverick Season 5 Episode 11 - The Troubled Heir
    7.5/10(73 votes)

    S5:E11

    Life is anything but heaven when Bart meets Pearly Gates and his girl, who steal Maverick's poker winnings so they can be married.

    Director:Sidney Salkow
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Maverick Season 5 Episode 6 - Poker Face
    7.3/10(72 votes)

    S5:E6

    Bart's latest poker adventure has him playing for a full house: the lives of his fellow stagecoach passengers.

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Maverick Season 5 Episode 8 - Epitaph for a Gambler
    7.3/10(83 votes)

    S5:E8

    Bart, waiting to collect on a $10,000 IOU, makes an uncomfortable observation: murder may be the pay-off in a gambler's life.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Maverick Season 5 Episode 12 - The Money Machine
    7.1/10(78 votes)

    S5:E12

    A money-making machine costs Bart a bundle. His cousin (Kathy Bennett) has just bought one with the $10,000 he lent her.

    Director:Lee Sholem
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Maverick Season 5 Episode 7 - Mr. Muldoon's Partner
    6.8/10(87 votes)

    S5:E7

    After being granted a wish by a "leprechaun," Bart faces a pot of trouble: he must be either jailed, murdered or married.

    Director:Marc Lawrence
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Three Queens Full" is the best rated episode of "Maverick" season 5. It scored 8.5/10 based on 108 votes. Directed by Michael O'Herlihy and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/12/1961. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Art Lovers".