The Best Episodes of Rawhide Season 5

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.2/10(104 votes)

   #1 - Incident of El Toro

   S5:E19/21/1962

   When a wild bull distracts the herd, a trouble-making hired hand is charged with taking him down. Meanwhile, a rising river, injured men and a frustrated trail boss add to the tension of the trail.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   8.1/10(113 votes)

   #2 - Incident of the Hunter

   S5:E29/28/1962

   Rowdy recognizes the new drover as a fellow Confederate soldier. But when Clay identifies him as a bounty hunter, the crew becomes paranoid about who he's after.

   Director:Thomas Carr

   Writer:Charles Larson

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   Director:Thomas Carr

   Writer:Charles Larson
3. 

   8.4/10(135 votes)

   #3 - Incident of the Portrait

   S5:E310/5/1962

   Frank Trask enters the Curtis' at night through a window. He's hungry and takes a picture of a woman. Raymond Curtis hears a noise and checks it outs. Trask knocks him out. Marion, the woman in the picture, ""sees"" Trask leave.

   Director:Ted Post

   Writers:Michael Gleason, William Blinn

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   Director:Ted Post

   Writers:Michael Gleason, William Blinn
4. 

   8.1/10(108 votes)

   #4 - Incident at Cactus Wells

   S5:E410/12/1962

   A suspicious old cowboy who's been tracking Favor's drive asks to join the crew, and turns out to be an ex-con. While most of the drovers want him out, Favor stands by his new hire.

   Director:Christian Nyby

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Christian Nyby

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.7/10(115 votes)

   #5 - Incident of the Prodigal Son

   S5:E510/19/1962

   Sam Hargas finds a half baked, half starved greenhorn, Ben Whitney IV. His horse stepped in a chuck hole. He's a rich brat.

   Director:Christian Nyby

   Writer:Richard Fielder

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   Director:Christian Nyby

   Writer:Richard Fielder
6. 

   7.7/10(113 votes)

   #6 - Incident of the Four Horsemen

   S5:E610/26/1962

   Favor and Clay are witnesses at a the wedding of Amy Gault and Frank Louden. Gus Marsdon provokes Frank into shooting Amy's brother Carl. Tom Gault, Amy's father, sends Ben Kerran after them. Frank and Tom claim the same 100,000 acres.

   Director:Thomas Carr

   Writer:Charles Larson

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   Director:Thomas Carr

   Writer:Charles Larson
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   7.7/10(104 votes)

   #7 - Incident of the Lost Woman

   S5:E711/2/1962

   Favor finds a woman, Lissa Hobson, still alive but not by much, and her baby, Tad.

   Director:Thomas Carr

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Thomas Carr

   Writer:Unknown
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   8.3/10(107 votes)

   #8 - Incident of the Dogfaces

   S5:E811/9/1962

   Rowdy,Quince and Clay help out three soldiers being attacked by Indians. They were sent to break the treaty with Broken Bow.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Gene L. Coon

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   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Gene L. Coon
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   7.8/10(108 votes)

   #9 - Incident of the Wolvers

   S5:E911/16/1962

   Rowdy hires wolfers Abner Cannon and his children.

   Director:Thomas Carr

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Thomas Carr

   Writer:Unknown
10. 

    8.2/10(120 votes)

    #10 - Incident at Sugar Creek

    S5:E1011/23/1962

    An injured ex-con Sam Garrett is refused treatment by his home town.

    Director:Christian Nyby

    Writer:Fred Freiberger

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    Director:Christian Nyby

    Writer:Fred Freiberger
11. 

    8.3/10(122 votes)

    #11 - Incident of the Reluctant Bridegroom

    S5:E1111/30/1962

    Rowdy gets drugged in a bar with Shelia, the bar owner's girl and wakes up married to her.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Winston Miller

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    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Winston Miller
12. 

    7.4/10(95 votes)

    #12 - Incident of the Querencias

    S5:E1212/7/1962

    Gil's old friend, Lije Crowning, has had his ranch foreclosed on by the bank. Lije wants to take his thirty head with the drive to Colorado.

    Director:Thomas Carr

    Writer:Joseph Petracca

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    Director:Thomas Carr

    Writer:Joseph Petracca
13. 

    7.9/10(110 votes)

    #13 - Incident at Quivira

    S5:E1312/14/1962

    Monty Fox comes stumbling up to the night camp playing the concertina, saying he's found the promised land. He says he's found Quivera, Coronado's golden city. He says he'll share with those who help him against those who chased him out.

    Director:Christian Nyby

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Christian Nyby

    Writer:Unknown
14. 

    7.9/10(99 votes)

    #14 - Incident of Decision

    S5:E1412/28/1962

    When Rowdy buys eighteen cattle for the next drive he has to contend with a young would be drover with a crooked leg and banditos.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown
15. 

    7.5/10(105 votes)

    #15 - Incident of the Buryin' Men

    S5:E151/4/1963

    Favor and Rowdy see two Cheyenne. They are watching a burying wagon. It's owner, Pomeroy K. Tollliver (Poke) surrenders to Favor thinking they're a posse. The wagon is broken. Favor will have the wagon fixed and Poke can ride to Rock City with the herd.

    Director:Thomas Carr

    Writer:Jack Turley

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    Director:Thomas Carr

    Writer:Jack Turley
16. 

    8.0/10(107 votes)

    #16 - Incident of the Trail's End

    S5:E161/11/1963

    Harry Maxton has glaucoma. Gil offers Harry a job to Rowdy's surprise.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Ed Adamson

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    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Ed Adamson
17. 

    7.9/10(125 votes)

    #17 - Incident at Spider Rock

    S5:E171/18/1963

    Lola's saloon is watering the booze and cheating the drovers. The supplies Wish bought are bad.

    Director:Thomas Carr

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Thomas Carr

    Writer:Unknown
18. 

    7.7/10(111 votes)

    #18 - Incident of the Mountain Man

    S5:E181/25/1963

    Thomas and the men of the wagon train are ready to string up Josh Green for killing Thomas's boy. Josh is a mountain man lost in the modern world.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Richard Fielder

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    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Richard Fielder
19. 

    7.6/10(91 votes)

    #19 - Incident at Crooked Hat

    S5:E192/1/1963

    Gil stands by his old friend Jack Jennings. Jack's a gunfighter. In a fair fight he shot the brother of the most powerful man in the town.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Joseph Petracca

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    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Joseph Petracca
20. 

    8.1/10(124 votes)

    #20 - Incident of Judgment Day

    S5:E202/8/1963

    Rowdy's ex-commanding officer, Captain Cabot convenes a make shift courts-martial for him in a ghost town.

    Director:Thomas Carr

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Thomas Carr

    Writer:Unknown
21. 

    8.2/10(103 votes)

    #21 - Incident of the Gallows Tree

    S5:E212/22/1963

    In Cottonwood, at the Pair-A-Dice Saloon, Qunice gets in a fight with Major Courtney. Jim swears he'll kill him.

    Director:Christian Nyby

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Christian Nyby

    Writer:Unknown
22. 

    8.3/10(122 votes)

    #22 - Incident of the Married Widow

    S5:E223/1/1963

    In Calvin, Miss Abigail owns The Silver Slipper Salon, a very posh saloon. There Rowdy sees the picture of the dead war hero, Gil Favor, Abigail's husband.

    Director:Thomas Carr

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Thomas Carr

    Writer:Unknown
23. 

    8.1/10(113 votes)

    #23 - Incident of the Pale Rider

    S5:E233/15/1963

    The new man is a dead ringer for the man Rowdy shot in a Wells Fargo holdup.

    Director:Christian Nyby

    Writer:Dean Riesner

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    Director:Christian Nyby

    Writer:Dean Riesner
24. 

    7.2/10(102 votes)

    #24 - Incident of the Comanchero

    S5:E243/22/1963

    Sisters Benaventura and Teresa cut Maria Jose Chappela off an indian torture rack.

    Director:Thomas Carr

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Thomas Carr

    Writer:Unknown
25. 

    7.8/10(80 votes)

    #25 - Incident of the Clown

    S5:E253/29/1963

    Morris G. Stevens, a failed actor, toured the world as a clown. Now a philologist he wants to create a Comanche dictionary.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Charles Larson

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    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Charles Larson