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The Best Episodes of The Fall Guy

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Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers picks up some extra pocket money by using his rough-and-tumble skills to track and capture bail jumpers.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Fall Guy Season 5 Episode 16 - The Last Chance Platoon
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - The Last Chance Platoon

    S5:E16

    Colt becomes the drill instructor for a platoon of misfits.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writers:Andrew Schneider, Sam Egan

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  2. The Fall Guy Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Colt chases a crooked sheriff and tries to protect a friend and his family.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Glen A. Larson

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  3. The Fall Guy Season 1 Episode 2 - The Meek Shall Inherit Rhonda
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - The Meek Shall Inherit Rhonda

    S1:E2

    Milton Bach is a computer hacker who ripped off the bank and ran. His wife, Rhonda, and friend Jerry stole the money and went to Mexico. He wants her back.

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writer:Glen A. Larson

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  4. The Fall Guy Season 1 Episode 3 - The Rich Get Richer
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - The Rich Get Richer

    S1:E3

    The bounty keeps them on the run as he tries many places to sell the bonds he stole. Kay Faulkner is a recurring character as the insurance agent trying to recover the bonds.

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writer:David Braff

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  5. The Fall Guy Season 1 Episode 4 - That's Right, We're Bad
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - That's Right, We're Bad

    S1:E4

    Danny was framed by 'Animal' for an armored car robbery. If he goes to jail, 'Animal' will kill him. Colt and Howie go under cover in prison to protect him and it all goes awry.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:Mark Jones

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  6. The Fall Guy Season 1 Episode 5 - Colt's Angels
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Colt's Angels

    S1:E5

    Colt is sent to the Mohave Desert to bring back a biker wanted for drug dealing, rape and assault. He infiltrates the biker club and competes with them in difficult stunts.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Larry Brody

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  7. The Fall Guy Season 1 Episode 6 - The Human Torch
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - The Human Torch

    S1:E6

    Colt is sent to a country town to pick up an arson suspect. The town's people of Federalsburg, and the suspect's mother, insist he is dead and buried.

    Director:Daniel Haller
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Fall Guy Season 1 Episode 7 - The Japanese Connection
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - The Japanese Connection

    S1:E7

    Colt is sent after the Rio Brothers who are much worse than he knows.

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Fall Guy Season 1 Episode 9 - License to Kill (1)
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - License to Kill (1)

    S1:E9

    Colt and company go to Hawaii to catch a man who turns out to be trying to stop an assassination. Things get mixed up and Colt becomes a target.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Glen A. Larson

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  10. The Fall Guy Season 1 Episode 10 - License to Kill (2)
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - License to Kill (2)

    S1:E10

    Colt and company go to Hawaii to catch a man who turns out to be trying to stop an assassination. Things get mixed up and Colt becomes a target.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Glen A. Larson

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  11. The Fall Guy Season 1 Episode 11 - Goin' For It
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Goin' For It

    S1:E11

    A trio of small time crooks are using cars to smuggle jewels out of the country and hit a snag when one of them sells the cars to Howie to smash up for the movie.

    Director:Daniel Haller
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Fall Guy Season 1 Episode 14 - Ready, Aim, Die
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Ready, Aim, Die

    S1:E14

    A man says he must find his brother, a gambler with a big debt, before the 'hit man' does. The bookie has sworn to make an example of him. Some action takes place in the display of floats for the Tournament of Roses parade.

    Director:Peter Crane
    Writer:Mark Jones

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  13. The Fall Guy Season 1 Episode 15 - Ladies on the Ropes
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Ladies on the Ropes

    S1:E15

    Eddie needs three days, so he can attend bout and prove his innocence. These skips always have a good reason to delay. He manages women wrestlers. Howie is persuaded to to take part as Handsome Howard.

    Director:Daniel Haller
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Fall Guy Season 1 Episode 16 - The Snow Job
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The Snow Job

    S1:E16

    In Aspen, a politician's wife tells Colt that she shot her husband in self-defense, but he is saying he did it himself.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Fall Guy Season 1 Episode 18 - Child's Play
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Child's Play

    S1:E18

    Libby's father is planning to testify against the mob, but what they don't know is that Libby has a photographic memory and the evidence is in her brain.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Fall Guy Season 1 Episode 19 - Charlie
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Charlie

    S1:E19

    In Las Vegas, Colt runs into an old partner and finds out she is involved in a fraudulent scheme. Jody is kidnapped to be a hostage and there is a stagecoach chase.

    Director:Daniel Haller
    Writer:David Braff

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  17. The Fall Guy Season 1 Episode 20 - Three for the Road
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Three for the Road

    S1:E20

    A pretty jewel thief hops off to Mexico with Colt and his friends, joined by insurance investigator Kay Faulkner, hot on her trail

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Fall Guy Season 1 Episode 22 - Scavenger Hunt
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Scavenger Hunt

    S1:E22

    Some naval officers were involved in a $5 million robbery in HI and they are looking for the man holding the money. For some reason, they just can't find the money.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Fall Guy Season 2 Episode 1 - Bail and Bond
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Bail and Bond

    S2:E1

    Colt and company go to Rio de Janeiro after a bail-jumper involved with money laundering. The local cop tells them to help him catch the Countess or else.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Fall Guy Season 2 Episode 2 - The I'ves Have It
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - The I'ves Have It

    S2:E2

    Terri sends Colt to Aruba to bring back a burglar, but it turns out she is one of twins and had a good reason for the breaking and entering, but which one did it?

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Glen A. Larson

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  21. The Fall Guy Season 2 Episode 3 - Colt's Outlaws (1)
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Colt's Outlaws (1)

    S2:E3

    Colt organizes his stuntman friends into a biker club to stop a man who runs the town of Littlefield and oppresses the citizens.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Larry Brody

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  22. The Fall Guy Season 2 Episode 4 - Colt Breaks Out (2)
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Colt Breaks Out (2)

    S2:E4

    Colt organizes his stuntman friends into a biker club to stop a man who runs the town of Littlefield and oppresses the citizens.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Larry Brody

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  23. The Fall Guy Season 2 Episode 6 - Reluctant Traveling Companion
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Reluctant Traveling Companion

    S2:E6

    A woman bail jumper demands she be returned by train rather than plane. She raises a ruckus and disturbs the man in the next compartment who happens to be Richard Burton.

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Fall Guy Season 2 Episode 8 - Hell On Wheels
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Hell On Wheels

    S2:E8

    Jody is persuaded to join a Roller Derby team, and steps are taken to see that she is hired, when they have to arrest one of the female skating stars.

    Director:Vince Edwards
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Fall Guy Season 2 Episode 9 - How Do I Kill Thee? Let Me Count the Ways
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - How Do I Kill Thee? Let Me Count the Ways

    S2:E9

    A man is tricked into supplying computer tapes by using a fake auto accident and telling him the other victim died, thus making him a murderer. Two bumbling detectives take the case

    Director:Daniel Haller
    Writer:Glen A. Larson

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Last Chance Platoon" is the best rated episode of "The Fall Guy". It scored 7.5/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Hollingsworth Morse and written by Andrew Schneider, Sam Egan, it aired on 2/28/1986. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Pilot".