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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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  • Reluctant Traveling Companion
    8.2/10(152)
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    #1 - Reluctant Traveling Companion

    Season 2 Episode 6

    Aired 11/24/1982

    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: N/A

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  • Happy Trails
    7.8/10(112)
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    #2 - Happy Trails

    Season 2 Episode 11

    Aired 1/12/1983

    Two con men sell a stolen car to Howie to use in the movie when he tells them the car will be smashed. The law begs to differ. When the conmen run, a posse of cowboy stars takes off after them

    Director: Daniel Haller

    Writer: N/A

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  • King of the Cowboys
    7.7/10(85)
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    #3 - King of the Cowboys

    Season 3 Episode 19

    Aired 2/29/1984

    Roy Rogers and former TV cowboy stars John Russell, Peter Breck, Jock Mahoney and Roy Rogers Jr. join Colt's posse to track a gang of diamond smugglers using horses.

    Director: Daniel Haller

    Writer: N/A

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  • Devil's Island
    7.6/10(77)
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    #4 - Devil's Island

    Season 3 Episode 1

    Aired 9/21/1983

    Fred wants Mary detained long enough to keep her from testifying against his boss. She is in Mexico. Opening stunt is a choreographed battle in free fall.

    Director: Daniel Haller

    Writer: Lou Shaw

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  • Baker's Dozen
    7.6/10(70)
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    #5 - Baker's Dozen

    Season 3 Episode 4

    Aired 10/19/1983

    Colt is sent to a dude ranch in Arizona after a bail jumper, but he finds it is a paramilitary encampment.

    Director: Russ Mayberry

    Writer: N/A

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  • Nashville Pirates
    7.6/10(68)
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    #6 - Nashville Pirates

    Season 3 Episode 9

    Aired 11/23/1983

    Colt encounters a case of piracy when he goes after a bounty in Nashville. He performs 'The Unknown Stuntman'.

    Director: Bruce Kessler

    Writer: N/A

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  • Losers Weepers
    7.6/10(60)
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    #7 - Losers Weepers

    Season 4 Episode 1

    Aired 9/19/1984

    A cast of comedians, an insurance agent and the theft of $3 million interact in this episode.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

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  • Hell On Wheels
    7.5/10(96)
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    #8 - Hell On Wheels

    Season 2 Episode 8

    Aired 12/8/1982

    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: N/A

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  • Inside, Outside
    7.5/10(61)
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    #9 - Inside, Outside

    Season 3 Episode 8

    Aired 11/16/1983

    Colt refuses a bribe, so Terri is kidnapped to pressure him not to testify.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Baja 1000
    7.5/10(53)
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    #10 - Baja 1000

    Season 4 Episode 10

    Aired 11/28/1984

    Dell Loomis is the man who gave Colt his break and he has been holding it over his head to get him to do things for him. He is also duplicitous.

    Director: Daniel Haller

    Writer: Sam Egan, Andrew Schneider

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  • Spring Break
    7.5/10(55)
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    #11 - Spring Break

    Season 4 Episode 19

    Aired 2/20/1985

    Colt is in Florida on the trail of a computer hacker, who inadvertantly copied the secret account kept by his Professor in the same file as his next exam questions.

    Director: Ted Lange

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Life of Riley
    7.5/10(49)
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    #12 - The Life of Riley

    Season 5 Episode 5

    Aired 11/30/1985

    When Colt catches a young man wanted in Los Angeles, he stumbles into a 'kidnapping for adoption' ring in Sacramento. Simon begs Colt to wait one more day while he checks out his last lead - a VW that matches the one used in the kidnapping.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Bruce Kalish, David Garber

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  • Seavers, Dead Or Alive
    7.5/10(54)
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    #13 - Seavers, Dead Or Alive

    Season 5 Episode 7

    Aired 12/14/1985

    The tables are turned when Colt is framed and becomes a fugitive.

    Director: Bruce Kessler

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Lucky Stiff
    7.5/10(53)
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    #14 - The Lucky Stiff

    Season 5 Episode 14

    Aired 2/7/1986

    Jerry has lost his money, house and wife, so he puts out a contract on himself - then wins the lottery.

    Director: Georg Fenady

    Writer: Bruce Kalish, David Garber

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  • Pilot
    7.4/10(270)
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    #15 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 11/4/1981

    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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  • Ladies on the Ropes
    7.4/10(129)
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    #16 - Ladies on the Ropes

    Season 1 Episode 15

    Aired 2/24/1982

    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: N/A

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  • Death Boat
    7.4/10(86)
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    #17 - Death Boat

    Season 2 Episode 14

    Aired 2/2/1983

    When a jewel thief has plastic surgery and takes a cruise to recover, Colt and insurance investigator Kay Faulkner join the cruise along with Howie and Jody who pretend to be an invalid and his nurse. Now if only they could identify the thief.

    Director: Paul Stanley

    Writer: N/A

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  • Spaced Out
    7.4/10(83)
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    #18 - Spaced Out

    Season 2 Episode 16

    Aired 2/16/1983

    While the town is held spellbound by a purported UFO, the bank is being robbed. Jody is kidnapped and Colt traces the origin of the UFO, and it seems to rain money.

    Director: Daniel Haller

    Writer: Glen A. Larson

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  • The Chase
    7.4/10(82)
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    #19 - The Chase

    Season 2 Episode 22

    Aired 4/13/1983

    Max sees a murder in the parking lot where he was about to steal a car. He is arrested and the killers escape. Now he is the target.

    Director: Daniel Haller

    Writer: N/A

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  • October The 31st
    7.4/10(60)
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    #20 - October The 31st

    Season 4 Episode 6

    Aired 10/31/1984

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Sandcastles
    7.4/10(69)
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    #21 - Sandcastles

    Season 4 Episode 7

    Aired 11/7/1984

    Colt and Howie pursue a murder suspect to Hawaii, only to discover that Jody has fallen in love with him and let him escape.

    Director: Daniel Haller

    Writer: Andrew Schneider

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  • Rockabye Baby
    7.4/10(54)
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    #22 - Rockabye Baby

    Season 4 Episode 18

    Aired 2/13/1985

    Colt trails a bail-jumping girl singer accused of murder.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: Sam Egan

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  • Split Image
    7.4/10(67)
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    #23 - Split Image

    Season 4 Episode 20

    Aired 2/27/1985

    A mobster who has been threatened finds a shoe salesman who is a look-a-like for a him and then the fun begins.

    Director: Daniel Haller

    Writer: Andrew Schneider

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  • Femme Fatale
    7.4/10(54)
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    #24 - Femme Fatale

    Season 5 Episode 3

    Aired 10/10/1985

    Howie goes undercover as a female impersonator, Denise, when the skip is a material witness in hiding.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Sam Egan

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    0
  • Miami's Nice
    7.4/10(57)
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    #25 - Miami's Nice

    Season 5 Episode 10

    Aired 1/10/1986

    An FBI agent persuades Colt to participate in a cocaine sting. Jody presents awards to Miss Stuntwoman USA winners.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: David Garber

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Best Episodes Summary

"Reluctant Traveling Companion" is the best rated episode of "The Fall Guy". It scored 8.2/10 based on 152 votes. Directed by Michael O'Herlihy and written by N/A, it aired on 11/24/1982. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Happy Trails".